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gridloreOK, seen in many journals, so I'm not going to try to give credit to any one person.
1. I am terrified of deep water
2. Which is odd, because when I was a kid, it was impossible to get me out of the ocean.
3. I have worn glasses since I was ten.
4. My mental picture of myself is me at about 12. I really can't picture myself as an adult.
5. I hate pictures taken when I'm posing.
6. The one thing that I'd love to do that I can't is sing. My voice is awful.
7. I'm a total sports nut. Mainly football and baseball, but I'll watch most anything.
8. As a child I was a complete coward.
9. I was the short fat kid until my freshman year of high school, when I suddenly rocketed up.
10. I could read well by the time I was three. In first grade I was reading on a sixth grade level.
11. Conversely, I have extreme problems with math. I can do arithmetic, but get into algebra and I'm lost.
12. A book that I hated when forced to read it in school has become one of the largest influences on my
life. The Bridge at San Luis Rey changed the way I look at people, I always wonder "what brought them here, to this point, at this time?"
13. I dropped out of High School during my senior year so I could attend an adult ed program that would get me my diploma by taking the GED.
14. I spent exactly one year in a community college. I spent my time goofing off, and failed everything except a class where you passed by spouting the teacher's Marxist rhetoric back at him.
15. I have been asked where I did my graduate studies in areas such as cultural anthropology, history, and sociology by people in those fields. They are stunned when they learn that I am self-taught.
16. After the Army, I joined the Socialist Party. It seemed a good idea at the time.
17. In high school, I was a social leper. Luckily, I found the other lepers and hung out with them.
18. For years, my nickname was Traveller, both for the game and the custom t-shirt I had with that written on it. One guy could never remember my name, so he just called me "that Traveller dude", and it stuck.
19. I have played war games since 1976, and role-playing games since 1977.
20. When I was in the 4th grade, my teacher got me to clean my desk by hiding old military patches in it.
21. I am uncircumcised because my English father was shocked that it was considered standard, and refused to allow it to happen to me. Whatever, Daddy.
22. I have no sense of fashion. I just wear what I like, and occasionally fashion washes over me.
23. To this day, I don't know how to tie a necktie.
24. Eating fresh fruit and veggies makes me physically ill.
25. I am actually pretty shy, and clueless about social situations.
26. Before joining the Army, I had never held a firearm.
27. The 1812 Overture is by far my favorite piece of classical music.
28. I cannot stand ballet. I just don't get it.
29. I love trivia. I collect random little bits of information that lodge in my head.
30. One of my favorite sounds is slate or shale sliding down a slope. Can't explain it.
31. When I was a kid, I saw Hank Aaron play baseball.
32. I have met several of my musical heroes, including Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead, and the late John Entwistle of The Who.
33. I really believe that my life needs a sound track. Or a laugh track.
34. I dislike coffees and teas, but drink Coke by the gallon.
35. While in the service, I became a Field Hygiene and Sanitation NCO.. and got a medal for it.
36. My very first Dead show, Boreal Ridge in 1985, was a miracle show. I didn't now until we got there that we didn't have tickets.
37. I am always cold. My idea of heaven is a roaring fire, a thick comforter, and one or two companions.
38. Until the last year, I never would have thought that I could be polyamorous.
39. My first day in the Army I met the highest-ranking general in the service, General Wikham, the Chief of Staff.
40. I dream in color, and with all my senses. I sometimes remember dreams clearly enough to write them down.
41. My hair has been a constant source of irritation for me. It doesn't do what I want it to do.
42. I therefore try to keep it military short.
43. My musical tastes are all over the place, from Dylan to filk to metal to punk.
44. The first concert I went to was a Day on the Green at the Oakland Coliseum.
45. I can't watch Rent. It just hits too close.
46. I used to be a tour guide at the Winchester Mystery House.
47. My worst job was at a packing supply store run by a fundamentalist weirdo.
48. While driving for SuperShuttle, I once picked up my old platoon leader.
49. I have my own personal teddy bear, named Rhodie.
50. If I had the chance to be successful rock musician, I'd want to be the drummer.
51. I really did call 867-5309.
52. During my youth, I went through a punk phase, a mod phase, and an artist phase.
53. By the time I was 13, I had given up on school. I just couldn't figure out why they just wouldn't let me learn my own way! I aced all the tests!
