Thursday Cop Out or 25 Things You May (or May Not) Know About Me

i got this from Facebook, last night, and while i usually don't go in for this sort of thing i thought i'd give it a shot. the 1st 25 are from the original FB post (and are edited, slightly, to fit my format here), 26+ i'll be updating throughout today.
if you wanna take the ball and run with it, it's up to you as i do not "tag" people on my blog; though most of the people who read my blog have done this at one time or another.

1. i spent more than half my life in Catholic school where the only things i learned were how to write pretty well, how to turn an F in gym into a P and how much i dislike organized religion.
2. i hate cats.
3. i've only kissed 2 girls (both of whom i still love, very much and both of whom i see quite often, but not as often as i wished)
4. i'm a Buffy fan by conversion; the 1st time around, i scoffed just like everybody else, now i'm hooked.
5. i'm glad i'll never have kids of my own.
6. i used to be allergic to chocolate and oranges.
7. i played little league baseball for many years and hated almost every minute of it.
8. i always wished i'd learned to play a musical instrument or to sing.
9. i've got four tattoos and am seriously considering number five.
10. i'm color blind; can't differentiate between shades of red, green and brown. blue and purple sometimes fuck with me too.
11. if i suddenly became ridiculously rich, i'd open a joint bookstore/cafe, and buy a slightly bigger house with stephen's dream bathroom and a library for me.
12. i got my nipple pierced in college. just one. worst pain ever, so i never went to get the other one done.
13. the day stephen and i got married (the 1st time) was the happiest day of my life and every day since has been pretty damn swell.
14. i can't dance but wish to god i could.
15. i'm scared of bugs, clowns and bridges.
16. my favorite color is blue...almost any shade.
17. i've never had a cavity, broken a bone or spent more than a few hours in the hospital (for serious head wounds).
18. i'm running out of things to write.
19. i listen to music from the time i wake up till i walk through the door from work (and sometimes till i go to bed). club music, pop music, broadway musicals; all kinds of music.
20. at work, i'm the go-to guy for useless information and facts about things like manatees.
21. i've been known to communicate with several of my friends using only movie quotes and song lyrics for hours at a time.
22. i'm very easily intimidated by people i think are smarter and/or better looking than i.
23. i've worn glasses since 6th grade and would never get lasik surgery.
24. i've been to paradise but i've never been to me.
25. i wish i'd come out earlier.
26. left to my own devices, i'd probably be about 250 lbs.
27. i sometimes wish i was born about 20 years earlier so i could've been a part of the 70's and 80's...but if i was i'd probably be dead by now.
28. i have 3 books of poetry i wrote throughout college and beyond, that i've been told is really good, and would love to get published somewhere.
29. i never tried to get it publised because i'm scared of the rejection process.
30. i'm very embarassed by compliments and never know what to say when i receive them (since i tend not to believe them).
31. i've never had a nickname.
32. i've never never tried drugs.