- I actually took this list from an old website I made up when I was in university, somewhere around 2005. There were 100 items on that list. Some items got amalgamated, some updated, but most got deleted. I had a much larger and more useless vocabulary back then.
- I created a new blog category for Internet Bandwagons, because really, I do indeed love a good bandwagon.
- The first car I ever drove was a 1992 Dodge Sipirt. I once set it on fire. Accidentally. In that aforementioned Dodge Spirit, I was involved in a number of other unfortunate incidents. I ditched it on the way to school one day. I also almost cracked the engine block, managed to destroy the speakers, put a crack in the windshield the entire width of the car, and was involved in a fender bender. The majority of these incidents were not due to my neglect, but the car’s age.
- I think I’m funny. I’m not really sure if I actually am.
- I’m a bookworm. My Aunt once gave me mini Robert Munsch books. I would have been about eight when she gave me them. I keep these books in my pencil case and read them during the most boring of lectures in university.
- I learned HTML when I was in grade eight, wich was in 1996. I put my first website online in 1997. My coding language of choice is PHP. Javascript is a chore for me. The first language I learned was Turing, which is mostly like C.
- I have the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in book, original radio serials, and BBC miniseries. This makes me geekier than some. I have never watched the entire Star Wars trilogy, and I watched the Lord of the Rings trilogy in reverse. I went to see the Return of the King with my friend on opening day in order to get closer to this guy I was interested in. We sat in complete silence during the hour of ads they show before the movie, until the commercial where they make a car out of lego pieces. We were outraged to discover they were in fact MegaBlocks, and not Lego. It worked. Quite well.
- It bothers me when people misuse the words its/it’s, your/you’re and they’re/their/there. It also bothers me when people ask “Where’s the XXXX at?”.
- I like mushrooms. I don’t know a single person who is neutral towards mushrooms: you either love or loathe them. I make a mean lasagna.
- I grew up on a dairy farm. We milked cattle until I was 11, and then my parents sold the cattle and the milk quota. They put all this money in retirentment and trust funds, and it’s the reason I was able to go to university and be relatively debt free upon graduation. It is important to note that though it is possible, one should not attempt to ride a cow.
- The only thing I am an obsessive neat freak about is my computer files, which must be correctly sorted and filed appropriately. This is especially apparent with my mp3s. I am obsessive about this, taking the time to find track numbers and album titles if they aren’t in the ID3 tags.
- I have seen Pearl Jam four times. At the first concert, my friend Lem twisted her ankle and sprained the opposite knee while waiting to pick up the Ten Club tickets but stuck it out until the end of the show. The third time was on my birthday. My favourite Pearl Jam songs are Black, Crazy Mary, and Footsteps. I have seen them perform all of these songs at least once.
- My birthday is September 13. I have a number of friends whose birthdays also fall on the thirteenth of other months, including January, March, May, November, and August.
- I have trouble taking “historical” movies seriously. They’re always so inaccurate, and these inaccuracies distract me from the storyline.
- When I ride in a car for more than an hour, I usually fall asleep. I slept halfway across the continent on my way to Arizona with my dad, brother and aunt. This ended up being a great blessing, as my aunt is the loudest snorer I have ever witnessed.
- I have a screw in my ankle. I got it from a baseball collision. I only played three games that summer. Before I broke this ankle, I was a very good fastball player. I could hit and throw well, and I was my team’s catcher. The year before I broke my ankle, I played every inning of every game behind the plate, and got a couple of black eyes in the process. I’m not good at any sports any more.
- If I could do it over again, I would wait a couple years to go to university. However, I do not regret going to university, though I do regret not caring about it when I first started. It just felt like an extended high school, and I didn’t think it really mattered.
- I like creative chaos. I don’t like messes created by others, but I am one of the messiest people I know.
- I love snow. With the following exceptions: I do not love shovelling sidewalks. I do not love snow in April. I do not love snow storms when I’m trying to get somewhere. I do love watching snowflakes fall in streetlights, and the way it makes streets so quiet.
- I am self-conscious when speaking because I have a slight stutter, and often mix up the order of my words. This has problematic implications with regards to being the centre of attention.
- Action movies bore me to tears.
- When I was in grade two, I tripped on my shoelace at recess. I fell head-first into a brick wall. I got a concussion. I have had numerous sprains, twists, and other injuries. I have only broken two bones though.
- The best concerts I’ve seen were Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, The Juliana Theory, MxPx, and Emm Gryner.
- I am very bad at bowling. Even Wii bowling.
- I can’t stand the smell of burnt microwave popcorn.
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Most Bizarre Sports In The World.
I think I love the idea of unicycle hockey the most. All of these sports seem rather ridiculous though.
What’s your favourite?
