1. I am a foodie
2. I love to cook
3. I make virtually everything from scratch
4. I think eating is the second greatest sensual pleasure – you can guess the first
5. I garden
6. I only grow ingredients that I can’t buy at the grocery stores (like fresh tomatoes and herbs)
7. Breakfast is my favorite meal
8. I’ve made myself breakfast in bed (I’ve made breakfast in bed for most of my partners)
9. I am decadent
10. I like good wine, but I’m not a wine snob
11. I don’t think less of people just because they drink white zinfandel
12. For a foodie, I’m pretty skinny
13. I’m 6’ 1” and 150 lbs
14. Growing up I was a 98 lb weakling
15. The best meal I ever had was a cheese sandwich
16. In
17. Shared with a lover and some good wine
18. It cost 3 euros
19. I love to travel
20. The journey is at least half the fun
21. To really get to know someone, take a trip with them
22. I’d rather walk, hike, peddle, paddle, ski, surf, drive, take a train, or a boat than fly
23. Air travel is a terrible way to get from point A to point B
24. If you must travel on an airplane, the smaller the better
25. The only exception is a transoceanic flight – where I prefer a business class seat in the upper deck of a 747
26. OK, I’d really like to be in first class cabin, but – let’s be practical – that’s only gonna happen after I’m a multi-gazillionaire. And, at that point, it’s Gulfstream time.
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29. I find
30. But no where on earth can you get a better chocolate croissant
31. When life sucks, eat a chocolate croissant
32. Most of the music on my iPod is either jazz or alternative
33. I will not attend a music concert where there are more than 500 people in the audience, what’s the point? Watch it on MTV instead
34. I think live jazz in an intimate club is awesome
35. I drink more than I should
36. I know all the bartenders at my favorite bar
37. And they know me, by name
38. And so do most of the waitstaff
39. I drink pretty expensive wine and alcohol
40. I’m worth it
41. I don’t make enough money to be an alcoholic
42. If I win the lottery, I’m probably in trouble
43. I spend a lot of money on food, too
44. I think life is too short to eat bad food or drink bad wine
45. I was born and raised in
46. It wasn’t as much fun as it sounds
47. I’m blond (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haole)
48. But it (growing up in
49. I think women from
50. I think women do not need to be thin to be attractive
51. I think every woman can be sexy
52. I think women who know this are sexier
53. I am a hedonist
54. I am a nerd
55. I live in silicon valley
56. I have a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
57. I have a master’s degree in computer science
58. I work with computers all day (and sometimes all night)
59. I was awarded a patent on a method of designing integrated circuits
60. If I explained it to you, you would probably fall into a coma
61. The patent makes the company that I worked for about $50 million dollars a year
62. The company I worked for gave me a nice plaque when the patent was awarded
63. I quit a week later
64. The CEO came to my office to try to talk me out of quitting
65. He offered me a$5,000 per year raise
66. I quit anyway and took a $5,000 per year pay cut to work for someone else
67. I hold grudges
68. I windsurf
69. I kayak
70. I surf (but much less since I’ve moved from
71. I’ve spent more money on water sports gear than I did on my pickup truck
72. I can’t believe I bought a pickup truck, nor can my friends, it is sooo not me
73. I have never received a ticket for a moving violation (well, I’ve never been caught)
74. I can type over 45 words per minute using only my right hand
75. I was hit by a drunk driver one night, in a head on collision - the other driver crossed the center line
76. The driver that hit me just kept on driving – it was a hit and run
77. The police caught the guy the next day
78. His passenger turned him in
79. He was never convicted
80. The sub-compact car I was driving was totaled
81. The driver’s side door and the left front wheel of my car were torn off in the crash
82. It’s unbelievable to me that the other driver was able to drive away
83. He was driving a big old Ford pickup truck
84. That was the only time I was ever rode in an ambulance
85. I have 12 titanium screws and pins in my left arm
86. And a really cool scar
87. I usually wear long sleeved shirts, even when its hot outside
88. After the accident I bought a big Ford pickup truck
89. All the fingers on my left hand work fine, now
90. The doctors told me they probably wouldn’t
91. People tell me I’m attractive
92. Personally, I can’t see it. I think I’m rather ugly
93. That doesn’t bother me, unless I hear girls swooning over a cute guy
94. I am weak and easily led astray
95. A photographer once told me that I am attractive enough be a model
96. I think she used that line more than once before
97. She took a lot of pictures of me naked (that is, I was naked, not her)
98. So I can never run for public office
99. After she was done taking pictures, she had her way with me
100. She didn’t need to use that line, she had me at “Hello”
101. She gave me some pictures of her
102. I still have them
103. I’m sentimental
104. I was engaged to be married once
105. I bought her a big expensive diamond ring
106. I asked her dad for her hand and his blessing
107. I spent months working with wedding planners, caterers, florists, and my future mother-in-law – it was hell
108. I was left at the altar (well, not quite, she dumped me 2 days before the wedding)
109. It hurt a lot more than I thought it would
110. She was my best friend and my lover
111. I still love her and wish her nothing but the best
112. But right now I think all women are scum (well, not really)
113. That won’t last long, as I truly adore women
114. Life without the influence of women, would be truly unbearable
3 comments:
There are a lot of things on here I agree with... ;)
I personally agree with everything minus not judging people that drink white zin...
My friends and I have a motto we live by: Friends never let friends drink pink wine.
p.s. thanks for lurking, sir.
Good choice on Vancouver being your favorite city!
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