100 Things You Couldn't Care Less About
Inspired by J. Star's 100 things about me list, I am going to endeavour to do the same thing. I'll probably get distracted first, but here goes for now.
10 Things You Probably Already Knew or Could Guess About Me
1. I like being outside.
2. I was born and bred in Cleveland, Ohio. Now I live in Montreal, Quebec.
3. I like beer, wine, and whisky, and monkeys, pirates, and flames.
4. I also like bikes.
5. I don't really so much enjoy the company of animals of the feline persuasion.
6. I don't eat meat (but I sure like the... never mind)
7. I am scared of snakes. I really, really don't like snakes. At all.
8. I have a very dry, sarcastic sense of humour.
9. I'm an engineer.
10. I had a very good childhood. No major trauma.
10 Things You Probably Didn't Know or Couldn't Guess About Me
11. I went to church, every Sunday, for fourteen years.
12. I did gymnastics for almost ten years. My only sleepaway camp experience was gymnastics camp.
13. From the age of 14-17, theater was the most important thing in my life, bar none.
14. I have crazy hitch-hiker's thumbs. They gross some people out.
15. I know how to ballroom dance.
16. I have two irrational fears; that when I'm in an elevator it will get jammed sideways in the track (so I always stand in a way to counterbalance other weight, or if I'm in an elevator alone I stand in the middle), and that they will spit in my food in the kitchen of restaurants (so I'm a big tipper and I'm overly nice to waiters).
17. I hate seeing doctors. So I avoid it at all costs (including my health)
18. I was on one of those makeover shows on TV five years ago. (Don't worry, the highlights grew out and the makeup washed off.)
19. I used to subscribe to Stuff.
20. I've been to a fetish club. For a wedding reception.
10 Things That Rule About Being Me
21. I'm able to find common ground with almost anyone; I have nondrinking religious friends, a friend who is a body modification performance artist, friends with PhDs, friends with high school educations. I like to mix it up.
22. No. Fucking. Shame.
23. I used to train for street fighting. I'm still confident that I could kick ass if I needed to.
24. My contradiction within myself; I can be dressed in a business suit with my mountain bike in my car. If I buy three magazines they'll probably be Bicycling, National Geographic Adventure, and some super-fluff rag I'm so embarassed to admit that I won't put it here.
25. The world is sometimes like my own personal sitcom. Life, in general, is amsuing to me. I laugh to myself a lot.
26. I don't have any set plans; a lot of people have an outline (married by 28, own house by 30, kids by 32, promotion at 35, retire at 55...). I don't. I don't know what's coming or when. I feel very free because of that.
27. I'm fascinated by language. I like to play with it. It doesn't come accross my writing, but one of my favourite things to do is put my own spin on an old saying (I never say "that hit the spot," I say "that took the spot out back and beat it within an inch of its life.").
28. If I say I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it. Or I'm going to make it up to you.
29. I can put my forehead on my knees without bending them.
30. I'm determined like there's no tomorrow... if I decide I'm doing something, come hell or high water, I'm doing it.
10 Things I'd Like to Change
31. My fear of dependance.
32. My fascination with the lives of people I don't know.
33. My biting, sarcastic sense of humour (I don't want to change it, I just want to learn how to shut it up sometimes).
34. My complete lack of ability to suck it up or hide my emotions when I don't like something.
35. My hatred of dishes.
36. My hair colour (want to go Run Lola Run red. Unfortunately, I may have missed the boat on that, seeing as now I'm supposed to represent an international company.)
37. My impatience.
38. I'd love to work through my American-Canadian-Western identity issues.
39. The fact that I'm not volunteering for anything right now. I'm going to change that next week; I found out about an organization that interests me.
40. My mood swings.
10 Things I Do Pretty Well
41. Bust a move.
42. Conversation.
43. Loose, rocky descents.
44. Using the resources available to me to find stuff out.
45. Cook (when I decide to make a proper meal, at least).
46. Introspection.
47. Top ten lists.
48. Make up words.
49. Pouring beer with the appropriate amount of head. I can also pour four bottles into glasses at once without spilling.
50. Meeting deadlines.
10 Things I Suck At
51. All things financial.
52. Accepting a compliment.
53. Being vulnerable.
54. Cleaning.
55. Verbally expressing affection.
56. I throw like a girl.
57. Knowing when to shut it.
58. Subtlety.
59. Sucking it up.
60. Eating brussels sprouts and asparagus.
10 Things I'll Never Do
61. Smoke.
62. Buy Nestle, Kraft, Life Savers, or any other company under the Altria conglomorate, if I can humanly avoid it.
63. Cartwheels down the street wearing a suit made of bacon.
64. Drive a gas guzzler.
65. Understand homophobia, racism, sexism, and secularism (is that a word? I told you I was good at making them up).
66. Be satisfied.
67. Compromise on something that's important to me.
68. Grow up.
69. Accomplish everything in life I want to do, and say "I am satisfied." There's too much life to live and not enough time to live it in for me to possibly get it all done.
