Tag Time

I've been able to escape the many tags of late, but I just got tagged. I don't mind doing these things every once and awhile and since this is a-once-and-awhile thing, I've decided to do it. In this tag I am suppose to write 100 random true things about me. I was chosen because it was thought I would provide the most humor. Sorry to disappoint. =(Afterwards, I get to tag others. Haha.

1. I love vanilla ice cream, but the real kind not French vanilla or vanilla bean, YUCK.
2. I've almost joined the military 3 times in my life. In case you are wondering, I have no more ambitions of doing that.
3. The furthest north I've ever traveled is Helsinki, Finland.
4. The furthest south I've ever traveled is Zaracosa, Mexico.
5. The furthest west I've ever traveled is Possum Kingdom, Texas.
6. The furthest east I've ever traveled is Amman, Jordan.
7. I thought at one time I wanted to be a postal carrier.
8. I've eaten glass by accident and survived.
9. I have a scar on my left thumb that I got when I was either four or five. I had this tricycle, and I turned it upside down, and with my hands I peddled the front wheel. After obtaining a high speed, my hand slipped and was cut by the spokes. I can't remember much about it.
10. I have a scar on the underside of my right pinky. I was washing dishes one day and stuck my hand in the glass and it broke cutting my finger.
    
11. I ran my go-cart into my dad's dog pen when I was young and dislodged a concrete pole. I used to ride my go-cart on this "track" around this pine tree in our yard. Well, one day I thought I knew the track well enough to drive around the track with my eyes close. What a surprise when I came to a screeching halt confused and with a bloody nose.
12. I really did used to be a fashion model. I was actually on our local TV channel with a girl who ended up on the front cover of Seventeen magazine.
13. I showed up in blue jeans and a T-Shirt on the day I was inducted into the Honor Society in high school. I had forgotten I was suppose to dress up.
    
14. I've always wanted to do a morning radio show. The only qualification is to be obnoxious early in the morning to get people awake. I could so do that.
15. My favorite breakfast food is biscuits and gravy. However, knowing what makes gravy, I am less inclined to eat it.
    
16. I used to be on my school's Scott Hi-Q team. One day, on the final question, I gave everyone a shock by ringing in moments after a math question had been read. You have 60 seconds to answer it, and you get one chance. We couldn't afford to get it wrong. And it is best to discuss with your team. But I did none of that. Everyone,waited in horror, and even Bob Grip from the local news was stunned, but said, "Yes, that is correct." I had worked it out in my head as he read it. He even mentioned it the following year at a practice tournament.
17. The first time I rode my go-cart I almost hit the corner of our next door neighbor's house. A bush slowed me down enough, and I had the presence of mind to turn the wheel to the left. I had my eyes open (see #11) but was going full blast.
18. Years later I actually did hit the corner of my own house with my car. The yard was wet, and I hit the brakes too hard in the yard resulting in said collision.
    
19. I think Mrs. Hester (Sophomore and Senior English) was one of the best teachers I've ever had. She is not responsible for any grammar mistakes I make while writing.
20. With the help of my high school science teachers, I built the best bridge in the State of Alabama for the Science Olympiad in 1991.
21. I played soccer when I was in 4th grade.
22. The first movie I remember seeing at the theater was 101 Dalmatians.
23. I dream in color most of the time. A good bit of the time the colors are sharper than in real life. Other times, the colors are duller. Most mornings I can remember parts of what I dreamed the night before. If I would have written them down, I could have been a best selling author.
24. Speaking of writing, I do not particularly enjoy it. However, I love blogging and have 6 blogs. This is by far my most active. The others are mainly to practice writing in foreign languages. I've actually started 3 other blogs but have since deleted them from cyberspace.
25. In kindergarten, I was elected prince of my class. But everyday at practice for our fall festival, I cried. I guess I was scared of the princess. On the day of the festival, I did not cry though.
    
26. I used to work at a Cancer Research Lab when I was at university. My boss had been my grandmother's doctor. While working there, he was the doctor of another man who had cancer I knew at the time. (His funeral was my first to perform.)
    
27. I almost passed out the first time I saw a "rat being bleed"
28. Arterial blood is one of the most distinctive neon red colors in this universe.
29. I got into trouble in 4th grade for singing the words, "Turn the page" during music class. However, the teacher just thought it was me, it was actually Alan Faith who sung the words. My mom had a chat with her and got it all straightened out.
30. I graduated from high school as a minority (white Caucasian).
31. The first time I rode my first motocycle, I almost hit a tree. Somehow, I had it at full throttle and froze. Fortunately, I missed the tree, and tall grass slowed me down and made me slide and release the throttle. No one was hurt in this incident. Praise God.
32. I have been living in France for just over two years.
    
33. In 11th grade for Black History Month, I analysed Little Black Sambo for my class project. I had no idea it was racist. I must have really messed it up because my project was pro-African.
34. My first dog was a Feist named Snoopy.
35. My first cat was a Persian named Porky. His face was not flat enough to be a show cat, but I liked him anyway. I did hate the hair and the BATHS!
36. One of my favorite cats was a solid white Turkish Angora named Smurf (she had blue eyes).
    
