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KickTheBobo

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'In the FOT Seat' FREE FOR ALL Clusterpost!
« on: July 29, 2008, 04:04:35 PM »
Ok, that idea about featuring a random FOT to answer some questions about themselves has turned out to be a logistical nightmare. I'm gonna go ahead and throw this out there to the masses.

If anyone has a hankerin' to answer, these were the initial questions:



1. What is your real first and middle name (if any)?

2. Where were you born, geographically?

3. Where do you reside now (geographically)?

4. What is your current vocation/ job/ area of study?

5. Desert Island: ONE record

6. What is the most impressive thing in nature that you have ever seen in person?

7. What is the most impressive thing in the human-made world that you have ever seen in person?

8. Death Row Pizza: what style/toppings?

9. Tom calls you up and tells you that he will be at a cardboard symposium in your town and has a free day off. What will you guys do?

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« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2008, 04:23:46 PM »
1. What is your real first and middle name (if any)?

John David.

2. Where were you born, geographically?

Point Pleasant, NJ.  Shore trash.

3. Where do you reside now (geographically)?

Right now right now, Arlington, VA, but really Boulder, CO.

4. What is your current vocation/ job/ area of study?

Right now right now, summer associate at a law firm. Really a law student.  I mostly know telecom and "soft IP"(copyright and trademark).

5. Desert Island: ONE record

My favorite all time record is "I Care Because You Do" by Aphex Twin, but I don't really need to hear it again.  So something long and complicated.  Probably Glenn Gould's version of the Well-Tempered Clavier.

6. What is the most impressive thing in nature that you have ever seen in person?

A moonless night sky full of stars.  Aka "the universe."

7. What is the most impressive thing in the human-made world that you have ever seen in person?

Midtown Manhattan.

8. Death Row Pizza: what style/toppings?

Jersey style, plain cheese pizza with red pepper flakes.

9. Tom calls you up and tells you that he will be at a cardboard symposium in your town and has a free day off. What will you guys do?

Bouldering in Vedauwoo, Wyoming is fun.  Or drive up into Rocky Mountain National park.  I don't think someone from the east coast is going to be all that bowled over by the sights and sounds of Denver.

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« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2008, 04:26:23 PM »
k. I'll bite.

1. What is your real first and middle name (if any)?
Erika Suzanne

2. Where were you born, geographically?
Baltimore, MD at Sinai Hospital

3. Where do you reside now (geographically)?
In three weeks I'll be living here, in Baltimore:
http://www.aboutwoodberry.com/webpages/aboutus.html

Next to these ginormous TV transmitters:


4. What is your current vocation/ job/ area of study?
I am a website and email manager (mostly content, I'm not too quick with IT matters) for a company that publishes natural health newsletters and another company that sells nutritional supplements.

5. Desert Island: ONE record
That's ridiculous. I could never choose. Maybe The Bends. Or Abbey Road

6. What is the most impressive thing in nature that you have ever seen in person?
The Redwoods in Muir Woods

7. What is the most impressive thing in the human-made world that you have ever seen in person?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY[/youtube]

(I hope that counts. If not then I would say the Art Nouveau Exhibit at the National Gallery.)

8. Death Row Pizza: what style/toppings?
Thick crust (well done, almost burnt) with a little sauce and not too much cheese. Extra oregano.

9. Tom calls you up and tells you that he will be at a cardboard symposium in your town and has a free day off. What will you guys do?
First we would have brunch at the Golden West http://goldenwestcafe.com/, then we'd go to Atomic Books http://www.atomicbooks.com/ across the street. Maybe the record stores that are in that part of town too. Then we'd go catch a movie at the Charles Theater http://www.thecharles.com/ and maybe end up grabbing another bite to eat at the Yabba Pot http://www.theyabbapotcafe.com/theyabbapotcafe.html
from the land of pleasant living

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« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2008, 04:33:14 PM »
1. What is your real first and middle name (if any)?
Emerson Penn. I also have a "III," because my dad and granddad were into themselves.