70. Forget the time in grade three when my friends and I made up the longest word in the world.... pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis-antidisestablishmentary-onatomato-plunger-gunker-toxically-contaiminated-petrified-peach-pits-from-the-planet-Plip. Yeah, that's right.
10 Things I Wish I Could Do
71. Fluently speak eight languages.
72. Never miss a sunrise or a sunset.
73. See the future.
74. Design and build my dream house.
75. Go back to school and do a bachelor's purely for pleasure.
76. Solve the problem of orphaned children in Bolivia after the age of eighteen.
77. Go back in time.
78. Debate effectively.
79. Snap my fingers.
80. Run without the shattering pain in my knees.
10 Things I've Done
81. Eaten cow stomach.
82. Been held at knifepoint by a member of my family.
83. Fallen off a cliff.
84. Seen Ray Charles in concert. Front row.
85. Jumped out of a plane.
86. Gotten trashed with a cop. (I was 17.) I've also outrun a cop (we were only trespassing, nothing major).
87. Sunk a 22' sailboat in the middle of the lake.
88. Buried a chain ring in my leg deep enough to leave a permanent scar.
89. Been recognized as being in the 98th and 99th percentile of this and that, and realized how arbitrary and rediculous those measurements are.
90. Seen someone die of a bullet wound in the street.
10 Vices
91. By this point, do I even need to name it? I would like to clarify, however. For as much as I talk about beer and wine, I genuinely enjoy the ritual and taste. I drink once or twice a week. I do drink to excess, but very rarely these days. Sure, I had my wayward youth, but these days I'm more about a night in than a night out. I love red wine (Spanish and Italian) and playing with wine accessories. In terms of beer, I am partial to Kilkenny. There's a brewery that, around this time of year, has a pumpkin beer which is fantastic. I also really enjoy a good pint of cider. I have and will always have a soft spot in my heart for Woodchuck.
92. Mortal Kombat and Wayne's World.
93. Chai tea.
94. Coffee, in all its glorious, unsweetened forms. This is another ritualistic drink that is almost as much fun to prepare and talk about as it is to drink...
95. Alias, Queer as Folk, and the Simpsons.
96. Good company.
97. Pain (ie exploding lungs, burning legs, bumps and bruises from a race).
98. Canadian Maritime music. Great Big Sea in particular.
99. Dogs.
100. Blogs and virtual community. If you couldn't tell.
10 Things You Probably Already Knew or Could Guess About Me
1. I like being outside.
2. I was born and bred in Cleveland, Ohio. Now I live in Montreal, Quebec.
3. I like beer, wine, and whisky, and monkeys, pirates, and flames.
4. I also like bikes.
5. I don't really so much enjoy the company of animals of the feline persuasion.
6. I don't eat meat (but I sure like the... never mind)
7. I am scared of snakes. I really, really don't like snakes. At all.
8. I have a very dry, sarcastic sense of humour.
9. I'm an engineer.
10. I had a very good childhood. No major trauma.
10 Things You Probably Didn't Know or Couldn't Guess About Me
11. I went to church, every Sunday, for fourteen years.
12. I did gymnastics for almost ten years. My only sleepaway camp experience was gymnastics camp.
13. From the age of 14-17, theater was the most important thing in my life, bar none.
14. I have crazy hitch-hiker's thumbs. They gross some people out.
15. I know how to ballroom dance.
16. I have two irrational fears; that when I'm in an elevator it will get jammed sideways in the track (so I always stand in a way to counterbalance other weight, or if I'm in an elevator alone I stand in the middle), and that they will spit in my food in the kitchen of restaurants (so I'm a big tipper and I'm overly nice to waiters).
17. I hate seeing doctors. So I avoid it at all costs (including my health)
18. I was on one of those makeover shows on TV five years ago. (Don't worry, the highlights grew out and the makeup washed off.)
19. I used to subscribe to Stuff.
20. I've been to a fetish club. For a wedding reception.
10 Things That Rule About Being Me
21. I'm able to find common ground with almost anyone; I have nondrinking religious friends, a friend who is a body modification performance artist, friends with PhDs, friends with high school educations. I like to mix it up.
22. No. Fucking. Shame.
23. I used to train for street fighting. I'm still confident that I could kick ass if I needed to.
24. My contradiction within myself; I can be dressed in a business suit with my mountain bike in my car. If I buy three magazines they'll probably be Bicycling, National Geographic Adventure, and some super-fluff rag I'm so embarassed to admit that I won't put it here.
25. The world is sometimes like my own personal sitcom. Life, in general, is amsuing to me. I laugh to myself a lot.
26. I don't have any set plans; a lot of people have an outline (married by 28, own house by 30, kids by 32, promotion at 35, retire at 55...). I don't. I don't know what's coming or when. I feel very free because of that.
27. I'm fascinated by language. I like to play with it. It doesn't come accross my writing, but one of my favourite things to do is put my own spin on an old saying (I never say "that hit the spot," I say "that took the spot out back and beat it within an inch of its life.").
