Okay, Miranda did it on her blog, so I guess I need to try as well. Simply writing my own version of her 40 things would be cheating, and no matter what she might say… I don’t cheat.
1. I really enjoy movies.
2. Some of my DVDs were legally purchased.
3. I have a tattoo.
4. I want more.
5. Peanut Butter Captain Crunch is my favorite cereal, but that is subject to change.
6. I am a voracious reader with a library of hundreds upon hundreds of books. Most of them are mental fluff; I am not prone to pick something because it has redeeming literary qualities. I read enough of that crap in college.
7. Like Bono, I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.
8. I want people to like me.
9. I enjoy teaching. Every time the bell rings, the curtain goes up and the performance begins.
10. I hate when people are hurting. The Mr. Fix-it in me wants to make it better, and most of the time I can’t.
11. I hate that some of students don’t have a happy home.
12. I want our home to be a place where my kids and their friends want to be… not because we are the cool , permissive parents, but because we provide a safe place. (Not that any of you know them… but I want it to be like the Zellers’.)
13. I like Malibu Rum and pineapple juice and other drinks that Miranda says no self-respecting straight man should enjoy.
14. I used to smoke.
15. I don’t pray enough or read my Bible as much as I probably should.
16. I don’t like people who are fake, but I am most likely their king.
17. I was on various academic teams in junior and senior high. At one point or another, I was on the math, English, and computer teams. Miranda says this is another indicator of my geekiness, but I only did it to get out of class.
18. In 7th grade, I had my appendix removed. I wasn’t even sick… I was pretending. I call this an example of “commitment to a lie.”
19. I drove an ice cream truck one summer.
20. I will probably not live long enough to get to see all the places I want to visit in the world.
21. I have OCD about completely ludicrous things. If I am putting ice into multiple glasses (ie. – a family meal), I have to make sure that each glass has the same exact number of ice cubes. I have found that our icemaker which can serve up crushed ice is a wonderful way of dealing with this.
22. Before we had children, I would sleep until the early afternoon every weekend. Miranda’s co-workers referred to me as Rip Van Winkle. (Sleeping late now means making it until 8:30 on a Saturday.)
23. I am the liberal one in my extended family. For my family, that doesn’t take much.
24. I am too trusting.
25. I would prefer to wear only Birkenstocks.
26. I am not a perfectionist about many things, but I am when I iron.
27. I cry sometimes.
28. I am not a morning person.
29. I wish I had some type of musical talent, but my brother got all of those genes.
30. I miss my friends.
31. My new iPod really makes me happy.
32. I married better than I deserve.
33. I am going to London for Spring Break.
34. I really enjoy the people I work with. (Most of them, anyway.)
35. I am selfish.
36. I miss being in “real” ministry, whatever the junk that means.
37. I am not even sure my dream community of faith (read: “church”) even exists.
38. Spending time with my wife is my favorite part of the day.
39. I prefer my Waffle House hashbrowns scattered, covered, and chunked. I also prefer to eat them on Friday mornings with Sam.
40. I haven’t taken a shower today.
Okay, so who is next?
#18 hilarious!
#40 crossed over into too much information. but i forgive you because i’m still laughing about #18. just don’t do it again. either of them.
Technically, I can’t do #18 again… though I did take my appendix home in a jar to use for extra credit in my 7th grade biology class, I don’t have it. I don’t know of any other unnecessary organs, except maybe my tonsils. Plus, I don’t have to fake sick now. If I don’t want to go, I just don’t go. However, I have developed a much stronger work ethic. Having bills to pay will do that to a guy.
For the record, I have bathed today.