27 things about me on my 27th birthday

I wrote this post out a few days back as I don't actually plan on spending the day blogging on my birthday. But I felt I should commemorate it here on my own little patch of internet I call home.

27) The number 27 is my default number. What do I mean by default? Anytime I need a random number, I almost always jump to 27. So I'm turning my default this year.

26) Hendrik is my middle name. My mom wanted each of her kids to have middle names that would work for last names should we decide to ditch our legal ones. While my brother and sisters got cool names with awesome meanings, I was named after my great grandfather (who in all fairness was awesome). I looked it up a couple years back only to find that it was just Estonian for Henry. Yup, I'm a Hank.

25) I was born in Alaska, but moved when I was a few months old cause I didn't like the cold. (Baby joke, classic.)

24) I love old movies; was basically raised on them. I'm almost always in the mood for Capra.

23) I can't see 3D. I used to be able to, but around the time I moved down to TN I noticed I couldn't anymore. So all the novelty of movies doing everything in 3D these days is lost on me. I have to actually watch a movie for the plot. 

22) I hate May. My family has tried to convince me for years that May isn't evil, that it's good because I was born in it. The flood only helped my case against the month.

21) I hate phones. While I'm not so phobic that I can't use a phone, I will avoid it as much as possible. 

20) I hate coffee. (Three hates in a row... sweet.)

19) I'm a floor person. If I'm at home relaxing, I prefer to sit in front of a couch rather than on it. 

18) I love sticks. Everything in the world seems right if I have a good hefty stick in my hand on a summer day.

17) I shot video of a tornado a few years back.

16) I'm very quiet in person.

15) I can almost play the following instruments: Clarinet (my sister had one, and I learned a few basic songs), Harmonica (found one at a garage sale that had a book with it. But I was distracted by trying to annoy my siblings with it) Bass (own one but the electrics never work so even though I practiced on it, I have no idea if I'm actually good.) Piano\organ (my grandpa owned an organ and I used to have a keyboard. I can play silent night and part of the theme from Titanic.) and the guitar (self taught, fool for a teacher... etc.)

14) I haven't in awhile, but I used to collect buttons. (like clothing buttons, that sort.)

13) I don't read a lot of comics anymore but if it comes to it, I'm still DC over Marvel any day.

12) When I was four I jumped onto a moving roller coaster. 

11) Dasani is my second favorite water. My first favorite was my Uncle's well in Grafton, Ont. How good was the water? My Uncle's place was on a hill and a bottling company moved into the valley and drained the well dry. I've never tasted water as good since.

10) I loved poetry growing up and memorized, amongst others, poems by Longfellow, Poe, Blake, A. A. Milne (yes Milne, don't be talkin' bad about Pooh bear!), Pound, and my favorite, Unknown. That guy/girl put out some great work.

9) Horses don't like me, so I don't like 'em back.

8) I'm not actually going to write anything for eight. The way I see it, no one will make it this far (and I can't blame 'em), thus I can just unwind here. It's hard coming up with this many things to write about myself.

7) I love fishing but I hate fish, so unless my mom is around, it's catch and release.

6) When I was three I understood that goods were exchanged for monetary value. I did not however understand why the cigarette butts I collected from the street couldn't be traded to the ice cream man for treats.

5) I've won a couple things in my life. One, a book that got left behind in a move, and two, a CD that was stolen some years back when our place was broken into.

4) As a school project I once helped paint a race car.

3) I have no sense of humor. I was born without one.

2) I've read almost all of the Reader's Digests that were published prior to 1990.

1) My hand itches.

Well that's all 27. It's the first time I've really done something of this nature and probably the last as it took way too long. If I was a more interesting person, maybe, but I'm not. Seriously, I almost gave up after the first four. Thank you for your patience. Have a good weekend peoples.