My 5 Question Interview

Questions from Big Gay Jim.

1. Describe your most amazing play/shot/move/moment from the handball courts.

This is tough for me to describe for a couple of reasons. One, being somewhat of a humble fellow, I try to brag as little as possible. Two, the games tend to be so fast it's difficult to fully visualize certain moments that may have looked awesome or incredible to the other players on the court. With that said, I think it is safe to say that my signature handball move is "The Kong." "The Kong shot" is my patented right-handed & backwards return shot along the left wall. The reason for its existence is my reluctance to fully incorporate my left hand into my game. But I am getting better in that regard. There have been a handfull of occasions, when I have either busted out "The Kong" or managed to dig out a return that seemed nonreturnable, and I recall other players vocalizing their disbelief (Flynn). ;) My "around the world" serve also comes to mind.

2. Being a male of the species, you screw something up big time. What fabulously romantic thing do you do for Tara to say “I’m sorry, please don’t kill me?”

LOL! I can't tell you how many times I've been in this situation. Honestly, there is not "one" thing I do. I screw up enough to have several "sorry tactics" in my repertoire. These include massages, cuddles, head-pets, puchases of ice-cream, flowers, choclates, etc. However, the ace up my sleeve is my patented, uber-cute look, that no woman can resist. With that said, I have to say that women have their fair share of "I'm sorry, please don't kill me" moments as well. ;)

3. (In simulated locker room jargon:) Dude, we know you’re not. But, like...huh…if you were, what dude would you pick? (I can speak jock, but I’m not fluent.)

If I were ever to go gay, it would be for you Jimmy Bear! ;) Although honestly? I just can't bring myself to find manly men attractive. A man would have to have feminine traits in order for me to take note of them. One person does come to mind, Angle from Rent. I remember saying to Tara once, while we were watching the movie, "Damn, that man is fine!"

P.S. Jim, don't worry about not being fluent in "jock speak." Even as a straight man, I don't speak it well either.

4. After winning the lottery, you must select the two bands that will play your birthday concert. Ignoring the laws of time and space and assuming death or band break ups are trivial details, who plays and why?

First Band(s): Tool & A Perfect Circle, hands down. I was exposed to both of these bands in college and have never looked back. They make the only music that I can listen to non-stop and never get tired of. The music from each of these bands is meditative, introspective, intelligent, aggressive, harmonious, hypnotic, and beautiful, all at the same time. I am counting these two bands as one, given that Maynard James Keenan is involved with both of them.

Second Band: Pete Yorn. This underrated musician has been a sentimental favorite of mine since college as well. I have grown more fond of his music over the years as it has been playing in the car during several road trips and vacations with my wife, Tara. The mix CD we have of his music is one of our favorite traveling CDs, if not THE favorite.

5. If you were a super hero, what would your powers be…and describe your costume (realizing that spandex is required and non-negotiable)?

WOW! What an amazing, fantastic, incredible, super, and uncanny question! ;)

Gee, what does one gauge one's response on? Sheer strength? Telepathic or telekinetic abilities? Keen detection skills? Regenerative capabilities? To be honest, I think there are a plethora of super powers that I would go for. However, in the case of making things interesting, I would choose to have control over the elements. I think it would be bad-ass to have the power of earth, fire, water, & wind, all at my fingertips. Costume-wise, think a masculine version of Storm from the X-men, but just as dead-hot-sexy. I would go for either a blue, silver, or black spandex suite or a combination of those colors. No worries ladies and gents, the spandex would be plenty tight.

Family Guy: Star Wars Spoof

For those who missed it, last night's episode of Family Guy was hil-arious! Here is just one of many golden moments. I'll see if I can't find the whole episode somewhere. It was LOL hilarious!



Update: More video from the episode is below (sorry if there is any overlap between the different videos). Watch them before FOX has them taken off YouTube.

Kick @$$ Song: Number Six

Smashing Pumpkins -- "1979"



Shakedown 1979
Cool kids never have the time
On a live wire right up off the street
You and I should meet
Junebug skipping like a stone
With the headlights pointed at the dawn
We were sure we'd never see an end to it all

And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues
And we don't know
Just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below

Double cross the vacant and the bored
They're not sure just what we have in store
Morphine city slippin' dues down to see

That we don't even care as restless as we are
We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts
And poured cement, lamented and assured
To the lights and towns below
Faster than the speed of sound
Faster than we thought we'd go
Beneath the sound of hope

Justine never knew the rules,
Hung down with the freaks and the ghouls
No apologies ever need be made
I know you better than you fake it to see

That we don't even care to shake these zipper blues
And we don't know just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below
The street heats the urgency of now
As you see there's no one around


I'm not entirely sure if I have a favorite Smashing Pumpkins song. However, when I think of some of the best music that came out of the 90's, this song comes to mind.

I've heard mixed reviews about the bands recent release, and I have only seen the music video for the first single off of the album, "Tarantula." Not a bad song, and quite the trippy video.

Nintendo Wii Overtakes Xbox 360 In Sales

Suck on that Gates!

I think I'm eyeing a Wii of my own come tax return season next year. On a related note, I pose the following question:

Who would win? Mario or Master Chief?


...yeah, Mario would likely get owned. Here is a more intriguing match-up:

Master Chief vs. Samus Aran? That would be fun to watch!

New Trailers of Movies on the Horizon

I ran across a couple of movie trailers that I thought I'd share. You will need quicktime. If you don't have quicktime...WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU! After watching each trailer, you may read my comments below.

Numero uno.

Numero dos.

Trailer uno: Robert Downey Jr. may have just been born to play the role of Tony Stark. The director, Jon Favreau has been involved with great movies like Swingers, and seems like a smart filmmaker. I hope the good cast leads to an enjoyable and interesting movie.

Trailer dos: Given that the earlier Beowulf movie was "B-tastic", perhaps this one will be more interesting. The CG reminds me a lot of the Final Fantasy movie from a while back.

If you like, feel free to comment on either or both. Jaded & negative comments are accepted, but strongly discouraged.

Kick @$$ Song: Number Five

There are timeless songs, and then there are timeless songs. Sadly, this song has become more and more applicable since it's inceptiton. Is there a better "stick it to the man" song out there? Feel free to suggest one.