092306 25 Random Things About Me

Well, I guess I just had to receive this one day… and here it is. Someone asked me to do the 25 Random Things About Me thing that made its rounds last year on Facebook. Well here we go.

25. I am deathly afraid of syringes. But only if they are meant for me. I can give people shots… I just can’t take one myself.

24. I have a slight fear of unfamiliar dogs and cats. Once I get to know them, I am fine afterwards.

23. I had my first “real” kiss at 10 from an older friend. For a while, I thought she was my cousin, but that turned out not to be the case.

22. I lost my virginity at 13. And I kind of wish I had waited. I don’t regret what happened, I just wish I knew more about what I was doing.

21. I have to chew anything that I put in my mouth… ice cream, drinks, pens… anything. Just some obsession I have.

20. I have been diagnosed as having obsessive compulsive disorder. I have to have certain things done a certain way or organized a certain way, if not, I can become angered or disappointed.

19. I also have slight anger issues that I was prescribed Celexa but I refused to take. I relied on old martial arts training and meditation to get me through it.

18. I was officially hired into the L.A.P.D. on September 11, 2001. Scary huh. Though because of the events of that day, I didn’t start until the following Monday.

17. I have been engaged twice. Once to a girl who I was only with for physical reasons and stopped the ceremony just short of the altar in Vegas. The other time was to my wife, Desiree.

16. I am addicted to any candy with chocolate and peanut butter. Put those two together and you create sheer candy bliss.

15. I used to fight for money in street fights around my old neighborhood. It wasn’t bad either. Sometimes I walked away with up to $500 a fight.

14. Even though I used to fight, I am still afraid of being hit. Funny, cause usually I would let them take the first swing. Just had to do it that way though.

13. When angered, my first instinct is to hop in the car and drive so as to avoid a big fight or argument. I don’t like letting people close to me see me lose my temper.

12. From about the age of 12 until about 20 going on 21, I had a pretty bad drug and substance problem. I quit on my own, but only because of finally letting my family closer to me.

11. I am probably the most accident prone person I know. I have broken bones on more than 10 occasions, I have 13 known concussions, and I have torn so many things, I lost count.

10. I have survived 3 major accidents. One, a car ran a stop and sideswiped me. Two, when my car caught fire and exploded. Three when my best friend was hit with me in the car.

9. I would still be working at for Disney if I had a choice. Only thing that made me leave the company was that the pay was not on par with what other companies paid.

8. I met my wife on MySpace.com. For as much I as avoided internet dating, it is funny that I would meet my wife cause of a random message to a fellow Sailor Moon fan.

7. I hate cell phones. I do not like the idea of being contacted at all hours of the day. But I do understand the convenience of them.

6. If given the choice of sleep and video games, video games wins hands down. Video games are probably my best outlet for anything that I have ever come across.

5. I have been known to just sometimes start singing just out of the blue. Even without realizing it. A coworker once told me I sang for my entire shift and I never noticed that I was doing so.

4. In the entirety of my life so far, I can count on one hand how many people I have sincerely said “I love you” to outside of my family and actually have meant it.

3. For being the age that I am, it is hard for me to think of myself as anything but still a kid. Yes, I am grown up, but deep inside, the child in me will always be the most important part of me.

2. The greatest thing I have been called, or ever will be called, is “daddy.” My children are the greatest part of my life and I can’t see myself without them ever again.

1. For as much posturing and bolstering that I do, I really am shy at heart. I come across as extroverted and friendly, but deep inside, I am shaking right down to my very soul.