Darkavich's Daily Ramblings

1. What time did you get up this morning?
   9am, but I go to bed at 2am
2. Diamonds or Pearl?
   Sorry, don’t have either
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
   Pursuit of Happiness
4. What is your favorite TV show?
   Heroes.
5. What did you have for breakfast?
   Breakfast at 9am.. I skip it and eat more for lunch.
6. What is your middle name?
   Joseph.
7. What is your favorite cuisine?
   Italian
8. What foods do you dislike?
   Egplant, Squash, Zuccini.
9. Your favorite potato chip?
   That’s like asking me to choose my favorite child.
10. What is your favorite CD at the moment?
    Sweet Escape.
11. What kind of car do you drive?
    Camry Hybrid.
12. Favorite sandwich?
    Pastrami on Rye
13. What characteristics do you despise?
    arrogance that stems from stupidity. If you really know what your talking about, then I don’t mind if your arrogant
14. Favorite item of clothing?
    My Team Qualcomm biking Jersey.
15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
    Tahiti.
16. What color is your bathroom?
    White
17. Favorite brand of clothing?
    Eddie bauer, not so much for the brand, but because they are the only ones that fit me.
18. Where would you want to retire to?
    White Mountains, New Hampshire.
19. Favorite time of day?
    Just before sunset.
20. Where were you born?
    Harrogate, England (you know the place tea comes from).
21. Favorite Sports to watch?
    Baseball and Hockey.
22. Who do you least expect to send this back?
    My friend Sheridan, she never reads her emails, or my blog.
23. Person who will respond first?
    Probably an generic spam filering system
24. What laundry detergent do you use?
    Uhm… I don’t do laundry.
25. Coke or Pepsi?
    Coke, got to support my stock
26. Are you a morning person or night owl?
    Night owl.
27. What size shoe do you wear?
    12.
28. Favorite animal?
    Dolphin
29. Any news you’d like to share with everyone?
    I learned the secret to the watermelon in Buckaroo Banzai!
30. Favorite Candy Bar?
    Whatchamacallit (yes that is a real
    bar).
31. What are your favorite childhood memories?
    Swimming, Winning a gold medal.
32. What are the different jobs you have had in your life?
    Delivery Driver, Waiter, Cook, Delivery Driver, Note taker for the Blind, Help Desk support, Hostmaster, Teacher, Small Business Owner, Self Employed, VP Of Technology of an ISP, Consultant, Salesman (hated it), Teacher, IT manager, Consultant, Teacher, System Engineer… (is this really a front for a job interview?) .
33. What color underwear are you wearing?
    Black.
34. Nicknames:
    Darkavich.
35. Piercing?
    none at this time.
36. Eye color?
    brown.
37. Ever been to Africa?
    No.
38. Ever been toilet papering?
    Nope.
39. Ever loved someone so much it made you cry?
    Uh huh
40. Ever been in a car accident?
    Yes.
41. Favorite restaurant?
    Stir Fresh
42. Favorite ice cream?
    Again, that’s like asking me to choose my favorite child.
43. Favorite flower?
    Carnation
44. Disney or Warner Brothers?
    Disney, have to support my stock.
45. Favorite fast food restaurant?
    In/Out Burger.
46. What color is your bedroom carpet?
    Beige.
47. How many times did you take your drivers test?
    Once.
48. Before this one, from whom did you get your last email?
    MS Society telling me the 2007 Bike Tour registration has started.
49. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
    credit cards have limits?
50. What do you do most often when you are bored?
    Play Nethack.
51. Bedtime?
    About an hour after I fall asleep on the couch.
52. Who are you most curious about their responses to this questionnaire?
    My Boss.
53. Last person you went to dinner with?
    Last night with Angie.
54. What are you listening to right now?
    .977 The 80’s Channel (Red Corvette by Prince).
55. What is your favorite color?
    Black.
56. Lake, Ocean, or River?
    Lake.
57. How many tattoos do you have?
    Two.
58. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
    Uhm, the chicken… it has legs, so it can come, eggs can’t walk. And how would the egg ring the door bell?
59. How many people are you sending this Email to?
    None. I don’t propogate spam like this….
60. Who sent this to you and what is something you didn’t know about him/her?
    Size 10 shoe? That explains a lot.
61. What materialistic thing would you ask for if you had one wish to make?
    An F4UCorsair.
62. Time you finished this email?
    12:08

i was cleaning up files on my server and ran across these:

