Okay...It's official...I'm a Wussy boy

It's cold out and I don't care if people can hear me complain. Yes, I grew up in Minnesota. I'm supposed to be used to it...I'm a Minnesotan. We are known as stoic folks, who don't get riled up when it's cold. WRONG... I'm the guy on the street corner waiting for the bus, jumping up and down, shaking, and whining. Somebody pack me up and ship me away to somewhere hot, where I can wear my shorts and flip flops.

In response to Mamzilla's Meme

Okay...I'm going to do this...I'm sure that anyone who has read my blog has probably left due to the fact that I've been extremely busy and it seems as if I haven't posted since the ice age-a long friggin' time. I've had my regular full-time job as an academic advisor, a part-time job as an ESL teacher three nights a week, and taking a class for grad school every other Saturday. So...I've been lost in my own little world. I'm peeping my little head out of my hole like a little prairie dog. So, I've decided to take part in the Meme. I'll let my hair down and let you know a little about me. I've got to put down eight facts that most people wouldn't know about me...so, hold on to your collective hats, here I go.

1. Mork and Mindy was on prime time when I was a senior in high school. I thought that Robin Williams was so cool at the time, that I got a pair of suspenders and put buttons all over them. I thought I was smooth, funny, and just downright suave. Now that I have seen a few pictures of myself with the suspenders, doing the nanoo-nanoo handshake, I have a slightly different opinion. I'm glad that my wife didn't know me at that time and still has a sense of humor.

2. We held probably one of the most creative parties of1983 at tiny Wartburg College in Waverly Iowa. The Festival of the Nile-Come as Your Favorite Biblical Character party was a hit. We had shepherds, Joseph and his coat of many colors, Samson and Delilah (boyfriend and girlfriend combination), Pharoah (me), Moses, and a cast of others. My roommate came as the Devil, which was kind of odd since his dad was a pastor and the president of our school. We also had a girl that claimed she was a virgin and should be let in... we were skeptical, but she got in anyway. It was a ball... We found a few cute little shepherds passed out the next morning on our floor and had to vacuum around them. I just don't know of many biblical characters that spent the evening doing tequila shots. We took a little creative license.

3. I had a secret crush on Judith Light when she was on "Who's the Boss." I lost my attraction when I saw her as a judge on "Law and Order." She's playing much better roles now, but my heart doesn't skip a beat when I see her on reruns now.

4. I knocked my parents' garage off of the foundation in one corner because, as a young driver, I tried to back out while shaving with an electric razor and eating a danish.

5. In my early 20's my buddies and I went camping. We must not have rinsed the pots and pans well after one of our dinner meals. There must have been some dishsoap lingering on them somewhere that somehow made it into my intestines. We got in a farting contest late in the evening. Well...in the process of competing, I found that I wasn't shooting blanks...

6. I was probably the worst airborne soldier ever. During one jump, I landed on top of my NCOIC's (Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge) chute and hit him in the helmet with my left buttock. I gave him a concussion. I was not his favorite guy for a very long time.

7. I got dressed up in drag with two guys I worked with in Seoul who were gay. It was an adventure and I was told that I had nice legs. It was good for this straight guy's ego.

8. I started calling Goobs "Stinky" as a baby because it was cute. It has stuck and I'm embarassed to say that he answers to it and doesn't mind it when I yell, "Hey Stinky" when I get home in the evening. Yes, I'm a bad daddy...

I haven't tagged anyone yet since I'm so busy, but rest assured I will...