200 the Hard Way!

For lack of being original...as Charlie Murphy would say, "I challenge you to a duel."

1. I am from Kentucky.
2. Most people I meet are surprised by this fact.
3. I have a sister who I think has borderline personality disorder.
4. I still lover her even though she is a nut-job.
5. My parents are amazingly still married.
6. My entire family are Leos.
7. I lettered in Soccer and swimming in high school.
8. I broke the same leg two years in a row playing soccer.
9. I started college (the first time) in 1993.
10. I am an alumni member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
11. I never really "fit in" with the frat.
12. I was the singer in a rock band.
13. I have jumped out of an airplane twice.
14. I have jumped into a cage, in the ocean, with sharks all around me.
15. I regret most of my sexual encounters.
16. I used to emulate Jim Morrison WAY TOO MUCH.
17. The best rock concert I have ever been to is the Who, and it was just a month ago.
18. I almost started crying at the concert because it rocked so hard.
19. Really good guitar solos bring tears to my eyes.
20. I have never killed a vertebrate
21. I was a vegetarian for over a year.
22. I used to go to church three times a week.
23. I sang in my church's youth choir.
24. I don't believe in religion.
25. I whole heartedly believe in God.
26. I have been to so many Buddhist temples, I lost count.
27. I didn't get drunk until I was 18.
28. I used to smoke two packs of cigarettes a day.
29. I enjoy a dip of smokeless tobacco occasionally.
30. My favorite band when I was 12 was Poison.
31. I was in a rap group in high school.
32. I started an imaginary Doors tribute band in 1991.
33. They have changed drummers four times.
34. They stopped covering Doors songs in 1993 to be "original"
35. I still write songs for this band.
36. I have been through the Suez Canal twice.
37. I am a hairy beast.
38. People have been telling me I m going bald since I was 14.
39. My hair line has not receded since I was 14.
40. I have a penchant for wearing hats.
41. I don't like wearing ties.
42. I wear boxers, never briefs.
43. I started writing when I was 18 years old for no reason other than I was bored.
44. My first writing was a poem based off of a 1940's science fiction radio show.
45. I have never been arrested.
46. The first movie I ever saw in the theater was Star Wars in 1977. I was two years old.
47. All I remember from that day was walking in the middle of my parents, with each one holding one of my hands.
48. I just got choked up thinking about that experience.
49. I used to get picked on by punk rockers in Cincinnati for sounding too much like Eddie Vedder while my band was on stage.
50. I once got so fed up with their badgering that I mooned the entire crowd.
51. I like to eat when I am depressed.
52. I liked french fries with mayonnaise before Pulp Fiction came out.
53. I was prescribed antidepressants when I was 19.
54. I am currently taking Zyban to "quit nicotine."
55. I have steadily chewed Nicorette chewing gum for over four years.
56. I hate cell phones but own one anyway.
57. I love the internet.
58. I had sex on an active volcano.
59. The first time I went scuba diving I saw a 500 pound Hawaiian monk seal.
60. I turned 21 during Navy basic training.
61. I worked at TGI Fridays and didn't really mind wearing "flair."
62. I lose pens constantly.
63. I chickened out on meeting the guitar player from Cracker, even though he walked right by me on the street.
64. The first foreign country I have been to is Singapore.
65. I have actually seen penguins and kangaroos in their natural habitat.
66. Food from the Mediterranean region is my favorite.
67. I have slept on a bed which was inches away from a real cruise missile.
68. I have never voted in a Presidential election.
69. I have been in the Navy for over eight years.
70. I spent a very large portion of five of those years underwater.
71. I have never been sea sick.
72. I own a guitar, but can barely play a lick.
73. I am married to a woman five years my senior.
74. I somehow have always attracted older women more so than women my own age.
75. I have never attempted suicide.
76. I once won an NFL Starter jacket from McDonalds, but never claimed the prize.
77. I had long hair at one point in my life.
78. I like to sing rather loud while driving in the car with the windows down.
79. I have a lot of acquaintances but not a lot of friends.
80. I think most people who know me, don't really know me.
81. I would not want anyone I know to read this blog.
82. I do not get into the holiday spirit around Christmas time.
83. My wife thinks I am antisocial most of the time.
84. My wife is the antithesis of antisocial.
85. I can cook rather well.
86. I learned how to cook by watching the Food Network.
87. My favorite thing to watch on television is Six Feet Under.
88. I like taking showers more than most people.
89. I have a 4.0 GPA in college (this time).
90. I feel that most people underestimate my abilities.
91. My favorite place to visit is Japan.
92. I have been to Japan five times.
93. I have climbed to the top of Mount Fuji and have the pictures to prove it.
94. I do not own a gun.
95. I have never caused a traffic accident.
96. The people I work with say I drive "like a girl."
97. I like to bird watch.
98. I don't like to have pet birds. Why would you put something that can fly in a cage?
99. The first concert I ever went to was Bell Biv Devoe in 1991.
100. I was 16 the first time I "made out."
101. I was 17 the first time I "went all the way."
102. I sometimes cry after movies. What Dreams May Come was the last movie where I actually had tears in the movie theater.
