Procrastination in the form of Memes.
1. Favorite flower?
Orchids
2. Diamonds or pearls?
Pearls, the diamond trade is a scam.
3. What is your occupation?
Baller. (meaning I'm functionally unemployed for the moment, though I'm trying to get into advertising)
4. What is your favorite TV show?
All time? It's a toss up between The Sopranos and Sports Night.
5. What was the last thing you ate?
A 2-piece and fries.
6. What is your middle name?
Paul
7. Favorite smell?
Clean sheets.
8. What foods do you dislike?
75% of vegetables. There are some that I like, but they're few and far between.
9. How many cities have you lived in/name them?
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Champaign, IL
Detroit, MI
Dixon, IL
Dekalb, IL
Iowa City, IA
Boston, MA
Chicago, IL
10. What is your favorite CD at the moment?
Nas - Illmatic
11. What is your favorite sandwich?
I call it a "White Sandwich". Turkey and Provalone with mayo on white.
12. What characteristics do you despise?
I'm with otaku84 on this: intentional ignorance. Also, rudeness.
13. What inspires you?
Not much these days.
14. What are you afraid of?
Failure.
15. Favorite brand of clothing?
If money is no object?
16. Where would you want to retire to?
Surfers Paradise, Australia
17. Favorite time of day?
~2200
18. Where were you born?
Sandringham, Victoria, Australia
19. Favorite sport to watch?
Baseball
20. Coke or Pepsi?
Pepsi - Diet Wild Cherry to be specific.
21. Are you a morning person or night owl?
What is this "mor-ning" you speak of?
22. How old are you?
28
23. Living arrangements?
Currently living alone in a one bedroom condo in Chicago's happening "Andersonville" neighborhood. Oh, it's for sale as well!
24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with everybody?
Sadly, no.
25. What did you want to be when you were little?
Aeronautical Engineer
26. Favorite Candy Bar?
Lately, it's been Twix.
27. What is your best childhood memory?
Let's not get started on this.
28. Nicknames:
Too many to list, among the most popular: Stevie B, Buckman, Beezy, Stev, Jeb, Buckmantis, or Manticles the Roman God of Buckness... if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
29. Do you wish on stars?
No, in the city we don't have stars.
30. Last person you talked to on the phone?
My dad.
31. Piercings?
Used to have my labret, but I kinda outgrew it.
32. How many tattoos do you have?
0 and I'm pretty happy with it that way.
33. Favorite food?
That is entirely dependent on what I'm in the mood for, though it's hard to go wrong with a good steak.
34. Have you ever loved someone so much it made you cry?
I plead the 5th.
35. Been in a car accident?
Plenty, both riding and driving.
36. Favorite car?
Cadillac Escalade, though a BMW M3 would be a very close second.
37. Favorite day of the week?
Saturday
38. Favorite restaurant?
Smith and Wollensky
39. Favorite song?
That's almost impossible to answer. Right this moment? NY State of Mind by Nas, but that will probably change by tomorrow. I can tell you what I refer to as "my jam": Big Poppa by Notorious B.I.G. but that's not always appropriate, and Everlong by the Foo Fighters is on an awful lot of my mix CD's. All time I think Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones is a fantastic song. The point is that I can't answer that question.
40. Favorite fast food restaurant?
What-A-Burger, but you can only get those in like... Texas. Chik-Fil-A, but you can't get that in Chicago. Popeye's is about the best we can do here.
41. Favorite drink?
Gin n Tonic (the history of which is fascinating)
42. How many cars have you had & what was your first car?
Lets see...
'86 Mazda B2000
'94 Mazda 626 (loved that car)
'88 Ford Taurus
'92 Chevy Lumina
'96 Chevy Lumina
'98 Pontiac Bonneville
43. In which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
Best Buy.
45. Can you juggle?
Not really, no.
46. What was your favorite toy as a child?
Legos, I had a metrick fuck-ton of them too. I had all the original pirate sets (including the 2 ships), the monorail space set, a few castles worth of the medieval ones...
47. What was your most memorable birthday?
Probably my 19th, only because most of my 21st is hazy... thus not very 'memorable'.
48. Last person you went to dinner with?
Proper dinner was with my P's on Saturday. Though Afters might count.
49. Summer or winter?
Winter.
50. What are you listening to right now?
The Deftones, Saturday Night Wrist album.
51. When was the last time you cried?
Couple weeks ago, when I found out my Gramma Jean passed.
52. Who is the friend you've had the longest?
That I hang out with regularly? C. Frye
53. What did you do on your last birthday?
Bunch of us went to The Long Room and I got hammered, then some of us went to The Uptown Lounge where I got more drunk... then got accused of breaking a toilet and buying drugs, then got searched by the police and told never to come back. It was epic.
54. Do you think you are a strong person?
What the fuck kind of question is that? No, of course not, but I know all my weaknesses.
55. What is your least favorite thing about yourself?
I think I'm probably too cynical for my own good.
