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100 Things

Last updated September 3rd, 2006.

  1. I don’t like this page.
  2. I put lots of random thoughts on my miniblog.
  3. I am I Don Quixote, the Lord of La Mancha.
  4. I take physics at university
  5. I and a little bit of philosophy
  6. I’m stuck in the bubble
  7. I’m 22
  8. but still have stuffed animals
  9. I own my own football
  10. It’s red, purple, and plush
  11. I own a gyroscope, a compass, and an abacus
  12. I don’t remember how to use the abacus
  13. I’ve eaten shark
  14. and whale
  15. and horse
  16. My favourite place is the Renforth warf
  17. I love swimming
  18. but not at the wharf
  19. Sometimes my Asian friends say I’m more Asian than they are
  20. I’m a little bit hungry right now
  21. I have blue eyes
  22. I don’t know what colour to call my hair
  23. I have a terrible memory for everyday things
  24. but I know the speed of light is 2.99792×10^8 m/s
  25. and that pi is about 3.141592654
  26. I am Canadian
  27. I make it a point to spell things the British way
  28. I have six scars that I know of
  29. One of them is because I wanted jelly beans
  30. It is a Harry Potter scar
  31. I cannot do magic
  32. but I cannot leave the magic
  33. I love Fraggle Rock
  34. Wembley is my favourite Fraggle
  35. My favourite episodes are Marooned and Change of Address
  36. I don’t have a favourite song
  37. My favourite note in a song is the low A between “to be” and “of use” in the line “Even this foul creature may yet prove to be of use to me” in “The Bells of Notre Dame”
  38. I hated 1984 and I’m not afraid to argue the point
  39. I despised Wuthering Heights but for unsupportable reasons, so I won’t argue that one
  40. I’m a terrible corriemuchloch
  41. I wish more people knew what shoeburyness meant
  42. I buy only name brand cereal
  43. I buy any brand shampoo
  44. and the cheap Zellers looseleaf (better than Hilroy)
  45. Rama Revealed made me cry
  46. I can’t remember any movies that have, but I think there’s only been one
  47. I decided Go was my favourite movie without ever seeing it in English
  48. I speak Japanese, poorly
  49. Pocahontas is my favourite Disney movie
  50. But Hunchback of Notre Dame has better music
  51. By definition, I think it’s impossible to change your destiny
  52. There is no difference between “dating” and “a relationship”. See point 99.
  53. I was the editor for my high school yearbook
  54. I played trumpet in a jazz band. I was terrible but I loved it
  55. I have two older brothers and a younger sister
  56. My oldest brother makes more money than my dad
  57. I make less money than anybody, even my little sister, save for my mom
  58. My grandfather had an arranged marriage to the ugliest woman in Europe, or so the story goes
  59. I am Bohemian. Seriously.
  60. I can play piano
  61. I stopped responding to my first name in grade 8, even with the teacher, but not on purpose
  62. My website is like a toy to me
  63. My goal in life is to own my own land with trees and access to a river or a lake
  64. and to have my own library
  65. I’m terrible at procrastinating
  66. I’m a pack rat with anything informative like books, notes, and photographs
  67. If I were going to be anything, I think I’d be Buddhist or Shinto
  68. I always think it’s a bit weird when white people become Buddhists, but I know that’s stupid
  69. I drink an average of 1 litre of milk a day
  70. I prefer skim milk and abhor 2%
  71. I don’t particularly like the Beatles
  72. My favourite sub is the Subway Melt
  73. I take it with everything except olives
  74. I have been to four countries, but I think one doesn’t really count
  75. If I won the lottery I’d give half of it to my mom
  76. and I’d still go to school
  77. and I’d buy a better cell phone
  78. I hate Telus
  79. I don’t drink alcohol
  80. unless someone else pays for it
  81. I’ve never smoked pot and have no desire to
  82. My favourite slogan is “Blood. It’s in you to give.”
  83. I love curling
  84. I have never curled
  85. My mom loves Colleen Jones
  86. Colleen Jones scares me
  87. The CBC once quoted me in their coverage of the federal election
  88. I once had my photo on the cover of the local paper
  89. It was a very, very bad photo
  90. I failed the first level of swimming lessons
  91. It was because I couldn’t blow bubbles
  92. I can blow bubbles now
  93. I can’t dive but I would like to learn
  94. I had the chance when I was younger but didn’t take it
  95. The Olympics make me feel lazy and out of shape, especially the divers
  96. Peter Mansbridge is my favourite news anchor
  97. I have never been to Europe, Africa, South America, or Australia
  98. I intend to go to all four
  99. I hate it when people over complicate things
  100. I’m a lumper, not a splitter. Ask Professor Bisson for details.