54. My three-and-a-half year GPA from Leigh High School: 0.50
55. My average score on midterms and finals during that period: 98%
56. I spent about 2/3rds of my life in a fruitless attempt to please my father. Since I wasn't a jock, and had opinions of my own, this was hopeless.
57. My dad was appalled that his second son was also marrying a fat chick. He barely moved during the ceremony.
58. After I got sick, we reconciled a bit. I think I was the only one speaking to him on a regular basis before he died.
59. I've never broken a bone, although I severely dislocated my right shoulder in the Army.
60. I'm one of those people who can re-read books time after time. I've read Lucifer's Hammer dozens
of times, and still love it.
61. I prefer sunrises to sunsets.
62. Thunderstorms are very cool.
63. At Ft. Irwin, I walked a guard post in a sandstorm. My goggles were etched to opacity.
64. I love spicy foods.
65. I've been poor so long it is hard for me to spend money. Even when I have it, and know that I can spend it, it takes a force of will to open the wallet.
66. I'm missing three teeth from the after-effects of Dilantin, an anti-convulsant I used to take. Two molars and an incisor.
67. I have an awful tattoo of the Dead's thunderskull on my arm. It reads "Greatful Dead".
68. Other than surgical scars, I have one on my face from shaving, and one on my left hand from a piece of luggage.
69. I can't resist a good flame war.
70. My first sexual experience (with a partner) was at 14.
71. I am compulsively early.
72. To go with this, I have a fascination with timepieces. I love old-fashioned pocket watches.
73. Occasionally I go into cleaning frenzies where I just clean everything.
74. I'm naked under my clothes.
75. I still reflexively come to attention or parade rest around authority figures.
76. I dislike being touched without warning, especially by strangers.
77. It is a constant source of amazement to me that humanity has survived this long.
78. When I am very angry, I rub my head vigorously with both hands,
79. In alt.conspiracy, I have been accused of being an Orthodox rabbi.
80. Human society was created to develop pizza, in my opinion.
81. I don't understand religious extremists of any stripe.
82. My feet are size 10 Narrow, and my toes are extremely long.
83. It still feels weird to hold a copy of GURPS Traveller: Ground Forces in my hands and see my name on the cover.
84. Being asked for autographs is even stranger.
85. When I travel, I prefer the window seat. I just like seeing the world go by..
86. I've been in one riot.
87. I've also ridden out a hurricane.
88. While stationed in Georgia, I was once picked up by a Truancy patrol.
89. I find it hard to accept praise. I always think they're just being polite.
90. I try to be a good tipper, I know what it's like to live off your tips.
91. I have missed one election that I was qualified to vote in.
92. In 1984, I think I was the only soldier in the Army who voted for Mondale over Reagan.
93. While a Deadhead, I was part of a group called Wharf Rats.. sort of Narcotics Anonymous for hippies.
94. My first (and most beloved) car was the Yellow Peril, a 1973 Datsun station wagon that was baby-puke yellow. I think the only thing holding it together was the Dead stickers.
95. My favorite Dead song is Stella Blue.
96. My favorite movie is The American President
97. I'm seriously thinking about applying for Survivor 7.
98. I've lost a lot of my hearing from rock concerts and rifle fire.
99. When I was a teenager, a lot of the time when I was "going to Rocky", we were actually sneaking into concerts at the Warfield.
100. I never thought that I'd think of 100 things
1. I am terrified of deep water
2. Which is odd, because when I was a kid, it was impossible to get me out of the ocean.
3. I have worn glasses since I was ten.
4. My mental picture of myself is me at about 12. I really can't picture myself as an adult.
5. I hate pictures taken when I'm posing.
6. The one thing that I'd love to do that I can't is sing. My voice is awful.
7. I'm a total sports nut. Mainly football and baseball, but I'll watch most anything.
8. As a child I was a complete coward.
9. I was the short fat kid until my freshman year of high school, when I suddenly rocketed up.
10. I could read well by the time I was three. In first grade I was reading on a sixth grade level.
11. Conversely, I have extreme problems with math. I can do arithmetic, but get into algebra and I'm lost.
12. A book that I hated when forced to read it in school has become one of the largest influences on my
life. The Bridge at San Luis Rey changed the way I look at people, I always wonder "what brought them here, to this point, at this time?"
