1. This is absolutely not wholly indicative of me, only because I’m not a master summarizer/storyteller/adeptly self-aware.
2. I don’t really think this survey is as dumb as I pretend to think it is.
3. They’re actually pretty interesting, but I think that’s because my selection of friends is probably at a higher caliber than most. Ha ha.
3.1. (See those who have been tagged.)
4. That said, I think I’ve reached that threshold of being tagged and ultimately having to write one too.
4.1. I not-so-secretly-anymore think it’s really cool to be tagged because I think that means someone wants to know more about me.
5. Does this mean this is a product of my guilt? Kind of. But not really! This is an earnest effort, take it for what it is.
6. I can count to six in six languages: English (Clearly), French (Madame Williams & Weiss), Vietnamese (I CAN), Arabic (Arabic 1, the things you learn), Spanish (I feel like this is tacit knowledge somehow) and Japanese (My best friend growing up, Heather, taught me).
7. Speaking of 6s, I was listening to NPR’s Wait, Wait this morning with John Hodgman who plays the PC in the Apple commercials. That tidbit wasn’t really necessary to preface the next tidbit but, the Apple 1, when it was first released (With 8k RAM, how cute!), was priced at $666.66 so everyone thought Apple was evil. Legitimately so. (Found it: http://tinyurl.com/lnohj)
7.1. TinyURL’s page is ugly compared to others like http://tr.im. AND it’s redirect URL is usually longer. Damn the precedence (Was it the first?) — old habits die hard.
8. How could I be running out of things about myself already??
8.1. What if we have nothing to talk about after this?
8.2. I don’t have unlimited interesting facts about myself…
8.2.1. Omg, I’m finitely interesting!
9. I’m listening to John Coltrane right now, but I kind of want to listen to Dr. Dre’s The Chronic instead.
10. I used to have a kitten that I probably loved more than a lot of things and real people. Her name was Ampersand (Serif Bergamo).
11. Embarrassingly, I think I receive the most texts from my mum.
12. I’m just arbitrarily dividing these right now.
13. My heroes, not inclusive, are my mum, my sister Theresa, Jennifer Zhu AKA probably the 3 most badass women in my life.
14. I’m training for the LA Marathon, but my longest run is only 5m right now.
14.1. I decided to register a couple of months ago when I realized that I can’t play any other sport and c’mon, anyone can run. Right?
14.2. I actually did play volleyball and softball… in middle school.
15. I have a lot to do and manage to waste a lot of time.
15.1. Please don’t pseudo-ask me with the weird inflections in your voice, “[How do] you do so much?!?” I really don’t think so and I don’t know how.
16. I will. never. be. good. at. C++. I’m accepting it now. Moral: Stick to what you’re good at, but try everything once, or in this case twice. Accept that you are not good at everything that involves a computer.
17. I think that these are shortcuts to make you believe you know someone.
18. But I’d rather think of it as a little sampler. I really like samplers.
19. No, I’m not a vegetarian anymore. Just in case, I don’t know.
20. Can’t you just read my blog instead? Twitter even??
21. I love and appreciate a lot of people. You’re probably one of them. I wish I would tell these people (You) that more often. There, now I have.
22. I remember reading something awhile back about picking what you like given people, ideas or data/information. I’ve always picked people and ideas. They always have a lot of data and information. Hence my fascination with social media, the Internet, etc.
23. Does anyone reveal anything bad about themselves here? I mean, let’s keep it real. Probably not. So, no self-depcrecation here. Move along. Wait, let’s explore this thought first. There’s nothing wrong with presenting only the good things. Isn’t that what we all do? Even in real life. No one is going to prance around telling everyone they’re a jerk.
23.1. Even a (very much self-proclaimed) grammar snob like me really hopes the English language will recognize the singular “they.” I mean, really… how awful would that sentence have been if I had written “No one is going to prance around telling everyone he or she is a jerk.”
