compile a 100-things-about-me list

98. As a kid, I sucked at building lego sets, rubik’s cubes, and even transforming transformers.

99. I once had an illness in 3rd grade where I could inhale but couldn’t exhale. It lasted like an hour. Casusing me to miss school. My mother didn’t seem to think it was serious. I was sure I was going to die. Bronchitis maybe?

100. I have a big birthmark on the side of my hip.

91. I would say I have had a fairly stable, secure life. I have had only 4 primary residences in my life, in a total of 2 states….. which is a good thing because I don’t really like moving.
92. My eyebrows connect in the middle, and my mother is always insisting I wax. Sometimes I do.
93. I’m really really good at hearts and Spades…. especially shooting the moon in Hearts. But I don’t gamble.
94. The subjects that I am probaly most ignorant of are art and architecture.
95. When I was in elementary school, I hated book reports. For some reson, I just hated them. I don’t think I bothered to read a single fiction book in its entirety. I would try to watch the movies or read the Cliff’s Notes instead.
96. I have only been in snow, like one time

79. I have used 3 cars (in terms of “primary” use) over the years. I drove a cute little MR2 in high school and college.
80. I have never been arrested; but a police officer once pulled me over when I was driving on a suspended license. Amazingly, he didn’t ASK for my license, which is usually the first thing cops do when they pull you over. Must have been all those cute siblings of mine in the back seat.
81. My parents are excellent cooks… feed me feeeed me feeeeeeeed meeeee!
82. I have had one root canal; but it didn’t hurt at all.
83. I’ve been more generous to Panhandlers and to Goodwill lately.
84. I’ve never bought tickets for a music concert.
85. The Congress pisses me off. All they have to do is filibuster Bush’s Iraq spending war bill, and start funding the withdrawal of our troops. But they won’t do it. I’m convinced that they really support the war.
86. Bush is guilty of more impeachable offenses than the last 10 Presidents put together, if you ask my opinion. Having said that, I am not one to usually talk politics but Bush makes me want to and this fellow pins Bush down pretty good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Iyu-iAqek
87. I have so many credit cards in my wallet it is ridiculous and yet I don’t use them. I hear if you cancel them it hurts your credit rating.
88. I think there was a gunman (probably CIA) on the grassy knoll. JFK was shot from the front. Oswald was supposed to be behind him. Ya ya, I know… that makes me a “conspiracy person.” But you know, SOME conspiracies turn out to be true.
89. Thanks to the influence of family members, I have been drinking more bottled water in recent years. I used to dislike drinking water.
90. I have had the same hairstyle for years now. I square the back, clear my sideburns, and use a number 2 razor around the sides.

65. I can be eccentric
66. I like 80’s Nostalgia: Berzerk, Satan’s Hollow, Crystal Castles, Tournament Cyberball 2072, cartoons, the A Team, Dig Dug, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Superfriends, Superman 2, etc.
67. I used to check my email twice a day, now sometimes I go weeks without checking it.
68. I was not given a middle name when I was born.
69. I am not into Astrology, but for what it’s worth I am a Taurus.
70. I examined the values list over at humanityquest.com earlier today.
71. I have been doing a lot of self-discovery lately, but I need to update my lists on 43things more thoroughly.
72. I am subscribed to so many people on 43 things (54) that I long ago gave up trying to keep track of their entries. I should probably do something about that. 9 people are subscribed to me; I know who at least 2 of them are….. Hi Todd Hi Aimee.
73. This list is a little harder than I thought it would be; maybe I have trouble talking about myself or maybe I just don’t have much to say. I am generally an introverted person.
74. I like scavenging Wikipedia, and really the Internet, for knowledge. I am like a black hole scanning and sucking up knowledge.
75. Earlier today, I was pondering the origins of desire. For example, I wondered to myself, “Do I prefer Chocolate to vanilla? If so, why? And will this preference carry over into the Afterlife?”
76. 2007 is going to be huge. I just know it.
77. It’s been a long time since I have been really truly physically sick. I am not sure if I have a good immune system or maybe just not as much contact with other people.

To be continued.

51. I had an obsession with the Lone Wolf choose your own adventure in middle school.

52. I am not sure what everyone’s obsession with Myspace is but this is the best profile that I have seen over there so far…. i like this fellow’s list:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=21518944

A lot of my siblings also seem to like Facebook. I guess these places have a lot of lists so it might be worth it for us to check out. They are about to seduce me to the dark side.

53. howtolive.org is one of my new top 20 favorite websites

54. When I was younger, I used to sleep 6-8 hours straight. Or at least in a block of 4 hours. Now, some nights I have a tendency to get up every hour. So that some nights I’ll sleep in 6 one hour chunks. Is that normal?

55. I have finally been convinced that we will go through a strong deflation first, as opposed to hyperinflation.

56. I am curious as to why Pluto has been downgraded from the status of a “planet” and I plan to investigate that this weekend.

57. I have explored much of the Eastern US, but I have never really been meaningfully west of the Mississippi.

58. I wore braces in my childhood, and yet my teeth are still not perfectly straight. They are about 1 nanometer off. This does not bother me but it does bother my mother a little.

59. I wore contacts during periods of high school, but eventually decided I was too lazy for that and went back to glasses.

60. I came home after a night of roller skating on one particular Saturday night in 1988 and witnessed Kirk Gibson’s homerun live on TV.

