Curly Made Me Do It

Well, not really, but I just haven't done one of these in so long I almost miss them.......



1) WHAT WAS I DOING TEN YEARS AGO?

Ahhh, I was still in my 20s, living in Colorado, and working the night shift in an electronics factory. I was going to school part time, paying rent by myself, and watching whatever an old black-and-white television's reception would allow. I was eating a strict diet of rice & ramen, paying a higher monthly rate for insurance than for the loan on my Mitsubishi, and sleeping 4 hours a day. I was preoccupied with my portable CD player, the concept of free internet, and growing my first goatee.

2)WHAT ARE 5 THINGS ON LIST TO DO TODAY?

• Earlier I hiked up a glacier to chop down errant flags, so recovering from the hike is part of my plan now. A Guinness and maybe a Green Spot will go a long way in helping that recovery. I may have to get a massage as well.
  
• Dinner. I will eat it with reckless abandon.
  
• Ragdoll fighting. It's exactly as fun as it sounds.
  
• I will consider my options for personal grooming. I will come to the same decision as always, that it's a bit more effort than I think I have in me, then go see about a nap.
  
• Walk around outside in my rubber boots, because then the snow doesn't bother me so much.

3) THINGS I WOULD DO IF I WAS A BILLIONAIRE

• Buy the full version of Ragdoll Fighters.
• Probably give my two week notice.
• Go to the North Pole.
• Go ride my motorcycle.

4) FIVE PLACES I HAVE LIVED

• Mitchell, Indiana
  
• Colorado Springs, Colorado
  
• The South Pole
  
• Palmer Station
  
• Indianapolis, Indiana
  

5) THREE OF MY BAD HABITS

• I take conversations off-track, through the weeds, down a hill, bump into a few boulders along the way, and leave them in a ditch.
• I let everyone know about my problems digesting food of all sorts.
• I eat too many sweets, which will probably be my end someday.
  

6) FIVE JOBS I HAVE HAD

• Cart-pusher in a large retail chain
  
• Wafer Inspector in a mid-sized electronics company
  
• Product Engineer at that same company
  
• Research Associate at the South Pole
  
• Taking out the trash for my mom
  

7) HOW DID YOU NAME YOUR BLOG

I put a lot of thought in the my old blog and came up with a really clever name that had a nifty double-meaning, but it was taken by some schmo who was failing freshman courses in California. So, I just put hyphens in the title and kept it for a couple of years. This blog I simply just used my name, which again was already take (seriously, who else really needs to take "payot" on blogspot but me?), so I had to integrate my last name in there.

8) NEED TO TAG 5 or 6 PEOPLE

I choose to tag nobody.