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This is a pretty funny site.  And being that I am, in fact, a white person, I decided to go on a journey of self discovery and find out exactly how “white” I am by comparing to their list from 1 to 90 (the latest at the time of writing).

1. Coffee – No, I hate coffee in pretty much all its forms.
2. Religions their parents don’t belong to – I suppose this could be correct since I don’t ascribe to any religion currently and my parents did, even if they hadn’t gone to church in nearly twenty years.
3. Film Festivals – Okay, I do like film festivals, but I think its important to note that I hate most independent films.
4. Assists – Not much of a sports guy, so I have no opinion on assists.
5. Farmer’s Markets – Nope.  Not a big Farmer’s Market guy.
6. Organic Food – Nah… processed food is A-okay with me.
7. Diversity – Ehh… not so much.
8. Barack Obama – While I would choose Mr. Obama over Mrs. Clinton if those were my choices, I’m currently supporting McCain for President, so, this one doesn’t apply to me.
9. Making you feel bad about not going outside – I’m a computer geek… outside? Why?
10. Wes Anderson Movies – I have watched, and not really enjoyed, most of his films.  I don’t really get it.
11. Asian Girls – Not entirely my cup of tea… wait, does saying “not my cup of tea” make me “white”?
12. Non-Profit Organizations – Not I.
13. Tea – Shit.  Although, I really only drink tea at Chinese restaurants, which I go to maybe once a year, and sometimes at family dinners, because my parents are from the South and Sweet Iced Tea is required at the table.
14. Having Black Friends – I currently have no black friends, only a couple black friends of friends, this isn’t because I avoid black people, but instead because my life just doesn’t happen to have any black people in it, and I don’t feel any need to seek out black people specifically so I can befriend them.
15. Yoga – No.
16. Gifted Children – If I ever decide to have children, I’ll be happy if my kid only eats the FDA daily recommended amounts of paste.
17. Hating their Parents – I can’t really say I ever hated my parents.  I mean, I did move out of the house at 18, but that was more because I wanted to have more sex than I was able to sneak past them, not because of any dislike of them.
18. Awareness – Largely, I am aware of only that I could be doing more, none of which involves making other people aware.
19. Traveling – I apparently missed my requisite trip to Europe. 🙁
20. Being an expert on YOUR culture – While I will admit to trying (in vain) to learn Spanish and Japanese, I really haven’t spent much time worrying about learning other people’s cultures.
21. Writers Workshops – Okay, fine, yes, I have gone to a Writer’s Workshop, but in my defense (I hope) it was only 2 days and at Dragon*Con.  No, I guess that really didn’t help.
22. Having Two Last Names – I am not particularly fond of people who do this.
23. Microbreweries – Not so big on the beers, I like liquor.
24. Wine – People, white people, keep insisting I try wines.  Haven’t liked one yet.
25. David Sedaris – Who?
26. Manhattan (now Brooklyn too!) – I have so little interest in New York that I almost didn’t write this sentence.
27. Marathons – “Do you run?” “Only when chased.”  And that pretty much sums up my interest in marathons.
28. Not having a TV – Not only do I have a TV, I have 4, and 1 is actually a PC with 6 tuners so I can record everything and watch it later.
29. 80s Night – This is really unfair, because being born in ’74, the 80’s are a huge part of my development as a human being.  So, I guess they get me on this one.
30. Wrigley Field – If I was in Chicago, and I got tickets, I’d go, but more because about the only way I can stand watching baseball is at the field with a couple of beers and a footlong hotdog.
31. Snowboarding – Have I ever mentioned how much I am not a fan of cold?
32. Vegan/Vegetarianism – I am a card carrying member of PETA… People for the Eating of Tasty Animals.
33. Marijuana – The only time I ever got high was during the 8th grade when my parents let my older brother and I go to see David Bowie on his Glass Spider tour.  Shortly after the concert began a haze rose from the crowd, the air was filled with the smell of a wet down jacket and I got a headache.
34. Architecture – Got me on another one, I do like architecture, however there isn’t any particular style or era that I like, I just don’t like when strip malls are built looking like bland boxes.  I would prefer they all put at least a little effort into it.
35. The Daily Show/Colbert Report – I have been told I would love these shows if I watched them, but as of yet I haven’t bothered watching.
36. Breakfast Places – Breakfast is my least favorite meal of the day, largely because every breakfast place known to man seems to insist that eggs are required and I hate eggs.  Then they go and make me order a side of bacon, a side of ham, a side of sausages, a side of toast, a side of hashbrowns… it seems my penalty for disliking eggs is that my breakfast is going to cost $47.83.
37. Renovations – *sigh* I am renovating a house, but only because I bought a foreclosure and the previous owner took everything not nailed down (and some things that were, if you’ve ever seen the Richard Pryor movie Moving you know what I mean), and they had horrible taste (every room in the house is a shade of brown).
38. Arrested Development – Still have not seen it, but I’ll be sure to add it to my Netflix queue.
39. Netflix – Fuck.  Although, allow me to reiterate how much I dislike most independent films… and foreign films.
40. Apple Products – I’m just going to say that I simply do not have enough time or diskspace to explain to the lengths that I loathe Apple Products.
