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The 20 random things you may not have known about me... thread.

My 20 has changed a bit so here goes my new 20

1. I am originally from Napoli, Italy, lived in NYC for 10 year moved to Madrid for 7 and now live in Cardiff

2. I go to university in cardif(UWIC) but I hate it so I am trying to transfer to the US

3. I speak English, Italian, Spanish and Greek

4. Switched to mac in 2004

5. Love to ride motorcycles

6. I adore hip hop but none of that new crap about cash and hoes

7. Im 6foot but I weigh 215 lbs

8. I was captain of the varsity basketball team in high school and despite being only 6 foot I played power forward

9. My favorite place on earth is this little island in Greece called Patmos

10. I always start projects but lose interest quickly and never finish them

11. I am pretty bad with money

12. I have three tattoos and my parents hate them but I want to get 1 more

13. My favorite looking mac of all time is the B&W G3

14. The person I love most on this earth is my grandmother(who really isnt my grandmother just a nanny that has been in my family for 26 years)

15. I want to get a job but alas I am too lazy to get one

16. I am not great looking but I manage to get a lot of hook-ups but never a relationship. I HATE THAT

17. I wasted the best year of my life my junior and senior years of high school chasing after a girl who I was/am TRUELY in love with but we never ended up together. She now lives in Australia, I havent seen here in 6 months but I still think about her every hour of everyday

18. One of my biggest fears is losing my grandmother(which is bound to happen soon)

19. My other biggest fear is dying alone and unloved

20. Writing the last three things has made me kinda depressed
 
Doctor Q said:
Don't worry. Your secret is safe, because nobody reads the MacRumors forums or this thread in particular. ;)

The largest number of computers we ever had in our house at one time was 11 Macs and 1 PC. We must be twins!
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Actually, if you're talking about in my house, the figure gets all strange.

11 Macs
5 PCs
 
1. I Go to an arts school were I study filmmaking for 3 hours a day (Public school, but you have to audition)
2.I go on digg.com lots and I even have a digg tee shirt
3.I sometimes type in the same fashon as I play piano with certain fingers reaching over and under each other.
4. I like suspenders,hats, and monocles.
5. I have ADHD and OCD, both only mild cases.
6. My IQ is 127 and it was a real test not an online one.
7. I'm a starwars geek too.
8. My favorite food is plain hamburgers (meat and bread only+salt) and fries
9. 108 is my favorite number
10. I like astronomy,astophysics,and astrobiology.
11. Pirates of Silicone Valley is one of my favorite movies even though they need to re-make the ending ;)
12. I want to work for Apple
13. I'm 5'3, 95 lbs and my shoe size is 10 and a half
14. I've converted 5 people to Mac so far
15. I like photography
16. I like Jazz,swing,doo-wop,classical,electro,rock and roll,billy joel,Mika,bluegrass, soundtrack, 80's, the beatles.
17. I am absoulutely horrible at math, my brain needs more RAM when it comes to math.
18. I like LOST, HOUSE, The Simpsons, ect.
19. I play an instrument that is the worlds first electronic insturment, the hardest instrument in the world to play, and the only instrument in the world you don't touch to play, it creates an electro-magnetic field, and has two anntenas. Its called a theremin, google it.
20. I also play keyboard!
 
I think I did this once or twice already, but it's kind of fun so I'll do it again. :)

1. I love PC's. My favorite thing about them is how often they have problems, because I'm the guy everyone calls with PC issues and I make most of my money fixing them.
2. I went out and got a DBA for my own computer repair business.
3. I also went out and obtained a license to sell Real Estate in the state of Michigan.
4. I make more money fixing computers than selling real estate.
5. I play electric guitar, poorly.
6. I recently got a kitten, named him Jambi (any Tool fans?) and he loves when I try to play "Jambi" on my guitar, especially the solo.
7. The following was typed by Jambi just now as he tried to crawl across my PowerBook:

433333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333

8. I have an obsession with collecting computers and electronics, most of which are too old to really use.
9. I can't park in my own garage because of #8.
10. In the past 2 years, I've worked a grand total of approximately 7 months.
11. I'm what most would call a procrastinator. An extremely unmotivated one. I rarely finish anything. In fact...
 
