25 Random Things

I copied this from my Facebook notes because it makes a decent journal entry.

1. I don't enjoy most food that's considered "comfort food" anymore. Potato chips, french fries, burgers, soda, etc.

2. I used to drink a lot of soda, but found it easy to stop once I realized what it meant for it to be bad for me. I don't miss it.

3. I cook every night except for the occasional Saturday when we go out to eat at a restaurant.

4. I'm good at rhythm games mostly because of how thoroughly I get a huge library of songs stuck in my head. I will go over every note and every beat of a song all day while I'm doing other things. I rarely if ever do what would be considered genuine practicing.

5. I like orange juice with maximum pulp. It seems to taste sweeter, and I do want to feel like i'm eating an orange: a really, really juicy orange. Seriously, you rarely have to chew it.

6. I love looking at old photos and imagining what life would have been like - the older the better.

7. I love reading non-fiction, especially when I'm taking a break at work. I've learned more from reading on my own than I learned in high school and college combined.

8. I feel that being out in the world working a serious job has been more of a learning experience than school was.

9. I can write a top quality essay in a couple of hours. I started most of my college philosophy essays the morning they were due. yet I graduated with department honors.

10. I love to help people with their writing and would not mind being a tutor if I had the time.

11. I don't have issues falling asleep, and once I'm asleep I will sleep through nearly anything. Lissy's alarm goes off every morning, and I couldn't even tell you what it sounds like. Even if I wake up, I can fall right back asleep with ease. This was not the case in high school; it began when I went to college.

12. #11 is not always a blessing, because on occasion I oversleep for work accidentally. I put an alarm across the room from me, but even getting out of bed doesn't always fully wake me up. Granted, 99% of the time I do wake up when I get up, but you only need one bad day to piss people off at work. My current job doesn't notice if I'm late, though.

13. I play World of Warcraft to some extent, but I can't stand it when I feel some obligation to play a game when I want to spend time with friends or just do something else.

14. 80% of the gaming I do is when Lissy is asleep and I have no company over. The other 20% is Rock Band with friends.

15. I didn't used to listen to any female artists, but in the past three years it's at least evenly divided with a likely edge to the women. I credit the song "Lust" by Tori Amos with setting me on this track. I used to be too embarrassed by those sweet songs, but I liked "Lust" so much that I couldn't help myself. Once I gave in to this, the floodgates opened. I now have no shame. (Thanks to Virginia for sending me that song)

16. The first concert I ever went to was the American Idols tour from season 4 accompanying my friend Virginia. I've been to quite a lot more since then, even going to some local shows sometimes now.

17. I don't watch that many movies. When people start talking about movies to me, invariably the words, "how can you not have seen..." will be uttered to me. It's not that I don't like movies, I just don't think to go see any unless someone else wants to.

18. I'm a very good skier, but I've only skied in Colorado. My dad told me that I'd be disappointed by east coast resorts, so I never bothered. He also told me that he never met anyone who got as good at it as quickly as I did. I've never gotten that big of a compliment from him about anything else.

19. I'll probably never try snowboarding because I don't want to be a beginner again. Also, you have more ability to make sharp turns on skis and remain standing when at rest, though I admit that boarders have a big edge in the tricks and jumps department.

20. I don't have a texting plan on my phone. I'm way behind with phone technology, despite how much of an internet and online messaging whore I am.

21. I met all of my serious girlfriends using the internet in some large way. I encountered Lissy in person first, but I still didn't talk to her until I found her website and left her a comment on it. I had dated people I met in classes and such before, but it was always very short lived.

22. I've never been drunk. I will drink alcohol, I just don't care enough about finding out what it's like to be drunk to bother having more than a glass. I'm also loud enough at parties as it is.

23. When I was in kindergarten to second grade, I spent a lot of time doing the girls' hair during reading time, and playing house with them.

24. I don't like to travel unless there's something fun to do where I'm going, or someone I want to see there. I'm not interested in traveling just to see the sights.

25. I have never tried any recreational drugs.