2. Where were you born, geographically?
McDowell County, North Carolina, down the mountain from Asheville. A noted meth haven. I've also lived in Asheville; Athens, GA; Chicago; and...

3. Where do you reside now (geographically)?
Los Angeles. The city of angles. America's dream factory. Actually, I live in Glendale, within sight of a "Welcome to Los Angeles" sign. Don't tell anyone.

4. What is your current vocation/ job/ area of study?
I write, for a living, which I have to remind myself every morning. I am also an aspiring comedian.

5. Desert Island: ONE record
I'm completely alone, right? Probably Lee Hazelwood or something. I don't really need the Birthday Party if there aren't any a-holes.

6. What is the most impressive thing in nature that you have ever seen in person?
Muir Woods, in Marin County, CA. The redwoods are poisonous to insects, so there aren't a lot of birds, and there isn't a lot of noise. It's the closest thing to a "spiritual" experience I can recall. I kissed a banana slug. People looked at me askance, but I have no regrets. I took care not to cover it's airhole.

7. What is the most impressive thing in the human-made world that you have ever seen in person?
Paris was as-advertised.

8. Death Row Pizza: what style/toppings?
Hacksaw surprise. I am horrified of death, and will not go easily.

9. Tom calls you up and tells you that he will be at a cardboard symposium in your town and has a free day off. What will you guys do?
Bowling and Meat Loaf karaoke at All Star Lanes.
"You said it. I didn't."

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« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2008, 05:35:47 PM »
Nobody appears to care about me enough to hate on me in Chinatown, so I doubt anyone cares about this for me..

1. What is your real first and middle name (if any)?
Eric James Firth

2. Where were you born, geographically?
San Francisco, CA, USA

3. Where do you reside now (geographically)?
Brooklyn, NY, USA

4. What is your current vocation/ job/ area of study?

job is a mix of admin and graphic design at a pr firm, area of study is animation and motion graphics

5. Desert Island: ONE record
Tough call. I imagine that I'll have stuff to do in the day time. Lying in bed at night my favorite record is 'In the Aeroplane Over the Sea'. I don't imagine that being in sand rather than a bed will change that I love this record in the dark while alone.

6. What is the most impressive thing in nature that you have ever seen in person?

View from a small peak near the base of Mt. Annapurna in Nepal. It was very pretty.

7. What is the most impressive thing in the human-made world that you have ever seen in person?
The Taj Mahal has so far been the most impressive sight I've seen. However its surrounded by awfulness (not India, just that part of Agra...tourist trap India is the worst)

8. Death Row Pizza: what style/toppings?
Not a huge pizza guy, but I'll go regular style pizza (thin but with a non-crispy crust). Pesto, chicken, sausage, kalamata olives, tomato slices and red onion.

9. Tom calls you up and tells you that he will be at a cardboard symposium in your town and has a free day off. What will you guys do?
It wouldn't be a very special symposium since it'd be so close to the cardboard factory, so either the Turkey's Nest or going to karaoke and having some drinks.

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« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2008, 05:44:45 PM »
1. What is your real first and middle name (if any)?  David John

2. Where were you born, geographically? Fairfax, VA

3. Where do you reside now (geographically)?  Arlington, VA

4. What is your current vocation/ job/ area of study?
  freelance videographer/editor, sometimes actor and open-mic comedyor.

5. Desert Island: ONE record -
Stereolab - Dots and Loops

6. What is the most impressive thing in nature that you have ever seen in person?  A gigantic meteor shower that went on for an hour. 

7. What is the most impressive thing in the human-made world that you have ever seen in person?  maybe the Gardiner Museum in Boston.

