I was tagged to do this by @whattheworldisreallylike
✨LAST✨
last drink: Earl Grey Tea
last phone call: my wife
last text message: asked to pick up take-out instead of cooking dinner
last song you listened to: Alexander Hamilton from Hamilton
last time i cried: sad song, stuck in traffic
✨HAVE YOU EVER ✨
dated someone twice: yes. later i introduced her to her future wife ♥︎
been cheated on: yep
kissed someone and regretted it: alas yes
lost someone special: yep
been depressed: yes
been drunk and thrown up: once
✨IN THE PAST YEAR, HAVE YOU ✨
made a new friend: yes
fallen out of love: not this year no
laughed until you cried: yes
met someone who changed you: nope
found out who your true friends are: known that one
✨GENERAL✨
how many people on tumblr do you know in real life: two, but they don’t get on much
do you have any pets: 2 shibas
do you want to change your name: nah, i’m not thrilled with it but i’m used to it
what time did you wake up this morning: 0630
what were you doing last night: being silly on pain meds. walked in the door and cooked dinner, not realizing everyone had eaten
name something you cannot wait for: not this second, no
have you ever talked to a person named tom: yes...?
what’s getting on your nerves rn: atm the dog wants to go outside, then back in, every 15 minutes
blood type: A pos
nicknames: none that stuck
status: married 24 years
zodiac: cancer
pronouns: he/him
favourite tv show: i don’t watch a lot of tv, but probably l&o:svu
high school: Wayne HIlls High School
college: at various times: U of Delaware; U of Maryland; Defense Language Institute
hair colour: grey
long or short: short
do you have a crush on someone: at least once a week
what do you like about yourself: not at this particular moment
tattoos: none... yet
righty or lefty: righty
✨FIRSTS✨
first surgery: sinuses
first piercing: nope
first best friend: Anita. She’s the CFO of a major publishing company nw
first sport you played. soccer
first vacation: jersey shore every summer
first pair of sneakers: keds?
✨RN✨
eating: made breakfast bagels for me & spouse
drinking: still tea
i’m about to: shower and go into work
listening to: my wife flip channels
waiting for: the shiba asleep on my legs to wake up
want kids: have two sons. would have liked a daughter too, alas
get married: got married
career: had very interesting jobs so far; want to teach and inspire people to study earth science.
✨WHICH IS BETTER✨
lips or eyes: eyes
hugs or kisses: both
shorter or taller: shorter (I’m 6′2″ never dated taller)
older or younger: wife is 11 yrs older
romantic or spontaneous: romantic
sensitive or loud: sensitive
hook up or relationship: Relationship
troublemaker or hesitant: depends on mood
✨HAVE YOU EVER✨
kissed a stranger: yes
drank hard liquor: yes
lost glasses/contacts: yes
sex on a first date: yes
broken someone’s heart: yeah. dude was a creep.
been arrested: nope!
turned someone down: yes
cried when someone died: yes
fallen for a friend: a few times…
✨DO YOU BELIEVE✨
in yourself: fucking better
miracles: "And sometimes, very rarely, impossible things just happen and we call them miracles.”
love at first sight: i got married after 13 days...
I tag: Nobody. I usually feel uncomfortable putting that on someone, so if you’re reading this, consider yourself tagged. Answer, or not, as suits you.