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

[clayj]

I'm 1/1 German. My mother's ancestors have been residents of my village since 1742.

"Village"? Mannheim ain't exactly a village... more like a large city. (When I lived in Germany, some of my family's best friends were a family who lived in Ludwigshafen, just across the Rhein. The husband worked for BASF as a ceramics engineer.)

 

[williamsonrg]

7. I love ATHF. That is one of the most amazing cartoons I have ever seen.
8. St. Louis is not as boring as everyone thinks it is.
9. If #8 is false, I don't care, I can't leave the Cardinals, they are the true love of my life.

First of all, ATHF is awesome.
Secondly, clearly you are from St. Louis, so I have to ask... what high school did you go to?

 

[wrc fan]

I'm 1/1 German. My mother's ancestors have been residents of my village since 1742.

Sounds like you've got a cool life. I've got some ancestors from Mannheim and Friedelsheim.

 

[Jaffa Cake]

Ok, I'll play...

1. I'm 1/8 Welsh, 7/8 English.
2. I've got double jointed shoulders.
3. I have a phobia of spiders so irrationally bad I get terrified by pictures of them in books.
4. I actually like my job.
5. I don't have any earlobes.
6. I can't drive and have never even had a lesson.
7. I've just put in for my provisional driving licence and am about to start driving lessons.
8. In my 29 years I have not broken a single bone in my body.
9. I met my girlfriend on the internet.
10. I share my birthday with Osama Bin Laden.
11. I'm a Hull City season ticket holder.
12. I have incredibly jammy luck in winning competitions.
13. My best win was my shiny G5 and 23" Cinema Display. Hurrah!
14. I've never cut my fingernails – since I've had teeth, I've bitten them.
14. I've a talent for identifying typefaces.
16. I've a talent for mimicking accents.
17. Despite spending all my life living on or near the coast, I can't swim.
18. I wake up at 4.30am sharp most mornings with cramp in my calves. (Apparently, it's a potassium deficiency).
19. As my username suggests, I've got a slight addiction to Jaffa Cakes.
20. I'm a good cook (at least, there have been no fatalities yet).

 

[leftbanke7]

Essentually everything about me is probably unknown to the members of this website but I'll play along:

1. I drive a 89 Honda Civic.
2. I am a PBS nut.
3. I have not been involved in a serious relationship since 10th grade (10 years now) and even that one was iffy. I am the only one in my group of friends that is not married, in a relationship or married to the government (military).
4. I was previously a Secondary Education major with a History emphasis before I transfered schools and changed my major to Film Studies.
5. I am currently thinking about double majoring and getting my teaching degree in History.
6. I am a resident of West Valley City, Utah...a suburb of Salt Lake City.
7. My first time flying in an airplane resulted in me flying it for a few minutes while the pilot did some paperwork.
8. The first Mac I ever owned was obtained in a less than honest way (specifics will be withheld).
9. My favorite music group is The Left Banke (as if my user name didn't give that one away).
10. I still live at home...yes, yes, I suck, I know. This might explain the reasoning behind number 3
11. I coach Little League (American) Football.
12. I love photography as a hobby. When I do it on my own, the pictures turn out fine but whenever take pictures for people, they are always screwed up somehow. I no longer do pictures for other people.
13. I had an overwhelming urge to slap the s*** out of a waitress in Texas when she referred to a group of us as "y'all". I always thought it was a stereotype but no, they really say it and it disgusts me.
14. I have three small tattoos. Two on my left arm (Gemini and Year Of The Ram symbols) and one on my back (An symbol of the Norse God Odin as an homage to my Norwegian heritage).
15. I have not had physical relations with a member of the opposite sex (or the same sex for that matter) in a year and a half. Not that anybody would care but I am running out of things to write here.
16. On April 12th, I get to coach a PE class from a local Junior High football skills for one of my college courses.
17. My favorite movie directors are probably Kevin Smith and Federico Fellini.
18. If I had my choice, I would wear gym shorts and gray t-shirts every day of my life. This, again, might also help explain number 3 some.
19. Eating at Panda Express gave both me and my friend a urinary tract infection. We haven't eaten there since.
20. I once got rejected to the same dance in high school by three different girls. This unfortunate event lead to me losing a bet and having to take a sewing class the following semester. I was always used to having 2 or 3 girls in a class dislike me for some reason but 25? It wasn't fun.

