an extended version of the 25 note thing

1. I love love love God.

2. I am only half Korean. The other half is Japanese. And surprisingly, it is my father who is Japanese. My father changed his last name arbitrarily to Kim because it was short, sweet, easy to write, and in the 60’s not a lot of people had it (unlike now). This was done because of the tension between Korean people and Japanese people (some war, I forget). And my mother’s parents didn’t want her to marry a Japanese guy. So he pretended to be Korean by not talking much (he doesn’t speak Korean) and legally changing his name to Kim before he met my mother’s parents. i guess love makes you do crazy things, huh?

3. The only language I know is English because since my parents were of different nationalities, the only common language in our household was English. So that’s the one I was raised with. And I only passed through Spanish III. I failed Spanish IV.

4. My name is Blair Edward Kim. These names were chosen because they are European royalty (Blair was originally a Scottish prince and Edward was a bunch of English kings and princes and stuff) and my dad did not want biblical or originally Jewish names for me and my brother in case we did not become Christian.

5. I have a younger brother named Walter Spencer Kim (same deal with the names, see #4) and he is 3 years younger but 3 inches taller.

6. I don’t like cracking my knuckles.

7. I live on coffee so my room always smells like freshly roasted coffee.

8. I have been hit by lightning, twice. Once getting out of the pool and once when I was really angry, I was leaning against the gutter of my house in the rain and lightning hit the gutter and I was electrocuted.

9. I do not like music with a lot of drum beats. I don’t feel it is necessary to keep the beat with drums. I like quiet music that puts other people to sleep.

10. I get lonely very easily and hate being alone. But I also don’t like large groups of people either.

11. I once drank an entire bottle of maple syrup after seeing some of the characters from the movie Supertroopers do it. I later found out that the actors drank thickened sweet tea and not actually syrup. That made me mad. And I felt sick to my stomach for the rest of the day.

12. I pirate movies off the internet every day (shhhh!).

13. I severely dislike working out. I pretend I like it but really I don’t. I don’t get the endorphin rush other guys seem to get out of it and I don’t feel the need to become stronger or more awesome looking (ha!). I just need to get less fat. Working out makes me really tired and sore and I feel miserable for the rest of the day.

14. I think I am pretty good at designing and carpenting furniture and little things to make life easier.

15. I have only had one girlfriend in my life and we only dated for a month.

16. I have a huge heart for children and hence I serve in the children’s ministry at my church rather than joining everyone else for service. I want at least 3 kids and a big family but hopefully I’ll have more!

17. I would rather lose a leg than an arm.

18. I pay a lot more attention to detail than most people realize. When people don’t think I am listening, I usually am and I remember things that people don’t remember telling me.

19. I have kept a meticulously detailed record of everything I have done (events, long phone calls, people I hang out with, workouts, lunches with friends, skipping class, etc.) since September of 2004. And I have never missed recording a day. Ask me about the last time I had lunch with you and what we ate.

20. In addition to watching a lot of movies, I really like to make my own films. But I never show them to anyone else and I rarely make any films anymore.

21. I only really like one video game, it is a computer game, and it is the same game I have been playing since 1997. It is called Total Annihilation and it is a strategy game.

22. I don’t chew very much.

23. I have a cozy room. I have always had cozy and somewhat cramped rooms. I prefer smaller spaces (not so small that I become claustrophobic) but cozy. With a lot of lamps and rugs.

24. I don’t like doing laundry but I don’t mind doing the dishes.

25. I am spontaneous. I like to go do ridiculous things for fun (i.e. last night, my best friend uss and I searched the city at 2 am for an aadco electric road sign so that we could change it to say something more fun).

26. I know a lot of random things about history, economics and finances because that’s what my father studied and it’s all he used to talk to me about.

27. I have a mole on my left ear that makes it look like my ear is pierced. And it once was.

28. In high school, my mother never cooked so we ate out almost every day but I was still way more athletic than I am now.

29. I don’t sleep in a bed. I sleep on my futon and use my bed for storage. I have done that for about a year and prefer it that way.

