Grown up survey

(Stolen from Joe)

Any teenager can write a survey about their favorite class or their secret crush or how nice their car is that their parents paid for. This is the survey for the older crowd.

1. Do you have a college degree?
AA in Computer Animation, Multimedia, and Graphic Design from the Art Institute of Dallas

2. What was the amount of your last electric bill?
I finally broke $60 this summer.

3. Do you have term life insurance?
Nay.

4. How many hours per week do you have to work?
Around 40-45. I've been known to work upwards of 70hrs a week though. That gets taxing.

5. Have you ever attended a Toastmasters event?
I have a toaster. And I love toast. Does that count?

6. Favorite place to attend Happy Hour?
Not really into that scene.

7. How many miles is your commute to work each day (one way)?
About 6 miles... we're about to move into a new building though. Gonna put me at about a quart mile from work. I'm so walking or riding a bike.

8. What time do you get up every morning?
I shoot for 7, but usually end up having to drag my ass outta bed at 7:30 to get ready for work. Which starts at 8. Oh yeah.

9. What is your definition of sleeping in late?
Depends on when I went to bed. Like, sleeping until 1 or 2pm isn't so bad, if I didn't get to bed until 8am. But now... get to bed at 10pm, and sleep until noon... that's just crossing the line.

10. Have you found any gray hairs?
A couple. But I found them years ago... like in high school. So I drowned them in long hair.

11. Do you check your cholesterol on a yearly basis?
Nope, but I've had it checked a couple times applying for health insurance when I wasn't working at a place that provided it, and it's all good.

12. How large was your first cellular phone?
I had an old ass Motorola flip-phone / brick. Seriously, you could do some damage with that beast.

13. Does your employer provide good health insurance?
Definitely. If I ever have a need to use it, it'll be reassuring, I think.

14. Did you use the internet to write a research paper back in high school or did you do it the old fashion way, with the little index cards that showed you how to find books on your topic, along with the encyclopedia, in the school library?
Well... up until about my Junior year, this whole intarweb thing was pretty ... obscure? So old fashioned was about the only choice I had. Senior year though... now that's a different story. F the dewy decimal system!

15. Have you ever heard of the internet sensation DrivinBrad or visited Drivinbrad.com?
You're not so clever viral marketing scheme to get me to you website has FAILED FOOL! Die in a fire.

16. Have you attended a high school reunion?
Not yet. First one's coming up this month. Christ I'm getting old.

17. How many jobs have you held in your professional career?
Professional? 1. In Toto? 9. 10 if you count freelancing.

18. Have you ever been fired or laid off from a job?
Once, after the computer/tech field crashed in late 2001 - 2002. Was laid off from a phonejockey support job for Dell computers. Ok pay, shit job, so I was glad for the release.

19. What is your favorite well drink?
Water.

20. What is the most expensive bottle of wine that you have in your residence?
I have a $5.49 1.75 liter bottle of some crap I picked up at the grocery store... it ain't for drinking though. When I do buy wine, I usually drink it... so it doesn't really get stored in my "residence".

21. Have you been divorced?
One time when I was at band camp... wait, what?

22. How old were you when you stopped getting IDed for alcohol/tobacco etc...?
17 ... and I never abused that knowledge...

23. Favorite casino?
They're all the same inside, so based on outward appearance, the Luxor rules.

24. Are you happier now than you were in high school?
Most definitely. I hated high school. Like really bad.

25. Did you ever have Hypercolor shirts?
Oh god... yes :( I think I was in 4th grade, and I had this orange Ocean Pacific shirt that would turn white from body heat.

26. Do you remember when Michael Jackson was black and attracted to older people?
My first concert ever was MJ's Thriller tour. I was 5, and sitting on my dad's shoulders. It was a pretty kick ass concert. After Moonwalker though... yeah, he went WAY off.

27. What music was in your cd / cassette player when you were 16?
Metallica, some White Zombie occasionally, and my buddy Ralph had this new band he wanted me to hear, called Dream Theater.

28. Favorite fancy / upscale restaurant?
Javiars ... it's like you died and went to heaven, and they serve mexican food.

29. How long has it been since you attended a kegger?
Never been to a kegger. I've floated one or two in my time though.

30. How many major wars have you lived through?
Two. In the same country. Just missed out on the Vietnam War by a couple years.

3 if you count the Cold War.

31. Where were you when you found out about 9-11?
Woke up to my phone ringing that morning. It was my mom, and she was freaking out telling me to turn on the news. I was working the night shift for Dell support, so I sat the rest of the day watching things unfold. It was surreal. And I remmber when I finally got to work that night... some douchebag was bitching at me because his replacement part hadn't arrived yet. That was the first time I ever cussed out a customer.

32. When's the last time you were at a 7-11?
Last Thursday. I try to avoid 'em, cause the bastards always double hit my card, and it's a pain in the ass getting it cleared up.