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The 20 random things you may not have known about me... thread.

Time for a few more as I'm having a break from designing a new website:
  1. My hair looks best floppy and a tad greasy
  2. I'm always tired
  3. I can ski reasonably well (on a recent sking trip to Italy I earned a Silver 1 Star level)
  4. My knees are sore (see #2)
  5. I laugh at myself
  6. My favorite films are 300, Terminators 2&3, Meet the Parents/Fockers and the Core
  7. I like Family Guy
  8. I can tell you exactly what happens in every Futurama episode by watching the first 5 seconds...seriously
  9. My bad habits are lying to my parents, and setting things on fire (only small thing, although once almost a field with deoderant)
  10. I put things off a LOT
  11. I work in a theatre doing tech stuff
  12. I am very technically minded, and prefer to work things out logically
  13. With the above in mind, I like to fiddle with computers
  14. I am in the top 5 people in my school at computers, yet they refuse to run it as an A-Level course.:mad:
  15. I can make a web server from any computer on the 'net as long as I have access to it and its router
  16. I run a web hosting company called Arctic (link removed to prevent Goole finding it, go to http:// arct ic.com
  17. I use my MacBook on the toilet
  18. I am very self concious
  19. I think Britain is terrible to the extent that I plan to move to America when I am older
  20. Everything is cheap and tacky in my eyes unless I made it, and even then it can be C&T so my friends never ask for my opinion on something they've made
  21. I get agitated when the wrong fonts are used for the wrong purpose-like a title font being used for the text body-wassup wit dat?!
 
1. I raised my daughter on my own.....the best years of my life.
2. I am (as of recent) a grandfather.
3. You wouldn't guess that I am a grandfather. I have Dick Clark syndrome.
4. I am discerning a vocation to the priesthood.
5. I love animals. I have 5 cats and 2 dogs.
6. Both of my dogs (individually...not collectively) weigh more than I do.
7. I have a morbid fear of desolate places.
8. Switching from a PC to a Mac(s) has brought a lot of happiness into my life.
9. I could eat alaskan king crab legs every day of my life.
10. I am highly organized.
11. I am a minimalist. I *hate* clutter.
12. I love movies and honestly feel that life imitates movies.
13. I fart a lot.
14. I am an avid gamer (FPS'ers).
15. I own a successful company in SoCal.
16. I paid a guy off to be one of the first to get my greedy hands on an iPhone.
17. I have the kind of life many guys dream of.
18. Did I say I fart a lot?
19. I believe in grace.
20. I try to live my life in such a way that when I am gone I might be missed.

9. i dream about my long-ago ex, and my husband doesn't know about it.
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Not unusual.....don't beat yourself up about it.
 
  1. On the way home from work last night I came up with a quote I'm quite happy with: Photography is the art of cropping the world.
  2. I think I'm 1/4 Scottish, 1/2 Irish, 1/4 miscellaneous.
  3. I met my wife less than a year before we got married. She immigrated to Canada from the US one month before our 1st anniversary (which was yesterday).
  4. I'm a security guard for Cadbury chocolates in Toronto
  5. I get asked if I'm a pro photographer by people a lot. I tell them "In the sense I spend a lot of money on gear, take decent photos, but don't make any money from it. Yes."
  6. I'm the only person I know who'll stick Nine Inch Nails and Sarah McLachlan in the same playlist.
  7. I have around 50 Macs.
  8. I had a cat named Woz who was sadly killed by a pitbull. I also had a cat named Lisa who lives with another family now.
  9. I had ADD and ADHD as a kid.
  10. I really wish Hotline Client/Server didn't die out the way it did.
  11. Very obsessive about my Apple collecting, but it's slowing down a bit due to lack of space and the drain of cash that is the Canon L series.
  12. I have quite a collection of Apple CDs and floppies.
  13. I know a lot of useless facts. Especially Apple and general computer stuff.
  14. I get along with electronics very well. And I can figure out how stuff works quickly (for the most part :p).
  15. I really want my 6502 status so I can get my avatar. :p
  16. I have few friends.
  17. Love Star Wars and Star Trek. Probably Trek a little more.
  18. I love a lot of odd TV series that didn't go very far. eg: Clone High, Spaced, Bromwell High.
  19. I can cook. One of my favorite shows (of any type) is Good Eats.
  20. It took me a while to come up with this poor list.
 
