100 Things...Give or Take, Since I'm No Good With Math
1. My full name is Michael Wayne Fancher.
2. My dad originally wanted to name me John Wayne Fancher. I hate cowboy films for this very reason.
3. I was born in a backwater bayou of Texas called Beaumont. I hate cowboy films for this reason too.
4. I'm a Monkey and an Aries, both apparently driven by impulsiveness, passion, and determination with no follow-through. They both jump head-first when it comes to love, and seldom think before they act.
5. I believe "astrology" is just a fancy word for "crap."
6. I moved to Atlanta, GA when I was six. I am thankful for reasons that need their own list of 100 things.
7. Growing up, I always thought my mom was better than the rest of the mothers in my neighborhood because she worked and took care of a family. If you're reading this, Mom, I still do.
8. I equally think my dad has shown me, by example, the kind of person I don't want to be.
9. I wish I had taken up the violin as a child. Gymnastics too.
10. Instead, I played the trumpet in the 4th grade. I switched to chorus in the 5th because I was "first chair" in band, and I kept being challenged by other students for my seat, and eventually took it personally. I'm still not sure why.
11. I'm a classically trained singer. Seriously, I've won awards.
12. I have written, published, and recorded a thirty-minute musical.
13. In high school and for my first year of college, I wanted to be on Broadway. It's still a passing dream.
14. My first real friend was named Geoff McElroy. He moved to North Carolina when I was 13 and I never saw him again. I still think about him.
15. I met Melissa, Jason, Sean, and Erin when I was in the 8th grade. They're my best friends to this day, and I'm pretty sure I'd die for them. Pretty sure.
16. I've since added Mary Sweeney to that list. She's currently busy trying to sell her body to get me a ticket to see her graduate college.
17. I consider my sister to be my very best friend.
18. I believe from the depths of my soul that my friends are the means in this life through which God has loved me.
19. In regards to that, I am a dedicated Roman Catholic, and hyper-educated in theology and philosophy. I can theologically pound anyone into the ground. I'll do it, too.
20. Oh, and I'm gay.
21. I don't believe this to be a contradiction in terms. One of the larger philosophical mistakes of Christian history has been to interpret homosexuality only in terms of hedonistic sexual activity, and not the possibility or actuality of genuine, loving relationships.
22. For a long time I thought I was called to be a priest. I still wonder sometimes, but I've resigned myself to the fact that it won't happen in the Church's current political climate. Mostly 'cause I like the boys.
23. When I'm around a guy I like, I become very shy and tongue tied, but feel that I should be trying to impress him. This usually leads to some very bad flirtation on my part.
24. I have an acute fear of rejection, and usually won't make the first move, especially if we start out as friends. I worry about changing the dynamic of the friendship, and possibly losing it in spite of wanting something more.
25. When I meet a guy I genuinely like, he tends to be all that I'm able to think about. I dislike this about myself, but often wonder if other people are the same way.
26. I used to have a thing for the Care Bears. Like, wanted to be one...either Wishbear or Tenderheart. When I was four I recorded a story on a tape detailing the two having a picnic together. My family plays it on all the major holidays.
27. I consider myself to be an optimist, but I often wonder if I was made to be single.
28. I feel that I think about the people in my life more than they think about me. Some days I'm pretty sure of it.
29. I secretly believe that my friends who claim to have bad memories are either not really listening to me, or just don't care.
30. I'm overly mature for my age. I often feel I'm 26 going on 40.
31. Because of this, I'm strangely attracted to guys in their 30s. Sadly, guys in their 30s are assholes.
32. I like guys with glasses, good smiles, and an affection for video games.
33. One of the greatest relationships I have ever been in has been with my iPod. Plus, it's black. And you know what they say.
