20 Random Facts about This One

1. To date, I've dipped my feet in one ocean, four lakes, two rivers, and a creek. No, not for a particular reason, just because.
2. I can do this thing with my eyes that vaguely unnerves people.
3. As a small child, I used to gnaw at my wooden headboard like a beaver. I suppose I enjoyed the taste.
4. I consider myself a grandmaster at cooking hard-boiled eggs.
5. I used to build little Death Stars and X-Wings out of clay in elementary school and re-enact the Battle of Yavin from start to finish.
6. I love nostalgic things. Get me near a vintage rotary telephone or a manual typewriter and I'm a happy camper.
7. I've only one two awards in my life, one for science, one for art. Neither are my favorite skill. :-)
8. I can mentally "see" words. This is invaluable for spelling purposes.
9. I haven't been on an airplane since I was very small.
10. I can't snap my fingers.
11. I also cannot roll my "R"s.
12. I have a very thin scar on the middle fingertip of my left hand, the result of a clumsy usage of a hyper-sharp sushi knife.
13. I'm pretty sure I dream in color. Otherwise, my short-term memory is really messed up.
14. I'm extremely boring in my fashion choices. My every-day wardrobe consists of blue jeans and solid-color, no logo T-shirts. In winter, I wear a jacket as well.
15. All of these require one personal fact, one we may possibly be ashamed to admit. Well, I'm not going to back down. I'm obsessed with the song "Behind These Hazel Eyes" by Kelly Clarkson.
16. My regular Wednesday dinner is spaghetti and meatballs. I have no other days-of-the-week/dinner regulations.
17. I hardly ever drink. The oddities of life are enough to intoxicate one. That sounded profound, didn't it?
18. I was homeschooled for the majority of my schooling years, and am tragically well-adjusted as a result.
19. I used to code in BASIC. Old-skool, baby.
20. I'm quite glad this is the end. Oh, and despite being an emotion-supressing male, I tear up at the end of Field of Dreams.

-JD