the friday five (job)

1. What do you do for a living?
I'm a computer programmer. Mostly web stuff.

2. What do you like most about your job?
It's mostly stuff I would do anyway, or at least think about doing.

3. What do you like least about your job?
Less vacation time than I'm used to.

4. When you have a bad day at work it's usually because _____.
someone in New York decides something is urgent.

5. What other career(s) are you interested in?
It would be fun to be a tour guide someplace interesting. Or perhaps a cook. Or even a writer.

the friday five (yours)

Better late than never!

If you...

1. ...owned a restaurant, what kind of food would you serve?
If I had to cook the stuff, it would be breakfast and burgers. If I didn't have to cook it, probably a japanese steakhouse or a bbq joint.

2. ...owned a small store, what kind of merchandise would you sell?
Rock climbing paraphenalia. Or little colorful paper hats. Probably not the hat thing, though. Maybe rock climbing hats.

3. ...wrote a book, what genre would it be?
Either philosophy and life advice thinly veiled as a novel or a technical (computer) reference book.

4. ...ran a school, what would you teach?
Computer literacy, rock climbing, correct and appropriate use of curse words, and bird calls.

5. ...recorded an album, what kind of music would be on it?
Smooooooth Jazz.

the friday five (last)

1. What was the last song you heard?
Juvenile - Back That Ass Up

2. What were the last two movies you saw?
erm... Club Dread and ... in the theater? ... I really have no idea...

3. What were the last three things you purchased?
Beer at Franklin's last night, beer and raspberry Vox at College Park Liquors and kabobs at Food Factory Wednesday night.

4. What four things do you need to do this weekend?
I don't really need to do anything this weekend... I suppose I could do my taxes. And get drunk. And go here. And play video games. There, that's four.

5. Who are the last five people you talked to?
<boring>
My boss who built the back end server that the system I'm working on acts as a front end for.
The russian guy at work who built most of the front end system I'm working on.
</boring>
The person who bought the Krispy Kremes this morning. Mmm, sugar.
My housemate who got a speeding ticket. DOH! Stupid speed limit.

the friday five (kid stuff)

What was...

1. ...your first grade teacher's name?
I was homeschooled in first grade, so that would be my mom.

2. ...your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?
Hmm... probably X-Men.

3. ...the name of your very first best friend?
Michael Koerbel

4. ...your favorite breakfast cereal?
Lucky Charms

5. ...your favorite thing to do after school?
Ride my bike in the woods

the friday five (last time)

When was the last time you...

1. ...went to the doctor?
It's been a long time... every now and then I remember that fact and decide that I should go get a *cough* physical or something, but then I don't. I'm a generally healthy person, though, so it's cool. I think the last time I went to the doctor was about two years ago when I had to get my eyebrow stitched up, and that was (not the emergency room, the other one...).

2. ...went to the dentist?
Way too long. The last time wasn't entirely my fault, though, because I had an appointment for a monday, and they usually call to remind you a day or so before, but they didn't call me!

3. ...filled your gas tank?
Wednesday.

4. ...got enough sleep?
I got enough sleep last night, thanks for asking. It's weird, sometimes I'm more rested when I get 5 or 6 hours of sleep than when I get 8 or 9 hours of sleep... figure that out.

5. ...backed up your computer?
Which one? About two weeks ago, before I reinstalled XP Home on my laptop. Now I just have to figure out how to dual-boot it.

the friday five (paranormal)

1. Are you superstitious?
I believe in karma to a certain extent, basically "what goes around comes around," but that's about it.

2. What extremes have you heard of someone going to in the name of superstition?
I've heard the obligatory stories about pro athletes not washing some article of clothing for a long time because they think it gives them good luck... I'm sure I could find some pretty crazy/stupid ones with google, too, but I don't actively try to perpetuate things that I don't see solid reasoning behind.

3. Believer or not, what's your favorite superstition?
(note: at this point i realized it's friday the 13th today...) I like the one about breaking a mirror giving you however many years of bad luck. So if you're really ugly, does that mean you'll have bad luck for your whole life? (cause you break mirrors when you look at them, haha) But what about that chick from The Shining? She still seems to be doing ok...

4. Do you believe in luck? If yes, do you have a lucky number/article of clothing/ritual?
Choices, chance, risk, they all play a big part in everything. My favorite (paraphrased) quote about luck is "Luck favors the prepared mind." I'm not going to post my lucky number because it's a secret and if everyone knew what it was, my advantage would go right out the window...

