Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Egad - No post yesterday!

I completely forgot to post a message to my blog yesterday. I set a goal for myself to post at least something every day. For those of you who may be reading my blog through Facebook, you may say, "Yeah, but he posted all of those crazy pictures yesterday." Technically, that's true, however, I didn't actually post anything to my blog at www.hpflyer.blogspot.com.

Now if this isn't a crazy way to drive traffic to my blog, I don't know what is. :)

Thursday, August 27, 2009

15 Movies

Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen movies you've seen that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including me because I'm interested in seeing what movies my friends choose. (To do this, go to your Notes tab on your profile page, paste rules in a new note, cast your fifteen picks, and tag people in the note -- upper right hand side.) I hope you participate, even if you didn't get tagged! No judging! Okay, fine, judge .

Star Wars: A New Hope
Dragonheart
The Last Starfighter
To Kill a Mockingbird
Beauty and the Beast
The Goonies
The Iron Giant
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
The Fifth Element
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Moulin Rouge
The Other Side of Heaven
Serenity

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Threes of Me

Rules:
You've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with the 3's of YOU. At the end, choose people to be tagged. You have to tag me. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you - but not in a creepy stalker kind of way.

(To do this, go to "notes" under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 3's, tag 26 people (in the right hand corner of the app), then click publish.

Three names I go by:

1--Daddy
2--Eric
3--Junior (thanks Channel 3)

Three Jobs I have had in my life:

1--Hydrotubular Transportation Specialist (pipe mover)
2--Local TV news photographer
3--Lead agent for US Airways group department

Three Places I have lived:

1--Pingree, ID
2--Grant's Pass, OR
3--Chandler, AZ

Three Favorite drinks:

1--Chocolate Milk
2--Orange Julius
3--Black Cherry Kool-Aid

Three TV shows that I watch:

1--Lost
2--Hell's Kitchen
3--America's Got Talent

Three Places I Have Been:

1--New York
2--Moscow
3--Copenhagen

People that text/e-mail/facebook/tweet me regularly:

1--Haily
2--Adrian
3--My mom

Three of my favorite restaurants:

1--Chipotle
2--Cracker Barrel
3--Good 'N' Plenty

Three friends I think will respond:

1--Haily
2--Adrian
3--Amanda

Three things I'm looking forward to:

1--Next trip to Disneyland
2--Birth of our new son in January
3--Next papercraft project

Friday, August 21, 2009

Scientific Study of Me

A friend of mine posted this on her blog and I figured I'd co-opt her idea. I really have nothing better to do for the next ten minutes.

************FOODOLOGY*****

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1. What is your salad dressing of choice?
Ranch, except when I feel like Catalina.

2. What is your favorite sit-down restaurant?
Probably Cracker Barrel, but I don't get to eat out like that very often.

3. What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of?
Pizza

4. What are your pizza toppings of choice?
Pepperoni and Canadian Bacon with pineapple

5. What do you like to put on your toast?
Butter and raspberry jam.

***********TECHNOLOGY************

1. How many televisions are in your house?
Three, however, one does not work. Should I count my portable DVD player as one more?

2. What color cell phone do you have?
Black

3. How many computers are in your house?
2. One works. One takes up space.

4. Have any idea how many Megahertz your computer has?
Nope. There used to be a time when I cared about such things. Now I only worry about it not turning on.

**********BIOLOGY***************

1. Are you right-handed or left-handed?
Right.

2. Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
Teeth and a portion of my colon (that's a lovely story involving a near death experience).

3. What is the last heavy item you lifted?
My kids.

4. Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
No.

****************BULLCRAPOLOGY***************

1. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
I could see the benefit, but I would rather not.

2. If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
Rockerfeller, but only for the inheritance that would come with the name.

3. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000?
No.

*************DUMBOLOGY*************

1. How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
One, but I haven't worn them for a couple of years.

2. Last time you had a run-in with the cops?
1999. I ran a red light.

3. Last person you talked to?
Haily

4. Last person you hugged?
Haily

***********FAVORITOLOGY***************

1. Season?
Spring. The days are nice and everything is green (I live in the desert, what do you expect?)

2. Holiday?
Christmas, followed closely by Halloween

3. Day of the week?
Saturday.

4. Month?
April. Spring and birthday, and 3rd favorite holiday, Easter.

***************CURRENTOLOGY****************

1. Missing someone?
I miss being close to my family, fortunately my brother lives a little less than an hour away.

2. Mood?
Generally calm

3. What are you listening to?
Haily sleeping.

4. Watching?
Nada. Just the computer screen

***************RANDOMOLOGY*************

1. First place you went this morning?
The ubiquitous water closet.

2. What's the last movie you saw?
Made of Honor

3. Do you smile often?
Every chance I get.

**********OTHEROLOGY************

1. Do you always answer your phone?
No.

2. It's four in the morning and you get a text message, who is it?
No one texts me that early in the morning.

3. If you could change your eye color what would it be?
Blue, it's very close to that already.

4. What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic?
I prefer an Orange Creme Slush.

5. Do you own a digital camera?
Yes, when Haily lets me use it.

6. Have you ever had a pet fish?
Yep. Despite the loss of our platys, we've still got a plecostomus.

7. Favorite Christmas song?
Mary Did You Know.

8. What's on your wish list for your birthday?
HD TV, PS3, Home Theater sound system. I know I won't get them, but I can wish.

