{"id":2838,"date":"2011-06-02T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=2838"},"modified":"2020-12-15T21:07:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T04:07:31","slug":"25-random-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/02\/25-random-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Random Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>One of my friends commented that there’s not a whole lot of “me” on this blog, so today I’m cheating and rehashing something which I posted on Facebook two years ago…<\/p>\n

It was a craze that went around Facebook where you wrote twenty-five random facts about yourself in a Note and then tagged a load of friends who then had to do the same. Rinse and repeat.<\/p>\n

The content of my Facebook Note was as follows:<\/p>\n

Man, this was difficult! It was particularly hard coming up with things that people may not know about me but that I’m also comfortable with putting into the public domain!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I think this “25 Random Facts” thing has been the best thing in Facebook to date – I’ve really enjoyed reading everyone else’s, so here goes…<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

1. I was a bit of a handful in Primary School – I became very familiar with the Headmaster\u2019s office, having usually been sent there for getting into fights. I wasn\u2019t at all academic then either.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

2. I hated school up until the age of 16. After that, it just got better and better…<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

3. I was a very arty child (drawing, poetry etc) until about the age of twelve when I swapped my soul for an Amiga 600 with 1MB of RAM…<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

4. I have a scar by my right elbow from a moped accident in France when I was fifteen. I’m really proud of it. Chicks dig scars.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

5. I’ve been a Christian all my life, but at the age of twenty I had a major renewal in my faith. I couldn’t imagine life otherwise.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

6. I love chick-flicks. There, I said it.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE: If you know me, this really isn’t news… \ud83d\ude09<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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7. I originally started salsa as part of a New Year Resolution: I couldn’t think of anything which terrified me more than dancing, yet it has now become one of the major parts of my life.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

8. I’m always reading. I finish a book about every three weeks. Usual topics are theology, psychology, history, fiction and techy nonsense.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE: I still read a lot, but it has recently been taking me longer to finish books. I really need to set aside more time…<\/em><\/em><\/span>
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9. I’ve periodically suffered with insomnia since I was about twenty-three. It\u2019s horrible<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE: I wrote about this here<\/a>.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/span>
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10. I’ve been a member of the He-Man<\/a> fan club since I was six.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

11. I classified <\/em>was as dislexik at the age of ten, but I’ve learnt to cope, thank Dog!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

12. I have been engaged once (in 1984).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE: I have since got engaged and now married (2020)<\/span>
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13. Growing up, I owned four gerbils – they were called Bruce, Lee, Jackie and Chan.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

14. I failed my driving test first time round, like all the best people do. I failed due to speeding, which, let\u2019s face it, if you’re gonna fail, is probably the coolest way to do it. Since getting my license, I’ve driven more abroad than I have in the UK.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE: When I moved to America I passed my California Driving Test on my first try, meaning that I’ve now passed my driving test on the first and<\/strong> second attempt!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

15. In my late teens and early twenties I suffered from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)<\/a>. It\u2019s horrible. If you want to get an idea of what it\u2019s like, watch \u201cThe Aviator\u201d .<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE: I’ve decided it’s time to write about this. Expect a post about this sometime in the near future…<\/em><\/span>
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16. I had a fear of heights so in DC I took up rock climbing. I *still* have a fear of heights, but *now* I also can rock climb!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

17. I did a skydive last Halloween. I can tell you that it was only my pride that got me to jump off that plane after I had looked out the door of the plane\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

18. I’m currently trying to teach myself Spanish<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE: I did this for three months prior to my trip to Barcelona. I stopped shortly afterwards to get enough Italian together for my trip to Rome.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

19. I was Chairman of the Sign Language Society at University. I really need to start doing that again\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE: I haven’t… \ud83d\ude41<\/em><\/span>
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20. If you send me application requests in Facebook (vampires, sheep, hugs etc), it doesn\u2019t matter how much I love you, they *will* be ignored.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

21. Between the ages of 14-16, I won a bronze and two gold medals at the UK Independent Schools Judo Championships (I’m an unofficial brown-belt, but haven’t done it since university).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

22. During childhood, I regularly did archery.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

23. My favourite time of the week is Sunday evening, usually with a hot beverage and a cake. Some of my most valued relationships have been founded at this time of the week.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

24. No, I don’t know when I’ll be going back to the States. I’ll let you know as soon as there’s any news.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE:\u00a0I came back and now live here \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

25. One of these “facts” is wrong\u2026 \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE: Yeah, I’m horrible… \ud83d\ude09<\/em><\/span>
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