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Help Desk Confessionals

I'm a systems administrator who provides tech support, data analysis, and report generation for about 300 users. No support staff. No other help. Just me.

100 things about me (Parts 6 to 10)

Monday, March 07, 2005

The One Big o' Post-a-rama:

  • 51. My first car was a bare-bone Chevy Chevette.
  • 52. Favorite radio stations in high school: Mighty 690 (XTRA), KIQQ.
  • 53. Currently listen only to: KROQ, KFWB, 971 FM Talk.
  • 54. Been to all 50 states. Most of them on road trips.
  • 55. Rarely drink.
  • 56. Don't gamble -I studied statistics in college, remember?
  • 57. Don't smoke.
  • 58. Favorite sport: swimming, soccer.
  • 59. Favorite sport to watch: football.
  • 60. Met Bill Clinton in Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica when he was campaigning for President.
  • 61. Met and chatted with Chow Yun Fat when he was shooting a movie in Downtown L.A.
  • 62. Have had only one full time job.
  • 63. Been married twice.
  • 64. Had major cold feet before first marriage.
  • 65. Married for the second time in Las Vegas. Proposed the week before.
  • 66. Only six people were present in that wedding, including the bride, groom and the minister.
  • 67. My aggressive driving habits were formed out of necessity.
  • 68. Pet Peeve: cars stop on yellow. A yellow light means "proceed with caution" according to the Calif Vehicle Code.
  • 69. Voted for Bush (41) in 1988, but came to my senses and became a Democrat since then.
  • 70. The rich get their tax cuts, the poor get their welfare. The middle class are the ones screwed.
  • 71. Priority in my family: 1. My son. 2. My wife. 3. Me.
  • 72. Only fear I have - anything happen to #1 and #2.
  • 73. Other than that, I can stare anything, or anyone, down.
  • 74. Wore braces for 12 years.
  • 75. Had part of my lower jaw sawed off to correct a lower bite.
  • 76. I love clocks. I have seven in my cubicle.
  • 77. Worked on a computer for the first time in 1982. A mainframe.
  • 78. I procrastinate. My productivity increases exponentially as the deadline gets closer.
  • 79. Prefer stick shift to automatic transmission.
  • 80. Can cook a four course meal in one hour. (Iron Chef!)
  • 81. Hate reality shows with a passion.
  • 82. Hate American Idol.
  • 83. I'm a Law & Order junkie. Hate CSI.
  • 84. Started collecting records freshman year in college. By the time I finished school I had 3,500. I also have 1,000 singles, 750 tapes, 1,000 CDs, and about 10,000 songs in my computer.
  • 85. Never considered getting an iPod. Can't fit all my music in.
  • 86. I created a radio station instead. Right now I can pick it up from any computer over the internet. Hopefully some day I can pick it up in my car.
  • 87. I bought a computer just to run my radio station.
  • 88. Played Dr Frankenstein and put together a computer by myself awhile ago. It worked. But I will never do it again.
  • 89. I am lazy. Very lazy.
  • 90. But I end up doing a lot of things because no one else knows how to do but me. At work. At home. No one can even teach Step classes like me.
  • 91. I am a walking Thomas Guide (L.A. County edition, at least). I get calls from family and friends when they get lost or stuck in traffic - any time of the day.
  • 92. Have only one other "vice".
  • 93. All-time favorite movie was "The Sting" with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. I remember seeing it in the theatre in Hong Kong when I was 9.
  • 94. All-time favorite TV show was "The X-Files". All 9 seasons. When it was good, nothing can touch it. Creepy. Scary. Jaw-dropping. Gross. Sad. Funny. Yes, when it's funny, it's the funniest show on TV.
  • 95. My all-time favorite book is a classic Chinese novel ("Shui Hu", translated as "The Water Margin" or "Outlaws of the Marsh") written in the 14th century. It was about a gang of 108 bandits from various social backgrounds got together on an island and rebel against the government. Sort of like a bunch of "Robin Hoods".
  • 96. So obviously I read Chinese. I can also write and speak Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), English (duh!), y poquito espanol.
  • 97. My goal in life is to "Raise a Good Family". Yesterday I realized that I already have all the pieces. I am realizing my dream, and that's a mighty good feeling.
  • 98. My wife is the best wife a man could ask for, and the best mother my kids could have.
  • 99. My next goal: to walk my daughter down the aisle on her wedding day.
  • 100. She is scheduled to be born on March 24th, 2005.

Whew!

posted by Carl from L.A., 12:34 PM

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