Geez, am I bored. So, I'll try to post another 20.

21. I am typing this from the fugliest laptop ever.
22. It's a Dell Inspiron 8000.
23. This was used by my best friend to type things to his mom because he had brain cancer and was dying.
24. I can be really morbid sometimes.
25. For some reason, my friends like it when I say the word "plum".
26. It's actually really funny how much I look like the stereotypical nerd.
27. I have an obsession with checking my email. I'm still stuck in the Stone Age though- I use Yahoo.
28. I occasionally mix drinks for my parents.
29. I loathe people who use lol too much, don't capitalize their letters, and type in all caps.
30. The following is an ad I posted on Craigslist when I was mad at people who did that.

L@@K AMAZING GREAT DEAL WOW RUSH SALE!!!!!!

I HAVE A GREAT CONDITION FLOPPY DISK HOLDS 1.4MB!!!!
TONIGHT ONLY 50 CENTS WOW!!!!
GREAT DEAL!!!
PERFECT TO STICK IN YOUR LOPTOP!!! FOR BACKING UP STUFF!!!!!
WOW AMAZING!!!
NOWHERE ELSE IS BETTER DEAL!!!
ACT NOW AND GET FREE FINGER WITH WHICH TO HOLD DISK!!!!

31. Once a week, I go to a convenience store and buy a bottle of Cherry Coke and a mint patty. I drink exactly half of the coke, eat the patty, and shake up the coke and throw it on the pavement. It explodes.
32. I am arguing with my dad at the moment about lending me $43 to be able to buy a Mac Mini. I'm winning, I think.
33. I have not used a Mac in 16 hours.
34. I just got my best Christmas gift ever. iPod touch and iHome iH8.
35. Whenever I think of the number 22, I taste Skittles.
36. Apparently this is because of becoming a teenager, but whatever. I have a sudden taste for blasting underground techno and Linkin Park.
37. I just made the most money I ever have in my entire life. $400.
38. I love Macs, but hate Mac users, especially self-absorbed designers.
39. I REALLY want a Mac mini.
40. In 27 years, this is how old I'll be.
41. If you didn't get that, I laugh.
 
1. I am very fearful of spiders
2. I hate the telephone
3. I am a little obsessive compulsive, and as a result believe strongly in feng shui
4. I love to drive
5. My car has to always be clean, or I'd rather not drive it
6. I wear a size 13 in shoes
7. I am a capricorn
8. I hate onions but love fried onion rings
9. I like my food to be well done
10. I bite my nails
11. I have 27 bottles of cologne
12. My favorite color is blue
13. I am the youngest of 3 children
14. I have lived in Kentucky my entire life
15. I dislike Billy Mays (the one who does American infomercials)
16. I like America's Next Top Model
17. I have grey eyes
18. I have never been outside the United States, or the eastern time zone for that matter
19. I love money
20. I have seen every single episode of South Park
 
I did this almost two years ago, I figured I would add some new ones.

