Some interesting tidbits about Zachariah...

And, Zachariah's list. He had me post it, and I was a teeny bit tempted to switch out some of his random things for some I've thought of...heheheh...but I didn't. So, switch gears in your head and imagine Z saying the following... (And aren't my boys so dang handsome?! That was in my voice, now change to Zac's... ;)

1. I absolutely hate to shop! 5 minutes into a store and I'm antsy to leave, just can't understand the mindless draw of looking at loads of stuff I'm never going buy.

2. I love blackberries... I had one today, every time I do it takes me back to the Pacific Northwest, home, and growing up. We always had to go pick blackberries when they were in season, would take hours and then my mom would make jam and syrup and we would eat it all year on pancakes and waffles.

3. I'm extremely frugal, don't like to finance anything, so I budget like crazy and always have the cash to pay for everything up front.

4. My one guilty pleasure is REI... #1 says I hate to shop, really, I do, with the exception of REI... it is the only store I will go into not needing anything and spend $1000. It's a good thing I only go to the States once a year, though we do have a steady stream of REI boxes arriving throughout the year from REI.

5. I love mountains and the outdoors, I especially like hiking/camping in extreme conditions, just for the challenge. Plus it gives me more reason to buy more gear at REI.

6. I think having kids is the greatest experience we can have in life. Before having the twins I was honestly a little loath to give up all the free time that we had, but now I can't remember what I did with all that time and can't imagine not having kids.

7. Fiona says I'm really good at learning to drive in other countries. I took a personal security and driving course for work and was 4 seconds shy of beating the course speed record on my first try. The problem with my driving is I've gone a little third world, and it's hard to turn it off when I go back to the States. Seriously what's wrong with making 4 lanes out of 3? If theres enough space for my car and I want to go faster what's wrong with driving in the shoulder?

8. I'm trilingual.

9. I hate flying. It used to be fun before I got payed to do it... now my caboose starts to hurt if I hear my boss offering to send me somewhere I can't find on a map.

10. I almost got bit by a tiger shark in Hawaii. It scared me, I didn't get back in the water for a couple of days.

11. I really like the water. I grew up snorkeling and SCUBA diving, and just can't get enough. Doesn't matter if it's cold or warm.

12. I'm not a huge fan of cake, never have been. I always want a nice heavy cheesecake with cherries on top or a berry or peach pie for my birthday.

13. I like black licorice.

14. My goal that I put in my high school class time capsule was to visit the Seven Wonders of The World by 15 years from graduation. So this was a stupid goal because really there is like 10 different lists of the Seven Wonders, I've seen 3-4 off of each list. Really I think I just wanted to get out and see some of the world.

15. I don't wear ties to work, ever. Once I wore a tie a couple years back for an internal interview or something and several friends asked me if something was wrong.

16. I went to college to escape hard labor like carpentry (old man Rollins is a carpenter), but now often secretly wish I had a simple hands on job with no politics. I'm going to retire and drive a school bus.

17. ... or work at REI.

18. I can't dance, at all, period. No rythm. I tried to explain this to my new wife of one month when we were on our way back to college for our senior year. She didn't listen and made me sign up for a beginning dance class elective with her. Maybe 10 minutes into the class she whispered to me that I could go sit on the side or in the back and just watched. It was a couple of years before she forgot her embarasment and tried to get me to take another class with her...

19. I went camping with my cousins for a week before getting married and caught Giardia which manifested itself on our honeymoon. I thought I had eaten some bad guacomole. Not a great way to start out married life.

20. I love sushi, but never get to eat it because my wife thinks it's disgusting.

21. I used to go to lots of concerts in my younger years. Once I went to a Weezer concert with a friend (Nathan Heber) and it was his first concert. A few songs in I saw some huge dude jump kick him in the back out in the mosh pit. He went down and it was the last I saw him until the end of the concert. Afterwards there was a huge muddy footprint on his back.

22. I once got a piece of sand or coral embedded in my leg after getting pounded while surfing in Hawaii and it didn't come out for 3.5 years.

23. The biggest thing I miss about living in the States is good Thai food.

24. My hair is RED not orange.

25. I once passed out from heat exhaustion at a Foo Fighters concert in Honolulu and woke up under the stage with no shoes... don't remember if I ever found them.