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50 things

by m3ntal

current selection | salt tank – angels landing
feelin’ | fine

a list to start the week.
50 things you may or may not kno about me…
(lifted from any number of blogs and articles. sometimes 100, sometimes 88…50 seems a more reasonable number…)

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i wasnt born in america
2
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i have a sis 2 years older whos nothing like me
3
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i used to have a texas accent
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i hate mushrooms, oysters, and carrots
5
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i love japanese food
6
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…but cajun is actually my absolute favorite cuisine
7
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i rushed a frat in college
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…and actually got a bid
9
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…but declined b/c the 2 friends i rushed with didnt
10
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i used to be a southern baptist
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i believe in reincarnation
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im against organized religion
13
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ive had the following hair colors: blonde, orange, red,
hot pink, fuschia, purple, and green (for one day)
14
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i had a girlfriend in first grade
15
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…but had a crush on the girl down the street,
danette svetlik (amazing i can even remember her name)
16
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i saw the comet of my namesake in 1986
17
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i ate a bbq’d grasshopper on a dare for a can
of coke
18
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i used to play magic (my collections worth approx $500)
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…dungeons & dragons too
20
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…the weezer song “in the garage” was our theme
song
21
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i tried inventing a stealth plane in 1987 for a g+t invention
fair before i ever saw the first stealth fighter
22
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…i lost out to a shoe-shining contraption
23
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i tried inventing a self-righting gyroscopic train system
the following year
24
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…but lost again to a bath seat by the same damn girl…
25
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i wanted to be an aeronautics engineer when i was younger
26
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i was put in all the dumbest classes in 6th grade b/c
my school records were never transferred to my new school
27
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…i was put in all honors classes the following semester…
28
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i took gymnastics for about a month when i was young
29
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i started taking art lessons when i was 5 with teenagers
30
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i won my first grand prize at an art fair in kindergarten,
followed by first prizes for the rest of my school years
31
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…it apparently went to my head for the rest of my life
32
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my first arch-rival was mike waldron in 6th grade
b/c we had a drawing contest and i kicked his ass
33
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i used to draw a comic strip called “mr. happy”
for friends that depicted mr. happy gunning down various teachers
34
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…in hindsight, it was probably a good thing i went to
high school in the mid 90’s…otherwise i might be in jail right now
35
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ive been asked whether i was a vampire at a bowling
alley
36
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ive only ever been in one theater production…i was old
mother hubbard’s cat in 1st grade
37
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i used to play the saxophone
38
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…but quit after a year b/c the reed kept making
me gag
39
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my god-mother isnt/wasnt asian
40
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i used to have a parakeet named buster
41
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…it was mauled to death by my sis’ parakeet
42
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i used to have hair down to my shoulders
43
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i dont like people touching my hair
44
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i got into alot of fights when i first moved to nj
45
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i got my shirt ripped off and then tossed into the ocean
in italy
46
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a quarter of my ethnicity on my moms side is a bit hazy.
47
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ive never been on a “date”
48
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ive had on 5 instances have girls i liked tell me who they liked (and it wasnt me)
49
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i have about 5 female friends to every 1 male friend
50
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ive been trying to get back to my homeworld for the last
25 years…