34. I love to cook. I own practically everything Williams/Sonoma has ever made.
35. I read voraciously. It's unfortunate how most people's ideas of art really really suck.
36. I have a Master's Degree in English. I wish I hadn't gone to the University of Richmond for it, though.
37. I'm excessively patient. Even when I shouldn't be.
38. For all my rhetoric about openness and honesty concerning emotions, I often get very nervous when displaying vulnerability, and tend to stutter. I usually wind up feeling I haven't expressed what I wanted to say.
39. I would sell my soul for a chicken sandwich from Chick Fil A.
40. I hate when people say they'll call me, and never do. Especially my friends.
41. I love anything by Joss Whedon. Consequently, I'm a total dork.
42. In spite of that, I've become very muscular. I now weigh 190lbs, and no longer dislike looking at myself in the mirror.
43. I consider myself to be very romantic, but over-analyze what things mean in relationships.
44. If you smoke, we're not friends. It's really that simple.
45. Sadly, I consider my oldest friend in Richmond to be unreliable, emotionally and otherwise.
46. I'm a firm believer in monogamy.
47. I'm repulsed by sexual promiscuity, adultery, and men who turn out to be gay but got married anyway. Seriously fellas, it's cheating any way you look at it.
48. While I don't believe the world is as simple as "good and bad," I consider pornography to be genuinely evil.
49. By nature I'm a spooner, but every so often it's nice to be held.
50. I love ultimate frisbee.
51. I love guys who play ultimate frisbee.
52. Last year I went canoeing on the Shenandoah. For six hours. In 20 degree weather. In the rain. I'm looking forward to doing it again.
53. The hardest I have ever laughed in my life was with Mary Sweeney, singing "Oops, I Peed My Pants" to the tune of "Oops, I Did It Again." Consequently, I actually peed.
54. I'm the proud "godfather" of Alex Ragan. Hopefully he hasn't learned how to read yet so that should he stumble upon this, he won't find out his dad got his mom pregnant at the age of 17. She's also a pastor's daughter.
55. My first crush was on a girl named Amanda Bauman. Later I lusted after Amanda Hugnkiss.
56. My first crush on a guy was in the 8th grade. His name was John Potesta. I'd still do him.
57. I collected comic books as a kid. I always wanted Storm's super powers, from the X-Men. Mostly because I could make snow days whenever I wanted.
58. My favorite book is The Count of Monte Cristo. En guarde!
59. I've studied French for nine years, and am completely fluent. I have never been to France.
60. I will climb the Scala Sancta on my knees before I die.
61. I will also have a summer fling with a struggling Italian poet moonlighting as a bistro busboy before I die. Climbing the Scala Sancta will be my penance.
62. I love writing poetry, in spite of hating love poetry. Though I write plenty of that too.
63. I find it easier to express myself in writing than in oral communication.
64. If a guy wrote a poem for me, I'd probably do anything he asked me to after that. ...anything.
65. I express myself most often through humor, and I'm not very literal, or serious.
66. I find it easy to make jokes about sex, but have a hard time having a serious conversation about the subject...especially the technical aspects.
67. My first complete sexual experience was with a guy named Clay during my senior year of college. I have never been with a woman.
68. I feel that I'm able to get close to people easily.
69. Effeminate guys are a turn off.
70. My biggest turn-on is a guy who can make me laugh.
71. The hardest drug I have ever done is Nyquil.
72. I have never been black-out-pee-in-the-bed-because-you-don't-want-to-get-up-to-go-to-the-bathroom drunk.
73. People who keep perpetually busy bother me. What are they trying so hard not to think about?
74. My biggest pet peeve is being out with someone who takes a call on his cellphone.
75. I prefer quiet, intimate settings as opposed to loud, smokey clubs, although my funnest moment in Richmond was going dancing downtown.
76. I can't dance.
77. I wish I had more pictures of my friends and me together.
78. I get exasperated when I'm the one always having to ask a person to hang out with me. If you think this applies to you, it probably does :P
79. I can't stand wet, sloppy kisses. Unless they're from a puppy.
80. I finished graduate school with a 4.0.
81. I had to go to court and testify against my boss for my first job after college. In retrospect, he probably shouldn't have embezzled and used that money to keep a mistress.
