Getting to Know You: 25 Confessions

I'm pleasantly surprised to see how much of a following this little project has gotten. 

I feel bad, though; some of you might not know me all that well.  Let's get acquainted, shall we?

1. If my wife and I are chatting in Bulgarian in front of you, 90% of the time we’re just flirting, not bad-mouthing you.  It’s for your own protection, trust me.
2. I love the Despicable Me minions almost as much as I hate chimp movies, or really anything that puts clothes on an animal.
3. Hexus, the gooey monster from Ferngully, was creepiest to me as a tree.
4. I love music with movements; if that makes the tracks longer, all the more to enjoy.
5. 60% of the time I’m the one to blow dry and straighten Mrs. B’s hair, and I'm ashamed to say I'm getting pretty good at it.  Who needs cosmetology school?
6. I get teary at some movies but have never actually overflowed into real tears.(all of those movies involve sports, war, or human rights issues.)
7. I was addicted to soda and weaned myself off of it by using chocolate milk as a substitute. Problem is, now I can’t live without chocolate milk.
8. I can turn my feet back 120 degrees and walk like a mutilated penguin.  Feet backwards, moving forwards.  Gross party trick.
9. My handwriting is somewhere between Arabic script and broken cursive chicken scratch.
10. I dread going bald more than any other part of ageing.  My one genetic grace is my thick hair, and my mother’s side of the family has me worried about how long it will last.
11. I will eat a whole loaf of French bread in one sitting if you give me brie cheese and grapes to go with it.
12. I can’t watch Ratatouille without eating something, usually bread, brie and grapes.
13. Fellowship is my favorite LOTR movie.
14. My fastest mile time is a pathetic 6:30.  I got it in 9^th grade and haven’t been able to come close since.
15. I was the youngest freshman at my high school – 13 years old, 90 lbs. wet, a titan of raw insecurity.
16. The longest I ever kept a journal was about 8 months during my mission in Bulgaria.
17. I’m a terrible swimmer.  I only stayed on swim team for a summer because of my best friend and his cute sister.
18. I always feel most centered when I’m sketching/painting to a Coldplay album.
19. I don’t dance well.  The only time I ever felt confident enough to "bust a move" was when I was little enough to dance on the pool table in the basement to Michael Jackson’s “Jam” and “Black or White.” Pretty sure I was 7.
20. I let my wife pluck and shape my eyebrows once.  Each brow on a separate night.  Ouch.  What a weekend.
21. Yes, I have a playlist of christian rock on grooveshark, what of it?
22. Humans should not be forced to live anywhere that reaches over 80 degrees. I hate the heat.
23. My wardrobe mostly consists of T-shirts, 4 of which have comic book icons or logos (Captain America, Flash, Green Lantern, and, of course, Superman).  I try to do the laundry so my wife won’t ever fold all four in a row and realize what she married.
24. My wife looks sexiest when she steals my Superman pajama pants.
25. Thank goodness no one can hear/see my behavior behind the wheel on a bad day.

25 stream-of-consciousness factoids aren't enough to really get to know someone, but it's a good first step.  Besides, you KNOW you have questions now.  Feel free to comment.


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