All the cool kids are doing it
I got tagged by both Sarahs (I think) anyway I'll get this over with...
10 years ago:
I watched my roommates smoke pot just about every day
I got a job at Kodak making $10/hr - that's right bitches $10!
I switched my major to Computer Science
I had been dating my wife for 4 years
I could swim faster than you
5 years ago:
I worked with a great team, sitting in the same area, getting paid to be on-call
I had zero kids
I lived in an apartment
I could have sex whenever I wanted (I mean if I was allowed)
I finally got to prove Y2K was a big hoax
1 year ago:
My wife was 8.5 months pregnant with my 2nd kid
I started finishing my basement (which still isn't done)
My transmission started slipping (this would later cost me $2000)
My oldest kid turned 2 and continued to be the center of my life
My lawn looked awesome
Yesterday:
I ate KFC for lunch
I worked about 12 hours
I got a free beer from a vendor - cool!
I ate a KitKat and a Twix - and fel bad about it
I cuddled with my wife on the couch and watched Monk - it was great!
Tomorrow:
I get to play sand volleyball, which I love
I am due for more bad news at work
I will watch the show, "Over There" which is amazing
I will try to write a blog post about when I was a kid
I will have to do any stuff I put off from today
I enjoy:
pizza
pizza
Rice Krispie Treats
Rum and Coke
Tailgating
Having my kids fall asleep in my arms
5 bands/artists that I know the lyrics to most of their songs:
TOOL
Guns n' Roses
Alice in Chains
SoundGarden
TOOL
5 things I'd do with $100,000,000:
Pay for college for all of my friends' kids
Buy a house in New York
Buy a radio controlled hellicopter
Invent any of the stupid things I've ever thought of
Become a total prick to anyone who pisses me off at work
5 locations I'd like to run away to:
Maine
Quebec City
NYC
Australia
Home (I am at work)
5 bad habits I have:
Not putting my dishes in the dish washer
Being neurotic about being on time
Poor spelling
Drinking soda
shooting heroine
5 things I like doing:
Going on vacation with friends
Putting my kids to sleep
Watching my kids learn something new
Playing volleyball
Making people look like a total asshole - if they are one
5 things I will never wear:
Tight shirts
A "scrunchie"
Steelers logo merchandise
a tu-tu
anything anti-American
5 TV shows I like:
Over There
Monk
Dead Zone
Aqua Team Hunger Force
Indians Baseball
5 movies I like:
Office Space
Go!
All 6 Star Wars (that's right ALL six - I am not an original trilogy snob)
Shawshank Redemption
Team America
5 people I'd like to meet:
The fucker that gave the green light to launch the Chalenger in cold weather - I'll fucking cut that guy
My dad's dad
Osama - then I could yell "He's over here - get him!!"
Ronald Reagan
5 biggest joys at the moment:
FM radio (I was without it for quite a time)
My friends Erik and Jill getting married
My son learning to walk
My son feeding me pretzels
Making enough money so that my wife can stay home
5 favorite toys:
ReplayTV - for real - get one
XBox
Projector (I have a home movie projector)
2-way pager
pneumatic nail gun
posted by Scott at 8:50 AM
5 Comments:
Hey. This thing has zero comments, I'm bored out of my skull, and I'm an egomaniac. For all of these reasons and more, I'm going to hijack this subject and submit MY answers to this little questionnaire.
10 years ago:
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-I was in 6th grade (I think. I suck at backwards math)
-I was able to lose anything (especially books that we were supposed to read for school)
-I got offered cigarettes for the first time (I said no, but it made me feel pretty kewl anyway)
-I played with Pogs. Yeah I said it!
-Mortal Kombat II was the nexus of my universe.
5 years ago:
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-I began dating my awesome girlfriend Lindsey (hey if Scott's allowed to be sappy about his kids, then i'm allowed too).
-I was about to begin my senior year of high school.
-I didn't love dogs (people who know me now will be astonished by this fact)
-I worked at Hollywood Video, and was just months away from being robbed.
