lol unoriginal idea for a blog

I'm actually pretty surprised that I have held back from doing this blog for so long, perhaps because trying to think up ten of the most interesting things about me seemed like a difficult thing for me to do. I feel a little late for this party, but I feel like I should get one of these things in before I forget.

1) Jack Maverick is actually the name of a detective I came up with during my last year of high school, because we had to do this thing in a class where we were asked about what careers we had planned on doing. I had plans on becoming a comic book/manga artist by the time of graduation, and I had the urge to come up with an original character. Then that name came up when I was thinking about the TV series 24 and the plot of MegaMan X.

It was a dumb name, but I loved how cheesy it was, so I held on to the name to use in various sites. Then laziness factored into my life, and the guy still has yet to see the light of day. I may have plans on doing something with him hopefully.

2) I always have to know what the time is. I can't even leave the house unless I have a watch on me. There's at least one clock set up in every room of my house. My bed has three alarm clocks on it. Time is serious business with me.

3) I'm a clean freak when it comes to my gaming systems. I spent countless hours making sure my controllers are free of sweat and dead skin particles before I feel like playing with them again. You can only imagine how much of a nightmare it is for me when I go to a friend's house and I play games there. The grease...ugh.

4) Music changed my perception on life when I was younger. I never wanted to interact with anyone during my gradeschool years. It changed when my family bought this old and huge radio, and we turned the thing on. I was immediately entranced in the music, I was in love with the way the stories were told melodically, etc, I didn't think the world was terrible anymore. My love for music has grown since then.

5) I did some pretty dangerous stuff during that same age. I remember doing a lot, but the only one that comes to mind was when my older brother and I were playing with our mother in this hair salon she owned at the time, and she was trying to seek us. There were two conveniently-placed air vents in the ground, which I didn't want to go into, but my brother kept tempting me to do it. We jump into the vents and hide there for a while

Then I hear this creaking coming out of nowhere, which I thought nothing about, until two minutes later. The vent pops open, I fall about ten feet onto a pile of wood, and it was completely black. Imagine how terrified my eight-year-old mind was at the time. They do find me, and I've had some big back problems for a month following that. This is also a possible cause of my current fear of darkness.

6) I'm a lover of all things film noir. The style, the acting, the way that there's usually a gruff voice saying a cool line while something interesting is happening onscreen, it's all good.

7) I think Zak MacKracken and The Alien Mindbenders is the best point and click adventure game ever made. I also think this because it's the only point and click adventure game I ever played. I still lack an urge to remedy this situation.

8) I would make a terrible fireman because I love watching things burn more. I'm a cruel man. :(

9) I have no child skills. By that, I mean since I never grew up with younger siblings, I don't know ways to effectively communicate with them. When I talk to one and they insist on yelling back, I'm lost since I don't know what to do.

10) I'm literally like a bug. I'm always drawn in to stuff with an obnoxious amount of blinking lights on it. It's why arcades are one of my favorite places to hang out.

Wow, no wonder I held back on doing this thing for so long, I feel like a nut after reading this over. Oh well, at least I'll have my clocks to keep me company so I don't feel so insane.