100 about Me

1. I was born in Michigan.
2. I live in Colorado.
3. I'm married.
4. I have a 13-year-old step-daughter who shares my birthday.
5. That's February 7.
6. My other step-daughter is 10.
7. And my boy was born in May of '06.
8. He's already a performer, just like his dad.
9. I'm one lucky S.O.B.
10. I'm a creative director at an ad agency.
11. I went to Michigan State University.
12. I play ice hockey and basketball.
13. I love ice cream.
14. Let's go Red Wings!
15. Deeeeetroit Basketballlll!
16. I'm in a band called Big Blue Vein.
17. I play guitar.
18. And sing.
19. And act.
20. I have an agent who kicks serious ass.
21. I'm a compulsive nail biter.
22. I like cold beer. Really cold. Warm beer, even if it's "supposed to be warm," doesn't do much for me.
23. I prefer red wine over white, but on a hot day will partake in a cold chardonnay.
24. If I'm on a beach, I like an ice cold Corona.
25. Or a frozen girly drink.
26. That's lots of lines committed to booze, but I actually don't drink much.
27. I just have a lot of lines to fill.
28. I live in a Brady Bunch neighborhood and drive a station wagon.
29. The 28-year-old me is appalled with the 38-year-old me.
30. The 38-year-old me is a million times happier than the 28-year-old me ever was.
31. My favorite rock group of all time is Led Zeppelin, followed closely by AC/DC.
32. My favorite singer of all time is Frank Sinatra, followed closely by Tom Waits.
33. My favorite songwriter of all time is Johnny Cash, followed closely by Tom Waits.
34. I'm a full-on tech and gadget geek.
35. Macintosh, not PC.
36. I love scary movies, and have since I was a little boy.
37. As a boy I loved all the old movie monsters: Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolf Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Invisible Man...
38. And Godzilla and all his fellow monsters: Ghidra, Mothra, the Smog Monster, etc.
39. My favorite movie of all time is On the Waterfront, followed very closely by The Godfather.
40. My favorite comedy of all time is It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, followed very closely by Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
41. I do improv comedy.
42. I do sketch comedy.
43. I do stand-up comedy.
44. I like comedy. But I like drama, too.
45. Vancouver, BC, is one of my favorite cities anywhere.
46. Other favorites include Chicago, San Francisco and NYC.
47. My mom has written (and had published) more than 50 books.
48. I'm extremely proud of my mom.
49. This is her blog.
50. She's one of my best friends.
51. One of my other best friends, my dad, died of cancer when he was 51.
52. He was not a smoker.
53. He was surrounded by smokers his whole short life.
54. My dad's side of my family is huge and very close -- our family reunions routinely have 200+ attendees.
55. That's a lot of meat-n-potatoes people in one place at one time.
56. I'm a meat and potatoes person.
57. My iPod has more than 12,000 songs spanning 28 genres on it right now.
58. I'm listed on the Internet Movie Database.
59. I like shoes.
60. I like jeans.
61. I like T-shirts.
62. I liked flannel before it was in style, I liked it while it was in style, and I still like it even though it's not in style anymore.
63. If I won the $100 million powerball, I'd make a movie.
64. After I bought my family everything they want, of course.
65. And my mom.
66. I never read one single book from cover to cover before I start another one.
67. At any given moment I have three to four different books going.
68. Which one I read depends on my mood and my day.
69. I've read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series numerous times.
70. I've read nearly everything Vonnegut ever wrote, but never more than once.
71. No one could write crime pulp like Jim Thompson.
72. I would love to own a really nice, really expensive fountain pen.
73. I cannot because I always lose pens.
74. I'm an excellent driver.
75. I had laser eye surgery nearly 6 years ago.
76. For the first 24 hours after the surgery it felt like someone was rubbing sandpaper on my eyeballs.
77. It was still one of the best decisions I've ever made.
78. I love to take pictures.
79. I love to take video.
80. I love what digital photography has enabled average folk like me to do.
81. But there's still nothing like black & white film.
82. And black & white movies.
83. I am surprised and delighted by my children every single day.
84. My son has my eyebrows.
85. Poor little guy.
86. But he's still CUTE AS ALL GETOUT!
87. Both of my step-daughters danced in The Nutcracker with the Colorado Ballet this past holiday.
88. I poked myself in the eye during the performance, that's what that tear was from.
89. I change my facial hair on a weekly basis.
90. Because I can.
91. I'm average height, average build, average weight.
92. You've probably seen me in a TV commercial or heard my voice in a radio commercial before.
93. If you live in the U.S., that is.
94. I don't like guacamole.
95. No, I wouldn't like your guacamole, either.
96. I don't like cats.
97. No, I wouldn't like your cat either.
98. No, not even if your cat is more like a dog, which it isn't.
99. I love dogs.
100. I thank God every day for the forgiveness of others.