1. I am about 55% black, 45% Native American, and 5% white.

2. I once owned about 950 video games. Since then, the biggest amount of games I've had is about 465. I've rebuilt my collection a total of 3 times since I was 4 years old. Now that I don't have much disposable income, I've had to sell most of my games and systems again.

3. I am the second child my mom has had out of 3, and the only one to live. The other 2 were girls. One would have been 28, the other 14. I was given a 10% chance to live at birth, and was born a month prematurely. I attribute my not dying to the bad luck I've had my whole life.

4. I have Marfan syndrome, which is a disease that affects the skeletal system and (usually) the heart. Luckily, I don't have any of the heart problems, just the disfigurement and problems with my joints. As a result of the joint problems, I already have arthritis at 24.

5. I look nothing like either of my parents, and like Shiny, I was born with jaundice, and was completely yellow.

6. I can't eat Rolos. There's some ingredient in them, that every time I have eaten them, I've gotten sick. To this day, I haven't figured out which ingredient it is.

7. Despite being mostly black, I have a non-black-sounding voice. This has led to many occasions where people who heard me on the phone were surprised to see that I'm not A. white or B. an old man. I also get mistaken as being slow, since I talk with a slur as well, which is only noticeable in real life. Some people don't notice anything wrong with my speech, while others do for some reason.

8. I have a large variety of music on my MP3 player, ranging from Paramore to Steely Dan to Prince to Diana Ross to Hoobastank. It throws people off when they ask what I'm listening to and I tell them.

9. I used to draw a lot. Like, full comic books. Even used to print them multiple times and sell them. Don't have the time to do it now though. I think my old art thread from 8 years ago is still here too.

10. Up until a year ago, I still had my old Little Tykes ride-on bulldozer. That is the possession I've had the longest (20 years), other than the dresser in my room, which I've had for about 17 years.