I am 22 and I feel like I am so old. They say the world is so big and life is so spontaneous. But why am I not feeling like an ant in the middle of Central Park? I am just 22 and I feel like the Little Prince in his little planet tending to his little flower. Here are a hundred random info about me and my boring life. I hope by reading this I am helping you commit suicide, which of course, you have been planning for months. Enjoy!
1. I am gay…
2. … and I love it.
3. I rarely wake up before 3 PM.
4. I cannot live without lip balm.
5. I play soccer...
6. … and I think soccer players are hotter than basketball players.
7. I like reading historical novels and trashy paperbacks.
8. I have a huge addiction to fashion and lifestyle magazines.
9. I have size 12 feet…
10. ...and I do not buy expensive shoes.
11. I terribly suck at math.
12. I would rather write a 20-page essay on student behavior inside dingy classrooms than sit in a dingy classroom listening to an old fag drone on about how Alexander died of something.
13. I can come up with a whole outfit just by looking at a single item of clothing.1
4. I can do beadwork…
15. … and I would love to learn how to sew.
16. I fell in love with Cebu in 2003…
17. …and I have never gone home ever since!
18. I prefer vodka and tequila over beer.
19. I got so drunk once in Pump that I started kissing everyone.
20. My first kiss was with someone I do not know…
21. … but we got so close after that he became my first lover!
22. I have loved only one person in my life: ME!
23. I love drinking coffee: double shot espresso or tall, wet, triple shot cappuccino.
24. I can sit in Starbucks for hours just staring into space…
25. … yet I cannot make myself sit in a crowded church and listen to a priest talk about how sinful people are nowadays. Even if it’s just for an hour.
26. I was born a Catholic, went to a Protestant college and ended up being an atheist.
27. I rarely talk about God with other people but I do believe and fear God.
28. I have an eleven-year old pet turtle that I found in our driveway during a stormy afternoon in October 1995. I really did thought back then that it was a rock.
29. I cannot bear being in a house with cats and dogs as pets…
30. … but someone did give me dog once and I loved that dog!
31. I am the eldest son but if you will meet my younger sister, you’ll think we are twins.
32. I like my hair shaved because I do not have the patience to style my hair all the time.
33. I like watching sunsets because every memorable event in my life happened during sunsets.
34. I am a nocturnal person.
35. I have a thing for anything white.
36. And do not laugh if I tell you I own about four dozen white tees.
37. Plus about 4 pairs of white shoes.
38. But I find it uncomfortable dating Caucasian guys, no matter how Tom Brady-looking they are.
39. I still like Pinoy men.
40. That is why I have dated, as of last count, close to thirty-five Pinoy men.
41. Maybe flirted is the right word for number 40.
42. And whoever I date/flirt with, I still uphold the Safe Sex Policy always. No buts and ifs.
43. The most daring thing I have done with someone I have dated was have dinner with his parents.
44. That is why I do not like the whole meeting-the-parents sort of thing.
45. I hate being scrutinized by people I do not care about.
46. So as much as possible, I hate meeting new people. I hate the awkwardness of it all.
47. But I am friendly, so meeting other people is a cinch. I end up having too many entries on my phonebook that I cannot keep track of who Mark 1 is and who Mark 2 is.
48. I am an aloof person.
49. I have the tendency to just sit a corner and sulk if I am in a strange place.
50. I do not talk much when I am around other people I rarely know.
51. And I do not start conversations. I hate it when there is the need for that in whatever situation.
52. I would just prefer to smoke my lungs out and drink my way into a party if I do not know anyone.
53. I have been a smoker for 6 years now.
54. I started smoking in sophomore year in college just to be cool.
55. Smoking West Menthols was the coolest thing then when you are out partying but it made way for Marlboro Reds which made me smell so bad.
56. I stopped smoking for a year and when I did smoke again, I was killing my lungs with Marlboro Menthols. Until now.
57. I am Coco Chanel, immortalized as a third world loser.
58. I used to have this huge, huge, huge crush on Jao Mapa after mooning over him in Pare Ko, The Movie.
59. I went as far as making this memento box of anything Jao and it includes, among other things, notebooks, pin-ups, newspaper cuttings, etc.
60. And then I saw Patrick in that unforgettable Tender Juicy Hotdog ad and my world has changed ever since.
61. The first thing I’ve won in my entire life is a rice cooker and it was a bit useful when I was in college.
62. I had a lot of firsts in college: first cigarette, first hang-over, first boyfriend, among other things.
63. Before I went to Silliman, I have never been to Dumaguete.
64. I left a graffiti of my name on one of the acacia trees outside the Luce Auditorium in Silliman.
65. I was rumored to be a pimp way back in college because my friends are all hot girls.
66. I survived college by eating a lot of pancit canton, drinking a lot of buko juice and iced tea and partying almost every night.
67. I have talked and charmed my way through most of college. And most of the time, my professors believe me.
68. I walked out of a class once because my professor shouted at me for being ignorant. Well, she never saw me again.
69. My first boyfriend left me…
70. … and I was so stupid that I tried to commit suicide.
71. Ever since, I made a promise to myself that I should be the one leaving, not the one left.
72. I have had six serious relationships and none worked out.
73. I have the worst case of commitment-phobia.
74. And I also hate cockroaches. You can kill me by putting me inside a room full of cockroaches.
75. I was nicknamed O by an officemate 2 years ago.
76. My family and some very close friends call me Jopp.
77. And when I was in grade five, my name was changed legally from Jose A******n to Jose H******n.
78. I have been using my current personal email address since 1997.
79. I used to spend an average of six hours every weekend trying to get my way around the internet on dial-up. That was 1996 and the world was still small. At least to me.
80. My first cellphone was a Nokia 6110. It looked like a smaller version of the 5110. and it effing cost my dad 18K! imagine a heavy phone with no GPRS, no Bluetooth, no MMS, no camera and a black and white display costing that much… well, at least it looked good with the transparent pink cover.
81. I have salt-and-pepper hair. Meaning I am mature.
82. I hate December.
83. I love eating raw carrots dipped in low fat yogurt.
84. Je peux comprendre un peu du Francais.
85. Y Espanol, tambien.
86. I regularly trim down there…
87. …plus I trim my nose hair...
88. … and I pluck my stray brows. Who can blame me? I’m gay.
89. I started watching Sex and the City when I was a junior in high school. And I loved it.
90. I was in fourth grade when I started going to bars. My aunt would bring me and my cousins to bars with her during Saturday nights.
91. I tried courting a girl once and she ended up being a very good friend. She would throw the flowers and we both pigged out on the chocolates I gave her.
92. It was my parents dream for me to be either a doctor or a priest.
93. My last relationship ended after 16 days. (UPDATE: we’re back again!)
94. In high school, I used to spike my dinner iced tea with rum. My grandfather, who is a lover of alcohol, lives with us.
95. My ultimate dream is to be a son of a very corrupt public official. Imagine the power and the money.
96. I am the most impulsive person I know.
97. My wisdom teeth came out in successions when I was a senior in high school.
98. I had three. Or what felt like three.
99. I have a thing for thongs. It is very comfortable to wear one.
100. My life is a boring and I would never trade it. Even for an Croc Hermes Birkin. Well if the hardware includes platinum and diamonds, I might make a consideration. Hahaha.
