1. I was married on January 5, 2002.
2. Laura is the most wonderful person I have ever met (she’d have to be to put up with me!)
3. Laura and I had a 10 ½ week long engagement (74 days to be exact).
4. We had dated for just 11 ½ weeks before that.
5. We had been dating for just 7 weeks when we discussed getting married for the first time.
6. Which sounds fast, but we had been good friends for two years before I finally got up the nerve to ask her out.
7. Which I only did because my roommate Glen threatened to ask her out if I didn’t.
8. That and she told me I was cute.
9. Glen ended up marrying my wife’s sister, making him my quasi-brother-in-law.
10. We have two kids, one boy and one girl.
11. Although we want more children, I would be quite content with the two we have.
12. Why? Because they are wonderful, smart, beautiful children and give me so much joy every day.
13. I was an exchange student in Austria my Junior Year of High School.
14. That’s what gave me the ‘live abroad’ bug.
15. This is my seventh year living outside of the United States.
16. I have lived in Austria, Sweden, The Philippines and Ukraine.
17. In order from best to worst I speak English (duh!), Swedish, German, Russian, French, Spanish and Tagalog.
18. I can also understand Italian, Ukrainian, Dutch, Norwegian and Danish with some accuracy.
19. I am moving back to Sweden next summer to live there for three years.
20. By the time I’m done living in Sweden, I’ll have lived there three times for a total of five years.
21. That’s longer than any individual state I’ve lived in.
22. Why? I grew up an Air Force brat. I lived in a 9 different states growing up.
23. My favorite state is Colorado.
24. I have had more addresses than I am years old.
25. I am 29 years old.
26. I studied International Relations at Brigham Young University (BYU).
27. I also got a math minor. (No, they’re not related in any way).
28. Although I loved my major, I have only used about 0.05% of the knowledge I gleaned during my studies thus far in my career.
29. I also enjoyed living in Utah, but don’t think I would ever move back.
30. Unless I could somehow get a job doing public relations work for the LDS Church.
31. I am a member of the LDS church.
32. I served a mission in the Sweden Stockholm Mission.
33. I still pray in Swedish.
34. I am deathly afraid of moths (mottephobia).
35. I know this is silly, but it’s true nonetheless.
36. All my other fears are rational.
37. I was heavily involved in performing arts growing up.
38. I am very comfortable on stage, and really do love the spotlight (conceited, but true!).
39. I had my first acting role when I was seven.
40. I played the devil in a Valentine’s Day play.
41. I started piano lessons when I was eight.
42. In high school I was the very model of a modern major general.
43. In college I danced with BYU’s Folk Dance Ensemble.
44. However, I always wanted to be a visual artist.
45. But I lacked the skills to reproduce what I saw in my mind.
46. That is the main reason why I love photography – I can finally be creative visually!
47. I dream about being a portrait photographer, but lack the nerve to ask people to model for me.
48. I was a contestant on “Wheel of Fortune” in 2006.
49. Although I didn’t make it to the bonus round, I won $3,000.
50. I used the money to buy my camera.
51. I started my photo-a-day project on October 23, 2006.
52. I have only missed one day.
53. I hate glitter.
54. I haven’t banned it from my home, but I would never use the stuff myself.
55. I take great delight in good food.
56. I really enjoy formal dining (you know, multiple sets of silverware, multiple courses, etc.)
57. I also take great delight in good dessert.
58. I have a HUMONGOUS sweet tooth.
59. I also have the matching cavities.
60. My favorite food is probably barbecued spare ribs.
61. But I have lasagna on my birthday every year out of tradition.
62. I have never missed a year, even while living in the dorms and on my mission.
63. Don’t get me wrong, I do really like lasagna, too, I just wouldn’t classify it as my absolute favorite.
64. One of my most favorite candies is peanut M&M’s.
65. I’m obsessive compulsive while eating M&Ms.
66. I always eat them in color order.
67. The order I eat them in is brown, yellow, orange, green, red, blue.
68. I’m getting better, though.
69. It used to be that when someone asked for an M&M, I would make them eat whatever color I was currently eating.
70. Now I let them pick whatever color they want.
71. I also really like McDonald’s.
72. Many Americans only eat McDonald’s when they’re over seas, because it reminds them of home. I eat McDonald’s at home,
too, because I really like it.
