Showing posts with label 73 things. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 73 things. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

The Other Half-.5 Things About Me; More In-Depth

Have I ever worn braces? Nope.
My front two teeth are slightly crooked, but not enough to warrant using braces. Which I'm thankful for. I do get self-conscious about my front two teeth sometimes, but whatever. It doesn't really matter.

How am I feeling right now? Pretty good, but tired.
Right now I'm feeling pretty great. Micheal is going to come over for his lunch break soon and play some Mario Kart, so that's going to be fun. Adding these commentaries on my post has been fulfilling and enjoyable.

Height: 5' 8"
Which is one inch taller than when I got my driver's (is that where the apostrophe goes?) license, so I'm still growing. Although I don't really expect to grow more; another inch max, probably.

If I could live anywhere, where would it be? This is too hard of a question to answer right now.
Welp, my previous self didn't answer the question, so I guess I have to now. I feel like the answer is just Fallon? Pretty much all my family is here, so that's the main draw. If I lived somewhere where it would be super awesome to live (Europe etc.) then I would be super far from my family and I wouldn't like that.

What did I last eat? Corn.
A bowl of Frosted Mini-wheats (off-brand, though (not sure what the off-brand is called)). Two or three bowls in-a-row, in fact. Although each one was an hour or two apart.

What did I want to be when I was younger? Artist.
Too bad I suck at it. I'm starting to add to my paint collection, though. I really do love and enjoy art.

Typical Friday night: Depends on the time of year.
And pretty much the same as every other night. They're all practically the same in reference to what I spend my time doing.

Foods I won't eat: Some fish. Probably something else. Foods against the Word of Wisdom, of course.
Human. Wouldn't eat that. 'Won't' feels like a strong word to use there. I'll eat a lot of foods. I'll avoid Zucchini amongst other foods, but I'll still eat them.

Bucket list item: Buy a bag of milk (Ryan came up with this bucket list item originally, so I give him the credit)
Canada has bags of milk, which is super cool.

Item I can't live without: Water, Food. I don't think that's what this question is going for, but whatever.
I actually remember what I was originally going to put for this until I forgot and ended up putting water and food. I was going to saw my family and friends.

Movie I have watched repeatably: The Giver, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Ender's Game
Aka, my favorite movies of all time. I really need to make an official list. I've had a list in my head for a while, but it keeps getting mixed around and it doesn't include The Princess Bride yet, which is a fault, so I need to write it down and fix it up and then present it to you guys soon.

Apple or Android: No preference.
Yep.

What should I be doing right now? Sleeping.
Maybe working on my last merit badge or getting more ready for the 4th of July thing, but writing this is a perfectly fine thing to be doing.

One goal this year: Finish my Eagle Scout
Two more goals this year: Figure out what college I want to go to. Finish and submit my mission papers.

Pet peeve: Uneducated people talking about something I'm passionate about
I feel like I could give a specific example of this, but meh, I don't feel like thinking about a memory of a person annoying me.

Last song I listened to: March to the Sea non-lyrical version.
Ruby by twenty one pilots

Most expensive item of clothing: Shoes, probably.
Actually, my necklace that I won for the Seneca Run.

Can't leave house without: Phone
Sad, but pretty much true. It's on me constantly.

Dream car: An expensive one so I can sell it.
Preferably a Tesla just so I can say I owned a Tesla (before I sold it, of course).

Favorite animal: Monkey
It's always been mine and Thomas's favorite animal. I'm not sure why.

Favorite book: Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
Scriptures don't count, in case you were wondering. I love Hero of Ages more than a normal person by quite a bit. Scadrial is my favorite world; it has my favorite magic system, my favorite characters, my favorite ending, my favorite almost everything.

Favorite color: Blue. Typically of the darker variety.
Blue is the best color, after all. It just is.

Favorite dessert: Ice Cream. Pretty sure Ice Cream is just the best food.
Yep. Ice Cream be the best. I actually think I'll go get myself some right now.

