About Anthony

An “about page” is serious stuff. It should be viewed as both a privilege of blogging and also a responsibility.

If they don’t offer one, they should be immediately voted off the blogosphere island.

With that being said, here’s 113 things about me:

1. My name is Anthony.
2. I’m a New Yorker.
3. Writing is an activity I do (and like to do) every single day.
4. Despite his general craziness, I think Geraldo Rivera has a certain likability.
5. Dave Matthews Band is my favorite musical group.
6. Ben Folds, Moby, No Doubt, Alanis Morissette, Fiona Apple, Live, Coldplay, Bjork, and Green Day round out my top ten favorite musicians.
7. My favorite movies are Jurassic Park and Requiem for a Dream.
8. I witnessed the terrorist attacks of September 11th from my dorm room window.
9. I used to play the following team sports: baseball, basketball, soccer, cross country, and bowling.
10. I’ve been to Walt Disney World, but not Walt Disney Land.
11. Verdana and Georgia are fonts I am very familiar with.
12. Sometimes I can’t find an alternative to ending a sentence with a preposition. And for that, I’m truly sorry.
13. I really, really like Thai food, especially Pad Thai.
14. In college, I really enjoyed sleeping in fountains.
15. I own more digital cameras than you do.
16. I am waiting until Canon comes out with a 10 megapixel camera to upgrade from my 5 megapixel one.
17. My favorite color is red.
18. I have a collection of black bear statues. I’m not sure why, but bears do seem happy.
19. I am a diehard New York Mets fan.
20. My teams: Mets, Knicks, Islanders, Jets/Giants.
21. Television shows I enjoy watching include: The Simpsons, Lost, Family Guy, Futurama, Robot Chicken, Law & Order (etc.), The Apprentice, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, CSI (etc.), NYPD Blue, American Idol, Seinfeld, and Everwood.
22. My late night TV routine goes like this: David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien, Carson Daly.
23. I sometimes pet sit for a family friend who has 12 birds, 4 dogs, 1 tortoise, 1 lizard, 1 chinchilla, a rat, a guinea pig, a rabbit, a 5-foot-long iguana, and 3 ferrets.
24. I can’t imagine what the Tonight Show will be like when Conan O’Brien takes it over.
25. I enjoy attending television tapings.
26. I once dated an Iraqi-American and she was both beautiful and well-versed on world affairs.
27. I was upset when I heard Trading Spaces got rid of host Paige Davis.
28. I was upset when I heard Theresa Strasser was leaving While You Were Out.
29. I have never filled out one of those chain letter survey things, so I hope borrowing this list format doesn’t count.
30. Let’s just say, I’ve got a lot of pets.
31. I am often inspired by others’ creativity.
32. I’ve been blogging since 2001, creating websites since 1998, and online since 1997.
33. My high school journalism teacher scolded me for using a typewriter to write a paper.
34. I didn’t have a computer until my second year in high school.
35. In first grade, my teacher yelled at me for writing down numbers 1-100, when we were learning how to count to 50.
36. I think I would make an excellent, and entertaining television personality.
37. I’m not a playa, I just crush a lot.
38. I’ve seen Eminem in concert.
39. I was an intern at Fox News Channel in 2002.
40. I have a colony of hermit crabs at home.
41. In second grade, I got in trouble for throwing an apple at a light fixture in order to “make applesauce.”
42. My junior prom was held in the high school cafeteria.
43. My senior prom was one of the best nights of my life.
44. I found a kitten while walking my dogs and I kept her.
45. I enjoy actor Richard Karn on Home Improvement and as host of Family Feud, but not on infomercials.
46. One of my ex-girlfriends accidentally broke her thumb after arguing with me.
47. I’m half Irish and half Italian.
48. My sarcasm has won many awards throughout the years.
49. I started researching Abraham Lincoln in third grade… and haven’t stopped since.
50. My optimism is a driving force in my life.
51. I like following Internet trends.
52. I can’t stand to see typos — especially on TV news tickers.
53. My favorite season is summer.
54. I’d really like to visit Australia.
55. My mom was my den leader when I was a Cub Scout.
56. I’ve only flown on a plane 4 times.
57. I used to play the flute and the piano.
58. I have crushes on Katie Holmes and Penelope Cruz.
59. I graduated from New York University.
60. I like sushi.
61. News anchor banter sometimes perplexes me.
62. I enjoy breadcrumb navigation on the Internet.
63. I wrote a great poem called “On a bus…”
64. I think I was once addicted to eBay.
65. Dinosaurs fascinate me.
66. I really want to learn to speak Japanese.
67. I used to really like Mike’s Hard Lemonade.
68. I used to travel an hour each way to high school and would sleep across the seats on my way home on th bus.
69. I am my family’s PC support team.
70. I enjoy playing chess, but not in Washington Square Park.
71. I remember Napster when it was a cultural phenomenom.
72. I portrayed the role of Grandpa Joe in my fifth grade production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
73. I photograph my food.
74. A priest friend of mine once told me I would make a great priest.
75. I think employee discounts should be mandatory.
76. I was in 4-H when I was a kid and groomed horses.
77. I was in my high school biology class when I heard OJ Simpson was found innocent.
78. I wish there were more rollercoasters nearby.
79. When I was 3 I went to Walt Disney World and saw Cats on Broadway. When I was 13, I did the same.
80. I’ve seen many Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.
81. RENT and De La Guarda are two of my favorite theater experiences.
82. I listen to many types of music — but not country or bluegrass.
83. I really dislike 80’s music.
84. I have fun going to Renaissance Faires.
85. I think television-Internet convergence is taking too long.
86. I am fluent in Spanish, but consider myself semi-fluent.
87. I know too much about Pennsylvania Dutch Country and the Amish.
88. I purposely avoided Christo and Jean Claude’s The Gates exhibit in Central Park.
89. I consider myself one of the first (thousand or so) bloggers.
90. I wrote a really good article about warbloggers when I was in college.
91. I find salt bagels to be delicious.
92. Attending the NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade has become an annual tradition of mine.
93. I was a Boy Scout.
94. I have long had a collection of cacti.
95. I majored in Journalism and minored in Sociology at NYU.
96. I know basic sign language, but would like to become fluent.
97. I pray.
98. I often stay up way too late.
99. I like to stay up-to-date on current events.
100. When I went to Canada one time, the Toronto Blue Jays won the World Series.
101. I wonder what the next mass medium will be after the Internet.
102. I agree with Benjamin Franklin’s sentiment, “He who hesitates is lost.”
103. I am struggling to put together a complete family tree.
104. I still remember my friends’ phone numbers from elementary school.
105. I know a lot about hermit crabs and guinea pigs.
106. The double yellow line down the middle of the road I live on is the border between two towns.
107. I like disemminating information.
108. I don’t understand how Latin was a language… and then wasn’t — but we still use it today.
109. I used to give up riding my bike for Lent.
110. I like monkeys and donuts.
111. I know how to properly write a broadcast news story.
112. I’d rollerblade more if I could find some rollerblades with proper cushioning.
113. I should eat more fruit, because its delicious.

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