A while ago there was a viral "note" on facebook where people would write 25 things about themselves and post them. After reading a few from my friends I decided I would jump in and give it a shot. Having just recently decided to share this blog publicly I thought this might be a good way for some new friends to get to know me a bit. Somewhat of a virtual introduction. So what follows is my "25 Known Knowns about myself."
1. I never defined myself by what my job was, but now that I don’t have a job my definition of myself has become “I Am Unemployed.” Ugh!
2. I taught myself to play the guitar… some would say very well… and I never had any guitar lessons… but I did have piano lessons and I played clarinet in school, and I’m thankful I had that foundation to build upon
3. I’m being very careful to share things that are personal enough to be interesting, but not too personal to be embarrassing.
4. I married young, and my wife was 10 years older than me
5. I consider myself an “Old Soul” and haven’t always felt comfortable around people my own age
6. I’ve learned over the last couple years that I’m not always as good of a friend as I think I am. If you’re one of the friends that I’ve let down, I’m sorry, and I hope you can forgive me. If you still consider me a friend… thank you. I’m blessed to have you in my life.
7. I know what I know, and I’m pretty aware of what it is that I don’t know too. So that means that I’m perfectly comfortable saying “I don’t know.” It also means that If I tell you that I know something, just trust me and lets go from there… arguing just wastes both of our time.
8. With that said (statement #7 that is….)I do like to debate and sometimes even take the other side than you just for the pleasure going thru “the dance of the debate process” with you.
9. I would give anything to have a deep, honest, “heart to heart” discussion with my son without it turning into something he considers “a lecture” after only 2 minutes. I mean really… I just want to talk and find out what’s going on down deep inside him, what he thinks and feels and likes and dislikes and thinks is important and is scared of and hopes for and wants to do with his future and all of that stuff… but he’s 19 so it’ll probably be a few more years, right? Ugh.
10. I consider myself well spoken and articulate, but there are many things that I can communicate with my guitar that I just simply don’t have the words for.
11. I have many, many, many facets to my personality, some that conflict with each other, and some that I’ve probably never shared with you.
12. The place that I’d most like to travel to is Australia
13. I used to hate the color green, now it’s one of my favorites.
14. The following statement is true
15. The preceding statement was false
16. I used to know almost every routine on bill cosby’s comedy albums word for word, and that goes for joe piscopo’s also. Oh yeah, and George Carlin’s, and don’t forget Gallagher’s Showtime Specials… and Eddie Murphy’s delirious… and….
17. I was a Professional Massage Therapist for 4 years. Pay attention, it’s MASSAGE THERAPIST, not MASSEUSE! Masseuses are “those kinds of girls” that work in “those kinds of places” that wear “those kinds of outfits” and provide “those kinds of endings!” Yes, it took many years of school to learn to do it safely, professionally, and effectively. Yes, I am able to tell exactly where it hurts just by touching you. No, I will not work on you for free. Yes, you’re an idiot for thinking “I’m not letting a dude touch me” or that there’s anything sexual about what I do, now just let me shove my elbow in your shoulder blade so I can make the pain go away, and you can go back to work without that headache, okay?
18. I hated every moment of being a travel agent, but truly loved almost all of the people I worked with… I just wish we worked together at a good job someplace that didn’t SUCK!
19. Most of the jobs I’ve had, I’ve left to work somewhere else, and then gone back to for awhile. I wonder why that is.
20. The more options you give someone, the harder it will be for them to choose. Only give 2 options to choose from and they’ll decide much quicker, and even be happier with their choice than if they’d had multiple options.
21. I try to only use my superpowers for good instead of evil… but sometimes I get drunk and then all bets are off… sorry.
22. One of the greatest pieces of advice I’ve ever gotten was from my mom who said “you can’t steer a parked car. If you’re facing the wrong direction, keep moving, at least that way you can turn yourself around and go the right way.” Oddly enough I got very similar advice from my boss at the drug store I worked at as a teenager. And it was only a couple days later too. He said “if you’re treading water in the middle of the pool and can’t decide which side to swim to, just pick one and go to it. If you get there and it’s the wrong one, you can at least hang on the side of the pool and rest until you’re strong enough to swim to a different side, but if you stay in the middle just treading water, eventually you’ll get tired and you’ll drown. And then you’ll never get to the right side, now will you?!” That advice has helped me thru many periods of being paralyzed and not knowing what to do or what to choose.
23. The greatest lesson I’ve ever learned is how EXTREMELY IMPORTANT it is to tell the people you care about that you love them. Make absolutely certain they know how you feel because life is fragile and that important person can be taken away from you in a heartbeat, and the regret of not having told them how you felt is possibly one of the worst regrets you’ll ever have in this life.
24. My divorce was one of the friendliest and most polite (and least expensive) divorces I’ve EVER heard of. It still SUCKED to go thru…
25. I love to put Doritos on top of my turkey and cheese sandwiches, and if possible drink a sprite with lemonade mixed in it. I’ve only met one other person that liked to do that, and sharing that meal with them is one of my favorite memories, thank you! (I’m pretty sure you know who you are, right? I don’ t have to “out you” here in front of everyone, do I? ;-) I didn’t think so…)
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#3 You must be wise
ReplyDelete#5 Same for me, at least when I was younger. I think it has something to do with being intuitive. Or just a "space cadet", no insult intended.
#7, #8: Me too. I'm beginning to see a pattern. Scary.
#9. Been there. It does pass as they get more confident.
#16 It's always good to find someone else who knows why there's air and the proper music to hum to oneself when driving a go-cart.
#20 That's one of my key secrets about keeping the boss happy - don't ask him what to do but figure out what I want to do and give him that plus one other option.
#22 I'm remembering that.
#25 I am not going to be the second person you've found who like to share that with you. Sorry.