Zel-kun’s Words

The illustrious Julie Scott of Perrero has ‘tagged’ me to do this thing where I list ten unusual things about myself then ‘tag’ ten people to do the same.  Viral in a way, I suppose, but far be it for me to pass up an opportunity to talk about myself.  So here goes.

1. I love being mentioned by other people.  Not sure what it is, maybe some ingrained inferiority complex.  Or maybe just part of my huge ego.

2. I have mild OCD.  I often find myself rearranging things so they’re perfectly parallel or symmetrical.  I also must complete anything I start to it’s fullest, I make an effort to do EVERYTHING in an RPG I play, even if I didn’t really want to do so.  Perfect example is bug collecting in Zelda: Twilight Princess.  Boring, innane, and takes for-friking-ever, and the reward is lame.  Still, I felt compelled to do it, because the game would not be complete without it.

3. I love Buffalo chicken and ranch dressing.  Can’t get enough of it, if it’s available at a restaraunt, I always order it.  (I would have mentioned the chili thing… but I think everyone here knows that.

4. Despite being friends with, and being related to, several drug users and drug dealers (I know I grew up in the suburbs, but they exist there too), I have never once done any sort of drug (unless you’re one of those people that counts alcohol.  And even then, I’ve never been drunk, only buzzed).

5. I was in two automobile accidents, that while being two years apart, were with the SAME driver.

6. The first thing I ever wrote was a novelization of the game ‘Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past.’  It basically followed the game to the letter, but with more dialogue.  The world is better off that the computer I wrote it on (old DOS-based thing) crashed.

7. I love self-describing words.  Words that, in themselves, describe the word.  Examples: Awkward, grandiloquent, and archaic.  Bonus points if you can name others.

8. I have an unnatural hatred of The Flash.  If I get into why, I’ll just make myself angry.

9. I read every single quest in World of Warcraft, I find some of the plots to be the best part of the game.  I often ask members of my team, “Why are we killing these guys?”  The answer, “Because the quest says to.”

10. I once got buzzed on Serbian moonshine during a Sci-Fi pen and paper RPG on New Year’s Eve.  After which I had a lengthy argument with the ship’s computer that he was in love with some little girl on the ship.  The funniest thing was the computer was supposed to speak with a russian accent, and the GM kept it up through the whole argument, much to the amusement of the other players.

Okay… ten people to tag.  I don’t even KNOW ten people.

David N. Scott - Julie did it, now it’s your turn.

Zai

Kyle - Though I doubt he reads this site.

Jeff - Same as Kyle

Dad - It’d be cool, he DOES have a MySpace page after all.

Sabre - Yeah, you won’t do it, but now you’re doubly challenged.

Well, that’s six, really can’t think of any more.

Zel-kun out.

On the radio this morning, I heard the strangest news.  That is, that River Otters are returning to Chicago.  I was unaware there was even such a thing as a River Otter, nor would I have believed one could survive in the Chicago river.  But, there you have it:

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=5829799

Started work early today.  My part of the city certainly has on odd feel in the early morning in Winter (well, it’s technically still Autumn), the damp, the cold, the darkness, and the distinct lack of people make for a somewhat atmosphere.  At three different points during my two block walk to my car, I could have sworn someone was following me.

The first time turned out to just be my shadow on the wall, the second time it was the wind, and the third time was the crunch of snow as I walked through it.

And people think I’m jumpy.

In other news, Ike Turner died today.  Honestly, don’t care much, but the radio, in ‘honor’ of the event, renamed the Eisenhower Expressway (commonly called the Ike) the Ike Turner, and it was amusing to hear, “Traffic on the inbound Ike Turner will take you 48 minutes.”

It’s even more amusing because I do, in fact, take the Ike Turner in to work.  Hmm… Not sure that sounded right.

Zel-kun out.