50 Things

I guess the "50 Things About Me" meme is a pretty common one amongst bloggers, so here you go:

1. My family and I moved to California when I was 3.
   
2. I have not lived more than 40 miles from downtown San Jose since then.
   
3. Thus most people consider me to be a California native.
   
4. I don't.
   
5. I'm very literal.
   
6. This makes me good with computers.
   
7. It doesn't make me particularly good with people.
   
8. I am a synesthetic.
   
9. I associate colors and textures with letters.
   
10. I visualize abstract concepts, including time.
    
11. I've always been able to see music.
    
12. I've never done LSD.
    
13. I have never intentionally consumed an illegal drug.
    
14. That incident with the pot cookies was an accident.
    
15. I like cookies. Even ones that taste a little funny.
    
16. I have never smoked a cigarette.
    
17. I have a take-it-or-leave-it attitude towards alcohol.
    
18. If I was told I could never have another drink again, I wouldn't care.
    
19. I bought a bottle of hard alcohol for my own personal consumption in for the first time in my life in October, 2005.
    
20. I am 34 years old.
    
21. It was Stoli vodka.
    
22. It took me 3 months to finish it.
    
23. I haven't bought another.
    
24. hat doesn't mean I won't.
    
25. I don't drink coffee.
    
26. I really like caffeine.
    
27. I drink a lot of diet soda.
    
28. Tea.
    
29. Earl Gray.
    
30. Hot.
    
31. With milk.
    
32. I'm 6'5"
    
33. I'm pretty sure people are intimidated by me.
    
34. I'm shy.
    
35. I don't come across as gay.
    
36. The last four items makes it hard to get dates.
    
37. I was once told by a gay man that he would never approach me, even in gay bar, for fear that I would bash him.
    
38. I have found the prevalence of homosexuality in theatre to be overrated.
    
39. In sixth grade, my class put on a production of Taming of the Shrew. Really.
    
40. I was the only kid in class not to get a role.
    
41. I've acted in seven stage plays since 2003.
    
42. I was fat as a kid.
    
43. I still gain weight very easily.
    
44. I didn't consume Nutrasweet for a year, as I heard it can impede weight loss.
    
45. It made no difference.
    
46. I have one gray hair in each sideburn.
    
47. I go to church a couple of times a month.
    
48. I have studied Mandarin Chinese.
    
49. I have forgotten almost all of it.
    
50. I've had Internet e-mail since 1988.