I saw this post by way of @joel@fosstodon.org and replied that I thought it was a fun read. I was prodded to give it a go, myself. I’m way behind on #100DaysToOffload so here’s post 002…

Do you floss your teeth?

Nightly. Dental health is important for complete health and prevention of a lot of things is easy.

Tea, coffee, or water?

Water, then coffee. I consume about a gallon of water daily as I engage in pretty heavy exercise regularly. I also tend to drink between 3-6 mugs of black coffee daily. They’re roughly 12oz.

I usually only drink tea when ill, when it’s late, or oddly when I’m outdoors. Hot tea, anyway. Living in the US south, iced tea is always present and I will drink it if soda is the only other option. Preferably unsweetened.

Footwear preference?

No footwear if possible (perhaps socks if I’m cold). When I was an office worker I was often barefoot, or as close to it as possible, and it was a common thing people would jab me about.

For someone who prefers not to wear shoes, I have several pair. Each one serves a different purpose and they’re all almost totally beat to heck. I wear them as infrequently as possible but I’ve had them a very long time.

I have a lot of slides: Adidas Adilette 22’s for airport travel, fake Yeezy slides for yard and odd tasks, Adidas Bounce slides for house shoes on hot days, Rip ’n Dip slides for the gym (being replaced by Adidas floral slides).

I have some Dearfoams corduroy slippers for cold weather house shoes. Adidas RAIN.RDY trail running shoes for running/hiking, Adidas cross training shoes for weight lifting, Vans Sk8 Hi shoes for dirt bike riding/shooting range trips, Rothco desert boots for tougher outdoor tasks. My daily shoes when I have to wear something are vegan Adidas Sambas.

I am noticing a pattern here that I own a lot of Adidas shoes (and clothing). This is a matter of practicality and thrift. Through the years by way of their rewards point system and several sales I have been able to scoop up the items at a deep discount. Also a local sporting good store often puts their wares on sale.

Favourite dessert?

Probably banana creme pie. Most any sort of banana dessert is up there on my list, however.

The first thing you do when you wake up?

Turn off my 2DS XL. I use DS Picture Clock as my alarm clock so I don’t get lost in the phone when I start my day.

I suppose a more correct response would be my morning routine: I turn off the 2DS XL, sit up, greet the cats, roll my futon up and put my bedding away. Then I do a series of stretches and retire to brush my teeth and handle nature. I’ll greet my wife if she’s home and check on our son if he’s awake. Afterwards I make a cup of coffee and grab a snack. Then I head to the couch or I drag out my floor desk to check personal and work notifications while I hang out with the elderly cat.

Age you’d like to stick at?

I can’t say there’s any age I’d like to be at indefinitely. Immortality seems like a living hell as your loved ones wither away and pass.

Maybe the spirit of this question is what age did you most enjoy? I’ve had ups and downs at all ages. I seem to have the most smiling pictures in my middle-teens and middle-twenties, although here in my early forties I’m having a good time.

How many hats do you own?

Perhaps five? I can think of five but there may be more.

I have a wool Rothco Navy watch cap that is my regular cold weather hat. I have retired several of these through the years and I wear them until they implode.

I have a generic cotton blue baseball cap with white letters on it that read “best dad ever.” It was a father’s day present and my second most worn hat, though I think it makes me look like somebody in the movies trying to be inconspicuous, especially if I wear sunglasses with it.

I have a black polyester hat from Challenger BMX Magazine that I absolutely adore. It has the challenger logo in a square and it’s the weirdest fitting hat I’ve ever had. I love that it has a plastic snap in the back.

I have an absolutely destroyed brown Flexfit hat that was once black. It bears the logo of the band the Dillinger Escape Plan and a white metal fish hook on the bill. The bill has been warped into almost a tube shape and it is ripped up, covered in blood/dirt/whatever, and generally a wreck. It is my favorite hat. I found it in a friend’s trunk.

I also have a Ushanka made of fake fur and polyester. I’m not really sure where it came from but I’ve worn it more in the summer to be funny than I have used it for its intended purpose.

Describe the last photo you took?

A bit gross but pulling up my camera reel, it appears to be a picture of a small wound on the back of my leg. It was in a spot that was difficult to see and I wanted to get a better look at it.

Worst TV show?

I really don’t watch television much. If I do it’s probably an anime series or something on PBS. I am not familiar with many of them but one show I do remember having great disdain for was The Big Bang Theory. I only ever saw clips of it but it always seemed like nerd blackface and I got really tired of people trying to relate to me by comparing me to characters in the show.

Perhaps that’s a bit insensitive but it always felt insulting, even if they didn’t mean for it to.

As a child, what was your aspiration for adulthood?

Initially I wanted to be a Stegosaurus. As I grew a bit, I wanted to be a doctor. When I learned what doctors do, I wanted to be a telephone lineman. My aspirations for adulthood as a child were very career-centric because we didn’t have a lot of money and it was the way out.

I’m not sure I had very many aspirations beyond “work”, which is quite sad. I had my imagination beaten out of me at a young age and I’m only just re-learning how to play in my middle-age.