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1. I jot down notes (journal topics, movies, etc.) on paper scraps ... and then lose them
2. For some reason I feel closure for just having written them down
3. I like scars

4. I can't stand even TOUCHING tunafish

5. 90% of the time I can't sleep using a pillow

6. My favorite color is grey

7. My favorite smell is fresh-cut grass

8. I get insomnia

9. When I do get insomnia I can't fall asleep unless I'm on the floor

10. My favorite drink is chocolate milk

11. I can't grow a beard or even a mustache

12. My first nightmare was being chased by a giant daddy longlegs across a white plain

13. My re-occuring nightmares are about sharks, frozen water, or snakes

14. One of my favorite TV shows is "Charmed" on the WB

15. My other favorites are "Mythbusters," "Ghosthunters," and "Rachel Ray"

16. I keep track of all the books I read (I've read over 700...not including children's books)

17. I would sleep with a fan on year-round

18. If I had a choice to fly or be invisible I would choose invisibility

19. If I could choose any career I'd be an author

20. I'm fascinated by snakes and like to pick them up (even though I was bitten once)

21. My favorite groups are "Pink Floyd," "Devotchka," "R.E.M.," and "Pearl Jam"

22. I'm 5'11" but everyone guesses I'm 6'1"

23. I like to eat strange foods

24. I've eaten rattlesnake, alligator, marinaded quail eggs, snails, cow tongue/liver/intestines, chicken feet, fish head, a marmot, uncooked clams, stomach soup, and rabbit fetus

25. I've gone nude repelling and love to skinny dip

26. I'm afraid of deep water but typically swim further out in the ocean than anyone else

27. I use clippers on my arms and legs -- so I don't look like a wooly mammoth

28. I once had a twig poke me in the eye and break off under my eyelid

29. When I was an infant I crawled into an oven, once, and fell out of a second story window onto concrete

30. I love deserts

31. I hate hot tubs

32. I have no fear of death

33. My closest brush with death was when I was on a plane that had an insulation fire and fell 1,000 feet (note: the oxygen masks may not inflate...)

34. My favorite animal is the camel

35. My favorite flowers are dandylions

36. I'm a peacemaker

37. I don't like it when people play with my hair

38. But I love it when someone cuts my hair

39. My favorite cereal is Cinnamon Toast Crunch

40. Chrissa is my best friend

41. I've lived in Utah, Guatemala, Syria, Minnesota, Texas, Ohio and Alabama

42. The place I most want to travel to is Switzerland--Maine is second--Nepal third--Kenya fourth

43. My favorite scar is 1" long and on my shoulderblade

44. I got it when I was on a rope swing and it broke...20' above a thornbush

45. My favorite feels are camel fur under my bare feet, Champ (my dog) licking my feet, walking through wet grass, and touching the tops of Chrissa's feet (I think I see a theme)

46. I love to play pool but have no one to play with

47. I love to play chess ... ditto

48. From the age of 17, on a number of occasions I planned to run away

49. I played trombone for 3 years in high school and probably only practiced 4-5 times in that period

50. I took band because I liked band trips and enjoyed talking to Sheri Bauer (my stand partner)

51. Before marrying Chrissa I had kissed 7 girls

52. I am an atrocious singer

53. I only like to sing in the shower but even then I'm embarrassed

54. When I read Stephen King's "The Stand" I wished that it would actually happen

55. If I could meet any historical figure it would be Joseph Smith, Mohammad, Jesus, or Adam--not out of religious fervor...but to be able to prove/disprove first-hand

56. If I had to choose a non-religious figure it would be Thomas Jefferson, Socrates, Kant, or Goethe

57. My favorite thing about Chrissa is her sarcasm

58. My next favorite things are her orderliness and her dark hair/eyes

59. I speak Spanish and a little Arabic

60. I would go back to the Middle East tomorrow if I had the chance...but not with the military

61. Some of my fondest memories are of playing Role-Playing Games (RPGs) [e.g. Dungeons and Dragons] with my high school/college friends

62. I would still be playing them if I lived back in Utah

63. I like going commando

64. I left the Church when I was 24 and didn't return for two years

65. Given the choice to be "disfellowshipped," I requested to be "ex-communicated"

66. Without my knowing, the Church only disfellowshipped me

67. I had a crush on a girl from 4th to 12th grade and I never even asked her out

68. Later on I found out she liked me

69. My favorite SCENIC places are Wadi Rum, Jordan; "Ghost Rock" (on the mountain behind my parents' house); Chrissa's parents' house; Goblin Valley, Utah; El Amparo, Guatemala; the Outer Banks, North Carolina; Lake Into-the-Woods, Wyoming; and Lake Powell, Utah.

70. I've never broken a bone

71. I played soccer for 7 years and it's still my favorite sport

72. My ideal automobile would be a Land Rover or a Jeep Wrangler

73. I don't know a single thing about car repair/maintenance

74. I want a tatoo but I wouldn't want it to be permanent

75. I love playing nickle slots and Bingo and don't feel a twinge of guilt about it

76. I think the saddest album ever is Nine Inch Nails' "Downward Spiral"

77. I think the scariest songs are Tool's "Faaip De Oiad" and "Schism" ... and that piece by Philip Glass about the attack on Hiroshima

78. I love trains

79. If I could live anywhere in time it would be as a villager in 15th-16th C. Scotland or as a Plains Indian in 18th C. America

80. I wish I were left handed

81. I may be getting braces this month

82. I have a fake tooth in the front of my mouth

83. I first broke my teeth riding a skateboard at the age of 8

84. I'm a poet but haven't written poetry since 2002

85. My favorite pizza toppings are sausage, mushrooms and black olives

86. I've dyed my hair over a dozen times, and permed it once

87. I could get sunburned at midnight...I'm so white

88. Since January of this year I've become a flexitarian--and now I feel guilty eating meat as a dish

89. I can never remember numbers. If I tell you a statistic I'm probably making the number part of it up

90. I'm horrid with directions. I can get lost (and do) in my backyard. It drives Chrissa nuts

91. I don't like chocolate unless it has toffee, almonds or peanut butter

92. My favorite desserts are made by Rob Morris' mom

93. I think the most attractive actresses are hispanic. There are only 2-3 American actresses I find attractive

94. I like wearing foreign coins on a piece of string/leather

95. The only other "jewelry" I can stand wearing is my wedding ring--and only because it's wide, silver, and has no ornamentation (like Ed Harris' ring in "The Abyss")

96. I live in movies

97. My ideal home would be a yacht

98. I talk too much

99. I was born in Kirkland, Washington