6 Weird Things

I have been tagged, and therefore must share 6 weird things about myself with all the world!

Weird Thing #1: I am petrified of Zombies and yet have a morbid fascination with them. I have a board game based around them (a total hoot I might add) and many of my favorite movies feature the undead who have perfected the shuffle step. However, when I have a nightmare it invariably features these guys moaning for my brains, obviously in search of a nice light snack. Yes, that’s right, I just compared my brain to a Coffee Crisp (or was it Kit Kat?).

Weird Thing #2: I drink Coke… what? Not weird enough for you. How about with few exceptions I will not go to places that serve Coke, I was genuinely relieved to here that the movie theatre switched to Coke, and if I order Coke and the waitress asks whether Pepsi is OK I curtly reply, “No!” as though her very working there made her a part of the Pepsi conspiracy. I love to frustrate Pepsi taste testers. I feel like I respect people a little less if they prefer Pepsi. So there… I drink Coke.

Weird Thing #3: I am still firmly rooted in the 80’s. There is something about that decade that I love that I can’t put my finger on. Maybe it’s that everything about that decade screams, “Hey, we think we are living in the future.” Maybe it’s the “fashions” (leg warmers anyone?… HELLO!). Maybe it is the talking cars, or heavily armed helicopters, or that fact that the words awesome, gnarly, and my particular fav…. Choice (see Ferris Bueller for usage)…. Became so popular. I wish we could have just stayed there forever.

Weird Thing #4: Unlike the Divinyls who do other things to themselves, I talk to myself a lot. Like a lot, a lot. I have yet to reach the point where I answer myself which is a good thing, but I have always felt the need to talk to myself out loud. There have been times when my wife has come into the room and asked who I was talking to, and I vehemently deny that I uttered even a single syllable and yet I secretly knew I was in the middle of sharing myself how frustrated I was at not being able to beat a certain boss in a game or something. The really weird thing is my brother does the exact same thing, and I am pretty sure my dad does it too.

Weird Thing #5: I hate coffee but love Starbucks. Go figure. I generally don’t drink coffee but I am starting to think that maybe I am just loathe to admit that I do. I won’t drink just anything though. It has to be fresh ground, I prefer Starbucks beans, and I prefer it to have a fancy name and cost more than say, a small house or my wardrobe. I like fancy schmancy coffee, there I said it. I know this is true for lots of people, but seriously I hate other coffee and still profess that I don’t drink it and will still even after I have made this public to the world.

Weird Thing #6: (and this one is for the my challenger) I look like the mail guy (Brian Posehn) from Just Shoot Me, who is also on an episode of Friends and is featured in Mr. Show. It isn’t an overly flattering comparison but sadly it’s kind of true. Thankfully it stops at the way the guy looks and his mannerisms and does not extend into his voice, which sounds like a whiny kid even when he is excited. Not terribly flattering but weird and true nonetheless!
Hear endeth the shame.
I hereby challenge Brent, Shannon, Big Jay, Lindsay, Matt, and Erik!