introspection

The following is copied and pasted (and then edited) from a chain letter on facebook that I recently participated in. The idea is to share 25 things about yourself and then pass the list along to 25 people that you want to do the same.

1. As of the moment during which I am typing this, I am very skeptical about the idea that 25 things to know about me even exist.

2. My biggest fear is not death or failure or rejection, but kidney stones.

3. I don't hate Dane Cook. Sue me.

4. My favorite activity in the world is high-fiving, but I'm not particularly fond of slapping ten. My second favorite activity is telling lies.

5. Amongst people who meet me for the first time, the ones who think I am gay outnumber the ones who think I am Asian.

6. My biggest pet peeve is rubberneckers.

7. My second biggest pet peeve is when Lil Mama on Randy Yo Dog Presents America's Best Dance Crew uses "yah" in place of any second person singular or second person plural pronoun.

8. Not only do I genuinely believe that robots will one day become self-aware and take over the humans, but I also genuinely believe that this will happen within my lifetime and that there is a very good chance that my death will come prematurely and at their hands.

9. I have spent about nine years as a Christian, about another nine as an agnostic, and about another nine as a person who is too young to understand what Christianity and agnosticism really are.

10. I don't know how to tie a necktie.

11. I used to be an alto in the Ohio Boychoir, and my voice was beautifully hypnotizing (or (hypnotizingly beautiful," by some accounts).

12. Roughly 1/3 of my day is spent listening to some combination of NPR, PRI, ESPN Radio and The Dan Patrick Show.

13. I once did coke, or at least I THINK I once did coke. I was in first grade and sitting next to one of my classmates on the bus when he pulled out a vial of white powder, which he told me was cocaine. He sprinkled a tiny bit into my hand and I ate it. It tasted like Equal and had no noticeable effect on me. This is the only time I have ever used an illicit substance.

14. If I pass 100 people on the street, I am a better speller than 95-99 of them.

15. I have stolen three times in three different cities: a bottle of hot sauce from Chipotle in Columbus, a pair of sunglasses from Nordstrom Rack in Long Beach, and a box of Oatmeal Cream Pies from Kroger in Decatur. In two of these incidents, I stole the item without realizing it until later.

16. I have never been in love, but I have a romantic side that is emerging more and more lately.

17. I once ate 10 Krispy Kreme glazed donuts in one sitting, which was 14 short of my goal that day.

18. My favorite color is yellow, which, not coincidentally, is the color of DEEZ NUTS!!!

19. I tell everybody that my favorite team is the Cleveland Browns, but secretly feel stronger loyalty to the Cleveland Indians.

20. I held a part time job as a driving instructor for two years, but have never been able to drive a car with manual transmission.

21. If I had to choose between Vincent Chase's life or Turtle's, I'd choose Turtle's any day of the week and twice on Sunday because I enjoy driving enough to settle for residual/no pussy. Although he got with Jamie Lynn Sigler, so maybe it's not as bad of a gig as my gut reaction told me when I first came up with this.

22. In my first Dance Dance Revolution tournament, I did not advance past the qualifying round. The qualifying song was La Senorita on "trick" difficulty, and I scored roughly 85% "Great" and 15% "Perfect." To this day, I blame my failure on the audio delay on the PlayStation version of Dance Dance Revolution, on which I had practiced until I could score 99% "Perfect" consistently.

23. It took me roughly five visits to New York to realize that I like it there and roughly a week of living in Atlanta to realize that I like it better than Atlanta.

24. The only places on my entire torso that have hair are the one-inch radii around my nipples. This, coupled with the fact that I am flabby, is the biggest reason why I rarely take my shirt off. On the rare occasions when I do take my shirt off, I still leave my bra on.

25. I love my family, but what I don't share with them and what they don't know about me could fill a book.