Hey everybody this is Barry and I am attempting to write 100 things about myself. Lisa got this idea off another blog and is excited to try!
1.I was 2 feet long when I was born
2.I weighed 11.5lbs
3.My parents named me Barry because they wanted to call me Elder Barry when I went on my mission.
4. I am #8 of 9 children
5.One of my favorite things to do in my spare time is play the guitar.
6.I own an insurance company called Russo and Associates.
7.I love to travel and go new places. I would go somewhere new every weekend if I could.
8. I have lived on my own since I was 16 years old.
9. I have twin sisters
10.I got my middle name from my grandpa.
11. I got jumed by some crazy guys in Prague while on a tour of Europe in an back ally at night time. I hate Prague.
12. I scored the highest out of everybody on the Propery and Casualty exam. My score was in the 90's.
13. I drool.
14.I snore (so they say)
15. When I was an infant people thought I was a girl cuz of my long curly eyelashes and curly hair.
16. I once fell off a horse and broke my L arm and as a result had sugury.
17. One time I threw a cinder block up in the air and it came down on my head. (ask me details later).
18. I went to Animas High School. My football team had the winningest team in the country for 9 years. 9 straight state championships. over 70 straight wins.
19.I have broken my right foot twice.
20.I LOVE to wakeboard.
21. I love to go boating and summer time fun!
22. My favorite fastfood restaurants are Jack in Box and Sonic.
23. I still eat at Jack in the Box even though I almost literally died of food poisening from eating there. (its a love hate relationship)
24. I was once upon a time almost going to be neighbors with Lisa (awkward).
25. On my 10th birthday I was trampled by a horse.
26. I could talk politics, ecomonics and religon anytime anywhere anyplace.
27. I served my mission in the Dominican Republic. I had three areas my entire mission. 11 months 9mo and 3mo.
28. On my mission in Nagua I got bit by a spider just below my elbow and my arm swelled up from my fingers to my neck and shoulders and my skin began to rott away. I have the scar to prove it.
30. I got dengay as well. Dengay is know as "bone break fever" because every bone in your body hurts. You get it from mosquitos.
31. I too, pooed blood on the mission. ( That pretty much covers the mission)
32. I have really short friends. My two best friends are 5'5. I am 6'4.
33. I weigh 245lbs
34. I spent my first date with Lisa in the emergency room till 4 a.m. (NO wonder why she didn't want to date me.)
35. I have known Lisa 6 years.
36.I have never had the chicken pox. Nope. true story.
37. I have a passionate relationship with recees pieces peanut butter cups.
38. I wear contacts. I like to wear them all the time. this includes sleeping and the lake. As a result of the above I actually KILLED my cornea. I was in a lot of pain and my roomate Jon decided to play doctor and sprayed high powered water in my eyes and they swelled shut. I spent the day being guided like a blind man from appointment to appointment. It was pretty painful as you can imagine. Lisa took care of me though.
39. While playing sports in H.S. I ripped all the muscles and crushed a nerve from my knee to my big toe. I lost all feeling from my knee down. I couldn't move my toes or lift my foot.
40. I don't like ice cream but I buy it for Lisa.
41. I was in a play in high school that I can't remember anything about. (repressed memories)
42. Lisa makes the best pigs-the-blanket.
43. For my entire life my food pyramid consists of cereal, quesadillas and anything microwaveable.
44 I have not drank soda in 6 months. I over came an addiction to Mt.Dew and Dr. Pepper with help from my bishop.
45. I hate folding clothes. so i don't. It drives Lisa crazy.
46 I use my bathtub as laudry basket.
47. I hate waking up early. so I don't.
48 I have a shoping cart in my garage. no reason why. its just there.
94. I'm lisdexic
50. I struggle greatly keeping my eyes open for pictures.
51. If it has a motor I like it.
52. If it has pedals I hate it.
53. I read the Ensign in the bathroom.
54. I am addicted to Ebay.
55. In third grade, I cheated on my history exam. In fourth grade, I stole my uncle Max's toupee and I glued it on my face when I was Moses in my Hebrew School play. In fifth grade, I knocked my sister Edie down the stairs and I blamed it on the dog... When my mom sent me to the summer camp for fat kids and then they served lunch I got nuts and I pigged out and they kicked me out... But the worst thing I ever done - I mixed a pot of fake puke at home and then I went to this movie theater, hid the puke in my jacket, climbed up to the balcony and then, t-t-then, I made a noise like this: hua-hua-hua-huaaaaaaa - and then I dumped it over the side, all over the people in the audience. And then, this was horrible, all the people started getting sick and throwing up all over each other. I never felt so bad in my entire life
56. I can sleep in the same room as Chad no problem at all. Another's snoring is my signal that I need to also be asleep.
57. I love sleeping in the attic every time I go to Eagar.
58. The best concert I have been to is Jimmy Eat World.
59. The worst concert I have been to was Creed.
60. I like to leave lights on in every room I go in.
61. I only recycle when my regular trash bin fills up.
62. I like sports of any kind.
63. I am grateful for my beautiful girlfriend. She is so good to me.
64. I love the way she painted my walls and I don't ever want her to change them.
65. I have tons of clothes, yet I wear my favorite pair of jeans a lot.
66. Things I want to do before I die are visit every continenant and race in the Baja 1000.
67. I want to serve a mission with my wife when we are old.
68. I am rebuilding a 1968 jeep willys. I like cars.
69. My favoirte class in college was my bowling class.
70. I was 2nd in state in the High Jump.
71. I don't wear jewlry.
72. I read the news paper every single day.
73. Lisa and I like to watch House on tv.
74. I hate onions and mushrooms
75. I forgot to add milk, cheese and sourcream to my food pyramid.
76. I could sleep ANYWHERE. The weirdest place I have fallen asleep is inside a cubboard in a kitchen.
77. I like to drink hot chocolate. To spread my love for hot chocolate I bought Lisas fam. Hot chocolate machines
78. I broke my tail bone snowboarding. That was a painful day.
79. I have never swore in my life (in English).
80. The only thing that is better than meat and potatoes in meat and meat. (lisa is rolling her eyes)
81. I once memorized the Constitution.
82. Lisa thinks i'm handy. I guess I'm handy to have around.
83. Every time it rains and Lisa drives I can count on a call from her that her car died. I have to save her.
84. I am NOT a germaphobe!
85. I am NOT a neat freak.
86. I am NOT OCD
87. I am pretty much opposide from my girlfriend Lisa
88. I watch sports center when I get dressed in the morning.
89. I voted for Barak Obamah. Hope and Change 2009...... no, i didn't.
90. I do not own anything pink. In fact everything I own is blue or grey.
91. I love it when Lisa punches me really hard. Jk. it hurts.
92. I am now reaching for facts about myself. You are welcome to stop reading
93. I have met Steve Nash. Charles Barkley and Jason Kidd.
94. I was the science fair GRAND CHAMPION. thanks mom.
95. When I was little I couldn't say my R's
96. One thing I like to do is shoot. I must say I am a good shoot.
97. I have white trash ambitions to hang a dead animal on my wall at some point in my life.
98. The first time I got arrested was in 8th grade. Me and my friend were in a park shooting quail with pelet guns and some old guy thought we had shot guns and the police surrounded us with-in minutes.
99. There were two other times.
100. I am the kindest most considerate, thoughtful, wonderful, spiritual, unselfish boyfriend in the world.