50 Things About Me

Posted on July 27, 2015 in Reflections

I joined The Experience Project recently, which I describe as Facebook without links. One of the groups is called 50 Things About Me, so I created this list as a response to the implied question. It would be interesting to hear other people describe themselves in this fashion.

1. I am past 50 years old.
2. I live with bipolar disorder. I was diagnosed in 2005
3. I live with diabetes.
4. I have a heart defect called a narrowing of the coronary artery.
5. I am married.
6. I live in Orange County, California.
7. I’ve been photographing a lot of sunsets lately.
8. My cat owns me.
9. My Boston Terrier is a sensitive, but loveable little guy.
10. There’s a wilderness park only three blocks away from me.
11. We’re going to Senegal in October.
12. I’ve been married since 1988, bucking the myth that 95% of bipolar marriages end in divorce.
13. I don’t believe that I have to kill for my country or support those who do to be able to claim that I am a patriot
14. I’ve had two encounters with mountain lions.
15. I think my mother had borderline disorder.
16. I am Bipolar_Blogs and EmperorNorton on Twitter
17. I take a lot of selfies
18. I am cautious about describing my personality, but when tested, I came out as an INFP
19. I don’t like saying “I am….”
20. I collect cameras, including film cameras
21. I collect quotations in a big red book
22. The only perfect people I know are perfect jerks
23. I am learning French
24. I recently had 5 precancerous spots on my skin frozen off
25. I am heterosexual, but not afraid of gays or lesbians
26. In fact, I like the company of lesbians — they can be wickedly funny
27. I find women very attractive when I am manic
28. I am certified in both CPR and mental health first aid
29. I have ties to the Quakers, aka The Religious Society of Friends
30. I was raised Catholic
31. When I am manic I almost think that I am the reincarnation of the Prophet Joel
32. Love Catch-22
33. I am active in the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
34. My last trip out of state was to Arizona
35. I own a Brinno Time Lapse Camera 36.) My favorite camera is a Nikon D70
36. I am teaching myself how to fix cameras
37. My favorite camera is my Nikon D-70
38. I oppose Murphy’s Law
39. I do not own a gun
40. I define pacifism as the refusal to prepare to commit acts of violence
41. The farthest that I have been from home is the east coast of Crete
42. I grew up in San Bernardino, California
43. I lost a graduate fellowship to Duke University after I had an mixed state episode
44. I collect skeleton figures for the Day of the Dead
45. I collect hat/lapel pins
46. My first dog was named Bingo, a chihuahua-dachshund mix
47. I graduated from Pomona College in Claremont whose mascot is the Sagehen and whose school number is 47
48. I have never been to Comic Con or a Star Trek convention
49. I am male
50. I am not dead yet.

I found that the list got harder then easier to write. Go figure.