I spent
way too much time with this "25 Things About You" facebook meme that's been floating around, so I'm gonna post it here too. Feel free to play along (another thread for this, maybe?)!
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I wasn't originally going to do one of these, but as the saying goes, when in Rome, waste time on the internet!
1. I floss.
2. Except for Chicken Pox and a 24 hour flu when I was in elementary school, I don't get sick. I don't know if it's my healthy lifestyle, my grueling exercise regimen, or it's simply genetic (it's definitely genetic), but I'm never under the weather. Hopefully no current or potential employers read this, because they'll know that if I call in sick, I'm faking.
3. I grew up in Woodstock, NY. Yes,
the Woodstock. No the concert wasn't there. It was 60 miles north in a town called Bethel. No, I didn't go. I wasn't born yet.
4. I love Mexican food. It's one of the reasons I'd have trouble leaving San Francisco. There are a couple of other reasons.
4. I'm a metal head. That's not to say I only listen to metal--I guarantee I have a more eclectic music taste than you--but I grew up listening to metal, and since it's one of the few musical styles
forever evolving, I will always love it. Give it a try; life ain't all puppies and roses, so don't fool yourself by listening to artificially happy music all the time.
5. I think my beard is bigger than it's ever been.
6. In 2002, I spent time at the Zen Mountain Monetary in Mt. Tremper NY. I left that place loving everything very deeply. Sometimes, I still do.
7. My left front tooth is fake. In 10th grade, Kiowa Wells accidentally smacked my in the face with his coffee mug knocking out my precious toof. After the most painful root canal ever, I had a crown put in. I can still feel it with my tongue.
8. People sometimes say I'm loud and obnoxious. That comes from growing up in NY with loud mouthed assholes. We had a blast.
9. I took a class on The Beatles at school. Taking notes to Abbey Road was the most fun I've ever had studying for a test.
10. I've only had one long term relationship, and I've got to say, it pretty much soured me on the whole idea. But then again, that might be me post-rationalizing my inability to score chicks, dude.
11. I don't take life seriously. The whole notion of existence--sentient beings sprung from oblivion, floating on a rock for only the shortest of time, from the moment of birth destined to suffer, ignorantly plowing directly towards to the oblivion from whence they came--just cracks me up! Ha! What a joke! This has gotten me into trouble.
12. I've got more pairs of shoes right now than I have ever had at one time. That feels like an admission of guilt.
13. I don't buy meat. That's not to say I don't eat it--if you cook me something with meat in it, I would never turn it down. But I won't use my money to support an industry as vile as that one. I just don't need it; I've got plenty of other options. Usually the cheapest, freshest stuff on the menu, too!
14. I
will argue with you.
ESPECIALLY if I think you're wrong.
15. I love to read, and read more books for leisure in 2008 than I ever have before. Even so, I think if I took all the time I've spent dicking around on the internet, I could have not only read a ton more books, but probably even written a few. I bet you feel the same way.
16. I've been told it becomes a party when I show up.
17. I really don't get mad at anyone. But sometimes I get extremely disappointed.
18. I've only gone snowboarding once, and yes, my ass was pretty sore. But I was completely owning the mountain by the end of that trip. I want to go again ASslAP. (I also kick ass at Scattergories, Alysia)
19. I always finish everything on my plate. I can't stand seeing food go to waste.
20. Here's a list of the bands I've been a part of, in chronological order: Filthy Habit, Filthy McNasty, Dr. Gonzo, Inverted Vaginal Bloodfart of Satan of Doom, SMEGMACHRIST, Down Factor, Moniker, Five Inches of Fury, Digital Haircut. Only one of these bands has taken itself seriously. Only one of these bands has put out a proper album.
21. I've been the smartest guy in the room and I've been the least. I prefer to be somewhere in the middle.
22. I respect the Unabomber, though I think he went about doing the right thing the wrong way. Check out
Pentti Linkola, a fisherman from Finland who writes all his ideas by candlelight. He'd rather fish than send mailbombs.
23. It's a total cliché, but I really have the best friends in the world and I am honored to have each and every one of you in my life. You guys rule, I love you all. Except for that one guy. You all know who I'm talking about.
24. I think girls are sexy.
25.
Row row row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily merrily merrily merrily, life is but a dream.