1) I live an extremely boring life
2) I have only ever randomly given my number to two chicks and neither of them have yet to call me.
3) I occasionally smoke cigarettes even though I know they are extremely un-healthy and expensive.
4) I actually agree with a lot of the socialist agenda
5) I am a virgin
6) I like to pretend that I am smarter than I really am when talking to chicks in hopes of perhaps impressing them.
7) I pretend to be vain while in reality I have a rather low self-esteem
8) I sometimes think about just getting in my van and driving out to San Francisco (my dream place to live) in hopes of starting a new life.
9) I hold an Extra class amateur radio license yet I have never even built a simple antenna.
10) I am getting an associates degree in April in computer networking and honestly I wonder if I am leaving school with all of the knowledge that I should have.
11) I don't ask chicks out on dates because I drive a 1994 Astro Van with no front passenger seat or A/C and riding in it is very rough (engine troubles) and I would hate to show up on a date in that vehicle.
12) I suck at making a budget
13) The one chick who I think actually understood me died in April.
14) I am an atheist and I have discovered that agnostics are just people without the balls to realize there isn't a divine entity (mind you that the last time I did this almost two years ago I defined myself as agnostic)
15) I haven't finished a book in well over a year
16) I am morbidly obese
17) I don't know if I would be upset if my biological mother died
18) I tell guys to get the balls to ask chicks outs and yet I don't have the balls myself.
19) I sometimes wonder if there is something mentally wrong with me
20) I am not afraid to share personal thoughts on an open forum on the World Wide Web.
 
I don't understand all the Americans' ideas about being 1/2^y (nationality), but here goes.
  • I'm 100% English, for anyone interested.
  • I have a real problem with bad grammar, there's nothing which annoys me more.
  • My parents split up, and I moved house 3 weeks ago.
  • I'm going to Germany at Easter for a two-week Betriebspraktikum: (work experience).
  • I left school with 6 A*'s, 3 A's and 2 B's.
  • I'm very vocal in my opinions when questioned; people often label me as racist, when this isn't the case.
  • I'm wholeheartedly against the mass multi-culturalism of Britain.
  • I cannot switch off or lay back, I'm completely useless at parties.
  • I'm never proud of anything I do or achieve.
  • I'm hideously camera shy.
  • I'm incredibly tight with money, there's not a worse feeling than handing it over to someone else.
  • I'm very quiet, say very little and I'm very reserved.
  • I don't converse unless there's something that I need to say.
  • I'm terrified about not getting into a good university.
  • My first driving lesson is on the 30th of January, and I'm bricking it.
  • I've never drunk alcohol in my life.
  • I find it very difficult to talk about anything personal.
  • I can't watch a whole film through, I'm too impatient.
  • I strive independance.
  • This list makes me sound rather odd.
 
I'm not really sure I have twenty random things unknown to anyone else, but here goes...

  1. If Vipers or Cylon Raiders really existed, I'd fly one up to Redmond, WA and level the place.
  2. Actually, I'd also fly it to Hollywierd and wipe out the "suits".
  3. If the Force existed, I'd hang back just out of earshot at a public place and do random mind tricks on people. "Gee, I want to go live in a monastery."
  4. Battle of the Planets (a.k.a. "Gatchaman") is one of my childhood favorite cartoons.
  5. I'm one of the few people left in this country who's not done drugs. Even at age 35.
  6. I like Vogon poetry.
  7. I'm a huge fan of Airwolf (shameless plug: And I'm thrilled Mark Cairns has finally released Airwolf Themes I for public download)
  8. I got to meet four of my childhood heroes in 2005, and found out the actors who portrayed them are actually decent people I wouldn't mind having as neighbors.
  9. I've never been in a serious relationship.
  10. I left the computer industry because I could no longer stand what it was turning into.
  11. I hate Raymond. (j/k -- I've actually never seen the show, but it's cool to say.)
  12. I've never been out of the U.S.
  13. I'm letting my hair grow out, and it's longer now than it's ever been in my life.
  14. I've come to believe that, in life, how you go about it is more important than what you do.
  15. If the Force really existed ... Force Lightning ... Bill Gates.
  16. I understand what the "There's only 10 kinds of people in this world..." shirt means.
  17. I'd love to meet a like-minded, cute Mac-hugging girl from MacRumors.

Sorry, I ran out of things to list.
 
