Well, nuts. I suppose I've gotta write down 25 random things about myself. But I'm not telling you to read them.
1) Contrary to popular belief, I am not "missing" fingers. They didn't fall off or anything, that's silly. My fingers are, simply, very cleverly disguised by each other, having fused while I was in the womb. (science!)
2) I bought a FC Bayern Munich jacket in Germany. The next day, I discovered that my German ancestors are from Stuttgart. This is the equivalent of a Red Sox fan buying a Yankees jersey. Whoops.
3) Phlebotomy might be my life calling. I actually think it's a lot of fun to draw blood out of other people. This makes me a vampire, I think.
4) I was baptized as a Catholic. Technically, I've been a Catholic for most of my life-- right up until SLR 2007.
5) More often than not, I don't have a plan. Ever. Flying by the seat of my pants has made life both fun and extremely challenging.
6) I used to live on an island, and it was lame.
7) On that note, I've been in the eye of a hurricane. Incredibly surreal.
8) And on that note, I celebrated my eighth birthday while evacuating for Hurricane Bonnie in '96. We still had cake!
9) I love underdogs.
10) I sincerely hope that people don't think I'm trying to be a snob when I read philosophy books. I honestly do enjoy them, and I seriously considered being either a philosophy major or minor.
11) In my senior year of high school, I wrote a research paper on the negative effect of Santa Claus on our society. In doing so, I not only received an A, but also labeled Santa as a drunk and compared him to Stalin.
12) Writing is a minor hobby of mine. I have a notebook of poems that I've written, dating back to tenth grade. Don't ask to read them.
13) My brother and I taught my dad how to play Call of Duty 2. When we're together, at least one family deathmatch is required.
14) Sujon is the name of a child from Bangladesh that I sponsor through Compassion International. He is probably the coolest kid in the universe, and has partially inspired me to become a volunteer advocate for Compassion. You might see me at some tables soon...
15) I think ska is the greatest genre of music in the history of stuff.
16) I was chopped in the throat with a foam sword during my first and only game of Dagorhir.
17) I discovered very young that eating too many Skittles in one sitting will start to bore a hole in your tongue.
18) I used to play the trumpet. I was pretty good, too.
19) I totally freaked out when I beat a song on Expert in Rock Band (drums, "I Think I'm Paranoid" by Garbage). Just ask all of the people I told about it.
20) I've had six years overall of study in French, and I've only really used it twice.
21) My dream job is a public health administrator in East or North Africa.
22) Despite the amount of griping I make about it, I really enjoyed a lot of my job at the front desk of a hotel. I wouldn't mind doing it again.
23) I'm a fidgeter. I'm also a nail-biter.
24) I shot a deer once. It had sixteen pounds of meat on it. I felt terrible, but it tasted really good.
25) I am happiest when I know that someone else is better because of me.
2 comments:
The braces have been off for awhile now, what shall you do next? The trumpet still calls your name. Pretty eerie if you're on the other side of the door.
At some point I really really want to read that Santa research paper (did you follow the line of thinking that santa is really close to satan?)
Also, can I read your poetry?
And if everyone who got the crap beaten out of them their first game of dag quit, no one would be playing the game.
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