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November 18, 2004

1. I am not a law student, not yet a lawyer. Gotta get sworn in.
2. I am not afraid of vegetables, but none are my close friends.
3. I actively dislike raw tomatoes, yet love tomato sauce, ketchup, and bruschetta topped with tomato.
4. Favorite relatively-obscure muppets: Statler and Waldorf (the guys in the balcony)
5. I have an S. She's beeyootiful.
6. S is my best friend.
7. I am a New Yorker, virtually through and through.
8. I get cranky when I don't exercise.
9. I'm not scrawny or musclebound.
10. I ride my bike at least once, usually twice a week.
11. I never go anywhere, and I watch movies while I do.
12. I am 27, and my mother still likes to shop for me.
13. Karaoke: fun, not foolish.
14. I went to my first concert at the age of 19, but only because I was finally in college.
15. I like nice things.
16. I could probably talk about music all day.
17. Over a thousand CDs in my collection; I don't believe in Peer to Peer.
18. Don't ask me to pick a favorite band. I cannot do it and will ask you to refine your question.
19. Either that, or I'll tell you what I was listening to on the way to the office.
20. IPod was invented for me.
21. Almost every week since this summer, there is an H&H Midtown everything bagel with egg salad for brunch.
22. Brunch. Drool. Repeat.
23. I am an internally-warm person; I sweat a lot when exercising and for some time afterwards, but I'm not the guy with the under-arm rings.
24. I like beds; I love mine.
25. I have to have something over me when sleeping, and the heavier, the better. Down comforter in summertime? Bring it.
26. I may well have seen every Friends episode ever made.
27. I have seen and actually have in my possession every Sopranos episode made.
28. I worked in the music industry.
29. I don't like to make life decisions.
30. I like being a smartass; it allows me to watch everyone else and say how I'd do it better.
31. Sometimes I like to stay in, watch a movie, and do nothing, even if S isn't around.
32. Other times, I can go and work the party, meet the people, drink with the gang, and shout myself deaf and hoarse.
33. Migraines: not just another bed partner. Actually, the devil.
34. A short list of animals I'm fascinated by: penguins, elephants, dogs.
35. I would like a dog, but I'm allergic to them.
36. I can tie a normal tie and a bow tie without looking the mirror.
37. In fact, mirrors end up confusing me.
38. I do not have particularly clear skin, despite being 27.
39. I raise money for my college.
40. I want to be a music lawyer when and if I grow up.
41. I am obsessed with the Dyson vacuum.
42. I cannot fall asleep while reading or watching TV.
43. I have, however, fallen asleep in the middle of a concert.
44. I am a completist, and will buy every book, every CD, every film, by an artist I truly enjoy.
45. A short(ish) list of bands whose albums I would buy the very first day they came out: Radiohead, U2, Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews, Mike Doughty, Dispatch, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Ani DiFranco, Better than Ezra, Coldplay, David Gray, Five for Fighting, Interpol, Jeff Buckley, John Butler Trio, Our Lady Peace, The Postal Service, R.E.M.
46. I love to drive.
47. I have to pee. Regularly.
48. I prefer diet sodas.
49. Chocolate could end this list right here. I am about chocolate.
50. Lately, I've been having this feeling where my left ring finger and pinkie feel like they're tingling, and I think it's because my elbow sits at a funny angle on my desk all day.
51. I do not think that it's a heart attack.
52. I eat my sushi in parts, and if I get a Philadelphia roll, it's totally saved for last, as dessert.
53. I air guitar when listening to my iPod on the street.
54. I like to share dinner with friends.
55. I like being a host.
56. I believe in rules.
57. I believe in honesty.
58. I have 4 stuffed animals in my house, two of which live in my bedroom, two of which were given to me by S's mother, and one of which is named Blogger Bear, who sits on my desk.
59. I am loyal.
60. Most of my close friends are women.
61. I am for equal rights for all people, regardless of sexual orientation, color, or any other categorization, save felons and those who hate people based on orientation, color, or other categorization.
62. I crashed my first and only car into a parked car on the way to school one morning. I reversed all the way home and didn't want to get out of bed.
63. I sometimes fantasize that I have started the first all-lawyer rock band. Being a bit of a realist, I recognize that I could sing and maybe play drums, or Ashlee Simpson all over a guitar, but not actually PLAY that guitar.
64. I used to remember phone numbers, appointments, and birthdays all in my head. Now I can't, because it's all in an electronic doohickey of some sort or another.
65. I'm an early adopter.
66. I'm a photographer.
67. I'm told I can dance, but I don't often believe it.
68. I have been on four continents.
69. When people misspeak, I have a virtually-irresistible urge to correct them, even if we both know what they meant.
70. I walk fast around New York City.
71. I am impatient on the sidewalks.
72. I have never pulled a work- or school-related all-nighter.
73. I am a (relatively) unspoiled only child.
74. I am extremely close with my first cousin, who is nine months younger than me. Like nearly-brothers close.
75. Self-deprecation, I am thy tool.
76. I eBay fairly regularly.
77. The favorite color is blue. See site, name of.
78. I only gamble when I'm fairly certain I can't lose. I know, it's not gambling.
79. I think sarcasm should be left for people who know how to use it.
80. I think Memento, Chasing Amy, and The Usual Suspects are among my favorite movies, but I could be wrong.
81. I once got lost while leading a backpacking trip.
82. I played lacrosse and wrestled in high school. I wasn't particularly good at either.
83. I rowed for a year in college. I wasn't good at that either.
84. I am pretty good friends with ex-girlfriends.
85. I know a lot of people on Friendster.
86. My favorite authors are Chuck Palahniuk, Brad Meltzer, Bret Easton Ellis, Jay McInerney, John Grisham, Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy.
87. I don't look down on people for liking popular things.
88. I am not religious, but I believe in spiritual introspection and trying to live as blame-free a life as possible.
89. I love discussion and reasoned debate, but I hate argument.
90. I've never had an argument with S, and I hope never to.
91. I broke up with my first girlfriend on Valentine's Day. We're still friends.
92. I want to be funny, but I rarely am when I'm trying.
93. I have no patience for people who obviously think they're better than me.
94. I am afraid of failure.
95. I don't like to rely on favors to get ahead in life.
96. I don't like to lend or borrow money; S is just about the only exception, and that's more of a zero-sum sort of financial relationship.
97. I like watches.
98. I'm thinking I might turn each of these into an individual post on my website.
99. I'm trying to write a novelization of my memoirs, which are really just condensations of my memories.
100. I'm done.

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