25 things

This one of those silly things that get passed around on facebook. I usually don't do many of these but gave in on this one. I haven't posted anything here in a couple of days so I thought I'd post my list of 25 things here also.

You are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. Then pass it on to 25 other people.

1. I've lived my life believing that most rules don't apply to me.

2. I'm a big time procrastinator. This is a character trait that I believe has served me well for the most part. My wife does not agree with this assessment.

3. I suffer from Completion Anxiety Disorder (self diagnosed). I need a team of people to follow me around and complete things that I start. Once I figure out how to do something and believe I could finish it if I wanted to, I get bored, stop and move on to something else.

4. I've spent the night in my car on the side of Route 66 just outside of Tucumcari, NM. This is just the beginning of a great road trip disaster story experienced with Natasha.

5. I was run out of Piggott Arkansas once when I was in High School

6. I love sunsets, not so much sunrises. Dusk is actually my favorite time of the day. Just after the sun has gone down, the black outlines of the trees against the darkening sky is beautiful. There's an eerie melancholy feel to that time of day, making the idea of ghosts, vampires and things that go bump in the night almost seem plausible.

7. I am deeply disappointed that I will never get to go into space. We were supposed to have hotels on the moon by now.

8. Whenever I listen to Jerry Jeff Walker or Robert Earl Keen. I get the urge to move back to Fort Worth.

9. I am a cryer. I cry when I'm happy, I cry when I'm sad, I cry when I'm mad. Movies, songs, tv shows, books, commercials all make me cry. Just start the movies Field of Dreams or Saving Private Ryan and I'll start crying and cry from beginning to end.

10. My personal best in the Bench Press is 320 lbs.

11. I believe that Buddy Guy is the greatest guitar player ever.

12. Spent the first 15 minutes of my only Springsteen concert fighting the urge to weep and scream like a teenage girl at a Beatles show. I'm getting a little teary eyed just remembering.

13. I do not plan on ever retiring from Softball

14. I love musicals (except for ones with Streisand in them or The Sound of Music, those I hate). One of the many benefits from having daughters.

15. Met and chatted with Ike Turner after a late night showing of Pulp Fiction in NLR. I believe it was my 6th or 7th time to see it. My one and only time to meet Ike.

16. I am terrified of spiders. Dianna has to kill them.

17. I hate to run unless it involves a ball or bat of somekind. Running for fun is just craziness, but I do plan on completing a marathon. I'm shooting for the 2010 Little Rock Marathon. After that I do not plan on running another step for the rest of my life.

18. Took one of those online quizzes to see where you fit religiously. Apparently I'm a Quaker.

19. Wishes that Jeff and Victoria and Joey and Kasey lived here. I would like to see them more often.

20. I do not like Public Prayer in non-religious settings (ballgames, government meetings, political gatherings, etc). I think it is wrong and offensive to God.

21. I believe my wife is the only person I've known who tries to do what is right in every situation even when she doesn't want to. She doesn't always succeed but she tries. I admire her for that.

22. I'm extremely proud of my daughters Natasha and Latisha and the work that they do. It makes me believe that we did something right.

23. Likes my son-in-law Stephen more than a rock (inside joke). Actually I love him more than he'll ever know and thank God that he's married to Latisha.

24. See #3.

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