41. Indie Music – I like music, pretty much any kind except hardcore gangsta rap (all the bitches and hoes and drugs and guns and that stuff, just does not strike a chord with me), so I suppose I like indie music, but I don’t believe it is to the degree intended here.
42. Sushi – Hate.
43. Plays – I like the idea of plays, its the execution of most of them that I dislike.
44. Public Radio – Talk radio, I am certain, is one of the signs of the Apocalypse.
45. Asian Fusion Food – No.
46. The Sunday New York Times – I don’t read any newspapers anymore.
47. Arts Degrees – Bachelor’s in Computer Science.
48. Whole Foods and Grocery Co-ops – I do shop at one of those membership store, but its a warehouse style shop and I go there because it allows me to buy the crap I eat in bulk and save money.  Why pay $9 at the regular store for a small box of Stoffer’s French Bread Pizzas when I can go to BJ’s and get the giant box with four times the pizzas for $12?
49. Vintage – Not really.
50. Irony – I do, indeed, love me some irony, but not really in the fashion they describe it here.
51. Living by the Water – Guilty.  I do want to live on a beach.
52. Sarah Silverman – She’s funny sometimes.  And sometimes not.
53. Dogs – Much better than cats.
54. Kitchen Gadgets – I buy the gadgets not for me but for my wife.
55. Apologies – I apologize alot, but then, I am a chronic procrastinator, so I often have things to apologize for.
56. Lawyers – I respect the need for there to be people who spend the time to understand the nuances of law, but most lawyers are scum.
57. Juno – I loved this movie.
58. Japan - I do want to go to Japan someday, but I really hate anime.
59. Natural Medicine – While I’m all for exploring natural solutions for things, I fully believe in the pharmaceutical industry’s ability to cure diseases.
60. Toyota Prius – I do want a hybrid, but less for the environmental impact than for the savings in gas.
61. Bicycles – I do like bicycles, although I have not owned one since mine was stolen almost 15 years ago.  If I ever bought another one, I could not see myself spending more than $200 on one, so no specialty bikes for me.
62. Knowing What’s Best for Poor People – I care, somewhat, about poor people, but I care more about not becoming a poor person.
63. Expensive Sandwiches – Wheat bread, meat slices, mustard, maybe occasionally throw in some lettuce or a tomato, or some pickles.  What I make at home often is so much better than what a restaurant will make.
64. Recycling – I do recycle, but I also work on reducing the amount of garbage I produce as well.
65. Co-Ed Sports – Again, computer geek… outside?
66. Divorce – Divorce sucks.
67. Standing Still at Concerts – I am confused by this one, do people who are not “white” go to concerts and ballroom dance?  I don’t stand “still” at concerts, I do move around to the music and what not, but it never occurred to me to break out the foxtrot or boxstep.
68. Michel Gondry – He does some interesting stuff, but I wouldn’t exactly say that I love him.
69. Mos Def – I do like Mos Def.
70. Difficult Breakups – I don’t believe I’ve had a difficult break up yet.  Relationships just sort of end, and that’s it.
71. Being the only white person around – Can’t say as I have ever sought this situation out.
72. Study Abroad – Might have been nice.
73. Gentrification – I suppose it is a thing that I like, because I would rather see inner city areas looking good than to see them looking like crap.
74. Oscar Parties – I have gone to Oscar parties, but thus far, much like our State of the Union parties, they are more about hanging out and drinking than the program on the TV.
75. Threatening to Move to Canada – Hell no.  Did I mention that I don’t like cold? or hockey? or French?
76. Bottles of Water – I don’t buy bottles of water unless I have to, but I do buy bottle of orange juice which I keep and reuse as water bottles.
77. Musical Comedy – Yeah, I admit, I do find it entertaining.
78. Multilingual Children – I want to be multilingual myself, and looking to the future, being multilingual is probably going to be advantageous.
79. Modern Furniture – No.
80. The Idea of Soccer – Not much into any sports.  Computer geek.
81. Graduate School – I wouldn’t mind going back to school and studying stuff, but I really don’t have an interest in grad school.
82. Hating Corporations – I don’t hate all corporations, however I do dislike the disassociation of responsibility of people who work for them, the “I just do my job, and I had no part in the overall heartless money grubbing of this company” defense.  There is much more to it than that, but not for here, not now.
83. Bad Memories of High School – I don’t really have bad memories, or good memories.  High school was neither the best nor worst years of my life.
84. T-Shirts – While I do like T-Shirts with cool stuff on them, and I do wear T-Shirts whenever I can get away with it, but it doesn’t really go beyond that.
85. The Wire – I do want to see it… Netflix.
86. Shorts – Did I mention how much I hate the cold?
87. Outdoor Performance Clothes – I do not believe I own any Outdoor Performance Clothes.
88. Having Gay Friends – Much like the black friends up at number 14, its not something I seek out, if it happens, then it happens.
89. St. Patrick’s Day – Yeah, well, I do like this particular holiday.
90. Dinner Parties – I’ve had people over for dinner, but not by choice.  My wife is “whiter” than I am apparently.

So, that’s it.  Assuming this website is discussing a particular variant of “white”, largely registered Democrats and yuppies, it appears that I am not very “white” after all.  Well, now I’ve got to go figure out how to waste the rest of my day.

Enjoy!