Favorite drink: Water and milk. Apple juice and Orange juice are also wonderful. When I think about it Orange juice might be my favorite? I'm not sure, milk and water are just awesome.
Water and Milk are my favorite. Orange juice, I have decided, is definitely my 3rd favorite drink, though.

Favorite food: Pizza, I guess. But that's probably not true if I think about it more.
Not Pizza, Ice Cream. I can't believe I forgot about a Ice Cream (I don't know why I'm capitalizing Ice Cream) right after the question about my favorite dessert. Ice Cream is both my favorite dessert and favorite food.

Favorite gadget: Nintendo Switch, if phones and computers don't count.
Although the 2ds is probably a close second. I've gotten a lot of play hours through that with Smash and Fire Emblem and Pokemon and Legend of Zelda Games. Still have a lot of potential gameplay hours through it, too, because I have yet to finish two Zelda games (Ocarina of Time 3D and Majora's Mask 3D) and Fire Emblem: Fates. Plus Smash is still on there, of course.

Favorite movie: The Giver
Fantastic Mr. Fox is a close second, but The Giver was just the best. For me specifically. I'm definitely not arguing that The Giver is the best movie of all time. It's just my favorite. It has such emotional weight in it that hit me in all the right places. I love it so much.

Favorite restaurant: Don't have one.
Maybe Don Julio's? That is a really good restaurant. I should go there on my own sometime (or with a date or something).

Favorite sandwich: Spicy Italian footlong from Subway with the toppings of my choice.
Mmm, so good.

Favorite season: Fall. Autumn. I should use the word Autumn more. It's cool.
Partially because my birthday, but I also like the weather the most.

Favorite series: The Mistborn series
*insert what I said about Hero of Ages here*

Favorite snack: Cereal
Cereal is fantastic. I don't know what else to say.

Favorite sport to watch: Basketball, but tennis is pretty hype too.
I think what tips basketball over tennis is the team-aspect. People working together makes it extremely interesting instead of just one or two people doing stuff.

Favorite breakfast food: Cereal?
I mean, probably. Simply because of how simple it is to make. A good piece of french toast or a good waffle do beat out cereal pretty easily taste wise, but cereal is so quick that it gives it the edge. Probably. I don't like sausage, so that eliminates a lot of breakfast food, but french toast, waffles, pancakes, and cereal are all good. (Waffles are better than pancakes, btw. The only advantage pancakes have are its ability to mass produce them. It's a lot harder to mass produce waffles.)

Lucky number: 27
This came about when Ryan chose the name "Chosen27" for our minecraft username. He made that from the fact that he was the 27th person to get his Pat. Blessing from our patriarch (fun fact: I was the 224th (another fun fact: Orin was the 223rd and Thomas was the 225th)). I didn't know that at the time and grew a liking towards the number 27 and it is now my lucky and favorite number. I still use the username "Chosen27" in most of my online games.

Favorite fictional character: Kaladin Stormblessed. Spook is a close second.
I don't know exactly why I love Spook so much, but he is so cool. I love him so much. Kaladin is Kaladin, though, so.

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Half+.5 of the 67 Things About Me; More In-Depth

Aka, I'm going to go through the first 37 things and talk more in depth about each thing. I'm more awake now, so I'm now capable. I'll do the other 36 in a another blog post that'll be up tomorrow. I'm going to be using a different color for my commentary and such and hopefully it looks good.

Am I a morning or a night person? I can be both. Sometimes I stay up way later than I should, which sides with being a night person. But I can also wake up early without too much trouble and I enjoy it. So Idk.
Yep, basically want I said previously. I can be both.

Am I afraid of the dark? Not really. Used to be, though.
Most of the time (now-a-days, that is. As I said previously, I used to be scared of the dark) I find being outside in the dark super peaceful. Inside in the dark I don't necessarily care or don't care for. But being outside in the dark is peaceful. Most of the time. Sometimes it is freaky.

Am I an introvert or extrovert? Introvert.
Always have been (although I'm pretty sure I was more extroverted when I was younger. Probably still introverted overall, but more towards the extroverted side than I am now). Don't see this changing anytime soon.

