Thank you Facebook...

1.  I'm not thrilled Facebook has become the new forum for email surveys.  Originally I'd suggested copying and pasting that as numbers 1 through 25 of my list.  Inexplicably, I feel drawn to participate while simultaneously hating myself.  

2.  When I'm teaching and I'm getting to some critical point in the lesson, I speak to my students with a dramatic, poignant phrase as depicted in movies.

3.  I often pretend my life is a movie and that I'm an actor on stage.  I'd totally watch my movie.

4.  I'm unbelievably happy when I'm with Deanna.  I'd rather be with her than anyone.  I'm rarely as happy doing anything else than spending time with her.  I absolutely love being married.

5.  I feel guilty when I don't prepare well for my students.  And then when they misbehave because the lesson sucks, I get angry at them which isn't fair.  

6.  I love reading.  I try to average a book a week but normally can't keep up with that pace.  I used to have a problem with buying too many books.  Every time I read a book I feel like I have a relationship with it and I must own it.  That got pretty expensive.  Enter Public Library.

7.  I wish I could apologize to all the kids I made fun of when I was younger.  I made fun of them to make myself feel better because I was a loser myself.  I'm sure they don't remember now, but I do.  WHen I see them back home, usually at Wal-Mart, I turn down the nearest aisle.  I pretty much become a coward.

8.  Middle school was miserable.  I was fattish, awkward, and cared too much about what others thought of me.  If I could time travel, I'd go back to when I was 12 and convince myself to be myself.  And if I wouldn't listen to me, I'd beat myself up.  

9.  I have never read the entire Bible and I think that's terrible.  I"m attempting to correct that now.  

10.  I hope to own a bookstore in the near future.  I've thought of a few names and themes.  But I don't know a lot about running a business and I'm not one to stress.  (see number 21)

11.  I would simultaneously like to run an orphanage/children's home.

12.  I love cooking and I'm not a bad baker.

13.  Probably because I'm a little OCD, I like to condense items and check off/mark though/delete lists.  If we have two half-full shakers of parsley, I can barely contain myself when I can combine them.  I'm exhilarated when the last of the ketchup/milk/flour/other product is used up.  Heaven to me is when we have used everything in the refrigerator and need to buy more of it.

14.  I love traveling.  If I could, I'd take a few years off and hike through Europe, Africa, and Asia.  Sorry South America.

15.  I believe anyone opposed to abortion should be required to adopt a child.  I hope to adopt at least one child.  So many kids need homes and loving parents.  We can provide both.

16.  I've written part of a novel that I think is really good.  But writer's block has set in and I can't seem to shake it.  Probably it will never be published.

17.  Every parent says they hope their children are more successful than themselves.  I disagree with that in part.  I'd rather my children be happier than me, and I'm pretty happy.  If they're happier, they're more successful.

18.  One of my most favorite things to do in the world is to read a book out loud to Deanna.  I could read to her all day.

19.  I wold gladly trade 10 pounds of steak for a pint of Halo's Cookies and Creme Ice cream.  It's really good ice creme.

20.  I don't think you can trust people above the age of 12 who don't like dogs.  Those people are shady.  I also don't trust people who refuse to eat the skin on baked potatoes.

21.  I can count on one hand the number of times in my life that I have truly been stressed out.

22.  I used to pretend my body was a super-hero conduit/host.  I'd run around the yard fighting imaginary bad guys and shout, "Superman, we need you!" and Superman would appear.  Minutes later, "Ant Man!  We need you!"  Then Ant Man came out.  "Ghost Rider..."

23.  I think I'll live to be 86 years old.  The average of my grandparents was about 81.  And the way I figure it, medicine will grant me a couple extra years to kick around.  So that puts me just out of reach of 87.  And I'm not about to go out in a cold month because (1.) I hate cold weather and (2.) I'm a pretty thoughtful guy and don't want to make people stand outside in winter.

24.  People who refuse to acknowledge that other view points other than their own could be possible drive me insane, specifically relating to politics.

25.  I carry out full conversations in my head that might possibly happen the next time I see a person.