Hilarious.

Ok, without further ado…

1. I went to hardcore punk shows with my mom.

   I used to be very involved in the punk scene in Philly, even though I am not musical in the least. I helped my mother research her doctoral dissertation about the sXe scene in Philly…  that involved going to a bunch of hXc shows with my mom. Incidentally, to this day, I don’t own Minor Threat’s discography, but I have permanently borrowed my mother’s copy.

2. I used to have really long hair that confused people

   I married my high school sweetheart last year, about 10 1/2 years after we graduated from high school. That is neither obscure, nor interesting. However, knowing that when she first met me she didn’t know if I was a guy or a girl is both obscure and interesting. (I was chubby and had really long hair when I was 13…  it wasn’t the only time people didn’t know, though it was decidedly the most hilarious.)

3. I used to be an art nerd

   When I applied to college I applied to two types of schools; those with excellent math programs (Princeton, MIT, UC Berkeley) and fine art schools (RISD). I chose math and went to UCB (for about three months then dropped out to be an options market maker on the PCX options exchange…). I stopped doing art for a couple years, and started again in 1999, at the time, I would sign all my paintings with “detour” and the year. That is where detour1999 came from. I don’t paint anymore, but the name stuck.

4. I am French

   I am a citizen of the United States (and also of France.. shhh, I’m not sure if dual citizenship is allowed in the US atm.)

5. I read a lot of mysteries

   I read a lot of mysteries. I generally go through about 1 a week. I like them because I don’t have to think at all. I have recently started [re]reading a bunch of Agatha Christie books. I generally read as my main source of relaxation rather than TV or video games.

6. I am a Quaker

   I am a mostly non-practicing Quaker. I was raised Quaker and still consider myself to be an atheistic Quaker. Basically this means that I try not to be a dick, I try to value all people, and I’m non-violent. It does not mean that I eat a lot of oatmeal, or that I worship Wilford Brimley (which people have thought was what Quakerism is all about, it’s not).

7. I like old watercooled volkswagens

   I am a very weird old watercooled volkswagen fanatic.  I have a 1991 Jetta diesel that I bought about four years ago for $450 that I drove every day for about three years.  It still runs awesome even with it’s 280K miles, even though I haven’t driven it in a while. I also have a 1981 Rabbit Pick-up (aka the caddy) that will be getting a turbo diesel motor that I am rebuilding that I tore out of my other ‘91 Jetta that I scrapped. I also rebuilt an ‘84 rabbit diesel for my parents… I could go on for hours about that…

so, on to the tagging some of these people aren’t currently blogging. those people are hopefully going to start:

joe curlee - is crazy
bryan knight - we do a lot of websites together.
aaron salmon- is a great friend and makes the internet pretty.
jake nickell - he made threadless, and makes me laugh all the time.
armelle richard - my sister is amazingly awesome.
atkins meyer - is both hilarious and crazy smart.
jeffrey kalmikoff- is amazing and makes things pretty.

The rules:

• Link your original tagger(s), and list these rules on your blog.
• Share seven facts about yourself in the post – some random, some weird.
• Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
• Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs and/or Twitter.

damn, that only took me like 3 weeks…