While I was away from Tumblr earlier this week, I ended up being tagged by three different people (Kapi, thedvsangel, msbadkittie) for a 16 Fun Facts About ____. I’ve usually kept away from writing in great detail about my personal life, but I’ll make an exception this time around.

1. I currently reside in Austin, Texas and have been here since 2004. It’s a fun place and I’ve always enjoyed the fact that I’m only seven minutes away from seeing a show. That’s a hell of a lot better than the hour drive to Houston I was forced to take back in the day.

2. I’m an amalgam of all things geeky. Comic books, video games, horror movies, sci-fi, music; I’m knowledgeable in all areas of geek.

3. I once tried to get onto the TV show, VH1 World Series of Pop Culture, but it never happened. My team passed the initial written test, did an interview with some people, but never got a call-back.

4. I once accidentally signed up for a week long Mormon retreat (turns out the girl I dated at the time was one of them, whoops!). The host family I got stuck with was well known as being one of the more hardcore Mormon families, and after one day of dealing with their oddities, I heavily considered running off during the night.

5. In high school, I played the baritone for the marching band. I absolutely hated marching and band competitions, but liked the people in it. I can vividly remember my first marching competition where we lost by a considerable amount and laughing at the other people around me who were all in tears. It never made too much sense for me to be invested in something so inane, you know?

6. I’ve had a bizarre dating record as in none of the girls I’ve been with were ever alike in any way shape or form (except two shared a liking for the coke).

7. My favorite class of my high school senior year was Economics. For bonus points, I signed up with my girlfriend to teach a class of first graders about the pure, basic fundamentals of money for a full week. We did the time but convinced our teacher that we were so well received that they wanted us to continue helping out in the classroom. The eco teacher praised both of us as outstanding individuals to anyone that would listen; completely unaware that we’d just go over to my house and engage in hot, sweaty premarital sex.

8. I try to stay away from most fast food joints, but occassionally have to drown myself in Oreo shakes from Jack In The Box.

9. The weirdest compliment that I’ve ever received was during a first date with some short, brunette chick : “You know, you’d make a great father one day.”

10. The last fist-fight I got into was at the recent GWAR show. I omitted that out of my initial writing for personal reasons, but I did end up kicking the dude’s ass. My hands were cut up for a while and due to the cold weather, they would sometimes crack up and slightly bleed at work. I ended up receiving several odd stares from old lady co-workers in the copy room. No one ever asked me anything about them though.

11. I talk to myself when I’m in my car. I engage in conversations that could happen during the day or verbally go through scenarios that feasibly could occur. I’m sure that this might seem crazy, but it all has to do with my hatred of being caught without any thing to say or just hearing how things sound when emphasized differently.

12. I love hair metal in a non-ironic way. I once saw three different incarnations of Warrant in a span of a year.

13. At the ripe age of nineteen, I ended up becoming the assistant manager of a popular Mexican restaurant (Tortugas) in my hometown. I ended up getting paid buckos of dollars while at home and became an alcoholic in a serious, non joking manner. Even now when I’m out having a drink, I tend to over-indulge but have come a long way.

14. Oh, I don’t get hangovers UNLESS it’s something super-fucking sweet. Midori kills my brain but vodka, rum, beer, bourbon, wine, and scotch get along with me just fine.

15. Some of the Tumblr trends annoy me and I try my best not to fall into those traps. I try my best not to re-blog everything that comes my way, I will not post personal insecurities in a veiled attempt to fish for compliments from followers, and (most importantly) I won’t pander to one particular person with every single one of my posts.

16. I have never sent pictures of my penis over the internet.

There we are! A self-indulgent, vanity posting to anyone who’s interested.

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