you're it!

hey, whaddya know? i've been tagged.

hello Jean.

i'm not sure what i'm supposed to do (the original's in Mandarin so i might have translated it wrong) but i believe its something to do with personal traits or character quirks... something like that... so i'm supposed to list 5 of them things then burden 5 other people with this chain mail in disguise.

and who am i to give up a chance to talk about myself?


-"i'm only happy when it rains"
i woke up once in the middle of the night and sat there for 15 minutes just listening and looking at the rain fall.
when i was little i tried to engage in a little father-son time. so i tolds him i said, "you know, i dunno why but i kinda like it when it rains (the typhoon kind, where you could potentially stick out your hand and not see it)... just have this nice feeling about it."
and he saids, "well, when it rains its cooler and there's also the prospect of staying at home. studies have also shown that the low frequency drone of the rain hitting the ground is somehow soothing to the human ear, like the call of whales."
well, there's a bit of logic and science appropriately displaced. very nice, dad. very romantic.


-Ore wa Samurai desho!
i like to pretend i'm a samurai! i look into the mirror and pretend to swing my invisible samurai sword as my luscious locks flail rhythmically to the echoes of my japan-glish musings.

"shin ne da! ba ke mo no!!!"

it's a thing born from the fact that i talk to myself... incessantly. and i wasn't even aware it was a weird thing to do until JC (17-18 for those of you not under an European-type education system)
was just out one day with a bunch of friends and i, in my natural way, started saying something to no one in particular.

girl from 3 feet away, "ewwww, bob... you talk to yourself?"

"yah... (as in, "yah duh, doesn't everybody?")"

"that's so gross!!!"

needless to say i don't talk to myself to her anymore!


-'but i like staying at home...'
ah, dorothy. if you only knew how big a fan i am.
and what's wrong with that? hmmmmmmm? you like to go disco and dance and drink and smoke, i like to stay at home watch tv and play computer games, cannot meh?
what's so nerdy or loser-ish about that? sure, fine, thats one of the reasons why i have no girlfriend... but there are hundreds of other reasons why that is... long hair, BO, berms and t-shirt for every occasion...
i don't like crowds, i don't like "mingling" and i sure as hell don't like, "hey, bob, come here! i've got someone i want you to meet! you're sure to like her! *winkwink*."
thank you. but please stop.


-i like to look up words in the dictionary
yah. might be the smell of my ten (plus) year old Oxford (it says "New Edition" on the cover so its probably not that bad).
am consistently poor at spelling, especially stuff with 'double-doubles' e.g. "tom(m)orrow", stuff with 'X's, 'C's and 'S's, e.g. "ex(c)ercise" and latin, hebrew, other country words e.g. "bourgeoisie"
and mandarin dictionaries... hmm... i guess i kinda like it, too. flipping through all those pages... something about the flipping...


-"gee, uncle scrooge..."
i stinge on everything. i tell myself "today, i am going to the store to buy this thing!!" but when i get there i check the price, i walk around in circles, get stared at by the shopkeeper and leave empty-handed.
i even have this illusion that i won't stinge when it comes to food. i like to tell myself that money spent on the important things in life (like food), is money well and deservedly spent... but no... i avoid eating out as much as possible... heck, i don't eat when i'm out alone, period.
not trying to lose weight. i just don't like to spend.


-absolutely hate it when people throw parties for me
please don't. i don't deserve it, i won't appreciate it and i won't return the favor. i don't remember your birthday, nor do i celebrate any kind of holiday. don't send me instant messages or sms or email or snail mail or whatever. if it costs money... don't.
at the very least, know that it makes me feel guilty.


well, there you go - five (or was that six?) things you didn't need to know about bob. there's obviously a ton more but i'm thinking you REALLY don't need (read:want) to know.

as for passing this on... who's reading this space again?