Ganked from bkwrrm_tx. Let me know if you want me to ask you nosy questions.

1. How many keys on your key ring?

Seven. Car key, three for the apartment, two for work, one for the lock that holds the spare gas tank in my truck bed. Plus a bottle opener, 4GB flash drive, nail clipper, and my library card.

2. What kind of books do you like to read?

Science fiction, mostly. Hard SF and military SF are my preferred subgenres. I also read a ton of history. Currently working on A Traveller's History of Venice and Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne. Also read a lot of alternate history stuff.

3. What are some of the different jobs that you have had in your life?

Gravedigger, Infantryman, Car washer, Janitor, Retail sales, and of course being a driver of everything from a hatchback for a dental lab to 34' flatbeds. Currently a dispatcher/reservations agent for a limo service.

4. What is your best childhood memory?

I don't have a single best, but I have many fond memories of going to Twin Lakes Beach in Santa Cruz (setting for the movie The Lost Boys) and spending hours playing in the surf.

5. If you had a big win in the lottery, how long would you wait to tell people?

Other than immediate family, I'd want to wait until the check was in the bank, and we had spoken to a financial advisor to set up a plan for sustaining the money to provide a steady income. Then I'll announce that I'm throwing room parties at every Worldcon for the next ten years.

6. If you could change something about your home, without worry about expense or mess, what would you do?

Can I move the CalTrain tracks? We're about 110' feet from them. Actually, I'd love to have a top of the line shower where we can set preferred temperatures. I waste more time fiddling to get the right level when I go in, and having presets would be great for those days when I just want to scald myself silly.

7. Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving?

It's been far too long since I threw myself out of a perfectly good aircraft.

Geez, how long since I've done one of these?

You Are Mac and Cheese

You have a natural serenity that makes others feel calm. You are a safe haven for others. You love to comfort others and to be comforted in return. You believe in being easy on everyone. You are mild-mannered and not likely to offend. There's something universally appealing about you. People put their trust in you, and they often turn to you as a last resort.

Ganked from benkenobigal while she was getting the popcorn.

( I'd do the Syufy clap, but Kiri would kill me. )

Day 03 – Your favourite album track The Who - Success Story

Day 02 – Your favourite single Marshall Tucker Band - Fire On The Mountain

( Another oldie, and one of the first story songs I really loved. )

Found on Facebook, but I'm doing it here! Ha!

( There must be fifty songs to do this meme )

2011 - Living in the middle apartment of a triplex in Santa Clara, Ca. Facing major life changes (again) due to major medical issues. Married to kshandra for just shy of 20 years. Due to health, almost all social interaction are online, mainly through Facebook and LiveJournal. Getting increasingly into medieval history. On way too many medications and using oxygen. Still glowing from the Giants World Series win.

2001 - Living in San Francisco in a great three bedroom apartment in the Middle Sunset right on 19th Ave. with a ever-changing roster of roommates. Working at SuperShuttle as a grave shift dispatcher. Online life is dominated by the Traveller Mailing List and alt.atheism. Dealing with misdiagnosed "seizure disorder" that is actual seizures caused by the medication. Celebrated 10th anniversary with Kiri. Started my LiveJournal

1991 - We lived in the Roach Motel on 8th St in San Jose for the first part of the year, and just before we got married we moved in with a friend. I have no online presence. Major social interaction is at Rocky Horror and the Legion of Rassilon. Favorite restaurant: No Name Pizza in Milpitas. This was the year my first car, The Yellow Peril, finally died. Worked as a security guard and as a guide at the Winchester Mystery House.

1981 - Living with family on Harwood Road in San Jose. Attending Leigh High School, failing everything due to boredom. For the first time in my life, I have a circle of geek friends. Discover phone-phreaking. Greatest accomplishment: we managed to reach the NORAD Watch Desk at Cheyenne Mountain through social engineering. Play a lot of RPGs. Discover good rock music, girls, and Hunter S Thompson, possibly in the same week. Spend most of year glowing about the 49ers.

1971 - On Harwood Road in San Jose. Year split between nursery school and kindergarten at Noddin Elementary. Decide that the US Army and the number 4 are the coolest things ever. My epic refusal to eat anything that even looks like a fruit or a vegetable settles into trench warfare. Want pony for 5th birthday, get little sister instead. Not overly thrilled, but get over it. Watch Apollo missions on TV followed by Star Trek re-runs. Too young to realize that growing up in the seventies would leave me fashion-scarred for life.

Day 01 → Something you hate about yourself.

Do you really need to ask? My failing body. For almost 16 years now I've been fighting one damn thing after another. I'm tired. I hurt. And there's no end in sight. I want my mind uploaded into a fractal robot or a nanoswarm, and I want it now!