My list of 100
Ok, some people have been asking me "So how's the list of 100 coming along" (thanks Kemp!)
Well it has taken awhile, but here it is, my list of 100......
Well it has taken awhile, but here it is, my list of 100......
- I am 5’10”
- I have put on 60 lbs in the past year as a result of stress, I have a few extra pounds…
- My eyes are Hazel
- They turn green when I am ‘in the mood’
- I wear bi-focals and no one except my family and best friends know
- I am blonde
- However I am slowly balding (as my son keeps reminding me!)
- I married the first woman I slept with
- I am divorced after an 18 year marriage
- And I am a better person because of it
- I have a 13 year old son
- I lost a second son at birth
- I love being a dad
- But I constantly worry if I am doing everything correctly
- My relationship with my son has gotten better since the divorce
- I am the oldest of 4 children
- I wish I was closer with my siblings
- I have 7 nieces and nephews
- I don’t understand reality shows
- I have seen 90-95% of the movies made before 1950
- I love Dogs
- I am a very good cook
- I like to build things with my hands
- I miss having that ‘one’ someone special in my life
- I think Robin Williams is hilarious
- I love Country and 80’s music
- I have seen every James Bond film at least 15 - 20 times
- I believe in the Right to Bear Arms
- I am pro-choice
- I am pro death penalty
- I lean more to the left politically
- I love the beaches of the southeast U.S.
- I was born on the cusp of Cancer / Leo. Depending on the newspaper or magazine I read both horoscopes.
- If I could do any job I wanted I would be a high school/college history teacher or psychiatrist
- I hate tomatoes and onions
- I love coffee……let me repeat that, I LOVE COFFEE……
- I enjoy a good cigar (especially Cuban…)
- I am very funny
- I am right handed
- I prefer Pepsi over Coke
- I am not named after anyone in my family
- I love a good scotch
- I can do all my own remodeling work
- I once took a vacation day from work in order to rearrange the kitchen to have the proper flow
- I love classic horror tales
- I have never been to Hawaii
- I served in the U.S. Army
- I can't say no to Dark Chocolate
- I have a temper
- But only when I am pushed
- I think clowns are evil
- If I do not have caffeine each morning I get a headache by noon
- I collect coffee cups
- And antique documents, my oldest is a newspaper from 1718
- I am also a World War II history nut
- I can finish the phrase ‘Signed, yours truly, ……” (hint -Old Time Radio)
- I have a genius level IQ
- But my sons is higher than mine!
- I can shoot a smiley face on a target with a handgun (think Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon)
- If I could live anywhere it would be in an oceanfront home
- My first real job was in law enforcement
- I know exactly what I would do if I won the lottery
- I love walking through forest preserves
- I do not understand the appeal of fantasy sports
- I would like to learn how to fence (with swords, not selling stolen goods)
- I can dance the Polka
- I would like to learn how to Salsa and Rumba (all the latin dances)
- A distant cousin of mine was the recent President of a European country
- I enjoy a good Sherry before bed
- I love Salt-Water Aquariums, they are very relaxing
- I would like to get remarried
- I come with a Pampered Chef dowrey! (Mom works at corporate!)
- Snow is over-rated, I could live without it
- If common sense was truly common there wouldn’t be a need for my other blog
- I believe in a higher power and attend church, but question many aspects of religion and faith
- Did I mention that I think questioning authority is a good thing
- When I watch a good movie I develop an emotional attachment to the characters
- A plot that contains a true love that is lost/sacrificed (man/woman or parent/child) brings a tear to my eye
- I miss cars from the 60’, 70’s and 80’s…I could work on those !
- I think we need another viable political party, because the two we got just aren’t cutting it
- Give me a good movie and a fireplace any night of the week
- My son always wanted me to put him to bed when he was younger
- If I was on a business trip I called home at bedtime to tuck him in via long-distance
- I got my bachelors degree at age 39 via distance learning
- When I was in the service my nickname was ‘Gooch” short for ‘Gucci’ as I was always the first to get new things for my uniform, so my platoon thought I was stylin
- I can remember things as early as my 3rd birthday
- I was in the delivery room when both of my sons were born
- The first was a c-section, man did I get an anatomy lesson
- I am more comfortable speaking to an audience of 500 strangers than a group of 2 or 3 casual acquaintances
- I get about 5 hours of sleep a night
- That is because I am a night person
- I sneak chocolate chips by the handful from the bag in the kitchen
- “Human Sacrifice!, Dogs and Cats Living Together!”