1. I served 12 years as an Army Intelligence officer

2. My favorite beer is Milaukee Best Light (hey, at $12 for a 24 pack, who's complaining?)

3. I've owned two cheap Porsches, a 944 and a 912E

4. I have three wonderful children

5. I've had as many as six dogs... all indoor pets.

6. I once rode a motorcycle 1,767 miles in 32 hours without stopping to sleep.

7. I used to collect vintage G.I. Joe action figures. My collection (which has been in is in storage for years) includes over 40 figures; some as valuable as $700, and most worth over $100.

8. I'm a vegetarian.

9. I'm probably a Democratic Socialist.

10. Favorites.... book Jupiter's Travels by Ted Simon... movie "Office Space"... football team = Redskins.... baseball team = Tampa Bay Rays

11. I listened to punk rock in the '70s. The Dead Kennedys were one of my favorite bands. If I had to pick a favorite, it would have to be The Clash.

12. I don't currently own a Mac!

13. Even though I'm acrophobic, I once went skydiving (in Eloy AZ 11/07/92).

14. I played Rugby in college, and served as an equipment manager for the Baseball team.

15. I'm an undiagnosed Obsessive Compulsive.

16. I proposed to my wife when she stepped off a military aircraft returning from the first Gulf War.

17. I met my best friend in study hall in 1979. We have been like brothers ever since.

18. I've lived in seven of the States in the US (a couple of them more than once), and one foreign country.

19. I can't stand the idea of paying for a haircut, so I buzz my head with clippers.

20. I've completed a marathon ('03) and four half-marathons ('04 through '07), and I never trained for any of them... even though I'm old and fat.
 
1. I love to read books. By the end of kindergarten, i read at an 8th grade level.

2. Bacon is one of my favorite foods.

3. BBQ ribs are also.

4. I like to play the drums because it's therapeutic.

5. One of my favorite books is The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour.

6. My music-snob roommates like to chide me on my affection for the Goo Goo Dolls.

7. I drove cross-country after college from San Francisco and settled in New York City.

8. I'm allergic to mosquito bites...actually, almost all bug bites but mosquitoes are my #1 enemy.

9. I think Charles Bukowski is overrated.

10. I only had one pet my entire life: a hamster named Arthur (after the King).

11. I suck at Scrabble but claim to be a wordsmith.

12. My vocabulary really isn't that good.

13. During college, I worked 2 jobs at the same time; i smoked a lot of cigs and pot to motivate me.

14. I love PCs but am leaning more towards purchasing a Mac.

15. I have an iphone, which is the coolest thing I have ever owned.

16. West Side Story is tied for my favorite movie.

17. Anything Batman steals my eye.

18. So does anything Natalie Portman.

19. I want to travel but have to work in order to pay off student loans and have health insurance.

20. I don't drink nearly as much as i used to, and I'm not sure if it's a good or a bad thing.
 
Eh.. I'm a bit late.. but here goes.

1. I'm 9/10 German. The other 1/10 is a bunch of random stuff...
2. I talk to myself more than I talk to others;)
3. I have a 3800 watt sound system:D
4. My first computer was a PC:(
5. I still own it.:(:(
6. I have a slight obsession with using only pens.
7. I live on a farm but don't actually farm anything.
8. I never go ANYWHERE without having some type of computer, be it handheld or a notebook.
9. I've had over 25 different jobs.
10. I like to play with legos:p
 
I love today! Such thread-digging! This thread shall never die. People bump it back up to the top of the list every two or three months!

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CJRhoades said:
Eh.. I'm a bit late.. but here goes.

1. I'm 9/10 German. The other 1/10 is a bunch of random stuff...
2. I talk to myself more than I talk to others;)
3. I have a 3800 watt sound system:D
4. My first computer was a PC:(
5. I still own it.:(:(
6. I have a slight obsession with using only pens.
7. I live on a farm but don't actually farm anything.
8. I never go ANYWHERE without having some type of computer, be it handheld or a notebook.
9. I've had over 25 different jobs.
10. I like to play with legos:p
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Well, may as well list my 20.

