Ants on the Melon
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Eliot listed his “5 things” and then tagged me to do the same. So, here are 5 things that people probably don’t know about me.

• I play the harmonica in my truck when I drive long distances.
• I have known how to weld since I was around 12 years old.
• I love shapes, all shapes. When I walk around my eyes pick out shapes in everything around me. Without even thinking about it, my brain is always calculating angles, I am looking for parallel or perpendicular lines, or even physically adjusting stuff to be properly centered.
• This might be related to the previous item, but I love even numbers, and dislike odd numbers. 4 is my favorite number, but 8 is good too. Numbers have personalities to me:
  • 3 is red and has a bad temper.
  • 5 is dishonest.
  • 9 might be the only odd number that I actually like.
  • 10 is strong, bold, and protective.
  • 11 is weak.
  • 12 is Roman.
  • 13 is annoying. really annoying.
  • 17 is boring.
  • 19 is sinister.
  • 24 is young, versatile, and lively.
  • 39 is circular and somewhat feminine. (these aren’t reasons to dislike this odd number, though)

  You get the point.

• I spent the first 2 years of my college career as an economics major, which I really enjoyed.

I don’t typically do this sort of thing, but in continuing with the tradition, I’ll tag Jason, Ken, Chris, Todd and Nathan. I expect 1 in 5 will actually follow through.