7 Things You May Not Know About Me

1. I like lists. They help me get organized. Sometimes I'll find 3 lists laying around: usually one is in my pocket, one is on my desk and somewhere there is a post-it note laying around somewhere. They will each have the majority of things crossed out but whats remaining will all be combined into one new list and the old lists get tossed. My father tells me that I am far too task oriented, and that I need to be more objective oriented. Well, now when I make lists instead of writing To-do at the top, I right objectives, then make sub-tasks to each objective.

2. I spend a lot of time thinking about my existence. When you've had as many near-death experiences as I have, you tend to gain a sense of immortality. Perhaps I should carry a sword in case I run into any Highlanders. Besides that, I read about how someone died in the newspaper nearly everyday. Did you know that there are 6 billion people living in this world? think about it. That's 999.9 million x6 (plus a few). If I die, maybe a hundred people will notice. Anyways, I guess I need to do something important with my life, which leads to #3.

3. I spend a lot of time thinking about what the hell I should do. Okay, I know a lot of you do this, so this shouldn't be any surprise. I'm in the middle of finding a new job after graduating college, so this is more prevalent to me. In regards to #2, I want to do something with my life that will immortalize me. Find a cure for cancer. Be a great leader. Or maybe an astronaut. Yeah... be the first motherfucker to see a new galaxy, or find a new alien lifeform... and fuck it. People would be like, "There he goes. Homeboy fucked a Martian once."

4. I brew my own beer. Okay, so that's something that most of you probably do know about me. Whether you do or don't, this is an open invitation to come brew some beer with me. I'll put you to work in the spice mines of Kessel in order to find that delicious flavor I've been looking for.

5. Contrary to what the psychiatrist told me, I have attention problems. Point in case: I forgot I was doing this list. I started messing around with iTunes, then I'm reading some news story online, then I came back here to see this #5. staring me blankly in the face. oops. Yeah if I don't finish reading a book in two or three days, it'll sit on a table with a bookmark in it forever. Same thing for all the things I intend to do. So, with that in mind, I am going to finish this off.

6. I read a lot in my spare time. I wish I was cool and could say that I read three different newspapers daily but in reality it's really just the headlines that come across on Google News which I like to believe tells me the gist of what's happening in the world. A lot of time I read stuff my ADD kicks in and I will not remember all that I've read, I only hope that perhaps if I went schizo my alternate personality would remember what I've read but forgotten. Did you know if you mixed equal parts of gasoline and frozen orange juice concentrate you can make napalm? ... I also read comic books. From things like Penny Arcade! to Achewood and the occasional Perry Bible Fellowship. When I don't feel like reading, I enjoy audio books. Not just books on tape, I've also picked up audio lectures on everything from the History of Mesopotamia to The History of the World. And like anybody, one day I hope to read all the books I've amassed.

7. My friends mean more to me then my family. My parents divorced when I was in second grade, so I spent more time with babysitters and friends than my parents since both of them were always working. When your parents separate, instead of splitting 'teaching a child about life' it becomes 'becoming the more favored of the child'. So you can tell me how at Christmas you got double the presents and how vacations were more frequent. In reality, I sort of created my own family of friends whom I learn life by and when I make a friend it usually is for life.