Since everyone else is doing it…
Here’s 25 random things about me…
1. I am addicted to used book/movie shops. There are two here in Knoxville that I spend way too much time at.
2. As #1 might hint at, I’m an avid collector of both dvds, books, AND cds. My friend Matt has called me a pop culture sponge.
3. I am double jointed in almost all of my fingers (just not the thumbs).
4. My dad’s a Baptist preacher. He’s been a bi-vocational pastor most of my life, but now ministers as an Associate Pastor to Senior Adults full time at his church.
5. I won the school spelling bee in 5th grade, and came in 15th in the county bee (out of about 80). I went out on the word “pachyderm”
6. I have a closet full of random T-shirts, which during the fall and spring I love to wear over one of my many thermal shirts.
7. I have an usual love of martial arts films, especially the older films of Jackie Chan.
8. When I was in middle school, I wanted to be a lawyer. I read all of John Grisham’s books in a few months time. Then as soon as I got into high school, discovered the guitar, and realized I was a slacker, I left lawyering behind.
9. I’ve always had a secret desire to become a con artist. Not the kind that steals from old women, but the kind who pulls long cons and grifts…I think I could totally pull it off.
10. When I was in college, my friend Sam and I stayed up all night and watched the movie Almost Famous on my laptop just to have an excuse to skip our Philosophy class.
11. My dad and I almost got into a fight with some drunk guys at a Knoxville Speed hockey game when I was like 14. Well, dad almost got into a fight, but I totally had his back.
12. I am obsessed. OBSESSED. with the Avett Brothers. They’re the greatest band in the universe and everyone should know it.
13. My friend Matt Cheney and I used to eat pizza out of pizza boxes in the hall trash can in college (yes, I stole this from his list, but we did do it together). One time we found crazy bread. Score!
14. I think McDonald’s Sweet Tea is entirely too good to come from a fast food place.
15. Some of my friends and I have a tradition where we go to Waffle House on each others’ birthday. We always listen to “El Paso” by Marty Robbins and “Picture” by KidRock and Sheryl Crow on the jukebox.
16. I’ve never been drunk, and I didn’t taste alcohol until I turned 21.
17. One snowy night in college, my roommate Andy, our friend Sam and I played in the snow at 3 in the morning. It was magical, and we thought there wouldn’t be school the next day. But there was. Also, Sam tried to slide down the sidewalk that cuts through Henderson lawn and he totally faceplanted. It was awesome.
18. The 23rd of this month, my girlfriend and I will have been together 10 months. That’s bananas.
19. Speaking of my girlfriend, our first real date was to Waffle House. She’d never been there.
20. I started playing guitar seriously when I was 15.
21. I realized I could sing when I was about 10. I started singing songs a capella in church.
22. I read every Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys mystery I could find when I was in middle school. I had a crush on Beth.
23. I have catchphrases. I don’t really know how they start, but certain phrases find their way into my vernacular and stay there. Examples: “I’m just sayin’,” “true story,” “look it up,” etc.
24. Two of my best friends and I have a band. We’ve only played two shows, and we call ourselves the Jesus Cowboys. We are awesome.
25. I’ve only been to Hooter’s once. And it was with my old roommate Andy. Our waitress had pink hair. It was only slightly awkward. Okay, it was a lot of awkward.