100 things about me

1. I was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 24, 1974
2. My ancestor Charles Chene dit Caoussa was born in Detroit on November 05, 1732. Chene Park in Detroit gets its name from his family line.
3. I was born 1-month premature and weighed only 3lbs 5oz.
4. I have a twin brother but we are total opposites.
5. I applied to only one college.
6. I received my acceptance letter from MSU on November 14, 1991 - Prince Charles' Birthday.
7. My favorite dessert is Tiramisu.
8. I once drank a pint of Bacardi 151 Rum in one night.
9. I bought my house in Royal Oak on November 23, 1998.
10. The first time I got drunk was when I was 15.
11. I knew I was gay when I was 11.
12. I grew up in Howell, Michigan.
13. I never had a girl friend.
14. I've owned five cars, all Chrysler Corporation vehicles.
15. My first job was at a golf course.
16. The name of my last cat was "cat".
17. I'm Irish, French Canadian, German and English.
18. I started college as a sophomore.
19. I never cried at my grandfather's funeral.
20. My first boyfriend was 4 years older than me, his birthday was November 17,1970.
21. I've never cheated on a boyfriend.
22. I lied to my mother when she asked if my sister was gay.
23. I was stunned when my sister told me.
24. I've had my left nipple pierced twice.
25. The first time I fooled around with a boy I was 14.
26. He is married with kids now.
27. I've been to Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Arizona, Nevada and California. Oh yeah and Michigan, too.
28. I've traveled to five different countries.
29. My best friend now lives in Washington DC.
30. The largest impulse buy I've ever made was a $30,000 car.
31. I'm still making payments.
32. I watched Romeo and Juliet the movie by myself on November 1, 1996 - I cried.
33. My co-worker Verb died that morning.
34. My nephew Alex was born three years later.
35. I have a scar in the back of my head from a water-skiing accident.
36. I needed 20 staples and two stitches to close the wound.
37. I fear seaweed.
38. I love heights.
39. I've skinny dipped in the Atlantic and the Pacific.
40. I once ran for city commission - I lost on November 06, 2001.
41. I'm glad I did.
42. My biggest fear is that I will never have real long term relationship.
43. My voter registration identifies me as a Republican.
44. I'm a member of the Democratic National Committee.
45. I've had a crush on my boss before.
46. I prefer Guinness to Murphy's.
47. I know I have a hard time letting go.
48. I've been to Province Town.
49. I've worn day-glo orange/glow-in-the-dark nail polish.
50. I honor my commitments even if I don't always want to.
51. I've been read my rights once.
52. My brother outed me before I told him.
53. I never voted for President Clinton.
54. I've broken up with three separate boyfriends in November.
55. I never came out to my aunt, but wish I had.
56. I didn't go to either of my brother's bachelor parties. I was out of the state both times.
57. I ran track and cross-country in high school. My fastest mile was 4:43
58. I've been in love with five different guys.
59. My favorite color is purple (really, any shade will qualify).
60. I cried when I had to leave Paris.
61. I worry my parents don't know how much I admire them.
62. I do own a bible.
63. I want to become a better photographer.
64. I enjoy working out at the gym.
65. I once wore a Hawaiian grass skirt without anything else on.
66. I want to go to Ireland for my honeymoon or nearest gay equivalent.
67. I've forgotten much of the chemistry I learned in college but remember most of the French I learned in high school.
68. My hair was bleached white for my trip to South Beach.
69. I own six pair of Kenneth Cole shoes.
70. My favorite wine is Franz Haas "Kris" Pinot Grigio.
71. I cut the tip of my thumb with a broken beer bottle and needed a skin graft to fix it.
72. My greatest joy is to wake up in the arms of the man I love.
73. My family first came to Quebec in 1658.
74. The first time I went to Quebec was in 2003.
75. I've always wanted to run a marathon.
76. I can read Japanese Hiragana and Katakana, but I don't always know what I'm saying.
77. I once told a security guard off, in Spanish, in Mexico.
78. I've served as campaign treasurer for four separate candidates.
79. I can still fit into pants I had in high school.
80. I came out to my parents in a letter.
81. I wrote the letter three years before I mailed it.
82. I wear briefs.
83. My great-grandmother was from County Cork in Ireland.
84. My beard grows in red.
85. I was once caught looking at gay porn by my college roommate.
86. I've been told I look like David Hyde Pierce from "Fraser".
87. I was in the back seat of my parent's car at an Exxon Station in Ohio when they announced Rock Hudson had died. It was 1983. I was 8.
88. My coworkers found out that I was gay when my picture was on the front page of the Detroit Free Press.
89. I've yet to figure out what it is that attracts me to guys that are emotionally unavailable.
90. My favorite holidays are Halloween and St. Patrick's Day.
91. I broke off many of my relationships with my str8 friends in college after I came out, even though I know in retrospect they probably knew and wouldn't have cared.
92. I don't like Christmas, because I never know what to get anyone. I don't want to buy them just anything and think giving a gift certificate is even less personal. I think that is because I'm so particular in what I like. And my grandmother died the day after Christmas, when I was 8.
93. I sometimes do things for the simple shock value.
94. I've never been in a fight.
95. I could build my car from its individual pieces, just as long as the engine was already put together.
96. If I could live anywhere it would probably be Paris.
97. I sometimes want people to like me even though there is no real reason for me to want to like the other person.
98. I want everything I do to be perfect, but do so many things that I realize it is an impossible goal.
99. I've wanted to get a tattoo but will probably never do it.
100. I don't tell my friends how much I love and respect them enough.