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100. I always finish what I have started.
99. Things I love: writing, afternoons, beer, basketball, non-art as art, juxtaposition, kindness, my life, you, you, you
98. Things I am scared of: space, the idea of forever, drowning, heart attacks, being left behind, memory loss
97. I have the greatest parents anyone could ask for. You should meet them. You’d like them.
96. I’m self-conscious about a lot of things. But I am never self-conscious about my writing or how I read it.
95. My full name is Brian Edward Xavier Oliu, or BEXO for short.
94. Last meal: my grandmother’s paella, chicken croquettas, pan amb tomaquet, patatas bravas, champinones al ajillo
93. I wake up each day thinking ‘this might be the day you get a book published!’ and that keeps me happy & feeling good.
92. My great-grandmother was the women’s tennis champion of Spain. My grandmother will destroy you at Wii Tennis.
91. I always think about synthesis. Putting things together. Placement. Fitting. This is ‘thinking like a writer’ to me.
90. I don’t spend as much time playing videogames as you think I do. But I do spend as much time online as you think I do.
89. The week I spent with @jeremyallan in Romania was one of the best weeks of my life.
88. I knew these would get heart-felt towards the end. Please believe my genuineness, because it is always genuine.
87. Contrary to popular belief, I always sleep at least seven hours a night.
86. I’m able to get a lot of things done in short periods of time. People ask me how I do it, but I honestly can’t answer.
85. My cousin @one_mint_julep was born in 1985 and she is my favorite person in the world.
84. My cousin Ian was born in 1984 and took his life in 2002. I think about him everyday & try to live happily to honor him
83. I got run over by a Volvo in the Three Bridges Library Parking Lot when I was 9.
82. I was born November 22, 1982, a Monday. E.T. had just come out, it was the 19th anniversary of JFK’s death.
81. My favorite authors are Joan Didion & Lyn Hejianian & Lia Purpura & Christopher Logue & Beth Ann Fennelly & & &
80. My favorite poem is ‘poem convincing you to leave your wife’ by Olena Kalytiak Davis.
79. Favorite colognes: Dior Homme Sport, Bulgari Black, Guerlin Homme, L’Eau Par Kenzo
78. The first cologne I wore was Abercrombie & Fitch’s Woods (now discontinued) in 9th grade.
77. My alma mater lost 31 straight basketball games. I was there when we broke the streak & I stormed the court
76. I won a contest on bolt.com where I got a 12 pack of Pepsi Blue before it’s general release
75. Inspired by @idle_hour ‘s dissection story, my 8th grade lab partner is now a post-op transsexual
74. I am giggling imagining @colintrafferty sitting in his chair giggling @ @THE_REAL_OLIU while @idle_hour shakes her head
73. My favorite writer, Albert Goldbarth, made fun of me to my face at AWP in Atlanta. I have vowed revenge.
72. In highschool, I was in a band that played 3 shows and then they got a new singer which was definitely a good move
71. I still dream all the time, but I’m always ridiculously calm during nightmares and wake up fine.
70. I had awful night terrors, to the point where my dad had to remove shelves in my bookcase cause I would climb up them
69. I didn’t understand the concept of ’69’ as a child, but got in trouble for drawing 69 in bubble letters in my notebook
68. My roommate in Belgium was from Milan and was a fashion model. I called him ‘Dani Apples’
67. I just thought ‘maybe I can publish all of these tweets!’ but I hate work that deals with googling/gchat/facebook/etc
66. I have a fake twitter account at @THE_REAL_OLIU which I have deemed ‘The Official Fake Twitter Account of
65. I have a ridiculous amount of love in my heart. (awww)
64. I hooked up my friend’s Nintendo 64 for him for the first time and we jumped around and played Wave Race until 3am.
63. I grew up Catholic, love Catholicism, went to Catholic school, but I don’t go to church.
62. The most impressive thing I’ve seen: The Cliffs of Mohr. The second: Michelangelo’s Pietas
61. I love Tuscaloosa, but I fear that everyone I love in Tuscaloosa is slowly leaving.
60. I was bullied for being ‘the fat kid’ so when that Aussie kid Farouq-Dominatored that scrawny kid I yelled ‘fuck yes’.
59. I’m a Colts fan because my dad is one–my mom is a Giants fan, but Giants fans were mean to me at school, so, go Horse.
