I've been meaning to create a series of posts covering the characters and individuals (most of them fictional characters) who I consider my heroes and role models. Thankfully Craig reminded me with his latest post of this video:
I loved Star Trek TNG. Patrick Stewart did an exceptional job playing Captain Jean-Luke Picard. He created a perfect character that a 10-year-ish old kid can look up to and see the type of adult you hope to grow up to be.
Tag, your it!
30 07 08 - 16:06. Category: bio
As a child, tag was a great game. I think it was right up there with dodge ball as my two favorite child games. Hell, I would still play tag given the opportunity. In fact, I played a slow, "don't spill my drink!", version of tag at the wedding I went to.
Now tag has gone high tech, to the phone! And as annoying as a voice mail might be to some, I have to say I get a little thrill from playing phone tag. I'm currently playing with a lady from my university's international office. She tagged my parents house, they tagged me, I tagged her, she tagged me, and now I've tagged her again. We might actually talk at some point today. Now I know tag-backs are usually not kosher, but this is kind of a two-way style tag. The more the merrier though.
How great would it be to actually have a game of phone tag? Simply everyone have a list of phone numbers of players, and the goal is to call and get voice mail. If you get an answer, no dice. You're still it. If you get voice mail you tag them. Every time your phone rings you'd wonder whether or not you are going to be tagged. I'll admit that I ignore calls from time to time, it might work to decrease that.
It'd be friggin' awesome.
No discrimination here
11 06 08 - 18:04. Category: bio
I am proud to say that I am not a discriminatory shopper. When I hit up a mall, I treat the entire spectrum of young adult clothing and accessories equally. I went in purposefully to Victoria Secret to pick up their cologne Very Sexy for Him. A friend of it wore it one day and I commented on him smelling tasty. Who doesn't like to smell tasty? So I bought some too.
Then we happened to be wandering through Hot Topic, and I came across another World of Warcraft, Alliance t-shirt. I could use another black t-shirt, and the design is pretty awesome. I'll have to throw up a picture of me rocking it sometime in the future... maybe tomorrow and make it part of 12 of 12... I don't think it is that bad owning two Warcraft t-shirts.
Annunciation is key
03 06 08 - 15:16. Category: bio
Yesterday I went to Kentucky Fried Taco Chicken Bell* for lunch. I like to think that I have a fairly simple name. Derek is only five letters, no complicated usages of vowels like Aurthur or Michael. It follows a nice consonant, vowel, consonant pattern. It is also the simplest spelling, none of this "Derrick" or "Deryk" nonsense. Am I wrong?
At KFTCB they normally take your name then call it when your order is ready. Instead of calling my name, they called out my order. Why you ask? Because when I told the cashier "Derek" apparently she heard "Dark." I'm glad someone at least had the forethought not to call out that name since it is obviously wrong.
I can't imagine how to say Derek better, unless I want to slow it down and sound kinda tarded. This isn't the first time I've run into people not getting my name when I say it, so apparently I'm at fault here.
*KFTCB is a KFC and a Taco Bell in the same building in my home town.
A combo of genres
08 05 08 - 19:02. Category: bio
This isn't the best shot ever, but I thought it would be a fun one to take. I'd just gotten back from the Oregon Society of CPA's Circle of Excellence. So I turned on guitar hero and told Boyfriend to grab his camera.
Business + Guitar Hero = ROCK!
Also, if you look after the "more" link, you can see the face Derek makes when orchestra is all said and done. (more)
Heathens!
09 04 08 - 15:05. Category: bio
Here's a little window into my life: I like simple pleasures and I like consistency. Since I have attended my university Wednesdays has always been chicken strips day, or chicken tortilla soup if you are so inclined. The strips come with fries and ranch... at least they used to.
Last week, I picked up my Wednesday habit again after its extended hiatus. Apparently ranch is no longer an option with the strips! Truly truly heartbreaking. I settle with ketchup.
This week, I went for the strips again and got my fries along with. I got heterogeneous mixture of heathenistic curly fries and decent, all-american, plain jane straight fries. Can you guess which ones I like? Curly fries are awkwardly shaped (just try dipping them in your itty bitty ketchup cup), have a funny texture, and a strange taste. And they mingled them with the slightly better (the food here cannot be considered good) regular fries!
Suffice to say it made the whole meal awkward and more disappointing than it normally is and I discarded most of my fries. Feel free to berate me about starving African children at this point, but this crap food would probably just burn their intestine.
Hide and Seek
16 02 08 - 00:39. Category: bio
When I got home from work on Thursday Boyfriend gave me one of these. Then when I opened my backpack when I got to campus, I found another one waiting for me. They were waiting all around the apartment. Twelve of them to be precise.
For those of you who know my former opinion on flowers. I take it back.
Borked
10 02 08 - 17:26. Category: bio
This page has some small inconsistencies with the bio... meh. I'll send you a cookie if you find them.
DISCLAIMER: I have never before fulfilled a cookie obligation.
I am proud to say that I am not a discriminatory shopper. When I hit up a mall, I treat the entire spectrum of young adult clothing and accessories equally. I went in purposefully to Victoria Secret to pick up their cologne Very Sexy for Him. A friend of it wore it one day and I commented on him smelling tasty. Who doesn't like to smell tasty? So I bought some too.
Yesterday I went to Kentucky Fried Taco Chicken Bell* for lunch. I like to think that I have a fairly simple name. Derek is only five letters, no complicated usages of vowels like Aurthur or Michael. It follows a nice consonant, vowel, consonant pattern. It is also the simplest spelling, none of this "Derrick" or "Deryk" nonsense. Am I wrong?
