{"id":74257,"date":"2011-12-06T17:45:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T22:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/74257\/ten-4\/"},"modified":"2011-12-06T17:45:27","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T22:45:27","slug":"ten-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/74257\/ten-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s taken me a while to think of ten things about myself that I haven\u2019t already blogged about.\u00a0 But anyway, here it goes.<\/font><\/p>\n

1. \u00a0When I was a teenager, I got pretty good at martial arts.\u00a0 I took Tae Kwon Do classes for a year and a half and was subscribed to Inside Kung Fu magazine for four years.\u00a0 I used to finish all my homework at school so I could practice more when I got home.\u00a0 For over four years, I practiced at least three hours each day.\u00a0 I trained so hard, by the time I finally got into classes, my teacher fast-tracked me from white belt up to brown belt within two months.\u00a0 I never got a chance to test for black belt because funds ran short and I had to drop out of classes.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t really care about belt rank though, because from what I saw, it encourage people outside of class to start fights with the students to prove their toughness.\u00a0 I publicly claimed yellow belt to keep that type of crap to a minimum.<\/font><\/p>\n

2. \u00a0I have pet spiders in my house.\u00a0 Almost every window sill in my house has\u00a0a spider living in it.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got one in my bathroom window that is almost three years old.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a picture and some information<\/a> on the Southern House Spiders that I keep in my house.\u00a0 The main reason why I keep spiders around is they eat these guys<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n

3. \u00a0I get along great with snakes and spiders and other creepy-crawlies.\u00a0 The only type of bugs I can\u2019t stand is roaches.\u00a0 Especially the giant ones<\/a>.\u00a0 For some reason those things piss me off so bad.\u00a0 I\u2019ve spent almost ten years trying to get over my aversion to these things.\u00a0 Until I can bring myself to feel relaxed compassion for them, I\u2019ll see myself as lacking in the Buddist\/shamanism department.<\/font><\/p>\n

4. \u00a0As far as religion goes, I\u2019m a panthiest, Buddhist, agnostic, shamanism enthusiast with Christian, Pagan,\u00a0and Atheist tendencies.\u00a0 Yeah, it doesn\u2019t make much sense to me either, but it feels right.<\/font><\/p>\n

5. \u00a0I am an unnaturally\u00a0militant nonconformist to a fault.\u00a0 I boycotted the entire decade of the 80\u2019s.\u00a0 I spent half the decade dressing like a nerd from the 50\u2019s.\u00a0 I spent the other half growing my hair out and basically embodying the Black Metal persona (minus the makeup or facepaint stuff).\u00a0 When the 90\u2019s and the grunge scene hit, I boycotted the flannel wave by wearing combat boots, black shorts, and brightly colored, horizontally striped shirts.\u00a0 Someone told me that bright horizontal stripes made me look fat and that they were a fashion disaster for someone my size.\u00a0 So I went out and bought six of them.\u00a0 To this day, dress codes and pop fashion\u00a0infuriate me.<\/font><\/p>\n

6. \u00a0I\u2019m notorious for burning bridges.\u00a0 It takes a lot to piss me off, but once I\u2019m pissed there\u2019s pretty much no turning back.\u00a0 I\u2019ve always felt that if someone screws you over once or twice, they\u2019ll do it again over and over.\u00a0 So when I\u2019ve broken ties with jobs or friends, it\u2019s been for good.\u00a0 Usually by the time I\u2019m done showing my complete ass over the whole thing, they\u2019re pretty much guaranteed to not want me around anymore anyway.\u00a0 There are several job resignations that I\u2019ve\u00a0executed that will be remembered for years to come my several people.\u00a0 When it comes to burning bridges, I am a master artisan of sorts.\u00a0 It\u2019s\u00a0a shortcoming that I openly embrace and take pride in.<\/font><\/p>\n

7. \u00a0I used to do leatherwork.\u00a0 Freelance leatherwork was going to be my ticket away from the grind of working for someone else.\u00a0 It was going really well too.\u00a0 Then I got sick and lost the ability to do anything worthwhile with my hands.\u00a0 Packing away my leather tools and supplies was one of the hardest things I\u2019ve ever had to do.<\/font><\/p>\n

8. \u00a0I once had a pet armadillo.\u00a0 When I was 9 years old, the old\u00a0fellow next door killed an armadillo (because he ate anything he could shoot,\u00a0 but that\u2019s a whole other blog in itself)\u00a0and then found it had a youngster nearby.\u00a0 So he gave me the baby to raise.\u00a0 I fed it meal worms and rocked it to sleep every night.\u00a0 Then one day, pest control guys sprayed pesticides in our apartment while we were gone and it got poisoned.\u00a0 It died shortly after I rocked it to sleep one night.\u00a0 I cried my eyes out.<\/font><\/p>\n

9. \u00a0I\u2019ve always wanted to design a sexual enhancement structure called The Pleasure Dome.\u00a0 It would be like those Pods that people get delivered to store stuff in, but this would get\u00a0installed into people\u2019s garages, spare rooms,\u00a0or gazebos.\u00a0 It would basically be a circular, enclosed structure with a domed ceiling built into it.\u00a0 It would be padded and cushioned throughout with plush,\u00a0washable cushion covers.\u00a0 various handholds and foot stirrups would be mounted along the walls and ceiling for optimal sexual positioning and stability during lovemaking.\u00a0 It would have it\u2019s own vent setup that could be hooked into a home\u2019s central heating and cooling system and would have a bonus exhaust vent to keep the air\u00a0inside\u00a0nice and fresh.\u00a0 It would also come complete with a wide array of mood lighting controls, a hub for drinks and refreshments, and a MP3 player ready sound system.\u00a0 Most importantly, it would be soundproofed.<\/font><\/p>\n

10. \u00a0I\u2019m a Sagittarius.\u00a0 Unlike what most horoscope books will tell you, I\u2019ve never had much luck at being the Don Juan of the Zodiac.\u00a0 I tried like hell though when I was younger.\u00a0 I\u2019ve always felt like a fire sign though.\u00a0 For the most part, I strongly identify with the common checklist for Sagittarians.\u00a0 I\u2019m not as extroverted as is usually expected.\u00a0 Over the last few years I\u2019ve become quite a hermit actually.<\/font><\/p>\n

Well, I guess that\u2019s it.\u00a0 There\u2019s not much about me that I haven\u2019t already written about.\u00a0 It seems the older I get, the less material I have left\u00a0to tap into\u00a0without digging into memoirs from the past.\u00a0 Thanks for stopping by and checking this out.\u00a0 Special thanks go to Mango for getting me to write something. Ha ha ha!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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