This picture has nothing to do with this post. I just think it is an awesome picture.I know this is a cop out. So sue me. For those who haven't been reading my blog since last July, and because I haven't had the time or the interest to post anything new, I am re-posting this entry from Last July:
101 Things About Me
) I was born in Kansas City, Missouri
2) I am the youngest of my parents 6 kids
3) I was raised in Wichita, KS
4) I love chocolate
5) I have type 2 Diabetes
6) I cheat on my diet
7) I don't like stupid people
8) I don't like rude people
9) I've been married twice
10) Both my ex-wives are crazy. Really
11) My oldest kid is mildly retarded
12) I have 3 grandchildren. 2 boys and 1 girl
13) One grandson died a day after birth
14) I have 4 natural kids and one adopted. 4 boys and 1 girl
15) My adopted boy was in jail the last I heard (since updated. He is on the road to recovery, thank God. Literally)
16) I came within one round of being on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"
17) I have a need for everyone to like me
18) I like suspense thrillers
19) I have read everything Kurt Vonnegut ever wrote
20) I don't think I have ever experienced true love
21) I listen to NPR on Saturdays
22) When I was a kid I shoplifted a pocketful of bubblegum and got caught
23) I drive a 2005 Dodge Neon
24) I'm the dumbest of my siblings
25) I used to be a telemarketing manager
26) I moved to Maryland for a woman
27) I am a Christian, but I'm not religious
28) I am overweight
29) I think poetry has to rhyme
30) I spend way too much time on the computer
31) I make many stupid mistakes
32) I can't keep a good job
33) I look younger than I am
34) I live in a one room apartment
35) I have a pug named Beast
36) I am a very bad liar
37) I drink nothing but Diet Mountain Dew
38) I used to like mustard. I don't anymore
39) I am frugal
40) I wear boxers
41) I have visited 26 different states
42) I have been on a cruise in the Caribbean
43) I lost $26.00 to a carnival con man once
44) I caught an 8½ foot sailfish off the coast of Mexico
45) I smoked crack once
46) I spent 4 hours in jail once
47) I once drove from South Padre Island in Texas to Kansas city without stopping for rest
48) I marched in a peace march in college
49) I saved the life of a woman who was overcome by carbon monoxide
50) I have hair on my back
51) I hated taking care of my sick grandmother
52) My eyesight is so bad it kept me put of the armed forces
53) I hate onions
54) I am a mommas boy
55) I think tattoos are gross
56) I drive too fast
57) I didn't cry when my father died
58) I cried at his memorial service
59) I suspect I am getting senile
60) I am a failure
61) I am intelligent
62) homosexuals disgust me. Both sexes
63) I can be insensitive
64) I like bad puns
65) I like Greenday
66) I am of Scottish heritage
67) I have ugly feet
68) I have a large vocabulary
69) I am a horrible housekeeper
70) I have a concrete sequential personality
71) My 8th grade English teacher told me I had the 2nd highest IQ in the school
72) I consider myself a bad father
73) It annoys me when I see people park in handicapped parking spaces and they aren't handicapped
74) I have never been beaten at Trivial Pursuit
75) I didn't cry when my grandson died
76) I rarely see or talk to anyone in my family
77) I am my own worst critic
78) I have a great sense of humor
79) I live with bad luck
80) I have had over 40 jobs in my life
81) I choked my wife in my sleep once
82) I usually don't remember my dreams
83) I never give money to beggars
84) I am proud of my integrity
85) My favorite movie is Cyrano De Bergerac
86) I am an expert at barbeque
87) My credit sucks
88) I have an irrational fear of suffocation
89) I was pretty good football player
90) I have too much pride
91) I am a techno-moron
92) I try to find something to respect about everyone
93) I have the spiritual gift of discernment
94) I have one secret I'll never tell anyone
95) I always had a crush on Marilyn Monroe
96) I turned down the lead role in my elementary schools production of "Little Black Sambo"
98) I dropped out of college
99) I once caught a burglar in my house
100) I caught the guy that stole my wife's car
101) I know I left some better things off this list
9 comments:
Ditto: 4-8, 33, 55, 58, 61, 68, 76-78, 80, 82, 94, 95, & 98
I vehemently disagree with 29
I have a hard time believing these two:
24) I'm the dumbest of my siblings
60) I am a failure
Here's what I have in common with you:
7) I don't like stupid people
8) I don't like rude people
18) I like suspense thrillers
33) I look younger than I am
36) I am a very bad liar
38) I used to like mustard. I don't anymore
39) I am frugal
57) I didn't cry when my father died
61) I am intelligent
73) It annoys me when I see people park in handicapped parking spaces and they aren't handicapped
77) I am my own worst critic
82) I usually don't remember my dreams
90) I have too much pride
94) I have one secret I'll never tell anyone
99) I once caught a burglar in my house
Interesting, Mark. And you are right: you are your own worst critic. I believe you are way too hard on yourself. You are a good guy. Give yourself a well deserved break!
Not everyone finds true love. Those who do are extremely blessed. It could still happen to you, and I hope it does. :)
This is good information, Mark.....You should pin it in a link on your side bar, like I did.
It's a good reference point for all of us who come here.
Wow, Mark! A lot of the things you listed I had already figured out about you but most I didn't. It doesn't matter because nothing you wrote changes the way I feel about you. Your most important qualities are all that I focus upon because I find those to outweigh any errors in judgement or what falls into our lives.
I enjoyed this since I'm a more recent reader. I've seen others do these too and I think I may need to do one eventually.
I would say ditto to a lot of what Gayle said. You may have failed at some things but you're not a failure. And whats that quote "Failure is the back door to success :-)".
1. I learn from my mistakes and then do my best to forget them.
2. I'm happy.
I remember the original post. Things we have in common--
2 (but the youngest of three, not six), 7-8, 17, 24, 30, 33, 26, 55-56, 60-64, 67, 73, and 94.
I also vehemently disagree with 29--because I have written poetry and I know that it is lots harder to write a good one that does not ryhme than one that does. Seems like it would be the other way around, doesn't it?
Wierd, I had not checked here in a few days and saw this related to clan Gunn and stopped by. Perhaps a relative? http://gunnnutt.blogspot.com/
Good post!
60) I am a failure
Me too, but in one form or another we are all failures.
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