 

[pianojoe]

"Village"? Mannheim ain't exactly a village... more like a large city. (When I lived in Germany, some of my family's best friends were a family who lived in Ludwigshafen, just across the Rhein. The husband worked for BASF as a ceramics engineer.)

Right you are. I was referring to Feudenheim which is now a "suburb" of Mannheim but used to be independant until 1920. Still, Feudenheim's got 18,000 inhabitants, more than some towns that I've been to. But since it has preserved a good part of its rural ambience, I like to call it a village.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

1. I'm most defenitivly a cat person.

2. All my ancestors at least 7 generations back has been Norwegian.

3. Favorite number is 299792458.

4. I didn't get my driver's licence before I reached 28. Never owned a car.

5. Stopped smoking after 14 years at 28.

6. Lived within an area of roughly 15 x 2 miles all my life.

7. Read English as well as Norwegian well before starting school, thanks to a bi-langual pointing book.

8. I'm nocturnal by nature.

9. I have too many t-shirts, according to my girlfriend.

10. Have a live sized nude picture of my self hanging on my bedroom wall, taken when I was about one year old.

11. I get really aggressive from assembeling IKEA furniture, otherwise I'm a pacifist.

12. I have developed an extreme fear of heights over the years.

13. Cannot decide whether I'm an agnostic atheist or an atheistic agnostic.

14. Started studying Computer Engineering to be more like Dilbert.

15. Once, as an extra in a theater play, I was told to lip sync during song numbers because my singing is just too awful.

16. My favorite book has to be Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.

17. I've been inside a genuine Egyptian pyramide.

18. I love cooking, but hate peeling potatoes.

19. I enjoy long mountain walks.

20. Favorite football (ie soccer) club is, of course, Everton.

3. I would love to live for 2 years in every country in the world

Yes, I would also like to become around 400 years old...

10. I started using the Internet back at Netscape 1.0

I actually remember 0.96... that's a long time ago, though...

5. Salvador Dali is my favorite artist

Is there any other...?

5. I don't have any earlobes.

Blofeld...?

 

[tonyeck]

1 - I have been to 17 different countries and I'm only 21! Woo. Spent 6 months out of the UK in 4 countries in 2004

2 - I have taken 20000 photos in two years. I have an addiction where my camera comes with me everywhere I go.

3 -

4 - I fear getting my haircut. I just hate going to the hair dressers and haven't in almost 2 years.

5 - I spent more on a monitor than most on a whole computer. Large sums of money!

6 - I am on my second course at University. Studied business for one year but it sucked so much. Had a mate doing the course I am doing now and got enrolled and started again. Best decision of my life!

7 - I used to have blonde hair, now i have brown. I also cut my own hair because of number 4! I should have been a hairdresser

8 - I dont drink alcohol, I have smoked however... Its cool and you know it!! lol

9 - I love driving, and driving fast! Would love to go to race meetings one day

10 - I cannot wait to leave the UK.

11 - I used to play for Bolton Wanderers school boys (til 15). I now hate football and flat out refuse to watch it.

12 - I saw jurrcasic Park 9 times at the cinema! Loved that film

13 - I spent my first 6 months alive in hospital. Mainly breathing problems. I am lucky to be here they say.

14 - I get scared watching programs about aliens! Couldn't watch the x-files until recently. I used to be so affraid when growing up. Beginning to find it extremely facsinating now.

15 - I have been to vagas and spent $2! I hate being refered to as a Minor. Pathetic.

16 -

17 - Religion does nothing for me. Never been to chruch in my life...

18 - Spent 5 days in Miami out of 10 in a hotel waiting for a damn Hurricane to go away! Was lots of fun though! Felt cool!

19 - I have hiked the Grand Canyon . In and out again in 2 days. Was exhilarating stuff.

20 - I love to cook. I cook Indian, Mexican and chinese mainly!

That was fun

 

[andrewfee]

Here they are, in no specific order.