37. In kindergarten, I had to say all 26 Bible verses for a school program because the girl who was suppose to do half of them didn't know them well enough to do it. This is the same girl who was voted class princess with me (see #25).
38. I have met Adam West (Batman) and Burt Ward (Robin) but at two different times.
39. I graduated third in my high school class. I just barely missed being salutatorian. The guy who beat me was a star football player. So, while he was getting an A in P.E., I was trying to keep my head above water in AP Calculus with a B.
40. I drink the milk first before I eat my cereal.
41. I have had several raccoons for pets. They are my favorite type of pet.
42. I am highly allergic to oak. Within seconds of being exposed my throat begins to tighten followed by sneezing and itchy watery eyes.
43. I started preaching at 19.
44. The smallest group I have addressed is two.
45. The largest group I have addressed is around 400.
46. Subjects I have taught as a professional: French, Spanish, German, ESL, Journalism, Speech, Career Development, and Year Book.
    
47. I pastored my first (and so far only) church at 23.
48. I used to be a courier for an engineering firm in the Dallas/Forth Worth area to help pay for seminary.
49. I find it funny to get a forward from someone who starts the email with, "I never do forwards, but this was..."
50. For three summers, I went to a gospel singing school. Great times.
51. My favorite place on this planet is Jerusalem, Israel.
52. Loyalty is one of the things I highly value. In saying that I know I am not as loyal as I should be.
53. I prefer a gasoline lawnmower over an electric one.
54. I've had a quack operate on me and cut an artery.
55. The only bone that I have broken to date is my nose. I was playing "catch" in middle school, and one of the older kids threw a softball very hard at me. The ball hit the top of my glove then my nose.
56. I blacked out two times on my 30th birthday. Both times I was riding the Titan at Six Flags Arlington.
57. Some days I actually miss teaching. I even miss the students too (sometimes).
58. I have picked many a pecan.
59. My first gun was a CO2 BB pistol.
60. I actually owned a Timex Sinclair 1000.
61. If I have to write I prefer a pen and paper.
62. I usually have a favorite pen, and I do not like to write with any other pen except my favorite one. I'd rather spend the extra minutes searching for my favorite pen than to write without it.
63. I've met Shirley Muldowney.
64. I have never enjoyed Space Mountain at Disney World.
65. Mr. Camp turned me on to math in 6th grade. I enjoyed having Ms. Horn (Geometry) and Ms. Cross (Algebra 2 and AP Calculus) as my high school math teachers.
66. I have been to Qumram Cave 1 (and it is not in the Israeli National Park).
67. I hate tomatoes and coconuts.
68. My favorite color is purple. And the reason is because red and blue make purple. Now, this is not a girly purple. It's the purple you get from black light on white (usually clothing).
    
69. Ms. Price turned me on to science in the 5th grade.
70. My 6th grade science teacher was one of the candidates for the Teacher in Space program. We watched the tragic Challenger explosion live on Jan 28, 1986.
71. I am an ISTJ on the Myers-Briggs who was fortunate to marry an ENFP. God does have a sense of humor.
72. I won a "Best of Show" trophy for my dad by showing one of his hunting dogs at a local hunting association.
    
73. My high school vice principal became my boss.
74. If I had to drink a hot drink, it would be mint tea.
75. I hate coffee.
76. I learned to read by Phonics, and I think we should ban Whole language altogether everywhere in the world.
    
77. It was neat the day my former teachers became my colleagues.
78. My mom has given me a love for books.
79. The first foreign language I studied was Spanish in 7th grade. My second was German also in 7th grade.
80. I used to collect coins. I should get back into that.
81. Several of my family members race cars.
82. I know what a scupinon is and have eaten some. But I nor anyone else on the internet knows how to spell it.
83. Who would have known that in university for my study abroad program in Paris, France, that I'd ever be back and actually live in France?
84. I never desired to live in France. I thought (still think) there are better places to live.
85. I had the same 2nd and 3rd grade teacher, Ms. Criswell.
86. I have dug for diamonds in Arkansas for an anniversary.
87. I have been to Mexico only to spend the night at a bus station then return home.
88. For the longest time as a kid I thought the Coca-Cola Bottling plant in our town was the capital.
89. I would love to go on an archaeological dig at Hazor.
90. Words I am tired of hearing, "strategy, end-vision, emergent church, postmodern, postmodern Christianity, evangelical, John Piper, 'I am Reformed,'" and many other Christanese en vogue fads.
91. I have spent the night in the hotel that JFK stayed the night before he was killed.
92. I have also spent the night at the supposed place where Jesse James died.
93. I actually do not mind snails (les escargots) nor goose liver (la foie gras).
94. My friend Jeff introduced me to weird looking sausages of France. My personal favorite is wild boar.
95. I can actually type without looking at the keyboard, but not in any way is my method "standard."
96. I have practiced literal feetwashing and think is is more than a metaphor.
97. I have never published (except for my thesis).
98. I have never been to the Grand Canyon.
99. I lived very close to the USS Alabama and have never visited it.
    
100. I know W will use this list against me probably sooner rather than later.

And who will I tag? No one. But if you want to do this, tell me and I will come to your site and read what you've written.