1. I can’t fit into my own bathtub, explaining why I haven’t taken a bath for as long as I can remember
2. I grew out of my bed about 3 years ago, we had to get a new one just so my feet don’t hang off the edge
3. I like my eyebrows. I only trim them so women will talk to me
4. I can’t whistle or blow a bubble
5. Until frighteningly recently I wasn’t able to blow my nose either
6. I prance around the house incessantly when no ones looking
7. I’d rather be a star opera singer/ballerina than a star quarterback
8. I can’t hit a note
9. Though on very few occasions I happen to get one and I feel awfully proud of myself
10. For the first few years of elementary school, my parents dressed me up as a Mexican for Halloween. No kidding, I had a poncho, a sombrero, and maracas.
11. I recently realized that I went to one of the whitest elementary schools outside Kansas, I couldn’t pull stuff like that at North Hollywood
12. I love foreign magazines, even the ones in languages I can’t understand.
13. I'm a big fan of board games, I like them supremely better than video or computer games
14. I practice throwing Frisbees and bowling cricket balls in my room all the time, I have the marks on the wall to prove it
15. I’m a giant nerd, I just hide it well
16. When my brother and I were kids we used to invent lots of little games to play and at one point I think he owed me 6 trillion dollars
17. I was on the swim team at my local YMCA when I was 7. I was the only member that didn’t wear a speedo, instead I wore bright orange-red floppy swimming trunks.
18. At my one and only meet, I lost an event in which I was the only competitor because I did the breast stroke with my arms while doing freestyle with my legs. I vividly remember my bright purple disqualification ribbon
19. I believe that the simplest things in life are usually the best
20. I hurt myself easily, I bump into objects all the time
21. While on the phone I constantly throw things in the air. I try to surround myself with soft things so I don’t end up hitting myself in the head with anything heavy
22. Oddly enough, I think that has contributed to my really good reflexes
23. When I grow up I want to be an astronaut, really
24. I rarely act my age, I either act like an adult or a toddler
25. When I was a young boy, I used to have dreams of an army of big red robots invading my house or a big red monster terrorizing the hillside. Years later I realize that they happened concurrently with the fall of the Soviet Union.
26. I don’t dream often, and when I do I forget it almost instantly. That’s prolly why dreams from childhood stick out so vividly
27. I wouldn’t want to live a life without levity
28. My room is in a state I can only describe as orderly chaos
29. I once slept in a bed with all of the mack force five, I’m sure there are photos somewhere to prove it
30. I was pretty chunky as a child, until one summer my parents got my brother and me a sega genesis and I would play so much I would hardly eat
31. I think that women should have hair, albeit not nearly as much as me. But a little never hurt anyone
32. I used to try to forget my lady problems by studying for hours on end
33. I wish I had more balance (in the physical sense)
34. I can get incredibly nostalgic, especially towards Walter Reed
35. I rarely buy books at bookstores anymore, instead I like to look through them and copy the ISBN numbers on my mobile phone so I can buy them on Amazon when I get home
36. I am quite fond of British/Australianisms
37. I read the newspaper every morning
38. Its hard for me to read fiction. But like can read non-fiction like drinking milk
39. Kebab is hands down my favorite food
40. I don’t believe that anyone is born good or bad
41. I also don’t believe that there is a such thing as absolute good or evil
42. I am a liberal, and damn proud of it
43. I have a big vocabulary but have problems pronouncing some words (for several examples, likely from middle school, ask Nathan)
44. I have never gotten into a fight with my best friend
45. For a long time, my entire wardrobe was blue. That only began to change last year
46. I love my robe. If I could wear it to class, I would
47. I don’t watch much television anymore, but I can waste hours online
48. Very few things can compare to the sound of water, at the beach I close my eyes for long periods of time and just listen. Nothing sounds more soothing
49. I kiss my mother every day I see her. When I was a pup, I cried once because she didn’t tuck me in before nap time. I’m such a momma’s boy.
