Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about One Another

I was pegged by someone, so…
Dave's Answers:

1.)  If you were to choose a new name for yourself, what would it be?  I would just add the phrase "I can't believe it's not..." in front of it.  Or better yet, "I can't believe it is..."    

2.)  If you were given an extra $10 in change at Walmart, what would you do with it and why?  I don't shop there, so, say K-Mart or Target.  If it were there, and it was not in the cashier's area, I would pocket it.  Else give it back.

3.)  What’s the biggest lesson you’ve learned from your past relationships?  Love endures a whole lot, sometimes.  Sometimes it doesn't.

4.)  What’s one of your worst habits?   I am extremely shy and very standoffish until one gets to know me.  Then I have been told I can be waaay too friendly, sometimes.  But, I try to keep these extremes under check. 

5.)  What was the best day of the past week for you - why?   Anytime I can spend with my family

6.)  What are you wearing today which is most reflective of who you are?  Corporate clothing that I purchased on the cheap.  Clothes do not make the man, the mans parents made the man.  You see, clothes and me, we just don't get along proper...

7.)  Choose a unique item from your purse/ wallet and explain why you carry it around.   A picture of my father and a GlamourShots picture of my wife.  Because I really really love my wife and because I want to remember my dad but I dont want to be like him.

8.)  If you could change one thing about your physical appearance, besides weight, what would it be and why?  Generally thank the makers that I have been healthy.  There is really nothing I would change.  I am basically comfortable with who and what I am right now.

9.)  Share one of your most embarrassing moments.  I was arrested wandering into an abandoned, storm-damaged house when I was 11.  The house was on my paper route and I was always curious as to why and such that it never had lights on and never seemed to be occupied.  This was like the late 1970's, and the calendars in the house hadn't been turned since 1968.  I have a police record due to this - breaking and entering is what they charged me with - but I was successfully defended.

10.)  If you were given a million dollars and 24 hours to spend it in, (no depositing it)  what would you do with it?  Get out of debt - pay off all my credit cards.  Help my brother and mother out of their situations.  Then go out and buy a house in the Clifton Heights area or St Louis Hills or even the CWE, give a little to the Democratic Party to get more Democrats elected nationwide, and give some to various causes dear to my heart (public tv, public radio, the St Louis Zoo, Science Center, etc.)

11.)  Where do you see yourself in 10 years?  Right here - I didn't think that I would be here 10 years ago - I have no idea so...

13.)  Are you generally organized or messy?   I am a mess, extreme mess, but I know mostly where all my stuff is, kinda, sorta....

15.)  Person closest to you that has passed away?  My Dad 2/28/06 at 80 years of age.  My Grandmother on her birthday when I was 14 4/28/82.

16.)  Who was your one true love in High School? (and why?)  Well, you never think that the first "love" would qualify, but there was this girl Debbie Krumsick, who I dated in HS (late Freshman year) and there was this attraction there, etc., etc....then nothing till college.

17.)  Favorite Teacher?  I have so many - Mr Cook, history teacher in 8th grade, who introduced me to the world of RPG's.  Mr. Hoffman, history teacher in HS, who in the reddest of red areas was never afraid to have us show that we were blue.  Mr. Diamond, journalism teacher, who showed all of us how to ask questions and how to dig for stories.  Ms. Hollandsworth, French teacher, for, well, being a brand new teacher fresh outta college who looked damn fine (wonder why I didn’t learn much…)  Mr Spraley, Latin teacher, who tried to instill disipline and accuracy in translation and life.  Mr. Lowe, English teacher, for the same reasons as Mr. Hoffman.  Mr and Mrs. Brown, Mr Brown for Chemistry, and Mrs Brown for English, who were a dear sweet couple (he was a scuba instructor, and they were married under water!) and great teachers.  Mr. Brown threw a whole can of ether onto a sleepy student's desk (he did this every year at the beginning of the school year in advanced chemistry) and we all watched them go down in a heap on their desk.  Mrs Brown and Mrs Acker, English teachers, for their insights and instruction on the fine art of writing.  

18.)  If you could choose any other job in the world, other than what you do, what would it be?  I would be a thoroughbred horse on a stud farm...

19.)  If you had $100.00 to leave in your will to any organization, who would get the money?  Public broadcasting - because of the joy I have received working in and working with people involved in that industry.