- BTW, Ghostbusters was brilliant
- I am not lactose intolerant
- I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up
- I am a compendium of useless information, like my best friend, therefore people don’t like to play trivial pursuit with me
- I am scared of heights
- I have great depth perception and can drive through barricades spaced 3-4 inches wider than my car at 60 miles per hour
- I love to kiss (and have been told I am very good at it!)
- My favorite number is 13
- I love pecan pie
- I got my ear pierced for my 40th birthday
- I prefer hard liquor over beer
- I am thankful for my close friends.
Ok, there you have it, 100 (actually 105) things about me. Oh did I mention that I am worth my weight in gold!
posted by Scott at 11:50 PM
4 Comments:
5) Not anymore. Now the whole interweb knows.
Brilliant!
Let's keep #5 between us...
1. I'm 5' 11.5" or 180cm.
2. I am European, living in Florida.
3. I think I'm a terrible father.
4. I have two precious daugthers. I love them dearly.
5. I have a wife, that I don't think I love any more.
6. I ride 15 miles to work on my bicycle whenever the weather permits it. I'm loving it. 150 miles a week. Feels good and I enjoy saving the money on gas.
7. I can't cook.
8. I love to write computer programs. It's a very creative process, giving you power over your own world.
9. I don't believe in the death penalty. Barbarianism has been weeded out in civilized parts of the world.
10. I don't understand the draw of (American) football.
11. I don't drink beer.
12. When I'm drunk I'm almost more pleasant to be around.
13. I've gained 15 pounds since Christmas. But I also haven't been riding my bike since Christmas.
14. I'm introvert.
15. I long for someone I can "connect with."
16. I'm not particularly fond of soda. Water is my drink. Or Gatorade after a draining century (=100 mile bike ride).
17. I'm not a music addict. I don't understand how people can listen to music almost all day long.
18. I hate cleaning up, probably because my mother always waited on me as a child.
19. I don't drink coffee.
20. I bring a packed lunch to work most of the time.
21. People who don't know the difference between "it's" and "its" and/or when to use which grate on me.
22. I've designed a bumper sticker "Have you used your blinker today?", but am too chicken to actually put it on my car.
23. I don't believe in God.
24. I love gadgets.
25. I play piano, but don't practise very much any more.
26. I don't understand the draw of high-performance cars in the US. The ubiquitous speed limits make them useless or tools for conducting criminal acts.
27. I have one sister.
28. I have never been farther west than Arkansas.
29. I have never been farther east than Czechoslovakia (when it still existed).
30. I have never been farther south than Puerto Rico.
31. I have never been farther north than the Isle of Skye.
32. I've served in the military.
33. I have one grand parent still alive.
34. I don't understand how Christians can play the lottery twice a week. If God meant for them to win, they'd only play once in their lifetime to find out.
35. I feel like I'm wasting my life being unhappily married.
36. I've never done drugs.
37. I've never smoked.
38. I love to ski.
39. Moving to the US was the biggest change in my life.
40. I've never understood the draw of "Sex and the City."
41. I've never been unfaithful.
42. The piano needs tuned.
43. I love playing Bach.
44. And Dave Brubeck.
45. I believe in the right to bare arms: short-sleeved shirts in the office. Yeah!
46. My mother was born in the same delivery room as my father. Four years apart.
47. I don't think I'll ever get used to temperature figures in Fahrenheit.
48. Gas is too cheap in the US, so, people are not forced to think green. Gas at the pump costs almost three times as much in central Europe right now.
49. My kids don't have a TV in their room. We don't own a game console.
50. The girls are continually making the honor's list at school.
51. I don't care for pets.
52. I hate the gooey bread that seems to be the only kind available in this country.
53. I miss dark, crusty bread.
54. I have 76 evaluations on eBay.
55. I hate the concept of replacing something when it could be fixed.
56. Noone in my familiy has a post-paid cell phone plan, we are on prepaid and it saves us a ton of money.
57. I think the invention of the DVR is as revolutionary as the VCR.
58. I think wheresgeorge.com is hilarious.
59. I can't believe it is used for mathematical research on virus spreading.
60. I have this dream of building a geodesic house, mostly for practical (i.e. hurricane-withstanding) purposes.
61. I don't like blue cheese.
62. I wish Daimler-Chrysler would decide to finally introduce the smart to the US market.
63. But the mini isn't bad either.
64. I dread the time after peak oil, when less than half of Earth's oil reserves are left over.
65. I mark credit card junk mail as "refused" and return it to the sender.
66. I wonder if anyone has ever made a pillow filled with belly-button fluff.
67. I realize now how hard it is to try to write up 100 witty things about oneself.
68. That's why I'm stopping now.
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