25 Random Things About Me
As originally posted on Facebook. Yes, I’m that bored.
1) I don’t have many friends. The friends I do have I would do anything for.
2) I’ve been poor and I’ve been wealthy. Honestly I would rather be poor as trying to keep money is ten times harder than making money.
3) I like reading. If I enjoy a book I can blow through 300+ pages/day.
4) I secretly hope for the end of the world as we know it. While the stress wouldn’t decrease it would at least be a different type of stress.
5) The only thing that has challenged me in my life so far is being a Father. Everything else has been relatively easy.
6) I own thousands of dollars in backpacking gear but rarely go hiking, let alone backpacking. This is strange as the only place that I am truly calm and happy is the middle of the forest.
7) I studied butokukan karate for quite some time. I doubt I could remember the Kata by now.
8 ) I don’t remember most of my childhood. There are quite simply years that I can’t remember anything about. At 3am this is a disturbing fact.
9) I’m proud of my children. They are amazingly smart and wonderful.
10) I’m trying to simplify my life. We left half of what we owned in Virginia. I’m trying to get rid of another half this year. Material things do nothing but complicate everything.
11) I LOVE music. Every major event in my life has a song I associate with it and I frequently hear a soundtrack during the day.
12) Whenever I’m unsure about parental decisions I do the opposite of what my parents did with me. It’s worked out well so far.
13) I believe telephones and e-mail have seriously harmed the evolution of the human race.
14) I think there is good in everyone but never expect to actually see it, and rarely do.
15) I give money to homeless people and hope they don’t make their lives worse with it. My life has become infinitely better since I started doing this.
16) I’ve been to most of the US. I realized during my travels that people are strange in general.
17) I’m a libertarian and believe the government should stay the fuck out of my life. I would opt out of all government services if I could.
18) I wish my job was more challenging.
19) If I don’t risk everything on a daily basis I’m terribly sad. I sometimes wonder if I’m actually living or just coasting through life.
20) I don’t own any guns at the moment, but I firmly believe in the second amendment.
21) I don’t like large gatherings. Or small gatherings come to think of it. People make me nervous.
22) My sisters moved out when I was 7. I miss them and rarely see my nieces and nephews. Seeing them more is one of the big reasons I moved 3,000 miles yet again.
23) I think bringing back public hangings would greatly lower the crime rate in America.
24) I once sang karaoke in Greenwich Village with a dutch guy, closed out the bars in Manhattan and ended up eating breakfast with a group of strangers at 7am – one of whom looked exactly like Rickie from My So-Called Life – before returning to my client at 8am. For the $2200 I spent in those 10 hours, the experience was a bargain and something I will remember until the day I die.
25) What’s Up? by 4 Non Blondes is my absolute favorite song. I hate the rest of their music.
I have a brown belt in Butokukan – Small world…
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