69 Random Things (Too Much Info)

  1. I plow through books. Four days is a long time for me to spend with one.
  2. I'm gay and have a husband in everything but law, but if marriage is religious validation I'm fairly sure I don't care for it.
  3. Stupidity bothers me.
  4. I've been reminded by my husband that I don't eat shellfish or pork, except pepperoni on pizza or in spaghetti sauce. And green beans are poisonous. And, hell, eggs in any form but cakes, cookies, meatloaf or meatballs are just gross.
  5. I over-analyze everything, except when drunk, at which point a gag is usually in order.
  6. I've gotten lazier as I've gotten older.
  7. I like to learn, but would rather do it on my own.
  8. I am a stickler for correct punctuation.
  9. I hate being embarrassed even more than being wrong. I can&srquo;t even watch other people do things they should be embarrassed about.
  10. Avarice bothers me.
  11. I love cheese, particularly blue cheeses.
  12. My favorite body part is... (take a wild guess)
  13. My least favorite body part is my hips; they are too wide for my height. My stomach is running a close second.
  14. I love the smell of new leather.
  15. When I was 17, I got a recruitment letter from one of the military academies inviting me to apply, provided I was 5'4" or taller. I was 5'3-1/2" at the time. It didn't do much for my opinion of the military as a group. [Wow, I really can hold a grudge.]
  16. I love paper.
  17. I came out in a gay bar in S.F. two weeks before my 30th birthday. I snuck out actually. A guy who was hitting on me asked how long I'd been out. "Not long," I said.
  18. I have been known to admit when I'm wrong, but, damn, it hurts to say so.
  19. One of my worst nightmares was a dream where I was told I was being transferred to the customer service department and had to answer the phone. I am not a people person.
  20. I dislike business management fads which are marketed on faith; they are nothing more than secular religions.
  21. Right: navy, grey, teal, light pink, light blue. Left & right: teal, dark pink, red/white stripe.
  22. I'm proficient in SQL.
  23. I eat beef, preferably only slightly under well-done.
  24. I prefer to be nude when on the beach. [Most people look better naked than in a bathing suit.]
  25. I've done the born-again and Fundamentalist scenes (really embarrassing), but dropped it and out of Baptist seminary after a fling with another student, a married guy, at that. I was almost 29, and he was my first.
  26. I have problems understanding accents. I might as well be deaf. The number of times I've looked at a waiter with a blank expression on my face is uncountable.
  27. I am fascinated by maps and aerial views and doodle suburban street maps..
  28. I strongly dislike chunky yarn; it's a pain to knit.
  29. I was born in one of the two years exempt from registering for the draft.
  30. I am 5'4" (or less; you shrink with age, you know).
  31. I typically get up between 5:00 and 5:30 because the cat wants to eat.
  32. I have a bike, but I haven't been out of Brooklyn or Queens with it yet.
  33. I dislike shopping, particularly in crowds.
  34. I talk back to the TV commercials; fortunately I amuse my husband when I do.
  35. I lack patience with other people.
  36. I used to be one of those annoying persons that complains about how fat he is. Now, my BMI is a bit high.
  37. As I've gotten older, my eyebrows have turned blond and are disappearing, except where the hairs get enormously long.
  38. Our bedroom is painted in two shades of bright red: I chose the colors.
  39. I prefer altos to sopranos and baritones to tenors.
  40. I don't like to be photographed.
  41. I really like Hendrick's Gin, but don't work for them.
  42. I'd eat Indian every night, if I could get away with it and there were a decent take-out nearby.
  43. I was raised Roman Catholic, but not strongly so.
  44. I prefer cats over dogs, and dogs over children. And the top end of childhood gets redefined upwards every year.
  45. I love chocolate. I can't believe there are people who don't. Mole sauce is heaven.
  46. My beard is turning white, not grey.
  47. I am allergic to just about anything that floats in the air, to the occasional environmental unknown and, now, alpaca.
  48. I was born and reared in Texas.
  49. I shave my head twice a week, usually on Mondays and Thursdays (a common question).
  50. Not a Judy, Liza, Barbra or Bette fan. Celine and Whitney make me cringe. [Just find the stupid note and stay there.] Mariah opened a Best Buy: need I say more?
  51. I grew up listening to Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Ian & Sylvia etc.
  52. I believe faith is a mental shortcut that should be used with restraint.
  53. I really cannot dance.
  54. I have a morbid fascination with my birthday, and have an uncontrollable urge to make everyone else suffer with me.
  55. I dislike strong religious opinions and most vocal conservative Republicans.
  56. The only jewelry I wear is a wedding ring, except for the piercings, of course.
  57. I think most people need to walk faster.
  58. I have lived in Missouri, California and New York.
  59. Knots are fascinating, except in my shoelaces.
  60. I have a cat, named Rose, but I call her Little Monster because she likes to get a bit rough now and then.
  61. I'd eat Tex-Mex every night, if I could get away with it and there were a decent take-out nearby.
  62. I have a degree in Math from U of Texas.
  63. I cannot put down a book if there are less than 50 pages remaining, no matter how late it is.
  64. I have visited AR, OK, LA, MS, AL, FL, NM, CO, KS, IA, IL, IN, MI, OH, OR, WA, NJ, PA, MA, CT, RI, NV, UT, VA, DC and NC. I have been through SC, MD & AZ. I've been to Mexico, Montréal and Italy for pleasure; London, Frankfurt, Den Hague, Amsterdam, Marbella (Spain) and Hong Kong for business.
  65. I will now admit I sang better before my voice changed.
  66. I have three two piercings and two tattoos. I took one out.
  67. I will immediately reread the last chapter of a really good book, e.g., John Irving's A Widow for One Year.
  68. I knit; it's constructive doodling, in a way.
  69. I am a bad patient.

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