Friday Five 2004 04 16

Friday Five for today:

1. What do you do for a living? - Helpdesk Analyst
2. What do you like most about your job? - It's easy
3. What do you like least about your job? - talking to idiots
4. When you have a bad day at work it's usually because _____... - some idiot has screwed things up and it takes me a long time to try to get things straightened out and this one call screws up my stats for the day.
5. What other career(s) are you interested in? - well, just about anything that'd get me back to programming (I'm a coder, dammit) and get me off the phones!

Friday Five 2004 03 12

Today's Friday Five:

1. What was the last song you heard? - Mike and the Mechanics, can't remember - hold music on a call I was making.
2. What were the last two movies you saw? - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, and Harry Potter: The Philosopher's Stone
3. What were the last three things you purchased? - Clothes for the soon-to-arrive child, a shelf for the soon-to-arrive child's room, and a bouncey chair for the soon-to-arrive child. (Do we detect a theme here?)
4. What four things do you need to do this weekend? - work. work. work. work
5. Who are the last five people you talked to? - my wife, my son, my boss, a co-worker, and a co-worker.

oh. What a fun and exciting life I lead! Weee! (please forgive the long silences. I hope to start updating more often, soon... no, really I do. Honest. You believe me, don't you?)

Friday Five 2004 02 20

Friday Five for this week:

When was the last time you...
1. ...went to the doctor? - About a month ago - my right index finger seems to be suffering from all the mousing involved in my work and hobby. *sigh*
2. ...went to the dentist? - 1.5 years ago. The last time I had dental coverage. *sigh*
3. ...filled your gas tank? - 1.5 weeks ago.
4. ...got enough sleep? - By what definition? I get enough sleep for me most nights, but most people wouldn't consider 5-6 hours enough.
5. ...backed up your computer? - I didn't know this thing had reverse!

Friday Five 2004 02 06

1. What's the most daring thing you've ever done? - When I met Russian Premier Leonid Breshnev in 1973, I tweaked his nose. He had me executed. I didn't do it again.
2. What one thing would you like to try that your mother/friend/significant other would never approve of? - I've always wanted to enter the world of Professional Tiddlywinks. I think I could be a contender...
3. On a scale of 1-10, what's your risk factor? (1=never take risks, 10=it's a lifestyle) - 15. I'm more of a daredevil than Evel Knievel! No, really, I am!
4. What's the best thing that's ever happened to you as a result of being bold/risky? - I lived to tell the tale.
5. ... and what's the worst? - I died. (See #1)

Friday Five 2004 01 16

Friday Five for today:

1. What does it say in the signature line of your emails? - absolutely nothing. What a waste of bandwidth. No, one silly little line in one silly little e-mail isn't a big deal, but it adds up.


2. Did you have a senior quote in your high school yearbook? What was it? If you haven't graduated yet, what would you like your quote to be? - quote? heck, I didn't even bother to show up for photos.


3. If you had vanity plates on your car, what would they read? If you already have them, what do they say? - "SQUIDDY", of course. Not that I'd get them, but if I did, that's what they'd say.


4. Have you received any gifts with messages engraved upon them? What did the inscription say? - Nope. Never.


5. What would you like your epitaph to be? - "Only 120 years?!? What a ripoff!".
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Friday Five 2003 11 28

Friday Five for today:

1. Do you like to shop? Why or why not? - No. Boring. Make a list of what you need, and where it will be. If the listed stores are out of it, you don't need it that badly, and can wait.
2. What was the last thing you purchased? - Groceries. Can't avoid buying them.
3. Do you prefer shopping online or at an actual store? Why? - Actual store. I want to see it first, and I like to support local merchants. If it isn't available locally, and can't be special-ordered, then I'll buy it online.
4. Did you get an allowance as a child? How much was it? - Yes. Depends, I was a child for a long time. First allowance I remember was $1/week. Usually spent $0.50 to go to a movie, $0.25 on candy. Yes. I am old.
5. What was the last thing you regret purchasing? - Life is too short for regrets. And since I only buy things I need (my wife may argue this point) I don't make mistakes. After all, I'm perfect, you know.¹

¹pssst! wanna buy some nice land in Florida?

Friday Five 2003 11 14

Friday Five for today:

1. Using one adjective, describe your current living space. - cluttered
2. Using two adjectives, describe your current employer. - nonexistent. absent.
3. Using three adjectives, describe your favorite hobby/pasttime. - fun. Super. Fascinating.
4. Using four adjectives, describe your typical day. - fun. Super. Fascinating. Cool.
5. Using five adjectives, describe your ideal life. - fun. Super. Fascinating. Cool. Current.

