about me
- I lived in Brazil for two years.
- I enjoy receiving hand-me-downs from my 5 older brothers and sisters, as well as handing stuff down to my little sister.
- I used to exert control with my hair style the same way that anorexics use food.
- I am not anorexic.
- 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.
- I changed my major to film because a teacher I respected told me I had talent (plus, I enjoyed it).
- I’d rather be hot than cold.
- When I was a kid I wanted to be a paleontologist.
- I prefer reading kid’s books over adult fiction.
- I hate MTV, but I got addicted to Laguna Beach season one anyway.
- My graduating class had 9 people in it.
- I was elected class president because they knew I didn’t care about giving speeches at graduation.
- I wrote the speech half an hour before the ceremony.
- In it I quoted Green Day.
- My major in college changed 4 times; my minor changed 3 times.
- 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.
- I hate thinking about money.
- I’d rather be ripped off than spend a significant amount of time trying not to get ripped off.
- I used to speak Portuguese fluently. I can still carry on a conversation, though.
- I think Portuguese is a fairly ugly-sounding language.
- I think that the happiest people I’ve ever met in the world were some of the poorest people I met in Brazil.
- Even though I grew up in the middle of rural Alabama, I don’t have a southern accent.
- In some way my genetically crooked teeth helps me feel a part of my family.
- I have ugly feet, but I wear sandals anyway.
- In my fifth grade standardized tests, I scored “Past High School” in everything except math.
- For years I used to vomit every time I ate at a restaurant (except fast food).
- I was really excited when my sister got chicken pox.
- I was even more excited when I got them a week later.
- 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.
- I do not enjoy snakes.
- 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.)
- I was usually the first kid up on Christmas morning.
- Even though I went to a major SEC school, I’ve only been to three Alabama games in my whole life.
- I spent one summer in elementary school programming BASIC with an Apple IIe.
- Mormon.
- I’ve been robbed twice. The first was at gunpoint. The second was implied gunpoint. It was within two weeks of each other.
- I worked as a hotel housekeeper in Yellowstone National Park for half a summer.
- I’ve lifted a dead person.
- 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.
- I don’t mind other people having pets, but I will never have one.
- The first day I got my driver’s license, I ran off the road.
- I shop for shampoo by smell.
- I dressed in drag for a school function.
- I was almost a vegetarian when I was a kid – not for politcal reasons, I just didn’t like the taste.
- I didn’t walk for my college graduation.
- I didn’t learn to swim until 13 or 14.
- I went to a movie theater alone once and vowed I would never do it again.
- 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.
- I was sitting on a porch when some people next door started shooting at the police.
- 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.
- Gay.
- I went to Vegas and hated it.
- I would hate to live in a suburb.
- I almost moved to Los Angeles after college.
- I love riding MARTA.
- I actually hate writing lists.
- I’ve read the entire Bible – in Portuguese.
- Kids generally like me, and I like them…generally.
- 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.
- I’ve hitchhiked.
- 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.
- I thought Scream was incredibly cool…until I actually watched it years later.
- 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.
- I took piano in elementary school but dropped it because I thought my teacher was weird.
- When I like a new song, I’ll listen to it on repeat…a lot.
- I once got into a heated argument with a friend who was also a dude three times my size.
- I don’t mind heights as long as I have a death grip on a rail or something.
- I sing loudly in the car – with or without the radio.
- I vote Democrat or Republican depending on the candidate.
- I sometimes like songs just for the lyrics.
- I have a love/hate relationship with the South.
- Utah creeps me out a little.
- I shave once a week. I need to shave twice a week.
- I don’t really believe in global warming.
- I think sleeping is kind of boring.
- I frequently lose my wallet. I’ve only lost it permanently once.
- I’ll pay more for good service.
- I enjoy foreign movies.
- I usually have a farmer’s tan in the summer.
- I’ve slow danced in the rain.
- I like the look on my niece’s and nephew’s faces when they see me.
- I like the popcorn flavored Jelly Belly Jellybeans.
- I’ve worked as a lab technician picking bugs out of pond water.
- I enjoy giving gifts.
- I’ve fallen asleep on a countertop.
- I think Jell-O tastes weird.
- I’ve fallen asleep while driving. I left the road doing 65 mph.
- I like NPR.
- The first time I rode on an airplane, I was 19.
- I hate malls.
- I’ve slept through a hurricane.
- I’ve been a cashier in a barbecue restaurant.
- I don’t like gory movies.
- I enjoy cooking most of the times.
- I sometimes like a song just because I like the music video.
- Funerals make me really uncomfortable.
- I totally didn’t guess that the guy in The Sixth Sense was really dead.
- I missed two final exams in college and one midterm. All different semesters.
- I really like pajama pants.