5. Do you believe in astrology? Why or why not?
astrology: the divination of the supposed influences of the stars and planets on human affairs and terrestrial events by their positions and aspects
No, I don't. Even the dictionary is skeptical. I don't believe in anything that doesn't allow me to have a choice about things I do. Anything that an astrologist is correct about is just chance, common sense, or intuition and has some other influence and explanation, other than perhaps gravity ("You will stay firmly planted on the earth, unless you jump, or get on an airplane, or walk up some stairs, or take an elevator...").

the friday five (risks)

1. What's the most daring thing you've ever done?
I used to be a bit of a klepto... that was pretty daring. In recent memory, though, I'd say glade skiing in Killington and Whistler.

2. What one thing would you like to try that your mother/friend/significant other would never approve of?
Your mother.

3. On a scale of 1-10, what's your risk factor? (1=never take risks, 10=it's a lifestyle)
About a 7.

4. What's the best thing that's ever happened to you as a result of being bold/risky?
Becoming friends with fun and interestinig people.

5. ... and what's the worst?
Getting into debt. To your mom! ZING!

the friday five ($1M)

You have just won one million dollars:

1. Who do you call first?
My lawyer.

2. What is the first thing you buy for yourself?
A black manual Audi S4 wagon. Or maybe an RS6.

3. What is the first thing you buy for someone else?
A Cadillac for my dad.

4. Do you give any away? If yes, to whom?
Nope, nope, nope. $1M doesn't split too many ways after taxes. Besides, investing is basically giving money away anyway.

5. Do you invest any? If so, how?
Yes, in business ventures by myself and friends. Oh, and in stocks recommended to me by spam.

the friday five (favorites)

At this moment, what is your favorite...

1. ...song?
Jay-Z - Lucifer

2. ...food?
Jalapeño Dorito 3Ds

3. ...tv show?
Aqua Teen Hunger Force

4. ...scent?
Crying Tiger

5. ...quote?
"I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts with reality."
 -Winston Churchill

the friday five (quotes)

1. What does it say in the signature line of your emails?
I don't have a sig on my emails right now. It's usually a random fortune, but my email situation just changed and I haven't gotten around to making my sigs work again.

2. Did you have a senior quote in your high school yearbook? What was it? If you haven't graduated yet, what would you like your quote to be?
Yes. "Somebody horked our clothes, eh?" - Doug McKenzie, Strange Brew

3. If you had vanity plates on your car, what would they read? If you already have them, what do they say?
WWYMD

4. Have you received any gifts with messages engraved upon them? What did the inscription say?
I, er, don't really remember any engraving upon anything... I got a hat that had "Raw Sex" embroidered on it...

5. What would you like your epitaph to be?
45% ABV. Store in a cool dark place. Serve chilled.

the friday five (looking forward)

What one thing are you most looking forward to . . .

1. ...today?
Taking a nap after I finish bouldering.

2. ...over the next week?
Well, this is kind of a repeat, but the first week of a bouldering clinic I'm doing is this coming monday.

3. ...this year?
Skiing in Canada end of this month! A bit short-sighted, perhaps, but still awesome.

4. ...over the next five years?
Travelling, exploring... I haven't been very many places besides the east coast recently, and it's getting kind of monotonous.

5. ...for the rest of your life?
I look forward to making things that other people can use. I'm a programmer by profession, and most of my career so far has been spent fixing other people's hack jobs. It's fun sometimes, but I'd like to work on my own ideas more. There's nothing stopping me from doing that, really, but it is one of my long-term goals, as well as being a short-term one.

the friday five (2003)

1. What was your biggest accomplishment this year?
Zen mind control.

2. What was your biggest disappointment?
You know who you are.

3. What do you hope the new year brings?
A new desk calendar.

4. Will you be making any New Year's resolutions? If yes, what will they be?
I've already started cooking more, I've been educating myself slowly but surely about lots of political crap, and I've also begun molding my body into a highly tuned piece of machinery prone to chicanery. So if you feel the need to label those as "New Year's resolutions," then yes, I will be making some.

