25 MORE things you might not know about me:
It has been a year since this went around on Facebook the first time(my first 25 are below), and although a few people really didn’t like it, I think a lot of people really enjoyed it. I thought I'd do another 25:1. My biggest pet peeve is people camping in the left lane of a multi lane road! It symbolizes in many ways what is wrong with drivers and the larger society in this country...However, the biggest thing that makes me very angry is texting while driving. I’m not sure what the hell could be so important that you would risk both my life and many others to do this. I am pretty convinced that this will be what gets me killed one day.
2. I wish I didn't, but I really liked the movie Transformers! However, one of my favorite movies is Crash.
3. My anger is INVERSELY proportional to the gravity of the situation.
If it is very important, I'll chew on it a while and slowly get angry. If it
isn't very important, I'll anger quickly.
4. I'm not in any way a fireman or wannabe, but I've run into a burning
building on two occasions. Three times in one incident.
5. One of the most fun and challenging things I've done was flying
helicopters.
6. I've learned a lot in my short 44 years, but the biggest thing is I
don't know crap! I sure wish sometimes other people could figure that out
too...
7. Another thing I've learned is no one can make you feel unhappy or
angry. How you react is completely up to you. Although situations occur
outside of your control, YOU can control your reactions.
8. I was, for a short time (a month), wrongly diagnosed with cancer.
This allowed me to look at my life from a very different perspective.
Thankfully, I found I had no regrets and really would do it the same again.
It is a very powerful discovery to know that you really have been living a
good and balanced life!
9. I'm in a relationship unlike anything I've known in my adult life. I
really didn't know it could be like this! Yea it’s “Hollywood” type good!
10. My closest friends are all over the country, thanks to an internet
group of motorcycle riders that meet everywhere (www.bmwsporttouring.com) and cell phones that eliminated such a thing as long distance phone calls.
11. Although I initially scoffed at Facebook, it has been a wonderful
experience and allowed me to find folks that I've thought about often, but
lost touch with many years ago. It's nice to be able to catch up and find
some great "old" friends!
12. I think life is full of choices. Many people really don't think they
have a choice when they do. You can truly decide how you will react to
things, and can actually DECIDE to be happy or unhappy. (see number 7)
13. Although I'm pretty sporty on a motorcycle, I'm a much better driver
than rider (from a performance/ability perspective.)
14. I once bench pressed 300 lbs. I don’t’ know if I could do 10 now!
15. I absolutely love Formula 1 auto racing. I like road racing so I
tend to enjoy most European and Australian racing. (left and right turns with
hills, for you NASCAR fans.)
16. I also really enjoy MotoGP, (the Formula 1 of motorcycles) although
at many tracks the last few years, the 250 Grand Prix was MUCH more
exciting.
17. I have now been to all 50 states and ridden my motorcycle in 49. I’ve seen some amazing country and met some neat people.
18. I am convinced that this country is doomed. No matter which side is right, the inability to compromise and the even BIGGER inability to break away from lobbyists/special interests and do the right thing will be the death of the U.S. as we, and especially our parents, knew it. Washington D.C. is paralyzed and I am now convinced the only thing they can do is pass things that help large corporations and can no longer help Joe Regular Guy in any functional way whatsoever.
19. After 21 years, I’m finally getting to enjoy ( a little bit) my flight benefits. We went to The Netherlands for a weekend and are planning on traveling a lot more in the future.
20. Thanks to the internet and all the riding I’ve done, I have met people from all over the world and it has been amazing. I still got a lot more folks to meet and can’t wait!
21. If I had to become a vegetarian, I might just go completely nuts. Not that I have any issue with it, I just love meat that much!
22. I often wonder if TV and computers are the greatest blessing or worst curse man has seen… Can they be both?
23. I don’t know if it is age, or working graveyard shift, but I am now fully infected with CRS Syndrome. I still remember a lot of stuff from “back when” but can’t seem to retain much of what happened last month no matter how important I think it is…
24. I used to live in a warehouse (for 5 years) and I’d do it again tomorrow.
25. I hope that anyone who reads this will be inspired to do something like this list.
