I guess this prompt isn’t really that good, since accidents aren’t really weird. I guess I’ll just talk about any major problem/accident that I’ve had, in chronological order.

1. I broke my arm in 4th grade. I was on one of those gliders that you hold onto and it rolls down a track. I think I was trying to do that “slam” thing, where you kind of launch it to the end. I unfortunately did not land on my feet, and instead landed on my wrist. Both bones in my right arm were broken, and I remember distinctly what my arm looked like, where my arm was parallel to itself, through the plastic inflatable splint I was administered. It didn’t hurt, and I didn’t cry, though now I’m going to think that it was due to both shock and the adrenaline. I got a cast, and wore it for a while through the rest of fourth grade. I also went on a trip to New York. I got lots of people to sign my cast, including Tara Lipinski and some firefighters from the FDNY. Pretty cool

2. I set my toaster on fire sometime towards the end of elementary school. I had put some girl scout cookies on a cookie sheet, but I think I left the foil too long and it may have touched one of the heating elements, and it started a fire. The first fire extinguisher I tried was empty, and the second one blasted the fire out, but also shot some cookies out of the oven onto the counter. We’ve still got a burn spot where the cookie landed.

3. I fractured my ankle in 7th grade. I had a rolling backpack when I was going to school, and strapped it onto a bike rack on the back of my bike. It kind of messed up my balance, and one day as I was biking to school, my foot slipped off the pedal and it dragged in front of the pedal until i hit a white picket fence. Several people helped me there: A classmate who I always saw walking to school saw me fall, and stayed with me to make sure I was ok. She brought my bike to school when I was picked up. I ended up being really good friends with her, which was cool. A teacher that biked past me often also saw, and reported to the school. The school psychologist was giving a talk to the health class, but he actually ran out of class and carried me to a near by classmate’s mom’s car. Crazy!

4. Finally, something not personally injurious! My junior year of high school, I parked my car on the street since I hadn’t purchased a parking permit. However, some construction was going on across the street. My poor van (NETGEAR!) was backed into by one of the company’s vehicles. A semi. I was left with a large dent in the side of my car (about 1ft d) I actually didn’t realize it until later that week, and then didn’t realize that they left a note until it rained and I used the wipers on my car. But, it was fixed, and my car looks as good as new!

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So I do not own a pet. However, I think that if I were to, I would want something that looked like this:

He looks confused! I like Schnauzers because they look fluffy but kind of distinguished. It’s like they have the equivalent of a crazy handlebar mustache on a person. Or, if I decide not to get a dog, maybe I will want something like this:

But, I don’t want my cat to be mean. Or to run away all the time. I would probably prefer to have a funny cat like one on YouTube. Or maybe, one of THESE!!

Ok maybe not that.

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There is an extremely high likelihood that I have sent this to you before. This is a British chap named Alex Day. He sings songs and makes amusing videos under his YouTube handle "Nerimon”. He has a series of videos where he reads the lyrics of various top songs in the UK and comments on them. Some of them are just terrible (N-Dubz: Sexercise!) In this case, because it is Lady Gaga, it is a combination of “oh this is good” and “hello I am crazy!”

Actually I only found out about this guy because he reads/paraphrases Twilight on YouTube. It is really quite amusing. I’ve embedded only Ch. 1, but he’s recorded up to ~Ch 14. I rather enjoy watching him. Also, because he is British, I like to listen to him talk. it is amusing!

Also he does this interesting thing where he has people draw the faces of playing cards for him. That way, he’ll have a complete, original deck of cards from friends and people that he has met! I actually would like to do that as well, so perhaps look forward to that in the future.

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I guess there are a few – maybe not just odd habits but pet peeves as well.

When I shower, I towel off inside the tub. I don’t like standing on a damp mat, so I always towel off one foot, step outside, and then towel the other. It generally works out OK.

Every time I leave to go anywhere, I need to know where my keys, phone, and wallet are. I take these with me everywhere I go, and always stick my hands in both pockets and do a quick count.