73. I almost always get a Big Mac.
74. I am currently gaining weight. :)
75. One of my 2008 new year’s resolutions is to eat healthier. :) :)
76. I enjoy reading.
77. I don’t have enough patience for “real literature.”
78. I much prefer what my dad calls no-brain literature.
79. Most of my reading time is on the Metro to and from work and in bed before lights out.
80. I also prefer no-brain cinema.
81. I think that movies with things blowing up are cool by definition.
82. Although I really enjoy comedies, too.
83. I try to do the dishes every evening.
84. Since my wife does most of the other chores during the day while I’m at work, I feel it’s the least I can do.
85. My favorite season is Fall.
86. I love the nip in the air, the first chance to wear sweaters, the first craving for a mug of cocoa, the color and smell of the
turning leaves.
87. I don’t like the heat so much.
88. The Philippines was hard for me because it was hot year round.
89. I didn’t mind being able to swim year round, though.
90. One of my prized possessions is a ceramic “turtle”-bank that my great-aunt made for me before I can even remember. It’s
painted a very 70’s combination of orange and green.
91. I keep it on my dresser, even though my wife doesn’t like it too much.
92. I am definitely a city boy.
93. I like being outside, I just don’t really like being in “The Outdoors.”
94. My idea of roughing it is a three-star hotel.
95. I’m color blind.
96. I didn’t know this until I was 26 years old.
97. I can still tell colors apart, but I am very poor at distinguishing nuances in color.
98. Hence, I know what color the traffic lights are, but I can’t see any of the numbers in the Ishihara test.
99. That’s why the color in my pictures is sometimes weird (or at least it’s my excuse!).
100. I like how my life is turning out; If I had to do it again, I think I would make the same choices I did on the first go around.
2. Laura is the most wonderful person I have ever met (she’d have to be to put up with me!)
3. Laura and I had a 10 ½ week long engagement (74 days to be exact).
4. We had dated for just 11 ½ weeks before that.
5. We had been dating for just 7 weeks when we discussed getting married for the first time.
6. Which sounds fast, but we had been good friends for two years before I finally got up the nerve to ask her out.
7. Which I only did because my roommate Glen threatened to ask her out if I didn’t.
8. That and she told me I was cute.
9. Glen ended up marrying my wife’s sister, making him my quasi-brother-in-law.
10. We have two kids, one boy and one girl.
11. Although we want more children, I would be quite content with the two we have.
12. Why? Because they are wonderful, smart, beautiful children and give me so much joy every day.
13. I was an exchange student in Austria my Junior Year of High School.
14. That’s what gave me the ‘live abroad’ bug.
15. This is my seventh year living outside of the United States.
16. I have lived in Austria, Sweden, The Philippines and Ukraine.
17. In order from best to worst I speak English (duh!), Swedish, German, Russian, French, Spanish and Tagalog.
18. I can also understand Italian, Ukrainian, Dutch, Norwegian and Danish with some accuracy.
19. I am moving back to Sweden next summer to live there for three years.
20. By the time I’m done living in Sweden, I’ll have lived there three times for a total of five years.
21. That’s longer than any individual state I’ve lived in.
22. Why? I grew up an Air Force brat. I lived in a 9 different states growing up.
23. My favorite state is Colorado.
24. I have had more addresses than I am years old.
25. I am 29 years old.
26. I studied International Relations at Brigham Young University (BYU).
27. I also got a math minor. (No, they’re not related in any way).
28. Although I loved my major, I have only used about 0.05% of the knowledge I gleaned during my studies thus far in my career.
