Saturday, September 6, 2008

Six random things about me

Ok, so I've joined the herd.  Jay tagged me, thus giving me the burden of posting six random things about me.  So here it goes.

No. 1 — I hate candy corn.  What?  How can I be an American and hate candy corn?  Don't ask why, but it's just nasty.  If all the candy corn on Earth was suddenly removed forever, I would be fine.

No. 2 — I'm forgiving to a fault.  If I can give you the benefit of the doubt, I will.  Even if I shouldn't, I probably will.  I can also usually see both sides of an argument.  Because of this, I feel like an elf.  In Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, there's a line that says, "Go not to the elves for council, for they will say both yes and no."  That's me.

No. 3 — Rarely do I hear music without listening to it.  (That'll make sense in a moment... trust me.)  If something's really good, I can get lost in it and hear it for what it is.  Because of the musical training I've had, I spend the rest of the time picking it apart.  "That was a nice key change... I wonder what chord progression that was because it was pretty cool...  etc."  Sometimes, I'd just like to hear whatever I'm listening to.

No. 4 — I can't stand overhead, incandescent lighting.  Lamps?  Great.  Overhead fluorescents? Fantastic.  But I can't sit in a room, like a living room for example, with nothing but the overhead light on.  It just drives me crazy for some reason.  I guess I just prefer the softer, more diffuse, (dare I say) intimate light that lamps give.  My apartment doesn't even have a light fixture on the ceiling in the living room, and I couldn't be happier.

No. 5 — Inspired by the Volcano Taco commercial on TV, I sweat profusely whenever I eat something even a little bit spicy.  My dad is wired the same way.  Some of my friends think it's kinda weird.  Once, I made the mistake of asking the question "Mild or spicy?" at Popeye's with "Spicy."  I went through about half a roll of paper towels, and it looked like I had been outside running a marathon.  Seriously.

No. 6 — What?  A high school randomness?  Hmmm....  I can remember my locker combination from eighth grade.  It was the easier combination ever: 21-23-21.  I didn't pick it.  They gave it to me.  Go figure.  I'm not entirely sure it was in eighth grade, or even what the number of locker was, but I sure do remember the combination.

And because I don't know anyone else that blogs, it stops here.  I may have bad luck for the next 85 years of my life and have all my hair fall out, but oh well.  I'm a gamblin' man.

3 comments:

Jay said...

....you aren't a gamblin' man. :)

Michael said...

I won a surround sound system once playing Texas Hold 'Em. Granted, it was free to enter and I didn't have to pay anything if I lost... but it was still gamblin'.

Christy said...

Hey Michael! I'm on here!
christyandpatrick.blogspot.com- look at the pics of the homestead!

Love,
Christy