24. I’ve realized I haven’t revealed so much about myself as an individual, but rather my thoughts, but if my thoughts define me, then technically I have!
24.1. I was just thinking earlier about how everyone is really a reflection of everything/everyone around them, it’s just a matter of filtering out which and whose reflection you want to be made of.
25. If I’ve tagged you (I’ve tagged everyone who’s tagged me), don’t be guilted into filling one out or anything. We’re all “busy.”
This is the first “25 things” note that I’ve read that is well written and interesting. Kept my attention the whole way through…and you’ve actually made me thing about doing one of my own as well. I wonder if I could quantify how much of this I knew about you before I read this and how much of it I just learned now. Either way, excellent job of writing things that are relevant and interesting. Hopefully I can find 25 things that aren’t entirely boring AND are about me.
Looking back at my own efforts, I confess I find myself greening (enviously rather than environmentally) at your easy grace on the mind’s bicycle.
(See, people do reveal bad things about themselves!)
We need to hang out more professionally and socially – at least so I can pick your brain; I’ve given up on the fantasy of training for the LA Marathon, but I’m down for a light (progressively more rigorous) run and breakfast any morning you’d like, provided I can get to Bunche before 9.
A very interesting and amusing read. I love your truth.
I agree with 23.1 100%! In fact, I deliberately use “they” singularly as a statement to evolve the English language.
9. I’m listening to John Coltrane right now, but I kind of want to listen to Dr. Dre’s The Chronic instead.
Whoa. Are you talking about Chronic or Chronic 2001? Because I can listen to the instrumental version of Explosive for forever.
@Jaydiohead- No Karma is right on point.
@Zach: Trying to quantify qualitative things is so fun. In high school, I had this physics teacher that would make us do these very insignificant weekly reviews worth 2 pts. Thereafter, everything that we had to do was worth two weekly reviews or five weekly reviews.
@Sam: I love asserting things to have them be proven false
(Reverse psychology! Jk, I wouldn’t play mind tricks in my 25 things.) Maybe you can join Jessica and I the next time we run. And I don’t understand this breakfast offer and its relevance to Bunche but I love breakfast and Bunche, soo….
@Mimi: Can you do one already? No wonder this thing got really popular. Not only did people want to share about themselves to their friends, they prodded their friends to do the same!
@John: Chronic 2001 — I’m not hardcore enough to have Chronic, but I don’t know how hardcore I would’ve been in 1992 at the age of three. Can you send the instrumental of Explosive? And yeah, there are a lot of good tracks on Jaydiohead. I like Dreaming Up and Fall in Step… and Dirt Off Your Android, hehe.
@Stanley: Right?? Sometimes I’ll try the whole s/he thing, but what an eyesore.
Millie babe- I thoroughly enjoyed reading that. You are much more interesting than you give yourself credit for. Secretly, I’m jealous.
Aw, Millie!
I can safely say that you are one of my heroes too. You make me want to be a nicer person!
Interesting facts, I commend you for completing 25 of them.
@Jennie: Hi love, check your mail today — I fail at sending Valentines cards, but hey, love shouldn’t be confined to one day! (Cheesy excuse, hehe) Anyway, I’m not secretly jealous of you. We’re even.
@Jen: Okay, THAT is the nicest thing anyone’s ever said to me.
@Wardell: Thanks for reading, it’s such an arduous task to trek through sometimes. Glad I made it somewhat plesant.
okay, i have to agree with your roommate. i didn’t glean much (more than i already knew about you) other than that you can count to 6 in 6 languages (but that’s hardly a surprise), that i wholeheartedly agree with you on 24.1, and that your mom is more technologically adept than i realized (great, that last one wasn’t even about you).
oh, and, i love you.
Omg I miss you. And come on, as if you didn’t know me already. Oh, I love that you had to reference 24.1, sorry that I am ridiculous and can’t stick to “25 things.”
I changed my mind on the Red Hot Baby X though. You’re getting something else
I miss you Millie
!!