1. Love Knight Rider
2. Drink way to much beer everyday
3. First car was a Ford Fiesta Zetec 94
4. Smoke Drum tobacco
5. Born in Wales
6. Repair Apple Products for a living
7. Currently living with my mum
8. Going bald and grey
9. 25 years old
10. Hate guns
11. Love dogs
12. Two sister no brothers and am youngest in family
13. Middle name is Hume
14. Used to own PC's
15. Don't earn enough money
16. Use a Dell 20" LCD with my PowerBook
17. Hate Microsoft with a passion
18. Obsessed with Apple's
19. Cut my own hair with the help of an iSight
20. Should really get out more
 
1. I like using 'big' words that aren't used very much in every day language.
2. I'm studying Computer Science & Cybernetics at university.
3. Don't like spicy food.
4. I have an IQ of 140.
5. Family Guy & Scrubs are my favourite things on TV at the moment.
6. I love the English summer time (it actually doesn't rain that much)
7. I will be 19 on 4th May.
8. I'm a funky/electro/tech house DJ and have won a few DJ competitions already.
9. I produce my own music (very badly)
10. Sometimes I can have very little patience with others.
11. I can't save money, yest don't spend beyond my means.
12. The only beer I now like is Kronenbourg Blanc.
13. But could quite happily never drink any alcohol.
14. Facinated by maths and physics (I'm not a nerd, honest!)
15. One of my favourite countries is Germany.
16. I have a very dry, sarcastic sense of humour.
17. I'm a natural leader.
18. I love playing cricket and football.
19. I support Arsenal manically, even though they are crap at the moment.
20. I'm logical and efficient.
 
this thread has been around for like 2 years now.

1 I hate coffie, but i'm always in Starbucks for other drinks, and wifi. haha
2 I stay up way too late.
3 Music is what drives my life
4 If i have to use a PC i freeze up and stumble all over myself
5 I'm am seriously addicted to Dr. Pepper
6 I'm 19 and have yet to be in a relationship with a girl(maybe i'm too picky)
7 I have more female friends than male. (maybe a 3:5 ratio)
8 I [medically] cannot throw up. no it's not cool, it's really painful.
9 I have expensive taste. ( i just dropped a grand on a canon 400D + Lens)
10 I was home-schooled in 8th grade by my mom. Just 8th grade
11 There are squirels in the attic above my room. i just heard them.
12 I drive my truck as though it has more power than it really does.
13 I am taking way too long to do this
14 I couldn't spell to save the whales. (that is probably funnier to me than to you)
15 My sarcasm will most likely get me fired or beat up, that doesn't mean what i say isn't funny. I'm proud to say my humor very quick witted.
16 I work on cars for a living......I hate cars
17 My favorite car to drive right now is the 2006 ZO6 Corvette
18 Everytime i have saved up my money for something, my truck decides it wants to take all my money for a bad alternator. Right now my rear axle is leaking, not seeping, freaking leaking!
19 Everytime i go four wheeling, someone calls the cops. We get caught everytime, but have yet to get into trouble.
20 I like to photograph things that most people would look over and never notice
 
1. I'm 1/4 Irish

2. I am a decent bowling, (190 average) and I've won a couple tournaments

3. I like classic console gaming

4. I've only been to the east coast of the US once

5. I have had lessons in both Archery and Golf

6. I waited several hours on launch to get a Nintendo Wii and was number 70 of 107 to get it

7. I am the only one in my family that knows anything about computers

8. In my quest to gain knowledge about computers, 6 have not survived

9. I really like to watch anime

10. I like to attend swap meets with my father

11. I have thousands of baseball cards, some of which are worth over a hundred dollars

12. I've owned every Nintendo system since the SNES

13. I listen to Leo Laporte's podcasts

14. I have 3 external hard drives, but only use one of them

15. I was homeschooled by my mom for 5 years

16. I scored better than 90% of all Juniors who took the PSAT

17. I don't like movies that make the main character look like an idiot

18. I have designed cars with K'necks

19. I took the Geek Test and scored as an extreme geek

20. Most of my knowledge of computers was gained by 3 years or self-teaching myself (like building computers without looking for directions and the same goes for software and OS')
 
