Tag I'm it.I was tagged by an old classmate/buddy-o-pal of mine from design school at The Academy. Thanks to Amerie Pangalayan of Portland, OR. *
hi Amerie*. These are silly, but you'll never know what you'll learn about someone. I've been asked to reveal 8 things about myself. Okay, here goes nothin...
1. I love going for loooong drives, alone. Yes, that's right - alone. I'll gear up early in the AM with my ipod, s'munchies, cigarettes (I'm trying to cut back). I don't ever do anything when I get there. I happen to enjoy the journey more than the destination. Places I've been known to travel to on a whim: St. Helena/Napa, Pescadero, Tiburon-Marin area, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Morro Bay, Pt. Reyes/Bodega Bay.
2. No good shenanigans is my middle name. I am known for practical jokes. My friends and I light years ago, would pull these pranks making jerky, heinous phone calls to local businesses. We often asked random and offensively inappropriate questions (some were neither here nor there)....very childish and immature.
3. Until recently I had the hardest time being able to sit down and watch television. I can't sit still without being distracted or bored (putting me to work in front of a computer for 12 hours is another story though). Because I'm now self-employed, I have made it a point to take my breaks in front of the tube. My favorite shows now are: Ugly Betty, Destination Truth, Ghost Hunters, Paranormal State, and shamefully old reruns of 90210.
4. I love, Love, LOVE foreign films, especially French flicks. My recent faves are: Pas sur la bouche, L'Auberge Espagnole, Dieu Est Grand, Je Suis Toute Petite, Happenstance, Turtles Can Fly, and the list goes on and on.
5. I was a nerd growing up. I played the piano, flute and piccolo for nine years, was in choir for four years and traded it all in so I wouldn't be labelled a band nerd. I was County and State Spelling Bee champion grades 4-6 and 7-8 (almost making it to nationals my last year), was in AP classes throughout, was a straight A student every year until my Sophomore year in High School - when I discovered boys, cigarettes and all the pressures of trying to be part of the cool crowd.
6. I come from a very artistic family. My father was a photographer in the Philippines and is a retired comic book artist/illustrator, I have quite a few cousins who are also comic book artists and in the game art field, and my brother who studied architecture.
7. When iTunes released the complete
Led Zeppelin I almost s**t myself. They are my absolute all time favorite band. I've been rockin out to LZ since Jr. High. Me thinks Robert Plant has the sexiest damn voice in rock history, and if you ever see a stormcloud colored ScionXB speeding like a demon at 100 mph, that's because I've got them blaring on my system.
8. My favorite all-time movie is Steel Magnolias. I know almost every bit of dialog verbatim. I worked with someone who knew just as much about the movie as I did, and we publicly duked it out in front of our colleagues in a trivial game of "Steel Magnolias Smack Down." I won and whooped some serious butt!
