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Friday, December 09, 2005

56 more facts about me

* I used to be a Boy Scout (for one year)
* I have tasted gasoline (tried to siphon some)
* I used to be an altar boy
* I almost always have a story that relates to whatever the topic is
* As a pledge, I beat a frat brother in a beer chug
* I once made someone cry, by beating them in a beer chug
* I don't have that switch that says "okay you've eaten enough"
* I once tried to become ambidextrous (almost did too)
* I always try my best to "live in the light of friendship"
* I always try my best to "walk on the path of chivalry"
* I always try my best to "serve for the love of service"
* I try to practice those three things everyday
* I try to see the good in people
* mostly because I want this to be a "Finer World"
* I believe in heroes
* I believe that Good always triumphs over Evil
* I believe in Determinism (God's Plan, destiny, fate, etc..)
* I believe in free will
* I believe those two can co-exist
* I'm sometimes afraid of the future
* not for me, but for my loved ones
* I lost my wedding ring recently
* I feel guilty about that
* I keep catching myself rubbing the spot on my finger where it used to be
* I prefer Diet Pepsi over Diet Coke
* I once got beat up and didn't even realize it was happening (I was drunk)
* I am a righty
* I have rated over 2600 movies on Netflix (meaning I've seen at least that many)
* I spent an entire day keeping an ex-girlfriend from committing suicide
* I've had night terrors at least twice in my life
* I used to be afraid of the dark
* at least once, I was serious when threatened to kill someone
* I have at least 30 cousins on my mom's side
* I have at least 20 cousins on my dad's side
* I'm a talker, so is my dad.
* I can talk for a long time about anything, it re-energizes me.
* I used to be a good swimmer
* I can only dog-paddle now
* I was "skinny" once. (after getting anemia in Dominican Republic)
* I prefer Whoppers to Big Macs
* I prefer McDonald's fries to Burger King's
* I can eat a whole jar of olives in one sitting
* when I eat sunflower seeds, I eat the shell as well
* I once had 5 full servings at a family Thanksgiving dinner
* one summer, I sold vacuum cleaners
* I usually sleep about 5 hours a night
* once in a while, I'll sleep for about 12 hours straight (to catch up)
* as a high school art project, I made a piano player out of styrofoam
* it was still on display a year ago
* I have eaten fruit straight from the tree
* such as: mango, apple, tamarind, orange, banana, peach, lemon, grapefruit, grape
* the first time I went skiing, I was a natural
* the second time I went skiing, I fell EVERYTIME
* I have never gone skiing again
* I have worked as a "janitor" at Penn Station
* I once had a job making cord and tassles

Thursday, December 08, 2005

88 Facts about me

(took this idea from a friend's post)

* my birthday is February 11th
* My mom almost named me "Johnny"
* I have two brothers: Francisco (older) and George (younger)
* I'm a TEP (Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity)
* I LOVE TEP!
* I went to the City College of New York
* It took me 20 semesters to finish school (for real)
* I work at CCNY
* I love my brothers (siblings and fraternity)
* I admire my parents (although they don't know it)
* I am married (Vilma)
* I have two children (Danny and Caroline)
* I believe in God
* I don't go to church regularly because I don't believe I have to (God is everywhere)
* I pray (sometimes)
* I have no tattoos
* I helped at least four sororities start up at CCNY
* I once helped get over 80 girls together to start a colony for a national sorority
* And was amazed when they declined because “the demographics” weren’t right
* I find racism funny (sort of like Archie Bunker)
* I am not a “morning person”
* I am a “nite owl”
* I didn't get my driver's license until my late twenties
* I'm not a smoker (though I have tried a cigarette once or twice)
* I don't like the taste of beer
* I am an amazing beer chugger
* I have only been beaten once (by an alumnus)
* my favorite season is fall
* I never want to leave NYC (I may live near, but want to always be near)
* I like to watch fights
* I love to see resolution after a conflict
* I can deal with ignorance, but I hate stupidity
* I can't rollerskate, rollerblade, or ice skate
* I have almost died at least five times
* I have never been mugged
* I lived in Dominican Republic for two years (when I was ten)
* I walked through a hurricane and a flood (in DR) to get to safety
* When I was 8, I almost electrocuted myself trying to catch electricity in a soda can
* I was accepted to MIT
* I didn't want to go because I LOVE NYC!
* I sometimes find myself almost laughing at "non funny" situations
* I can find humor in almost anything
* I love watching movies
* I am a Netflix "power user"
* I seen at least six movies starring "El Santo"
* I think “The Matrix” is an amazing movie
* I think “Harvey” is a great movie
* I think “The Warriors” is another amazing movie
* There are certain movie scenes that still make me cry
* I LOVE Halloween
* I walked in the NYC Halloween parade twice
* I have gone to see the NYC Halloween parade at least ten times
* I once tried to save my cousin from drowning at Jones Beach
* Then I almost drowned when I “realized” I couldn’t swim
* I love to read comic books
* I prefer DC to Marvel
* I currently own over 20,000 comic books (really)
* I still like action figures (yes, toys)
* Batman has always been my favorite hero
* I like science fiction
* I think the Federation from “Star Trek” should be a model for society
* I like watching cartoons (especially Batman and the Justice League)
* I have been to more than ten comic book conventions
* One of them in San Diego
* I like to wear black clothes (sometimes head to toe)
* I believe in aliens (extra terrestrials)
* I hate to have to shave
* I almost never wear cologne (deodorant, yes)
* I have been cutting my own hair since high school
* Since then, I have paid for one less than ten times
* I believe that 99.9% of all cats are psychotic
* I love to eat
* I am overweight
* I need to get more exercise
* I love to eat pernil (roast pork shoulder)
* I drink way too much coffee
* I used to really be into KISS
* I won their album (Live II) in a raffle in Catholic school (5th grade)
* I used to own four albums by Run-DMC
* I used to really be into the Beastie Boys
* I think society needs to re-evaluate our notions of religion
* I think society needs to re-evaluate our notions of the world
* I think society needs to re-evaluate our notions of people
* I think society needs to re-evaluate our notions of a lot of things
* I am a conspiracy theorist
* I think “The Man” is still holding most of us down
* I have a "drunk twin brother" named "Jerk" (that bastard)

Sunday, December 04, 2005

Name the 75 Bands

A friend just passed this on to me.

Name the 75 Bands

Pretty cool. So far, I have about 15 or so.