I completed this exercise for a game going around Facebook. I thought I’d repost it here.
- My general knowledge is a mile wide and an inch deep. I learn just enough about something to be dangerous, then move on to another subject.
- I have never received a traffic ticket. I’ve only been involved in two very minor fender-benders–one of which didn’t even bend anything.
- I once student conducted my high school’s band, despite not being able to count.
- My personality type is ISTJ. People who don’t know me well probably think I’m quiet/shy or aloof; in reality I just don’t put as much effort into making small talk as I should.
- I (still) have a piece of Neyland Stadium turf I extracted following Tennessee’s 1998 victory over Florida. My lucky turf propelled the Volunteers to a national championship that season.
- I dislike talking on the telephone. I avoid using it, particularly with strangers.
- The most valuable thing I’ve ever had stolen from me is a trumpet. Ironically, it was taken from a back storage room at church. I don’t have a clue who took it.
- I paid as much for my bicycle as I paid for my car. Granted, I have a high-mileage car. But my spending reflects the fact that I enjoy riding the bike much more than I like driving a car.
- An adventure I’d one day like to do: Go for a week of cycling in the Alps. Or, closer to home, ride to the top of Mount Evans (CO) or the Bear Tooth Pass (WY, MT). There’s nothing like the feeling of resting on the summit after you’ve conquered a challenging mountain.
- I have only taken one airplane trip in the last 20 years. I’m well grounded.
- Red lights and traffic backups really annoy me. Sitting in a car is a giant waste of time. I’d like to be Knox County traffic engineer for a day and make intersections more to my liking.
- I have a soft spot for animals, particularly cats. One of the hardest things I’ve had to go through was losing my cat in 2007. I still think about him everyday.
- I only saw one movie in a theater last year: U2 3D. It’s probably the closest I’ll get to a concert.
- Tomé clases de español por tres años, pero recuerdo casi nada de la prueba. Y confiar en mí, fue una experiencia dolorosa.
- I’m a leg man.
- I enjoy looking at old photographs. I try to visualize what life was like for the subjects in the picture.
- Relatedly, I’d love to be able to time travel and witness great (and not so great) moments in history.
- I currently have 382 items saved on my YouTube playlist. 95% of those are music videos. I use it as a virtual iPod (since I don’t have a real iPod). One thing on the Internets that really annoys me is having my saved videos pulled. Come on, YouTube.
- When a song is stuck in my mind, it cab get lodged there. Sometimes I listen to a song four or five times in a row. When I’m out riding, it’s not uncommon for me to only have two or three earworms throughout a two-hour trip.
- I’m a news/information junkie. I get antsy if I’ve been away from the TV/Internets for more than five hours. I want to know what’s been happening in the world. When on the web, I hit “F5” (refresh) often.
- I have never bought a ticket in the five-year existence of the Tennessee Lottery. I put more stock in odds than I do in good luck.
- I’m a poor speller. Not just a bad speller, a horrible speller. One of my most vivid memories from 1st or 2nd grade was trying to figure out the word “few” in a spelling test. I got it wrong. Were it not for spell checker, I would look pretty ignorant here.
- I generally don’t believe in conspiracy theories. They’re unrealistic. People talk too much; it’s difficult for a large organization to pull anything off without someone blabbing.
- Despite having lived most of my life in Tennessee, I don’t care for country music or NASCAR. I hate the Tennessee Titans. I generally support the Democratic Party. I’m a fish out of water.
- I’m a frugal person. I can’t remember the last time I was at the mall. If everyone was like me, the economy would have gone down the drain a long time ago. So go ahead, whip out that credit card, and buy something you don’t need–make up for me.