100 Things About 100 Bloggers as inspired by The Yankee Blogger and Rob...I'm NUMBER 17!

1) I have way too active of an imagination. If asked to give an example, I would have to refer them to my fake life blog or to the woman at work who misplaced her glasses and couldn't find them. I told her they were stolen and shipped to Madagascar where they would be uysed by needy nearsighted people.
2) I have only been in love twice -- lust many times. One of the men I have been in love was in a relationship and is now single. I'm not exactly sure how I feel about that just yet.
3) Some people may think I am very extroverted, but I can be rather shy -- especially when it comes to asking a guy out.
4) I am finally happy with who I am as a person, but there's a part of me that always strives for more.
5) My signature drink, if I could have one, would be a Long Island Iced Tea. There's always something about it that I like.
6) I used to work for a Broadway producer and got so drunk at an opening night party that I felt toxic the next day and was praying that I would just throw up and be done with it.
7) I was a nerd in high school and probably could qualify for one now.
8) When I was young I always wanted to be an actor. I did the acting thing and decided I wanted to direct. I did the directing thing and decided I wanted to write. Then I wanted to act, write, and direct but I stopped with just the writing.
9) I once took voice lessons to train to be an opera singer.
10) I have serious delusions of grandeur.
11) I have lived in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, and New York. I don't plan on any major moves any time soon.
12) I came out when I was 19. I had major issues with reconciling my religious beliefs and my sexuality.
13) My parents do not talk about me being gay. My sister is more open to it.
14) I spend more time on the internet at work than I probably should.
15) While on a long extended business trip, I got so mad at my job that I organized an orgy in my hotel room just so I could have the sexual relief I was craving.
16) I am the only Democrat in my immediate family. My sister, brother-in-law, and parents are all Republicans.
17) British Hip Lit has become one of my favorite literature genres as of late. There's something decidely wicked about the way the British write.
18) A man with a British accent really turns me on.
19) My nickname is Hannibal and it comes from the play I did in high school called The Curious Savage where I played a character named...well, Hannibal.
20) I would love to settle down and be in a long term relationship.
21) More often than not, I am attracted to friends more than complete strangers. It has always my belief that in order to have a great relationship with another man, he must be my friend as well as my lover.
22) Currently, I operate my own online store, but I do not expect it to make me rich.
23) My goal for the next year is to take a hiking tour of Italy to celebrate my birthday. Following that, a tour of Thailand for my thirtieth.
24) I am a sucker for reality TV. There's something so "stop and look at the car wreck" about it that just makes me laugh. I would so suck on Survivor though.
25) I firmly believe that iced tea is the house wine of the South.
26) I am my own worst critic and will be harder on myself and my accomplishments than anyone else. It doesn't matter how well of a job I have done I will always think I could have done better.
27) My record for living in one place is 12 years -- Jacksonville, Florida. Those were 12 long years.
28) For me, the brain is the sexiest organ of the body.
29) I have one nephew -- Robert Glenn. He calls me Bi-an because he can't pronounce his R's yet.
30) One day I would like to be a father with a child that is genetically mine. Artificial insemination is a wonderful thing.
31) Regardless of what I may say in a drunken rant, I am not a sucker for man-woman sex.
32) I once created a sitcom (in my mind at least) for Showtime called "Sluts and Bitches." It was to star myself and one of my coworkers as loft-mates in New York City. I was to be Josh (The Bitch), the independent film maker. He was to be Alex (The Slut), a former gay porn star. Hilarity ensues when...
33) I used to find porn erotic and exciting. Now it just bores the hell out of me.
34) My first boyfriend was black. Imagine taking him home to meet my Southern family.
35) My family is probably more prejudiced than they care to admit.
36) When I was in high school I used to "collect" unique ways of killing people as a hobby. I have always been fascinated with serial killers and murderers and a good courtroom drama. Some of my more favorite ways of killing people -- knocked over the head with a frozen leg of lamb, run through with a swordfish, stabbed with an icicle, clubbed over the head with an Emmy Award.
37) My favorite TV show of all time -- Law and Order, Six Feet Under, and Murphy Brown (even the bad years).
38) When I was young, my ultimate goal was to be the male celebrity guest on the $25,000 Pyramid. I have no idea what would have gotten me on teh show but it was my goal as a child.
39) I was a contestant on the Bill Cosby helmed game show, "You Bet Your Life." I won $1,062.50 which helped purchase books for my final semester in college. I have also qualified to be a contestant on Jeopardy and the shortlived 21. The Weakest Link interview as a travesty.
40) The last books I read -- The Deal by Sabin Willett and Sellevision by Augusten Burroughs.
41) I have worked backstage at the Tony Awards for the past four years. In those four years, I have worked with Anne Heche, Dixie Carter, Lily Tomlin, and David Shiner.
42) I have crashed the Tony party for the past four years under the auspices of those four celebrities.
43) I was raised in two different churches -- Southern Baptist and Methodist (with a larger leaning to the Southern Baptist). I have since renounced both religions and have my own set of beliefs that I hold based on a wide variety of teachings.
44) I believe in reincarnation and have had multiple past life regressions to learn about my past lives (lawyer, archeologist, poet/British Lord, conquistador, etc). Interestingly enough, I have been gay in two of my past lives. If I had the time, I would do some major research to learn if these past lives actually existed.
45) I started to read tarot cards when I was in high school. I wish I was better at it even if I have given a few, quite spooky, dead on readings.
46) In college and afterwards, I have dabbled in going to therapy. In both cases it was an okay experience, although I find keeping this blog to be better (and cheaper).
47) When I was much younger I was far too concerned with having the best clothes and being very well dressed. Now, it's not as big of a deal.
48) I have expensive tastes but not the budget for them.
