Nosey member game!

Kevin Spacey. I can't believe he did those things to those boys.

Have you ever sworn at a little kid?

Yes. Outside my normal job, I am also a music teacher. I am upfront with the parents that I am a harsh and disciplinary teacher. I am not the "just have fun" type of teacher. If you enroll as my student, I expect you to practice and try as hard as you can. Because I am fully invested as a teacher, therefore I will swear at a kid even with their parents in the lesson. Now I don't swear at a "little little" kid. But once they reach adolescent period, it's fair game.

If you are stranded on a deserted Island with no hope of getting off of it, how would you live your life or would you want to give up? How would you spend your days. what would you do?

I'd probably give up if a month went by alone and without any food. I would build a shelter, try to find berries, or fish to catch and eat, figure how to make a fire ( if possible if not no cooked fish) I'd sing, talk to myself, draw in the sand and sleep alot, try to exercise, keep mentally and physically in shape to be rescused. ( hope I have a book with me and extra clothes ) It would be depressing for me to be alone and stranded in the elements because I am not a camper type.

Same question.

Of course I immediately think of Tom Hanks in "Cast Away" . How can you know there is no hope? Hope is the only thing that would keep me going. I give up pretty easily on things. I don't know how to start a fire or fish or catch an animal to eat. If I had no hope, I would probably kill myself.

If you saw someone park in a handicap space and they clearly were not handicap, would you confront them and ask them to park somewhere else?

Probably not, for a number of reasons. I'd WANT to pretty badly, but I'd feel like it would/could be wrong of me to confront them. Just off the top of my head, I can think of a few. A) What if they ARE handicapped in some way and just forgot/lost the placard thingy that goes in the window? B) What if THEY are not handicapped but they are picking up somebody who is? Those are two great examples where I could think I was doing the right thing only for it to turn out I'd be a complete jerk. But, there are also other reasons I wouldn't bother. For example, if there were plenty of close spots available or even still some other handicapped spots available, then as wrong as it is at least they weren't taking up the only/last spot. To me, there is just too little to gain in confronting somebody like that. All I'll do is ruin my own day by getting so upset (or maybe even wind up causing a scene or worse) and the person will probably never change. It would be different if I saw him/her attack somebody or something like that, but to me a situation like that just wouldn't justify the aggravation for the likely little benefit it would have.

Have you put up any Christmas decorations yet, or if not when do you tend to do so?

Yes, actually my wife did over this past weekend.

What is your favorite toy growing up as a kid and do you still own or like that toy?

This was a fun question. It got me thinking about my bike with the banana seat and basket in the front. My favorite was my Barbie dolls. I had a Barbie case that held two Barbie's and their clothes and tiny shoes.

Have you ever told anyone to shush in the movie theater or a library?

Yes, I go to the movies very often and had many unruly people sitting around me. Sometimes Shush works, sometimes that escalates to full blown sentences, others I have reported to the manager.
Library - NO. The last time I stepped in a Library was back in college and I didn't care too much if people were loud. To be honest, I probably got shushed at times.


If you can speak anther language fluently, what would it be and why?

Spanish because it seems to be the most commonly used in business and within my country other than English, obviously. My company also does have some Spanish language offices (as well as other languages) so it would be super helpful even within my company.

Did your parents do the pictures with Santa thing with you when you were young?

Yes. It was always awkward looking, I don't like people in costumes. I get really nervous and scared. Have Easter Bunny ones too.

Who do you usually spend the most money on for Christmas presents? I spend a couple hundred on my niece.

My parents. Since they spend the most on me :)

What did you end up doing on NYE ?

...Wow. That's a good one. I have to admit, believe it or not, that one's very hard for me. Regret is not often a word I use. Reason being, I tend not to look back and regret things. Even when I've done things wrong, sure I regret it in the moment, but then I value the mistake as a learning experience. The biggest example I can think of is trusting the wrong people (which I've done WAY too much in my life), but even that I regret in the moment... but later on I grow stronger for it and don't regret it anymore for how it helped to make me stronger.

I suppose the one I can say is I honestly regret not learning to appreciate myself sooner. I've recently made such improvements in that regard and it has really transformed my life. And I can't help but imagine what could have been had I don't that so much sooner.

I like this one, so I'm going to continue it, but with a small twist.

What's your biggest regret that you don't mind sharing here? (I imagine some of us may have regrets we'd rather not discuss. ;-) )

To watch: American Football
To Play: When I was younger, American football and tennis. Now: Golf....lol

What's a bad habit or addiction that you can't drop.

Outer space. :) But, if I have to stay on Earth, then I'd probably honestly say something like Disney World. Don't get me wrong. I love traveling to places like other countries (I've been to Italy, for example). But, I just find I tend to be more of an entertainment/thrill seeking kind of person more than I am a sight seeing kind of person. So, even though I loved both... I actually enjoyed the times I've been to Disney World or Hershey Park more than the time I went to Italy.

Have you ever played a video game or online game that lets you create a custom character and created one that looks just like you?

Yes. I create myself in sports games. I create female characters in rpg games.

What was the last uncomfortable situation that you were in and how did you handle it?