Am I double jointed? In my right thumb, I think?
Meant to say my left thumb, whoops. But, yeah, it can go back and forth in a slightly strange way which may or may not be double jointed. I'm also double jointed in my left ring finger. Forgot about that one.

Right or left handed: Right
Yep.

Tidy or messy person: Messy, but not so messy that I can't be productive. I keep my messiness under control.
Ex. My backpack basically the entirety of this year. It was incredibly messy, but sort of had an organization and I never lost my stuff (maybe I shouldn't have said never, but most of the time I didn't lose my stuff). My room is also messy (although I'm slowly fixing that).

Am I on time or late to things? On time.
Depends on the importance too. But most of the time I'm there within 5 minutes of when I need to be. 

Ticklish: Probably? I definitely was in the past, but I haven't been tickled recently so it could have changed.
When we were younger, Thomas knew that I was ticklish, so for whatever reason he would tickle me, but I knew that he really didn't like germs and saliva, so I would lick my hand to keep him at bay. It was a good time.

Can I curl my tongue? Yes, in several ways.
Without needing the assistance of my mouth to keep it in shape either. I can do the typical U-shape. I can also do the U-shape, but tilted 90 degrees clockwise. I trained myself to do that working on it a lot. I can also do the w-shaped waffle one.

Can I ice skate? Poorly.
I can also roller blade poorly. I dislike both. It just feels like faster, granted also more enjoyable, walking/jogging but with the constant fear of tripping and face-planting it. I don't enjoy that fear and the mild enjoyableness of skating itself is not enough to combat it.
It's also partly why I don't like swimming. It's like walking/jogging except with the constant fear of struggling for your life. It's just not a good time.

Can I wiggle my ears? Yes.
It was pretty cool when I found this out. I then started moving them more to get better at it.

Cookies, Cake, or Donuts: Donuts then cookies then cake. Cake is overrated. I'm also in the club that cookies are overrated, but cake is most definitely overrated.
This doesn't exactly apply to the question, but cronuts are super good. But every time I eat one I feel like I would rather just have a croissant and a donut separately. So Idk.

Have I ever participated in a talent show? Not that I'm aware of
Although if I were to, I would probably just juggle. Although if I wanted to be super fancy, we get Ryan in on it and then (my family and I have thought about this in the past) I juggle 4 rubix cubes. I chuck one out to Ryan and transfer from juggling 4 to 3. Then he solves in a he chucks it back in. I throw him another unsolved one. We repeat this process until all 4 are solved. It's a really cool idea, I think. It would require a lot of practice, though. Especially to transfer from 4 to 3 to 4 etc.

Do you like school? Sometimes. I enjoy the social aspect. I enjoy learning. But boy does it suck a lot of the time.
For some reason I put this question in second person. Weird. But, yeah, school and I have a love-hate relationship. Often it's a specific class or two that I hate, but the others I enjoy.

Do I believe in ghosts? Only the holy one.
But I also suppose there's things like the veil becoming thin and seeing spirits and such, but I wouldn't consider them ghosts.

Do I bite my nails? No.
Never have.

Do I consider myself a good cook? I'm good enough to be content with my cooking ability.
I change my mind. I do want to become better and obtain more cooking knowledge. Culinary Arts would be my next choice of elective after Video Production and Spanish.

Do I enjoy dancing? Depends on the scenario, but overall, yes. I am an introvert, so if it's too social of a situation, dancing would probably make me uncomfortable. But even then, I sometimes enjoy dancing.
I do really enjoy dancing when I'm alone or with a couple people I feel 100 percent comfortable with (most often mi familia). When an awesome song comes on and I just get really into it. It's definitely fun.

Do I enjoy DIY crafts? I've never really tried them, but I feel like I would.
Although I do feel like I would get frustrated with them easily or would want them to be too perfect. So maybe I wouldn't like them.

