100 Things About Me......

NOTICE: Due to somebody possibly messing around with my email account, I've greatly increased my security and changed my email address as well. I got way to lax about my account. If you get any thing else from the.jammer@gmail.com please disregard it. My new email address is sailboat.bebop the @ sign gmail.com Thank you all for your understanding.

This weeks post is going to be a bit different. Normally I have access to a 5mp digital camera to take pictures of what I'm working on. Unfortunately, Rich loaned his camera out to a friend who's currently taking a trip Europe. It's not a big deal and next weekend I'll post pictures when I have the camera again.

Just to give you a heads up, I fabricated the new washboards after talking about it for 6 months and they came out real nice. In addition to pictures of that, I should have my first sewing project completed. (Interior curtains) Until then, here is the near mandatory 100 things about me post that seems to be in vogue recently. I always talk more about BeBop than myself and this might give some insight into me, the guy behind the BeBop project.

001. I'm a Nihilist.
002. I have a INTJ personality type. You can take the test here if you want to know yours.
003. I'm a recovering consumerist.
004. I'm legally blind in both eyes without my glasses on, with them I can see fine.
005. I'm left handed.
006. I refuse to visit any country that wants you to eat with only your right hand.
007. My astrology sign is Taurus and yes I am.
008. My Chinese zodiac sign is the Ox. (Which makes me extra stubborn)
009. I love music, Jazz is my favorite, but when I'm upset or stressed, I listen to Heavy Metal or Industrial.
010. I used to play bass in a Rock & Blues band.
011. I also used to play the trumpet too, but I was a far better bass player.
012. My favorite movie is a toss up between Bladerunner, The Matrix or Fight Club.
013. I think the Matrix is closer to reality than you might suspect. (multiple systems of control)
014. I'm addicted to coffee.
015. I'm a perfectionist.
016. I think Knob Creek is the best Bourbon Whiskey money can buy and I can't afford to drink it.
017. I've been to every state in the country except Montana and Maine when I was a truck driver.
018. I quit smoking 3 1/2 years ago without any help, just will power.
019. I'm single, never been married and I don't have any kids. (nor do I want them)
020. I'm at least 25% American Indian but you can't tell it to look at me.
021. I don't use bar soap preferring shampoo because it doesn't leave soap scum.
022. I shave with a double sided safety razor instead of the newest xyz wonder blade.
023. I would rather read a good book than watch television.
024. I spend a good deal of time studying the "big picture."
025. My favorite trumpet player is Miles Davis.
026. I've always been a serious person, even as a little kid.
027. I was a aero-medical evacuation technician in the Air Force Reserve.
028. My basic training instructor told me I am the only person he ever graduated as an individual.
029. I have titanium pins in both my wrists from a motorcycle accident 4 years ago. They hurt everyday.
030. I hate a structured learning environment, just give me a book or manual and I'll figure it out on my own.
031. I think public education teaches you what to think not how to think.
032. I think people should worry more about getting into car accidents than terrorist attacks.
033. I was born in Virginia but spent most my life in Florida.
034. I love role-playing games. Either the pen and paper kind or on a computer.
035. I'm really into tattoos and have been since I was a little kid. (link not for the faint of heart!)
036. I never felt old(er) until my last motorcycle accident.
037. I want Magneto to win over the X-men in the comic book series.
038. If I could go back in time and meet one famous person it would be Nikola Tesla.
039. I would like to write a book one day about my sailing adventures.
040. What humanity is doing to trash the planet makes me really sad.
041. I've been eating a low carb diet for 2 years and I lost 65 pounds.
042. I still really miss M&M's.
043. I never go to a doctor if I can avoid it.
044. I enjoy watching Japanese Anime.
045. I like to collect skills like other people collect coins or stamps.
046. My favorite beer is Corona with a lime.
047. I believe respect is earned not just handed out because somebody says so.
048. If I could have any one super power, it would be the ability to go forward and backward in time at will.
049. I'm allergic to cold weather.
050. I don't like cooked fish very much. I prefer sushi or sashimi.
051. I don't enjoy cooking, but I'm not that bad at it.
052. My friend Rich is more like a brother to me than my real one.
053. I like to make contingency plans for things that might happen. I sleep better at night.
054. I don't enjoy small talk, I think it's a waste of time.
055. I don't understand what people get out of dancing.
056. I hate living to work instead of working to live.
057. I think civilization is a man made hell on earth.
058. I'm not a very charismatic person compared to most of my friends.
059. My favorite kind of pen is a Pilot G-2.
060. I have a pet rat named Frick, who loves yogurt drops.
061. If I could be any Anime character I'd choose to be Batou from Ghost in the Shell.
062. I think Asian women are the prettiest in the world.
063. I like eccentric sunglasses, my current pair is Prescription Oakley Mars.
064. I dislike lazy, ignorant, and stupid people.
065. I have no life plan other than to go sailing.
066. Most of the time I prefer it that way strange enough.
067. I am pretty cynical and suspicious by nature.
068. Despite my feelings regarding consumerism, I still love computers.
069. I used to own a company that made custom computer cases. The dot com bust and 9/11 changed everything and I went out of business.
070. My favorite author is William Gibson.
071. I get bored with corporation slave jobs very quickly.
072. I like to always have a major project to work on. It keeps me from getting depressed.
073. I don't like dogs
074. I have a huge music collection. It's so large I have CD's I'll probably never listen to.
075. I think Orwell's 1984 is coming true. You can read it for free here.
076. I think Peak Oil is going to cause lots of grief for humanity in the very near future.
077. I really wish I could speak another language besides computer and English.
078. As much as I love sailing and swimming, I don't like fishing or going to the beach.
079. I'm allergic to children but for some reason they see to like me.
080. I wish cute asian women liked me as much as children do.
081. I've never had any kind of transcendent or religious experience. (thank god)
082. I have little sense of nationalism...I'm a earthling like everybody else.
083. My ideal outdoor temperature is about 70 degrees with varying wind depending on what I'm doing.
084. I love tilley hats.
085. I prefer to wear baggy cargo shorts and tank tops most of the time because it's very comfortable.
086. I'm not into cars anymore, but if I could have any one that I wanted, I would choose to have a original Mini Cooper.
087. I'm currently playing Eldar Scrolls IV Oblivion when I have time, it's the best game I've played in about 5 years.
088. I use to dye my hair. It's been blond, green, purple, red and blue. I'm back to my normal brown now.
089. I miss talking to my Uncle Jeff who committed suicide about 5 years ago.
090. I don't remember much about my childhood other than I didn't enjoy it much.
091. If I could have any sailboat in the world it would be a toss up between a Dana 24 and a Nor'Sea 27. Maybe one day, a man can dream.
092. When I was in high school I painted miniatures on commission to make money.
093. I created my blog in a attempt to make friends around the world while I'm sailing.
094. My favorite industrial band is KMFDM.
095. I've never gotten seasick on a small boat.
096. I don't wear jewelry besides a watch and (some would say crazy) ear piercings.
097. I carry a pocket tool kit at all times. You never know right?
098. My favorite jazz pianist is Brad Mehldau.
099. I'm a loner save a few close friends.
100. I take loyalty and trust very seriously.

Wow, that was harder than I thought it was going to be. Here's hoping you all enjoy it and the links I provided. Don't forget next week I'll have up all the pictures of what I finished this weekend. Until next time....Fair Winds....

Jammer.....