*1. Do you have a college degree?*
After being in the top 10% of my high school graduating class and getting piles of scholarship offers from various prestigious universities all over the country, I opted to attend a special program at a local junior college. I took school quite seriously my first semester. By the third semester, I decided not to go at all after enrolling and then forgot to withdraw from class leaving me with 3 semesters on record and a very generous GPA of 1.8. So…. no.
*2. What was the amount of your last electric bill?*
I could guess, but it would only be a guess. You’d have to ask my wife, she pays the bills.
*3. Do you have term life insurance?*
If the life insurance I get from my employer counts, then yes. If I die while employed at this company, 2 times my salary will be awarded to my beneficiary. Furthermore, should I be dismembered while in an airplane on company travel, the award is raised to 6 times my salary because, you know, sewing me back together in order to stuff me in a coffin will be much more expensive and emotionally traumatic.
*4. How many hours per week do you have to work?*
Strictly speaking, I work 40 hours a week. However, as a salaried individual, a fast learner, and an overachiever, I have, in the past, worked over 70 hours in a given week. I could, however, easily get away with 20-30 hours a week and still maintain my workload in a fashion similar to my peers. Furthermore, if you average out the amount of time I spend from the moment I walk out my door in the morning until my return in the evening over the course of the week, it’d work out to about 57.5 hours each week.
*5. Have you ever attended a Toastmasters event?*
I was in ToastMasters when I was 10 years old. I was incredibly nervous to speak in front of such a large group of adults. But, when it was all said and done, I was glad to have done it. Well except for the fact that ONLY NERDS ARE IN TOASTMASTERS and I didn’t figure that out until I mentioned it in public a few times.
*6. Favorite place to attend Happy Hour?*
My place, where the booze is cheaper, everyone invited, and clothing is NEVER required.
*7. How many miles is your commute to work each day round trip?*
70 miles round trip, 1/2 of which is spent on a small two lane road. Yes it makes me cry.
*8. What time do you get up every morning?*
Between 5 and 5:30 on a weekday. Between 6:00 and 7:00 on a weekend unless I intend to catch the sunrise. I’d like to start getting up earlier, but I stay up too late.
*9. What is your definition of sleeping in late?*
Anything past 9 is waaaaay too late.
*10. Have you found any gray hairs?*
Not yet.
*11. Do you check your cholesterol on a yearly basis?*
I didn’t even know I could check my cholesterol. What do I have to do to do it?
*12. How large was your first cellular phone?*
I had my first cell in 1997. It wasn’t all that big.
*13. Does your employer provide good health insurance?*
It sucks. It’s way expensive, and constantly not covering things.
*14. Did you use the internet to write a research paper back in high school?*
Not really. The Internet was not an accepted item on a Bibliography page when I was in High School.
*16. Have you attended a high school reunion?*
I considered attending my 10 year reunion in 2005, and then realized that most of the people that could be there were people I just didn’t want to see.
*17. How many jobs have you held in your professional career?*
Professional… what makes a job professional? I’ve been a grocery store sacker, a grocery store cashier, a t-shirt printer, a craft store cashier, a craft store department lead, a craft store customer service worker, a craft store front end manager, a technical support representative, a call center lead, a call center manager, a website manager, a business telecommunications services policy and procedure author, an internal applications developer, a manager for a web applications development team, a security administrator and consultant, and telecommunications engineering support person, a technology consultant, and a new technologies project manager.
*18. Have you ever been fired or laid off from a job?*
Never
*19. What is your favorite alcoholic drink?*
A Dirty Martini (that means Gin you freaks).
*20. What is the most expensive bottle of wine that you have in your residence?*
Probably a $20 bottle of Shiraz for Jess. I have a bottle of Port that I didn’t buy and have no idea what it would cost.
*21. Have you been divorced?*
No way.
*22. How old were you when you stopped getting IDed for alcohol/tobacco etc.?*
I was buying cigarettes at 15 without being IDed. But, I knew where to go. I’m still IDed on occasion (most recently for buying a Permanent Marker at Wal-Mart). When I buy Tobacco or Alcohol, I usually just pull my ID out without them asking so I really have no idea.
*23. Favorite casino?*
Outside of the lottery (a tax for the mathematically challenged) and drunken card games held in people’s houses, I’ve never gambled.
*24. Are you happier now than you were in high school?*
My first 3 years of high school were wonderful. The 4th, not so much. But I’ve got some good things going on now. I certainly had more friends, more fun, and more ambition then. But I wouldn’t give up my wife for the world.
*25. Did you ever have Hypercolor shirts?*
Hell yeah. Of course, the arm pits and crotch were always a different color than the rest. Silly people.
*26. Do you remember when Michael Jackson was black and attracted to older people?*
Black, yes. Attracted to older people… no.
*27. What music was in your cd / cassette player when you were 16?*
Rancid, Op Ivy, the Queers, Propaghandi, Skatenigs, Tilt…
*28. Favorite fancy/upscale restaurant?*
I prefer a dive to something fancy. But, the butcher shop in Chicago was outstanding. I guess Breadwinners might be considered upscale by some, which I love, but, it’s hardly expensive or fancy.
*29. How long has it been since you attended a kegger?*
1 or 2 years, probably. I’m not really into beer.
*30. How many major wars have you lived through?*
It’s hard to count what’s major and what isn’t. The Cold War (is it over?), Desert Storm, the Hunt for Osmama Bin Laden, the hunt for WMDs… plus other skirmishes that involved less of the US like the Kosovo, Isreal vs. Lebanon, and many others.
*31. Where were you when you found out about 9-11?*
In bed. Justin called to tell me. I didn’t understand fully until I started reading news sites.
*32. When’s the last time you were at a 7-11 and bought something?*
Probably on my trip to New Braunfels, though I can’t quite remember which gas stations we stopped at. If not, I’ll be at one today for sure because I’m out of gas.