Well, since we're at it...

[khaosworks]

100. I'm not as smart as people think I am.
99. I've got the grades to prove it.
98. My life proves God has a sense of humor.
97. I believe in God, and profess to be a Christian.
96. Yes, I fucking am.
95. But I'm a heretic.
94. I'll explain when you ask me.
93. I once went 4 years describing myself as a humanistic agnostic existentialist.
92. I was into philosophy, and also a poseur. Everyone is at 17.
91. I'd just read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and thought it was the fount of all wisdom.
90. I still think it's a pretty good book, but don't base my life around it anymore.
89. People find me intimidating, for some reason.
88. I was not liked by most of my peers throughout high school.
87. One of my best friends told me then, "I don't like you, but I respect you."
86. I figured I'd settle for that. I still do.
85. I'm still not considered a "fun" person and nobody here invites me to parties.
84. I don't mind. I don't know what to do at parties.
83. I taught myself to type when I was 12.
82. My aunt was jealous of the fact that I could type faster than her just using two fingers even though she had undergone a secretarial course.
81. I want to know everything - my first law is, "All information is useful."
80. I know less trivia than most people think.
79. People think I'm "strong" and "together" and "secure" and "self-sufficient." I just have a good poker face.
78. I can be an ungrateful son of a bitch, sometimes.
77. I taught myself to ignore pain when I was in grade school.
76. My mother stopped disciplining me with a cane when I just stood there and took it without reacting.
75. I'm scared to do a lot of things because I might fail.
74. I am the Patron Saint of Minor Embarrassments.
73. I did not try to kill my younger sister when she was growing up.
72. The photograph is lies, I tell you, lies!
71. I fall in love very fast and very easily.
70. A pretty face attracts me more than a good body.
69. I am shallow in my perception of beauty.
68. I am completely crap at math.
67. A math teacher once told me not to bother showing up at classes.
66. I skipped my final high school math exam to watch the U2 "Rattle and Hum" movie.
65. Three women have rejected me by telling me they only loved me "with the love of the Lord".
64. My ideal country would have American freedoms, Singaporean food, and English culture.
63. I can't remember a lot of my childhood. My sisters are better at that.
62. My life story is like a war - long stretches of boredom and inactivity peppered with moments of frenzied panic, explosions, and people running for safety.
61. Sometimes, I prefer living in my head.
60. I haven't written anything new for 10 years - I think I've forgotten how.
59. I have dated, but not been in love, since my divorce.
58. I hate blind dates, and watching movies alone.
57. I know more about comic books than any person in Singapore.
56. Yes, I find this extremely sad, too.
55. I don't compliment people as much as I should.
54. I love my sisters more than they realize.
53. Of course I do. They're my sisters, for Christ's sake.
52. For me, family is a good enough reason.
51. My closest friends are also family.
50. I am afraid of dentists and psychiatrists.
49. The latter because I am afraid they will decide to commit me to an institution.
48. I like to pontificate.
47. I have been called a good kisser by at least two women.
46. My first original story was called "Terror of the Trodes".
45. It has thankfully been lost to time.
44. I'm still recycling stuff that's been in my head since I was 13.
43. Nothing infuriates me more than stupidity. At least ignorance is curable.
42. Uninformed opinions also piss me off.
41. I hate to admit I am wrong, but will do so if presented with incontrovertible evidence.
40. I am good at arguing. I got that from my Mom.
39. She denies this vehemently - and we have had arguments about this, too.
38. I think this proves something, don't you?
37. I never quite believe it when people say my work is good.
36. I am unaccountably lazy and procrastinate a lot.
35. I drew whole comic books as a child. The evidence no longer exists, sadly.
34. I am insufferably proud of how I have shaped (often against their will) my sisters' literary tastes.
33. I once contemplated suicide because I was bored.
32. I didn't do it because I'm more afraid of dying than of living.
31. The things I find most attractive in women are intelligence and competence.
30. And if you look like Linda Park, that's a bonus.
29. I have always wanted to write a blues novel.
28. I have no idea how.
27. I am overly sentimental and sniffle at sappy things, like the ending of The Last Starfighter.
26. I am a frustrated Romantic.
25. I can be horribly insensitive to other people's feelings.
24. People dread asking me questions because I always give them full, encyclopedically detailed answers.
23. I've learned to control that over the years.
22. I like guns and weaponry.
21. It's an odd thing, I know, but I appreciate the artistry of the engineering and design.
20. I don't express my innermost feelings easily.
19. My peers usually have happier lives than I do, and I envy them.
18. I am a veteran of the gender wars and have the scars to prove it.
17. I give good, unvarnished advice.
16. I wish my ideas were more original.
15. I wish I could write again.
14. I have a knight in tarnished armor complex - think Phillip Marlowe.
13. I'm still searching for a place to belong, be happy, and someone to share that with.
12. I am full of aphorisms and pithy sayings.
11. I'm a horrible actor, even though I've been in three high school productions.
10. One of them being Uncle Ben in "Death of a Salesman".
9. Still, my dream role is to play Henry Higgins in my favorite musical, "My Fair Lady".
8. I spend my life not living up to my potential.
7. No, I'm not being modest - I'm being objective.
6. I was raised on American and British pop culture.
5. I wish I was rich enough to get all the toys I want.
4. "Is anybody there? Does anybody care? Does anybody see what I see?"
3. I am never truly satisfied with anything that I do.
2. My sense of humor descends from Monty Python, Ambrose Bierce and Charles Addams - a combination of the absurd, the acerbic, and the macabre.
1. I am a geek, with all that it entails.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I like you. I would like you even if I knew you.