I have resisted this for a while but I think that it will be fun. If you get tagged you have to write it too. So, here are 25 Random Things about Tom:

1. I hate getting shots or seeing needles, but I desperately would like to get more tattoos

2. I love watching chick flicks with Malora and often comment on a particularly girly movie in front of other people - guys hate it

3. I would like to find a green choir robe and join The Polyphonic Spree as a part of the choir or a guitar player in the band (or even the seamstress for the band and be the tiny dancer)

4. I love coffee but do not like the taste of black coffee. I will pay the extra money to buy Fair Trade and you should too!

5. I would like to learn how to play the banjo because I have been told I have a voice for bluegrass music - not sure what that means

6. Gilmore Girls is one of my favorite shows to watch on DVD. I sometimes wrestle with the truth that I might like it more then Malora

7. Once I was on a plane from Billngs, MT to Denver and the plane hit really bad turbulence. Malora and I were both really scared so I closed my eyes and went inside my head and battled the fear of turbulence. It was kind of like meditation mixed with brain karate. I opened my eyes and have never been afraid to fly since, even when we hit really bad turbulence. Noah and I just laugh!

8. I still freak myself out about aliens (the pale faced, big black eyes small nose and mouth skinny human looking ones). When I was a kid I pretended to fall asleep during the abduction part of “Fire in the Sky”

9. When I was a kid I watched a movie about killer bees and was so freaked out that I used to close my vents, put a towel under my door (so the bees couldn’t get in), and sleep under my covers.

10. I have a deep desire to travel but I am too cheap to spend money on traveling. It’s hard for me to pay thousands of dollars for a plane flight but I want to go to: Africa, Tibet, Hawaii, Fiji, Thailand, and back to Europe

11. I love Canada more then I ever loved America. I believe that Noah is the perfect human being half Canadian / American.

12. I think that the Reuben sandwich is the perfect sandwich. Toasted with sauerkraut and a pickle on the side. I would like to go to NY and get one at a deli there…yummm.

13. I can not drink beer out of a can - it’s gotta be out of a bottle or tap. Cans are too white trash. I also like microbreweries or small local breweries.

14. I strongly believe that middle children are divinely endowed with special gifts and abilities that we choose to use when we need to

15. When I see basset hound puppies it makes me want to cry. I miss buster (our old basset) but know we made the right decision to adopt him to a retired couple who have another basset and a grandson with disabilities (sounds like a Disney movie).

16. I could eat Mexican food for every meal for the rest of my life and be mucho happy. I miss Chipotle

17. I do not finish the majority of the books that I start reading. Even if I love the book I get 3/4 of the way through and then get side tracked to another book. I love to read but am easily distracted.

18. I am terrible at remembering people’s names. I also hate admitting that to people so I usually do not call people by their names. I need to learn a trick or something.

19. I want to develop my circus skills - specifically juggling and magic. I am terrible at both of these, but I can impress Noah with my meager skills.

20. I love making list. Check out the list of 50 things I want to do before 2012 on my blog. I enjoy the thrill of having a goal, completing it, and checking it off. I also make to do lists every week on a special “to do pad” I got at Chapters.

21. I am a conspiracy theorist - sparked by my brother David. I do not believe that man has walked on the moon. There is a slight possibility the world will end in 2012. If time travel is possible it is highly regulated by the government of the future and that is why we don’t have any proof yet because you loose your time travel license if you spill the beans.

22. I do not watch sports. I don’t care who wins the superbowl, stanley cup, or what ever basketball and baseball people play to win. I like watching with friends or attending a game (especially Calgary Flames for a pocket dog and a Canadian)!

23. I love my Fender Telecaster guitar. I have dreams and aspirations of being a rockstar when ever I listen to bands that I really like. I think, “I could do that” but TopDeadCenter may be my only rockstar legacy.

24. I really enjoy being a youth pastor. It is so rewarding seeing youth engage with God and grow in their faith.

25. I love my family! I love Malora and Noah and Baby Bean on the way. I love my brothers and parents and Malora’s family. I think that family is the most important thing even though I live thousands of miles away from mine.

So that’s my list. You should do one too so we all have a list of our own!