100 things about me.

I saw this on another site and liked it. So here it is.

  1. My name is Luke Reeves.
  2. Contrary to popular belief I am NOT a sex offender (well, not a registered sex offender).
  3. I’m a programmer and know way too many languages.
  4. I currently code in Java, PHP, Perl and occasionally C/C++.
  5. I play videogames way, way too much.
  6. I couldn’t get my act together and find a mod-chip to play imports on my PS2 so I made the fiscally-retarded decision to just out and buy a Japanese one.
  7. If I’m at home or the office, there’s always a computer online and within 3 feet of me.
  8. I’m completely financially retarded.
  9. Total atheist.
  10. I read an absolute ton of books.
  11. I love hard science fiction - the harder, the better.
  12. Though I read a ton of science fiction, I think it’s fairly probable that we’re alone in the universe.
  13. My favorite TV show is Seinfeld. In it’s absence I watch Curb Your Enthusiasm.
  14. I travel a lot.
  15. I’ve been to Japan over a dozen times. I currently consider there my “home”.
  16. I love eating meat.
  17. I can’t, and won’t, cook.
  18. I’m a 24 year old male.
  19. I basically have the ideal life for a 14 year old male.
  20. I broke a vertebrae once (car accident).
  21. I broke an arm once (skateboarding).
  22. I broke a rib once (again, skateboarding).
  23. I’m in the hospital probably more than average.
  24. I love starting something and not finishing it.
  25. I love when I actually finish something.
  26. I have no driver’s license, and have no desire to get one.
  27. I smoke, but will eventually quit.
  28. I don’t drink; I’m not an ex-alcoholic or anything, but I just really don’t drink. Maybe one beer every three months.
  29. I hate Microsoft.
  30. I love Sony.
  31. My first computer was a Commodore VIC-20.
  32. I’m very rarely open with political views.
  33. I skateboard, but I’m not very skilled.
  34. In true geek style I’m completely addicted to coffee and various other forms of caffeine.
  35. I’m from a town of about 600 people.
  36. I went through what was possibly a bout of depression when I was younger, and took some extremely fun medication for it.
  37. I have probably six computers at home.
  38. Favorite computer game is Alpha Centauri - for Linux!
  39. I usually sleep until noon on the weekend.
  40. Favorite movie is probably Donnie Darko. It’s not perfect, but it’s close.
  41. I’d contemplate suicide if Google dissappeared.
  42. I love the movies. But most of them suck.
  43. I love combining intellect (or prentension) with vulgarity.
  44. I have a ton of introverted traits, but from an outside perspective I’m very extroverted. Maybe.
  45. I’ve had a webpage in one form or another for more than ten years.
  46. I live and breathe Linux.
  47. I’m difficult to reach using every method except e-mail.
  48. My favorite music is A.F.I.
  49. I get pissed off when someone thinks I’m not capable of something.
  50. I’m thin (at the time of this writing), but shouldn’t be considering my diet of crap.
  51. I’ve always entertained the idea of writing something (science fiction, duh). But probably never will.
  52. I didn’t really like any of the Star Wars movies.
  53. But I did like all the Star Trek movies.
  54. The Matrix Reloaded sucked.
  55. When I get into a groove I can type really quickly.
  56. I love blogging, but don’t do it often enough.
  57. I actually believe in free software.
  58. I am not a morning person. Without a massive caffeine infusion I cannot function. I hope this changes.
  59. I’ve never deeply contemplated personal betrayal because I’ve been lucky enough so far to have friends that are very loyal.
  60. I’m straight, yet I make a lot of gay jokes. And I never mean to offend.
  61. My favorite author: a tie between Iain M. Banks and Greg Egan.
  62. I don’t have many personal battles, like vegetarianism, political activism, etc.
  63. I don’t think life is too short; it is, in fact, painfully long.
  64. In high school, I was unpopular for the first half and popular for the second.
  65. I never actually got beat up, or gotcheed, in high school.
  66. I still thought high school was hell.
  67. I have very, very few regrets.
  68. I have an excellent relationship with my family and try not to take it for granted.
  69. I’ve never actually taken a vacation; I consider the travelling I do for work enough.
  70. I couldn’t care less about nature. I know it’s bad, but it’s true!
  71. Previous to September 11th I didn’t put much into nationalism. Since then, I’m extremely fucking proud to be Canadian.
  72. Speaking of which, I was on a coast-to-coast flight the day before September 11th, and exactly one week after. I was scared.
  73. I’ve been in the WTC. And the Empire State building.
  74. I bite my nails.
  75. I’ve shot a lot of guns, and I’m a good shot. In fact I’m shooting guns this weekend.
  76. Spoilers for books, movies, games, etc. do not bother me in the least.
  77. I don’t think I have any enemies; although I could be wrong.
  78. The first music I really liked was Nirvana.
  79. I’m waiting for the certain impending explosion of health problems.
  80. I love massive cities; even being lost in them.
  81. I got mugged once. It sucked.
  82. I love sushi.
  83. I love Japan…
  84. …but I’m not a Japan-o-phile.
  85. My favorite place to hang out in Toronto is the Green Room - you can drink coffee with no worries, and smoke.
  86. I own, and enjoy, “Freddy Got Fingered”.
  87. I like to think I’m an optimist.
  88. I’m a pessimist.
  89. I am completely desensitized to violence and bad taste. Ask any of my friends for a testimonial (since they share this trait).
  90. Feigning apathy is fun.
  91. True apathy is more fun.
  92. I love, love, love the web and can pretty much perfectly emulate an HTTP client and server through telnet and nc respectively.
  93. I love being mindfucked by books or movies. Though it’s rare with movies.
  94. Comedy and humor is very important to me.
  95. I’m a very confident person, except when I’m getting a haircut, buying clothes and buying glasses.
  96. I believe in zero forms of supernatural phenomena.
  97. I’d like to take more photographs. See: apathy.
  98. I have few fears.
  99. I’m almost phobic of moths (Jesus, could I be more lame?)
  100. It took me 15 minutes to write this. Yikes!

