About Me

100 Facts About Me:

1. I answer to my first name now due to simplicity but I grew up going by my middle name.
2. I grew up going by my middle name because I had a lisp until the 3rd grade that made my first name difficult.
3. I am named after my grandfather whom I never met. 
4. My favorite color is blue.
5. I love surfing but I'm not very good
6. I started snowboarding 3 years ago. 
7. Come to think of it - i just have a fascination with boards - surf, snowboard, stakeboard, wakeboard...
8. In high school I bleached my hair blond. I knew it was as ugly as my dad said it was but I didn't tell him that.
9. Perfectly good chocolate can be ruined with even the slightest hint of mint. 
10. I can wiggle my ears. 
11. Gum makes my jaws sore.
12. I wear a size 11.5 US shoe. 
13. I've broken my collarbone 3x - twice was from falling off of a bed and the last time was a wakeboarding accident. 
14. I've also broken my wrist, my ankle, two ribs, a couple of fingers, and had severe contusions along my spine from a football accident. 
15. I've had 3 different surgeries and the drugs were easily the best part.
16. I hit my cousin in the head with a baseball bat (accident) resulting in 4 stitches for him. 
17. I shoved a machete through my hand on a scout camp out. My toten chip was immediately revoked.
18. I took karate as a kid - I can still perform the first form/routine I ever learned. 
19. I drove a 93 Jeep Wrangler (red) in high school.
20. I bought a motorcycle a 2 years ago and sold it last summer. 
21. I have a concealed weapons permit but I hardly ever carry. 
22. I'm usually the first one out when playing "Never Have I Ever..." with friends.
23. I like to sleep against the wall. 
24. I can't handle seeing a jug of milk sit on the edge of a shelf in the refrigerator. 
25. I'm scared that the ghost of an Indian Chief will be in the kitchen if the lights aren't on when I walk in because of an episode of "Unsolved Mysteries" I watched as a kid. I usually leave the stove lamp on because of it.
26. I wish I had longer hair. 
27. I was voted biggest flirt in high school. 
28. I like the smell of freshly cut grass - as long as I'm not the one cutting it.
29. The first time I read "The Hobbit" I thought it was about funny danish people with swords. I was in Elementary school so don't judge to hard. 
30. I have a fedora - I've never been brave enough to wear it outside of my room. 
31. I hate fishing. and baseball. To me - they're kind of the same thing. 
32. I've had a job every summer since I was 12.
33. My first job was on a blueberry farm. I know a lot about blue berries. Seriously - ask me anything. 
34. As a kid - I negotiated a pay for singing in a baptist church.
35. I spend a lot of free time reading news articles. 
36. I tend to be a jack-of-all-trades but a master of none. 
37. I have a secret fascination with acappella groups. 
38. I had too look up how to spell 'acappella.'
39. I have a pet peeve when people get where/were, affect/effect, and their/they're mixed up but I myself do it all the time. 
40. My favorite talk radio show is "Coast to Coast AM"
41. I sing all the time but not in front of anyone.
42. My brain demands that I listen to songs on repeat for long periods of time until they are completely ruined for me. 
43. I had 1 week between the time that I got my mission call to the time I left for Provo. 
44. I love seafood - particularly creole cuisine. 
45. My favorite city is Cusco.
46. I lived in Peru for a few months while working in a micro-financing intern.
47. My favorite place on earth is a point at the lake near my house. 
48. I drink a lot of Coca-cola. 
49. I usually leave half the bottle full. Just can't seem to ever finish it before it goes flat.
50. I don't know my blood type. 
51. I've given blood once - i had to lay on the table for 3 hours before I could get up. 
52. As a kid - my favorite books to read was "Goosebumps."
53. I use ";)" in texts even when I know i shouldn't
54. My second language is Spanish. 
55. I love staying in hostels - even after I saw the movie.
56. Halloween is my favorite holiday. 
57. Horror movies are my favorite genre.
58. I put creole seasoning "Tony Chachares" on everything I can. 
59. If you give me apple juice, I'll drink it until i'm sick. 
60. I peed my pants in a little league baseball game when I was 8. Mom made me hang my pants out of the truck window to dry them and then drove me back to the game to finish. 
61. I have a scar on my neck where I tried curling my rat tail with a curling iron when i was little. 
62. I had chicken pox 3 times. 
63. I'm embarrassed of my math skills. 
64. I didn't wear underwear at basketball practice in high school - somehow, it was the cool thing to do. 
65. I use my Xbox as a great way to make friends. 
66. I would pay for a haircut just to have someone play with my hair. 
67. I learned to drive stick in my dads huge F250. 
68. I love photography but have a pet peeve against people who call them selves photographers just because they have a camera - myself included. 
69. I watch Hulu... a lot.
70. I always wear socks when I go to sleep.
71. I wish I dressed better than I do. I don't because I'm scared of what people may think.
72. I've worn a ring for as long as I can remember. 
73. Droid is better than Iphone.
74. Girls deodorant smells better than guys. 
75. I spend way to much money on Mcribs every year when they come out. No - I don't want to know whats in them. 
76. I was the tallest kid in my class in 8th grade.
77. I could eat BBQ sauce straight.
78. I think olives are gross.
79. I only recently started wearing hats.
80. You can tell what kid of mood I'm in by whats on my head. If I have a hat - leave me alone.
81. I like to keep my college text books instead of selling them back. 
82. I currently have 3 computer screens, a tablet, and a smart phone in front of me.
83. I like burning scented candles.
84. Briefs are unacceptable. Boxers are ok. Boxer briefs are the way to go. 
85. I was a cone head baby with matt black hair. 
86. I've lived in Utah for 4 years and I'm still surprised every time I see the mountains. 
87. I only wear black ankle socks.
88. I play piano - but only enough to make people THINK I'm good.  
89. I have day wear contacts but I only take them out once a month.
90. I've done summer sales and hated it. 
91. I get sea sick.
92. The only part of flying I don't like is right after take off - I'm afraid we will hit an air pocket or a get a gust of downward wind that will shove us back into the ground. 
93. I carry a money clip with cards instead of a wallet. 
94. When I leave a room i squeeze my fingers to make sure I have my ring, flex my wrist for my watch, and tap my back pocket for my wallet. 
95. I have no desire to go sky diving. 
96. I want to backpack Europe next summer.
97. I'm an obsessive planner. 
98. "Lost" is my favorite TV series but I've never been able to force myself to re-watch an episode. 
99. I'm Mormon