82. The most free I have ever felt was horseback riding at a full gallop. The sorest I've ever felt was the next morning.
83. Thanks to Mary, I make an unhealthy amount of "your mom" jokes. I find them easy...like your mom.
84. My secret shame is that I read investment and finance publications. For the fun of it.
85. I want a guy to take me skinny dipping, but be kind enough to ease me through my nervousness.
86. I have no tolerance for people who hate religion without understanding a single thing about it.
87. I think I'm a confident guy, but with a penchant for quiet introspection.
88. If I were straight, I believe I would have asked my friend Melissa to marry me.
89. I want to go sky diving.
90. I believe that I over-compensated with my faith in hopes of it conquering my homosexuality. I now believe the only thing faith conquers is the heart, not the hard-on.
91. I believe the Bible to be divinely inspired, but not the fullness of divine revelation. I also don't take it literally.
92. If you wear your collar up, I will have no qualms calling you a fag.
93. I like coffee shops, but not coffee.
94. I feel the most comfortable in bohemian settings where there's a free exchange of ideas. Though I wish many bohemians would read a book on the theories and practical applications of hygiene.
95. I will kick your ass at Simpsons trivia. I will have my ass kicked at Mario Kart ;)
96. Dr. Pepper.
97. I have never broken a bone in my body.
98. I don't believe in karma or a spiritual physics of balance. People who live feeling as though they're going to wind up paying for the good things that happen to them really bring me down.
99. While I love my job, my dream job is to be an intelligence analyst for the CIA. Working in Ops would be cool too.
100. I believe myself to be a nice guy. I'm pretty sure it's why I'm single.
2. My dad originally wanted to name me John Wayne Fancher. I hate cowboy films for this very reason.
3. I was born in a backwater bayou of Texas called Beaumont. I hate cowboy films for this reason too.
4. I'm a Monkey and an Aries, both apparently driven by impulsiveness, passion, and determination with no follow-through. They both jump head-first when it comes to love, and seldom think before they act.
5. I believe "astrology" is just a fancy word for "crap."
6. I moved to Atlanta, GA when I was six. I am thankful for reasons that need their own list of 100 things.
7. Growing up, I always thought my mom was better than the rest of the mothers in my neighborhood because she worked and took care of a family. If you're reading this, Mom, I still do.
8. I equally think my dad has shown me, by example, the kind of person I don't want to be.
9. I wish I had taken up the violin as a child. Gymnastics too.
10. Instead, I played the trumpet in the 4th grade. I switched to chorus in the 5th because I was "first chair" in band, and I kept being challenged by other students for my seat, and eventually took it personally. I'm still not sure why.
11. I'm a classically trained singer. Seriously, I've won awards.
12. I have written, published, and recorded a thirty-minute musical.
13. In high school and for my first year of college, I wanted to be on Broadway. It's still a passing dream.
14. My first real friend was named Geoff McElroy. He moved to North Carolina when I was 13 and I never saw him again. I still think about him.
15. I met Melissa, Jason, Sean, and Erin when I was in the 8th grade. They're my best friends to this day, and I'm pretty sure I'd die for them. Pretty sure.
16. I've since added Mary Sweeney to that list. She's currently busy trying to sell her body to get me a ticket to see her graduate college.
17. I consider my sister to be my very best friend.
18. I believe from the depths of my soul that my friends are the means in this life through which God has loved me.
19. In regards to that, I am a dedicated Roman Catholic, and hyper-educated in theology and philosophy. I can theologically pound anyone into the ground. I'll do it, too.
20. Oh, and I'm gay.
21. I don't believe this to be a contradiction in terms. One of the larger philosophical mistakes of Christian history has been to interpret homosexuality only in terms of hedonistic sexual activity, and not the possibility or actuality of genuine, loving relationships.
22. For a long time I thought I was called to be a priest. I still wonder sometimes, but I've resigned myself to the fact that it won't happen in the Church's current political climate. Mostly 'cause I like the boys.