5. What are your plans for New Year's Eve?
Party at my house. <MXC>Get it ohn!</MXC>

the friday five (favorites)

1. List your five favorite beverages.
Guinness, Water, Pineapple Soda, Bourbon & Ginger Ale, Vox

2. List your five favorite websites.
FARK, Something Awful, wikipedia, Penny Arcade, Google

3. List your five favorite snack foods.
popcorn, chewy spree, pretzels, string cheese, walnuts

4. List your five favorite board and/or card games.
spades, poker, bs, uno, twister

5. List your five favorite computer and/or game system games.
gta3: vice city (ps2), disgaea (ps2), tekken tag tournament (ps2), soul caliber 2 (ps2), half life (pc),

the friday five (holidays)

1. Do you enjoy the cold weather and snow for the holidays?
I like snow! "This is pure snow! It's everywhere! Have you any idea of what the street value of this mountain is?" It's also easier to compensate for "too cold" than for "too hot."

2. What is your ideal holiday celebration? How, where, with whom would you celebrate to make things perfect?
I would celebrate Christmas with my family. I have a huge extended family, and most of the time, I'm horrible at keeping in contact with all of them, so the holidays are a great excuse to get together. Except that my current job has totally bogus vacation rules.

We would have a real tree, decorated with lots of awesome tree crap probably bought at a garage sale. We would all hang out in my Uncle George's and/or Uncle Jim's house(s), depending on how many people came. We would give each other lots of gag gifts and exchange war stories from the previous year. It would be a very informal, relaxed time to socialize and catch up.

3. Do you do have any holiday traditions?
"Well mister tree, come christmas time, we'll have a party and both get lit up!"

4. Do you do anything to help the needy?
Most of the "needy" have an over-developed sense of entitlement which stunts their motivation. That really pisses me off. I've been independant since I dropped out of college, and thanks to my good fortune and awesomeness, I'm doing just fine, tyvm. I feel more comfortable giving my money to organizations that hound the US Government and keep that uppity beeotch accountable than I do giving my hard-earned dollars to some random person, as much as they may pander to me or try to make me feel guilty about what I have that they don't. Possessive pronouns are in our language for a reason. So yes, indirectly, I do things to help everyone who lives in the United States, including the "needy."

5. What one gift would you like for yourself?
A pony.

the friday five (shopping)

1. Do you like to shop? Why or why not?
That question is very broad. I like shopping in general, yes. I would like it more if things were free. But then it wouldn't really be shopping. I shop like a girl in electronics stores, but for anything else, I'm in and out of there as quickly as possible after I get exactly what I came to get.

2. What was the last thing you purchased?
Dry cleaning services? I didn't actually pay for that yet, though... the last thing I bought that wasn't a service or something to eat was probably this CD. Don't buy it btw, it sucks.

3. Do you prefer shopping online or at an actual store? Why?
It depends. If I want to see it or if I need it NOW, I'll probably buy it in a store. If it's a big purchase and/or I'd like to get the best price, I'll probably buy it online. Then again, I might just go touch it in the store and buy it online, you never know. Or do you...? Get out of my head!!1

4. Did you get an allowance as a child? How much was it?
Yes. I don't remember how much it was, but I got paid for good grades on my report card too.

5. What was the last thing you regret purchasing?
<lithp>I don't think I'll ever wear those boothhh again.</lithp> Oh wait, I already answered that. That new Tupac compilation sucks ass. I shouldn't have bought that.

the friday five (fives)

1. List five things you'd like to accomplish by the end of the year.

• get in the habit of reading every day


• pay off my car


• finish christmas shopping


• buy new (at least to me) skis


• finish my bottle of Maker's Mark

2. List five people you've lost contact with that you'd like to hear from again.

• your mom


• Colin Sutherland


• Becky Gentino


• TJ Lubey


• Nancy Drew

3. List five things you'd like to learn how to do.

• Jeet Kune Do


• counterfeit subway stamps


• my job


• rich women


• h4x0r t3h 1nt4rw3b

4. List five things you'd do if you won the lottery (no limit).

• make homeless people useful instead of annoying


• build a climbing gym


• build a house


• explore


• buy a Ferrari

5. List five things you do that help you relax.

• Smoooooooth Jazz 105.9


• drive like an ass


• climb a rock


• drink beer


• laugh at myself

the friday five (adjectives)

1. Using one adjective, describe your current living space.
Cramped.

2. Using two adjectives, describe your current employer.
Small. Informal.

3. Using three adjectives, describe your favorite hobby/pastime.
Dangerous. Strenuous. Rewarding.

4. Using four adjectives, describe your typical day.
Speedy. Sedate. Musical. Spirituous.

5. Using five adjectives, describe your ideal life.
Relaxing. Intriguing. Uncompromising. Curious. Entrepreneurial.

the friday five (trends)

1. What food do you like that most people hate?
Brussels Sprouts. They are awesome. That is all.

2. What food do you hate that most people love?
Even though it is not normally classified as a "food", due to the large quantities of it that are found almost everywhere and the nutritional information that seems to indicate that it is somehow fried, I would have to say mayonnaise. Yuck.