8. Death Row Pizza: what style/toppings?  Spinach, artichokes, eggplant, feta

9. Tom calls you up and tells you that he will be at a cardboard symposium in your town and has a free day off. What will you guys do?
Hirshhorn Museum, Prairie Dog exhibit at the National Zoo, vegan dinner at The Sunflower, a show at Fort Reno, drinks at the Galaxy Hut, open-mic night at the Cinema 'N' Drafthouse.
(I can provide the theremin, Tom!)

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« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2008, 05:48:58 PM »
KTB, you've got to fill the sucker out.

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« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2008, 07:10:10 PM »
1. What is your real first and middle name (if any)?
Bryan Patrick

2. Where were you born, geographically?
In Ottawa, Ontario.

3. Where do you reside now (geographically)?
Kingston, Ontario

4. What is your current vocation/ job/ area of study?
I manage a lab in the Psychology department at Queen's University. We do research in speech perception & production.

5. Desert Island: ONE record
Blood on the Tracks, (Bobby Dylan). The intensity of my devotion for this record has waned a bit, but nothing else has replaced it yet.

6. What is the most impressive thing in nature that you have ever seen in person?
The giant redwoods (Cathedral Grove) in British Columbia. It's like the forest moon of Endor!

7. What is the most impressive thing in the human-made world that you have ever seen in person?
The Pitt-Rivers museum in Oxford, UK. It's a crazy Victorian museum jammed to the rafters with stuff pillaged from all over the world.

8. Death Row Pizza: what style/toppings?
Thin crust: gorgonzola, calabrese sausage, artichoke hearts.

9. Tom calls you up and tells you that he will be at a cardboard symposium in your town and has a free day off. What will you guys do?
A walk in the woods with our dogs (I'll assume that Dogmo is along for the ride), a nap (separate beds), then a backyard BBQ.

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« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2008, 07:36:15 PM »
1. What is your real first and middle name (if any)?
Matthew Brett. One guess at my last name.

2. Where were you born, geographically?

Philadelphia, PA

3. Where do you reside now (geographically)?
Portland, OR.

4. What is your current vocation/ job/ area of study?
Stay at home dad, part time dishwasher.

5. Desert Island: ONE record
The Boy With the Arab Strap, Belle and Sebastian. Probably not the best B&S album, but it was my first. It brings back good memories.

6. What is the most impressive thing in nature that you have ever seen in person?
I tend to remember experiences over sights when I'm travelling, so it's hard for me to think of a good one. Flying in a black hawk helicopter over Alaska because my friend had to be airlifted out of the bush to a hospital was pretty amazing.

7. What is the most impressive thing in the human-made world that you have ever seen in person?
One time I saw a Delorean at a car show that got me pretty excited.

8. Death Row Pizza: what style/toppings?
NY style, with spinach.

9. Tom calls you up and tells you that he will be at a cardboard symposium in your town and has a free day off. What will you guys do?
I don't really want to meet Tom. I'm sure he's an awesome guy, but I doubt any good could come of it. Sort of a "don't meet your heroes" thing.

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« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2008, 08:14:33 PM »
1. What is your real first and middle name (if any)? John Frederick

2. Where were you born, geographically? Minneapolis, MN

3. Where do you reside now (geographically)? Minneapolis, MN

4. What is your current vocation/ job/ area of study? Radio host

5. Desert Island: It's short so it's probably a bad choice... Rubber Soul

6. What is the most impressive thing in nature that you have ever seen in person? Probably just things I see when kayaking on the Mississippi near the headwaters. I've always liked the bluffs in Wisconsin as well.

7. What is the most impressive thing in the human-made world that you have ever seen in person? I haven't done much traveling so I'm really limited to what I've seen in person. I loved walking the streets of old Boston as touristy as they are.

8. Death Row Pizza: what style/toppings? As thin of crust as possible, ham, sausage, mushrooms, green peppers, tomatoes and jalapenos.

9. Tom calls you up and tells you that he will be at a cardboard symposium in your town and has a free day off. What will you guys do? Go to a Wolves game.

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« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2008, 08:25:51 PM »
I'm disappointed that this didn't work out as originally planned. It would've been nice as a weekly feature.