I hate switching between the keyboard and the mouse. I also don’t like moving the mouse. It’s gotten to the point that I use a ton of keyboard shortcuts that other people don’t use/know, and I have mouse rocker gestures so I can browse the internet without having to move my hand to the back button. I also get extremely irritated when my Google Talk windows don’t want to close when i press escape, or I can’t tab through them. UGH. (PS: Space, Backspace, and Esc are my favorite keys on a keyboard)

When I’m barefoot, I walk on my toes when not on carpet. Well technically, the balls of my feet. I recently discovered that the vibrations of walking around were causing me to be unable to click on things in my browser. I also don’t especially love the feeling of tile or wood if it is not super clean.

Music is always playing in my room. This is probably the biggest one. My freshman and sophomore years, my music was playing even when I wasn’t in my room sometimes. Now, It’s odd to walk past my desk and not hear any sort of tunes coming from my speakers.

I can only write neatly with a pen. Math homework used to be so messy.

I think this may already be too many weird things that I’ve exposed to the world. What’s something weird that you do?

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Another picture of Spain! This is in the Madrid Barajas Airport. This is the new terminal (terminal 4), This terminal was opened in 2006, so I visited when it was only 3 years old. It’s got the new style of airport terminal, where its got a ridiculously high ceiling, terminal services in the center, and gates along the side, with really huge windows. Lots of natural light and no airport CNN or repeating security messages help. Other airports that have fallen in this category include HKIA in Hong Kong and Seoul Incheon in Korea. Both are beautiful airports with huge amounts of open space.

I can’t wait until the US starts to have this style of airport. Also, I can’t wait until my next international flight.

I also don’t know why this prompt is here. Photo of people you don’t know? But they’re the boring part!

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Well, I own one piece of jewelry, which is this watch from Lucien Piccard. It was from my Uncle to my dad, but my dad wanted something slimmer, so I get to wear this nice guy here. It’s an automatic watch, which i actually think I appreciate a lot more than the digital or quartz watches that are more common now.

PS. Thanks everyone for a wonderful birthday. My big fat giraffe takes up a lot of space on my bed.

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Maybe I am occasionally a bit excessive when it comes to extolling the virtues of Rainbows, but really, I like these a lot. They’re pricey, i suppose, but they’re also really comfortable and generally are worth the price. I paid ~40 for them, and I got them just after my freshman year. 3 years later, they’re still going strong.

They’ve got leather uppers, and foam beneath, which basically ends up letting the sandal mold to your feet, and it is nice and comfortable. They’re a little uncomfortable in the beginning, but when they’ve softened up a bit, they are much easier to wear. I really like them as beach shoes, since they’re really comfortable to put on when they’ve been sitting in the sun for a while.

I suppose the most interesting part is that they’ve got a lifetime warranty – as long as you haven’t worked through the top or bottom layers of the sandal, they will replace your sandals for no charge (assuming damage was due to poor construction). I’ve run through the bottom layer already, but I’m not worried since these guys are probably going to last me a lot longer.

It’s too bad snowy weather is not conducive to flip flops. Good thing I still have my perpetual California flip flop tan.

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So i don’t know what my “secret recipe” is. I suppose one that has been successful recently is Detroit Style Wings.

Sauce: Equal parts of Honey, Melted Butter, and Sriracha (actually i’d cut down on the honey and even less butter)

Prep: Toss wings w/ 1 tsp cayenne pepper, black pepper, and salt. Grill over medium fire, basting with honey. Then when they’re done (juices run clear or something, whatever), toss in the sauce and eat it wet!

Actually I think that’s just the most recent recipe i looked up. But it is pretty good. To make up for the non-secretness of it, here is a video of a Dog riding a Turtle.

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Me and Teddy at Passion Pit concert! Passion Pit is too cool =) Also, concerts are awesome and stuff.

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Guess I haven’t changed much since I was young.

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