9. Can you do push ups?
Yes, but I don't do them as often as I should.

10. Can you do a chin up?
I doubt it.

11. Does the future make you more nervous or excited?
I try to keep an open mind about it.

12. Do you have any saved texts?
Only the last several I've received.

13. Ever been in a car wreck?
Yes.

14. Do you have an accent?
Midwestern American.

15. What is the last song to make you cry?
I don't remember.

16. Plans tonight?
Hopefully my Mom will make it here from Dominica.

17. Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom?
There were a few days like that in college.

18. Name 3 things you bought yesterday?
Chicken strips, potato wedges, a soda.

19. Have you ever been given roses?
No. I've given them.

20. Current worry?
Politics.

21. Current hate right now?
People who excuse their own bad behavior and errors..

22. Met someone who changed your life?
Most definitely.

23. How will you bring in the New Year?
Probably by having fallen asleep at 10 on New Year's Eve.

24. What song represents you?
Moving Right Along.

25. Name three people who might complete this?
Surprise me.

26. Would you go back in time if you were given the chance?
As long as it is not to the destruction of Pompeii, why not?

27. Have you ever dated someone longer than a year?
No.

28. Does anyone love you?
Yes. My wife and kids show me every day.

29. Ever had someone sing to you?
My daughter.

30. When did you last cry?
Yesterday on my way to work. I missed my family.

31. Do you like to cuddle?
Yes

32. Have you held hands with anyone lately?
Haily, McKenna, and Adrian.

33. Are most of the friends in your life new or old?
Most of my friends are old.

34. Do you like pulpy orange juice?
No!

35. Where do you see yourself in 20 years?
Enjoying my family and life. Probably while on a visit to Disneyland.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

119 Questions

ReplyAre you really ready for 119 questions?
Ready for anything !

Where's number 1?

2) Do you regret your last relationship?
No. I learned from it and while I wasn't in a relationship for a long time after, I am grateful to have learned and moved on.

3) Do you believe in God?
Yes.

4) Who did you last say "I love you" to?
McKenna

5) Do you regret it?
No.

6) Have you ever been depressed?
When I was still going to BYU, I lost all desire to do anything. School, work, etc.

8) Are you a boy or girl?
Boy

9) What is your relationship status?
Married

10) How do you want to die?
In my sleep, old and surrounded by family.

14) When was your last non-physical fight?
It seems I'm in a fight everyday at work - I'm in customer relations.

15) Do you have an attitude?
When I get my hackles raised, yeah.

16) Ever been in love?
Yes.

20) Do you hate anyone at the moment?
Idiots who think the world is their oyster.

21) Do you miss someone?
Yes. I miss my family in Idaho, Utah, and Florida.

22) Right or left handed?
Right

23) Do you tan a lot?
Not intentionally, but it's hard not to get a tan in Arizona when you wear shorts.

24) Have any pets?
A fish.

25) How exactly are you feeling?
I'm tired, from putting in mondo-overtime at work.

27) Ever made out in a bathroom?
No.

28) Would you take any of your exes back?
No.

29) Are you scared of spiders?
No.

31) Do you regret anything in your past?
Yeah, I think I was too rude towards my brothers and sisters.

32) What are your plans for this weekend?
Relax and go to church.

33) How many kids do you want?
We've got two, and I'd like more.

34) Ever kissed somebody that name starts with an D?
No, but my nephew calls my wife "Aunt Dee Dee" Does that count?

35) Do you type fast?
Yep

36) Do you have piercings and what are they?
No, though I've stepped on nails. Does that count?

39) Do you miss anyone from your past?
Yeah. I miss several of my roommates and missionary companions.

40) What are you craving right now?
Brownies

41) Ever been to a bonfire party?
Yeah. We had them during homecoming week in High School. When I was at Ricks we went out to the St. Anthony Sand Dunes a few times and had big bonfires as well.

43) Have you ever been on a monkey?
Yeahbuwhat?

44) Kissed someone in a lifted truck?
Nope.

45) Have you ever broken someone’s heart?
Mine has.

47) Have you made a boyfriend/girlfriend cry?
nope.

49) Would you live with someone without marrying them?
No.

50) What should you be doing?
Finishing up the X-Sheets for my other job.

52) Ever liked someone so much it hurt?
Yeah. It hurt worse when she to me she wasn't interested in me.

53) Is somebody in love with you?
Yes!

54) What is your favorite color?
I vary between green and blue

55) Have you ever changed clothes in a vehicle?
Yeah.

59) Have you ever shaved in the kitchen sink?
Nope.

