You know, a man's gotta write something so here we go...
I sort of hate talking on the phone. It's just awkward and I'm not good at it. So, if you call me and expect a lively conversation, you're operating in the realm of the not very likely. Chit-chat on the phone, just not my deal.
I can be a very picky person, having to go where I want to go, eat what I want to eat, etc. This means I can be fairly selfish at times. I have to keep turning this over.
I tend to be a bit melancholy at times. I'm susceptible to bouts of depression here and there. Over the years this has stabilized. At this point, I'm fairly even-keeled, but I still dip down from time to time.
I'm also, perhaps not as ironically as you might imagine, somewhat of a comedian. I'm "famous" for being the impressionist, character, clown, entertainer among my friends. What's funny about this is that I am probably more of a serious person than a comic personality, in reality. So, this ability I have (and don't get me wrong, it's fun and I enjoy it) is somewhat of a cursed blessing. I'm out there as the performer, and that's what becomes expected of me, and there are often times when I'd rather not go on stage.
Often, in my story, people get this mixed up about me: I was not raised Catholic. My parents aren't Catholic. I was a "convert" at age 13 - that was on my own. And, again, for the record, I did not leave the Catholic Church arena because I had huge problems with Catholicism. I still don't. There are certainly areas where I'm not in synch with the Magisterium, but as I've said before, I still don't really consider myself a "Protestant."
"Then, if we cannot as yet think alike in all things, at least we may love alike. Herein we cannot possibly do amiss." John Wesley
"Keep your eyes on the crucifix, for Jesus without the cross
is a man without a mission, and the cross without Jesus
is a burden without a reliever." Fulton J. Sheen
"...I am deeply convinced that the Christian leader of the future is called to be
completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self." Henri Nouwen
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