1 - I've never smoked cigarettes, taken drugs or drank alcohol; and I don't plan to either. All I drink is water, fully-skimmed milk, or freshly made juice. I don't eat any meat / fish / poultry, yet I still don't consider myself a vegetarian for some reason.

2 - I got M.E. 5/6 months before my final exams, and couldn't sit them. I still have M.E. 2 years on and have no desire to do my high-school exams when I'm better, despite being predicted getting A's in most of my subjects; yet I want to go to University, so I'll probably end up not doing anything with my life.

3 - I spend far too much time and money on video-games.

4 - I had very bad insomnia in high-school; sometimes I would go as much as five days without sleep.

5 - I was born in Spain when my parents were living over there for a few years. (they owned a bar) They then moved back to Scotland when I was 2/3 so I could get a better education.

6 - I'm a perfectionist, and most likely have OCD. Everything has to be in its place when it's not in use. I haven't counted, but I must wash my hands at least 50 times a day.

7 - I don't like dogs; I'm more of a cat person.

8 - "I have an extremely underdeveloped creative side that I long to exploit. Particularly drawing and other visual arts. I'm just beginning to dabble in photography, but I have no time for it."
I came across this on someone else's list, and it's scary how close that is to what I was about to write in terms of content and style.

9 - I can't stand "fast-food"

10 - I hate watching sports; I'd rather play them or not have any interest at all.

11 - I'm not religious in any way, and don't agree with it at all.

12 - I've watched pretty much every Simpsons episode ever made at least five times and can probably quote entire episodes from memory.

13 - I love it when it rains, and hate hot weather with a passion. I don't like snow at all.

14 - I'm the most technically knowledgeable person I know, yet I seem to have the most problems with equipment. (hardware faults / failure)

15 - I don't go to the cinema at all; I would rather wait for the release on DVD and watch it at home.

16 - I'm ambidextrous for just about anything other than writing. (but I'm sure that if I wanted to I could change quite easily)

17 - I have a bad back / knee. The knee injury is from when I was at primary school; I was playing on the field nearby and was knocked over; I had the neck of a broken glass bottle go right in up to the bone. A week or so later I was outside and slipped on icy steps, bursting open the stitches. I still have the scar.

18 - I am a master procrastinator; I will put off anything until the last minute, and often more-so. I have a talent for getting deadlines on things pushed back. However, once I've actually started something, I'll get it done very quickly and to a high standard.

19 - I can "crack" most bones in my body; it really freaks people out when I do my neck or back, as it's a very loud cracking noise. I don't do this to annoy people, but I find that it "loosens" my joints and makes me feel more relaxed.

20 - I don't like using telephones, and absolutely hate answering machines. I don't own a mobile because of this, and am the only person I know of that doesn't have one.

I thought I was going to have a hard time writing 20, but I've actually had a hard time keeping to that.

 

[0098386]

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[Greenpants]

1. I was born on Christmas day.
2. I'm an atheist, but I'm very interested in religion, mythology and folklore.
3. I believe in prescience.
4. I drive a 1971 VW Super Beetle and I will never buy anything else. (except a second beetle, or a Porsche.)
5. I have an excellent memory.
6. I am really good at spelling.
7. I can read very very fast.
8. In 4th grade I had a 12th grade reading level.
9. Highschool english classes gave me an intense dislike for writing.
10.I dropped out of highschool and got a GED when I realized I wasn't learning anything new.
11. I absolutely hate the whole idea of democrat/republican, liberal/conservative. I don't see in black and white.
12. I don't watch television.
13. My favorite band is a tie between Iron Maiden and Deep Purple.
14. I've used macs since the Apple IIe.
15. I physically abuse my iPod. I dropped it on concrete so hard the scroll wheel flew off.
16. My original 5Gb iPod works perfectly and still gets 10 hours of battery life.
17. I like to eat raw onions.
18. I'm addicted to Coca Cola.
19. I smoked pot almost every day for 3 years.
20. The first thing people notice about me is that I rarely speak. I usually just don't have anything to say. It seems to bother people. Yet I make friends very easily.