3. What famous person, whom many people may find attractive, is most unappealing to you?
Nicole Kidman. She's not hot enough to be that pale. And she's too pale (apparently, thanks for the confirmation, Penelope) to stay married to Tom. Oh, and Sarah Jessica Parker. She's destined to be an assassin.

4. What famous person, whom many people may find unappealing, do you find attractive?
I have no idea. Ugly people generally aren't famous. If I think someone is attractive, I won't usually second-guess myself by asking for a second opinion... unless I'm seeing the situation in 3B.

5. What popular trend baffles you?
That it's somehow hilariously funny to assert the exact opposite of something that is glaringly obvious. It's not ironic, either. Irony implies poignancy and relevance, not just flipping a meaning. It's obviously funny to some people, but has become overused and is not clever or intelligent enough to hold my interest. Touché!

the friday five (halloween)

1. What was your first Halloween costume?
I really have no idea... If I can find a picture of me in an early costume, I might just post it, though!

2. What was your best costume and why?
Best is very subjective, so I'll just list some recent ones. I've been a Disco Cowboy/Kid Rock, a troll in a blue track suit, the Scream villain but purple, a skeleton with a skull morningstar... fun stuff.

3. Did you ever play a trick on someone who didn't give you a treat?
Not really... I didn't really tend to get that worked up over candy.

4. Do you have any Halloween traditions? (ie: Family pumpkin carving, special dinner before trick or treating, etc.)
I used to go to a big Halloween celebration every year at the church my family attended. I always looked forward to helping build a maze out of big refrigerator boxes. That was awesome.

5. Share your favorite scary story... real or legend!
Oh, that would definitely have to be the Goat Man!

the friday five (sports)

1. Do you watch sports? If so, which ones?
I like watching football, soccer, lacrosse, and most kinds of extreme sports (skateboarding, bmx, snowboarding, etc.).

2. What/who are your favorite sports teams and/or favorite athletes?
Tony Hawk, Wee Man, Spud Webb, Yao Ming, Shaq (but cut it out with the Radio Shack, dork)... that's about it, really. I don't really root for teams, except for Washington area ones (which I don't really know anything about), I just like watching good games. I also like that Middle Eastern form of rugby played with the dead goat, like in Rambo 2.

3. Are there any sports you hate?
Golf is wack. I can't say that I hate it, cause I've never really tried it, but it looks boring. I also hate competitive running. I need a reason to run (besides to run faster than someone else), thank you very much.

4. Have you ever been to a sports event?
Yes, I've been to at least one major sporting event of each type (football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer). Redskins, Orioles, Bullets, Caps, DC United, respectively.

5. Do/did you play any sports (in school or other)? How long did you play?
I played soccer in middle school. I was usually a halfback or fullback. It's fun to take people out. Then I wrestled all 4 years in high school and was a captain my senior year. It's fun to take people out. I also played lacrosse my senior year of high school. I was a defender there too. The only rule about hitting people in lacrosse is that your hands have to be touching on your stick. It's fun to take people out. But the refs are stricter in lacrosse than in soccer. Or maybe it's that I gained about 80 pounds since soccer so I had the potential to hurt people more. Whatever. I played football randomly in college, just pick-up stuff. It's fun to take out random people. Now I play dodgeball on sundays every now and then. It's fun to... you get the idea.

the friday five (vehicle)

1. What vehicle do you drive?
A bottom-of-the-line gold 1998 Chevrolet Cavalier 2-door coupe.

2. How long have you had it?
Since a couple days before Woodstock '99, which was the compelling event requiring me to have a car. An interesting fact about Woodstock '99 is that there was a Mercedes on its roof partially on fire after RHCP did a good job of giving people an excuse to riot. Now there's a car story!

3. What is the coolest feature on your vehicle?
Sadly, the manual transmission is my favorite feature. I still remember when it actually cost less to have a manual.

4. What is the most annoying thing about your vehicle?
There is no tachometer, even though it's a manual. The cupholder is right in front of the shifter, which means the radio station changes every time you shift with a cup there. The seat belts are annoying and break easily. My particular Cavalier has had enough transmission problems that I needed a new transmission a couple months ago. Good thing it was still under warranty.

