I think I’m allergic to seafood, so I’ve never had it since I was a baby
I don’t eat cheese except for on a pizza, though I will eat many cheese flavoured products
I once swallowed a marble
My favourite fabric is corduroy
I waited in line for 17 hours to see the midnight opening of all 3 new Star Wars movies, as well as waiting in line to see the openings of each of the Special Editions movies when they were in theatres
I’ve owned(or at least my parents did) a Mac since 1990. I still have the Mac SE of my parents in my office
I tried curling one winter, but found that even though I totally sucked, it wasn’t competitive enough for me
I used to own a bright red bike with a banana seat
I have an irrational fear of dogs mangling my fingers
I don’t like elevators, I take the stairs when viable
I once owned a guitar, but only learned the starting bit to about 7 songs
I fell out a tree when I was 7 and scraped up my chest in the shape of the Cobra symbol from GI Joe. When I got home after doing it my parents were cleaning me up and discovered I also had chicken pox
I don’t eat a lot of vegetables, not so much because I don’t like them, it’s more that they hold no appeal in eating them again
Unlike most Canadians I don’t really like Tim Horton’s food and think their coffee sucks
I used to be a Toronto Maple Leafs fan before I learned better
I intend to start playing ice hockey by the time I’m 30, even though I’ve never played organized hockey before and skate rather poorly
I was always really exceptionally good at hand-ball, a game that no one in the world plays outside of gym class
I smoke cigars on occasion but never cigarettes
I didn’t own a CD player until 1996
The first CD I bought was Oasis’ Definitely Maybe
The first movie I ever watched in theatres was Masters Of The Universe, starring Dolph Lundgren as He-Man
The movie I watched the most when I was a kid was a TV movie we taped called Flight Of Dragons from 1986, though the next would have to be The Neverending Story
In first apartment I lived in on my own, the bedroom had a ceiling that was 6’2″. I’m 6’2″, so it’s lucky I slouch a bit
I’ve been to 2 Canadian provinces(Ontario and Quebec) and 6 American states(New York, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois)
I used to run one of the biggest Oasis fansites on the internet up until 2002. My site was mentioned in both NME and Q magazines
I got my first pair of glasses when I was 8
I’ve been a big wrestling fan since I was younger. I went to Wrestlemania 18 when it was in Toronto
I used to own a Star Wars shirt for every day of the week
The best time for me to play video games is right after I wake up. I used to get stuck on things in games the day before, then quickly beat the problem if I played it first thing in the morning
I’ve owned tonnes of video games, but rarely finish them because I get bored too quickly. This is why NES games are still the best, because they didn’t take 6 weeks to complete
I own 2 Atari 7800s with over 100 games
I’ve never gone snowboarding or skiing
I used to bite my nails before I had my teeth fixed. Now they don’t line up right to allow me to bite them
I was on the Reach for the Top team and am proud of it
For a good chunk of the 90′s my favourite album was We Can’t Dance by Genesis. It’s still one of my favourites
Even though I’m not really into it anymore, I still have some encyclopedic knowledge about Star Wars stuck in my head
I find much humour in making fun of the Amish on the internet, as there’s nothing they can really do about it

Excellent facts … very enlightening. But what about your outlandish fear of mayo?
I find nothing outlandish about it at all. It’s perfectly reasonable.
like the site james, a fresh way do an ‘about me’ on a blog.
For some reason i find the nail-biting story funny.
Nice!
hahaha…I like the Amish bit. That’s great!
You should eat more greens, James! And what’s with the cheese?!