13. I dropped out of High School during my senior year so I could attend an adult ed program that would get me my diploma by taking the GED.
14. I spent exactly one year in a community college. I spent my time goofing off, and failed everything except a class where you passed by spouting the teacher's Marxist rhetoric back at him.
15. I have been asked where I did my graduate studies in areas such as cultural anthropology, history, and sociology by people in those fields. They are stunned when they learn that I am self-taught.
16. After the Army, I joined the Socialist Party. It seemed a good idea at the time.
17. In high school, I was a social leper. Luckily, I found the other lepers and hung out with them.
18. For years, my nickname was Traveller, both for the game and the custom t-shirt I had with that written on it. One guy could never remember my name, so he just called me "that Traveller dude", and it stuck.
19. I have played war games since 1976, and role-playing games since 1977.
20. When I was in the 4th grade, my teacher got me to clean my desk by hiding old military patches in it.
21. I am uncircumcised because my English father was shocked that it was considered standard, and refused to allow it to happen to me. Whatever, Daddy.
22. I have no sense of fashion. I just wear what I like, and occasionally fashion washes over me.
23. To this day, I don't know how to tie a necktie.
24. Eating fresh fruit and veggies makes me physically ill.
25. I am actually pretty shy, and clueless about social situations.
26. Before joining the Army, I had never held a firearm.
27. The 1812 Overture is by far my favorite piece of classical music.
28. I cannot stand ballet. I just don't get it.
29. I love trivia. I collect random little bits of information that lodge in my head.
30. One of my favorite sounds is slate or shale sliding down a slope. Can't explain it.
31. When I was a kid, I saw Hank Aaron play baseball.
32. I have met several of my musical heroes, including Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead, and the late John Entwistle of The Who.
33. I really believe that my life needs a sound track. Or a laugh track.
34. I dislike coffees and teas, but drink Coke by the gallon.
35. While in the service, I became a Field Hygiene and Sanitation NCO.. and got a medal for it.
36. My very first Dead show, Boreal Ridge in 1985, was a miracle show. I didn't now until we got there that we didn't have tickets.
37. I am always cold. My idea of heaven is a roaring fire, a thick comforter, and one or two companions.
38. Until the last year, I never would have thought that I could be polyamorous.
39. My first day in the Army I met the highest-ranking general in the service, General Wikham, the Chief of Staff.
40. I dream in color, and with all my senses. I sometimes remember dreams clearly enough to write them down.
41. My hair has been a constant source of irritation for me. It doesn't do what I want it to do.
42. I therefore try to keep it military short.
43. My musical tastes are all over the place, from Dylan to filk to metal to punk.
44. The first concert I went to was a Day on the Green at the Oakland Coliseum.
45. I can't watch Rent. It just hits too close.
46. I used to be a tour guide at the Winchester Mystery House.
47. My worst job was at a packing supply store run by a fundamentalist weirdo.
48. While driving for SuperShuttle, I once picked up my old platoon leader.
49. I have my own personal teddy bear, named Rhodie.
50. If I had the chance to be successful rock musician, I'd want to be the drummer.
51. I really did call 867-5309.
52. During my youth, I went through a punk phase, a mod phase, and an artist phase.
53. By the time I was 13, I had given up on school. I just couldn't figure out why they just wouldn't let me learn my own way! I aced all the tests!
54. My three-and-a-half year GPA from Leigh High School: 0.50
55. My average score on midterms and finals during that period: 98%
56. I spent about 2/3rds of my life in a fruitless attempt to please my father. Since I wasn't a jock, and had opinions of my own, this was hopeless.
