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1.Were you named after anyone? Not my first name, but my middle name (Blaine) comes from Blaine Nye, who played for the Dallas Cowboys.

2. When was the last time you cried? Two days ago

3. Do you like your handwriting? Generally, yes, but there are times that it is indecipherable to me.

4. What is your favorite lunch meat? Turkey

5. Do you have kids? Yep. 3 of them (and one on the way in about 8 more weeks)!  Brandon is 10, Aleah is 7, and Abby will be 3 next month.

6. If you were another person, would you be friends with you? Definitely.  I am a good and loyal friend.  Is that cocky of me to say?

7. Do you use sarcasm? Only when I am awake.

8. Do you still have your tonsils? Yes.

9. Would you bungee jump? No.  This goes in the "unnecessary risk" category, along with skydiving.  No logical reason to do it, in my humble opinion.  Plus, I have mouths to feed.

10. What is your favorite cereal? I have several, but probably Cinnamon Toast Crunch or Frosted Flakes.

11. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Nope.

12. What is your favorite ice cream? Blue Bell Mint Chocolate Chip

13. What is the first thing you notice about people? Their demeanor - friendly, guarded, open, angry, etc.

14. Red or Pink? Red!

15. What is your least favorite thing about yourself?  My temper sometimes.  Yes, really.

16. Who do you miss the most? My grandpa

17. Do you want everyone to complete this list? It matters not to me - I am not tagging anyone else.

18. What color pants and shoes are you wearing? Khaki shorts - no shoes

19. What are you listening to right now? My son playing with my iPhone - it's the "Annoyance" app

20. If you were a crayon what color would you be? The best one

21. Favorite smells? My wife, just in general. 

22. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone? My sister-in-law, who is looking to buy a home soon.

23. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Yep.  Amanda is a fun friend.

24. Favorite sports to watch? NFL football - that's it.  The others pale in comparison for me.

25. Hair color? Brownish - used to be really blond when I was a kid

26. Eye Color? Green

27. Do you wear contacts? No - I actually have 20/10 vision (for now).

28. Favorite Food? Spaghetti

29. Scary movies or happy endings? Happy endings

30. Last movie you watched? "Man on Wire", which is a documentary about a guy who walked on a tightrope between the World Trade Centers in the mid-70's.

31. What color shirt are you wearing? Black, which is rare for me - we need to do laundry.

32. Summer or winter? Summer.

33. Hugs or kisses? Kisses AND hugs.  I can't choose that one!

34. Most likely to respond? N/A

35. Least likely to respond? N/A

36. What book are you reading now?  I am reading several, actually.  Just finished "Tuesdays with Morrie" yesterday.  Reading a book about blogging ("Naked Conversations" by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel), book about OCD called "The Boy who Couldn't Stop Washing".  I have diverse tastes, I guess.

37. What is on your mouse pad? Not using one

38. What TV show did you watch last night?  30 Rock and Psych

39. Favorite sound(s)? My wife flirting with me.  Also, my kids laughing

40. Rolling Stones or Beatles? Beatles - no comparison here 

41. What is the farthest you have been from home? St. Lucia for my honeymoon - great memories!

42. Do you have a special talent? Yes, yes I do.

43. Where were you born? Dallas, Texas

44. Whose answers are you looking forward to getting back? N/A

45. How did you meet your spouse/significant other? We met on the dance floor of an Austin nightclub.  I even wrote a post about it awhile back: Songs from the Night I Met My Wife - A Tribute.  As an aside, you can see my ACTUAL wedding picture in this related post: Love Songs for My Family.

After having been hounded for weeks by my friend Julie Chapman to write a new meme, I finally decided to just bite the bullet and do it while I have a little free time tonight.

Here we go:

1. I sincerely considered a career as a cartoonist or artist when I was a kid.  I used to sit for hours copying the comics from the Sunday paper - Garfield, Snoopy, Beetle Bailey, Snuffy Smith, you name it.  I also have some sketches (somewhere) of entire rooms from my house and my grandmother's house.  I would choose a spot in the room, and draw everything that I could see while sitting there.

2. I cry at the drop of a hat.  So PLEASE stop dropping all of those hats around me!  Where did that phrase come from, anyway?  But I digress.  I seem to have obtained this from both sides of my family.  Here are a few things that will make me cry every time:

• McDonald's commercials
• Spontaneous gestures of love expressed from one of my kids to another
• The ending to "It's a Wonderful Life" (never fails)
• Having a prayer clearly answered, demonstrating God's love for me
• Certain songs from the late 70's, when I was about 7-9 years old

3. I am an only child, and so is my wife.  So were both of my parents, and my mother-in-law.  My father-in-law was not, but his brother is about 18 years older, so he was basically raised as an only kid.  With that in mind, our family tree sort of came to a point when my son was born 10 years ago.  That's one of many reasons that we wanted more children.

4. I have never travelled outside of the United States (except to cross the border into Mexico for a few hours), and I have lived in Texas my entire life.  Also, I have only visited a handful of U.S. states.  It may sound lame, but my wife and I don't really enjoy traveling all that much.  I prefer being around familiar stuff and people, I guess.

5. I played high school football, and I led the district in quarterback sacks as a defensive end on the team in my junior year. 

6. This may or may not seem noteworthy, but I read the entire Bible about a year and a half ago, and I am starting again soon, probably with a different translation.  My wife and I are both voracious readers, and now our kids are, too!  We are a family of readers, with literally thousands in our "collection".  The library was one of my favorite places when I was a kid.

7. There are certain phrases which will trigger a song lyric in my head, and I start singing to myself, or sometimes out loud.  I have the same issue with funny movie scenes.  Frankly, my wife and I have so many "in-jokes" now that it's ridiculous.  I see that as one of the perks of being together so long.  We understand each other.

My head hurts now.  Can I stop?  Thanks.