1. I'm 100% English - well I thought I was until my damn sister found out my great-great grandmother was Irish
2. On a stop over in Boston I got so drunk (the Hub Pub) that I spent the night throwing up in the toilet of the rather nice hotel we were stopping in.
3. I married my ex-girlfriend.
4. My favourite city in the world is Newport RI.
5. I truly believe I'm going to win the lottery every time I buy a ticket.
6. I have to have a minimum of 8 hours sleep every night or I'm bloody crap the following day.
7. I'm a really shy person but spend the whole working day stood up teaching people.
8. I'm crap at all sports but that doesn't stop me playing them
9. I generally don't like people.
10. but I'm lucky enough to have some very good friends.
11. I love moaning.
12. If I spend less than 4 hours cooking sunday lunch it won't be good enough.
13. My dog loves me.
14. left school (before GCSEs) with no O-levels and a best of grade 4 C.S.E
15. I spend way to much money.
16. Have never tried to give up smoking.
17. Got a bit of a beer belly
18. Will always have a cup of tea when visiting somebody just incase they have crap coffee.
19. Have a little thing for Cat Deeley & Kelly Sotherton.
20. I always tell one little white lie when doing these lists :D
 
1. 9/16 English, 1/4 Scottish + a mix of Spanish, Welsh, Yiddish, & Dutch

2. I am a direct descendent of Benjamin Franklin (7-9 generations, I forget)

3. My ancestors built Haddon Hall (used in the film The Princess Bride)

4. My great-grandfather used to be a conductor on the railroad that ran through my town

5. My grandmother danced with Telly Savales in the first-class ballroom on the Queen Mary in the 60s.

6. I have my own radio show a the local radio station

7. I've never played Guitar Hero, and don't want to

8. Nobody I know has Guitar Hero anyway

9. Before I had braces, I could literally floss with clothesline between my two front teeth

10. I had braces for over 5 years, and still wear my retainers at night (see #9, above)

11. I once defended Bill Gates to my friend during that whole M$ antitrust lawsuit (boy was I dumb then...)

12. I have a heart valve deformity (two leaflets in my heart valve instead of the normal three)

13. I secretly admire those 'messy' haircuts Brad Pitt has, even though I'm a neat-freak. Weird huh?

14. A couple of friends who live Cancun invited me down three years ago with free sleep & eats - and I haven't gone yet.

15. I'm home-schooled, dropped-out at 16 with no GED and yet have my two dream jobs

16. The dumbest one in my family - with an IQ of 132 - and always wished I was smarter

17. I like outie belly buttons better than innies

18. My hobby is playing Blues guitar

19. My other pet hobby is slight of hand and cold reading people

20. The only music I listened to for a whole summer one CD
 
1. I have the same name as a park for some reason
2. I worry about life after death and if there is a heaven and hell.
3. I prefer cats to dogs.
4. I once met the chuckle brothers :D
5. I fall in love too easy
6. I am optimistic but not optimistic enough to be optimistic about being optimistic.
7. I am related to the last executioner in Great Britain (Syd Dernley) PM me if your interested in all that, and I will tell you nothing because I know nothing about it.
8. I actually quite like imovie 08 :eek:
9. I have never been arrested
10. My friend in infant school got knocked over and killed by a bus
11. I am a huge Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes fan.
12. I like tea, like all brits do, and we are all posh and have manky teeth (but seriously I do like tea).
13. I buy iPods even though I don't listen to music much.
14. I'm contemplating buying an iPhone because I can get it cheap, even though I hate mobile phones and don't listen to music much.
15. I once gave my mum as a used hairbrush as I thought it was mothers day, and I was looking around my room for a present because I forgot, then I realised it wasn't mothers day and bought her something nice.
16. I hate animal cruelty, I once saw a guy chuck a stone at a cat, and I went mental, even though it missed.
17. I think that no one is evil, the people who commit evil acts are mentally disabled, when they go to heaven they are stripped of their disabled bodies and are actually good people.
18. I worry about stuff that is not important when there are so many world issues I wish I was worrying about.
19. I'm not as strong as I look. People think I'm strong and never fight me but if they did then I might loose.
20. Its never appealed to me to drink a lot, I do drink and enjoy it, but I can't understand todays obsession with getting wasted.
 
