tagged by the unscrupulous Gwernie.

1. I know that shooting with a strobe at waist level is not flattering in any way but I did it anyway.
2. I only take two medicines for mental conditions.
3. I went Chemical Corp in the army because I have 20/30 vision in one eye. This disqualified me from flying helicopters.
4. I photograph, paint, draw, sculpt, write, play bass, guitar and saxophone poorly.
5. In elementary school, I signed up for band. They decided I should play snare drum. My mother couldn't afford to buy a drum so I went to practices for a few weeks and pantomimed. Eventually the teacher kicked me out of band.
6. I was also kicked out of the gifted program for getting a C in spelling one year. They eventually took me back.
7. Despite the countless references to liquor, I really only drink when I have to be around people. At home, I'm rather sober.
8. An ex-girlfriend once tried to stab me to get her gun back after I took it from her suicidal hand. Why she didn't just stab herself......
9. Yellow Ocher is my all time favorite color.
10. 99% of my furniture is from IKEA.
11. I'm not a doctor nor do I play one on T.V.
12. On January 30th 2009 I will be precisely 1/3 of a century old, give or take a few hours.
13. My 2nd father's mother died Friday, he died last March, his twin sister about a year before that, their father before I met them. Neither my father nor his sister had any children, leaving their younger brother and his son the only surviving members of the paternal line.
14. I have had three different last names, so far.
15. I have 10 tattoos, so far.
16. All totaled I've been homeless for about 20% of my life.