I just posted this as a note on my Facebook account. One of my friends tagged me in his list saying "GNP confuses me. He rocks very hard though." I can't imagine my list will leave him any less confused.
Once you've been tagged, you are invited to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 (or so) people to be tagged. Please tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.
*To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, then click post. Go onto your 'profile' page, and open the note. Then 'tag people in this note'.
1. I never used to understand people who were deeply religious - and secretly looked down on them. Now I'm one of them and can't get God out of my every thought (nor do I want to).
2. I'm a pretty serious perfectionist and wish I weren't so mediocre at being mediocre - but I'm improving over time.
3. I'm serially obsessive about stuff - being totally focused one something for a couple of hours, days, or weeks and then moving on to something new to focus on.
4. I've always wanted to dunk a basketball and do an unassisted pull-up. Perhaps I can get obsessed about working out and make those things happen.
5. I believe that everything happens for a reason. Others disagree. So even though I'm still dogmatic that everything in *my* life happens for a reason, I'm willing to acknowledge that chaos may rein in other people's lives (or at least appear to).
6. I love my wife more and more each day - as if that were possible. She's my soul mate and a true blessing in my life.
7. My wife refers to me as "Yahoo Serious" sometimes - because I'm too serious, not because I have long hair.
8. I hate the parable of the Prodigal Son. I identify with the responsible elder son.
9. I've always wanted to be more eccentric. Perhaps my eccentricity can be wanting to be more eccentric.
10. I miss having a creative outlet at work. I need to figure out how to justify having a creative department or a talent show at a biofuels startup.
11. I get along well with people but generally consider myself anti-social.
12. People have trouble figuring out my ethnicity. A co-worker calls me an International Everyman.
13. I have a fear of being stung by bees/wasps, getting burned while taking things out of the oven, and using toilets in public bathrooms. In my own defense, though, who in their right mind isn't afraid of using toilets in public bathrooms?
14. The Dallas Cowboys played in the first football game I watched as a kid. I was about 6 years old and living in Germany at the time. They've been my favorite team ever since - although I don't watch much football anymore.
15. I voted yes on Prop 8 but continue to go back and forth on whether I still agree with that decision.
16. Sometimes I lament the amount of stuff I've learned in my life that I've since forgotten. But perhaps I need to make space for new stuff to learn.
17. I aspire to being an early-bird but continue to be a night-owl.
18. I look forward to wearing magic underwear (GC's term, not mine) - not because it's magic but because of the commitments it would represent.
19. I enjoy spooning with my wife but sometimes her body-pillow gets in the way.
20. In the last couple years, I discovered I have the parents I always wanted.
21. I just met my paternal grandmother in India for the first time in my life. It was my best approximation of what it will be like to be reunited with family members in heaven.
22. I want to travel to lots of places around the world during my life. As a kid, I traveled all over Europe and the US/Canada with my family but don't remember much of it now.
23. I've been writing in a blog for almost three years now (http://gnp30.blogspot.com/).
24. My favorite number is 24 and my favorite TV show is 24. Coincidence?
25. I hope to be the father that my kids deserve.
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