 

[zelmo]

1. I once missed a whole week of work because I literally fell off a bar stool.
2. I met my future wife 12 years before we ever dated.
3. No one would ever look at me and think I really like Marilyn Manson or NIN.
4. I never listen to the radio for music, only weather and sports news.
5. I am addicted to technology.
6. I am a compulsive collector. At one time or another I have owned over 600 albums, 1200 CDs, 400 DVDs, 500 hardback books, 3000 comic books, and 200 video games.
7. I'm too *********** to say I'm atheist, so I say I am agnostic. I really don't give it much thought one way or the other.
8. I quit smoking over 6 years ago.
9. I missed so many days of school (out of apathy) in the 11th grade that I couldn't get grades for a whole semester.
10. I love video games, but don't have much time to play them anymore.
11. I have all of the MacFarlane Matrix figures on display in my media room, except for Twin 2. Can't justify spending $40 or more for a toy figure.
12. SAT score was 1260 (660 math, 600 english), but that was 25 years ago. I'm much dumberer than that nowadays.
13. The years 1979 through 1983 were spent in a stoned haze. They tell me I had fun. I just wish I could remember.
14. The best concert I ever saw was Mike Oldfield at The Tower in Philly. It was his first ever US concert, and his live album Exposed remains my favorite all-time work of music.
15. My four year old son is the joy of my life. It seems like he was born only yesterday, and at the same time I can't even remember life before he arrived (especially those years from 1979-1983).
16. My favorite color is purple.
17. Brunettes are way better than blondes.
18. I'm 43 and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.
19. I worked 2nd shift for over a year, and it sucked big time.
20. It really takes a lot of effort to be this lazy.

 

[williamsonrg]

1) My ethnic heritage is pretty mixed, so I just call myself American; there's some Cherokee Indian, some German, English, Arkansas, etc.
2) I'm director of (and actor in) an improv comedy group.
3) My SAT score was 1470. That was only 4 years ago, but I think I'm much dumber now.
4) I met my future wife online when I was very lonely after getting dumped.
5) I have a 3G iPod, and my lady-friend just bought a new PB, all in preparation of my "real" switch: an iMac G5 I hope to get soon.
6) I am a history and classics major.
7) I have been educated by Jesuits for 8 years.
8) I am Catholic, but haven't been to Church in a long time.
9) I am curious as to the psychological reason that so many people have participated in this (myself included).
10) I've stopped reading fiction, with the exception of the Harry Potter books. If I'm not reading something scholarly, I feel like I'm wasting my time.
11) I've also stopped writing fiction.
12) I wrote a 200+ page, two-part science fiction epic in grade school. The titles were "Flight of the Phoenix" and "Black Dawn." I never finished them.
13) I learned how to drive a stick after I bought a car with a manual transmission.
14) I worship at the altar of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Albert Pujols is my savior.
15) I think I'll be a damn good teacher, if I get hired.
16) I never learned how to swim.
17) I never learned how to ride a bike.
18) I have been a smartass since kindergarten, when I convnced everybody (teachers included) that my mother died.
19) Cartoons are cool, specifically: The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
20) I still wonder what possessed me to share these things.

 

[Mudbug]

why not.

1. I actually read every post in this thread, including the removed ones.
2. I adore mexican food - can't get enough.
3. Have a BA in Psychology from a small liberal arts college. Now I work in commercial art design. Go figure.
4. Married for over 8 years, still very much in love.
5. Two kids - 8 year old boy and 5 year old girl.
6. Find it hard to say no when asked to help with a project.
7. I enjoy watching the Weather Channel.
8. Get more satisfaction helping someone learn to use their Mac than I do from getting paid for it.
9. insomnia comes and goes. If you have it, you know it sucks.
10. Have flirted with freelancing for years, and can't bring myself to make the jump.
11. Have 3 Addy awards.
12. Would work in the mail room at Apple if they'd hire me.
13. willing to eat as much boiled crawfish, corn & potatoes as someone is willing to put in front of me.
14. I've quit smoking for long periods of time (years) only to pick it back up at random and quit again later, several times.
15. I like good beer.
16. I don't particularly like wine.
17. I HATE red wine.
18. can't seem to find furniture I like anywhere, so I build what I want from scratch.
19. I like to cook - especially grilling.
20. My 21st birthday party was also my batchelor party. If you were there and remember it, could you tell me about it? I hear it was fun...