28. If I say I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it. Or I'm going to make it up to you.
29. I can put my forehead on my knees without bending them.
30. I'm determined like there's no tomorrow... if I decide I'm doing something, come hell or high water, I'm doing it.
10 Things I'd Like to Change
31. My fear of dependance.
32. My fascination with the lives of people I don't know.
33. My biting, sarcastic sense of humour (I don't want to change it, I just want to learn how to shut it up sometimes).
34. My complete lack of ability to suck it up or hide my emotions when I don't like something.
35. My hatred of dishes.
36. My hair colour (want to go Run Lola Run red. Unfortunately, I may have missed the boat on that, seeing as now I'm supposed to represent an international company.)
37. My impatience.
38. I'd love to work through my American-Canadian-Western identity issues.
39. The fact that I'm not volunteering for anything right now. I'm going to change that next week; I found out about an organization that interests me.
40. My mood swings.
10 Things I Do Pretty Well
41. Bust a move.
42. Conversation.
43. Loose, rocky descents.
44. Using the resources available to me to find stuff out.
45. Cook (when I decide to make a proper meal, at least).
46. Introspection.
47. Top ten lists.
48. Make up words.
49. Pouring beer with the appropriate amount of head. I can also pour four bottles into glasses at once without spilling.
50. Meeting deadlines.
10 Things I Suck At
51. All things financial.
52. Accepting a compliment.
53. Being vulnerable.
54. Cleaning.
55. Verbally expressing affection.
56. I throw like a girl.
57. Knowing when to shut it.
58. Subtlety.
59. Sucking it up.
60. Eating brussels sprouts and asparagus.
10 Things I'll Never Do
61. Smoke.
62. Buy Nestle, Kraft, Life Savers, or any other company under the Altria conglomorate, if I can humanly avoid it.
63. Cartwheels down the street wearing a suit made of bacon.
64. Drive a gas guzzler.
65. Understand homophobia, racism, sexism, and secularism (is that a word? I told you I was good at making them up).
66. Be satisfied.
67. Compromise on something that's important to me.
68. Grow up.
69. Accomplish everything in life I want to do, and say "I am satisfied." There's too much life to live and not enough time to live it in for me to possibly get it all done.
70. Forget the time in grade three when my friends and I made up the longest word in the world.... pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis-antidisestablishmentary-onatomato-plunger-gunker-toxically-contaiminated-petrified-peach-pits-from-the-planet-Plip. Yeah, that's right.
10 Things I Wish I Could Do
71. Fluently speak eight languages.
72. Never miss a sunrise or a sunset.
73. See the future.
74. Design and build my dream house.
75. Go back to school and do a bachelor's purely for pleasure.
76. Solve the problem of orphaned children in Bolivia after the age of eighteen.
77. Go back in time.
78. Debate effectively.
79. Snap my fingers.
80. Run without the shattering pain in my knees.
10 Things I've Done
81. Eaten cow stomach.
82. Been held at knifepoint by a member of my family.
83. Fallen off a cliff.
84. Seen Ray Charles in concert. Front row.
85. Jumped out of a plane.
86. Gotten trashed with a cop. (I was 17.) I've also outrun a cop (we were only trespassing, nothing major).
87. Sunk a 22' sailboat in the middle of the lake.
88. Buried a chain ring in my leg deep enough to leave a permanent scar.
89. Been recognized as being in the 98th and 99th percentile of this and that, and realized how arbitrary and rediculous those measurements are.
90. Seen someone die of a bullet wound in the street.
10 Vices
91. By this point, do I even need to name it? I would like to clarify, however. For as much as I talk about beer and wine, I genuinely enjoy the ritual and taste. I drink once or twice a week. I do drink to excess, but very rarely these days. Sure, I had my wayward youth, but these days I'm more about a night in than a night out. I love red wine (Spanish and Italian) and playing with wine accessories. In terms of beer, I am partial to Kilkenny. There's a brewery that, around this time of year, has a pumpkin beer which is fantastic. I also really enjoy a good pint of cider. I have and will always have a soft spot in my heart for Woodchuck.
92. Mortal Kombat and Wayne's World.
93. Chai tea.
94. Coffee, in all its glorious, unsweetened forms. This is another ritualistic drink that is almost as much fun to prepare and talk about as it is to drink...
95. Alias, Queer as Folk, and the Simpsons.
96. Good company.
97. Pain (ie exploding lungs, burning legs, bumps and bruises from a race).
98. Canadian Maritime music. Great Big Sea in particular.
99. Dogs.
100. Blogs and virtual community. If you couldn't tell.
posted by M at 4:48 PM
1 Comments:
Excellent. I was rollin' at the cartwheels in the suit made of bacon. Good show.
You subscribed to Stuff? Ha ha! Oh, Lord.
And I kinda want Run Lola Run hair too. I had to watch that movie 237 times in my high school German class. I can still quote stuff from that movie, in German.
"Die Tasche! Die Tasche! Die Tasche! Wo ist die Tasche!"
-Suley
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