61. I haven’t gone trick or treating since I was in the 11th grade.

62. I wonder if my body is filled with Dark Matter.

63. I have a nagging feeling that I have not counted all my blessings.

42. I’m curious as to who the 8 people who are subscribed to me are.

43. I have given more than 1111 cheers but been cheered less than 500 times.

44. I just found out the other day that another sister is pregnant.

45. I have never been able to track down the rap parody from the mid 80’s know as “Rappin Ronnie Reagan.”

46. I love reading about religion, economics, history, astronomy…. lots of things.

47. I believe if a Pole Shift occurs in the near future it will be much more catastrophic than a nuclear war. And if you see the Sun start rising in the West….. well, I hope we have all repented by then.

48. I have developed a habit of walking with my mother, almost every night. See, this is one of the advantages of staying close to home.

49. I have never watched any of those reality shows….. oh wait… I might have watched that Trump show once or twice…. but that’s about it.

50. I prefer showering in the morning over the night, but I don’t like to shave every day despite the protests of my relatives.

27. When I first registered to vote, I registered Republican, and I am still registered as such. However, Bush has converted me into something of an “independent moderate.”

28. I throw the football left handed; however, I throw the baseball and hold the pen right handed.

29. I’m a bit too self-conscious I think. Too much of a thinker….. almost constantly aware of my thought processes. Always wondering what the best thing I could be doing right now is.

30. I don’t use a comb or a hairdryer or anything….. I use my hands if anything….. it seems to work. I’m not the kind of person who spends the big bucks for hairstylists.

31. I like sleeping on the rainy nights, with thunder and lightning.

32. I believe the climactic events of human history may be upon us.

33. I think some of the most interesting people from history include Mohammed, Sir Isaac Newton, Michael Servetus, and Thomas Jefferson.

34. I think there are about 20 million people more qualified to be President of the US than Dubya. And I think he is easily the worst President ever.

35. As I grow older, I think I am more laissez-Faire or happy go lucky or something. I don’t think my emotional peaks and valleys are as steep as they once were.

36. I would like to have the following superpowers: Flying, Invisibility, Time Travel, Metamorphisis, and Telekinesis.

37. I took piano lessons in my youth but quite after a while. I didn’t practice as much for the recitals as I should have and I think my instructor knew that.

38. I like chess and am good at it, but wish I was even better.

39. I missed a chance to see Halley’s Comet back in the mid-80’s. No wait, my friend who was supposed to invite me over the Summer never bothered to call me so we could go camp out with his dad at his special observation post. He didn’t bother to call me the afternoon he was supposed to pick me up to take me to hear Billy Graham speak either. I don’t regret any of that however.

40. I am leaning more towards the “Big Crunch” at this point as the most likely fate of the Universe as opposed to say “Heat Death.”

2. I saved my father’s life twice, once from electrocution and once from drowning. Well, actually I didn’t save him from electrocution, but he nearly electrocuted himself and miraculously survived…. and since it happened on my b-day, I sometimes imagine I deserve some credit.

3. My parents spoiled me.

4. A guy with “red hair” tried to pick me up from summer school when I was in 1st grade. My mother freaked out and called the sheriff’s dept. assuming it was a kidnapping attempt. Consequently, I had a bit of a phobia all throughout elementary school for young men with red hair, red cars, and even strangers in general.

5. I haven’t really had many “crushes” since my elementary, middle, and high school years.

6. Rollerskating was my big hobby as a kid, and Shipwreck Island was a common summer travel destination.

7. I would have made all E’s in school, if not for my bad handwriting and art grades.

8. As smart as I was, I never won the class spelling bee. That bothered me at the time.

9. I gave 2 speeches to my entire high school class; one during my junior year and one at graduation.

10. I’m pretty sure I have ADHD. But I’m not going to a shrink.

11. I think the scene in ROTJ where Vader grabs Sidious and throws him off the Death Star just might be the greatest scene in movie history. Although, the epic force battle between Sidious and Yoda in the Galactic Senate as well as the duel between Anakin and Dooku aboard the Invisible Hand in ROTS make for close seconds.

12. I have owned an Atari 2600, Sega Master System, NES, SNES, PS2, Xbox, N64, Gamecube, Xbox 360, and numerous PC’s

13. Some of my favorite arcade games were Tournament Cyberball 2072, Street Fighter 2 Championship Edition, Punch Out, and Burgertime.

14. I have had many spiritual dreams lately, involving God and angels. These dreams have encouraged me to improve myself.

15. My mother keeps harping on me for not investing in real estate, but I keep telling her the market is going to turn down. It’s a real test of wills.

16. I spend a lot of time in malls, bookstores, on the Internet, and in my car.

17. I value my soul, family, health, free time, knowledge, pleasure….. but I don’t care like I used to about what other people think of me.

18. When I was in school, I couldn’t do pull-ups. Probably still can’t.

19. I think the period between Halloween and New Year’s is my favorite time of year.

20. I’m having a hard time setting more than a few long term goals, but the flip side of that is I can really focus on the goals I do have.

21. I think Materazzi deserved to get his a—beat by Zidane. He had it coming. The man plays soccer like a hitman or gangster.

22. I prefer pictures of clothed women to nude women. Is that weird?

23. I didn’t really start using a cell phone consistently until just a few months ago. I guess I am uncomfortable with the idea of people being able to reach me anytime, anyplace. But I will say that if you knew what you were getting into with cell phone billing… you would probably never buy one.

24. I think I am addicted to caffeine, sugar, and salt.

25. I don’t watch anywhere near as much tv as I did when I was a kid. Now, when I was a kid, I would watch everything from the A-Team to WWF specials, to Saturday morning cartoons like Superfriends. I guess the Internet changes things.