  1. I am 22 but feel like 30 inside
  2. been working since I was 12
  3. My Uni. costs 45k+ a year. Graduating in less than a month, with less than 10K in loans. (Thank god for academic scholarships)
  4. Blew 6K of my own savings in Germany last year on alcohol and travel
  5. Sprained my ankle running for the bus on July 4th last year. Was in and out of the hospital in 2 hours and still managed to throw my World Cup Party with a projector. Germany lost :(
  6. Bought my first computer, Dell Latitude at 15. Later dropped it and LCD came off.
  7. Bought first Mac, summer 2003, my current powerbook
  8. Threw up in an airport before. Drinking until 3AM and catching an early flight is a bad idea.
  9. Took Tequila shots all night with friends night before my LSAT. Scored a 95% on the games section, and slowly bombed the rest. (Needless to say I'm not going to law school)
  10. Favorite movie of recent is Children of Men. I generally like foreign films
  11. Huge X-Files fan back in the day. I own all seasons on DVD
  12. I have all of the Harry Potter books
  13. I own more books than I have bookshelves/space. Bibliophile
  14. Germanophile
  15. One of the lucky few who happened to be on Amazon on sept. 16, 2006 who preordered the Wii
  16. Ended up getting up at 5Am to wait in line for a Wii anyway - took my baby brother. He didn't get one. Mine arrived the next day.
  17. Wii currently sits in my mother's house, hasn't been played in months
  18. I am obsessed with Apple and its products and dream of working for apple.
  19. I LOVE to cook, Chinese food, German food and when I do, it takes up to an hour and I tend ot use every plate/bowl/utensil available.
  20. I love to teach
 
Ok, my turn:
  1. I'm not so sure I can complete the list of 20
  2. My name is Andrew, I prefer being called that over anything, including my screen name. Feel free to address me as such on this very forum. :O
  3. I got my screen name from a t-shirt my brother was wearing one day, I just dropped the "P", except on AVSForum, someone already took "sycho".
  4. I don't have many friends, but when I get a real friend, we manage to stay friends no matter how much either of us f***s up.
  5. Unless the friend is a girl, cause I get too attached all the time for some reason.
  6. I am 20 years old.
  7. I am an Electrical Engineering Technician.
  8. I am unemployed.
  9. I am lazy, and unorganized.
  10. Unless I am doing something for someone else, then I make it as perfect as I can.
  11. I can't stand driving vehicles with automatic transmissions, mainly since when I come to a stop I try to push the non-existent clutch pedal and panic since it's not there.
  12. I obtain all my movies, music and software legally.
  13. I have no money, see above.
  14. I'm a virgin, and intend to remain so until I get married.
  15. I have been compared to the 40 Year Old Virgin for that reason, and because my name is Andrew, and because I have a big Polish nose, and because I have the same colour bed sheets.:rolleyes:
  16. Both my parents were born and grew up in Poland, moved to Canada and meet years later.
  17. I can't speak Polish except a few words.
  18. I'd like to learn Polish and surprise my parents
  19. I don't eat pork anymore, thanks to this forum.:rolleyes:
  20. I donate Plasma once a week.
 
Lets have a crack at all this then

20 things about me....oh dear

1) I am called Stuart, I go by many monikers, Stu, Stubaby, Stupoo, Oi You There, as well as many other names. Freak is getting quite popular for me too :)
2) I have used Macs for about 4 years, but have only owned one for just over a month
3) I did a degree in Music Technology, so I have fun with that
4) I have had a quite badly recorded track I did of a friend played on Radio 1 (national radio in the UK), quite an odd experience
5) I have outrun a BMW 5 series in my dad's Renault Clio 1.2, with my dad next to me, and I still haven't taken my driving test :p (Roll on 5th of July)
6) I know more about the history of F1 than a lot of people who actually watched all of it, including before I was born
7) I have a fascination with disco music, hence my dreams were made when Pain of Salvation (a swedish progressive band), made a disco song on their last album.....
8) I have complete Final Fantasy 7, a total of 7 times.....yes I had no social life for 4 years :p
9) I have 5 guitars currently, and this is not the most I have owned at any one time
10) I have a tendency for obsession, and tend to know more about a subject than a lot ever will within weeks of getting interested in it (e.g. I was teaching people with Mac's how to set up Broadband connections before I owned one.....)
11) I work for the lowest rated broadband company in the UK! See here
12) I know a quote for every situation in life that is either from Family Guy or Monty Python
13) I've been coding in HTML for nearly 10 years, despite being 22, and once got bored in a history lesson at school and did all my notes in html (written, not typed)
14) I don't hate Vista :eek:
15) When I grow up, I want to be Optimus Prime
16) I seem to be the only person that remembers Trap Door and its greatness
17) I think Aqua are fantastic......and my favourite types of music are Progressive Metal and Death Metal
18) I will own a talk box by the end of year because of Roger Troutman and various videos.....
19) I want Tomas Haake's babies
20) I pre-ordered Symphony X's album 10 months ago.....
 