30. I’m not gay but I kind of like the color pink. Not bright or dark pink. But more of a light whitish-pink that is more white than pink. I find it very soothing.

31. I like to have the window open (especially in winter).

32. Many of my close female friends have signed my bed. My big brother (in my fraternity) got me started on it and I continued the family tradition. And no, I haven’t done anything with any of them.

33. My favorite movies are ones in which the main character narrates what’s happening to them and you can watch it. I like movies that really tell a story instead of ones that just have a lot of action, romance or comedy.

34. I am really good at meeting people, especially girls (it’s not what you think) but bad at remembering I’ve met them.

35. The only time I got the guts up to ask a girl “out”, she turned me down (6th grade). We’re good friends now though.

36. I don’t drink. I don’t smoke.

37. I also don’t plan to start drinking again when I turn 21. So my 21st birthday will be a quiet ordeal because I am not celebrating getting to do something I couldn’t before, but rather I will be celebrating that I am a year older and that’s it.

38. I don’t get obsessed with anything or addicted to anything very easily.

39. I don’t like to sleep. I try to stay up as long as possible. I feel like it is the equivalent of death for 1/3 of your life (assuming you sleep 8 hours a day). My friends try to convince me otherwise but no one has succeeded. I normally do not sleep before 4am. And I am still an early riser. I have conditioned my body to run on only a few hours of sleep. I also take forever to fall asleep. Nowadays, I take sleep medication but when I was younger and I would sleep over at a friends’ house, I never actually fell asleep. It might have been the strange house or unfamiliar people but I just couldn’t sleep. I am also a very light sleeper.

40. I used to be pretty darn good at football for someone my size. Not anymore.

41. My favorite memories are the ones I made in the summer of 2006 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I got a full ride to attend a college credit dual-enrollment program at Carnegie Mellon University for two years and I didn’t go to class but had tons of fun! I failed every class two years in a row but still got the scholarship both years for some weird reason.

42. I am fascinated by different conceptions of the future. I love dystopian films and do a lot of internet research towards predictions and prophecies.

43. I like weather extremes. They make me feel tough.

44. I don’t like sweets as much but prefer good food.

45. I remember the morning my brother was born. I was only three and a half but still remember. I remember eating eggo waffles with Tabasco sauce for breakfast before going to the hospital to see my mom and new baby brother. I remember sitting in the waiting room looking at pictures of trains in a train magazine. I remember my dad telling me to go take mommy some water. I remember the bottle of water the most. It was a big Rubbermaid or Tupperware bottle with a yellow screw-on lid that had a pop-open top.

46. I categorize my friends into people who care about me and people who wouldn’t know I was missing. Do you know which group you are in? Actually, if you are reading this, you are in the group who cares and that I care about because I edited the privacy settings so that only the people who care or I care about can see this note.

47. I was once in a fraternity (Delta Chi) and will be in one again soon (Delta Chi). I hope.

48. I walk very slowly. Painfully slowly. I really really dislike walking fast anywhere. I think if you're walking, it means you want to enjoy your walk. If you're trying to get somewhere fast, you might was well run.

49. I rock at Ultimate Frisbee, the cello, and quick-reflex card games.

50. I know a lot about Atlanta and am good at finding my way around it because I spend a lot of money and time at good restaurants and stuff in Atlanta. I know many hidden gems and good deals. Let me buy you lunch sometime.

51. Everyone I know seems to know my most closely guarded secret. So I guess it’s not a secret anymore. I guess I didn’t guard it closely enough.

52. I liked to hide in department store clothing racks while my mom was shopping.

53. I don’t like basketball, soccer, tennis, ping pong, lacrosse, and most of all, bowling.

54. I had a lot of legos growing up.

55. My parents were probably much too lenient with me growing up. I got punished a lot as a kid but I got bigger than my parents very quickly. After that, I don’t think they really knew how to punish me or were just uncomfortable doing so. As a result, being grounded meant that if I asked permission to do something, it was no. But my parents always forgot I was grounded and eventually I just stopped asking permission. By the time I got to high school, I was never punished for anything. And allowed to do everything.

