Sunday, July 01, 2007
Things You Don't Know About Me
Steve M. tagged me last week to do this meme of eight things you may not know about me. I already did the same basic thing once, and since two of them are no longer accurate (my brother's band's website is defunct, and I don't have the cat anymore), that's eight right there. I also did this list on my own, which reveals some more. But hey, here are some more random personal tidbits.
1. Once upon a time, I weighed as much as 275 pounds. Now I weigh between 185 and 190.
2. In AP Calculus, I copied homework from one of my best friends for most of the second semester, then got a 5 on the AP test while he got a 4.
3. When I tip on a credit card bill at a restaurant or bar, I make the total (bill plus tip) a round number. I calculate the basic percent, then round the whole thing up to an even dollar amount. No, I'm not OCD.
4. I started college as a computer science major with the "plan" that I would be a game designer and novel writer. (I was aiming for a creative writing minor.) Then I washed out of computer science (read: got bored and stopped trying) and also found out about poetry, though I still plan on writing a novel.
5. I was skipped ahead from the 4th grade to the 5th. It was probably a terrible decision for my social development.
6. My favorite liquor is Almendrado. My friend Kristy made the greatest sweet margaritas with it, but I can't replicate them myself.
7. I got my most recent tattoo in part because I wanted to be symmetrical, left shoulder/right shoulder. Fortunately, I feel no need to be symmetrical for the tattoo on my upper back.
8. I'm single. Big shock based on the above, I know.
Okay, technically you could probably glean that one from lots of things on my blog, so let's try this...
8. My family on my dad's side is very military-heavy. My grandfather was in WWII, my dad and one uncle went to West Point, and I had uncles in the Air Force, Marines, and Navy. My dad was in the Army for 20 years and reached the rank of Colonel, but technically retired as a Lieutenant Colonel because retiring as a Colonel was going to be contingent on him spending a year in Korea after he hit 20 years. My brother and I never got within a dozen stone's throws of the military, but one of the cousins we're closest to was in the Army (and Iraq).
1. Once upon a time, I weighed as much as 275 pounds. Now I weigh between 185 and 190.
2. In AP Calculus, I copied homework from one of my best friends for most of the second semester, then got a 5 on the AP test while he got a 4.
3. When I tip on a credit card bill at a restaurant or bar, I make the total (bill plus tip) a round number. I calculate the basic percent, then round the whole thing up to an even dollar amount. No, I'm not OCD.
4. I started college as a computer science major with the "plan" that I would be a game designer and novel writer. (I was aiming for a creative writing minor.) Then I washed out of computer science (read: got bored and stopped trying) and also found out about poetry, though I still plan on writing a novel.
5. I was skipped ahead from the 4th grade to the 5th. It was probably a terrible decision for my social development.
6. My favorite liquor is Almendrado. My friend Kristy made the greatest sweet margaritas with it, but I can't replicate them myself.
7. I got my most recent tattoo in part because I wanted to be symmetrical, left shoulder/right shoulder. Fortunately, I feel no need to be symmetrical for the tattoo on my upper back.
8. I'm single. Big shock based on the above, I know.
Okay, technically you could probably glean that one from lots of things on my blog, so let's try this...
8. My family on my dad's side is very military-heavy. My grandfather was in WWII, my dad and one uncle went to West Point, and I had uncles in the Air Force, Marines, and Navy. My dad was in the Army for 20 years and reached the rank of Colonel, but technically retired as a Lieutenant Colonel because retiring as a Colonel was going to be contingent on him spending a year in Korea after he hit 20 years. My brother and I never got within a dozen stone's throws of the military, but one of the cousins we're closest to was in the Army (and Iraq).