 

[Doctor Q]

1. As a toddler, I once wandered away from my mother at Sears and a man in the parking lot led me back to the store.

2. I like raw vegetables. I hate cooked yellow vegetables.

3. I love Japanese food and Thai food, but think there is no better food in the world than a milkshake that comes with the silver cannister from the mixing machine.

4. I've given my wife a gift on our monthly anniversary every month since we've been married. I don't use a reminder system yet I've never missed one.

5. My two favorite classical pieces are "Scheherazade" by Rimsky-Korsakov and "March from The Love for Three Oranges" by Prokofiev. Almost all other music I like is rock.

6. I have a written list of every movie I've ever seen in a theater. I never read it, but I keep it up to date in case I'll ever want to.

7. I've committed a theft only once in my life, when I stole the "Penalty for Theft" anti-shoplifting warning sign from a supermarket.

8. Everyone in my family has their birthday on the same day of the week in any given year. If my birthday is on a Monday, so will my father, mother, and siblings.

9. I notice things like #8.

10. My sister has gone sky diving. My brother has gone bungie jumping. I have gone used-car shopping.

11. I memorized the first 72 decimal digits of pi in 7th grade, just for fun, and still remember them, but I've never been able to remember my driver's license number (one letter and 7 digits).

12. I hope someday to see the Aurora Borealis (northern lights).

13. I celebrated my 22nd birthday by having 21 helpings of dessert. I survived.

14. I'm a pretty good skier and table tennis player.

15. I've never broken a fingernail.

16. I tried aquavit only once, and that was the only time I've ever been drunk.

17. I have only two phobias: dropping my keys down the crack where the elevator door opens, and getting cut badly on my Achilles tendon.

18. Before I was a computer fanatic, school volunteer fanatic, and MacRumors fanatic, I was a college basketball fan(atic), and held the university record for the most consecutive home basketball games attended by a student.

19. My favorite number is 32. My favorite card in the deck is 64 (six of clubs). I decided to live to exactly age 96 because it's a multiple of 32.

And the most shameful fact about me that you didn't know...

20. My favorite computer game is Freecell for Windows NT/2000. I select the games by number (game 1, game 2, ...), in order, one by one, until I beat them. As of today, I have beaten games 1 through 1,060.

 

[Jaffa Cake]

Blofeld...?

No, I'm a genuine descendent of the de Bleauchamps...

 

[Jalexster]

20!

But I felt like doing more. Anyway, that will probably be the last post like that. What is wrong with a bit of uniqueness?

 

[Lau]

1.I’m 25, and I’m a lay-dee. Allegedly.
2. I’m half Scottish, half English. Although there might be some Irish in there if I remember correctly.
3. I was planning to be a artist (painter), but now I’m doing a graphic design degree. Odd how things turn out.
4. I have lived in 7 different houses in 7 years, and 4 different cities.
5. My favourite author is Richard Brautigan.
6. I love spicy food, but hey, I love all food.
7. Red wine…..mmmmm.
8. Loud noises stress me out – be it people shouting, loud music, TV, anything.
9. I never learnt to drive, but that’s probably a good thing because I walk or cycle everywhere. I’d be so lazy if I could drive.
10. My mum taught me to swim when I was a tiny baby.
11. I cut off all my straightish hair when I was 12, and it grew back curly. It still is.
12. I seem to be attracted to bald men subconsciously. My lovely fiancé is bald.
13. I’m claustrophobic – I reckon this could explain point 8.
14. I started biting my nails when I was 9 because I read a book about someone doing it and wondered what all the fuss was about. It took me 10 years to give that one up.
15. I roll the best cigarettes, but don’t smoke any more. I’m always asking people if I can roll them one just so I can keep my hand in, as it were.
16. I’m a really good cook.
17. I’m a really bad mathematician.
18. I played around far too much at school, but made the best friends ever. Don’t regret it for a second. No-one has ever looked at my GCSE or A level results anyway.
19. I’m starting to grow vegetables and I love it. I’m still amazed every single time anything grows.
20. Now I’m really late for college….

 

[aus_dave]

Here's my meandering list - wasn't as hard as I thought...