23. When I'm around a guy I like, I become very shy and tongue tied, but feel that I should be trying to impress him. This usually leads to some very bad flirtation on my part.
24. I have an acute fear of rejection, and usually won't make the first move, especially if we start out as friends. I worry about changing the dynamic of the friendship, and possibly losing it in spite of wanting something more.
25. When I meet a guy I genuinely like, he tends to be all that I'm able to think about. I dislike this about myself, but often wonder if other people are the same way.
26. I used to have a thing for the Care Bears. Like, wanted to be one...either Wishbear or Tenderheart. When I was four I recorded a story on a tape detailing the two having a picnic together. My family plays it on all the major holidays.
27. I consider myself to be an optimist, but I often wonder if I was made to be single.
28. I feel that I think about the people in my life more than they think about me. Some days I'm pretty sure of it.
29. I secretly believe that my friends who claim to have bad memories are either not really listening to me, or just don't care.
30. I'm overly mature for my age. I often feel I'm 26 going on 40.
31. Because of this, I'm strangely attracted to guys in their 30s. Sadly, guys in their 30s are assholes.
32. I like guys with glasses, good smiles, and an affection for video games.
33. One of the greatest relationships I have ever been in has been with my iPod. Plus, it's black. And you know what they say.
34. I love to cook. I own practically everything Williams/Sonoma has ever made.
35. I read voraciously. It's unfortunate how most people's ideas of art really really suck.
36. I have a Master's Degree in English. I wish I hadn't gone to the University of Richmond for it, though.
37. I'm excessively patient. Even when I shouldn't be.
38. For all my rhetoric about openness and honesty concerning emotions, I often get very nervous when displaying vulnerability, and tend to stutter. I usually wind up feeling I haven't expressed what I wanted to say.
39. I would sell my soul for a chicken sandwich from Chick Fil A.
40. I hate when people say they'll call me, and never do. Especially my friends.
41. I love anything by Joss Whedon. Consequently, I'm a total dork.
42. In spite of that, I've become very muscular. I now weigh 190lbs, and no longer dislike looking at myself in the mirror.
43. I consider myself to be very romantic, but over-analyze what things mean in relationships.
44. If you smoke, we're not friends. It's really that simple.
45. Sadly, I consider my oldest friend in Richmond to be unreliable, emotionally and otherwise.
46. I'm a firm believer in monogamy.
47. I'm repulsed by sexual promiscuity, adultery, and men who turn out to be gay but got married anyway. Seriously fellas, it's cheating any way you look at it.
48. While I don't believe the world is as simple as "good and bad," I consider pornography to be genuinely evil.
49. By nature I'm a spooner, but every so often it's nice to be held.
50. I love ultimate frisbee.
51. I love guys who play ultimate frisbee.
52. Last year I went canoeing on the Shenandoah. For six hours. In 20 degree weather. In the rain. I'm looking forward to doing it again.
53. The hardest I have ever laughed in my life was with Mary Sweeney, singing "Oops, I Peed My Pants" to the tune of "Oops, I Did It Again." Consequently, I actually peed.
54. I'm the proud "godfather" of Alex Ragan. Hopefully he hasn't learned how to read yet so that should he stumble upon this, he won't find out his dad got his mom pregnant at the age of 17. She's also a pastor's daughter.
55. My first crush was on a girl named Amanda Bauman. Later I lusted after Amanda Hugnkiss.
56. My first crush on a guy was in the 8th grade. His name was John Potesta. I'd still do him.
57. I collected comic books as a kid. I always wanted Storm's super powers, from the X-Men. Mostly because I could make snow days whenever I wanted.
58. My favorite book is The Count of Monte Cristo. En guarde!
59. I've studied French for nine years, and am completely fluent. I have never been to France.
60. I will climb the Scala Sancta on my knees before I die.
61. I will also have a summer fling with a struggling Italian poet moonlighting as a bistro busboy before I die. Climbing the Scala Sancta will be my penance.
