{"id":197,"date":"2003-09-22T10:07:24","date_gmt":"2003-09-22T10:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.m3ntalcontraband.com\/?p=197"},"modified":"2020-11-15T16:14:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T21:14:10","slug":"50_things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/?p=197","title":{"rendered":"50 things"},"content":{"rendered":"

current selection<\/b> | salt tank \u2013 angels landing<\/i>
feelin\u2019<\/b> | fine<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a list to start the week.
50 things you may or may not kno about me\u2026<\/b>
(lifted from any number of blogs and articles. sometimes 100, sometimes 88\u202650 seems a more reasonable number\u2026<\/i>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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i wasnt born in america<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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2<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i have a sis 2 years older whos nothing like me<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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3<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i used to have a texas accent<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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4<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i hate mushrooms, oysters, and carrots<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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5<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i love japanese food<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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6<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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\u2026but cajun is actually my absolute favorite cuisine<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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7<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i rushed a frat in college<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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8<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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\u2026and actually got a bid<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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9<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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\u2026but declined b\/c the 2 friends i rushed with didnt<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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10<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i used to be a southern baptist<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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11<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i believe in reincarnation<\/td><\/tr>
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12<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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im against organized religion<\/td><\/tr>
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13<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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ive had the following hair colors: blonde, orange, red,
hot pink, fuschia, purple, and green (for one day)<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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14<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i had a girlfriend in first grade<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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15<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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|<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>
\u2026but had a crush on the girl down the street,
danette svetlik (amazing i can even remember her name)<\/td><\/tr>
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16<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i saw the comet of my namesake in 1986<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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17<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i ate a bbq\u2019d grasshopper on a dare for a can
of coke<\/td><\/tr>
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18<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i used to play magic (my collections worth approx $500)<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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19<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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\u2026dungeons & dragons too<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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20<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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\u2026the weezer song \u201cin the garage<\/i>\u201d was our theme
song<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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21<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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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<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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22<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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\u2026i lost out to a shoe-shining contraption<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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23<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i tried inventing a self-righting gyroscopic train system
the following year<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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24<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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\u2026but lost again to a bath seat by the same damn girl\u2026<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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25<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i wanted to be an aeronautics engineer when i was younger<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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26<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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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<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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27<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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\u2026i was put in all honors classes the following semester\u2026<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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i took gymnastics for about a month when i was young<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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29<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i started taking art lessons when i was 5 with teenagers<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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30<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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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<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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31<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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\u2026it apparently went to my head for the rest of my life<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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32<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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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<\/td><\/tr>
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33<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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|<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i used to draw a comic strip called \u201cmr. happy\u201d
for friends that depicted mr. happy gunning down various teachers<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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34<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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|<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>
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\u2026in hindsight, it was probably a good thing i went to
high school in the mid 90\u2019s\u2026otherwise i might be in jail right now<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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35<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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ive been asked whether i was a vampire at a bowling
alley<\/td><\/tr>
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36<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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ive only ever been in one theater production\u2026i was old
mother hubbard\u2019s cat in 1st grade<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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37<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i used to play the saxophone<\/td><\/tr>
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38<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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\u2026but quit after a year b\/c the reed kept making
me gag<\/td><\/tr>
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39<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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my god-mother isnt\/wasnt asian<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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40<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i used to have a parakeet named buster<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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41<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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\u2026it was mauled to death by my sis\u2019 parakeet<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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42<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i used to have hair down to my shoulders<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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43<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i dont like people touching my hair<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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44<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i got into alot of fights when i first moved to nj<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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45<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i got my shirt ripped off and then tossed into the ocean
in italy<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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46<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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a quarter of my ethnicity on my moms side is a bit hazy.<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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47<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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ive never been on a \u201cdate\u201d<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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48<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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ive had on 5 instances have girls i liked tell me who they liked (and it wasnt me)<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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49<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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i have about 5 female friends to every 1 male friend<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr>
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50<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>
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ive been trying to get back to my homeworld for the last
25 years\u2026<\/div>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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