who knows how many more to go
According to the little sidebar, this will be my 300th article here at JU. While this certainly isn't my first blog, it has definitely become the most enduring and even I am surprised that I have stuck it out here as long as I have. Much of that has to do with the great people I have e-met here who have helped this become a 'comfortable' place to call home. There are many, too many to list, but some I would like to thank specifically. Please don't feel bad if your name isn't on the list, don't forget my advancing age and decreasing mental capacity.
So, big thanks to the following for helping make this a pleasant place for me: Angloesque, chiprj, cordelia, Danny B, dharma, Dusk411, Dynamaso, imajinit, Lifehappens, NickyG, Ravenblack, Foreverserenity, parated2k, Silver and Jade Tears, Texas Wahine, and thatoneguyinslc.
I figured I would steal this idea from many others, so for my 300th blog here are a few things you might have known, as well as a few you might not have.
1. My wife was the first girl a really kissed (yes, before we got married!).
2. Guess what else she was my first (no, not before we got married).
3. I am unabashedly Mormon, and make no excuses for what I believe.
4. I am fluent in Spanish, and can get by with Italian and Portuguese.
5. I can be a grumpy, angry daddy sometimes.
6. I am very, very tired of being a 'student'.
7. I have never had a broken bone (at least that I was aware of).
8. Everything I know about computers I learned by messing mine up and then having to fix it.
9. I plan on being in a rock band some day before I die.
10. Many of my friends still consider me a gamer, even though I haven't bought a game in over a year.
11. I regularly trim my nose hair, and feel many men who don't, should.
12. I have had dengue hemorrhagic fever.
13. On a 'too much information' note, my bowels have never been normal since my time in Guatemala.
14. Most people are surprised to discover I am a metal head.
15. I get terribly bored if my computer desktop stays the same for more than 3-4 days.
16. I read on the toilet.
17. I read a lot on the toilet (entire books strictly while on the throne!)
18. I don't have one single favorite food.
19. But my wife is far too good a cook, makes it hard to choose.
20. This is my 5th or 6th blog, but the only one I have really maintained.
21. When I am honest with myself, I am very, very self-conscious.
22. I used to do oil paintings quite regularly (I have even sold some), but haven't tried in years.
23. I do play the guitar, but have really gotten out of practice in recent years.
24. Thanks to my wife's influence, I get asked to sing in choirs and small quartets quite regularly.
25. However, I am also very self-conscious of my voice and have never had the nerve to audition for any choir.
26. I love to read sci-fi and fantasy, but not much else.
27. I am usually woefully ignorant of current events.
28. I was previously a registered Republican, but have become so disenchanted with both major parties that I am currently "unaffiliated".
29. You don't even want to know what my medical school debt will be upon graduation.
30. I have worked as a paper deliverer, car detailer, pizza deliverer, waiter, bank grunt, CNA, lab technician, teacher and interpreter.
31. My wife and I were engaged 3 months after we met.
32. We were married four months after that.
33. I have a sick love affair with the "Snooze" button, hitting it almost as much as 10 times before I get up (if I set an alarm for 4-4:30 am).
34. I enjoy taking my DVD's and shrinking them to watch on my PocketPC.
35. I have lusted after an iPod (or something similar) for years, but still haven't ever purchased one.
36. Blue is, without any doubt or hesitation, my favorite color.
37. But not bright, cheery, gay blue. No, I prefer dark, subtle shades.
38. I will own a Corvette at some time in my life.
39. I have also resigned myself to the fact that I will own a Minivan at some time in my life (and much sooner than the Corvette).
40. I have a couple of Linkin Park CD's and one POD CD that I haven't listened to in years, am embarrassed that I actually have, but can't get myself to part with them.
41. While I may not have a favorite food, there are few things in the world better than a chocolate-banana malt.
42. I spend WAY too much time playing around on my computer.
43. I have two novels I am [slowly] working on, as well as one collection of related short stories.
44. I am an aggressive driver, but not a dangerous driver.
45. I hate rap music with every fiber of my being.
46. I hate Kenny G even more. (Thanks to thatoneguyinslc for reminding me just how much I hate Kenny G)
47. I buzzed my head about 5 years ago and never looked back, much to my wife's chagrin.
48. With the exception of my wife, I don't really have anyone I would consider my "best friend".
49. I have too many nicknames for my children to count, and a different voice for each one.
50. This has been, perhaps, my most difficult blog to write, showing just how boring I truly am.
