Circadian Shift

Well, I decided to hunker down and do the list of 100 things about myself. However, I foolishly did it as a Microsoft Word document, and saving it as HTML introduced all sorts of crazy-ass stylesheet crap instead of the plain-vanilla markup for ordered lists that I wanted. I fucking hate Microsoft.

But without further ado (or formatting), here is my List of 100 Things:

1. I?m an INTP (but I used to be an INTJ)

2. The last time I actually cooked something (as opposed to opening a can, making a sandwich, microwaving, or adding water to something) was in November 1997

3. I eat alone in restaurants a lot

4. I was born and raised in Toronto

5. The longest period of time that I?ve ever been out of Toronto is 8 ½ months

6. I have visited nine other countries

7. I have visited five other provinces

8. One of those provinces is not British Columbia, although I have changed planes in Vancouver

9. I?ve been in love twice in my life

10. One of those times turned out to be a complete disaster

11. My geek code is GCM/GTW/GS/GSS d? s: a C++ UL P+ L+ |E W++ N@ |o K? w |O |M |V PS+ PE Y |PGP t+ 5 X+ |R |tv b++ DI+++ |D |G e++ h+ r% x+

12. My Chinese zodiac sign is the sheep

13. I wear glasses

14. I use to wear contact lenses, but I kept falling asleep with them in, or losing them, or whatever

15. I have over 2 GB of MP3s on my hard drive at the moment (more backed up on CD)

16. Favourite composer: J.S. Bach

17. I lost track of how many CDs I own after 200

18. I still have vinyl records

19. I still have a turntable to play vinyl records, and it?s actually hooked up to my stereo

20. If you took all the media (audio recordings, videos, print materials, computer files and software) and related playback devices out of my apartment, there wouldn?t be much left

21. At the rate this is going, I despair of ever coming up with 100 things to say about myself

22. I rarely bother wearing jewelry or makeup

23. I take vitamins

24. I have one sibling, a younger brother

25. Yes, it sucked being the oldest kid ? younger siblings get away with murder

26. Now that we?re not kids, my brother and I get along just fine

27. Wool makes me itch

28. I?m a brunette

29. I make blonde jokes

30. It?s very likely that I carry a recessive blonde gene

31. Carrying many recessive genes (hair colour, eye colour, etc.) means that I could theoretically have kids who look nothing like me

32. Not that I really want to have kids all that badly

33. I trip over things a lot

34. I really need to clean out my fridge

35. I?m right handed

36. I can write with my left hand ? backwards; it?s rough but legible if you hold it up to a mirror

37. I love coffee

38. I get headaches if I go without caffeine for too long

39. My favourite meal of the day is breakfast

40. I could (and sometimes do) eat ?breakfast? three times a day

41. I?m a night person

42. But I need sunshine

43. My internal clock can get pretty screwed up at times

44. I like British-style pubs and pub food

45. I like films with subtitles

46. I?m not as much of a snob about mainstream cinema as I used to be

47. I used to play piano and violin

48. I wish I could play jazz piano

49. A few summers ago, I thought about writing a book

50. Frankly, I don?t think I ever will write a book

51. I enjoy reading essays and short stories

52. I keep meaning to take drawing lessons

53. I used to paint

54. I like salmon better than tuna

55. I used to wear braces, and a headgear at night

56. I didn?t get my wisdom teeth removed until I was 29

57. I realize that I?ve gotten this far without mentioning my ethnic background

58. I?m not sure if it?s relevant

59. Yeah, what the hell: I?m half Swiss and half Filipino

60. Growing up Eurasian (or, as they say now, Hapa) in a predominantly white neighbourhood can warp perceptions of your own ethnicity

61. I didn?t really get a grip on it until I was 12; now I think it?s cool

62. I used to ski a lot

63. I?d like to try snowboarding

64. I prefer sports where you don?t sweat too much

65. I don?t have cable television

66. I?m now not quite two-thirds of the way through this list

67. I like airhockey, and the games at Playdium where you shoot stuff

68. I had a skateboard when I was 10

69. If I could just throw a couple pairs of underwear in a bag and get on a plane RIGHT NOW, I?d go to Cambodia and visit Angkor Wat

70. My passport expired two months ago

71. When I was little, I wanted to be a nurse (just like my mommy) or an artist

72. I did study life sciences at university; I didn?t like the other science students

73. Most of my friends at school were artsies

74. I?d love to learn to play the drums

75. I don?t have air conditioning in my apartment

76. In July, things can get pretty warm in here

77. I never thought I?d be a writer

78. I hesitate to call myself one now

79. I got really annoyed the one time I tried listening to CBC Radio 2?s morning show and they played Mahler

80. I listen to mainstream radio (Mix 99.9) on weekday mornings

81. I don?t get up in the morning all that often anymore

82. I don?t have a driver?s license

83. One of my ribs has drifted out of the place where it?s supposed to attach to my spinal column

84. My shoes are size 6

85. When I was 16, I wanted to be like Chrissie Hynde

86. I don?t play guitar

87. I can?t believe how long it?s taken me to make this bloody list

88. My favourite ice cream flavour is strawberry

89. My favourite ice cream flavour can change at any minute

90. As for what my biggest regret is, I?m not sure

91. Even if I could decide, I don?t know if I?d admit it

92. My index fingers are slightly crooked; same with my middle fingers

93. People tell me I have very tiny hands

94. When writing a list like this, it?s hard to be candid without being too revealing

95. I actually worry about revealing too much

96. I would be entertained if I had a pet llama

97. I like airplanes

98. I don?t answer my phone if I don?t recognize the number on call display

99. I get a lot of junk e-mail; I just delete it and move on

100. According to certain religious zealots, I?m going to hell