57. My dad was appalled that his second son was also marrying a fat chick. He barely moved during the ceremony.
58. After I got sick, we reconciled a bit. I think I was the only one speaking to him on a regular basis before he died.
59. I've never broken a bone, although I severely dislocated my right shoulder in the Army.
60. I'm one of those people who can re-read books time after time. I've read Lucifer's Hammer dozens
of times, and still love it.
61. I prefer sunrises to sunsets.
62. Thunderstorms are very cool.
63. At Ft. Irwin, I walked a guard post in a sandstorm. My goggles were etched to opacity.
64. I love spicy foods.
65. I've been poor so long it is hard for me to spend money. Even when I have it, and know that I can spend it, it takes a force of will to open the wallet.
66. I'm missing three teeth from the after-effects of Dilantin, an anti-convulsant I used to take. Two molars and an incisor.
67. I have an awful tattoo of the Dead's thunderskull on my arm. It reads "Greatful Dead".
68. Other than surgical scars, I have one on my face from shaving, and one on my left hand from a piece of luggage.
69. I can't resist a good flame war.
70. My first sexual experience (with a partner) was at 14.
71. I am compulsively early.
72. To go with this, I have a fascination with timepieces. I love old-fashioned pocket watches.
73. Occasionally I go into cleaning frenzies where I just clean everything.
74. I'm naked under my clothes.
75. I still reflexively come to attention or parade rest around authority figures.
76. I dislike being touched without warning, especially by strangers.
77. It is a constant source of amazement to me that humanity has survived this long.
78. When I am very angry, I rub my head vigorously with both hands,
79. In alt.conspiracy, I have been accused of being an Orthodox rabbi.
80. Human society was created to develop pizza, in my opinion.
81. I don't understand religious extremists of any stripe.
82. My feet are size 10 Narrow, and my toes are extremely long.
83. It still feels weird to hold a copy of GURPS Traveller: Ground Forces in my hands and see my name on the cover.
84. Being asked for autographs is even stranger.
85. When I travel, I prefer the window seat. I just like seeing the world go by..
86. I've been in one riot.
87. I've also ridden out a hurricane.
88. While stationed in Georgia, I was once picked up by a Truancy patrol.
89. I find it hard to accept praise. I always think they're just being polite.
90. I try to be a good tipper, I know what it's like to live off your tips.
91. I have missed one election that I was qualified to vote in.
92. In 1984, I think I was the only soldier in the Army who voted for Mondale over Reagan.
93. While a Deadhead, I was part of a group called Wharf Rats.. sort of Narcotics Anonymous for hippies.
94. My first (and most beloved) car was the Yellow Peril, a 1973 Datsun station wagon that was baby-puke yellow. I think the only thing holding it together was the Dead stickers.
95. My favorite Dead song is Stella Blue.
96. My favorite movie is The American President
97. I'm seriously thinking about applying for Survivor 7.
98. I've lost a lot of my hearing from rock concerts and rifle fire.
99. When I was a teenager, a lot of the time when I was "going to Rocky", we were actually sneaking into concerts at the Warfield.
100. I never thought that I'd think of 100 things
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Date: 1 Jan 2003 22:33 (UTC)Mine is stuck at 17 and is very distorted.
And, so crazy, I was at that Boreal Ridge show in '85! Crazier still, it was my first Dead show.
*sigh* I don't talk to you enough, and I certainly don't see you enough, but, damn I love you.
Enjoy!
Date: 2 Jan 2003 08:52 (UTC)Boreal Ridge Ski Resort, Donner's Summit, CA (8/24/85)
Alabama Getaway
Greatest Story Ever Told
West L.A. Fadeaway
New Minglewood Blues
Friend of the Devil
Hell in a Bucket
Don't Ease Me In
Feel Like a Stranger
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
He's Gone
Drums
Space
Truckin'
Black Peter
Around and Around
Turn on Your Love Light
Day Tripper
We just got in as Alabama Getaway started. By midway through the first set, I was in love. By Space, I was ready to desert and spend the rest of my life following these guys around
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Date: 1 Jan 2003 22:35 (UTC)