1. My real name is Alfredo.
2. I can't live without the Boston Red Sox.
3. My birthdate on my birth certificate is two days off.
4. The only Zelda game I've ever played is Twilight Princess.
5. I'm in love with asian culture.
6. I go to an anime convention with my friends every June, but all of us only go for the kickass video game room and we all don't really like anime.
7. When it comes to my computer files and overall organization inside my mac, I'm OCD. When it comes to my room, it's a hellhole.
8. I was born with 6 toes on each foot and had them amputated as a baby.
9. I have two stitches on my eyelid in 2nd grade after getting hit accidentally with a baseball bat when I was the catcher...I was too close.
10. The summer of eighth grade me and my friends got all our books and make a bonfire in my backyard. The fire department came, my summer was over.
11. I have never had a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich.
12. I wet the bed until I was in sixth grade.
13. I think (american) football is overrated.
14. I think Brad Pitt is overrated.
14. I can speak English, Spanish, and French.
15. My mom has a framed kid picture of me on the toilet with my underwear at my knees and I have a wide smile. I hate it.
16. Death Cab for Cutie and The Academy Is owns my soul.
17. The first real PC game I played was half-life and I didn't think it was that great.
18. I talk to myself sometimes.
19. At my day-care, I used to strip all the clothes off of barbie dolls (who didn't?)
20. My manager drives a truck, plays on a rugby team, and is called Meghan. She can kick your ass.
 
sycho said:
Ok, my turn:
  1. I'm not so sure I can complete the list of 20
  2. My name is Andrew, I prefer being called that over anything, including my screen name. Feel free to address me as such on this very forum. :O
  3. I got my screen name from a t-shirt my brother was wearing one day, I just dropped the "P", except on AVSForum, someone already took "sycho".
  4. I don't have many friends, but when I get a real friend, we manage to stay friends no matter how much either of us f***s up.
  5. Unless the friend is a girl, cause I get too attached all the time for some reason.
  6. I am 20 years old.
  7. I am an Electrical Engineering Technician.
  8. I am unemployed.
  9. I am lazy, and unorganized.
  10. Unless I am doing something for someone else, then I make it as perfect as I can.
  11. I can't stand driving vehicles with automatic transmissions, mainly since when I come to a stop I try to push the non-existent clutch pedal and panic since it's not there.
  12. I obtain all my movies, music and software legally.
  13. I have no money, see above.
  14. I'm a virgin, and intend to remain so until I get married.
  15. I have been compared to the 40 Year Old Virgin for that reason, and because my name is Andrew, and because I have a big Polish nose, and because I have the same colour bed sheets.:rolleyes:
  16. Both my parents were born and grew up in Poland, moved to Canada and meet years later.
  17. I can't speak Polish except a few words.
  18. I'd like to learn Polish and surprise my parents
  19. I don't eat pork anymore, thanks to this forum.:rolleyes:
  20. I donate Plasma once a week.
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Haha, probably partly my fault.:eek:

Now, my list of 20:

