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Not that this is a big deal, but since I don't have it on any other page, I thought I'd put it here.

1. Hearing the same story for the second time.
2. People who act differently towards different sexes.
3. People who suddenly get the idea that they're so amazing after one little incident/fluke/success.
4. People who pretend they know what they're talking about when they really don't have a clue.
5. Dripping faucets.
6. Cigarette smoke.
7. People who think they're cool cuz they smoke/drink/smoke up/etc.
8. People who think they're so cool in general.
9. People who talk about themselves too much.
10. People who are too into a cause that doesn't really affect anyone.
11. People who don't accept different faiths/religions.
12. People who think the world moves for them.
13. Lights that are about to die and go on and off erratically.
14. Backstabbing.
15. Movies based on graphics and not story line.
16. People who think they're in the worst physical/financial/social position in the world and therefore deserve all the sympathy and attention in the world.
17. Bad drunks.
18. People who have to get into fights to save their egos.
19. Guys at clubs who push other guys away, and only talk to them nicely when trying to get to know the girl(s) they're with.
20. Waiters/waiteresses who slam down your plate/glass.
21. Professors who don't listen to the below-average student.
22. Slow internet connections.
23. The feeling that you have so much to do, but don't know how to do any of the tasks ahead of you.
24. Losing cuz you couldn't do your best.
25. When no one remembers your birthday.
26. In-jokes you don't understand.
27. Guys who think handshakes are power contests.
28. People who laugh at other people's dreams.
29. Losing your voice.
30. Forgetting to shave for something important.

Things that are really cool

1. Finding out some coincidental similarities with someone you just met.
2. Strangers who smile back when you smile at them.
3. People who understand that secrets you tell them are not their secrets but yours...and respect that enough to not even tell their significant others.
4. People who do things for you that'll will bring them no benefit.
5. People full of life, people who can get high on air.
6. Learning...after having learned.
7. When you connect with an author/composer; when you see how they were feeling when they wrote something.
8. The tension during the moment before you kiss someone.
9. Spontaneity.
10. People who don't blindly follow the belief of the masses.
11. People who are mature enough to NOT say "I told you so" when they're right.
12. People who are willing to change.
13. People who would miss an exam/interview to take you to the hospital.
14. People who try new things, and people who try in general.
15. Amazing people who almost have a right to be stuck up but aren't.
16. When you know WHY you're in love (if it's a good reason).
17. Holding hands.
18. People with whom you feel comfortable having silence with.
19. Guys who are open enough to meet other guys at parties.
20. Siblings who are really close.
21. Good e-mailers.
22. People who come in second place who offer the winner a handshake.
23. Winners who accept it gladly.
24. Being able to do something no one else can do.
25. The feel of your bed after an all-nighter + exam.
26. Finishing an exam early.
27. A letter or phone call from someone you weren't expecting to hear from (as long as it's good news).
28. Looking back and knowing you made the right decision.
29. Free Parking in Monopoly.
30. Time and Space.
31. The tingling feel you get in your fingers, arms, and in your whole body when you're flooded with power before a sport event.
32. When you're winning but you're not sure you'll win yet.
33. When you exceed someone's expectations.
34. Extroverts.
35. A unique relationship...one that no two other people are in.
36. The tip of knowledge that inspires an iceberg of revelations.
37. The "Ohhhh I get it!" feeling.
38. Getting it before anyone else.
39. Inspiration.
40. Aquarius after a rough workout.
41. Waking up at the end of an REM cycle, ready to get up.
42. Falling back into the same good dream you just had...and remembering it.
43. Pi, the number.
44. Chopin and Debussy.
45. The second-to-last chapter of a great book.
46. Anne Rice.
47. Memories in slow motion in a light mist with music box music.
48. When you try to be funny and people actually think you're funny.
49. Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
50. Seeing it get visually closer.
51. The tightness of a friendship after you've been through hell together.
52. Stock options and SARs.
53. The weight of her head.
54. Getting people who hate you to think you're not all that bad.

Things I want to do before I'm 50

1. Get married.
2. Have kids.
3. Write a book.
4. Climb Mt. Fuji
5. Go to Beijing (DONE!), Rio, Amsterdam, and the Moon
6. Get a pilot's license
7. Get big in the music industry
8. Build at least one house.
9. Write a Broadway musical.
10. Perform in a professional theater company.
11. Start an a capella group in Japan.
12. Buy a white tux.
13. Learn about wines, cars, history, astrology, animals, medicine, and law.
14. Be a nice guy...if/when I get really famous, I want to take random people out to dinner just because. I want to never say no when people ask for autographs. I want to know as many people as possible by name. And I want them to call me by name.
15. Get really rich and donate lots of money but still price-shop for laundry detergent.
16. Start my own company.-->DONE!
17. Learn how to play the harp.
18. Learn to break dance.
19. Cook for my entire family, however big it gets, relatives and all.
20. Be 75 kg, 4% fat.
21. Drive across USA.
22. Bicycle across Japan.
23. Invent something useful.
24. Work like the last night of the world.
25. Wake up the next morning to realize it wasn't.
26. Be a master of qigong.
27. Learn cool magic tricks.
28. Give someone 24-hours of pure happiness.
29. Have someone give it to me.
30. Learn C++, Java, and Visual Basic.
31. Become a lawyer in Japan and in the US.

Things I know I should stop but can't:

1. Chocolate
2. Basketball when your feet are getting ripped up
3. Sleep in class
4. More chocolate
5. Daydreaming
6. Wasting time making dumb lists
7. Believing I can fly
8. Looking down on lazy people
9. Bragging about stuff others don't care about (like getting a new hard drive for my computer...shoot I did it again)
10. Acting exhausted when I'm exhausted
11. Stereotyping
12. Assuming that everyone else is as much of a music/psyc/finance freak as I am.
13. Just smiling and pretending to understand when someone makes a joke I don't understand.
14. Worrying about 10 years into the future
15. Not going to the hospital unless absolutely necessary.
16. Ditto dentist.
17. Thinking too much.
18. Even more chocolate.
19. Skipping class.
20. Sitting in front of the computer and just trying to think of more things I can't stop doing, just so I can have 20 things on my list.