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« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2008, 08:30:20 PM »
Guess I'll join in on the pile-on...

1. What is your real first and middle name (if any)?

Jonathan Garrett

2. Where were you born, geographically?

Chicago

3. Where do you reside now (geographically)?

Vernon Hills, IL (40 min N of Chicago)

4. What is your current vocation/ job/ area of study?

I've been out of school for two years with a marketing degree but I'm a temp in the medical files division of a pharmaceutical company.

5. Desert Island: ONE record

Fun House by The Stooges

6. What is the most impressive thing in nature that you have ever seen in person?

Camping in Yellowstone was pretty great.

7. What is the most impressive thing in the human-made world that you have ever seen in person?

Mt. Rushmore is pretty crazy, especially when you see the making of video.

8. Death Row Pizza: what style/toppings?

Canadian bacon and pineapple with an olive oil and garlic base.

9. Tom calls you up and tells you that he will be at a cardboard symposium in your town and has a free day off. What will you guys do?
There really isn't much to around me without venturing down to the city. Tom likes roller coasters right? We could go to the Six Flags Great America, that's by my house. After that we could have dinner at El Famous Burrito and then walk next door to Zanies comedy club to see Tom Wilson, Biff from Back to the Future. Or maybe a star of a daytime soap, one of them is usually there every weekend.

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« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2008, 09:14:15 PM »
1. What is your real first and middle name (if any)?
Todd David

2. Where were you born, geographically?
Minot, ND

3. Where do you reside now (geographically)?
Fargo, ND

4. What is your current vocation/ job/ area of study?
Video/Web producer/director (lot of /'s there)

5. Desert Island: ONE record
Breeders: Pod. I know it's a weird one but I never tire of it.

6. What is the most impressive thing in nature that you have ever seen in person?
the sky in the summer on the prairie. i get dizzy just thinking about it.

7. What is the most impressive thing in the human-made world that you have ever seen in person?
nanotechnology. i didn't actually see it but i' ve seen what it can do.

8. Death Row Pizza: what style/toppings?
Red Savoy's in St. Paul (is that a style? greasy) . . . the works.

9. Tom calls you up and tells you that he will be at a cardboard symposium in your town and has a free day off. What will you guys do? farm tour and small town lunch. dinner at my place and then a punk rock show at the aquarium in the pm. but odds are that a local metal band would be playing (which isn't bad; just not all that entertaining) so we may just have to go to courtney's comedy club in moorhead.

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« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2008, 01:11:11 AM »
1. What is your real first and middle name (if any)?

hold on to your seats. joanna. i hate my middle name.

2. Where were you born, geographically?

houston, tx.

3. Where do you reside now (geographically)?

portland, or.

4. What is your current vocation/ job/ area of study?

to support my family: remote worker for an online company based out of austin.
what i wish made money: massage therapist, labor doula, and vegan cookbook author.

5. Desert Island: ONE record

neutral milk hotel: in the aeroplane over the sea

6. What is the most impressive thing in nature that you have ever seen in person?


impossible! can't be pinpointed!

7. What is the most impressive thing in the human-made world that you have ever seen in person?

the musee d'orsay in paris is pretty much one room of mind-exploding art after another.

8. Death Row Pizza: what style/toppings?

oh easy. thick crust, pesto sauce, no cheese (or maybe teese), quality black olives, thinly sliced onions, mushrooms, whole basil leaves, whole cloves of garlic, artichokes.

9. Tom calls you up and tells you that he will be at a cardboard symposium in your town and has a free day off. What will you guys do?

hrmm. i don't even plan out the day when my best friend comes without getting her input first, and i've known her 15 years. we have some nice second-run theatres that serve good food and drinks; i think it would be fun to see a movie with tom. we have great veg food, too. i would definitely cook a meal. other than that, no clue.

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« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2008, 01:12:38 AM »
You mean I'm not going to get my own thread?

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