Those 25 Things
I was a little bored over the last few nights and started reading the lame '25 Things' notes on facebook that my friends created.
Slowly, I made the transition from 'Those idiots', to 'I would never do that', to 'I wonder what 25 random facts I could come up with', to typing out those 25 random facts as they came to me. About a week later, I had 25 facts.
However, I don't think I'll put this up in a public place such as Facebook. Instead, I leave them here for the 5 of you that still read this. Enjoy!
1) My mom made me take tap dance when I was six years old. I may never forgive her for it, but for some reason I have not destroyed the evidence.
2) Whatever dance moves I learned at age six have long since gone away.
3) I saw people playing street hockey in a Washington DC park a couple weeks ago and was reminded about how much I miss the daily after school street hockey game with the kids on Litchfield Drive.
4) Because of our unique method for taking attendance in sixth grade homeroom, I can still recite the last name of all thirty people in the class in alphabetical order in about ten seconds.
5) In high school I used to lecture my friend’s parents about how they were too strict with their son. Now I try to visit those same parents whenever I find myself back in Plymouth.
6) I once got pulled over for speeding with my mom, dad, and grandfather in the car. Thankfully, the cop let my terrified 17-year-old self off with a warning. Despite my persistent lead-foot issues (and no radar detector), I still have never received a speeding ticket.
7) I think video games went downhill after Tecmo Super Bowl, with the possible exception of Mario Kart.
8) I gave up playing Tetris cold turkey because I kept seeing rotating Tetris pieces and had trouble sleeping.
9) I am proud of my band geekiness. My time with the Michigan Marching Band was unforgettable and I would do it again in an instant if I wouldn’t be that creepy 28-year old guy in the band.
10) I’ve only played the trumpet once since college, yet I think that’s one more time than most others.
11) I was once joking with a friend from Michigan about the “wall space” story from college when I decided to google stalk the girl involved. I was humbled when I found out that she passed away.
12) While I might not have been the only one to do so, I found the article in the St. Cloud, MN newspaper on the internet where the infamous Molly called Michigan fans ‘horrible people’ and sent it to the sports staff at the Michigan Daily the day before the infamous ‘Molly’ NCAA regional hockey game at Yost Arena in 2002. When I saw the quotes from that article printed in the Daily the morning of the big game, I knew that night was going to be special.
13) I can quote almost any episode from the Simpsons until the show and I grew apart in the 2000s.
14) One of the worst traits I picked up from one of my parents was the tendency to be ridiculously frugal. I have been battling this ‘demon’ ever since I graduated from college and got a real job.
15) I hate to think what would have happened if I wasn’t accepted at Michigan. I never bothered to apply anywhere else.
16) I will never drink coffee. It’s not a matter of health or because I have a lot of energy in the morning. It’s my stubbornness and desire to be unique.
17) Speaking of unique, I bought a Subaru Impreza back in 2002 because I didn’t want to be another person in CT driving a Honda or Toyota.
18) I felt like I let my hometown down when I bought that foreign car. However, Ford and GM make horrible small cars, so I’m over the guilt.
19) I read the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press online every day, yet I have never read the Philadelphia Inquirer.
20) I miss Hockey Night in Canada and think that CBC should expand into US markets.
21) I wish I did a better job keeping in touch with my closest friends from high school and college.
22) I adapt to my surroundings. It’s called soda.
23) If I had to take any of the actuarial exams over again tomorrow, I would fail.
24) I want to travel to Israel within the next five years.
25) I have very good instincts. I just don’t act on them well.
Slowly, I made the transition from 'Those idiots', to 'I would never do that', to 'I wonder what 25 random facts I could come up with', to typing out those 25 random facts as they came to me. About a week later, I had 25 facts.
However, I don't think I'll put this up in a public place such as Facebook. Instead, I leave them here for the 5 of you that still read this. Enjoy!
1) My mom made me take tap dance when I was six years old. I may never forgive her for it, but for some reason I have not destroyed the evidence.
2) Whatever dance moves I learned at age six have long since gone away.
3) I saw people playing street hockey in a Washington DC park a couple weeks ago and was reminded about how much I miss the daily after school street hockey game with the kids on Litchfield Drive.
4) Because of our unique method for taking attendance in sixth grade homeroom, I can still recite the last name of all thirty people in the class in alphabetical order in about ten seconds.
5) In high school I used to lecture my friend’s parents about how they were too strict with their son. Now I try to visit those same parents whenever I find myself back in Plymouth.
6) I once got pulled over for speeding with my mom, dad, and grandfather in the car. Thankfully, the cop let my terrified 17-year-old self off with a warning. Despite my persistent lead-foot issues (and no radar detector), I still have never received a speeding ticket.
7) I think video games went downhill after Tecmo Super Bowl, with the possible exception of Mario Kart.
8) I gave up playing Tetris cold turkey because I kept seeing rotating Tetris pieces and had trouble sleeping.
9) I am proud of my band geekiness. My time with the Michigan Marching Band was unforgettable and I would do it again in an instant if I wouldn’t be that creepy 28-year old guy in the band.
10) I’ve only played the trumpet once since college, yet I think that’s one more time than most others.
11) I was once joking with a friend from Michigan about the “wall space” story from college when I decided to google stalk the girl involved. I was humbled when I found out that she passed away.
12) While I might not have been the only one to do so, I found the article in the St. Cloud, MN newspaper on the internet where the infamous Molly called Michigan fans ‘horrible people’ and sent it to the sports staff at the Michigan Daily the day before the infamous ‘Molly’ NCAA regional hockey game at Yost Arena in 2002. When I saw the quotes from that article printed in the Daily the morning of the big game, I knew that night was going to be special.
13) I can quote almost any episode from the Simpsons until the show and I grew apart in the 2000s.
14) One of the worst traits I picked up from one of my parents was the tendency to be ridiculously frugal. I have been battling this ‘demon’ ever since I graduated from college and got a real job.
15) I hate to think what would have happened if I wasn’t accepted at Michigan. I never bothered to apply anywhere else.
16) I will never drink coffee. It’s not a matter of health or because I have a lot of energy in the morning. It’s my stubbornness and desire to be unique.
17) Speaking of unique, I bought a Subaru Impreza back in 2002 because I didn’t want to be another person in CT driving a Honda or Toyota.
18) I felt like I let my hometown down when I bought that foreign car. However, Ford and GM make horrible small cars, so I’m over the guilt.
19) I read the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press online every day, yet I have never read the Philadelphia Inquirer.
20) I miss Hockey Night in Canada and think that CBC should expand into US markets.
21) I wish I did a better job keeping in touch with my closest friends from high school and college.
22) I adapt to my surroundings. It’s called soda.
23) If I had to take any of the actuarial exams over again tomorrow, I would fail.
24) I want to travel to Israel within the next five years.
25) I have very good instincts. I just don’t act on them well.
posted by GaryGinew at 8:24 PM
1 Comments:
Hey Gary, These were fun to read. I too have been reading 25 Things (posted by people I care to learn something about) - I enjoy learning stuff about my friends (eg, you) but I agree that putting my own up there would be a little strange; I'm just not that much an exhibitionist. I was surprised at how many of these from you I already knew, but number 25 made me laugh out loud. I do want to know whose parents you visit in Plymouth, however!
Hope you're having a great week!
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