ALL ABOUT ME!

    Age:             

    29...30 in March ::weeps::

    Current Location:      

    St Charles, Missouri

    General Likes:

    Music, PC games, Role-Playing, TV, AirSoft, movies, Painting miniatures

Specifics:

I grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee and went to The McCallie School.  A small sampling of my previous jobs include managing a gym (Powerhouse gym in Chattanooga, at the time was the largest gym in the southeastern US at over 35,000 square feet.  Too bad some of the people involved with that place were drug dealing, lying, bastards.), working in a music store (Camelot #611 with some of the best people in the world!), lots of retail clothing jobs (Ruff Hewn, Nautica, Levi's, etc), waiting tables and bartended (The much missed David's Restaurant in Chattanooga, home of the BEST buffalo wings I've ever had.), wielding a 40 pound jackhammer at a textile mill (Crappy job!), and I even sold those stupid Kirby vacuum cleaners for about two days before I got fed up and quit.

Where does your site name come from?  

You tell me... ;)

Music:            

I listen to everything.  Country, techno, classical, soft rock, heavy metal, alternative, jazz, blues, bluegrass, and everything in between.  I'm not TOO big on Rap, but sometimes I get in the mood and will partake.  

The CDs on my play-list that get the most attention are:

• ANYTHING at all by Sarah McLachlan.  She's...just...well....DAMN!  Let's put it this way.  I'd drink her bathwater.  Takes a LOT to say THAT, eh?
• Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach - Painted from Memory - This album is just wonderful.  I've never been a big Elvis Costello fan, but I saw this special on PBS one night and heard these two guys playing and singing together and was floored by how incredible it sounded.
• Enigma - The first album is far and away the best, but there are good parts to the other three.  The latest one is pretty good.  They sampled different pieces of classical music, including Carmina Burana...very spiffy.
• Beth Nielson Chapman - Sand and Water - She has such a pure voice.  This album rivals the Sarah collection for top rotation.
• Pink Floyd - The Wall - Need I comment on this one?
• U2 - The Joshua Tree - One of the best albums of all time, hands down.  Brings back floods of     memories from high school.
• David Gray - White Ladder - Fabulous.  I drive Melissa nuts with this one, playing it over and over and over.  A   MUST  HAVE.

    Other groups or CDs of note:  Tool, Garth Brooks, Pearl Jam (first album only), Mozart, Billy Joel, Harry Connick Jr., Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Afro Celt Sound System, Sting

PC Games:    

In the past few months, I've been playing Wizardry 8, Dark Age of Camelot, Anarchy Online, Asheron's Call, Pool of Radiance, Fallout Tactics, European Wars: The Cossacks, Empire Earth, Motor City Online, and Rainbow Six: Ghost Recon

Role-Playing:  

I play GemStone III where my lil wizard has titled, although I haven't played for a few months now.  We also play 3rd Edition D&D here at the office and I'm involved in four separate campaigns at the moment.

TV:    

The Sopranos, Oz, South Park, Iron Chef, The Simpsons, Malcom in the Middle, Seinfeld, Friends, News Radio, Kids in the Hall, Sportscenter, Who's Line is it Anyway?, Taste with David Rosengarten, Emeril Live, Fawlty Towers, Dennis Miller Live, Frasier, Mad About You, The Tom Green Show, Father Ted, Changing Rooms, Will And Grace, Jackass, Connections, Understanding, Ground Force, Changing Rooms

AirSoft:

We play AirSoft at least once a month, usually in Kansas City , but we're also  sponsoring some games in the St Louis area.  Check out www.gasa.net for more details!

Movies:    

Favorite movies include Safe Men ( You have GOT to look for this at your local video store, it's absolutely awesome!  The writing is outstanding!), Raising Arizona, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Highlander, On Golden Pond, Steel Magnolias (Yes, I'm serious.), Swingers, The Ref, Braveheart, Cocktail, Tombstone, The Fifth Element, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Big Lebowski, Knight's Tale, Defending Your Life

Dislikes:        

Well, instead of just listing these things out, I think I'll just have to explain this section in more detail.  One thing I really dislike that I WILL mention here?  Having my picture taken.  I don't know why, but I just don't like it.  Even so, I sometimes either don't have a choice or for some reason don't mind as much, so I'll post some soon...

Miscellaneous Trivia and Ramblings: 

I despise golf on television.  
I've lived in St Charles for almost four years now. 
I live less than two blocks from work. 
I own far too much clothing. 
I own almost every book Stephen King has written (I've read all the ones I own, but am a couple short of having read everything). 
I enjoy cooking. 
I am originally from Chattanooga, Tennessee.
I know far too much useless trivia. 
I (always) really need to clean my room. 
I probably watch too much TV.
I am very good at "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" and scare/annoy people with this talent whenever possible.
My neighbors have to be the coolest people in the world (or they're deaf) because I like to crank my entertainment center  up far too loud when I'm watching movies, but they've never complained. 
PayMyBills.com is very cool. 
I like ham and cheese sandwiches. 
I watch ESPN's Sportscenter every morning. 
Stuart Scott, Kenny Mayne, Dan Patrick and Rich Eisen are "'da bomb". 
Keith Oberman and Craig Kilborn should have never left ESPN. 
I like the Game Show Network, Food TV, Fox, Discovery Science, and BBC America.
I love the Three Stooges and the Little Rascals.
Lemon-Lime Slice, Sierra Mist, and 7-Up are NOT acceptable substitutes to Sprite.
I need a raise, but then again, if I had a raise, I'd still say I needed a raise because I'd still spend too much money.
When I go to the store to get groceries, I try to buy something new and different to drink every time.
Salted peanuts taste yummy on salad with blue cheese dressing.  Seriously!  Try it!
I'm a packrat.
Furio kicks ass!
Warm blue cheese dressing smells REALLY bad. 
That Norelco Advantage electric razor with the lotion/gel stuff in it is amazing, even though it costs $120.
I think I could handle about 10 more hours of sleep a day.
Kramer is awesome.
On the final episode of Seinfeld, Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, and George were arrested in Latham, Massachusetts.  I thought that was pretty cool.