It’s not always easy to come up with ten facts! Let’s see how I do…

1. My left eyelid droops a bit, especially when I’m tired.
2. I weigh about what I did in high school, actually less than I weighed when I played on the tennis team. I credit good genetics rather than any particular effort by me.
3. My mind frequently moves faster than my mouth, giving me a tendency to mumble, talk too fast, and combine words improperly (e.g. if I’m quickly debating whether to call something either fast or quick, I might say it’s “quist” instead). That’s one of the main reasons I would rather write than talk. At least in writing, I have a delete key.
4. I wrote a novel in high school. It wasn’t all that great, but I’m proud that I finished it because it took a lot of work. I rewrote it over the next few years and then turned it into a screenplay. Neither has been sold or probably ever will, and I’m OK with that.
5. I wish I could play piano and compose like Vince Guaraldi, the guy who provided the fantastic jazz music for the Charlie Brown Christmas special. I just downloaded that album using one of my iTunes gift cards I got for my birthday.
6. I do a lot to be green, but not as much as I could. I drive an efficient car conservatively, reuse shopping bags, go easy on the thermostats, try not to water my lawn, etc. One of the greenest changes I could make would be to go vegetarian, but I just can’t bring myself to do it because A) it would make my life much more complicated, especially when eating out or at family functions, and B) I just like meat too much.
7. I once had dinner in New York sitting a few feet away from the stuttering lawyer from My Cousin Vinny. No, I didn’t bother him. And no, he didn’t stutter.
8. Childishly, I am still bitter that I got wait-listed by Rice University instead of accepted outright. I wouldn’t have gone there either way, but I still wanted to be accepted. It’s a pride thing that I need to work through.
9. Although I have a very Western perspective on medicine (measurable, scientific, evidence-based, etc.), I wonder whether Eastern medicine has validity as well. After all, hundreds of millions of people believe in it and trust their bodies to it.
10. In sixth grade I studied tae kwon do for about a year and really enjoyed it, reaching the intimidating rank of green belt. Someday I’d like to try it again, possibly with Jenny and the boys if they are interested. It was a great way to improve balance, strength, grace, discipline, and self-confidence.