5. If money were no object, what vehicle would you be driving right now?
Probably a Porsche 911 4S for fun and a Civic hybrid for commuting.

the friday five (music)

1. Who is your favorite singer/musician? Why?
I have no idea... I like a lot of music, listen to a lot of music, and know what I like when I hear it, but I don't really have favorite musicians, per se. I guess if you go by the number of cds that I own, my favorite musicians are Rage Against the Machine, Sarah McLachlan, and Nirvana.

2. What one singer/musician can you not stand? Why?
A lot of bad musicians have one good song, and I don't listen to stuff that I don't like long enough to find out who it's by, and what I like changes with my mood, so that's a hard question too. I guess if I had to pick, I would say I can't stand you. You're a horrible singer. No offense.

3. If your favorite singer wasn't in the music business, do you think you would still like him/her as a person?
I'd probably like Sarah. Zach would be pretty cool, too, if he could stop being so angry some of the time. But Kurt would just be depressing (and messy) to hang around with.

4. Have you been to any concerts? If yes, who put on the best show?
Yes, I have gone to concerts and still do go every now and then. There are different types of concerts. I'd say the best adrenaline show was definitely by Rage Against The Machine, and the wackiest, most weirdly awesome show was by Beck.

5. What are your thoughts on downloading free music online vs. purchasing albums? Do you feel the RIAA is right in its pursuit to stop people from dowloading free music?
If the money actually went to the musicians instead of to distributors and middle-men, I would feel a lot better about buying an album. I think more artists should break free from the strictly controlled distribution channels that the major record labels have in their stranglehold. The Internet has revolutionized so many industries, and the music industry will fall, but the people who actually contribute value to the music industry, the artists, need to realize that there is a better way to do business today - one that doesn't necessarily involve signing a contract and making unattractive compromises just to get your cd into mainstream circulation. I think the RIAA is a bunch of thugs trying to keep both musicians and the people who like their music ignorant and intimidated so they can continue to profit off of their obsolete business model instead of adapting to the new computerized marketplace that is the internet.

That said, no, I don't download music off the internet.

the friday five (names)

1. Is the name you have now the same name that's on your birth certificate? If not, what's changed?
Yes, I was given my current name at birth.

2. If you could change your name (first, middle and/or last), what would it be?
I like my name, but my last name is rather plain. If I were to go into show business, or become an author, I would change my last name, and probably go by my middle name, thus becoming Scott Wilder.

3. Why were you named what you were? (Is there a story behind it? Who specifically was responsible for naming you?)
My parents named me for the Biblical King David.

4. Are there any names you really hate or love? What are they and why?
I love my mother's maiden name which is 4securityreasons!. Beyond that, there are a lot of names that are special to me because of the people they belong to, not because I particularly like or dislike the name itself.

5. Is the analysis of your name at kabalarians.com accurate? How or how isn't it?
It tells me that I'm practical, technical and scientific, "to the exclusion of interests of an artistic, musical, or social nature." Also that I'm skeptical in general, materialistic, not tactful or empathetic, and also stubborn to a fault. I'd say they got about 50% of that right. I like art, music, and socializing (-3). I am tactful when it seems necessary and/or appropriate (-1). I am empathetic and can see things from others' perspectives (-1). I am also practical, technical, scientific, materialistic (value for value is the only kind of moral transaction), skeptical (not a sucker), and stubborn (they're called my beliefs because I believe in them, so you're gonna have to really convince me) (+6). Six out of eleven is better than 50%, but it's still not completely correct, which is the implicit claim when you develop a formula to predict something. They claim to have a mathematical formula for determining someone's future based on the letters of their (english) name...

But all of this is beside the point, because Kabalarians believe that someone's name is the sole determination as to what their future holds. That's passing the buck. I don't believe in a future that I cannot affect. According to their theories, no Davids will ever buy their stupid Name Evaluation services because one David (me) was destined by his name to not buy it. Oh, and there is a musician named David. Bastard stole my domain name. Oops!

I have infinitely more respect for the Keirsey Temperament Sorter than for this crap. At least the basis for the power of suggestion as to what your personality is like comes from your own responses in that evaluation, as opposed to something that you have no control over whatsoever.

Ok, I just went back to fridayfive.org, and they posted two other name-based personality evaluations... I suppose I have to do those now, too.

--- time passes ---

I am highly amused by triggur.org's name evaluation. You should try it. No really, try it. But also try a few other names. Heh.

