25 things about me

Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.


(To do this, go to "notes" under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)

1. I finished typing my 25 things a few days ago, and then deleted the whole thing by accident. I just did this again. This is my third time typing 25 interesting facts about myself.

2. I've been to 10 major league baseball stadiums, but have only seen games played in 9.

3. Two questions I always answer yes to: "Would you like to go on a walk?" and "Do you want a Costco hot dog?"

4. Two questions I always answer no to: "Would you like to hold this gun?" and "Would you like pickles on that?"

5. If I could have dinner with any four people, I'd eat with Barack Obama, Magic Johnson, Reese Witherspoon and Bear Grylls.

6. We would eat salmon.

7. I have no idea what I would say to any of them.

8. I refuse to use chat slang like "LOL" "BRB" or "C U L8R." I can type fast enough that these things don't slow me down, plus I think they make me look dumb. I also think this is the reason so many people can't spell anymore.

9. Someone in my family has either been enrolled or employed by Oregon State University almost continuously since 1907.

10. I cry more than I used to. I think this is because I'm a parent.

11. I smile more than I used to. I know this is because I'm a parent.

12. I think Rachel and I had a boy because we couldn't come up with a name for a girl.

13. We settled on Jonah for our son's name because she liked it from the kid's name in Sleepless in Seattle, and I liked it because Jonah Nickerson led OSU to the national championship in baseball.

14. I'd rather be too cold than too hot.

15. Two girls have asked me the question "do you think she's cuter than me?" Twice I said yes. Twice the girl was mad. Twice I refused to apologize.

16. My hair started going gray in 10th grade.

17. I dyed my hair once using some Just for Men that my brother got me for Christmas. I looked like a freak with freakishly brown hair. I refuse to ever dye it again.

18. All of my grandparents lived to see their 85th birthday. I think this is a good sign.

19. I am a teetotaller.

20. I had to look up how to spell teetotaller. I'm still confused, because it said "teetotaller or teetotaler" and then gave a definition.

21. I visited Alaska with the sole mission of seeing a wild moose. I ended up taking a taxi to the Anchorage Zoo on my last day there to see one in captivity.

22. On January 1, 2010 I will be 30 years old. However, I will have lived in parts of five decades (70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s). I know this is true for everyone born in 1979, but I still find it awesome.

23. I believe in aliens, ghosts, bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster if for no other reason than I think the world is more interesting if these things exist.

24. I can never remember important things like when the bill is due, what time I need to pick up my son, or what we need at the grocery store, but I know all the words to Bust a Move by Young MC, even though I haven't heard the song in years.

25. The only thing harder than figuring out 25 interesting things about yourself is figuring out 25 people that would be interested in reading 25 things interesting about yourself.