25 Random Things About Me

I was tagged with one of those viral memes that I recall were ricocheting around the blogosphere a few years back. But this one happened on Facebook, and the difference is that on Facebook I’m connected to some old college and high school friends who aren’t necessarily bloggers and who don’t read this blog. I don’t really know too much about what’s going on in their lives, nor they mine, but I’m curious, and they might be as well. So I was actually interested, I participated, and herewith I am cross-pasting 25 random things about me.

1. I have a daughter, eleven months old. For many years I was convinced we’d never have kids, so this is a pretty big development.
2. I take the same lunch to work most days: a carrot, a sandwich, an apple.
3. I was epileptic, with serious seizures, but I seem to have outgrown it about ten years ago.
4. I live in Mid-City New Orleans. Yes, we were flooded in 2005. Yes, we rebuilt.
5. I recently learned that I have a high “need for cognition” which basically means I like to think. About everything. A lot.
6. I am considered tall by most people.
7. I have three earrings which I remove annually for cleaning – whether they need it or not.
8. I work at a historically black college.
9. I thought the war in Iraq was wrong from the get-go.
10. I think solstices and equinoxes are pretty cool.
11. I worked as a telemarketer for seven years, off and on, strictly part time.
12. I lived in Sweden for a year between high school and college.
13. I consider myself an atheist, but I still think religion and spirituality is an important aspect of human experience.
14. I consider myself an anarchist but that doesn’t mean I blow things up.
15. I consider myself an intellectual but that doesn’t mean I think I’m smarter than you.
16. I once got arrested for streaking.
17. I smoked pot on MTV.
18. My parents are very proud of me.
19. I was involved in putting the first TV series on the internet.
20. I’ve been blogging steadily since March 2004.
21. I have kept a diary off and on since 1977 (when I was ten years old).
22. My favorite movie is Murder My Sweet which totally rules over The Big Sleep as the best Raymond Chandler film noir.
23. I enjoy reading science fiction.
24. I’ve ridden my bike to work (almost) every day for the last nine years.
25. I am obsessed with the Caribbean and hope to visit there again… some day.

Now then. If you actually read all that, let me know if there’s one in particular you’d like to know more about. If there’s a clear winner I’ll be sure to write a follow-up and expand upon it.