58. I give good hugs. Seriously, you should try one.
57. I write/eat with my right hand, but throw with my left.
56. I own 33 different track jackets.
55. I’m convinced that I will move to Ukraine at some point. I don’t know why.
54. My optometrist said I had the worst eyesight of anyone he’s ever seen. (-8.0 & -7.5)
53. I’m not OCD, but I always count stairs as I walk up them.
52. I was born in New Brunswick, NJ, but the only New Brunswick I knew was in Canada so as a kid I thought I was Canadian
51. I used to bite my nails all of the time, but one day in October I was having an awful day, so I stopped
50. When I’m nervous, I rub my knuckle against my eyebrow.
49. In college, I co-founded a satire newspaper called ‘Dog Balls’, which was referenced by our school’s president/priest
48. If I wasn’t a teacher I’d probably be a speechwriter.
47. I lost the 5th grade spelling bee on the word ‘chalice’
46. I fucking love my job and am ridiculously thankful for it every day.
45. I can typically recognize a song within one note–sometimes I can tell by the hiss of the audio.
44. I learned how to code in HTML when I was 13. I had dedicated server space on my grandfather’s military antique website
43. I was vegetarian for 2 years. My first meal back was at Ixia in Baltimore (which I just found out is closed? sadface)
42. First drink was goldschlager. First legal drink (EU) was courvoisier. First legal drink (US) was Resurrection Ale
41. I’ve gotten to the point where I’ll submit to online journals, new ones, or print journals but only if they’re pretty.
40. I am a sucker for anything alternate reality–especially if dystopian. North Korean takeover? Oh heck yeah.
39. My worst enemy died & so I stayed indoors for 3 days thinking that I would be dead in order to balance everything out
38. My first real kiss wasn’t with the foreign exchange student, but with the family that housed the exchange student
37. I’ve said this a lot, but I prefer female writers to male ones.
36. I’ve been in four fist fights. Record: 4-0. Concussion, Broken Nose, Broken Nose, Black Eye. #dontmesswithme
35. My mother swears I was the perfect child, except for when I threw a temper tantrum because I couldn’t go on Dumbo
34. These facts are all true because when I lie, I start shaking and become short of breath, which I blame on Catholicism.
33. I’ve probably watched Larry Bird: A Living Legend more times than anything else in my life. Also, ‘Hoosiers’.
32. My best friend’s girlfriend’s roommate was Joanna Newsom & we didn’t realize it–she was ‘a bitchy girl with a harp’
31. I beat Michael Phelps in Beer Pong.
30. I type all of my work in Cambria. Anything but Garamond. I’d take Arial over Garamond.
29. Yes, I have met @ladygaga
28. That being said, I was a hardcore kid who saw Fugazi 10X, and pretty much every NJHC/punk/emo band you can think of
27. I used to go to raves and as a result have a lot of trashy friends whom I adore for their ridiculousness/fake breasts
26. My grandfather was vice president of Northeast operations of the now defunct Eastern Airlines
25. At the last NYC Dismemberment Plan show, @travismorrison spilled a rum and coke on me.
24. I think ranch dressing is the grossest thing on the planet, followed closely by mayonnaise. It is the devil’s semen.
23. I was homecoming king my Junior year of HS
22. 22 is my favorite number.
21. Kid Rock offered to buy me a beer when I was 15-years-old
20. The media guide for my football team listed me as 6’3 240 lbs, which was incredibly generous.
19. I got suspended once for reformatting the harddrives of 3 library computers at Hunterdon Central (I then transferred)
18. The greatest/most bizarre day of my life happened in Madrid, although I won’t tell my Catalan family that.
17. When I lived in Belgium, I met the winner of ‘Belgian Idol’ in a sandwich shop
16. I just received a phonecall from my bff Erin Casey, who’s father always asks me ‘Still in Tuscaloosa? Christ almighty’
15. The first poem I remember writing was about a Frisbee on the roof.
14. I can’t turn my right arm palm up.
13. I have synaethesia, though not as intense as my cousin, @one_mint_julep
12. My grandfather founded the Barcelona Marathon
11. I’m obsessed with knowing things, ergo, I am on wikipedia pretty much 24/7
10. Language proficiency: English > French > Dutch > Catalan > All Other Languages
9. I started the first grade when I was 4.
8. My high school girlfriend dumped me for the lead singer of Life of Agony
7. I’ve broken five of my fingers.
6. I won the Knights of Columbus free-throw shooting competition in 7th grade.
5. I’ve beaten Contra without the 30 Lives Code.
4. I have a scar on my wrist from when a 10 foot bronze giraffe statue fell on me.
3. I love New Jersey, but I could never move back there.
2. I don’t know how to ride a bike.
1. I have a very high tolerance for terrible horror films