In preparation for the imminent abandonment of this site’s anonymous authorship, I thought it appropriate to add my iteration of an autobiographical list meme that is probably at least a year old. I have no idea where it originated, but I first stumbled upon it at KlutzyGirl’s blog My Chaotic Neurotic Klutzy Life….
Here are the Nine Layers of Michael.
LAYER ONE:
Name: Michael (not Mike)
Birth date: September 6, 1972
Birthplace: Johnstown, PA
Current location: Kingston, NJ
Eye color: Bluish-gray
Hair color: Medium brown (although sometimes light brown thanks to Garnier Nutrisse 601)
Height: 6 foot 2.5 inches
Righty or lefty: Righty
Zodiac sign: Virgo
LAYER TWO:
Your heritage: Irish, Polish, German (Hungarian last name, though)
The shoes you wore today: Nike Air Zoom Vapor ID (custom designed at NikeID.com)
Your weakness: Dark chocolate (it’s bittersweet, much like life itself), Ben & Jerry’s Oatmeal Cookie Chunk, coffee syrup, my Mac, my TiVo, strong and intelligent women
Your fears: Loneliness, alienation, failure
Your perfect pizza: Everything (except anchovies or fruit)
Goal you’d like to achieve: Going back to get my Master’s
LAYER THREE:
Your most overused phrase on AIM: AIM??? Never touch it
Your first waking thoughts: Do I get up and exercise, or do I reset my alarm to get another hour of sleep?
Your best physical feature: I guess my eyes, not really sure
Your most missed memory: Looking forward to a future where all doors were open and anything was possible
Layers four through nine are after the break.
LAYER FOUR:
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
McDonald’s or Burger King: McDonald’s (can’t do that any more, though)
Group/single dates: Only ever been on single dates
Adidas or Nike: Nike
Lipton Iced Tea or Nestea: No preference
Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolat, bien sûr
Cappuccino or coffee: Frappucino
LAYER FIVE:
Smoke: Never (unless you count secondhand smoke from inconsiderate people who smoke indoors in public places or in entryways)
Cuss: F***, no!
Sing: Yes
Take a shower everyday: Yes
Do you think you’ve been in love: Yes (always unrequited, though)
Want to go to college: Yes, I want to go back to get an advanced degree, but my overwhelming debt may prevent this.
Liked high school: Not really. I have some fond memories, though.
Want to get married: Yes
Believe in yourself: Most of the time
Get motion sickness: No
Think you’re attractive: I really don’t know anymore.
Think you’re a health freak: Not really
Get along with your parent(s): Yes. I phone my mother at least once a week.
Like thunderstorms: I love a rainy night. It’s such a beautiful sight. I love to feel the rain on my face. Taste the rain on my lips. In the moonlight shadow.
Play an instrument: No
LAYER SIX: In the past month…
Drank alcohol: Yes
Smoked: No (see above)
Done a drug: Yes (Sudafed)
Made out: No
Gone on a date: Nope
Gone to the mall: Yes
Eaten an entire box of Oreos: No (that pesky diet thing)
Eaten sushi: No (ditto)
Been on stage: Yes, I was on a stage last time I was at the Princeton Writers Block Garden.
Been dumped: No
Gone skating: No
Made homemade cookies: No. Maybe after the diet, I’ll bake up some Oatmeal Scotchies.
Dyed your hair: No
Stolen anything: No
LAYER SEVEN: Ever…
Played a game that required removal of clothing: Yes, strip poker
If so, was it mixed company: Yes, but it never went far enough to really matter.
Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: Yes. The last “extreme” time was in the middle of a field with Strawberry Hill Boone’s Farm. The memory of it still makes me nauseous.
Been caught “doing something”: No
Been called a tease: No
Gotten beaten up: No
Shoplifted: Yes. “Good boys” sometimes need to prove to themselves and to the world that they do have a dark side.
Changed who you were to fit in: On occasion, somewhat
LAYER EIGHT:
Age you hope to be married: 33-35
Numbers and names of children: 0 now; “2.5” over the next decade, hopefully. I don’t really have names picked out.
Describe your dream wedding: Guys don’t really plan out these things. As long as it has a string quartet playing Vivaldi and a beautiful woman who is both my friend and my lover, I’ll be happy.
How do you want to die: Without regret
Where you want to go to college: Not really sure. Back to Princeton, full-time? Some place that offers night classes?
What do you want to be when you grow up: Respected and remembered
What country would you most like to visit: New Zealand
LAYER NINE:
Number of drugs taken illegally: 0
Number of people I could trust with my life: Maybe one or two
Number of CDs that I own: I don’t really count my CDs anymore; 2796 songs on my iPod, though.
Number of piercings: 0
Number of tattoos: 0
Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper: Many times; I used to write a column.
Number of scars on my body: One or two
Number of things in my past that I regret: My regrets are myriad, but I try not to dwell on them too much.
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