Please note: I thought this one was dumb. No, really. Really really dumb. But for some pathetic reason, I participated anyway. sigh

Friday Five 2003 11 07

Friday Five for today:

1. What food do you like that most people hate? - Beef tongue, liver, kidney, heart, etc... yum!!!!!
2. What food do you hate that most people love? - shredded dried coconut. Can't stand the stuff. Yecch!
3. What famous person, whom many people may find attractive, is most unappealing to you? - I don't get the fuss about J-Lo. She's not ugly, no... but she's not particularly high on my list of attractive people, either. Not to mention that she can't sing... so what's the fuss about? What?!? What am I missing?
4. What famous person, whom many people may find unappealing, do you find attractive?Renée Zellweger at her Bridget Jone's Diary weight. I'm sick of the stupid Anorexic Look in Hollywood, and thought Renée looked great at the normal weight she had in that role.
5. What popular trend baffles you? - body piercing/tattoos/scarification. I mean, really! If <enter deity of choice> had wanted us to have more than the number of holes we are born with, we'd have then already! And tattoos? Ack! They all (sorry, friends who have them) look like crap after a few years. All of them. No matter what you say. And if you change your mind? BWAH HA HA HAHAAHAHAHA!!!

Friday Five for 2003 10 24

Friday Five for today:

Oh, wait. That's the Jackson Five, not the Friday Five. D'oh!

Have a good weekend!

Friday Five 2003 10 17

Friday Five for today:

1. Name five things in your refrigerator. - Milk, bread, margarine, orange juice, ketchup


2. Name five things in your freezer. - ice cubes, freezer paks, ice cream, frozen oj, frozen veggies.


3. Name five things under your kitchen sink. - Scouring pads, canned cat food, rags, garbage bags, garbage.


4. Name five things around your computer. - paper, paper, cds, disks, and more paper.


5. Name five things in your medicine cabinet. - nail clippers, tweezers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, antiperspirant.

Oh. If you wanted interesting stuff? You should have said so!

Friday Five 2003 10 10

Friday Five for today:

1. Do you watch sports? If so, which ones? - While not a big sports fan, I have been known to watch Hockey, Football (the Canadian variety), as much of the Olympics (Summer and Winter Games) and Commonwealth games as possible, soccer now and then, and random sports when the fancy hits me.
2. What/who are your favorite sports teams and/or favorite athletes? - I don't have any. I have decided most professional athletes are overpaid <expletive deleted>, and tend just to cheer for the underdog in a given game - or whoever is playing against a particularly despised team.
3. Are there any sports you hate? - Hate is too strong a word, but I have to admit, I find basketball annoying - and it bores me to tears. Cricket is a game that I just don't understand. Any game that takes three days to complete is just too bizarre, although I do think the bit about breaking for tea is nice...
4. Have you ever been to a sports event? - I have been to NHL games and CFL games, and Pacific Coast League baseball games. I also went to a number of events during the World University Games (Universiade) in Edmonton in 1983. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Maybe we'll get to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver...
5. Do/did you play any sports (in school or other)? How long did you play? - Two years of Little League Baseball when I was 9 and 10. Darryl S., our manager's (coach's?) son, was the only player on our team with any talent. He pitched, hit homers, and generally kept us from the bottom of the standings. Oh, yeah. We were sponsored by a car dealership, so we were the Chrysler Dodgers. sigh That's about it. These days, I'm lucky to get out for a round of golf now and then. A jock, I am not.

Friday Five 2003 10 03

Friday Five for today:

1. What vehicle do you drive? - We have a 1990 Toyota Corolla four door sedan, with 260,000km (about 161,000 miles).


2. How long have you had it? - Purchased October 1, 1994 - so, nine years ago this week.


3. What is the coolest feature on your vehicle? - Cool? It's a sedan. It has no "cool" features. It's good, reliable, inexpensive transportation that has cost almost nothing outside of standard maintenance since it was purchased.


4. What is the most annoying thing about your vehicle? - It is too small for us. We need something bigger. We need a minivan.


5. If money were no object, what vehicle would you be driving right now? - I'd be driving a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing.

Friday Five 2003 09 26

Friday Five for today:

No questions this week, folks! I'm taking a break for the week but will return next Friday, October 3rd. Have a good weekend!

Curses! And me without a backup Friday plan!

Friday Five 2003 09 19

Friday Five for today:

1. Who is your favorite singer/musician? Why? - I don't have a single favorite. I like lots of music and lots of singers. I also hate lots, too.


2. What one singer/musician can you not stand? Why? - Celine Dion. She does have talent, but I wish she'd use it for good, rather than sing that putrid crap she sings. Crap. Crap crap crap. Blecch.
3. If your favorite singer wasn't in the music business, do you think you would still like him/her as a person? - I doubt it.
4. Have you been to any concerts? If yes, who put on the best show? - Best show I ever went to was the first time I saw Dr Hook in concert. Although Supertramp was a close second, and Meatloaf not far behind.
5. What are your thoughts on downloading free music online vs. purchasing albums? Do you feel the RIAA is right in its pursuit to stop people from dowloading free music? - I think I've ranted on this before - CDs are expensive. I have mp3s. I also own, in one form or another, every song I have in mp3 format. I don't have any CDs that are less than 10 years old. The RIAA is right to try to protect itself, but has been completely and totally wrong in its methods. It should have embraced the new technology, instead of stomping on it and the people who use it. I hereby decree that all members of the RIAA shall be forced to listen to the music of Demis Roussos¹. In its entirety. Through all eternity.