Astrology is useless. This page will tell you what the sounds most compatible with your name and birth time and location are... I don't even know what to say to that. *sigh*

the friday five (cleaning)

1. What housekeeping chore(s) do you hate doing the most?
Doing other people's dishes, but there's an easy solution to that.

2. Are there any that you like or don't mind doing?
I don't mind doing my own dishes, or taking out trash.

3. Do you have a routine throughout the week or just clean as it's needed?
As needed.

4. Do you have any odd cleaning/housekeeping quirks or rules?
This might seem odd to some people, but I like to do my dishes as soon as possible after I finish eating.

5. What was the last thing you cleaned?
My cereal bowl this morning.

the friday five (school)

1. Are you going to school this year?
No!

2. If yes, where are you going (high school, college, etc.)? If no, when did you graduate?
I graduated from high school in 1997. I didn't graduate from college (dropped out after 2 years), but I'm awesome, so it hasn't mattered.

3. What are/were your favorite school subjects?
I always liked my programming classes. I took two programming classes in high school which were a good first look, but then I got frustrated with college "weed out" courses which did nothing but re-teach syntax. My favorite course in college was about propositional logic and abstract problem solving because it taught you how to solve problems on a very basic level instead of showing how to solve one very specific problem.

4. What are/were your least favorite school subjects?
I didn't like history class. I've changed my mind now and enjoy learning about history, but on my own terms. History class sucked because of the stupid ways information was presented in bad textbooks and pointless memorization.

5. Have you ever had a favorite teacher? Why was he/she a favorite?
My favorite teacher was my 11th grade english teacher. She made us do wacky excercises like writing an entire paper without using the verb "to be." I really enjoyed her class because she encouraged creativity and snuck learning in on the side.

the friday five (the last...)

1. When was the last time you laughed?
I laughed in the car just as I got to work this morning, because Weird Al was getting interviewed on NPR and they were playing his new parody of Eminem's "Lose Yourself" in the background.

2. Who was the last person you had an argument with?
I had an argument with someone's PMS doppleganger yesterday. That was fun.

3. Who was the last person you emailed?
I emailed my girlfriend a funny output from fortune that I have automatically appended to my email signature whenever I login to my freeshell account.

4. When was the last time you bathed?
This morning. Thanks for asking.

5. What was the last thing you ate?
I had a donut!

the friday five (online habits)

1. How much time do you spend online each day?
It's my job to be online. I'd say I spend 10 hours a day or more online.

2. What is your browser homepage set to?
Google. I find it's easier to find what I need by using Google than even by navigating most websites as intended. Isn't that sad? Shame on us.

3. Do you use any instant messaging programs? If so, which one(s)?
Yes, I use AOL Instant Messenger. I've also used ICQ, which seemed like a good idea at the time. Also, through some weird neurochemical reaction, I still remember my ICQ account number and password.

4. Where was your first webpage located?
Heh. My first website was on Geocities. Then they sold their customers to Yahoo!, who then fired all the Geocities employees whose jobs could be automated and power-grabbed all the former Geocities users' IP rights.

5. How long have you had your current website?
Record Created on 26-May-1999, but I've only recently started using it for something useful.

the friday five (travel)

1. What's the last place you traveled to, outside your own home state/country?
I travel to DC a lot to see my girlfriend, and the last time I did that was saturday (Aug 2).

2. What's the most bizarre/unusual thing that's ever happened to you while traveling?
One time, when I was still wee, I went to Tulsa, Oklahoma cause someone in my extended family was getting married. On the way to the service, I was getting in the car, and my Uncle Ed (who was late, and is now 'the late', RIP) started driving off before I was completely in the car. That wasn't too cool, even less so because the combination of the car moving forward and the tendency of objects at rest to stay at rest closed the door on my leg momentarily and I was dragged beside the car for what seemed like a stunned forever. I was ok, but I ripped my suit. I'm sure Ed felt terrible, and I don't remember how I felt, but it's terribly funny now that I'm looking back on it.

3. If you could take off to anywhere, money and time being no object, where would you go?
Somewhere tropical, and preferably deserted. I've never been to any tropical areas, even like Cancún or Jamaica or anything.

4. Do you prefer traveling by plane, train or car?
I like to be in control, thankyouverymuch... of my *cough*chevy cavalier*cough*.

5. What's the next place on your list to visit?
I'm going to Avon, NC the last week of August, including both weekends! That's south of Kill Devil Hills, in case anyone wants to know.