true fact

I used to have cardboard boxes for stuff in my bedroom when I was a kid. My mom worked for Kroger and we'd use boxes from there to put the stuff in that wouldn't fit in my dresser. I think this was before Rubbermaid made anything that wouldn't fit in a refrigerator.

I learned early on that that it was wrong to write on the walls and other nice things. Somehow, I either applied that to cardboard boxes or I was actually reprimanded for marking on cardboard boxes once--I'm not sure which.

Nevertheless, I was drawn toward the carboard boxes whenever I chanced to have a Magic Marker in my hand. I wanted to write graffiti on them. I wanted to be a vandal in my own room, but the consequences (or mistakenly-assumed consequences) terrified me.

What could I do? How could I mark yet not be in trouble?

I did the most logical thing I could think of: I marked the boxes the way a stockman might.

For years I had boxes sitting around my room that I had secretly marked with "3 of 6", "PO 3423" and "Broken Case." Mom and Dad never caught on that the "Hold" on that Del Monte Sliced Peaches in Heavy Syrup box was written by me behind closed doors with a tin-shelled Marks-A-Lot.

I was so slick, I was...

gimme a break

I know it's a meme. But at least it's a post...

LAYER ONE:
-- Name: Ric
-- Birth date: Sept 28
-- Birthplace: Fort Wayne, IN
-- Current Location: Fort Wayne, IN
-- Eye Color: Light Blue-Grey
-- Hair Color: Dark Brown
-- Height: 6' 0"
-- Righty or Lefty: Righty
-- Zodiac Sign: Libra

LAYER TWO:
-- Your heritage: German mostly
-- The shoes you wore today: Black Suede, Slip-On "Superhero" Shoes
-- Your weakness: Carmel DeLights GS Cookies
-- Your fears:
-- Your perfect pizza: East of Chicago Tower Pizza
-- Goal you'd like to achieve:

LAYER THREE:
-- Your most overused phrase on AIM: "Yeah"
-- Your first waking thoughts: Is that a dream or my alarm?
-- Your best physical feature: Eyes
-- Your most missed memory:

LAYER FOUR:
-- Pepsi or Coke: Coke
-- McDonald's or Burger King: McD's
-- Single or group dates: Single
-- Adidas or Nike: Wal-Mart
-- Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Orange Pecoe bags chilled
-- Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate
-- Cappuccino or coffee: Gas Station Cappuccino

LAYER FIVE:
-- Smoke: Frequently
-- Cuss: Usually
-- Sing: Entertainingly
-- Take a shower everyday: Mostly, unless I'm running late
-- Do you think you've been in love: 80 times.
-- Want to go to college: I'd love to go back.
-- Liked high school: Nope.
-- Want to get married: Yep.
-- Believe in yourself: Yes!
-- Get motion sickness: Reading in Car
-- Think you're attractive: No.
-- Think you're a health freak: No.
-- Like thunderstorms: Yes.
-- Play an instrument: Keyboards, Guitar, Pennywhistle, pretty much anything I pick up.

LAYER SIX: In the past month...
-- Drank alcohol: A bit.
-- Smoked: Too Much.
-- Done a drug: Nope.
-- Made Out: Hell, yeah.
-- Gone on a date: Yes!
-- Gone to the mall?: Yes...
-- Eaten an entire box of Oreos?: No.
-- Eaten sushi: Hell no.
-- Been on stage: No.
-- Been dumped: No.
-- Gone skating: I'm terrible. No.
-- Made homemade cookies: Nope.
-- Dyed your hair: Get real.

LAYER SEVEN: Ever...
-- Played a game that required removal of clothing: yes.
-- If so, was it mixed company: no.
-- Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: yep!
-- Been caught "doing something": Yep. Cop knocked on the car window.
-- Been called a tease: Yes!
-- Gotten beaten up: Not to a pulp. But pick on and bullied in HS.
-- Shoplifted: Maybe, not sure.
-- Changed who you were to fit in: Never.

LAYER EIGHT:
-- Age you hope to be married: 38
-- Numbers and Names of Children: Roo: 9, Mal: 11, Katie: 12
-- Describe your Dream Wedding: Quick
-- How do you want to die: I'd like to know what it's like to be shot.
-- Where you want to go to college: Harvard
-- What do you want to be when you grow up: Happy
-- What country would you most like to visit: England

LAYER NINE:
-- Number of drugs taken illegally: less than 10
-- Number of people I could trust with my life: A bunch.
-- Number of CDs that I own: Hundreds, never listen to any but about 10.
-- Number of piercings: Zero
-- Number of tattoos: None, yet.
-- Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper?: Wall Street Journal: 1 Others: 4 or 5
-- Number of scars on my body: Six?
-- Number of things in my past that I regret: Half dozen or so.
-- Who did you get this from: Tony

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