When I'm writing a list, shopping or whatever I print everything in capitals too. I can't remember the last time I wrote a letter in cursive, not that I'm much of a letter writer, pretty much everything is done by email these days.
I'm another touch typer, hated learning it, struggled to keep up with the pace but then it just clicked. Probably one of the most useful things I've learned, seeing as we tend to live our lives in front of a keyboard one way or another.