Do I forgive easily: Yes.
I've always been good at this and I'm glad I am. I can remember a couple times when Ryan was being his teenager self (aka, he was a jerk sometimes when he was a teenager (he agrees with this fact, so it's fine that I say it)) and afterwards he was the coolest guy and came up to me to personally apologize for his actions. (Honestly, shout out to Ryan for being humble and awesome enough to do that on several occasions.) I remember being slightly confused on how to respond because I felt like he didn't necessarily need to apologize. I had already forgiven him in my heart and so it didn't matter. At least that's what I remember. I could be off; memories are that way.

Nickname: Alex. P-razz. Theodore. Zander. Al (Joseph called me this sometimes). Probably a couple others I'm missing.
Smart guy is another one. I think Theodore is my favorite one. I don't know why, but I really like my middle name.

Allergies: None
I am allergic to a certain type of medicine. Giant rashes across my body. It was interesting.

Phobias: I feel like I have some, but I don't have time right now to think about it super hard.
I'm kind of afraid of the ocean. I used to be afraid of heights (and am sometimes still), but my friend Lindsay helped me overcome a large part of that when my friend group went zip-lining.

Pets: I have none, but I love pets and will probably get them in the future.
Having a domestic pet fox sounds awesome. I feel like it would be a mixture of having a cat and a dog. Not as clingy as a dog and not as skittish as a cat. It would be great.

Siblings: 3 brothers, 1 sister.
They're all incredible and I'm so blessed to be in such an awesome family.

Dogs or Cats: I love both, but if forced to choose, I would pick cats. Although I think I'm slightly allergic to them. Semi-itchy throat. Some cats don't make this happen, but others do.
Ex. Smokey (Smokey is the cat's name (Milana's family's cat))

Mac or PC: Probably PC, although I don't have much data.
When I reread the statement I read daata and not dayta. Interesting. (The way I pronounce it often changes)

Beach or Mountains: Mountains? Idk.
I like both. No real preference.

Bath or Shower: Shower
Definitely shower. Baths take far to long and get cold and they're semi-uncomfortable.

Languages? I can understand basic spanish, although I can't speak it.
I can read and speak English. Forgot to mention that.

Do I still watch cartoons? Not often, but yes. If anime counts then when I have time, yes.
Granted, my anime watching has decreased significantly over the past 6 months or so.

Do I play any sports? Tennis. Did Track and Field for one year.
I'm absolute trash at basketball. The only thing I'm good at in basketball is running. I'm kind of convinced I should never touch the ball if I'm ever playing.
I'm pretty good at tennis, though. I'm about average in Track and Field. And when I saw Track and Field, I really just mean Track since I never did any field events.

Does my name have a special meaning? Not that I'm aware of.
"Defender of men", apparently. My parents just chose it because they both like it. Although my mom did just comment that if the name meant something dumb then they probably wouldn't have gone with it.

Have I been to a concert? Nope.
But I would really really love to go to a twenty one pilots concert in the future. That's probably super obvious, though.

Do I enjoy camping? Yep.
After the week long camping trip I can report that I still do enjoy camping.

Have I skipped class? Around finals week when we're doing nothing important, I have, yes. I was excused by my parents, but I still think it counts as skipping.
So nothing illegal, is the main point there. But, yeah, ex. we were only working on our projects in AP Physics and I figured I would be more productive at home, so I just asked my mom if I could leave and be excused and she said sure.

Have you won something? Yes.
Math competitions, Seneca Run, Races back in elementary school, Smash 4 high school tournament (did I ever report on winning that? If I haven't, I should. It was a good time), various other things.