¹I hope there are few who truly appreciate what a terrible curse that is. My brother once described the singing of Demis Roussos as "the braying of an asthmatic donkey".

Friday Five 2003 09 12

A rather belated Friday Five:

1. Is the name you have now the same name that's on your birth certificate? If not, what's changed? - Yep. I kinda like the name Mom and Dad gave me. Although far too many people insist on shortening it to "Mike". If I introduce myself to you as "Michael", and you shorten it to "Mike" without asking, then I reserve the right to shorten your name to "Asshole".
2. If you could change your name (first, middle and/or last), what would it be? - No thanks. Mom and Dad went through the agony of choosing a name for me - all you parents out there know what I mean - so I'm going to stick with this one, thanks.
3. Why were you named what you were? (Is there a story behind it? Who specifically was responsible for naming you?) - "Hey you" was deemed to be too generic. Although one of my brothers was rather creative in finding alternate names for me, but that's a different story.
4. Are there any names you really hate or love? What are they and why? - Made up, pseudo names. Like LaVonda, or LaShandra, or LaShasta. "Ooh, it sounds kinda French!" Yeah? How about LaPepsi? Or maybe LaCoke? I also hate common names that have "creative" spellings: Sindi, or Sindee, or Britnee, or... well, you get the idea.¹
5. Is the analysis of your name at kabalarians.com / triggur.org / astroexpert accurate? How or how isn't it? - who the hell cares? Anyone who thinks that the name my parents chose for me could possibly make me in any way similar to everyone else with the same first name, is seriously deluded. Unless your birth certificate says your name is Cokehead McDruggie, of course. Then, maybe you'd be just like everyone else with that name.

¹NOTE: if you have one of these names, I don't hate you, I hate your parents. Assholes.

Friday Five 2003 09 05

Friday Five for today:

1. What housekeeping chore(s) do you hate doing the most? - I have to choose? Ugh. I'd say, cleaning the bathroom.


2. Are there any that you like or don't mind doing? - Vacuuming isn't bad.


3. Do you have a routine throughout the week or just clean as it's needed? - it gets done when it gets done.


4. Do you have any odd cleaning/housekeeping quirks or rules? - No. Unless you count the - er, no. None.


5. What was the last thing you cleaned? - the dishes.

Friday Five 2003 08 29

Friday Five for today:

1. Are you going to school this year? - No. I went to school for far too many years. No more, I say. No more! Well, unless I win the lottery. Then I'll be a Career Student. I like the Student Life. Just not the poverty.


2. If yes, where are you going (high school, college, etc.)? If no, when did you graduate? - Uhh... 1981 (hs), 1988 (university), 1993 (tech college)


3. What are/were your favorite school subjects? - My best courses were my French courses. Not my major. My favorite course of all time was my Logic course. Not one of those philosophy courses. No no. Computer-style logic. Brought my college average up, baby!


4. What are/were your least favorite school subjects? - Hmm... toughie. There are a couple to choose from, but my least favorite would have to be Introduction to Financial Accounting, which we had to take for my Computer Systems Technology program. The instructor was great, but the subject matter sucked. Brought my average down. (note to accountants: I'm glad you like this crap, 'cause someone has to do it...)


5. Have you ever had a favorite teacher? Why was he/she a favorite?
   - My favorite teacher was Mr Sprysak, my Physics teacher in highschool. For almost every section he taught, he had a personal annecdote to illustrate it, from his time at a Nuclear facility to his summer jobs in the oil patch. He knew his stuff, and he made us laugh.

Friday Five 2003 08 22

Friday Five for today:
1. When was the last time you laughed? - This morning. Reading a blog, just a few minutes ago. Mr. Helpful. Lots of fun. And some Trek absurdity, too.

2. Who was the last person you had an argument with? - My wife. And I'm very very sorry.

3. Who was the last person you emailed? - The admin of CodeAmber.org, to ask for their XML Amber Alert feed. I would use their javascript ticker on here, but it's buggy and only works properly in Internet Exploiter. Yecch.

4. When was the last time you bathed? - Well, that would depend on how you define "bathe". If you mean "swim", I went swimming about a month ago. If you mean "have a bath", it's been probably 10 years since I had one of those. If you mean "wash your entire body", I had a shower this morning.

5. What was the last thing you ate? - I just had a muffin with my morning coffee. A Blueberry Bran muffin. Yum.