June 26, 2003

100 things about me

Well, everyone else does it, so... here goes:

    100 things about me:
  1. I'm a geek.
  2. I'm 40.
  3. I've been married since 1998.
  4. My wife is also a geek (but a very talented artistic geek, unlike me)
  5. We have a son, born in 2000.
  6. We have a cat.
  7. We are owned by said cat.
  8. I was born in a small village near Prince George, in central British Columbia, Canada, in 1962.
  9. I lived there on and off for about 7 years.
  10. I lived in Cleveland, Ohio for a year.
  11. I lived in Lagos, Nigeria for 2 years.
  12. I lived in Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia for four and a half years.
  13. I have lived in Alberta, Canada, on and off.
  14. I lived in Southern Ontario, Canada for a total of two years.
  15. I have visited 29 countries - wanna know which? ask me.
  16. I haven't been out of Canada since 1985.
  17. I have three brothers.
  18. I have two sisters.
  19. My car is a piece of crap (shhh! don't tell it I said that!)
  20. I bought my first computer in November 1981.
  21. I have a small collection of obsolete computers.
  22. I have a small collection of old cameras.
  23. I'm a Web Application Developer.
  24. I love lasagna.
  25. I love chili.
  26. My wife makes damn good chili
  27. I love to read.
  28. I will read almost anything.
  29. I prefer SF and Fantasy.
  30. One of my friends is a Fantasy author.
  31. I like lots of music.
  32. I will listen to almost anything.
  33. I will not listen to rap, hip hop, and anything related to them.
  34. I find most C&W annoying.
  35. I played Little League baseball for two years (9 to 11).
  36. I don't consider baseball to be a spectator sport.
  37. I love hockey, but won't watch NHL hockey now, because the players are overpaid primadonnas, and quite frankly, the quality of hockey has fallen dramatically.
  38. Junior Hockey is still fun to watch.
  39. I watch CFL football sometimes.
  40. I hate NFL football.
  41. I hate everything about basketball.
  42. I like to golf, but don't get on the course much.
  43. I think it's hilarious that for a long time, www.pga.com was actually owned by the Potato Growers of Alberta.
  44. I can be opinionated.
  45. I can be absentminded.
  46. I am Master of the Understatement (see point above)

Ok, it isn't quite 50 so far... give me time, I'll work on it...

Posted by Squiddy at June 26, 2003 02:04 PM | TrackBack
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