1) I've been electrocuted 3 times (and survived obviously - I'm a poor conductor I guess ).
2) I have seen 'The Blues Brothers' so many times that I can quote most of it from memory.
3) I'm obsessed with weather. I run a weather station at home hooked up to a PC running 24/7.
4) I once forgot about a University exam because I was playing golf.
5) I love golf .
6) I know how to hypnotise a chicken. PM me for method.
7) When I was a smoker, I used to practise rolling cigarettes one-handed in case I ever lost an arm (bizarre I know ).
8) I'm not afraid of heights but I have no interest in skydiving, bungee jumping or anything else potentially life-threatening.
9) I've never broken a bone, just my nose.
10) I can juggle.
11) I have a degree in agriculture, and now I run a web design business .
12) I've watched the sun come up from the top of Mt Sinai.
13) I play guitar and piano.
14) I wish I could sing.
15) I didn't eat Chinese takeaway until I was 22 (sheltered youth).
16) I wanted to be a zoo keeper when I was young. I changed my mind when I found out what the pay was like .
17) I'm married with 2 kids.
18) My hair is going grey at the sides (see 11 and 17 for why).
19) I love beer and red wine but not in the same glass.
20) I used to have a flock of racing pigeons.

 

[iGary]

I shall try again.

1. I'm 35 years old.

2. "Married" 5 years (not legal in this country, if you get my drift).

3. I live in Annapolis, MD - a quaint city on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

4. I drive a 2001 Honda Civic 4 door EX with 90,000 miles, a Rush sicker (the band, not the Vicodin addict) a University of Baltimore sticker and of course, an Apple sticker.

5. I smoked for 15 years before I quit in 2000.

6. I am an editor for a 58-year-old boating-oriented cruising guide (kind of like Frommers for the water).

7. I am currently trying to finish my communications design degree at the University of Baltimore. I may finish when I am 50.

8. I run alot. I've run 9 marathons (5 last year) and have 5 more planned this year. I ran 20 miles yesterday (with my iPod shuffle , of course).

9. I don't eat particularly healthy. I'm definitely a carb-addict. I don't do too much caffeine or alcohol, though.

10. I love red wine (mainly Merlots or Zinfandels).

11. Italian and Asian food are my favorites.

12. I shoot pictures professionally and freelance write on the side. I've been nationally published photographically and have 18 published articles so far.

13. I lived on a 30-foot sailboat for 11 years.

14. I love bird watching.

15. I probably spend a little more on tech-toys and photo gear than I should.

16. I have three Macs and three iPods, and as such, my co-workers think my obsession with Apple has reached unhealthy levels (seriously, I think they may do an intervention).

17. I love watching movies. I keep Netflix busy.

18. I drink almost a gallon of water a day.

19. Most people describe me as "nice" and "funny," although I'm really kind of a grouchy curmudgeon at heart.

20. I'm a semi-agnostic atheist, which makes no sense I know.

21. I'm fanatically neat and organized. I cannot leave the house or work until everything is in order. So far I haven't committed myself for OCD.

22. I actually used to admire Bill Gates and Ballmer.

23. My guilty pleasure is thumpa thumpa electronic music, otherwise, I am a Rush fanatic - I own everything they ever put out.

24. I used to be a far-left liberal. Now I am a registered independent.

25. I can't stand to see animals suffer. I feel bad when I kill a bug.

 

[Dalriada]

Well guess it's about time to jump onboard...

1-Was brought up in the Southern English countryside in a cardboard box in the middle of the road (...no only joking)
2-Half English/half Scottish (also depends who's winning in the Six Nations)
3-First met my older brother when he was 2 years old
4-Spend most of my time between London and the Swiss Alps
5-Bilingual English/French (and can speak Italian with my fingers)
6-Heavy tea drinker
7-Huge Tolkein addict (still wondering what to do now the LOTR trilogy has ended)
8-(Swiss) Chocolate addict too
9-Favorite colour blue
10-Just can't decide between Dido Armstrong and Andrea Corr
11-Love for Thai food (I fortunately get to travel in the Far East within my job)
12-Red wine freak (collectioner and consumer at the same time but can't say who's winning)
13-Love spending a day in London shopping and pub crawling
14-Running freak (but never been able to catch a Scottish Haggis yet)
15-The only sports I enjoy to watch are Rugby, Rugby and Rugby
16-Spent one fantastic month down in Wallaby Land when I was 17 and completely broke (took me several years to pay off, only wish I'd had had a PB at that time to capture it all)
17-Lived in Rome for some years (Life really goes by at a different rate down there, we have much to learn)
18-Have never broken a bone but got electrocuted once and then run over by a Great Dane (but luckily not the same day)
19-Part time guitar player but never learnt to read music (guess one of my main disappointments in Life)
20-Best thing I ever did was to take the chance and go hiking in the Highland's with my Dad a few years prior to his departure from this World

That's it !