50. I have a very large family, whenever visiting my extended family I bring a family tree so I can remember whose who.
51. I’m a video store junkie, I spent countless hours with Mariya while she worked at the video store. She thought I would get bored but I was constantly amused.
52. I think wit is more important than style
53. I am afraid of burglars. Every once in a while, a raccoon gets stuck in the crawl space above my room somehow and the sound of it scratching freaks the hell out of me
54. There are few things I enjoy more than late night conversation over some tea
55. It’s the little things that count, small pleasures keep me happy
56. Every so often, I have a quick little burst of an idea and I rush to write it down on an index card or post-it note before I forget it
57. Once during summer camp, we went to a place where we would get to feed llamas. While feeding one a carrot, it tried to bite my hand. To get back at it, I teased it by holding a carrot over its mouth and pulling it away whenever it tried to eat it. The bloody thing spit ground up carrot mush at me. I’ve never liked llamas since.
58. My three favorite places in the world are Sydney Harbor, Princeton Borough, and my bedroom
59. I’m not superstitious nor do I believe in anything supernatural. The world is how it is, there’s nothing spooky or mysterious about it
60. I can square two digit numbers quickly in my head
61. I’m eligible to play for four countries’ Olympic teams, kudos if you can name all four
62. English was the third language I learned, after Armenian and Spanish. Before pre-school I couldn’t speak much if any. Since then I’ve forgotten most of my Armenian, though I’m still the biggest thug lifer you’re likely to meet
63. I cried like a baby when I received my college admission letter
64. I love watching the sun rise, though I’m rarely awake to see it happen
65. I do wake up early though to see the men’s final for every grand slam title
66. I love the heat, I’d much rather be hot than cold (which for me is about 50 degrees)
67. Any day that I don’t see or talk to Mariya is a bad day
68. I really like the words innuendo, antipodean, and gyroscope
69. My favorite song is This Charming Man by The Smiths
70. I love gothic architecture, I’m a sucker for towers and arches
71. Concerning most things I’m a pacifist
72. I really like international music/foods/culture. I think that homogeneity is boring
73. As children, my brother and I would roll around on a cylindrical table that we would tilt on its side in my living room. Once when putting it back on its right side, we dropped it on my right big toe. It was purple for three years afterward.
74. I brush my teeth excessively, occasionally for over 5 minutes at a time
75. I want to learn how to speak Latin and/or Swedish
76. For a long time I considered myself intellectually inferior to my close friends
77. I have never once been to a real house party
78. I have only drank alcohol in the presence of family
79. If I died today, it would be with a smile on my face. Though that smile will surely grow as the years pass.
80. I have more books than I know what to do with, the same can be said for sweaters
81. The world is your oyster, because that all the world really is
82. I learned much about the “birds and the bees” from loveline
83. I have had dinner with my mother’s side of the family every Sunday night for as long as I can remember
84. My last name is pronounced Kohn-yahl-yahn
85. I can’t stand baseball but I love cricket
86. Without love, nothing much else matters
87. I’m able to function on very little sleep, but I will likely be cranky as hell
88. I’m a very leisurely guy I don’t mind waking up a little earlier or getting there a little later just so long as I don’t have to rush
89. The Northridge and Kobe earthquakes were on my birthday
90. I have very few memories from early childhood, most of them consist of school or my family
91. I lose things easily, don’t entrust me with anything valuable
92. A little silliness is healthy, necessary even
93. I love old show tunes, I listen to cole porter and gershwin all the time
94. Looking back on previous livejournal entries, the words gah and/or sleep are in just about every entry and usually followed by at least three exclamation marks
95. Whenever I shave after letting my facial hair grow out for a bit, I look not unlike a frog
96. I can’t lay out to catch a Frisbee. I’ve tried, It just doesn’t happen
97. I don’t remember the last time I heard absolute silence
98. I went to church up until I took my first physics course, I’ve been an ardent atheist ever since
99. I love heated debates
100. As corny as it sounds, I credit my parents, Nathan, and Mariya for teaching me to appreciate how wonderful life can be