5ive

It appears that Johanna has gone and tagged me with the 5-things-you-probably-don’t-know-about me meme. Good thing you caught me on a break Johanna, cuz otherwise I would’ve never gotten around to this :)

So here goes, five things you probably don’t know about me:

1. When I was a young lad, I looked remarkably like a Roswell alien. I was ridiculously skinny, kinda short, had a head that was way too big for my body, and glasses that were way too big for my face. Luckily, now I’m much taller, my head is only moderately too big for my body, and I look slightly less like an alien.
2. In my apartment bedroom, there are three boxes stuffed with clothes I’ve been meaning to donate to the Salvation Army. Said boxes have been sitting in my bedroom for four months.
3. My clever title for this blog entry is actually stolen from Merlin Mann’s far more clever website of the same name, 5ives. I am insanely jealous of Merlin’s name, cleverness, ability to be productive, and articulate podcasting voice.
4. Speaking of names, my Chinese name is Yuan. When my family moved to the states, we decided that I needed an American name. One of my favorite things to do during that period of my life (ages 2 through 7) was to play card games. And even though we didn’t know that the english term for the ‘J’ card was “jack”, we recognized the letters ‘J’, ‘A’ and ‘K’ on the face cards… and that’s how we chose my name. So, I really should be “Jak” but I’m glad I’m “Jack”.
5. I spent my first official Christmas after moving to the U.S. in Washington D.C. At that time, we were living in a smallish-DC apartment with two other Chinese families. I woke up Christmas morning to discover a shiny new deck of playing cards in the sock next to my bed. To this day, it’s still the best Christmas gift I’ve ever gotten.

And now I’m tagging Adam, Ryan, Michael, Bryan, and gangsta.