- Dal

 

[ziwi]

give ya 20

1. Was a breached birth - mooned the world on arrival with umbilical chord wrapped around my neck
2. I am left handed - but in a right handed world have adapted to be ambidextrous
3. 3 - Is a magic number - and my favorite one
4. Was always an A student, but never cracked a book in school
5. grew to 6' 3" and remain the runt of the males in my family in height - although I am the best built 215 lbs.
6. held at least 2 jobs from the time I was 15 until 22, then I had to get a career.
7. believe that nothing is impossible
8. have been a perfectionist, but know that no one can be perfect - welcome to my paradox
9. I do not believe in giving up - on anything
10. have written poetry and lyrics for most of my life and keep it private - it is an emotional outlet - I share with only a few
11. I once built my own laser at 14 - didn't work too good, but took the time to understand it an build it
12. have been to the Stanley Cup Finals game 4, the World Series game 4, but need to hit the SuperBowl and World Cup Soccer Finals
13. Recieved Congressional nomination and acceptance into the US Naval Academy - I turned it down
14. believe that there is nothing that money can buy that could provide me happiness
15. have had many long term relationships - but only one true love - I married her - and held out for her
16. always wanted to be a father
17. have a boy and a girl (see above) - and there is no greater gift than being a parent - if you take advantage of it
18. have been an insomniac from the time I was 16 - survive well off of 3-4 hours a night
19. almost died on Dec. 17, 2002 from an allergic reaction (Anaphylaxis) to what I have no idea - have had hives once a month since - testing has found nothing so far
20. lost a brother at age 5 from a rare disease called Reye's Syndrome

 

[Mr. Anderson]

I've been around a while here, so some of these might be known by a few.

1. I love to play sports, not watch them on tv - although going to a game at a stadium isn't that bad.
2. Want to live as long as I can, there's so much to see and do, and if its possible, several hundred years would be great.
3. I have an affinity for science fiction, partially since I used to work for a company that did weird science.
4. Moved from DC Metro area to Warsaw, Indiana (pop. 20k or so) for my wife's job, which meant I had to quit my job, so now I'm Mr. Mom and doing freelance out of the house.
5. I have a 14 month old son - best thing ever!
6. Been married for over 3 years now and its great.
7. My wife is actually a member, but doesn't really post here.
8. I like to build things from scratch or come up with an idea and make it into something.
9. I'm a bit of a pyro - I like controlled fire - fireplaces, bonfires, etc. and the occasional fire works.
10. Baths are ok, but I'll love to take 30 minute showers.
11. Some of my best ideas have happened taking a 30 minute shower.
12. I hate reality TV.
13. I love the cold and the heat - spent time in Alaska (winter) and Greenland and summers in Florida.
14. I believe in a bigger picture.
15. I love looking at the stars on a crystal clear night and just being awestruck at its beauty and grandeur.
16. Sometimes I can take control of my dreams if I don't like what's happening (if I'm falling, I don't get worried and just make myself start to fly, for example).
17. I love coffee, but I've recently started to drink green tea more often.
18. I really am going to buy a new G5 and DSLR.
19. I love to cook and some people actually like it enough to come back.
20. I'm ~1/2 Scottish, 1/4 Irish (from South Africa via Australia then Ireland), the last 1/4 is Dutch, African and French - not sure on the percentages.

 

[jayscheuerle]

1) I can't believe anybody would really care about my 20 things...

 

[emw]

1) I can't believe anybody would really care about my 20 things...

That's okay. Jalexster put out enough to make up for you, Abstract and a host of other members who didn't even bother to post