Weekend Update with “Three Things” answered…

Heading off to a birthday party in 5 min. However, I can’t remember on whose blog I saw this but here are my answers:

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME:
1. Being confronted by somebody pointing a gun at me.
2. Extremely rough airplane flights.
3. Free swimming in the deep ocean.

THREE PEOPLE WHO MAKE ME LAUGH:
1. My niece.
2. A co-worker (because he’s pathetic)
3. Miguel (long time cycling buddy)

THREE THINGS I LOVE:
1. My own cooking.
2. My niece.
3. Myself (it might sound egotistic but it’s not).

THREE THINGS I HATE:
1. Dishonesty.
2. Backstabbers.
3. Driving in rush hour traffic.

THREE THINGS I DON’T UNDERSTAND:
1. Automobile engine mechanics.
2. Web server administration.
3. Why some people get pleasure from the pain of others.

THREE THINGS ON MY DESK:
1. Computer.
2. Scanner.
3. Phone.

THREE THINGS I’M DOING RIGHT NOW:
1. Typing this!
2. Writing an essay/commentary.
3. Thinking about moving my car to the back of the bldg.

THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE:
1. Publish a book (in progress).
2. Museum solo exhibition.
3. Buy a house/studio in the woods or some rural place.

THREE THINGS I CAN DO:
1. Write reasonably well.
2. Create art in a variety of media.
3. Cook well enough to make yo momma holla’.

THREE WAYS TO DESCRIBE MY PERSONALITY:
1. Not excitable.
2. Intense.
3. Deliberate and methodical.

THREE WAYS TO DESCRIBE MY LOOKS:
1. Slim
2. Lean.
3. Young.

THREE THINGS I CAN’T DO:
1. Be dishonest with myself.
2. Become somebody other than myself.
3. Stop loving somebody that I told, “I love you.”

THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST:
1. “Chile puhleeze.”
2. “Humph!”
3. “I bet you do!”

THREE OF YOUR ABSOLUTE FAVORITE FOODS:
1. My grandmother’s sweet potatoe pie. (deceased)
2. My mom’s apple pie. (deceased)
3. My grandmother’s pound cake. (deceased)

THREE THINGS YOU’D LIKE TO LEARN:
1. Highest level of music composition.
2. To speak Spanish, Italian, French, Portugese, Yoruba, Ewe, and (Haitian) Kreole, all fluently.
3. Web server administration.

THREE BEVERAGES YOU DRINK REGULARLY:
1. Water.
2. Cranberry juice.
3. Latté.

THREE SHOWS YOU WATCHED WHEN YOU WERE A KID:
1. “Ed Sullivan”
2. “Soupy Sales”
3. “Saturday Night movies”