49) I wish I had the courage to ask a guy out on a date and not fear rejection as much. More often than not, if I had acted on my feelings, my life would have taken a different route.
50) Sometimes I wonder if I will be alone in life.
51) I love my vintage brown leather coat and am still kicking myself for leaving my other coat in a taxi.
52) I have lost two cell phones in cabs. Now I make sure I have it in my hand before I leave.
53) Once when I was in a production of The Man Who Came to Dinner, I had four cameo roles. In the final scene I had to come on twice as two different people. During one change, I ran backstage and could not find my jeans. I was in a panic screaming, "Where are my jeans?" I was wearing them at the time.
54) I want to live every day as if it was my last day on Earth.
55) Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I stayed in Florida and not moved. After about five seconds, I stop thinking about that.
56) I was once in a "fuck buddy" relationship with a guy that I later found out was married to a woman who worked on the same floor as me. We ended it shortly afterwards.
57) If I was allowed a pet in my apartment, it would be a pug dog that I would name Bailey.
58) I do not consider the words "queen," "queer," or "fag" to be insults. The power comes in knowing that they are only words.
59) The best advice I have ever heard is that hate only hurts the person that is doing the hating because either the object of your emotion doesn't know about it or doesn't care.
60) I still hate some people though.
61) Tales of the City is one of my favorite reads. Not a year goes by that I don't pull out the two omnibus' and revisit characters I consider old friends.
62) I have been a consultant for over three years now. I need a permanent job.
63) Last year I spent almost $3,000 to get my teeth fixed. Sadly, I haven't learned my lesson yet.
64) I have never had any broken bones or been placed in a cast.
65) When I was 21, I put my hand through a window while trying to open it. No one told me it was painted shut. I almost slashed the vein in my wrist and had to have seven stitches to close one of the two wounds. The second wound could not be butterflied or stitched shut. It looks like a suicide attempt when it really isn't.
66) I am rather clumsy but consider it to be a part of my charm. I swear though if I was more coordinated I would have gone out for figure skating.
67) Some of my nearest and dearest friends I met on the Internet before I met them in real life.
68) I really do have a major crush on Ben Affleck and sometimes wish he would just admit that he and Matt Damon have been lovers all the way back to the sandbox days.
69) My father has had two strokes, one heart attack, triple bypass surgery, and was diagnosed as being diabetic. I am planning not to wind up like my father.
70) Rollerblading has always been a wonderful way for me to meditate and focus. I just wish I didn't fall down as much.
71) Sometimes I remember my dreams and sometimes I don't. I have had this one dream twice where I am on a cruise ship and I find a man's severed head in the microwave. I have no idea what this means.
72) I know some evil things to do with a billiard ball that I can't repeat here so use your imagination. Let's just say someone enjoyed it.
73) Ella Fitzgerald singing Gershwin is perhaps the greatest music in the world to me. Although, hearing some of Sade's songs while I am having sex is another thing altogether.
74) There are people in high school that I credit for my successes. Not that they helped me accomplish anything but I was determined to prove that they were not going to keep me down.
75) I may joke about being an evil person...but I mean it most of the time.
76) Contrary to the stereotype, I love watching sports. Sports are more homoerotic than people realize. Just don't talk to me about football. You'll never watch it the same way again after that.
77) I would love to retire to Vermont. Montpelier would be a great place to live.
78) Sometimes I take my shampoo bottle and pretend I am accepting an Academy Award for Actor in a Supporting Role. I always did better in supporting roles than leads.
79) When I was younger I would play "Barbara Walters Interview" and answer odd questions about my "career" and being in "the press" all the time.
80) I find a man with a furry chest to be highly erotic.
81) Once, just once, I would like to go on a "ghost hunt."
82) I scream like a little girl in scary movies.
83) I have seen the musical Chicago over 80 times. I am very embarassed about that.
84) In college, I worked both in the library and in the campus department for drug, alcohol, and AIDS education. My job was to distribute condoms and conduct safe sex seminars in the dorms. When I graduated, they gave me the red vibrator I used to show people the proper way to put on a condom. I still have it and, no, I have never used it.
85) I still have the two teddy bears I grew up with. Once I thought I had lost one of them and I went into a major panic. I would consider both of them my most valued posessions.
86) I received a formal invitation to attend the 1996 presidential inauguration. I was pissed that I didn't get to go.
87) I would rather make love than have mindless fucking.
88) Life is an adventure that is meant to be experienced.
89) I hate the normal question that people ask about being gay. For the record, accepted it at 19, never had sex with a woman, never want to have sex with a woman, never interested me to sleep with a woman. I did try to convince myself I was bisexual but that was a ruse.
90) I still have over 250,000 baseball cards sitting in my parents' house.
91) My favorite restaurants -- New World Grille and Joe Allen. There's something unpretentious about them. Favorite dive restaurant to go to -- McHales, just for the burgers.
92) I tried being vegetarian once. I realized I liked meat too much to give it up.
93) I am a classic overachiever. Failure is never an option.
94) I've thought about running for political office when I get but I realized that I don't know as much about our world, economy, etc etc as I probably should.
95) My secret Sunday evening ritual is to give myself one of those facial masks.
96) I have very few true friends but many acquaintances.
97) I still think All About Eve is one of the greatest movies ever made.
98) Straight men that hug other straight men as a way of greeting them makes me very happy. It's nice to see straight men who are not uptight about being friendly with other men.
99) My cell phone will either play the Theme to Rocky, The Muppet Show, Eleanor Rigby, or Oh-Bla-Di by the Beatles.
100) I was once told by a very good psychic that I was destined to be important. Oddly enough, I felt this way prior to being told that. Odder still, another psychic two years later who had never met me or knew the woman who gave me that reading said the exact same thing to me using the exact same set of words. I got chills.