Sunday, June 10, 2018

73 Things About Me

Am I a morning or a night person? I can be both. Sometimes I stay up way later than I should, which sides with being a night person. But I can also wake up early without too much trouble and I enjoy it. So Idk.
Am I afraid of the dark? Not really. Used to be, though.
Am I an introvert or extrovert? Introvert.
Am I double jointed? In my right thumb, I think?
Right or left handed: Right
Tidy or messy person: Messy, but not so messy that I can't be productive. I keep my messiness under control.
Am I on time or late to things? On time.
Ticklish: Probably? I definitely was in the past, but I haven't been tickled recently so it could have changed.
Can I curl my tongue? Yes, in several ways.
Can I ice skate? Poorly.
Can I wiggle my ears? Yes.
Cookies, Cake, or Donuts: Donuts then cookies then cake. Cake is overrated. I'm also in the club that cookies are overrated, but cake is most definitely overrated.
Have I ever participated in a talent show? Not that I'm aware of
Do you like school? Sometimes. I enjoy the social aspect. I enjoy learning. But boy does it suck a lot of the time.
Do I believe in ghosts? Only the holy one.
Do I bite my nails? No.
Do I consider myself a good cook? I'm good enough to be content with my cooking ability.
Do I enjoy dancing? Depends on the scenario, but overall, yes. I am an introvert, so if it's too social of a situation, dancing would probably make me uncomfortable. But even then, I sometimes enjoy dancing.
Do I enjoy DIY crafts? I've never really tried them, but I feel like I would.
Do I forgive easily: Yes.
Nickname: Alex. P-razz. Theodore. Zander. Al (Joseph called me this sometimes). Probably a couple others I'm missing.
Allergies: None
Phobias: I feel like I have some, but I don't have time right now to think about it super hard.
Pets: I have none, but I love pets and will probably get them in the future.
Siblings: 3 brothers, 1 sister.
Dogs or Cats: I love both, but if forced to choose, I would pick cats. Although I think I'm slightly allergic to them. Semi-itchy throat. Some cats don't make this happen, but others do.
Mac or PC: Probably PC, although I don't have much data.
Beach or Mountains: Mountains? Idk.
Bath or Shower: Shower
Languages? I can understand basic spanish, although I can't speak it.
Do I still watch cartoons? Not often, but yes. If anime counts then when I have time, yes.
Do I play any sports? Tennis. Did Track and Field for one year.
Does my name have a special meaning? Not that I'm aware of.
Have I been to a concert? Nope.
Do I enjoy camping? Yep.
Have I skipped class? Around finals week when we're doing nothing important, I have, yes. I was excused by my parents, but I still think it counts as skipping.
Have you won something? Yes.
Have I ever worn braces? Nope.
How am I feeling right now? Pretty good, but tired.
Height: 5' 8"
If I could live anywhere, where would it be? This is too hard of a question to answer right now.
What did I last eat? Corn.
What did I want to be when I was younger? Artist.
Typical Friday night: Depends on the time of year.
Foods I won't eat: Some fish. Probably something else. Foods against the Word of Wisdom, of course.
Bucket list item: Buy a bag of milk (Ryan came up with this bucket list item originally, so I give him the credit)
Item I can't live without: Water, Food. I don't think that's what this question is going for, but whatever.
Movie I have watched repeatably: The Giver, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Ender's Game
Apple or Android: No preference.
What should I be doing right now? Sleeping.
One goal this year: Finish my Eagle Scout
Pet peeve: Uneducated people talking about something I'm passionate about
Last song I listened to: March to the Sea non-lyrical version.
Most expensive item of clothing: Shoes, probably.
Can't leave house without: Phone
Dream car: An expensive one so I can sell it.
Favorite animal: Monkey
Favorite book: Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
Favorite color: Blue. Typically of the darker variety.
Favorite dessert: Ice Cream. Pretty sure Ice Cream is just the best food.
Favorite drink: Water and milk. Apple juice and Orange juice are also wonderful. When I think about it Orange juice might be my favorite? I'm not sure, milk and water are just awesome.
Favorite food: Pizza, I guess. But that's probably not true if I think about it more.
Favorite gadget: Nintendo Switch, if phones and computers don't count.
Favorite movie: The Giver
Favorite restaurant: Don't have one.
Favorite sandwich: Spicy Italian footlong from Subway with the toppings of my choice
Favorite season: Fall. Autumn. I should use the word Autumn more. It's cool.
Favorite series: The Mistborn series
Favorite snack: Cereal
Favorite sport to watch: Basketball, but tennis is pretty hype too.
Favorite breakfast food: Cereal?
Lucky number: 27
Favorite fictional character: Kaladin Stormblessed. Spook is a close second.