Memed: 5 Silly Things about Me

Dom has tagged me for "5 Silly Things about Me" ... hehe, okay.

• 1. I have an uncanny sense of direction, but not like you would think. In other words, I'm always 180 degrees off in my predictions. For that reason, when I was traveling in Europe with friends who had gotten lost, they would ask me which way I would go, and then we would all travel in the opposite direction. By doing things this way we would almost always find our destination quickly.
• 2. I've read all the books in the Harry Potter series and even attended a release day party last year for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ... in costume and affecting a British accent no less. :-)
• 3. Whenever I play poker (always Texas Hold 'Em, by the by) with my friends, my poker chips are refered to as "Petersgeld" (i.e., "I see your two, and raise you five petersgeld."), with the unspoken implication that somehow my chips are worth much less than that of every other player's at the table, mostly because my chips have a habit of showing up and staying in everyone else's piles early on in the game.
• 4. I love sushi and hate coconuts. I love pistachios and hate walnuts.
• 5. At 21, I still don't have a state licence (right now the costs don't outweigh the benefits). This fact has subjected me (and continues to subject me) to endless laughs and jokes from my friends. Oh well, I tell them that I'm trying to live like the Europeans do - by means of public transportation...

Anyway, I hereby tag Kyle, Greg, Stephen, Carmel and Danny. Have fun, kids!