62. I love writing poetry, in spite of hating love poetry. Though I write plenty of that too.
63. I find it easier to express myself in writing than in oral communication.
64. If a guy wrote a poem for me, I'd probably do anything he asked me to after that. ...anything.
65. I express myself most often through humor, and I'm not very literal, or serious.
66. I find it easy to make jokes about sex, but have a hard time having a serious conversation about the subject...especially the technical aspects.
67. My first complete sexual experience was with a guy named Clay during my senior year of college. I have never been with a woman.
68. I feel that I'm able to get close to people easily.
69. Effeminate guys are a turn off.
70. My biggest turn-on is a guy who can make me laugh.
71. The hardest drug I have ever done is Nyquil.
72. I have never been black-out-pee-in-the-bed-because-you-don't-want-to-get-up-to-go-to-the-bathroom drunk.
73. People who keep perpetually busy bother me. What are they trying so hard not to think about?
74. My biggest pet peeve is being out with someone who takes a call on his cellphone.
75. I prefer quiet, intimate settings as opposed to loud, smokey clubs, although my funnest moment in Richmond was going dancing downtown.
76. I can't dance.
77. I wish I had more pictures of my friends and me together.
78. I get exasperated when I'm the one always having to ask a person to hang out with me. If you think this applies to you, it probably does :P
79. I can't stand wet, sloppy kisses. Unless they're from a puppy.
80. I finished graduate school with a 4.0.
81. I had to go to court and testify against my boss for my first job after college. In retrospect, he probably shouldn't have embezzled and used that money to keep a mistress.
82. The most free I have ever felt was horseback riding at a full gallop. The sorest I've ever felt was the next morning.
83. Thanks to Mary, I make an unhealthy amount of "your mom" jokes. I find them easy...like your mom.
84. My secret shame is that I read investment and finance publications. For the fun of it.
85. I want a guy to take me skinny dipping, but be kind enough to ease me through my nervousness.
86. I have no tolerance for people who hate religion without understanding a single thing about it.
87. I think I'm a confident guy, but with a penchant for quiet introspection.
88. If I were straight, I believe I would have asked my friend Melissa to marry me.
89. I want to go sky diving.
90. I believe that I over-compensated with my faith in hopes of it conquering my homosexuality. I now believe the only thing faith conquers is the heart, not the hard-on.
91. I believe the Bible to be divinely inspired, but not the fullness of divine revelation. I also don't take it literally.
92. If you wear your collar up, I will have no qualms calling you a fag.
93. I like coffee shops, but not coffee.
94. I feel the most comfortable in bohemian settings where there's a free exchange of ideas. Though I wish many bohemians would read a book on the theories and practical applications of hygiene.
95. I will kick your ass at Simpsons trivia. I will have my ass kicked at Mario Kart ;)
96. Dr. Pepper.
97. I have never broken a bone in my body.
98. I don't believe in karma or a spiritual physics of balance. People who live feeling as though they're going to wind up paying for the good things that happen to them really bring me down.
99. While I love my job, my dream job is to be an intelligence analyst for the CIA. Working in Ops would be cool too.
100. I believe myself to be a nice guy. I'm pretty sure it's why I'm single.
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posted by Michael | 10:47 AM
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7. Your mom IS totally better than any other moms in the 'hood.
16. I'd sell anything for you, baby.
26. I have yet to see this video but I do remember your dad putting two Care Bears in a very sexual position...
53. I concur and I sang it in the shower today.
61. Made me pee my pants.
83. I saw a t-shirt with a bike on it that said "My other ride is your mom." We need matching ones.
So much more to comment on!
I miss you and love you :)
I love how you waited until #20 to say that you're gay. Because that didn't come off at all when you were talking about the violin, gymnastics, chorus or wanting to be on Broadway.
Oddly enough we have a lot in common. I was first chair trumpet as well!!!
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