25 things about me

25 things.  About me. Interesting? who knows…

1) Part of me really wishes I could be Catholic.  I was evangelized to by this former monk in Spain, and we got a few cups of coffee and shared about our lives in Christ.  I saw him again about 2 months later in the middle of a pretty bad day and the conversation was exactly what I needed.  BUT the transubstantiation thing bothers me.

2) I hate the fact that a couple of people stopped reading this note after I wrote “transubstantiation”, and could look it up but never will.

3) About 2 months ago I gave away half my clothes.  I still feel like I have too many.

4) When I was 16 I had dreadlocks for 6 months.  I sometimes really miss them.

5) If I wasn’t in ministry I wouldn’t go to church very often, at least not to “Sunday morning” church.  This is a general observation and has little or nothing to do with my current church’s service or style.

6) I have a fear of sewer covers / drains / grates. Each time I walk over one my heart pounds a little harder–what if it broke and you fell in the hole???

7) I can make myself sneeze by squeezing the sides of my nose repeatedly with my finger and thumb. It makes a funny noise and somehow builds up, then I sneeze.

I become easily annoyed by voice mail. I am the guy who calls but does not leave a message, because in my mind it is the loving thing to do.

9) I made my brother pee blood once because then I was mad at him I tied a rope between two trees while he was riding our dirt bike (he totally had overridden his turn in addition to whatever made me mad to begin with).  He ran into the rope and wrecked.

10) Kids should have mandatory outside time each week.  I still would rather climb a tree or skip rocks than play video games.

11) I want to write a book someday, and the title will have the word “underwear” in it.

12) Once a professor passingly called me “the irrepressible Chris Williams” and it is changed the way I see myself. Still deciding if that is good or bad, but leaning towards good.

13)  I wish I never knew how to get the stats for my blog. I used to just write “for what it’s worth”, but now I secretly judge myself based on the hits. lame. yes, I will check over the next few days to see if this note somehow had an effect.

14) Getting mail is one of the best parts of the human experience.

15) When I started at Taylor I felt like I was a “bad kid” there while I was a “good kid” at home.  I realized sometime over those 4 years that I was me.

16) I dream of having two dogs named Killer and Digger, respectively.

17) Being the world’s strongest man used to seem like a realistic goal, but now that just seems silly.

18) Beets make me gag.  Instant gag / probable vomit.

19) Fish used to make me gag, but now I can eat it and actually enjoy it sometimes.  Sushi changed my life.

20) All of my golf clubs have been given to me. Most of them came from the lost and found at the country club I where I worked. Some are womens.

21) Whoever put tampon commercials on during football games should serve jail time.  Where are the values in society today? Football = good, safe, manly.  Tampons = gross.  Why can’t they just air them during “The View”, “Grey’s Anatomy” or whatever…. LEAVE FOOTBALL ALONE.

22) I am more likely to watch C-SPAN than ESPN.

23) Trees are one of the few things that I like to draw.  I really get into making all the little branches and stems.

24) I have only told two or three people the most evil thing about me and they probably don’t even realize that it is the part of me of which I am terribly ashamed.

25) Recently, I discovered the game Risk and find it very enjoyable.  I do much better in real life than online.

That is enough of that.

May the Lord’s will be done,

CWillZ