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about me

  1. I lived in Brazil for two years.
  2. I enjoy receiving hand-me-downs from my 5 older brothers and sisters, as well as handing stuff down to my little sister.
  3. I used to exert control with my hair style the same way that anorexics use food.
  4. I am not anorexic.
  5. I was such a good kid that when I was confronted by a teacher for throwing rocks at a kid, I got off scott-free while the other kid got in trouble for provoking me.
  6. I changed my major to film because a teacher I respected told me I had talent (plus, I enjoyed it).
  7. I’d rather be hot than cold.
  8. When I was a kid I wanted to be a paleontologist.
  9. I prefer reading kid’s books over adult fiction.
  10. I hate MTV, but I got addicted to Laguna Beach season one anyway.
  11. My graduating class had 9 people in it.
  12. I was elected class president because they knew I didn’t care about giving speeches at graduation.
  13. I wrote the speech half an hour before the ceremony.
  14. In it I quoted Green Day.
  15. My major in college changed 4 times; my minor changed 3 times.
  16. I researched cell phones for months before I purchased my first one. It ended up being the free Nokia that came with the rate plan.
  17. I hate thinking about money.
  18. I’d rather be ripped off than spend a significant amount of time trying not to get ripped off.
  19. I used to speak Portuguese fluently. I can still carry on a conversation, though.
  20. I think Portuguese is a fairly ugly-sounding language.
  21. I think that the happiest people I’ve ever met in the world were some of the poorest people I met in Brazil.
  22. Even though I grew up in the middle of rural Alabama, I don’t have a southern accent.
  23. In some way my genetically crooked teeth helps me feel a part of my family.
  24. I have ugly feet, but I wear sandals anyway.
  25. In my fifth grade standardized tests, I scored “Past High School” in everything except math.
  26. For years I used to vomit every time I ate at a restaurant (except fast food).
  27. I was really excited when my sister got chicken pox.
  28. I was even more excited when I got them a week later.
  29. When I was little I used to get so excited when someone played Super Mario Brothers, I’d jump from bed to bed until I was yelled at.
  30. I do not enjoy snakes.
  31. I almost ran my car into another one at a cemetery where I was trying to get a dolly shot for a student video project. (I wasn’t even in my car.)
  32. I was usually the first kid up on Christmas morning.
  33. Even though I went to a major SEC school, I’ve only been to three Alabama games in my whole life.
  34. I spent one summer in elementary school programming BASIC with an Apple IIe.
  35. Mormon.
  36. I pretty much weigh the same as I did when I was a senior in high school. (See #4.)
  37. I’ve been robbed twice. The first was at gunpoint. The second was implied gunpoint. It was within two weeks of each other.
  38. I worked as a hotel housekeeper in Yellowstone National Park for half a summer.
  39. I’ve lifted a dead person.
  40. In high school, I hated cheating so much that if I accidently saw someone’s else’s answer to a question I didn’t know, I would leave it blank.
  41. I don’t mind other people having pets, but I will never have one.
  42. The first day I got my driver’s license, I ran off the road.
  43. I shop for shampoo by smell.
  44. I dressed in drag for a school function.
  45. I was almost a vegetarian when I was a kid - not for politcal reasons, I just didn’t like the taste.
  46. I didn’t walk for my college graduation.
  47. I didn’t learn to swim until 13 or 14.
  48. I went to a movie theater alone once and vowed I would never do it again.
  49. I used to shoot movies with my parent’s camcorder with my sister and cousin as actors - whether they knew they were in the movie or not.
  50. I was sitting on a porch when some people next door started shooting at the police.
  51. I’ve been to New York once - for about 9 hours and most of my time was spent in a windowless room. I loved it.
  52. It makes me feel important when my boss tells people to “talk to my assistant about that.”
  53. I went to Vegas and hated it.
  54. I would hate to live in a suburb.
  55. I almost moved to Los Angeles after college.
  56. I love riding MARTA.
  57. I actually hate writing lists.
  58. I’ve read the entire Bible - in Portuguese.
  59. Kids generally like me, and I like them…generally.
  60. I’ve been hunting twice. Both times I wasn’t given a gun and didn’t even know what we were hunting until it was over.
  61. I’ve hitchhiked.
  62. I thought a hike was 9 miles. I turned out to be 18. We ran out of water 3 hours before the end of the trail.
  63. I thought Scream was incredibly cool…until I actually watched it years later.
  64. I drew an Abercrombie and Fitch ad for a school art fair. The teacher in charge opposed it because she thought it was too graphic (the girl’s navel showed and she was wearing low-cut jeans). Another piece I had in the show made it to state…where there were projects with full nudes.
  65. I took piano in elementary school but dropped it because I thought my teacher was weird.
  66. When I like a new song, I’ll listen to it on repeat…a lot.
  67. I once got into a heated argument with a friend who was also a black dude three times my size.
  68. I don’t mind heights as long as I have a death grip on a rail or something.
  69. I sing loudly in the car - with or without the radio.
  70. I vote Democrat or Republican depending on the candidate.
  71. I sometimes like songs just for the lyrics.
  72. I have a love/hate relationship with the South.
  73. Utah creeps me out a little.
  74. I shave once a week. I need to shave twice a week.
  75. I don’t really believe in global warming.
  76. I think sleeping is kind of boring.
  77. I frequently lose my wallet. I’ve only lost it permanently once.
  78. I’ll pay more for good service.
  79. I enjoy foreign movies.
  80. I usually have a farmer’s tan in the summer.
  81. I’ve slow danced in the rain.
  82. I like the look on my niece’s and nephew’s faces when they see me.
  83. I like the popcorn flavored Jelly Belly Jellybeans.
  84. I’ve worked as a lab technician picking bugs out of pond water.
  85. I enjoy giving gifts.
  86. I’ve fallen asleep on a countertop.
  87. I think Jell-O tastes weird.
  88. I’ve fallen asleep while driving. I left the road doing 65 mph.
  89. I like NPR.
  90. The first time I rode on an airplane, I was 19.
  91. I hate malls.
  92. I’ve slept through a hurricane.
  93. I’ve been a cashier in a barbecue restaurant.
  94. I don’t like gory movies.
  95. I enjoy cooking most of the times.
  96. I sometimes like a song just because I like the music video.
  97. Funerals make me really uncomfortable.
  98. I totally didn’t guess that the guy in The Sixth Sense was really dead.
  99. I missed two final exams in college and one midterm. All different semesters.
  100. I really like pajama pants.