25 things
It’s interesting to see how things start and blow up like wildfire on the internet. Chain letters are so common. “Ice breaker” quick writes and surveys are everywhere. All the time. Most being lame as hell. But for some reason, everyone and their mother or sister or friend is doing this 25 things list.
I’m compelled to do it too. I’m going to add to the fire.
1.The first website I ever had was hosted on angelfire.com. I was about 12 or 13 years old. It had at least a hundred flashing .gif images. The second was an actual domain that I owned. It was purchased for me by a guy I have never met before in Tennesee. I haven’t talked to him since either.
2. When I was in 4th or 5th grade I broke an umbrella over a boy’s head who was constantly bullying me. It snapped in half. It had a wooden duck handle. The duck was not harmed.
3. I have been to about as many funerals as years I have been alive.
4. Once while walking home from high school construction workers, lead by a man who was approximately the same as as my father ,who were working across the street from my house decided it would be nice and appropriate to “cat call” me. Hey baby… what’s goin on? I was under 18 years olld (summer baby.) I wasn’t a fan. I got the boss fired.
5. I need to go visit Fiji, Iceland, Spain, Brazil before I die. I’d like to see a glacier before they become extinct.
6. I’d like to live on the island of Boracay for a few months or a year because it is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to.
7. I have a giant puff ball for a cat. He is legal in human years. 18 years and still going… going to nap. His name is Fluffy. He is not a robot.
8. I feel that my growing up was a strange social experiment at times. Most people do not grow up under such out of the ordinary circumstances. Cultural differences. Generation differences. Moral/ideal differences. The idea of family is very unique to me.
9. I love airplanes. I love flying. I love airline food. I feel like I could easily live off of airline food for the rest of my life. Specifically from international flights, not just domestic.
10. I have a 72 gallon freshwater fish tank in my bedroom. I don’t have enough time or money for saltwater.
11. For a time in high school I had a back pack with about 2,000 safety pins on it. Believe me. They were actually counted.
12. Sometimes I don’t think that it matters where or how you were brought up. I have the same temper as my siblings and my father. I hope I never have to show you.
13. For 3 months I did ballet when I was little. For a summer, I did baton twirling.
14. I have never broken a bone. I have never broken anyone else’s bones either.
15. There was a time where I thought it would be amazing to get married at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. That was a very different time than now.
16. Allergic to strawberry nesquik, Luckily, I’m not really missing much in that case…
17. Once I went to IHOP and I swear I saw almost a perfect doppelganger of my mother. This woman was with her husband and 2 sons. She looked exactly like my mother except wearing all dark colors. When I got home, I confronted her about her secret life. But, she just got annoyed with me and called me crazy.
18. I won’t pick a fight, but I don’t exactly mind getting in to one. I was always taught that if someone hits you, hit them back harder… while this hasn’t always worked out for the best, I still think that it’s good advice.
19. If I had the money, I’d have a lot more tattoos.
20. The past few years have resulted in a special desire to be numb and not feeling anything. The feeling of being unaware is a gift. Believe me, you have no idea.
21. I’ve wanted to go to the Bronx zoo for a very long time. (the Central Park zoo too!)
22. My favorite dollar bill is the $10 dollar bill.
23. There should be more opportunities to roast marshmallows. I’m not asking for more fires, especially random dangerous fires. But there should in general be, more marshmellow roasting in my opinion.
24. I dream about living in Brooklyn again.
25. This year, I’m trying to spend less money. I’d say I was doing a good job if it wasn’t for that car accident. In general transportation is eating away at my wallet. Worse than the moths!