Posted by brandonthedeveloper at January 29th, 2009

I got hit with the 25 Random Things meme on Facebook and thought I’d repost here. Enjoy.

25 things you might not know about me:

1. I love math but suck at managing money.
2. I love the taste of black coffee and putting anything else in it aside from caffeine is a damn shame.
3. I love beer.
4. I most likely have Celiacs Disease but I am not very good at not eating products containing wheat even though I know I feel way better when I don’t.
5. I am super proud of my kids.
6. I have a blood disorder that has never been identified that has caused me to have two Pulmonary Embolisms in the last five years. And, unless they come up with something better, I will be taking blood thinners for the rest of my life. That means I am not supposed to skateboard or ride my bike because if I fell hard enough, it could cause internal bleeding.
7. I fell hard enough in 2005 and spent more time in the hospital.
8. I am really self conscious of the amount of weight I have gained due to side effects of the blood thinners.
9. I get choked up when I think about Joe Strummer.
10. I am a published author.
11. I am an Adobe User Group manager.
12. I have serious problems with organization.
13. I shave (on average) about once a week.
14. I’ve worked from home for the last four years.
15. I like the sense of calm from washing dishes or vacuuming but am not a neat person.
16. I think people should have patience with each other but if you drive slow in front of me, you don’t count.
17. I switched from years of Windows to Mac three years ago and love it.
18. If I were told all I could eat everyday forever was Vietnamese food that would be alright with me.
19. I love to write code.
20. If I could have a super power it would be the power to make people drop their lunch.
21. I daydream while I brush my teeth and will stand there brushing for 2-3 minutes before I realize I was daydreaming again.
22. I love living in Richmond.
23. I am a capable of finding the slowest line in ANY store without even trying.
24. I have almost nightly dreams since I was a kid that the sky is a living thing.
25. There is no better dessert than a Dairy Queen Pecan Cluster Blizzard.