I’m supposed to put the “rules” here, so here they are:
Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you.

Taggers:

• Joe Drew
• Gijs Kruitbosch
• Joshua Cranmer
• Terry

(maybe more – I’ve been putting this off for a bit)

Now for 25 Things:

1. I love to learn new things.
2. I’m oblivious to a lot of things in life. Some people equate that to me not caring, which is mostly wrong.
3. I’m shy, but if you know me, you might think I’m lying.
4. At one point, I forced myself to not have an opinion on a lot of things. This is now pretty natural. It is how I reduce stress in my life (don’t sweat the little stuff). As a result, I sometimes say that apathy is my anti-everything.
5. I love my job. I really really do.
6. I have never been to a concert. Ever.
7. I only drink mixed drinks and wine. With that said, I barely ever drink.
8. I love to read Science Fiction, but never make time to go get a book to read. Once I get the book I tear through it though.
9. I have an incredibly strong inability to lie. My only defense is not answering a question, or omitting information.
10. I can’t cook. I’m working on fixing that.
11. When I was young, I wanted to be an astronaut. I even went to space camp. Yes, it was awesome.
12. If you ask me a direct question, you’ll get an honest and sincere answer. You may also not like the answer. Or, you’ll get no answer (see #9).
13. I like random. I try to do something random every day. Keeps me on my toes.
14. I always have too many projects I’m “active” in. I’m working on changing that to make my life more manageable.
15. I have officiated soccer since I was 12. I don’t know why, but I like doing it.
16. I love humor. I employ it as often as possible (goes great with #13).
17. I love running. I don’t get to do it often enough.
18. It’s easy to gain my trust, and it’s easy to lose it. Getting it back is near impossible.
19. I’m generally open about myself, but there are many things that I am extremely reserved about.
20. I am essentially blind without contacts or glasses.
21. I don’t drink coffee. This tends to surprise people.
22. I have been on fire. Literally.
23. I often say things without thinking. Hilarity ensues.
24. I’m not big on talking on the phone. This probably has something to do with #23.
25. I love living in California, but it’s made me soft when it comes to fluctuations in the temperature.

Now for the folks I’m tagging. List of names ordered randomly by my computer. For the record, 25 people is a lot of people.

• Rachel Brown
• Alex Vincent
• Ben Newman
• Nicki
• Mike Connor
• Robert Chitoiu
• Dan Witte
• Mike Haslett
• Heather Wilsher
• Courtney Brooks
• Stephanie
• Andy Cross
• Cesar
• Jason Wojciechowski
• Justin Scott
• Robyn Brooks
• Stevie Staeger
• fantasai
• Kate Jones
• Matt Martin
• Blake Kaplan
• Paul Hayward
• Emily Samuels
• Heather Widgren
• Matt Poling

(If you want your last name removed from my website, just let me know.)