I was reading back through a bunch of ancient Xanga posts, and I found this thing I swiped from Ruth circa Summer '05. Here's the updated version. TEN random things about me
1. I generally wear flipflops regardless of the weather, IF I wear any shoes at all.
2. I've made two solo flights in gliders.
3. I'm somewhere between an eighth and half Cherokee.
4. I'll face down a charging horse, but will run screaming from a fairly small cockroach.
5. I set a dredge pump on fire at an archaeological project once.
6. I've got a really bad temper with most people, but once someone's past a certain level of acceptance/trust, I will take far more crap than I should.
7. Under normal circumstances, I generally refuse to eat sweet potatos.
8. I occasionally write really bad haiku.
9. I'm unbelievably ticklish, even in places most people aren't.
10. I really don't like people in general, but will usually bend over backwards to help if someone needs it. NINE places I've visited
1. Cambridge, England
2. London, England
3. Stratford-on-Avon, England
4. Bath, England
5. Stonehenge
6. Burton, OH
7. Branson, MO
8. Clarksville, GA
9. Houma, LA. EIGHT things I want to do before I die
1. singlehand circumnavigation via Southern Ocean
2. skydiving
3. get my pilot's license
4. visit Antarctica
5. meet Jimmy Buffett
6. learn Cherokee
7. live in another country
8. write a novel (why the heck not?) SEVEN ways to win my heart
1. realize that I'm at least as intelligent as you; don't treat me like an idiot or assume I can't understand something just because it doesn't happen to be my area of specialization
2. appreciate firearms
3. be someone I can actually trust and count on
4. have a sense of humor
5. enjoy a good adventure now and then
6. respect my independence but still be there to save my ass when I need it
7. sharing common interests, values, outlooks, etc. is a good start SIX things I believe in
1. chasing dreams
2. second chances
3. reasonable cultural relativism
4. trusting one's instincts
5. helping people when you can
6. friendship FIVE things I'm afraid of
1. being trapped or confined (literally or metaphorically)
2. always being clumsy/incompetent/inept/ otherwise not good enough at what I do
3. large crowds of people (football games terrify me)
4. losing people I care about
5. roaches-- illogical, but yes FOUR of my favorite items in my bedroom
1. the cool Old West picture of my parents and me
2. the quilt my Granny made me
3. my trusty .45
4. my stuffed bunny THREE things I do every day
1. curse at my alarm clock and hit the snooze button repeatedly
2. at least one sudoku puzzle, usually
3. finally go to sleep at some ridiculous hour TWO things I am trying not to do right now
1. fall asleep
2. let the museum visitors realize that I feel like crap ONE person I want to see right now
1. surprisingly, it's not the answer some of you might expect | 