-I played guitar in a band that played The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Agora, The Odeon, and even released a full-length CD
1 year ago:
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-I spent the summer alone while Lindsey had an internship in NYC
-I was singing the praises of Michael Badnarik (I guess I still am, but now it's moot)
-I began working for Scott and the rest of the crew.
-I was about to enter my fourth year at OSU
-I was participating in my first fantasy football draft.
Yesterday:
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-I woke up at 5:30 in the frickin' morning, and abandoned my girlfriend to go to work
-I bought a DVD burner
-I played with our puppy, Cosmo
-I watched Die Hard on DVD
-I watched the season debut of Monday Night Football
Tomorrow:
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-I'll wake up at 5:30 in the frickin' morning, and abandon my girlfriend to go to work
-I'll wait for my DVD burner to arrive in the mail
-I'll play with our puppy, Cosmo
-I'll fall asleep happy
-I'll look forward to moving in to our new apartment
I enjoy:
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-Playing with Cosmo
-Playing with my neighbor's dogs
-Hanging out at home with my family (aka Lindsey and Cosmo)
-Eating at restaurants
-Chipotle
5 bands/artists that I know the lyrics to most of their songs:
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-311
-Sublime
-Frank Zappa
-Soul Coughing
-Mushroomhead
5 things I'd do with $100,000,000:
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-Buy four twenty million dollar houses
-Keep one of them, use the remaining 20 mil to fix up the other three
-Sell the three fixed up houses for a huge profit
-Repeat the cycle and never work
-Buy all the stuff I want (a Shiba Inu, a Lamborghini, a Tablet PC, a Mac, etc.)
5 locations I'd like to run away to:
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-Doesn't matter to me. I prefer heat and plumbing...aside from that, I'm wide open.
5 bad habits I have:
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-biting my nails
-getting cavities (and worse)
-forgetting times and dates
-not reading enough
-being a grammar nazi
5 things I like doing:
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-Thinking about how this category is no different than the "I enjoy" one that I've already answered
5 things I will never wear:
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-A hollowed out elephant skull
-A cloak made of dried and cured human skin (A shawl...perhaps)
-A banana warmer (never *again*)
-A John Elway jersey
-A shirt that says: "One Tequila Two Tequila Three Tequila Floor" with a bootlegged looking cartoon of Calvin from "Calvin and Hobbes" on it, looking all dizzy with weird sunglasses on.
5 TV shows I like:
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Monday Night Football
Futurama
King of the Hill
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Aqua TEAM, Scott?!?)
Iron Chef
5 movies I like:
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-Mulholland Drive
-Slacker
-Star Wars (all of them, I agree with Scott)
-Eraserhead
-Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
5 people I'd like to meet:
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-Thomas Jefferson
-Ayn Rand
-Victor Hugo
-Henry Rollins
-Slash
5 biggest joys at the moment:
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-Cosmo
-Lindsey
-Wellie (that's my neighbor's English bulldog puppy)
-Oliver (that's my neighbor's fat old lab)
-Football
5 favorite toys:
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-iPod (30gb photo)
-Nintendo DS
-My DVD burner (when I get it)
-My new Epson all-in-one printer/fax/copier
-my Classic NES-themed gameboy advance
phew, that was more work than I expected. eat THAT, Scott's comment thread!
4:31 PM
I just want to know what the bad news is.
Oh and I'd also like to mention that Derek's girlfriend is way hot.
4:57 PM
Yes Derek's girlfriend is totally hot. I met her, and it's true.
Derek,
1) you never told me about your band
2) I KNEW it was Aqua Teen! When I saw Scott's I was like-am I a moron? But really Scott's the moron.
3) I saw no mention of Dave and Buster's or stingrays eating broccoli in your comment.
4) I will stab you in the jaw.
11:02 PM
Derek has a band. WTF?
11:09 PM
We need copies of this CD.
5:30 PM
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