Alvin Valles

100 Things About Me.

100. My favorite color changes pretty much every time I’m asked what my favorite color is. So for the time being let’s just say teal to simplify things

99. I’ve been in real love twice in my life. Three times if I count Angelina when I was ten-years old.

98. One of the things I really enjoyed as a kid was by BB gun.

97. One of the things I hated about having a BB gun is that I was only allowed to shoot at cans.

96. My earliest childhood memory is of a train set.

95. I never trusted the tooth fairy only because it freaked me out that she would collect teeth.

94. I tried to convince my grandma that by taking her teeth out at night was not a good idea.

93. At six years old I thought my babysitter was the most incredible girl in the world.

92. I have five sisters.

91. I don't see them as much as I should. I need to work on that.

90. I love each and every one of them.

89. I have two brothers who I haven’t seen in ages. I need to remedy that as well.

88. I hated being a teenager.

87. Used LSD extensively in the late sixties and early seventies among other drugs.

86. I suffered from a severe drug problem.

85. It took me 15 years to realize the problem was me and not the drugs.

84. I Have been clean now for 21 years.

83. I married at 18.

82. To The She Witch and divorced 5 years later

81. My second wife was my best friend and still is a very good friend, we were married for five years as well.

80. I have learned a lot from my two marriages: It is the leading cause of divorce and that five years works best for me.

79. I don’t believe in a traditional god.

78. I do believe in the She – Witch.

77. I don't believe that this is my first life.

76. I don’t believe that we are alone.

75. I believe in a parallel universe and at night this feeling becomes more acute.

74. I drowned once and was revived

73. I have overdosed twice.

72. I do not like guns, I dislike bullets even more.

71. My biggest fear in life is of burning alive.

70. A movie that has stuck with me for longer than any other is The English Patient.

69. I'm a firm believer in Stop. Drop. Roll

68. Flaming red hair on a woman drives me crazy. This has nothing to do with my fear of burning. But I have been burnt by a redhead

67. I feel that bondage during sexual playtime works so much better when there is intense emotional involvement.

66. I want to be in love once again before I die.

65. I have two cats.

64. They have been with me longer than either one of my marriages.

63. They are very protective

62. I’m very grateful for each day that I have and feel blessed that I’m relatively healthy.

61. I have three grandsons

60. One Daughter

59. One Son.

58. I love my kids as much as life itself.

57. I am not as afraid to die now as I thought I would be, but I don't want to rush it.

56. I always think of who will be going through my stuff when I do die.

55. Note to self. Do something about the porno CD’s.

54. Second note to self: Don’t be too hasty in getting rid of the porno.

53. Over the last few years of photographing my environment I have become so much more aware of the people around me.

52. There is no such thing as an ugly person, just ugly actions.

51. This is a free thought zone.

50. Sunday is my favorite day of the week.

49. To survive in life one needs three items: a coat, a flashlight and a good pocketknife. All else will fall into place

48. I spend way too much time online.

47. I love Photographing doll heads and need to do more of it.

46. I spend money like I can’t take it with me.

45. At least once a year I will sniff a box of Crayons.

44. As with photography cycling is another passion of mine

43. I still remember my first transistor radio: A little Zenith with a leather case and a single ear bud.

42. I love my iPod.

41. I hardly ever listen to commercial radio stations.

40. I listen to NPR.

39. At one time I would spend a majority of my recreational time stream and lake fishing.

38. Ten years ago I looked in to the eye of a fish I had hooked and didn’t like what I saw and have never fished since.

37. I wonder if I will never be in love again.

36. I know that most of my fears are unfounded but that doesn’t help any.

35. I’m half Irish / half Mexican.

34. I don’t have a middle name.

33. I love saying Mesopotamia for no reason at all.

32. I cook most of my meals.

31. My favorite cookie would be ginger snaps.

30. I drink way more coffee than I should.

29. I have a weakness for bookstores and coffee houses.

28. One thing that I learned years ago is that siphoning gasoline is not the brightest thing to do.

27. I want to take a train to Alaska and then back again.

26. I work as a trainer / instructor in the bioscience industry.

25. I have been in the same job for 20 years.

24. I like my job; I just don’t like spending so much time at it.

23. I am 55 but get away for 45. Like that makes a hell of big difference.

22. Most people can’t believe that I have a 17 year-old grandson.

21. I have always been enthralled by the moon.

20. For a wedding present I was given a job.

19. I remember most of my dreams

18. Sometimes when I'm dreaming, I know that I'm dreaming and take full advantage of it.

17. I always wonder if evil is the absence of good and if so why is there good in some evil people.

16. I always wonder if good is the absence of evil then why is it that when good people do evil things it seems worse than when evil people do evil things.

15. Items 17 and 16 give me a headache.

14. I have always lived near the ocean.

13. My signature response to "How are you?" is. Pretty OK.

12. And as a rule I am.

11. I like myself now.

10. I am fascinated with a person's smile.

09. My to-do list includes flying in a bi-plane.

08. I hate cooked onions.

07. Loving the feeling of being in love is not the same as being in love.

06. I read just about every night before going to sleep.

05. I sleep in the nude.

04. Doing this list wasn’t as hard as I thought.

03. Knowing me you will know that this list will constantly change.

02. My favorite color has already changed to Periwinkle

01. I now know what a women means when she says 'FINE'