Mar 16 2009

what are you?

Published by milo at 11:16 pm under general

I’m feeling philosophical tonight, not sure why. Anyway, somehow I happened upon that question … what are you? I think if you put a thousand random labels in a list and asked people to pick the one’s which define me, you get a list very similar to this one:

  • Husband
  • Father
  • Photographer
  • Runner
  • Ipod-er (cuz that’s a thing)
  • Video Gamer
  • Chess Player

This list is ok, but it’s not my ideal list, even though it sums me up pretty well. Truth is, there are things missing from this list, and one thing which I often wish wasn’t there, but it’s right that it be there.

Video Gamer … I’ve always loved video games and I still have a great time playing video games, but I’m not all that happy about the label, even though it suits me. Strange right? I know. I have a Nintendo Wii and an X-Box 360 … too much for a 35 year old man with a wife and kid. I’ll always be a video gamer, but I want to be less of one (at least, this is how I feel right now).

Missing from the above list, and rightfully so, are the following:

  • Blogger (which for me, is the same as saying writer)
  • Reader
  • Cook

These items are absent from the list because I don’t do them enough to merit the label, but I wish I did. So I decided to do one right now :)

So what about you? What would your list look like … be honest … does it match what the list should look like? If so, I envy you. Think about it for a while. Write them down. Post it here if you’d like. You only get one YOU.

5 responses so far

5 Responses to “what are you?”

  1. # Jenniferon 07 Apr 2009 at 10:27 pm

    Worry not about the Video Gamer label! People don’t suddenly stop liking the things that give them pleasure just because they age. Most of your generation are Gamers it’s the new golf–seriously–and you don’t have to go out in the rain. Double plus bonus, teenagers think you are cool. I am very popular at work when I play the DS on my lunch break. Sad, but true.
    Besides, I have always aspired to being an eccentric old lady.

  2. # miloon 08 Apr 2009 at 3:50 pm

    true. true.

  3. # Vozzon 21 May 2009 at 9:24 am

    1) List maker
    2) Guitarist
    3) Fisherman
    4) Reader
    5) Blogger
    5) Philosopher/Theologian
    6) e-CSR
    7) Christian (felt obligated)

  4. # miloon 22 May 2009 at 9:23 am

    nice list Vozz, but you forgot “tough guy voice” creator

  5. # Vozzon 08 Jun 2009 at 11:10 am

    I was driving in the mountains of western NC last week and this animal runs across the road in front of my car…so without planning it I went into the tough guy voice…”COOL! WHAT ARE YOU?? GET OVER HERE!!” Yes, I was by myself. I proceeded to continue in that voice by myself for a few more minutes reminiscing about our tough guy conversations.

    Oh, and when I came back down that road a couple hours later, that animal had become roadkill.

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