1. You're not going to believe it, but my full name is Cassandra Bell Packard. (Yes, I'm serious.)
2. My hair is naturally blonde.
3. My average dating time is about 2 weeks
4. I want badly to have kids, but it's way too soon, I know.
5. I still sleep with a stuffed turkey named Gobbles. :)
6. I'm 5'0, and 132 pounds (Yep, I'm a fatty)
7. I don't think I've ever answered a question correctly on MR.
8. My favorite band is AC/DC, which is a little weird.
9. I have Christmas lights in my room, on constantly 365 days a year.
10. I'm relieved I'm halfway done with this list.
11. I am ashamed to say it, but I pirate software. A lot.
12. When I joined MR, I accidentally put my name in the "username" section. I originally planed to be "SnowBunny". Oh well, maybe I'll change it later.
13. I have a bottle of sand next to my monitor, for no reason.
14. I LOVE gum. I can't get enough of it.
15. For the last time, yes, I am 14.
16. If I had a choice between a MB and MBP, I'd get the MB. Same with Mac Pro and iMac.
17. Deep down, I think I only use Macs to be different, but thats disputed.
18. I like psychedelic rock. Yes, I'm that weird.
19. I am a post whore: I'm constantly counting my posts on MR.:eek:
20. My favorite color is pink, but that doesn't show up too well in text.:p
 
1. I'm 16 and an overweight bum.
2. I really hate school. I have a non weighted GPA of about 3.9.
3. I am a virgin.
4. I want to live in Silicon Valley.
5. I have black hair.
6. I think I'm OCD and passive-aggressive.
7. I like 2 Elton John songs.
8. I'm 1/2 Greek, 1/4 English, and 1/4 Deutsch.
9. I am an atheist and a libertarian.
10. I drive a '99 Saturn SL1.
11. I'd rather drive a Volkswagen Type 2 Panel Bus from before 1967.
12. I get jealous very easily and cover it up by claiming what I'm jealous about is "stupid and pointless"
13. I have no money saved for college.
14. I have never traveled outside the US.
15. I am ashamed to be an American.
16. I think the US government is long overdue for a revolution.
17. I love orchestral music.
18. I'm about 6' tall (about 1.83 meters)
19. I love the metric system and I think the US should join the party.
20. I love LEGOs.
 
1. I'd be a Buddhist if I could.
2. I love hockey.
3. My fave films are love stories in which the lead characters are freaks (Punch Drunk Love, Eternal Sunshine, Harold & Maude, etc)
4. I regularly practice yoga.
5. Thanks to the yoga, I can put my legs behind my head.
6. I love punk rock, but I am not a punk rocker.
7. Sometimes I wonder if I am crazy.
8. I think Bjork would be wonderful if she just didn't sing again. Ever.
9. I am still trying to paste via Ctrl+V.
10. I adore Dragon Stout, Guinness, and Agavero Tequila
11. I'm addicted to sushi. mmmmm eel roll!
12. I've seen Pink Floyd and The Sisters of Mercy.
13. I hate reality TV and celebrity news. Wankers.
14. Though naturally blonde, I can assure you that I am truly a redhead.
15. I love tattoos and am planning a half-sleeve.
16. I'd marry Chuck Palahniuk, sight unseen.
17. I am always looking for cool movie/music/famous quotes.
18. I am a recovering game-addict.
19. Sundays are made for lounging in bed all day with a book or your comp.
20. I like my Mac more than I like most people.
 
1) I always plan for the worst case scenario
2) When I was in middle school, I thought I was going to be a college footballer (Soccer Player)
3) I play a mean game of singles tennis
4) I've visited every continent extensively except Europe, where I've never step more than a few hours
5) I've been secretly in love with my best friend for two years now, but I hide it extremely well from her.
6) I cycle through alot of relationships, but we always part on good terms ...thus not alot of girl drama.
7) I'm a Neoliberal but I still believe in God
8) I've meet both Bill and Hilary at a cocktail party once
9) My friends always come to me for advice
10) I was once a half way decent Cross Country runner
11) I had aspirations to be a military pilot but didn't have the time commitment for NROTC
12) I can't life without gCal
13) I have an extreme dislike for living in the Middle East, but I dislike Saudi Princes even more.
14) I'm fluent in English, Mandarin, and German
15) I love working more than playing (besides sex).
16) I enjoy traveling for work far more than for vacation ...I can't enjoy myself on vacations because there's no objective
17) I dislike both hippies and rednecks equally
18) I love my two Powerbooks
19) I think my blackberry keeps my universe from falling apart
20) I've been inside NORINCO facilities

KristieMac said:
18. I am a recovering game-addict.
19. Sundays are made for lounging in bed all day with a book or your comp.
20. I like my Mac more than I like most people.
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yeah me too on all of the above
 
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