Onyx V St. Syr

Yeah, yeah. I will actually post some content here SOON, I promise. In the meanwhile here’s an HNT to tide you over.

It’s another getting ready for work one. What can I say? I always forget about these until Thursday morning when it’s time to get ready for work.

Tag, I’m it! So yeah, I was tagged by the magnificent Roxy of Uncommon Curiosity along with 9 others to reveal 10 honest new things about myself.

Technically I’m supposed to tag 10 other bloggers to do the same, but being late to the party I see that just about any blogger I know and read has been tagged already. So being the rebel I am I will leave it open to anyone who reads to consider themselves tagged. So if you want to play along, go ahead and link back to me, tag 10 other people and then go on to list 10 honest things about yourself, just like I am about to do.

So here goes.

1: I love traveling and really don’t do enough of it anymore. I’ve been to 18 different countries and 21 different States. While I love to travel I hate doing typically tourist stuff. I prefer to explore places on my own and just absorb the local culture and atmosphere.

2: I didn’t meet my father until I was 7 years old and we’ve always had a strained relationship that’s only begun to mend in the last couple years after a period of not talking at all for over 5 years.

3 I lost my virginity at 15 on a sandy beach. it was an incredibly disappointing and not-at-all-wonderful experience, that mainly taught me to hate sand. I imagine it was an equally disappointing experience for the girl I was with. It was also her first time.

3: I was a stereotypical D&D nerd in high school. I went through most of my teenage years being incredibly awkward socially, and spent most weekends in someone’s basement pretending to be an elf or something.

4: My only other sexual experiences during high school was with a male friend. It was the closest thing I’ve ever had to being in any kind of relationship with a man, though it never went beyond the occasional fuckbuddy stage. Despite having accepted my bi- or pansexuality since I was a teenager I am even more shy and socially awkward around guys I’m attracted to than I am around women and have never had the guts to really pursue a relationship with another guy.

5: I really hate talking on the phone. Maybe it comes from having worked in call centers too long, but I really really hate it. If I ever talk to you for more than 10 minutes on the phone, chances are I like you a LOT.

6: I hate peanuts, I also hate peanut butter, peanut sauce, just about anything peanut-like. Even the smell can make me gag.

7: I’ve belonged to way too many occult groups, secret societies, lodges etc etc. None of them are even close to being as scary and fun as Christian fundies make them out to be.

8: I love to walk. I walk a lot and love being able to walk just about anywhere I need to go here in Seattle. I even walk to and from work which is a 40 minute walk each way. It’s been a great way to lose weight and it gives me a sense of peace. Walking is like meditation for me and often helps me clear my head and sort things out in my mind.

9: I loathe Creationists and Intelligent Design advocates in particular and scientifically illiterate people in general. I have very little respect for people who don’t have at least a basic understanding of how the scientific method works.

10: I think Robert Anton Wilson is the most under appreciated genius of our time. His writings have been instrumental to me forming my own identity and understanding of life and the world around us. He is the only person I never met whose death made me cry.