103. I love lots of garlic in the food I eat.
104. I am what you would call a "beer snob." I do not drink beer in aluminum cans.
105. I feel guilty when I tell my superiors I am getting out of the navy next year.
106. I have a lot of fear, but I seldom let it get the best of me. See numbers 13 and 14.
107. I love turtles.
108. I will never love another woman as much as my wife, no matter what happens.
109. My mother-in-law is Japanese.
110. I sometimes feel that I was Japanese in another life.
111. I could not finish the book Big Sur because it caused too much depression, hence making it the best book I have ever read.
112. I hate what has happened to punk rock.
113. I often times feel like no one truly understands my point of view.
114. I have a strong attraction to Native American history.
115. I took a class on Islam to help me understand their religion; and to also not be an ignorant hater of a group of people.
116. I have attended a Hare Krishna service.
117. I love college.
118. I am the president of the social work club at the university I attend.
119. I would really like to see Pearl Jam in concert before they call it quits.
120. I found out that a lot of girls in my high school had a crush on me, even though I thought I was a dork.
121. I hate the winter.
122. I hate Hawaii traffic, but don't want to live anywhere else.
123. I have ate lunch on a Japanese submarine (today).
124. I sometimes worry that I may have conceived a child in Australia.
125. I still fantasize about becoming a rock star.
126. I hate the fact that I don't spell well.
127. My Oma (grandma) is from Germany, and she is the nicest person I have ever met.
128. I can't think of anyone I actually hate.
129. I hate bragging.
130. I hate flying, but still do it. Traveling rocks.
131. I have been SCUBA diving in Okinawa.
132. My wife and I own two clown fish, a dog, and two cats.
133. My dog is allergic to grass.
134. My cat's name is Neko, which is Japanese for "cat."
135. I cannot surf, but hope to still learn.
136. Documentary films are my favorite.
137. I often times tell people I am from Cincinnati, because I live right across the river from the city, and most people do not know that Kentucky and Ohio border each other; a fact I find rather sad.
138. I like the old Star Wars movies, and hate the new ones.
139. I once had aspiration to attend film school.
140. I do not have any tatooes.
141. My favorite mixed drink is Gin and Tonic water with more limes than the bartender will normally give up.
142. I need to lose twenty pounds.
143. I want to one day have a back yard like Mr. Miyagi in the Karate Kid movie.
144. I have been told that I look like Nicholas Cage, but I don't think I do.
145. I don't like to be the one who has to make the decisions when other people are involved.
146. My wedding reception was the most fun I probably ever had.
147. I like my in-laws.
148. My wife and I split the domestic duties in the house.
149. My favorite actor is Russel Crowe.
150. My favorite actress is Julianne Moore.
151. I want the killing in the middle east to stop.
152. I don't believe the war on terrorism can be completley won on the battlefield; but the most important aspect is understanding and cultural tolerance.
153. I believe in capitalism.
154. I once told someone I was a "closet socialist" and feel really stupid about that.
155. Racism enrages me.
156. I read the autobiography of Malcom X and it enlightened me.
157. I kind of like Ann Rand novels, but don't talk about it very much.
158. One of the factors that led me into joining the navy was that it would lead to worthwhile things to write about it.
159. I have never ridden on a motorcycle.
160. I have no mechanical skills when it comes to working on cars.
161. I don't like to fidget with computers. I strickly limit my computer interfacing to operations.
162. I think that music is the most powerful force that human beings have ever created.
163. My favorite animal is a lion.
164. I wish I could have experienced life as a Sioux warrior.
165. I believe whole heartedly that the Samurai's code (Bushido) is something everyone should follow.
166. I believe in Jesus.
167. I do not believe in Mohammed.
168. It made me aggrevated when Jewish folks said that the Passion was anti-sematic(Feeling guilty about something).
169. I am pro choice, and I don't understand the Pro-lifers thinking that killing doctors is OK.
170. I am sure OJ is guilty.
171. I keep my fingers crossed every day that Osama Bin Laden will meet his end soon.
172. I can't stand Sean Hannity.
173. I can't stand Alan Colmes.
174. I wish Guns and Roses would have a REAL no-shit reunion tour with Slash and Axel.
175. I think Scott Sapp sucks big time.
176. I love reading SPIN magazine.
177. As a little boy watching Wonder Woman with Linda Carter I would kiss the television screen.
178. I don't believe in emotionless sex.
179. I really hope I turn out to be a good father.
180. I hate driving boats.
181. I don't really enjoy driving cars either.
182. I am punctual.
183. I should be more organzied than I am.
184. I think Metallica did sell out.
185. I hated high school.
186. I really suck at chess.
187. I prefer tea to coffee.
188. I get depressed when I think about what humans have done to the planet and all of the animals.
189. I like to go fishing with my father.
190. As a child, I really sucked at baseball.
191. I cannot throw a football very well.
192. I like to wear slippers or sandals...not shoes.
193. I like to wear baggy clothes, even though I should probably dress a little more of my age.
194. I need to clean the inside and outside of my car badly.
195. Even though I hate to admit it, I waste too much food, water, and resources.
196. I don't think Yoko Ono ruined the Beatles.
197. I personally liked Ronald Regan, regardless of his politcal stance.
198. I am registered as an independent.
199. I never had a hair style that I was truly comfortable with.
200. I have seldom thought myself as sexy.