Dave did a post where he was rehashing a meme called "Ten Honest Things About Me". I've already listed more than 100 things about me that are honest and interesting and weird, but I thought I'd see if I can come up with ten more:
1. When I was in high school, I listened to Rush Limbaugh. After I went to college and started thinking for myself, I realized that he was just as big a buffoon as Howard Stern is.
2. I didn't swear in front of my parents until I was in my mid-twenties. While my parents swear without a problem, I've only heard my dad say "fuck" once when he was really pissed at me and my mother say it once when it was integral to a joke she wanted me to hear.
3. I think some semblance of class structure is good for the world.
4. If I had to pick one hobby or past time that I had to choose and could do only that one activity forever, I would pick reading over anything else.
5. I write complaint letters to companies who have done a bad job for me, and I expect my opinion to matter.
6. I used to be a very angry person and in college I went through a phase where I felt complete apathy for everyone and everything. When I came out of that phase, I no longer got mad at people. Even now, I almost never lose my temper. (It's how I'm still friends with Britt!)
7. When I need to think about something, I'll usually pull up some type of strategy or puzzle game online and do that for hours.
8. The only person whose death I truly mourned was William M. Gaines, who died when I was 15.
9. I've only been in one physical fight in my life, and I lost. It was two on one when I was in the eighth grade and they were older and I never had a chance. As I grew older and larger and meaner and scarier, things changed. There were opportunities when a fight might happen, but the person backed down instead. I much prefer the latter memories.
10. I'm not really frightened of anything. I have a few phobias, but anything that I have the conscious ability to control doesn't scare me.
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