15 Comments »

  1. Tech Knight said,

    June 25, 2003 @ 2:03 am

    Luke’s #1 fear:
    RACCOONS

  2. Ron said,

    June 25, 2003 @ 2:14 am

    I really enjoyed reading that. Thanks, Luke. It’s funny - we’ve known each other for what, 12 years? And there was a bunch of shit about you that I didn’t know, even from before we decided to live 1,000km apart.

    I was thinking about putting something like that together, you know, when I get around to doing my ‘about’ section. Whenever that will be…

  3. Luke said,

    June 25, 2003 @ 7:52 am

    Actually my #1 enemy is racoons :-)

  4. Matt said,

    June 25, 2003 @ 10:07 am

    Nice one .. that was pretty fun to read .. as suspected you and i have about 85% of that list in common atleast in interests and personality.. i think i have more faith then you though sir, if you dont mind me saying.

  5. Matt said,

    June 25, 2003 @ 10:09 am

    oh execpt when it comes to confidence in computering it up.. your god like powers greatly exceed my knowldege of Assemby and C and microsystems..

  6. goods said,

    June 25, 2003 @ 10:12 am

    you know, rob has been on going on about how “cool” this luke dude is, then I met you for 5 minutes and heard about the whole flipper baby ordeal. Interesting stuff, but that isn’t what I’d call cool. It wasn’t until I read this 100 things about you list that I finally saw what rob has been raving about (really, he doesn’t have a crush on you i swear). The three things that did it were:

    Contrary to popular belief I am NOT a sex offender (well, not a registered sex offender).
    I own, and enjoy, “Freddy Got Fingered”.
    I’ve shot a lot of guns, and I’m a good shot. In fact I’m shooting guns this weekend.

    an unregistered sex offender, who owns and enjoys freddy got fingered, and who plays with guns. dude, rock the frig on!

    oh yeah, your site sucks for ripping out my html (do you know how hard it is to type in those damn < > ?), damn you to hell!

  7. derek said,

    June 25, 2003 @ 12:10 pm

    I can’t believe someone would fess-up to owning Freddy Got Fingered.

    That got WAY too personal. ;)

    Good read though, thinking I may do something similar, but having read yours there’s a 100% chance of a lot of *cough* borrowing *cough*.

    :D

  8. ucblockhead said,

    June 25, 2003 @ 3:55 pm

    You liked “Star Trek:The Motion Picture”!?

    Anyway, probably 75% correlation with me.

  9. Ryan said,

    June 25, 2003 @ 9:26 pm

    You certainly did pretty good for yourself considering were you grew up.

  10. Liz said,

    June 29, 2003 @ 6:36 pm

    hehehe… almost phobic fear of moths eh? Considering I now live around the corner.. I’m considering breeding them… or at least I would if I hadn’t been traumatised by silence of the lambs as a child…

  11. P4R451T3 said,

    August 9, 2003 @ 1:00 am

    cool dude…I was looking for a mod chip for ps2’s and I got u.

    Very interesting read…and thats impressive comming from me.

    ;)

  12. kelli said,

    October 10, 2003 @ 11:28 pm

    # But I did like all the Star Trek movies.

    You’re so full of shit.. i sat through that gay-ass star trek movie all you geeks at the computer shop forced me to see (tech knight was there too!) and it was terrible.

    I reckon you agreed with that assessment.

  13. Dave Miller said,

    December 27, 2003 @ 4:46 pm

    I actually don’t have a clue who you are (I found this site on DMOZ) but I wanted to thank you for the idea of “100 things about me” which I, like everyone else it seems, have “borrowed” (I only managed 50 though)! I tried not to copy yours, but it was very well written. Did it really only take 15 mine? Mine took a few hours, (on & off)!

    The same goes for “borrowing” the comments stuff, although mine doesn’t have anything as clever as Preview and automatic URL linking (yet)!

    Anyway, thanks.

    Dave

  14. Luke said,

    December 28, 2003 @ 2:21 am

    Kelli: Nah, I liked it.

    Dave: Cool.

  15. Holly said,

    January 25, 2004 @ 6:56 pm

    Don’t know you (I came across this searching for a Donnie Darko quote) but you seem cool as fcuk, and sound like the kind of guy I would like to loosely tie up, and kiss and stuff :)

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