1. Well, this day was a total waste of makeup.
2. Don’t bother me. I’m living happily ever after.
3. Do I look like a friggin’ people person?
4. A hard-on doesn’t count as personal growth.
5. This isn’t an office. It’s Hell with fluorescent lighting.
6. I started out with nothing and still have most of it left.
7. I pretend to work. They pretend to pay me.
8. I’ve found Jesus. He was behind the sofa the whole time.
9. You! Off my planet!
10. Therapy is expensive, poppin’ bubble wrap is cheap! You choose.
11. Practice random acts of intelligence & senseless acts of self-control.
12. I like cats, too. Let’s exchange recipes.
13. If I want to hear the pitter patter of little feet, I’ll put shoes on my cat.
14. Does your train of thought have a caboose?
15. The Bible was written by the same people who said the Earth was flat.
16. Did the aliens forget to remove your anal probe?
17. Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.
18. God was my co-pilot, but we crashed into the mountains and I had to eat him.
19. And just how may I louse you up today?
20. And your crybaby whiny-assed opinion would be…?
21. I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a very bad mood for 30 years.
22. A PBS mind in an MTV world.
23. Allow me to introduce myselves.
24. Better living through denial.
25. Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.
26. Suburbia: where they tear out the trees & then name streets after them.
27. Adult child of alien invaders.
28. Do they ever shut up on your planet?
29. I’m not your type. I’m not inflatable.
30. I’m trying to imagine you with a personality.
31. A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door
32. Stress is when you wake up screaming & you realize you haven’t fallen asleep yet.
33. I can’t remember if I’m the good twin or the evil one.
34. Don’t worry. I forgot your name too!
35. Adults are just kids who owe money.
36. How many times do I have to flush before you go away?
37. I just want revenge. Is that so wrong?
38. I work 40 hours a week to be this poor.
39. You say I’m a bitch like it’s a bad thing.
40. Hi. I majored in liberal arts. Will that be for here or to go?
41. Macho Law forbids me from admitting I’m wrong.
42. Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?
43. Too many freaks, not enough circuses.
44. Chaos, panic, & disorder-my work here is done.
45. A woman’s favorite position is CEO.
46. Everyone thinks I’m psychotic, except for my friends deep inside the earth.
47. Is it time for your medication or mine?
48. Does this condom make me look fat?
49. Meandering to a different drummer.
50. I’m not tense, just terribly, terribly alert.

EVER BEEN GIVEN AN ENGAGEMENT RING?:
Nope.

LONGEST RELATIONSHIP:
17 years and counting

LAST GIFT YOU RECEIVED:
One of those uni-taskers Alton Brown warned me about 😉 www.chestnutter.com/

EVER DROPPED A CELL PHONE?:
No, but I have toss one against a wall and driving over another with my truck.

WHEN’S THE LAST TIME YOU WORKED OUT?:
Does sex count? 😉 If not, about 3 months ago. Can’t wait for the holiday to be over.

THING(S) YOU SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON:
DVD’s and Bikes

LAST FOOD YOU ATE:
Prime Rib Roast… MMMMM… think I will have another slice.

FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX:
They smell like strawberry.

ONE FAVORITE SONG:
Eclipse, Pink Floyd

WHERE DO YOU LIVE?:
In a house… 😉 Oh you mean “what city” San Diego, Ca

HIGH SCHOOL YOU ATTENDED:
Antelope Valley High School.

CELL PHONE SERVICE PROVIDER:
verizon (not by choice)

FAVORITE MALL STORE:
Eddie Bauer

LONGEST JOB YOU HAD:
6.5 years

DO YOU OWN A PAIR OF DICE?
yes, a pair of every sided too 😉

DO YOU PRANK CALL PEOPLE?:
no

LAST WEDDING YOU ATTENDED:

FIRST FRIEND YOU’D CALL IF YOU WON THE LOTTERY:
Angie

LAST TIME YOU SAW YOUR BEST FRIEND:
been a long time…. (can’t remember)

FAVORITE FAST FOOD RESTAURANT:
Joey’s BBQ

BIGGEST LIE YOU HAVE EVER HEARD:
The interview candidate that claimed he wrote the FTP protocol.

WHERE’S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO EAT WITH FRIENDS?:
soupplantation

CAN YOU COOK?:
uh, yeah a little.

WHAT CAR DO YOU DRIVE?:
toyota camry hibryd

BEST KISSER:
Hershey’s. 😉

LAST TIME YOU CRIED:
When Earl passed away.

MOST DISLIKED FOODS:
Eggplant, Zuccini and Squash…Yea, the only Sicilian like that, I know…

THING YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF:
Willing to do anything.

