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04 February 25 Things You Might Not Know about me(x-posted from Facebook)
- I'm envious of optimistic, positive people since optimism and positivity does not come naturally to me.
- I go through phases of musical and hobby obsession, only to be replaced by new music and new hobbies. My recent musical obsessions have included Brandi Carlile, Muse, Weezer, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Fleet Foxes and most recently, Joshua Bell. Over the last 10 years I've had fast and furious flings with fishing, aquariums, volleyball, grilling, poker and, most recently, board games.
- I have a foul temper when I'm tired but not when I'm hungry.
- I'm friendly with most people, but picky about who I call my friends.
- I'm extremely absent-minded. Never lend me anything, as I'm really bad about giving things back. Not because I'm evil or covetous, I'm just not very good at remembering things like that. I forget peoples' names almost immediately after learning them and I sometimes forget what I'm talking about while I'm talking.
- I've broken 2 bones in my life; my right and left pinky fingers, broken in separate and unrelated incidents.
- I've been clinically diagnosed with ADD.
- I take Lipitor for high cholesterol. The men on my dad's side of my family nearly all have high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
- My favorite type of steaks are Ribeyes. I like them rubbed with sea salt and fresh ground pepper.
- I eat very fast; I don't mean to, but that’s just how it shakes out.
- I've eaten a salad for lunch nearly every day (over 90% of the time) for the last 2 years. I hated it initially, but now, walking through the cafeteria at lunchtime, all of the non-salad choices look heavy and like a food-coma waiting to happen.
- Oliver is actually my middle name (Kuo-ding is my first name). Growing up, I never liked the name "Oliver", but I do now.
- I would donate a non-vital organ for more Firefly/Serenity.
- I smoked cigarettes (Marlboro Lights) for 7 years and quit in 2002.
- I had Lasik surgery 2 years ago to correct my near-sightedness and astigmatism. It was easily the best money I've ever spent in my entire life.
- I sort of believe in signs. I saw contrasting allegories in 2 of my neighbors which tilted me towards having kids. One set of neighbors, in their mid-to-early 40's, had no children. Their house is perfectly kept and everything is pristine. They have beautiful furniture, everything is spotless and orderly. My other neighbor has 5 kids and their house is borderline chaotic. I felt like someday 15 or 20 years down the line, looking back, I think I'd rather have the house with more bumps and nicks and a richer, lived-in legacy.
- When I was about 6 years old, I was playing outside at my babysitters' house and I couldn't make it back to the toilet in time to poop, so I just dropped that bad boy right where I stood: in her backyard. My babysitter later asked me if I did it and I blamed it on the dog. But since my babysitter lived on a farm, she immediately ID'ed it as non-animal poop and called me out on it.
- Around the same time, for Christmas, my mom bought me a Baltimore Colts sweater. I wore it one day to school and the other kids taunted me mercilessly because the Colts were terrible. After I got home, I was so unhappy about my Scarlet Letter-Colts patch, I chewed it off the sweater. My mom was livid because the chewed hole made it un-returnable.
- In 10th grade, I was the only kid in my Honors English class to fail the Maryland standardized writing test. I had to take a remedial writing class which I hated, but actually learned a lot from. I retook and passed the test, but wasn't allowed back into the Honors class.
- 2 teachers in my lifetime left an indelible impression on me: Mrs. Gribbin and Mr. Ishikawa. Mrs. Gribbin was a living, breathing example every day of deep passion and rock-solid commitment to her craft and her students. Mr Ishikawa really imprinted me with the idea that you never need to be ashamed of your work or yourself, so long as you tried your hardest and he would stay after school as long as you wanted or needed to help you do better. I really need to find and thank them...
- I played piano for 10 years and was pretty decent. Eventually I stopped because although I do love music, I don't have a natural curiosity or inclination to perform or create it.
- I never drank coffee before I moved to Seattle. After 4 or 5 years here, I started having at least a cup a day.
- I'm vain. Especially when I'm feeling good about my hair, waistline or skin (my 3 appearance-nemeses)
- I'm a good tipper because I delivered pizza and Chinese food in college. I remember how much different a $1 tip felt from a $2 tip, even though the actual monetary difference was so small.
- I'm bad at taking criticism. But, I do appreciate criticism when it comes from a sincere and well-meaning place.
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