25 Things

This exercise has been floating around Facebook for awhile. I've been encouraged to post my response here.

“25 Random Things About Daniel”

1. I share a birthday with Bob Dylan. He had it first.

2. Generally, I avoid spoons. Forks are the preferred utensil, except for cereal.

3. I always wear my socks inside out.

4. I love Muppets, and even if I met the puppeteers in person, I would continue believing the characters are real.

5. I could watch The West Wing all day, every day, for the rest of my life.

6. Perhaps the world’s most brilliant idea was mass-marketing the combination of chocolate and peanut butter. The world’s second-best combo idea was the episode of West Wing featuring the Muppets.

7. I speed up for puddles.

8. I think it would be cool to have treasure; not to spend it, but to bury it.

9. Certain celebrity deaths affect me like they were beloved family members. Why is that?

10. I have trouble coming up with an answer when someone asks me to: “Name one thing you HAVE to do before you die.” Although…

11. I think I’d like to try throwing a grenade.

12. I spent 24 consecutive years in school.

13. For a guy who makes his living making music, I have an awful lot of practicing to do.

14. I drink a lot of rootbeer.

15. 6th grade was my first year in public school. Before that, I attended a country school with two rooms (four if you count restrooms, basement makes five).

16. My first home no longer exists. I’m pretty sad about that.

17. Raffles, door prizes, lotteries, coupons, sweepstakes, contests… I never win. For this reason, I get genuinely excited at fast food restaurants when I discover that lucky, accidental onion ring in my fries. (You know you do too!)

18. For some reason, I don’t hit the “snooze” button; I get up, then re-set the alarm.

19. If they ever need volunteers for time-travel experiments, I’d totally sign up.

20. There are only three home movies (that I recall) of me as a child: (1) me drumming (2) backyard baseball – hitting the ball, then running the wrong way (3) dancing to “Shake it Up” by The Cars.

21. I used to love baseball. A lot. When I was a kid, my parents used to avoid driving past baseball diamonds, because I would demand that we stop and watch whatever game was in progress.

22. Signs that I am aging: (1) I’ve started reading labels on food (2) A student of mine once asked “Who’s O. J. Simpson?” (3) I recently caught myself using the phrase “In those days…”

23. I’d wager I know more than you do about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

24. I enjoyed reading “25 things” about everyone else more than I enjoyed writing mine. :)

25. I really do believe there is freedom in uncertainty.