THING YOU DISLIKE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF:
Trying to do everything,

LONGEST SHIFT YOU HAVE WORKED AT A JOB:
Can it be a shift if it’s over multiple days? (30 hours)

FAVORITE MOVIE:
Rocky Horror Picture Show

CAN YOU SING?:
uhm… NO

LAST CONCERT ATTENDED:
Gwen Stefani

LAST KISS:
Last night at midnight… New Years..

LAST MOVIE RENTED:
Don’t rent movies, so I have to think WAY back….. Was probably some T&A movie in College.

ONE THING YOU NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT:
clothes

FAVORITE VACATION SPOT:
Disney 😉

LAPTOP OR DESKTOP COMPUTER?:
Mac PB64, Mac-Mini, HP-Pavilion, Sun W2100Z.

FAVORITE COMEDIAN:
Ellen Degenerous

DO YOU SMOKE?:
Only when I light myself on fire.

SLEEP WITH OR WITHOUT CLOTHES:
yes

WHO SLEEPS WITH YOU EVERY NIGHT?:
My wife

DO LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS WORK?:
Nope.

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE?:
3

PANCAKES OR FRENCH TOAST?:
pancakes inside my french toast..

DO YOU LIKE COFFEE?:
not really

HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR EGGS?:
traitorous.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN ASTROLOGY?:
nope

LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE:
who uses the phone, but it was Angie

LAST PERSON ON YOUR MISSED CALL LIST:
Angie

WHAT WAS THE LAST TEXT MESSAGE YOU RECEIVED?:
HAPPY NEW YEARS

NUMBER OF PILLOWS:
4 on the bed, one in use.

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW?:
sweats and t-shirt.

PICK A LYRIC, ANY LYRIC:
You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you might find you get what you need.

WHAT KIND OF JELLY DO YOU LIKE ON YOUR PB?:
strawberry

CAN YOU PLAY POOL?:
yea, but I don’t like the smell of chlorine.

CAN YOU SWIM?:
yes

FAVORITE ICE CREAM:
A&W root beer

DO YOU LIKE MAPS?:
yes, how can we get anywhere without them?

TELL ME A RANDOM FACT ABOUT YOURSELF:
I helped build the space shuttle.

EVER ATTEND A THEME PARTY?:
yes

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON?:
Christmas

LAST TIME YOU LAUGHED AT SOMETHING STUPID:
just now when reading Mario’s blog 😉

WHAT TIME DID YOU WAKE UP THIS MORNING?:
11:30… It was new years day!

BEST THING ABOUT WINTER:
snow!!! I love blankets of white.

LAST TIME A COP GAVE YOU A TICKET:
In college, for doing 45 in a 30 zone.

NAME OF YOUR FIRST PET:
Duchess

DO YOU THINK PIRATES ARE COOL OR OVERRATED?:
cool at disneyland and the movies, but overrated when they show up at ren-faires.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEKEND?:
sleeping! And cooking

BIRTHDATE?:
12/29

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE?:
Alive

ARE YOU ON A LAPTOP?:
Duh!

ARE YOU SMILING?:
Am now!

DO YOU MISS SOMEONE RIGHT NOW?:
yes

IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHERE WOULD YOU GO?
Tahiti

ARE YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL?:
no..

DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH?:
yes “shhh, only my wife and I know who she is”

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NAME?:
Darkavich… no wait… Aaahhhhhhh

WHAT COLOR IS YOUR BATHING SUIT?:
Blue.

ONE PIECE OR TWO PIECE?:
One silly.

DID YOU GO ON VACATION LAST MONTH?:
Nope

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A CRUISE?:
yes

DO YOU HAVE A SISTER?:
yes

ARE YOU UPSTAIRS?:
yes

ARE YOU IN LOVE?:
yes

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL?:
yes, more times than I like to remember.

DO YOU WISH YOU COULD SEE ANYONE PARTICULAR RIGHT NOW?:
Yes, my high school best friends.

WHAT JEWELRY ARE YOU WEARING?:
Is a MS-Hope band counted as Jewelry?

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO AFTER THIS SURVEY?:
clicking Publish.

So driving home today, I was wondering, is it a bad thing if I grin after a car has been tailgating you at 65-mph during rush hour suddenly decides they own the freeway, passes you at 90-mph cuts in front of you, swerving all over the road, flips over, bursts into flames and explodes?

well that’s what happened tonight up until the flips over stuff 😉 I was thinking…”I could care less if you exploded into flames tonight.”