Ten more…can I dig up ten more??

1. I loved Beavis and Butt-head as a kid. For a while my hair looked like Butt-head’s, brown and brushed straight back (don’t ask). I can do the voice, too. Maybe I sound like him all the time, who knows? “Uhhhh…Southwest 182, this is like, Dispatch, so you have to, like, do what I say or something. Divert to uh, Dallas, like, now and stuff. Huh-huh.” “Yeah, yeah, that would be cool!” “No, it isn’t, buttmonkey. Diverting sucks. Don’t make me kick your ass! Uhhhh…wait a minute. Is this thing still on?”
2. After riding a bike all the time as a kid, I took a break as a teenager until my last two years of college. Then I borrowed my dad’s bike and rode it to and from class so I didn’t have to hunt for a parking space every day. Playing Frogger with the cars was a bit nerveracking. Seeing a CareFlite-level wreck between a cyclist and a car in 2004 turned me off from riding for a while. Now I’m getting back into it for fitness purposes, riding Dad’s old mountain bike and trying to avoid traffic.
3. I have trouble understanding how Christianity and patriotism got tied together in many people’s minds. Both are fine things, but I don’t think one should require the other.
4. As probably a freshman in high school, I partied in the mosh pit at a Stone Temple Pilots concert wearing a black 99.1 Z-Rock tank top. It was awesome. Less awesome was my decision to wear sandals into said mosh pit.
5. I predict an Obama victory in the next presidential election. The Republican party seems too fractured and is leaning too far to the right to win the independent voters like me. Overall, I think he’s done a decent job, although I wish he’d been more aggressive in pulling out of Afghanistan, supporting gay rights, and fighting the urge to borrow so much money trying to fix the recession.
6. I struggle with the concept of war. When is war justified, and when is it not? Some wars, such as World War II, seem like no-brainers to me – some people are so evil that they must be stopped by any means necessary. Other wars, such as Iraq and Afghanistan, seem much less clear-cut. When does a war become too costly in terms of money, lives, effort, and resources to be worthwhile? And what does the Bible say about war? In the Gospels, Jesus tells us to turn the other cheek and to love our enemies. But Revelation paints Jesus as a mighty warrior returning to earth on a warhorse and brandishing a sword, ready to judge the world. Which is the right path for a government in 2011?
7. I am not a fan of fake boobs, butts, lips, noses, etc. unless they were made necessary because of injury or disease. Just shake what yo’ momma gave ya.
8. When I’m working, I normally go to sleep around 7:30-8:00am and sleep until 3:00pm. I leave my phone on in case of emergencies, but please do not call me during those hours. It’s sometimes hard to go back to sleep if I talk to someone and make my brain work.
9. At work I have maybe 5 bad days a year, and some of those are bad because of a single problem flight. That seems like a pretty good ratio to me.
10. Lately I’ve been attempting to be less judgmental and more live-and-let-live. I’m happier for it.