Well this is a different post than I’m used to, and I’m unsure how to really get this started. For anyone who doesn’t regular the WGOM over at stickandballguy.com, ever week the members of that site are taking a internet road trip to one of the member’s personal sites. This week, yickit.com welcomes the WGOMers. Thanks for SBG for setting all of this up and walking me through the process.
The setup is pretty simple: SBG asks me 10 questions, and I ask him 10. We have a 50 word limit for our answers, which I think I mostly complied with, but then again I didn’t really count out every answer. I’m calling this Pepper with a twist.
SBG questions for Me:
1. We both went to high school in Fargo. I happen to love Fargo. Describe living there.
Growing up in Fargo is hard to describe. I wouldn’t have wanted to live anywhere else, but I don’t really feel like it fits me anymore. But I love visiting. Oh yeah, windy all the time and cold in the winter. Go Bruins!
2. What possessed you to go to law school, anyway?
Chicks, Money, Power, and Chicks. Seriously, I’ve wanted to be a lawyer since I was 5-6 when my friend Eric and I decided to figure out what we wanted to do. He wanted to be a doctor, and is now in Med school. We must have hated fun. I like writing and solving puzzles.
3. Where do you hope to practice? What field?
Ideally I’d like to be closer to Fargo than DC. I really like the Twin Cities and hope to live there someday, but given the current legal market I’ll go where the jobs are. Don’t know what field I’ll end up in, but I liked Contracts, Criminal Law, Securities, Civil Trial Advocacy. Any field will do.
4. Seriously. How jealous are you of Andrew? First, Ireland, next Hawaii. Dude’s living large.
The dude is living large. Do they serve Guinness in Hawaii? You forgot to include Des Moines the greatest location of them all.
5. What got you into blogging?
I’m not really sure. I’ve always been somewhat of a computer addict and I knew the costs of hosting and WordPress were low, so even if I didn’t end up writing much or using my web space I wasn’t really going to lose anything. It worked out okay.
6. Ron Gardenhire. Explain.
I like Gardy. He is an interesting character though, I’m waiting for a FSN cialis commercial with him and is wife. I mean after that crap with the Coomer massage, what won’t they do? Sometimes his lineups/bp management bug me, but not too often. I’d keep him if I were in charge.
7. If you were a DJ at the WGOM, what would you play?
I’d probably throw in some: Modest Mouse, Fratellis, New Found Glory, Taking Back Sunday, Dredg, Starting Line, The Academy Is, Finch, Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Eat World, Blink 182, Rise Against, The Killers, Eric Church, The Clash.
8. Yickit? Where’d that come from?
It was a word I made up spontaneously either on a football trip or a debate trip. I can’t remember which, but I do remember thinking it was hilarious, and at least for me the joke has gone on for quite some time. I had other some others too: i.e. Abseck.
9. Solve the World’s Problems.
In 50 or fewer words? One person doesn’t solve the world’s problems. The only thing a person can do is to work change the problems they observe in their life. I’d like it if more people would forgo some luxuries and instead donate that money to needy causes. That’d probably help.
10. Send a message to the WGOMers. Fifty words. Go crazy.
Those of you with your own mom’s basement: keep on writing. It doesn’t really matter what you write about, I’ll at least read it. I’ve learned about a lot of subjects I never would have guessed by reading other citizen’s posts. And if anyone needs help or advice about setting up a site, I’m always willing to help.
My questions for SBG after the jump.
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rhubarbrunner 2:21 pm on July 31, 2009 Permalink |
Of all of Steve Miller's great hits, "Abracadabra" is his "biggest". Oh well.
Trying to get work done before (hopefully) heading off to trade in a clunker for a new car; here’s what’s popping up on the media player:
“Komm Susser Tod, Kom Sel’ge” – Gordian Knot, Gordian Knot
“Deadly Nightshade” – Brand X, Masques
“Homecoming” – Yellowjackets, Samuria Samba
“Life’s Incredible Again” – Michael Giacchino, The Incredibles soundtrack
“Pixel Dream” – Ozric Tentacles, Live at the Pongmaster’s Ball
“Girls with Guns” – Tommy Shaw, Girls with Guns
“The Doomsday Machine/Goodbye Mr. Decker/Kirk Does It Again” – Fred Steiner, Star Trek TV soundntrack Vol. 1
“I Go to Rio” – Pablo Cruise, Worlds Away
“The Balance” – The Moody Blues, Question of Balance
“Dead Already” – Thomas Newman, American Beauty soundtrack
Back to the grind!
yickit 2:29 pm on July 31, 2009 Permalink |
Definitely not my favorite SMB song.
Big Mak 3:09 pm on July 31, 2009 Permalink |
* Blue Day – Heartless Bastards – All This Time
* All Apologies – Nirvana – Unplugged in New York
* 90 Hour Sleep – Dredg – Live at the Fillmore
* Been a Son – Nirvana – From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
* Stoner Hate – Scars on Broadway – (self-titled)
* Hole in the Earth – Deftones – Saturday Night Wrist
* Violent Pornography – System of a Down – Mesmerize
* Genocide – The Offspring – Smash
* Israel’s Son – Silverchair – Frogstomp
* Nutshell – Alice in Chains – Jar of Flies
You've got Thursday in your Friday 10!
Andrew 3:59 pm on July 31, 2009 Permalink |
Avenged Sevenfold – "Burn It Down" City of Evil
50 Cent – "Life's On The Line" Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Interpol – "Obstacle 1" Turn On The Bright Lights
Common – "The People" Finding Forever
Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Wet Sand" Stadium Arcadium
Jeff Tweedy – "One by One" Sunken Treasure Live
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Little Shadow" It's Blitz!
The Josh Davis Band – "December" The White Whale
Edgewater – "Eyes Wired Shut" The Punisher Soundtrack
Sugarhill Gang – "Rapper's Delight (Original)"
E-6 8:30 pm on July 31, 2009 Permalink |
1. "Just the Same But Brand New" St. Vincent Actor
2. "Cherry Chapstick" Yo La Tengo And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
3. "Blown Away" Pixies Bossnova
4. "Stab" Built to Spill There's Nothing Wrong With Love
5. "Walken" Wilco Sky Blue Sky
6 "Miles From Nowhere" The Only Ones The Only Ones
7. "Nothing Was Delivered" The Byrds Sweetheart of the Rodeo
8. "Do The Strand" Roxy Music For Your Pleasure
9. "Magic Trick" M. Ward Post-War
10. "Rag And Bone" White Stripes Icky Thump
bonus: "Feed Me With Your Kiss" My Bloody Valentine Isn't Anything