25 things about Dee
ByWhat’s up people? Yesterday just happened to be my birthday, so I took a day off from posting. I figured it was my birthday so I could do what I want, right? Well… I thought I would do something a bit different for this post. I have seen this on Facebook and even took a few quizzes on folks I know, so I thought my readers may want to know some things about me so here goes:
25 things about me you may not know:
1. I am fiercely loyal to my family and friends. If I can help them, I always will.
2. My cousin and I are 2 weeks apart and born the same year. I am not sure how our mothers managed that but they did. My cousin is more like my brother… love that dude to death.
3. My mom died of cancer on the day after Thanksgiving in 2005. Her death was the reason I started to learn more about the body and the effects exercise has on it.
4. When I graduated from college, I aspired to be a music executive and work for a major label. I was a “tad” away from moving to Los Angeles.
5. I use to be in a rap group called Black Reign with a friend name Jon Shell. He was a teammate of mine in college. We were pretty good.
6. I was a band nerd! I played the trombone in high school but gave it up to pursue basketball.
7. I always wanted to learn how to play the piano, so at the age of 28 I took lessons for 4 years.
8. I love to write! I still have notebooks of poems and songs I wrote years ago.
9. My absolute favorite food is Salmon Croquettes (Salmon Patties). My mom would make this for me when I returned home after moving out years ago.
10. I really really really miss my mom’s cooking! She could burn!
11. I like to cook. It relaxes me.
12. Everything I wear has to match. It drives me nuts if it doesn’t.
13. I have always wanted to own a business.
14. I was more in love with football and wanted to be a receiver but ended up growing to 6’7 and basketball became my love.
15. People use to judge me as being conceited ,but I was always a bit shy and quiet.
16. I like to joke around and I keep my friends laughing!
17. I love internet marketing… I learn something new all the time.
18. I love old Kung Fu movies… favorite one is the Tai Chi Master.
19. My absolute favorite shows of all time are Oz, The Wire, Weeds, and Lost. I can watch them over and over again.
20. When I go to a movie and someone is talking, I will say something to to them. It embrasses the heck out of my friends.
21. I actually met Shaq at a club in Kileen ,Texas. I thought to myself damn he is tall.
22. I got the thrill of my life and got to play basketball with David Thompson in my hometown at the YMCA. I didn’t even know who he was until my older cousin told me and I was like wow! He played so effortlessly the same as when I saw Michael Jordan play in person.
23. I always knew I wanted to live in Florida. We played Florida Atlantic University my freshman year and I absolutely knew I would be back.
24. I have a talent for seeing the end result with anything or anyone.
25. If I had not gotten a basketball scholarship, I would have probably been a Marine. I love those uniforms and what they represent and I scored really high on the military test in high school. ( smile)
Darren McDuffie
“Aspiring Internet Marketer”
Who says Jocks aren’t smart?
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Hi Darren
Happy birthday by the way,my guess late twenty’s early thirty’s 29?
You know how may be in another life your good at something, say at playing the piano but in this life you are not or it’s something you should have done but never got around to(not sure if any of that makes any sense)
So how did you get on with no7 playing the piano.
Darren just realised what a dumb question that was about your age.you took lessons for four years at age 28.
Tom
Dee:
Great post–thanks for sharing! I started watching Weeds on Netflix–hilarious show…anyways I have been in Dean Holland’s class and am working on the list building and videos to promote my blog so here is to your success too!
Ralph