Arne (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} thebrightboy) wrote,@ 2009-02-06 10:58:00 |
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meme time: 25 thingsI know it's been going around Facebook for a while now, and since I've been tagg
I know it's been going around Facebook for a while now, and since I've been tagged eleventy-three times I guess I should participate. Plus, I don't have any real content that I want to write about at the moment, so...
1. I've recently learned how to knit and really like it. I'm not great at it yet, but I find it relaxing. Productive fidgetting.
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3. I feel like an impostor most of the time.
4. Although I proudly self-identify as a geek, I haven't yet found my topic to really geek out over. For instance, I read Watchmen for the first time last year.
5. I'm really good at starting new projects and getting them to about two-thirds done, but I really stink at grinding out that last bit. I'd much rather think about the Next New Thing.
6. I am an Eagle Scout. Probably not a huge surprise.
7. I am really enjoying reconnecting with friends (and people I wasn't even close with) from high school on Facebook. Five years ago, ten years ago, I would have sworn that I was done with most people from high school forever. Today? It's kind of nice catching up. Something about shared miseries, hehe.
8. Sometimes I want to take up smoking, for the weight-loss benefits.
9. I once stole a door from my fraternity's basement, then wasn't believed when I admitted it. No, wait, that was Richard Feynman.
10. I just accepted a job working for a neuroscience lab who wants to move into cell and molecular biology. Ack! /panic
11. I wish I had more hobbies that I was good at. Current desires: learning to play the piano, being a better knitter, learning to spin (!), having a garden, brewing beer, pwning n00bs in PVP.
12. Over the past few months, I have watched seasons 1 through 3 of the US version of The Office and love it. I remember watching the first few episodes when it originally aired and hating it and am really impressed with how they've found their voice and improved. Can't wait to get caught up with seasons 4 and 5 and whatever is airing now. Is that 5?
13. My gaming PC just died and my laptop has probably gone past its expected lifetime. Hmm. I want to replace the laptop with a MacBook, but what do I do with the gaming PC? Relatively inexpensive new MB/processor/video card? That's probably worthwhile.
14. I need a haircut.
15. I keep thinking of things that amuse me to write when I'm away from my computer, then forgetting about them by the time I get back to my office.
16. I mindlessly tap, hum, and whistle constantly, much to my wife's annoyance.
17. I really need to take a shower and get doing something productive today.
18. I've lived in Gainesville for almost my entire life. While I really like it, I would like to live in some different areas before we finally settle down.
19. I wish I were a better writer.
20. I've gotten in the habit of listening to Old Time Radio when I fall asleep at night. My mind seems to need a little bit of a distraction, or I have difficulty falling asleep. If I do manage to fall asleep without some noise, I tend to have bad dreams.
21. I remember bad memories more clearly than good ones. For instance, two of my earliest memories from school are being laughed at because I didn't know where to put the tray in the cafeteria after lunch in kindergarten and having to write my name on the board in first grade because I was too loud. How petty, but still...
22. I've carried a Swiss Army knife or Leatherman in my pocket since tenth or eleventh grade. If I did that know, I'd probably be expelled. Hell, I probably could have been expelled then.
23. I like to cook and am good at following a recipe. I think there's some sort of connection between science and cooking, but maybe that's just how my brain works.
24. I'm out of good ideas to share.
25. While beer and bacon are delicious, I doubt that bacon-flavored beer would be very good.
I know it's been going around Facebook for a while now, and since I've been tagged eleventy-three times I guess I should participate. Plus, I don't have any real content that I want to write about at the moment, so...
1. I've recently learned how to knit and really like it. I'm not great at it yet, but I find it relaxing. Productive fidgetting.
2. 32w4444444444444444444444444444444444444
3. I feel like an impostor most of the time.
4. Although I proudly self-identify as a geek, I haven't yet found my topic to really geek out over. For instance, I read Watchmen for the first time last year.
5. I'm really good at starting new projects and getting them to about two-thirds done, but I really stink at grinding out that last bit. I'd much rather think about the Next New Thing.
6. I am an Eagle Scout. Probably not a huge surprise.
7. I am really enjoying reconnecting with friends (and people I wasn't even close with) from high school on Facebook. Five years ago, ten years ago, I would have sworn that I was done with most people from high school forever. Today? It's kind of nice catching up. Something about shared miseries, hehe.
8. Sometimes I want to take up smoking, for the weight-loss benefits.
9. I once stole a door from my fraternity's basement, then wasn't believed when I admitted it. No, wait, that was Richard Feynman.
10. I just accepted a job working for a neuroscience lab who wants to move into cell and molecular biology. Ack! /panic
11. I wish I had more hobbies that I was good at. Current desires: learning to play the piano, being a better knitter, learning to spin (!), having a garden, brewing beer, pwning n00bs in PVP.
12. Over the past few months, I have watched seasons 1 through 3 of the US version of The Office and love it. I remember watching the first few episodes when it originally aired and hating it and am really impressed with how they've found their voice and improved. Can't wait to get caught up with seasons 4 and 5 and whatever is airing now. Is that 5?
13. My gaming PC just died and my laptop has probably gone past its expected lifetime. Hmm. I want to replace the laptop with a MacBook, but what do I do with the gaming PC? Relatively inexpensive new MB/processor/video card? That's probably worthwhile.
14. I need a haircut.
15. I keep thinking of things that amuse me to write when I'm away from my computer, then forgetting about them by the time I get back to my office.
16. I mindlessly tap, hum, and whistle constantly, much to my wife's annoyance.
17. I really need to take a shower and get doing something productive today.
18. I've lived in Gainesville for almost my entire life. While I really like it, I would like to live in some different areas before we finally settle down.
19. I wish I were a better writer.
20. I've gotten in the habit of listening to Old Time Radio when I fall asleep at night. My mind seems to need a little bit of a distraction, or I have difficulty falling asleep. If I do manage to fall asleep without some noise, I tend to have bad dreams.
21. I remember bad memories more clearly than good ones. For instance, two of my earliest memories from school are being laughed at because I didn't know where to put the tray in the cafeteria after lunch in kindergarten and having to write my name on the board in first grade because I was too loud. How petty, but still...
22. I've carried a Swiss Army knife or Leatherman in my pocket since tenth or eleventh grade. If I did that know, I'd probably be expelled. Hell, I probably could have been expelled then.
23. I like to cook and am good at following a recipe. I think there's some sort of connection between science and cooking, but maybe that's just how my brain works.
24. I'm out of good ideas to share.
25. While beer and bacon are delicious, I doubt that bacon-flavored beer would be very good.
