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OK, so I'll just pretend you want to read this:
Larry. That's my name. I live in Colorado. Where green means "go," yellow means "step on it," and red means "you've got
another five seconds." Yes, the drivers here suck at understanding street signals... badly. Excellent example (if you ever
take a wrong turn around here) is at 120th & Huron in Westminster. Rush hours are just classic. If I get a weekday
off, I just might take a lawn chair & watch the entertainment. There may be laws on Colorado's books about not causing
gridlock, or at least not running a red light, but I have yet to see any practical proof of this. Even a citation from the
photo vans go largely ignored.
I was born in California (though I evade that in public conversation). Ah, Cali... where you can't see your neighbor
across the street for all the smog (yet shaking your next-door neighbor's hand during breakfast while sitting at your kitchen
table is "no problemo"), and the politicians in the bay area flat refuse to widen 101 between
San Jose & Morgan Hill... bastards!
Raised in Montana (Big Sky country). It's not a flea-bitten state: They don't willingly move there. I
graduated high school in Helena. There's not much else in Montana to comment on.
Do I work for a living? Well, yeah... I was at Sun Microsystems until the veritable pink-slip came in November 2001.
The whole department of 60 (nation-wide) was deemed 'redundant'. I enjoyed every minute of my time there though. After seven
months on the job-hunt I've learned that unemployment is a hassle not worth my time, and health benefits are a good thing.
I had gone through temp agencies until I found a permanent gig again. The hours ain't banker's, but the customers are seldom
inclined to rant at me, so that's refreshing... and it definitely beats the alternative.
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Favorites
What I watch:
Occasionally catch Jay Leno or TechTV. At least, I did when I was an unemployed bastard. Now I just work.
What I listen to:
When I can I listen to most things loud. Examples are POD, Disturbed, one or two from System of a Down, I'll even subject
myself to small doses of 'house'. Of course there's the old favorites; Aerosmith, Beethoven, AC/DC, De Bussy, occasional
Queensryche, Mozart, and Megadeth. Essentially, if it's not "Kun-tree" or silly cRap, I'll give it a listen.
What I read:
Tom Clancy should be a reading requirement in high school. I've read many of his books (though there's a large gap in
time from the last novel I finished and the Net-Force/Ops-Center series I 've started in on). Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan; Nine thick volumes, nice. If you like J.R.R. Tolkien, then you probably have already heard of Jordan.
Movies? Oh sure:
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