29. I also enjoyed living in Utah, but don’t think I would ever move back.
30. Unless I could somehow get a job doing public relations work for the LDS Church.
31. I am a member of the LDS church.
32. I served a mission in the Sweden Stockholm Mission.
33. I still pray in Swedish.
34. I am deathly afraid of moths (mottephobia).
35. I know this is silly, but it’s true nonetheless.
36. All my other fears are rational.
37. I was heavily involved in performing arts growing up.
38. I am very comfortable on stage, and really do love the spotlight (conceited, but true!).
39. I had my first acting role when I was seven.
40. I played the devil in a Valentine’s Day play.
41. I started piano lessons when I was eight.
42. In high school I was the very model of a modern major general.
43. In college I danced with BYU’s Folk Dance Ensemble.
44. However, I always wanted to be a visual artist.
45. But I lacked the skills to reproduce what I saw in my mind.
46. That is the main reason why I love photography – I can finally be creative visually!
47. I dream about being a portrait photographer, but lack the nerve to ask people to model for me.
48. I was a contestant on “Wheel of Fortune” in 2006.
49. Although I didn’t make it to the bonus round, I won $3,000.
50. I used the money to buy my camera.
51. I started my photo-a-day project on October 23, 2006.
52. I have only missed one day.
53. I hate glitter.
54. I haven’t banned it from my home, but I would never use the stuff myself.
55. I take great delight in good food.
56. I really enjoy formal dining (you know, multiple sets of silverware, multiple courses, etc.)
57. I also take great delight in good dessert.
58. I have a HUMONGOUS sweet tooth.
59. I also have the matching cavities.
60. My favorite food is probably barbecued spare ribs.
61. But I have lasagna on my birthday every year out of tradition.
62. I have never missed a year, even while living in the dorms and on my mission.
63. Don’t get me wrong, I do really like lasagna, too, I just wouldn’t classify it as my absolute favorite.
64. One of my most favorite candies is peanut M&M’s.
65. I’m obsessive compulsive while eating M&Ms.
66. I always eat them in color order.
67. The order I eat them in is brown, yellow, orange, green, red, blue.
68. I’m getting better, though.
69. It used to be that when someone asked for an M&M, I would make them eat whatever color I was currently eating.
70. Now I let them pick whatever color they want.
71. I also really like McDonald’s.
72. Many Americans only eat McDonald’s when they’re over seas, because it reminds them of home. I eat McDonald’s at home,
too, because I really like it.
73. I almost always get a Big Mac.
74. I am currently gaining weight. :)
75. One of my 2008 new year’s resolutions is to eat healthier. :) :)
76. I enjoy reading.
77. I don’t have enough patience for “real literature.”
78. I much prefer what my dad calls no-brain literature.
79. Most of my reading time is on the Metro to and from work and in bed before lights out.
80. I also prefer no-brain cinema.
81. I think that movies with things blowing up are cool by definition.
82. Although I really enjoy comedies, too.
83. I try to do the dishes every evening.
84. Since my wife does most of the other chores during the day while I’m at work, I feel it’s the least I can do.
85. My favorite season is Fall.
86. I love the nip in the air, the first chance to wear sweaters, the first craving for a mug of cocoa, the color and smell of the
turning leaves.
87. I don’t like the heat so much.
88. The Philippines was hard for me because it was hot year round.
89. I didn’t mind being able to swim year round, though.
90. One of my prized possessions is a ceramic “turtle”-bank that my great-aunt made for me before I can even remember. It’s
painted a very 70’s combination of orange and green.
91. I keep it on my dresser, even though my wife doesn’t like it too much.
92. I am definitely a city boy.
93. I like being outside, I just don’t really like being in “The Outdoors.”
94. My idea of roughing it is a three-star hotel.
95. I’m color blind.
96. I didn’t know this until I was 26 years old.
97. I can still tell colors apart, but I am very poor at distinguishing nuances in color.
98. Hence, I know what color the traffic lights are, but I can’t see any of the numbers in the Ishihara test.
99. That’s why the color in my pictures is sometimes weird (or at least it’s my excuse!).
100. I like how my life is turning out; If I had to do it again, I think I would make the same choices I did on the first go around.
100 Things
| 100 Things |
| RYAN |
What I now realize is a fairly common trend in the blogosphere, I first came across someone's list of 100 things about themselves a
couple of months ago. I wanted to write a list of my own, but never got around to it. Then my cousin-in-law wrote one, and it was
the end of the year (and it seems like an end of the year kind of thing to do), so I wrote one of my own. So, with no further ado,
here is a list of 100 statements about me. I would say 100 little known facts, but, well, there's really only about 10 main facts, the
rest are elaborations on those 10.
couple of months ago. I wanted to write a list of my own, but never got around to it. Then my cousin-in-law wrote one, and it was
the end of the year (and it seems like an end of the year kind of thing to do), so I wrote one of my own. So, with no further ado,
here is a list of 100 statements about me. I would say 100 little known facts, but, well, there's really only about 10 main facts, the
rest are elaborations on those 10.