101 Things About Ben

1. >I do my best studying & reading
   standing up.


2. >I do not have a large vocabulary & get
   confused when people use big words.


3. >I am the only one that really thought
   my beard looked good.


4. >My five o'clock shadow hits at noon >.


5. >I hate driving above the speed limit.


6. >I have determined that class=SpellE>Atkin's is a huge conspiracy.


7. >I am not a breakfast eater.


8. >I cringe when I think about people
   paying for pancakes at IHOP because pancakes
   are so incredibly cheap to make.


9. >I am the cook in my residence.


10. >ESPN is my favorite channel, not because
    I am a sports junkie, but because it shows the best part of sports -
    the highlights.


11. >I cheated my way through 4^th grade
    math.


12. >I enjoy biblical references in movies.


13. >I watch The Shawshank Redemption for
    the very last scene.


14. >I cried when I watched class=SpellE>Benji.


15. >In kindergarten & 1^st grade
    I had glasses with Smurf stickers on the side.


16. >I have been trying to develop a photographic
    memory for 5 years now.


17. >Castaway is one of my favorite movies
    - I like Tom Hank's beard.


18. >I was more romantic before I got married, & I
    really want to know why it is harder to be romantic post-marriage.


19. >I am only writing this list to make
    my wife happy.


20. >I do not read forwards, even if I
    like you.


21. >I got a 23 on my ACT.


22. >I have an academic superiority complex.


23. >Coffee gives me the shakes & interferes
    with my studies.


24. >Reading > is like morphine in my system, it
    makes me really drowsy, so I keep reading because it feels good.


25. >I work to get paid & don't get
    jobs because I think it will be fun.


26. >I watch TV shows until they become
    trendy & then I quit watching them.


27. >Popularity is a turn off for me.


28. >I've owned 4 pairs of jeans in the
    last 6 years.


29. >On >Pac Rim > I remember thinking I would never
    date a girl like Monica.


30. >I eat even when I am not hungry & then
    feel sick in the morning.


31. >I have a really hard time throwing
    old papers away.


32. >If anyone tells me I didn't do something
    when I did, it makes me mad.


33. >I stole a little Bible when I was
    a little boy.


34. >I think the whole world we be 100
    times better if TV was never invented.


35. >I do not believe in preaching a sermon
    for more than 25 minutes.


36. >I love double cheeseburgers at McDonalds.


37. >I lose 10-20 pounds every time I am
    sick.


38. >Luis reminds me that anything can
    be fun.


39. >I don't usually laugh at other peoples'
    jokes because it makes me mad that I didn't think of the joke.


40. >I feel like a failure when I make
    B's.


41. >I define myself by my academics.


42. >I have a big ego, but try to hide
    it.


43. >I like movies about smart gamblers.


44. >I like big dogs & despise little
    ones.


45. >I travel more for the experience than
    for the location.


46. >I am extremely jealous of anybody
    that has a job with the travel channel.


47. >I sweat when I am really nervous.


48. >I use a poof in the shower.


49. >When I go to Major League Baseball
    games, I almost fall over when I come out of the tunnel & see the
    field - it is absolutely beautiful.


50. >I want to mow MLB fields
    with a push mower.


51. >I am very shy.


52. >I don't read my Bible as much as I
    should.


53. >I love my wife more than life itself.


54. >I only cry at funerals.


55. class=SpellE>Abuelo's > is my favorite restaurant.


56. >I am an idealist.


57. >I don't think it was God's plan for
    the whole world to be a democracy.


58. >I procrastinate when it comes to calling
    people.


59. >It is hard for me to watch TV without
    doing something else at the same time.


60. >I am becoming more & more like
    my parents everyday.


61. >I have never voted in any election.


62. >I don't even pretend to understand
    the concept of grace.


63. >I feel like my summers should just
    be for volunteering at camps.


64. >I do not clean up after myself in
    the kitchen (or any other room).


65. >I have a North Face jacket even though
    I think North Face is way too trendy.


66. >I want to canoe down the >Mississippi River >.


67. >I have never carried a balance on
    a credit card.


68. >I am bad about making jokes about
    money & it makes my wife feel bad.


69. >I am a minimalist.


70. >I love having a lot of space in a
    room, even if it means stacking stuff that doesn't need to be stacked.


71. >I feel overly guilty if I go to Starbucks
    or Panera & don't buy anything to eat,
    so I try not to study at those places.


72. >I want to live in >Europe > for a few years.


73. >I am amazed at eBay, but more amazed
    at how much junk the world has.


74. >I can get really grumpy when I haven't
    slept much.


75. >I can never remember whether I locked
    the apartment door or not.


76. >I do not trust car mechanics, even
    if I know them.


77. >I think it is a great disappointment
    that Christian education should be so expensive.


78. >I don't understand how anybody knows
    how to program computers.


79. >I spent $150 on a pair of sunglasses.


80. >I am addicted to video games, but
    have no way to play them.


81. >I have also been to >Tonga >.


82. >I have come up as extremely introverted
    on several personality tests.


83. >I do not like C.S.
    Lewis's writings because they are too confusing & hard to read.


84. >I always look at the pictures first
    before I start reading a magazine.


85. >I am against big business, but go
    to Wal-Mart & have a Sam's card.


86. >I want to work for myself someday.


87. >I used to drink pickle juice without
    getting sick.


88. >The warmest, kindest people I have
    ever met are Brazilians.


89. >I used to bug my brother Mark relentlessly
    when he was on the phone with his girlfriend.


90. >I like for the washing machine, dryer,
    or dishwasher to be on when I go to sleep - it makes me feel safe.


91. >I never liked church camp growing
    up because it was always hook-up central.


92. >I taught kids to juggle at >Camp > class=SpellE>Funnybone > for several years.


93. >I never wear my gold tie when I preach
    because I think it looks too gaudy.


94. >Half of the shirts I wear, I had in
    high school.


95. >I am very indecisive when it comes
    to choosing what to eat because I will eat anything.


96. >It is my life goal to teach Monica
    that the expiration date & sell by date are not
    the same thing, & you don't have to dump milk out on the sell by
    date.


97. >My favorite movie used to be Message
    in a Bottle until I realized love didn't have to be tragic.


98. >I enjoy writing research papers, but
    I enjoy complaining about writing them even more.


99. >I will probably own a portable storage
    building behind my house one day.


100. >I am a pessimist about most things,
     but I like to think of myself as a realist, which really means I am a
     pessimist.


101. >I like to do a little better than
     the one before me.