#31: Alen is a very picky eater.
At restaurants, he chooses what to order based on how many things he has to ask to have removed from his meals. |
#30: Alen has only ever owned 2 pieces of jewelry:
A gold chain (stolen in high school) and his wedding ring. |
#29: Alen misses his mama.
She passed away on Friday, October 22, 2004. |
#28: Alen is a big fan of the Los Angeles Lakers
He will never hop on another team's bandwagon. Even when the Lakers lose, he remains loyal to his favorite team. |
#27: Alen dreams of one day owning his own business and working for himself.
Unfortunately, none of his previous attempts have gotten off the ground... yet. |
#26: Alen has an amazing memory for useless info.
However, his mind never seems to have room for the important stuff. |
#25: Alen is still getting used to being a father.
Even after 7 months, it hasnt quite set in. |
#24: Alen changed his first diaper on Aug 12, 2008.
(It was "Number 2"). |
#23: Alen is 2nd to last of his cousins to have kids:
His cousins' children's ages range from newborn to 21 years old (as of 5/08). |
#22: Alen has visited or lived in 18 of the 50 states:
Hawaii, Washington (State), California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Virgina, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut. |
#21: Alen loves hearing from old friends.
(So drop him a line!) |
#20: Alen is always right.
Once he thought he was wrong, but it was a false alarm. |
#19: Alen strongly dislikes all salads.
Many people interpret his hatred for salads to mean that he hates all vegetables, but this is not the case. |
#18: Alen's mother had 21 brothers & sisters.
She was #3. The oldest is in their 70's and the youngest is in their 30's. |
#17: Alen has an irrational fear of dogs.
Once completely unable to be in the same room with a dog, he is now able to hide his fear of canines in public. |
#16: Alen did not attend his 10 year high school reunion.
He also did not go to his senior prom or homecoming dance (both by choice, of course). |
#15: Most people can't spell "Alen" on the first try
The most popular guesses he receives are Alan, Allen, and Allan. But some people even try Alyn, Allyn, Alin, and Allin |
#14: Alen has lived in 12 different places in his life.
BREAKDOWN: 7 apartments, 4 houses, and 1 condo.
(2 of those apartments were in the same building) |
#13(!): Alen has cut his own hair since 2004.
He paid for his last barber-given haircut on Friday, November 7, 2003 - 2 days before his wedding. |
#12: Alen has only gone "Trick-or-Treating" twice.
His mom forbid it. Only after heavy insistance by his father was he allowed to go at age 5, then one more time on his own at age 15. |
#11: Alen's favorite part of his trip to the UK was finally meeting his British cousins for the first time.
He even got to meet & hang out with their children, which was also a big highlight of his trip. |
#10: No one cares about basketball in England
Alen was very disappointed to learn this during his trip to the UK in July/Aug 2006, but decided to keep his disappointment to himself. |
#9: Alen has suffered 2 broken bones in his life.
When he was 10 yrs old, he was struck by a car while riding his bike across the street & broke his left wrist (his fault). When he was 13, he had his left-hand ring finger slammed in a door by a neighbor girl he nad no business flirting with (also his fault). |
#8: Alen once had his driver's license suspended for 6 months and didnt even know it.
He only found out when the DMV sent him a notice informing him that his license was being reinstated. |
#7: Alen avoids confrontations at all costs.
Most of the time, what he ends up with instead is usually far worse than whatever he was trying to avoid in the first place. |
#6: Alen has had 11 jobs in 13 years (as of 3/08).
He has been fired once & laid-off once. His longest job lasted 2.5 years, the shortest one lasted only 4 months. |
#5: Alen's parents were born & raised in Jamaica.
Sadly, he has only been there once when he was a baby. |
#4: Alen has never eaten a plum.
He also has never eaten a pear, a beet, or a turnip. |
#3:Alen has never owned a brand new car.
His newest car was 4 years old when he bought it,
his oldest car was 16 when he bought it. |
#2: Alen grew up as an only child.
He now has 2 (much younger) half-sisters,
but nobody ever mentions the "half" part. |
#1: It took Alen forever to finally put up his website.
Seriously. Way longer than it should have. |
