A nice way to kill a little time:
1. My uncle once: was a officer cadet, but quit almost right away. 2. Never in my life: had I put on make-up. 3. When I was five: my family moved into a cool new place. 4. High school was: a bit lonely, but not bad. 5. I will never forget: many things I wish I could forget. 6.Once I met: an austronaut. 7. There’s this boy I know: wait, I don't know any boys... or girls... pathetic little nerd. 8.Once, at a bar: I tried to convince friends to have an orgy... and failed. :-( 9. By noon, I’m usually: awake. 10. Last night: I came home dog-tired after a day of idiotic clumsiness. 11. If only I had: an immortal soul. 12. Next time I go to church: I'll be going to a concert. 13. What worries me most: is that I'm going to die and the ultimate unfairness of the world. 14. When I turn my head left I see: a charming manual coffee grinder. 15. When I turn my head right I see: an espresso machine. :-) 16. You know I’m lying when: my normal axis is horizontal. 17. What I miss most about the Eighties is: being little and carefree. 18. If I were a character in Shakespeare I’d be: a comic relief character whose life is really all tragic though. 19. By this time next year: I'll have dealt with my serious injury, completed the next big level of my training, acquired a dog, a habit to run in the mornings, and a couple of cool hobbies. Yeah... it's a lot 20. A better name for me would be: Andrew. 21. I have a hard time understanding: why anyone would want to use a machine as awful as a leaf blower. 22. If I ever go back to school, I’ll: study something hands-on and satisfying - I've been studying hard theoretical things all my life, and while that's been great, I'd want to mix it up a little. 23. You know I like you if: avoid eye contact and drop my pen three times in one minute. 24.If I ever won an award, the first person I would thank would be: myself. 25. Take my advice, never: wait for great things to happen to you - MAKE them happen. 26.My ideal breakfast is: Earl Grey tea, eggs benedict with some fancy trimmings like smoked salmon, and almond croissants and lots of ripe, juicy, flavourful fruit. 27. A song I love but do not have is: There are lots of them. My hard drive with my whole music collection crashed. :-( 28. If you visit my hometown, I suggest you: explore all the ethnic restaurants. 29. Why won’t people: just shut off their leafblowers? 30. If you spend a night at my house: it'd be cool if you made me my ideal breakfast in the morning. ;-) 31. I’d stop my wedding for: Huh? What wedding? 32. The world could do without: leafblowers. 33. I’d rather lick the belly of a cockroach than: his ass. 34. My favourite blonde(s) is/are: bald. 35. Paper clips are more useful than: cockroaches. 36. If I do anything well it’s: fuck up. 37. I can’t help but: feel very sad sometimes. 38. I usually cry: when I see no hope ahead. 39. My advice to my child/nephew/niece: don't grow up to be like your father. :-p 40. And by the way: throw out that damn leaf blower, willya?
Tags: lists leafblowers
22 November, 2008 at 5:21 pm
hey what happened to “overprotected children grow up”? best piece here so far, imo, posting something like that takes more courage than biking in bear country…
23 November, 2008 at 1:04 am
Wow, someone actually read THAT? I’m impressed with your patience!
I posted it because I’ve been thinking about that stuff for a while and needed to sort of get it out of my system. Deleted it the next day thinking that posting a lengthy, boring, whiney rant about my childhood is a waste of internet space. :-) But, hey, even if one person thinks it’s a good post, then a large chunk of my readership does (few enough people read this blog that one person IS a large chunk of my readership :-)). So maybe it should go back up.