Name: RSM
Nickname: depends on the social circle: Captain (nothing to do with rank), Diesel (nothing to do with Vin), Sir (nothing to do with knighthood), etc.
Astrological sign: Libra
Age: 37
Height: 5′8"
Weight: 184lbs
Occupation: Update: Joined the military, not because I had to but purely because I want to serve before it is too late. Also, IT (currently) with work in medicine, for the military, communications and as a reporter
Marital status: Single
How many children: unfortunately none (biological. Plenty who have grown attached to me.)
Do you drink (alcohol): Yes
Do you smoke: No
Favorite outdoor activities: Hiking, sleeping, reading
Favorite indoor activities: Cards, games, talking with friends, cooking
Favorite colors: Green, Blue
Favorite type of music: 30s & 40s, acoustical rock, electronica
Favorite musical groups/performers: Hoagy Carmichael, ‘Til Tuesday, Alison Kraus, Talk Talk (late 80s bizarre period), Everything But the Girl, Kate Bush, Sarah McLachlan, Seamus Egan, Toby Lightman, Billie Holiday, Mildred Baily, Louis Armstrong, Hikaru Utada
What’s in your home CD/Cassette player right now: It’s all on the iPod now, so it’s everything I have.
What’s in you car CD/Cassette player right now: Nothing. Again, iPod
Do you play an instrument: Used to.
Have you ever gone skinny-dipping: frequently. Still do.
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up: Reporter
What would be your dream job now: Chief Medical Officer on a military starship
Have you ever been convicted of a crime: Not that I’m aware of
Places you’d most like to visit: Japan, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Nunavut, Peru, New Zealand, Australia, Micronesia, Tahiti, France (maybe)
Your first car: 1976 Chevrolet Malibu Classic, Primer Gray
Dream car: Don’t care. Something Jeep-like with all the power that got great gas mileage or, even better, ran on alternative fuels. Cars don’t thrill me.
Car you Drive now: 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Favorite season: Fall
Favorite holiday: Halloween
Favorite hobbies: Reading, writing, hiking, traveling, cooking
Favorite sport to play: seek and destroy
Favorite sport to watch: rarely watch a sport, but if I have to: College Football, Rugby
Least favorite sport to watch: Swimming events, especially synchronized
Most humiliating moment: I’d have to have self-worth to be humiliated
Do you have any siblings: None
Do you get along with your parents: Mom became a great friend once I hit adulthood. Dad is someone I’m not comfortable with.
Favorite place to chill: On my property by the stream.
Favorite place to visit: southern Yukon Territories
What is your bad time of day: 1500-1700.
What is your good time of day: 0300
Favorite flower/plant: Cedar trees
Favorite subject in school: History
Least favorite subject in school: "Social Studies"
Favorite authors: Rand, Hardy, Hemingway, Rice, Hammet, Cain, Conroy, Morrell
Favorite book genre: History, Horror, Fantasy, Medical, tacky military scifi
Favorite book: Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead, Luke, Total War, Wilderness Medicine :
Current book I’m reading: See home page
Favorite magazines: Sélections (Québécois), Leatherneck, Creative Screenwriting, Dell Crossword Puzzles Plus Variety, JEMS, American Heritage, Military History
Favorite movie of all time: Key Largo
Other favorite movies: Casablanca, To Have and Have Not, North by Northwest, Big Sleep, A River Runs Through It, Rear Window
Favorite Current Television: BSG. Don’t have TV hooked up to anything, so whatever I have on DVD or download.
Favorite All-time TV: Twin Peaks, X-Files, Firefly, Northern Exposure, Due South
Favorite actors/actresses: Humphry Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Cary Grant, Sarah Michelle-Gellar
Favorite cartoon character: Stewie Griffin
Favorite food: Rahmschnitzel
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
Favorite alcoholic Drink: Rum and Coke
What is your bedtime: 2300
Interesting fact about your childhood: I used to think my third grade teacher was hitting on my mom until I found out what "gay" meant.
The first thing you think of in the morning: Where’s my dog
Favorite thing to do when you’re home alone: Read, nap, hot tub, sit and dream
Things that make you feel good: learning, creating something wonderful to eat, a good massage by strong hands, helping someone who’s injured, cool breezes on bare skin, a hard workout, surviving, my friends’ children napping on me while their parents and I talk, the teenagers and 20-somethings around here who want me to go hang out with them, my best friend.
Things you don’t like: Lack of civility in my own countrymen, blind arrogance among the highly educated, faith without substance, getting older, traffic, crowds, someone on the other side of the valley deciding to share his music with everyone, communication blackouts (though necessary at times), hypocritical moral judgments against those who are different.
Worst feeling in the world: Having to make the choice of whom to let die while trying to save others, then listening to them die.
Scariest feeling in the world: Being unable to help someone you love.
Best feeling in the world: knowing you have had a positive effect on someone else’s life.
Do you get motion sickness: Not yet
Roller Coasters – Deadly or Exciting: VERY exciting
Thunderstorms – Cool or Scary: Very Cool and relaxing
Pen or Pencil: Pen
Do you like to drive: yes, as long as I don’t have to be anywhere in particular and I am not in a city.
Do you sleep with stuffed animals: No. That’s just silly. They stand watch while I sleep.
Did you have imaginary friends or a blanket as a child: Nope
What is on the walls of your room: side of leather, piece of cloth, couple of hawk feathers, books.
What words or phrases do you overuse: Holy Crap, Sweet, Take it down a notch
Coolest things anyone ever gave you: their heart. (not literally this time)
How would you characterize your political leanings: Libertarian Conservative – expect me to defend your right to live your life like a moron as long as you are only hurting yourself; just don’t expect my government to make me pay for it when you overdose, get diseased, or go "special" after riding your motorcycle without a helmet. Can’t afford it? Didn’t plan for it? Family doesn’t care? Ask a charity or too bad. I’ve seen far better people die.
If you could pick one super-human power, what would you choose: Immortality (with perfect health, until I choose to no longer live)
Favorite Quotes/Lyrics/Poems:
The man at the top of the mountain did not fall there.
The most tender place in my heart is for strangers
I know it’s unkind but my own blood is much too dangerous.
ENTJ – Commandant
You scored 54% I to E, 36% N to S, 66% F to T, and 31% J to P!
The single word to describe your type is fieldmarshal or commandant. You also belong to the larger group called rationals. You love to organize others in matters of logic. Even as a child, you likely naturally assumed the role of leader in groups. You share your personality type with 2% of the population. When you lead, you are more concerned with policy and goals than rules and regulations. You have a tendency to become a workaholic. You are impatient with repetition of error. You are friendly and outgoing, though. You don’t mince words and willingly share your many strong opinions.
Modern, Cool Nerd
86 % Nerd, 65% Geek, 43% Dork
For The Record:
A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.
You scored better than half in Nerd and Geek, earning you the title of: Modern, Cool Nerd.
Nerds didn’t use to be cool, but in the 90’s that all changed. It used to be that, if you were a computer expert, you had to wear plaid or a pocket protector or suspenders or something that announced to the world that you couldn’t quite fit in. Not anymore. Now, the intelligent and geeky have eked out for themselves a modicum of respect at the very least, and “geek is chic.” The Modern, Cool Nerd is intelligent, knowledgable and always the person to call in a crisis (needing computer advice/an arcane bit of trivia knowledge). They are the one you want as your lifeline in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (or the one up there, winning the million bucks)!