Trav's Thoughts

So Emmitt Smith is champion of Dancing With The Stars, Cheryl Burke is a repeat champion (after winning with Drew Lachey last season), and I am no worse for having learned the outcome before I got to watch the show on the west coast.

Here's a quick Thursday 13:

1. I collect swords and daggers.

2. My favorite author is David Eddings, but my favorite book is The Lord of the Rings.

3. I read The Lord of the Rings every year.

4. My favorite actors are Gene Hackman and Meryl Streep.

5. I have over 1200 books in my personal library, most of which are in boxes at the moment because there's no room in my apartment to put up enough bookcases for them.

6. I can't watch one Star Wars movie without watching all of them.

7. When I was a kid I used to have a metal fold up fort - it was called Fort Apache. It came with little metal cavalry guys and Indians. I used to set up major anachronistic battles, throwing in my army guys and dinosaurs. Remember the big plastic cowboys and Indians? The ones that were all different colors? Well, they were combatants too. Imagination is a wonderful thing.

8. I have been re-aquiring a lot of the toys of my youth over the last few years.

9. My favorite superhero is Spiderman.

10. My favorite cartoon character is Bugs Bunny.

11. I am a firm believer in a woman's right to choose.

12. On my desk right now, besides my computer, are the following things: my little notebook, an empty glass, two miniature superheroes (Superman & Spiderman), a pen, a Marine Corps pin and an American flag pin, Taylor's DIMYP CD, a bottlecap, my Ipod speakers, my cell phone, a wizard made out of wax.

13. I wore #42 when I played football, because my mom was born in 1942.