1. Whenever I was sick as a child, I watched The Sound of Music because it was the longest movie we had. My mom also had me drink apple juice. Therefore...
2. I hate apple juice because it reminds me of being sick.
3. I pronounce a few words incorrectly, but I'm well aware of this. I say costume (kost-youm) and jewelry (jew-la-ry).
4. I also use some different words for things, such as "cutlery" for silverware, "eaves troughs" for gutters, and "colander" for strainer. I attribute this to my mom's side of the family being Canadian.
5. I recently realized that I've never read anything by John Steinbeck! So I'm reading "Of Mice & Men".
6. When I was a kid I really enjoyed playing with a tape recorder. I would make up stories and interview friends and family. Sometimes I even pretended I was on the radio. I still have a couple of these tapes!
7. I hate being alone for more than a few hours at a time. I'd much prefer hanging out with someone, even if we're doing absolutely nothing.
8. I needed an oil change 7000 miles ago...I hope my car doesn't explode...
9. I really do like my job, despite my constant ranting.
10. I don't usually buy groceries. I eat fruit or cereal at work and I got out with friends once in a while. I need to be more healthy...
11. I don't think comics who impersonate celebrities are funny at all.
12. I never had pets growing up.
13. From 5th grade until about 9th grade, I went by the nickname Ed. I'm pretty sure only a few of my current friends know that.
14. I wish I'd been more outgoing in high school. I missed out on being friends with a lot of really awesome people.
15. I didn't raise my hand in class from 3rd grade until junior year of college. I think something must have happened that made me scared I'd be made fun of, but I can't remember.
16. I started writing an autobiographical novel once. It was titled, "George, the Drum Major, and Madame Gina", symbolic of formative people in my life. I have about 10 pages, but it was saved on an A:/ floppy disk.
17. I have never had a good Valentine's day. But I do have some good bad Valentine's day stories!
18. I think the cutest thing in the world is a baby wearing a bear hat. Don't judge me.
19. I wanted to be a writer, but in school they taught the editing process so slowly that I got bored with it and changed me mind.
20. I really hate high heels. I know they make your posture better. I know they make you look hot. But I've never found a comfortable pair. I take them off at the end of the day and feel nearly lame. The real definition of lame.
21. Niether blood nor vomit bother me.
22. Until about a year ago, I used to change my interests based on who I was trying to impress.
23. The only promise I ever made myself which I've never broken: I will never start smoking. I've tried it, but I've never purchased cigarettes, and I never will.
24. I'm only scared of two things: dead bodies and making unsolicited calls. Both actually make me physically ill. I had to get data by phone for a stats class, and I got up and went to the restroom after every call I made. Also, I shake at funerals.
25. I currently have one pair of pants that fits. The rest are too big.
1. I hate Wizard of Oz... but mainly because I think it reminds me that I was always afraid of the flying monkeys...
ReplyDelete2. BBQ Fritos. Summer sausage. Both of them I got sick on. Haven't eaten them since.
3. I say "punkin" instead of pumpkin and "egg-a-muffin" instead of Egg McMuffin. Oh... and I say "anyways" instead of anyway.
4. My mom's from Ireland... but I still use American words... unless I'm talking to someone over there and then I slip easily into using British English.
5. I read Grapes of Wrath in HS... I should read it again.
6. My geek toy was a manual typewriter. I used to type everything.
7. I'm not an introvert... but I am quiet. I like being around people, I just don't like talking to them.
8. My check engine light has been on for months. I called the shop about it once a few years ago and they said it wasn't any real problem until it starts flashing.
9. I like my job too... where else could you play on the internet all day long and get paid for it.
10. I'm the one who does the grocery shopping at home... usually on Sunday morning.
11. I rarely think they're funny...
12. I had two dogs as a kid... they were both old when I was born so they both died when I was about 12 or so... Once I finished college and moved into my own place I got ferrets because I couldn't have a dog there and I am allergic to cats.
13. My nickname in school was "Answerman" because I always stuck my nose into conversations and always had a comment regardless of if it was wanted or not.
14. I wish I hadn't moved in HS. I started a new school my junior year. As a result I was never part of any clique. I kind of floated between cliques but was never enough of one to be included in anything.
15. I never raised my hand even though I generally always knew the answer. I didn't want to look like a know-it-all. Same way with tests... I was generally the first one done but never wanted to be the first one to turn their test in.
16. I tried to write a short story about my sadness after I moved... never got past the title "Tears of the Jester".
17. My best V-Day was when my son was born. Other than that... eh.
18. Ok I tried to think up something witty and clever to say here... but... nope... nothing coming.
19. I wanted to be a physics teacher because of my teacher in HS. But then I took calculus and almost failed it.
20. I LOVE a woman in heels. And the fact that you're not comfortable in them is understandable... but the fact that you still wear them is hot. It's the effort you're putting into it.
21. I can't tell you how many times I've cleaned up vomit.
22. I've never tried to impress anyone... I've never cared about what other people think of me... except my wife. And I care what she thinks far too much.
23. I've never smoked or done any sort of illegal drugs... even though all my friends in college did them a lot. I was in ROTC and I was petrified of testing positive on a piss test.
24. I'm scared of cockroaches.
25. Having clothes that are too big means you're losing weight! Congrats!