house of mouse

1. Have you ever dressed up as a Disney character?

No. I imagine it is bound to happen someday. Just has not come to pass as of today.

2. What was your favorite Disney movie growing up?

Chip and Dale.

3. Which Disney character can you relate to the most?

Stitch

4. Have you ever been to a Disney theme park?

Disneyland twice and Disney world/Epcot once.

5. When does someone become "too old" for Disney?

That just doesn't happen. Quit talking crazy.

tech

Technology

1. Do people contact you on your cell or house phone more?
Cell most people don't even know I have a house phone. Which is fine with me.
2. Do you call or e-mail your friends/family more?
e-mail/faceypages/tweetybooks
3. Does your cat/dog/bird/baby/stuffed animal have a livejournal/e-mail/myspace account?
No. I think it is funny but not so much that I want to do such myself.
4. What do you think will replace the internet?
I have no idea. If I did I would make much money of said knowledge.
5. How do you feel about VHS's not being made anymore?
I didn't even know that. Oh well, NEXT!

Funny thing happened...

Where do I start? About three years ago my Dad died after seven years of defiance of logic and medical know how. I decided after speaking with siblings and family that I should go see a shrink. It was both horrible and great. You see, I only went once, and don't really mind if I never go back again. We talked for about an hour but I will give you the only parts I remember and took with me. She told me that she was not sure if she wanted to take me on as a client because she didn't think that I would make it another 5 years before I ate myself into the grave. She also said that she thought I had been hiding behind my weight and a dinner plate from the world at large because of my daddy issues. At the time I was shocked and dismayed. I kinda walked around of balance for a bit and then told both my wife and a sister what all she had told me. They were outraged. Now, I look back and see that she was right on the mark. So, 165 lbs lost, personal outlook altered, discipline in progress, and belief system altered, I am ready for the world. Aren't I? I have been sitting back and waiting for life to happen. It is time to take things head on. I am not gonna lie to you. It has been great fun sitting on the bench. I am ready to get more out of life.

Cards.

1. What's your favorite playing card game? Why?
Nerts aka: Pounce, Racing Demon, Peanuts or Squeal. It's a competitive patience game for two or more players, each using a deck of cards for each player (or team). The players race to get rid of the cards from their "Nerts piles" by building them from the ace up onto common foundations. It is extreme combative but if you know solitaire then you can adapt to this game. My family plays any chance we can. There are broken nails, jammed fingers, and cat calls abound.
2. Poker: five card draw, seven card stud, or Texas Hold 'Em?
Texas Hold 'em. The element of unknown is the best. The other two are psych out matches. Boring.
3. Where gambling is involved what is the highest amount of money you'd bet on a hand of cards?
I have never bet on cards. I have even been to Las Vegas twice and still have not. No all card playing is for reputation and brag rights. Dad used to tell us that Crocodiles eat their young and your mother plays cards with hers. Same difference.
4. Have you ever had your tarot read with playing cards? If not would you want to? If so was it accurate, interesting, or just plain lame?
I didn't even know that was done.
5. What is on the back of your playing cards (the swirly red/blue design or is it a specialty deck with photographs)?
As of late I have been playing with a deck from Hard Rock Hotel from Las Vegas.

Pick your poison

#1 What is your favorite drink of all time? Does it hold a special memory to you or is it just because it tastes good?
The old me would say Dr Pepper. V2.0 says Diet A&W root beer. Dr Pepper was just awesome. Why? It is unique, southern, and unmistakable. I now choose Diet A&W for the same reasons plus zero carbs.
#2 Tea or coffee or hot cocoa?
hot cocoa hands down.
#3 Best summer time drink?
sugar free tropical punch kool aide
#4 Worst soda brand ever?
any of the many failed attempts of Coca-Cola to create something that will be on par with Mt Dew. I think that the current thing is Vault. Stop coke just stop. Oh, you know what scratch that Mr Pibb. Hands down the worst not because it taste awful but because it is not Dr Pepper and clearly wants to be.
#5 Water: flavored, bottled, carbonated, or regular old tap?
Never carbonated aside from that however I can have it.

somewhere, OOOOOover the wormhole...

1) You are on your way to work, when suddenly a wormhole to the far side of the galaxy opens in the middle of the road. You are thus the first to meet the alien being that emerges. Despite your protestations, you are now Earth’s unofficial First Contact ambassador. What will you say to the visitor?
My knee jerk reaction is "Go Back!" followed by "Howdy!" and closely then by "This will all end in tears." My first duty is to the populace of earth. Are these wormhole travelers friendly? Have they come to burn a path of cleansing to make way for future McSpacey's and Asrtobuck's plasma coffee pods? Are they giving out blankets with a virus that will wipe out my people. (Go check a history book about smallpox...I'll wait here) See what I did there? Next, if they are in fact friendly then I now have a duty to them. I need to protect them if I can from all and any of the less than honorable organizations, cultures, and persons on earth. So, really it is more than likely that one way or another my life as I know it ended with the opening of said wormhole. You cannot unring a bell. You may not divide by zero. Anonymous is not your army.

2) A wandering trading caravan emerges from the wormhole. They plan to stay on Earth for a few weeks, and then will move on to the next planet and the next. Whatever you said must have really impressed them, because they offer to let you and a few other humans come along with them. The only catch is that the caravan probably won’t be back to Earth. Would you go? Why or why not?
If MJ can and wants to come with me then I am game. No MJ? No Eagle. End of story. I said good day sir.

3) Suppose you decided to go. The master of the caravan will allow you to bring along whatever trinkets and baubles you think will sell on alien worlds, and will also allow you to bring exactly five other items that you may always keep. Clearly, he does not mean practical items like shoes or a toothbrush. What would you bring?
1. a mala
2. a comfortable and sturdy hat
3. sturdy sunglasses
4. wallet sized collection of pictures of my family
5. a bouncy ball of some kind

4) Suppose you decided to stay home after all. The caravan master offers you a parting gift. You may choose among super-brain pills, a flying car, a robot butler, or an invisibility belt. Which would you choose and why?
Robot Butler! I have been fairly forthright that I would love to have my own personal terminator. Although as of late I wonder if a house elf would be less likely to turn on me. Still Robot Butler! make them look like either like Rosie from the Jetsons, Sonny from I, Robot, or David Bowie circa Spiders From Mars.

5) Suppose you ended up taking the super-brain pills. You now have a head the size, shape, and color of a watermelon. But you also now have the most fantastic mind the world has ever seen. What would be the first task you set it to?
Peaceful resolutions to all international conflicts. That is right. No more war. Followed closely with worldwide free energy. If I am so smart there is no reason that I could not work on both at the same time. Especially since my current brain sees pretty direct ties between the two as it is.

wait...wut?

1. If you had to have a Siamese Twin, who would you want it to be and why?
I think that it is clear that said person would be my twin. Duh.
2. Would you rather be connected at the top of the head, or at the waist and why?
If you are gonna let me pick where we are connected then I opt for the pinky toe.
3. Make up a definition to the made up word "kituxilicious". Use it in a sentence.
kituxilicious is an uncomfortable condition. a stitch in your side from overeating. This condition is usually in combination with meat sweats. Bobby was sidelined with kituxilicious and meat sweats after attempting the KFC Double Down.
4. Do you think there is something ultimately good about everyone? Everyone has dark and light sides. Though it is true that some hide their light from the world.
5. Would you relive your high school days? Why/why not?
No thank you. If I did it all over again I don't trust myself to make the same mistakes and/or decisions. Then, I may have never met MJ.