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Friday, January 14, 2005

 
100 and then Some Thing about Me

100 things about me: Hell why not? I haven't really planned this and don't know if there are a 100 things about me that are even interesting. I'm sure I'll find something...

1. I like to write in list form because that's the way my mind thinks.
2. I secretly carry a list of albums I want to buy in my wallet and have been known to spin off the road writing down names of bands.
3. I have won a national championship playing baseball.
4. I'm a sucker for watches and shoes.
5. I prefer a 55$ filet from Aldo's more than any other meal in the world.
6. I prefer the 40$ stuffed veal chop from Boccacio's second.
7. I hated Jameson when I first started to drink it.
8. I could, at one time, bench press 350 pounds (yeah short arms)
9. I'm a good problem solver.
10. I didn't start drinking until I was 22.
11. I had only slept with 2 women until I was 22.
12. I am an above average poker player.
13. Nick Hammonds is my oldest friend (since 5 kid).
14. I love all my friends even though I am very little like them.
15. I enjoy chewing tobacco once or twice a week as a means to an end.
16. I was rich once.
17. I am poor now.
18. My IQ is 155 (seriously - I don't know how either)
19. I have only said "I love you" to two people not counting family or friends.
20. I don't sucker women into sex, contrary to popular demand.
21. I have a desire to own one of the best t-shirt collections in the world.
22. I want a wife.
23. I have really small hands.
24. I am moody and unpredictable.
25. I can easily drink 15 drinks and hit a baseball.
26. My favorite years of my life were 22 and 19.
27. I would like to design organic autonomous learning content and systems that change the way people learn.
28. I am shy.
29. I am not shy most of the time.
30. If I don't have the spotlight I get angry.
31. People ask for my advice because they know I won't shoot them anyway but straight.
32. Tissot's "Hide and Seek" is my favorite painting.
33. I have only read about 75% of the books in my room.
34. I love board games.
35. I don't like chocolate.
36. I like raw oysters but not any other kind of seafood.
37. Bud Bottles are my beer of choice.
38. I know way to many bartenders.
39. I want to one day write a good book, or at the least, a poem I can be proud of.
40. I am a very jealous person and I have a tendency to exaggerate and lie.
41. I am arrogant when I become jealous or confrontational.
42. I am a good flirt.
43. My favorite piece of clothing in the world are Clark Wallabies followed a close second by my Yankee Rebel t-shirt.
44. I don't like when girls grab my Yankee Rebel t-shirt and wear it without asking.
45. I tend to wear the same pants 2 or 3 days in a row.
46. My eyes change color with the weather.
47. I love way to many different bands to single one out as a favorite.
48. I'm lying - you can throw on Oasis any time and I'll vouch.
49. I would pay 50 thousand dollars to have Noel Gallagher play at my 30th birthday party.

This is tough -

50. I like gum. I have never turned down gum in my life.
51. I started smoking at age 15 and yes I was sucking down pfunks even back then.
52. I put Coldplay on the map, well, in the DC area.
53. I have easily scene over a 1000 concerts.
54. I have over 1000 cd's.
55. My favorite book is Animal Farm by George Orwell.
56. My favorite color is Green.
57. My favorite activity is sex.
58. I don't want to have sex again unless I'm in love.
59. I have a hard time keeping in touch with friends.
60. I answer my phone about 10% of the time.
61. I have a tendency to crack my neck, chew my finger nails, and stretch in public.
62. I know the following program languages: HTML, XML, XSLT, ASP, ColdFusion, JSP
63. I lived in Korea for a year teaching little kids English.
64. I have been to 10 different countries.
65. I miss having a car.
66. My favorite fabric is suede.
67. I can do 20 chin-ups.
68. I love hats - shit I'm a goddamn fop.
69. My 18th century British literature class in college was what turned me on to books.
70. I attended roughly 1/5 of my classes in college and graduated with a 3.6.
71. I was a part of the Internet boom of 97-00
72. I don't give myself nearly enough credit, mainly because I fish for compliments.
73. I know every song on the radio, yes, even country.
74. My Mom is my idol.
75. I cry way too much about my dad and girls and feeling guilty.
76. I am really good at shuffle board (not the shit on boats)
77. Neighborhood kids weren't allowed to play with me because I cursed too much.
78. I am the youngest of all my childhood neighborhood friends.
79. I have a tattoo of a mustang on my chest and Tim drew it. I get mixed reviews but I love it.
80. I have a tendency to stand on bar stools and drop 200 dollars on a tab at the drop of a hat.
81. I know how to have a good time.
82. I have never slept with a woman over 30.
83. I have never slept with a girl under 18 (ok that includes like when I was 16 and stuff)
84. I was a virgin when I went to college.
85. My first car was an 89' Cavalier RS and I loved it.
86. My favorite job of all time was lifting dry wall when I was 18.
87. My least favorite job was selling computers at CompUSA.
88. I have only had one long-term relationship in my entire life and it has ruined me for all others.
89. My feet get really cold when I sleep.
90. In order my pick of women - (no joke) busty brunette women from a southern European country, Asian women, Jewish women, South American women - that's it
91. I don't date
92. I cannot name all the girls I slept with
93. I don't hang out with some of the people I love the most because loving someone means you can fall back into a fold and not miss a beat.
94. I love to gamble. LOVE TO GAMBLE!
95. I can read a racing program at the horse track and tell you anything you want to know.
96. I used to handicap races when I was in 9th grade.
97. I'm a sucker for loud women who want to be noticed.
98. I'm a sucker for Karaoke when I'm drunk and with people I know.
99. I have never purchased a drug.
100. I love living in Baltimore.
101. I typed this list by copying and pasting 1,2,3,-0 and didn't even look and hit it right on the nose

Ok actually once you get rolling you can keep going forever -
102. I love Rottweilers and I have had 2 (Hunter and Titan)
103. I don't like cats.
104. I don't get upset when people or animals die.
105. I thought we had it coming to us on 9/11
106. I believe our country is messed up beyond repair. How's Canada in August?
107. My favorite season is fall.
108. I can watch 9 innings of baseball between the Mariners and Angels and not blink an eye
109. When I was little I used to drink a glass of milk every time Cal Ripken came to bat.
110. I have more stories than anyone I know.
111. I don't like to listen to other people's stories.
112. 10 is my favorite number.
113. I can drink a reverse car bomb.
114. I have been in 5 weddings.
115. Choosing my best man and wedding party will be impossible.
116. I miss Craig.
117. Shit I miss a lot of people.
118. My friends are my family.
119. I don't give my friends the respect they deserve nearly enough.
120. I am a godfather.

ok ok ok that's enough...

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