56. The worst injury I have experienced was when stepping on broken glass as a little kid. The most pain I have ever experienced was being hit during football by my friend Charles who now plays football for Dartmouth.

57. I got in trouble a lot during school. My parents never knew because I forged their signatures.

58. I am not afraid of authority. Cops are there to be community servants so stand tall! I got to ride in a police car once just because I asked. And last weekend, I got to ride a police motorcycle because I asked.

59. I have a tattoo. Just kidding. But I do want one.

60. I usually eat alone during the week. My schedule doesn’t coincide with people I know.

61. I don’t watch tv anymore. I accidentally tripped over the cord to my tv last month and ripped out the cable input on the tv.

62. I went to a magnet school instead of the high school I was supposed to go to.

63. I don’t want to be a doctor. I don’t want to be a lawyer. I don’t really care about making a lot of money. I just want to have fun with my job.

64. I am really good at mental math. College math, not so much.

65. I was awarded the “Contributed Most to Class” superlative in high school.

66. I am afraid of zombies. Once, a few years ago, I woke up early to get a drink of water. After I had quenched my thirst, I was sleepily trudging back up the stairs. When I reached the top, I saw a figure in my peripheral vision that I had not seen because it was behind the corner at the top of the stairs. Thinking it was a zombie, I yelled and punched it in the face. It was my dad.

67. I have a low gpa. Really low.

68. I am good at swimming pool games. Hence, I really like them. Sharks and minnows and stuff like that.

69. I like dressing up. Suits and all that. I don’t do it often though.

70. I’m not very funny but I like to have fun.

71. I ride my road bike around campus a lot.

72. I have never been fishing, skiing, surfing, sailing, or snow boarding.

73. If you ever want to get me anything, don’t buy me something, but spend some time with me.

74. I have stayed 2 nights in the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center. For a conference.

75. You don’t want to get in a fight with me. I’m not big or strong or fast but I’m quick and I don’t give up.

76. I know how to use a gun. But I can't shoot.

77. I don’t like watching sports. I prefer to play.

78. I have never seen more than a few inches of snow.

79. In a few years, I will legally have to change my last name back to the original (Koga) in order to get any inheritance from my grandmother.]

80. My best friend in high school and I are now enemies.

81. I have my dream car, and it’s fast but I normally drive slowly unless stressed. Not to say I don’t like driving fast, I just normally drive slowly. Really.

82. I like dogs more than cats.

83. I like to listen to stories. I don’t like to read. But I really like short 5-20 minute audio stories (i.e. the moth podcast).

84. I hate routines.

85. I don’t like paying for bottled water.

86. I used to go really far into the woods and explore with my childhood friends all the time. I found tire swings, tree houses and what we called the Berry Patch which was someone’s backyard that had trampolines and flowers and old rusty cars and fun stuff kids would like.

87. I am really bad at basketball.

88. I am loaded. Financially. I currently have more money than almost all college students earn while they are in college. Hence, I love to treat people to lunch or dinner and if you ever need help financially (other than paying for your college) I will try to help you.

89. I don’t like pizza very much.

90. I can fly for free for the rest of my life.

91. If I don’t like you, you’ll know it. But don’t worry. I like you.

92. I would rather burn than freeze.

93. I don’t like Mondays or Tuesdays. Those are my most routine-filled, most lonely, most busy days.

94. All my nicknames are a variation of my real name Blair. I don’t have any nicknames for special ability or uniqueness. They are blar, blarr, blaarr (same nickname, everyone spells it differently), bliss, BKay, blairbear, beelair.

95. I don’t like spiders.

96. I use a lot of napkins when I eat.

97. I always talk about hot girls but I always have a specific one in mind.

98. I would really really like to go to outer space.

99. I don’t think any of you have ever seen me really mad. Really mad. My hands start shaking uncontrollably. And I tend to lose any semblance of self control.

100. I believe in space aliens.