1. I am Czechoslovakian, but I dont know how much.
2. I love pasta.
3. Im very lazy.
4. I love fat animals.
5. Im a Nintendophile (I even have a messenger bag that looks like an NES controller!)
6. Older teens scare me.
7. When I get mad, its bad.
8. Im almost getting a C in Spanish, so I plan to take Japanese next year.
9. I love my fish. :)
10. I hate needles, and cant stand watching them go into any animal or human.
11. Im shy in the "real world."
12. Im a pack rat. I try to keep every thing, and if it goes in the trash, or I lose it, I feel bad.
13. I cant talk in any type of accent.
14. My music likes range from techno to pop to metal.
15. I wish I didnt have school, but if I didnt, I would be here all day.
16. My two favorite stores are American Eagle and Hot Topic.
17. The mall is my friend.
18. I like Japan more than I should.
19. I dont have a favorite movie, but the worst I have seen was Next.
20. My comeback that I always use is "YOUR FAT!" (Although most people I know arent.........)
 
Thought I'd do a new list (I may have repeated a few but it was awhile ago)

1)I'm left handed but do many things with my right hand ie use a mouse, play pool, golf etc
2)I have German, Russian, Hungarian and other Eastern European anchestory
3)I understand Hungarian and speak it a bit
4)I can play Saxophone, Guitar, Clarinet and Piano
5)I graduated my undergraduate degree in Psychology with a Distinction average
6)About to start my masters degree in clinical psychology after doing 4th year honours
7)I used to do karate and got up to blue belt
8)I am shy around strangers but once I know someone I am quite outgoing
9)I have 2 goldfish Bloopy and Bobby
10)I have my navel pierced
11)My favorite food is peanut butter out of a jar
12)I'd like to get a tattoo one day on the small of my back
13)I do an excellent impersonation of Hans Moleman from the Simpsons as well as the "YEEES" guy
14)I'm a girl
15)I love all music except country
16)Despite losing 33 kilos I still have a bit of a gut despite being quite lean elsewhere
17)I love RPM (spin classes at the gym)
18) I work out at the gym 6 days a week
19)I have an iphone which I LOVE
20)I also have an red ipod nano
 
1)I come from Quebec, I speak French, therefore, I'm a frog.
2)I'm 95% bilingual French & English
3)I hate internet slang, sms-writing, or anything related to bad-writing. Learn to write.
4)I like to speak and entertain, but I prefer listen. I'm a better listener.
5)I'm studying in Electrical Engineering. Completed my 2nd year... out of 4.
6)It's hard, but my friends & I don't have the choice but to help each others, which is great.
7)I love electronic and electricity. When I was young, I would open everything that had screws.
8)I'm right handed... but I'm left footed.
9)I love welding smalls components.
10)I love repairing stuff. If one of my electronic or electric device stops working, I take the time to look and really try to repair it. If I can't repair it, then I'll buy another one.
11)I'm a hockey fan.
12)I love being alone.
13)Summer after summer, I always say I'm going to buy a Dremel kit... and I don't.
14)I listen to the same music over and over. I listen to every kind of music, except pop and hip-hop. I had one of the most diversified iTunes library.
15)The first DVD I bought was Mel Brook's SpaceBalls. And I still own it.
16)I don't throw away stuff... as I stated above, I prefer to repair them. Lately, I repaired my old fat 1st gen. PS2. Still rocking.
17)I love being sarcastic... But I'll never use it to hurt someone.
18)When I want to procrastinate, I clean up my room. During my finals week, I have never seen my bedroom as clean as that. Ever.
19)Oh, I love to procrastinate.
20)I'd rather be poor but happy than rich but unhappy.
 
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