Orchids
2. Diamonds or pearls?
Pearls, the diamond trade is a scam.
3. What is your occupation?
Baller. (meaning I'm functionally unemployed for the moment, though I'm trying to get into advertising)
4. What is your favorite TV show?
All time? It's a toss up between The Sopranos and Sports Night.
5. What was the last thing you ate?
A 2-piece and fries.
6. What is your middle name?
Paul
7. Favorite smell?
Clean sheets.
8. What foods do you dislike?
75% of vegetables. There are some that I like, but they're few and far between.
9. How many cities have you lived in/name them?
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Champaign, IL
Detroit, MI
Dixon, IL
Dekalb, IL
Iowa City, IA
Boston, MA
Chicago, IL
10. What is your favorite CD at the moment?
Nas - Illmatic
11. What is your favorite sandwich?
I call it a "White Sandwich". Turkey and Provalone with mayo on white.
12. What characteristics do you despise?
I'm with otaku84 on this: intentional ignorance. Also, rudeness.
13. What inspires you?
Not much these days.
14. What are you afraid of?
Failure.
15. Favorite brand of clothing?
If money is no object?
16. Where would you want to retire to?
Surfers Paradise, Australia
17. Favorite time of day?
~2200
18. Where were you born?
Sandringham, Victoria, Australia
19. Favorite sport to watch?
Baseball
20. Coke or Pepsi?
Pepsi - Diet Wild Cherry to be specific.
21. Are you a morning person or night owl?
What is this "mor-ning" you speak of?
22. How old are you?
28
23. Living arrangements?
Currently living alone in a one bedroom condo in Chicago's happening "Andersonville" neighborhood. Oh, it's for sale as well!
24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with everybody?
Sadly, no.
25. What did you want to be when you were little?
Aeronautical Engineer
26. Favorite Candy Bar?
Lately, it's been Twix.
27. What is your best childhood memory?
Let's not get started on this.
28. Nicknames:
Too many to list, among the most popular: Stevie B, Buckman, Beezy, Stev, Jeb, Buckmantis, or Manticles the Roman God of Buckness... if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
29. Do you wish on stars?
No, in the city we don't have stars.
30. Last person you talked to on the phone?
My dad.
31. Piercings?
Used to have my labret, but I kinda outgrew it.
32. How many tattoos do you have?
0 and I'm pretty happy with it that way.
33. Favorite food?
That is entirely dependent on what I'm in the mood for, though it's hard to go wrong with a good steak.
34. Have you ever loved someone so much it made you cry?
I plead the 5th.
35. Been in a car accident?
Plenty, both riding and driving.
36. Favorite car?
Cadillac Escalade, though a BMW M3 would be a very close second.
37. Favorite day of the week?
Saturday
38. Favorite restaurant?
Smith and Wollensky
39. Favorite song?
That's almost impossible to answer. Right this moment? NY State of Mind by Nas, but that will probably change by tomorrow. I can tell you what I refer to as "my jam": Big Poppa by Notorious B.I.G. but that's not always appropriate, and Everlong by the Foo Fighters is on an awful lot of my mix CD's. All time I think Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones is a fantastic song. The point is that I can't answer that question.
40. Favorite fast food restaurant?
What-A-Burger, but you can only get those in like... Texas. Chik-Fil-A, but you can't get that in Chicago. Popeye's is about the best we can do here.
41. Favorite drink?
Gin n Tonic (the history of which is fascinating)
42. How many cars have you had & what was your first car?
Lets see...
'86 Mazda B2000
'94 Mazda 626 (loved that car)
'88 Ford Taurus
'92 Chevy Lumina
'96 Chevy Lumina
'98 Pontiac Bonneville
43. In which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
Best Buy.
45. Can you juggle?
Not really, no.
46. What was your favorite toy as a child?
Legos, I had a metrick fuck-ton of them too. I had all the original pirate sets (including the 2 ships), the monorail space set, a few castles worth of the medieval ones...
47. What was your most memorable birthday?
Probably my 19th, only because most of my 21st is hazy... thus not very 'memorable'.
48. Last person you went to dinner with?
Proper dinner was with my P's on Saturday. Though Afters might count.
49. Summer or winter?
Winter.
50. What are you listening to right now?
The Deftones, Saturday Night Wrist album.
51. When was the last time you cried?
Couple weeks ago, when I found out my Gramma Jean passed.
52. Who is the friend you've had the longest?
That I hang out with regularly? C. Frye
53. What did you do on your last birthday?
Bunch of us went to The Long Room and I got hammered, then some of us went to The Uptown Lounge where I got more drunk... then got accused of breaking a toilet and buying drugs, then got searched by the police and told never to come back. It was epic.
54. Do you think you are a strong person?
What the fuck kind of question is that? No, of course not, but I know all my weaknesses.
55. What is your least favorite thing about yourself?
I think I'm probably too cynical for my own good.