63) Who was the last person you cried in front of?
Haily

64) Who’s the last person you hugged?
McKenna

65) Is it easier to forgive or forget?
What was the question again?

67) What was your childhood nickname?
I didn't have one. Bryan always chanted "Chickaboo" around me. At one of my jobs, I was nicknamed "Junior"

68) Are you a good person?
Yeah, until I get mad enough to throw tater tots.

69) What was your favorite thing about the past year?
Getting to visit Washington D.C.

70) Do you believe everything happens for a reason?
I think we need to find reason, and learn from what happens to us.

71) What is the last thing you did before you went to bed last night?
Watched TV.

73) What is bothering you?
McKenna talking back to her mother.

74) Have you ever been out of state?
Yeah. I was just out of state last weekend.

76) Are you listening to music right now?
Yeah, Haily's online playlist.

77) Do you like Chinese food?
As long as it's sweet and sour, teriyaki, or orange chicken.

79) Are you afraid of the dark?
Only after vivid nightmares.

80) Is cheating ever okay?
No

81) Are you mean?
No, but then again, there was the tater tot incident . . .

82) Can you keep white shoes clean?
I once got really anal about a pair of my tennis shoes . . .

84) Do you believe in true love?
Yes

88) Do you like the outside?
Yeah, except for Arizona summers when it's only a few degrees cooler than the surface of the sun.

89) Are you currently bored?
No.

90) Do you wanna get married?
Already am.

91) Do you like when a boy calls you babe or baby?
Can't say as I do.

92) Are you hungry?
A little, but I'm trying to control it.

94) Who makes you happy?
My family - here in Arizona and in Idaho

95) Would you change your name?
No. I toyed with calling myself Ric or using my middle name, but it didn't seem right.

99) What’s your zodiac sign?
Aries

100) Do you like Subway?
Yes.

101) Last person that made you smile?
Adrian, when he looked up from his toys and gave me a great big smile.

102) Your best friend of the opposite sex loves you, what do you do?
That's my wife you're talking about, buddy.

103) What song are you listening to?
Dancing Queen. Again, it's on Haily's playlist.

104) Whats your fave show?
Lost

105) Have you ever seen someone you knew & purposely avoided them?
Yeah.

106) Do you have a friend of the opposite sex who you can act your complete
self around?
Haily.

107) Who is the last guy you talked to?
Someone at work.

108) Does it matter if your boyfriend/girlfriend smokes?
Yes.

109) Do you smoke?
No.

110) What’s going on between you and your best friend?
Trying to raise kids and stay sane at the same time!

111) Who’s the last person you had a deep conversation with?
Haily

113) Do you enjoy piercings & tattoos?
No.

14) What do you wear more: jeans,sweats,or shorts?
Shorts.

115)You are a sharpie marker what color do you prefer to be?
Forest green

116) What are your conversations mostly about right now?
Travel

117) Do you prefer to shower at night or in the morning?
In the morning.

118) Have you ever said you’d never love again?
No

119) Do you want to make everyone happy?
My job is to make people happy.

Sunday, February 01, 2009

25 Things

On Facebook, several of my friends have posted 25 things about themselves. I decided to follow their example, and have now posted mine.

1. If I could have one superpower, it would be to fly.
2. While I usually tell people my favorite movie is either Star Wars or Beauty and the Beast, it's really To Kill A Mockingbird.
3. I have every studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic.
4. After learning auditions would be held in a nearby town, I tried to get a part as an extra in "Masters of the Universe." Unfortunately, they didn't need any, and decided to film in a different state.
5. I worked as a photographer for a year and a half for a local TV station.
6. I know that my best friend is always looking out for me.
7. For a sixth grade project, I made a short movie based on an Encyclopedia Brown story. I've wanted to be involved with film ever since.
8. I miss my family. It's been great having my brother and his wife nearby for these last few months.
9. My favorite thing to do at Disneyland is to sit near the hub and people watch.
10. I love to sing, but haven't done it on a consistent basis since high school.
11. I get too wrapped up emotionally in RPG video games.
12. I still can't believe I found someone who loves me as much as I love her, even after (almost) six years of marriage.
13. I graduated with a degree in education and hope to use it someday.
14. I enjoy playing Guitar Hero - that was the last game I thought I would like.
15. Nothing beats the smell of a field of spearmint after a summer rain.
16. I am impressed by the lives my brothers and sisters have led.
17. My 100 pound sister-in-law is the strongest person I know.
18. The last good book I read was "Night Watch" by Terry Pratchett.
19. I've never really been into sports, but will support my hometown team when they go to the Super Bowl (go Cards!)
20. My current favorite music artist is the late Israel Kamakawiwo'ole.
21. Joss Whedon is my master now.
22. After buying my first DVD player in 1998, I hid it from my family, worried they would give me a lecture about using my money wisely.
23. I miss the camaraderie of my Ricks and BYU singles wards and the ward activities we had.
24. I don't feel I should be as old as I am.
25. I almost died 4 years ago, and know that it was only through the power of prayer and faith that I am here today.