42 Questions.

Ganked from figmo while Lady distracted her.

1) First Grade Teacher: Can't remember. Her name started with a "H" if I recall correctly.
2) Last word you said: "Okay"
3) Last song you sang: Notes from The Phantom of the Opera
4) Last person you hugged: kshandra
5) Last thing you laughed at: Sportscenter. They were being snarky last night.
6) Last time you said ’I love you’: A few minutes ago to Kiri.
7) Last time you cried: At least a year ago.
8) What’s in your CD player: Computer CD drive: Madden Football 2003. Stereo: The Grateful Dead - Without A Net
9) What color socks are you wearing: Black
10) What’s under your bed: Stray stuffed animals, socks, a few books, and the mighty herd of dust rhinos.
11) What time did you wake up today: 0724
12) Current taste: Garlic (from last night's pizzafest.)
13) Current hair: Short (but needing a trim soon) dark brown or black, depending on your view.
14) Current clothes: Blue jeans, Candlestick Park t-shirt, gray hooded sweatshirt.
15) Current annoyance: My body's reaction to last night's pizzafest.
16) Current longing: Baseball!
17) Current desktop picture: Comet Tempel 1 as imaged by the Keck Observatory.
18) Current worry: The usual. Job search, money.
19) Current hate: Right-wing Christian loons
20) Story behind your LJ username: Wayy back when I rolled up a Traveller character. I named him Arameth (I was reading a lot of pseudo-Celtic fantasy at the time) Gridlore. The last name came from listening to Howard Cosell describe someone as "a veritable fountain of gridiron lore." Well, Arameth turned out to be one of my most successful characters ever, and spawned an entire family of adventurers. Fast forward to the mid-ninties and the release of Traveller's 4th edition. The Traveller Mailing List started holding a starship building competition with role-playing elements. We all created companies that submitted designs in response to Imperial requirements. I made my company Gridlore Technologies. When we move to mindspring, I used gridlore as my email (because I hate using my name and a string of random numbers) so it was natural that when I started my LJ that I use gridlore as well. Oh, Gridlore Technologies has apeared in two official Traveller products - Ground Forces and 101 Corporations.
21) Current favorite article of clothing: The Chopper sweatshirt I got for Christmas.
22) Favorite physical feature of the opposite sex/same sex: Eyes
23) Last CD that you bought: Green Day - American Idiot
24) Favorite place to be: SBC Park
25) Least favorite place: Work when I'm in a pissy mood.
26) Time you wake up in the morning: Usually between 0630 and 0800, depending on when I got to sleep.
27) If you could play an instrument, what would it be: Oh, I'd like to take up bass guitar again.
28) Favorite color: Black and red
29) Do you believe in an afterlife: Nope.
30) How tall are you: Right at 6'
31) Current favorite word/saying: Bollocks.
32) Favorite book: Robert Heinlein - Starship Troopers
33) Favorite season: Baseball
34) One person from your past you wish you could go back and talk to: Mr. Rouse, my fourth-grade teacher. Amazingly cool guy.
35) Favorite day: Don't have one, to be honest.
36) Where do you want to go: Europe.
37) What is your career going to be like: I just hope to have one!
38) How many kids do you want: If possible, I'd like to have one child. Not bloody likely though.
39) What kind of car will you have: A Harley. If you insist on a car, then I'd like a hybrid Accord.
40) Type a line you remember from any book: "Maybe men are cowards - at the core." Larry Niven "At The Core" from Neutron Star
41) A random lyric: "I done told you once you son-of-a-bitch, I'm the best that's ever been."
42) Identify some things surrounding your computer: Debris. Kiri's meds, the phone, pirate rubber ducks, CD cases, empty Coke cans..

One more day, I find myself alive..

That will be in 2043. Meaning the Giants have 37 more chances to win the World Series before I kick off this mortal coil. (Assuming that my death could come anytime after 0136 on 4 July 2043.)

A Darwin Award waiting to hqappen

Driving this morning to drop off a resume, I saw the following.

It was fairly foggy this AM, with the odd white light you get from the sun shining through the cover. Made for crappy visability overall, and the patches of ground fog made things worse. The road I was on is a fairly busy four-lane with several curves along its length. Speed limit is 35mph, but most people do about 45.

Anyway, as I drove along, I noticed a woman jogging in the middle of street! She was wearing a light gray track suit (nicely blending into the fog) and had an iPod plugged into her head. She wasn't crossing the street, but instead jogging right down the middle of a lane.

Yeah, jogging is so good for your health.

Crossposted to gridlore and mock_the_stupid