So a number of people have tagged me in those “25 Things About Me” type lists… and I feel a little obligated to respond (for some reason).

I’m not making up any rules, where a bunch of people have to fill out one of these thingies… cuz I don’t like asking people to do things.

Anyway, here’s some stuff you may/probably don’t really care to know about me:

1. I live more in an imaginary world, in my head, than I do in real life.

2. If I ever develop a flux capacitor, and get enough weapons-grade plutonium to travel back in time, I’ll revisit high school… and I’ll fit in swimmingly.

3. Friends, who know me best, all agree that I fit the profile of someone with bipolar disorder. Other friends prefer to label me, just plain, mentally sick.

4. When I was a little kid I created a game called “Oh Henry,” which was just tag… but the person who was it, was called Oh Henry. I was a pretty clever son of a bitch back then.

5. Music is my passion. I’ll play any instrument I can get my hands on, but am most comfortable with guitar, which I started playing when I was 14 or 15 years old.

6. I think people need to compare apples to oranges a little more often.

7. I used to drop-kick the shit out of things. How I wish I still had the video footage. It was like the definition of poetry in motion (I’ve been told).

8. I’m taller than I look (if I look shorter than 5’6”).

9. I found a monkey, in the bushes in front of my house once… I’m pretty sure it was just my imagination though… at least I hope so… otherwise that monkey is long-dead.

10. I wish I were the same person I was 10 years ago… he was much cooler than me… he legitimately could have done anything he wanted to do.

11. I buy women’s jeans… I like the way they fit. I also buy children’s shirts, at vintage stores, on occasion.

12. I wish I could grow a beard… not because I really want to grow a beard; I just want to be able to grow a beard.

13. I have a tendency to fall out of touch with people. It’s not because I don’t like them, it’s because I have far too easy a time entertaining myself.

14. I don’t deal well with vulnerability. Writing/drawing/painting/whatever is how I cope with things… opening up to people is something I avoid like the plague (that’s such a dated phrase… they should change the plague to… fuck I don’t know… something else).

15. I like to try selling things to telemarketers. Maybe the dude, who’s trying to sell me a vacuum cleaner, needs a lawnmower… I can’t know without asking.

16. I make too many obscure pop-culture references, from my childhood. Anyone born in the mid-80s or later has no idea what the hell I’m talking about… ever.

17. I still play Nintendo. Not Wii… Nintendo… as in the NES from 1985. Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros combine for some of the most drunken fun anyone could have.

18. A number of years ago, a painting I did was on display in the Art Gallery of Hamilton for about a month. At the time, I didn’t really care, as it was selected as part of a Hamilton area high school art show… but I now consider it one of my few accomplishments in life.

19. To a whole community of people, I’m known as Tim, or Timmy, or Timson… or some spin off of that nature. The name was assigned to me because I look like a little kid.

20. I suck at remembering peoples names. I don’t know what it is about me, but it’s like every time I get introduced to someone, I completely space out just as the person’s name is being announced. So if I’ve forgotten your name, at some point, it’s nothing personal… I’m just a tool.

21. If I were a slushy, I’d be people-flavored. I would be the least popular slushy of all time.

22. I chew on guitar picks too often. My death will likely be a result of me choking on a guitar pick.

23. I photograph worse than any other person, to have ever lived… either that, or I’m just a lot uglier than my mom led me to believe.

24. One of my goals in life is to disappear completely and become a fairy-tale-type character like Jesus or El Chupacabra. Erasing all record of my existence may be tricky, but I like to think that I’m up to the challenge.

25. I ramble way too much. For someone who has, probably, nothing of actual value to say, I spend a lot of time speaking (or writing).

Recap:
I caved and filled out one of those lists that people sometimes fill out.

Tell your friends you once knew a guy who… (and then insert one of the 25 things above here).

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