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Saturday, January 31st, 2009

25 Things

1. After a full year of devoted pursuit (my entire 2nd grade year), I broke up with my first "girlfriend" on the same day that we started "going together" (1st day of 3rd grade) because I saw a little blue vein on her forehead. It dawned on me that she wasn't perfect. This was my first lesson in learning the difference between "the girl in your head vs. the real girl in the school yard standing in front of you".

2. I think I've been paying karmic catchup from #1 ever since. Sorry Kim.

3. I've actually caught myself drooling down on to my guitar during shows -- multiple times.

4. I have an embarrassing love for my dog. But I'm not embarrassed at all. Her name is Emma.

5. I tend to have my most human moments with strangers... gas station clerks, in particular.

6. This is going to sound darkety dark, but I think people should think about their own impending deaths more often. Keeps you sharp. And humble.

7. I just started hanging my keys from a belt loop on my jeans with a carabiner. I rejected this approach for years... it just seemed so "Colorado" to me. But honestly, I haven't lost my keys once since doing it.

8. I've been haunted by the idea of moving to a coastal town in Maine for the past 5 years. Why don't I just do it? I don't know.

9. If I had a spare $10,000, I'd fill my garage with power tools for woodworking. First project: I can't tell you. But trust me, it's AWESOME.

10. When I was a kid, I had an inexplicable bone-eating disease that made me unable to walk from age 6 months to like a year and a half. The doctors never figured it out. I think I healed myself.

11. I used to make these weird guns out of pipe when I was a kid: cap one end, drill a tiny hole for the fuse, put a firecracker in, jam a pear down the barrel, poke it down with a piece of dowel, light the fuse and THWUMP! That cylinder of pear would clear 2 or 3 houses. I felt like a pirate... or a patriot.

12. When I got a little older, I started making bongs instead. But with the same dedication to craft and attention to detail as my pear guns.

13. Years ago, I used to tell people that the T. in my name stood for Tiberius. Ever since then I've seriously considered legally changing my middle name to Tiberius.

14. I just looked up Tiberius on Wikipedia: "Tiberius was one of Rome's greatest generals, whose campaigns in Pannonia, Illyricum, Rhaetia and Germania laid the foundations for the northern frontier. But he came to be remembered as a dark, reclusive, and somber ruler who never really desired to be emperor; Pliny the Elder called him tristissimus hominum, "the gloomiest of men." OUCH.

15. My brothers are two of my best friends. They're totally different from each other.

16. I shaved my head on the night before my last birthday. Just sat in the middle of the kitchen, clicked the electric razor on and went for it. Wow. It felt great.

17. "I used to drink whiskey, I used to drink gin, I used to do anything I could get my hands in." I keep trying to use that line in a song.

18. I stopped making bongs when I got my first car and found out that hanging out with girls was way, way, way more fun.

19. I think I'm gonna be quitting music soon.

20. I've lived in Colorado for 13 years. Guess how many times I've gone skiing or snowboarding? Zero.

21. The titanium screw in my left wrist is finally being removed next week. They put it in after I broke my arm and wrist skateboarding 3 years ago.

22. When I was a young kid, I used to play with legos for HOURS. No. Longer than you're thinking.

23. I think I just replaced legos with songwriting.

24. Seeing strangers sitting next to each other on a bus bench crushes me and I don't know why.

25. Libraries are my favorite buildings. They're like churches without the God part.

Posted By John Common at: 12:01 am

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