GTKY/AMA: niq

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 19:02:21 GMT -5 jennlin said:

you said your W lurks sometimes...how often? why doesn't she join in? would you leave if she did?

Very rarely. I think at this point it is just when she is looking over my shoulder. I wouldn't leave if she joined in.

SHe does most of her posting on ravelry and some makeup board (makeup alley?). And Facebook.

I think she is FB friends with a couple of TK/SN/GBCNers so if you are FB friends with me you can friend her, she'll ask me who it is and then probably accept.

(if you are not FB friends with me and want to be (?)) find Jennlin and look at her friends and put 'n' in the search -- I'm the only non-Asian guy in that list).

[kwpnjumper55]

Jul 20, 2012 19:15:38 GMT -5 niq said:

Jul 20, 2012 19:02:21 GMT -5 jennlin said:

you said your W lurks sometimes...how often? why doesn't she join in? would you leave if she did?

Very rarely. I think at this point it is just when she is looking over my shoulder. I wouldn't leave if she joined in.

SHe does most of her posting on ravelry and some makeup board (makeup alley?). And Facebook.

I think she is FB friends with a couple of TK/SN/GBCNers so if you are FB friends with me you can friend her, she'll ask me who it is and then probably accept.

(if you are not FB friends with me and want to be (?)) find Jennlin and look at her friends and put 'n' in the search -- I'm the only non-Asian guy in that list).

I'm not even friends With jennlin... Me is a loser

[jennlin]

Lol niq, that is a hilarious way of finding you. I don't friend eeeevvvvveerrryyY one on here, only the onesive met IRL or if I haven't met, I've known for years and years. So there.

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 19:35:12 GMT -5 spunbutterfly said:

Is it really sliding out of fashion? Man, I know so many little girls named Charlotte/Charlie it's not even funny.

For girls who are 3-7, it's very fashionable. But it's on the decline. I'll post a link to the baby name wizard chart for it when I get home .

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 19:32:10 GMT -5 jennlin said:

Lol niq, that is a hilarious way of finding you. I don't friend eeeevvvvveerrryyY one on here, only the onesive met IRL or if I haven't met, I've known for years and years. So there.

Lol, sorry, i just figured you were the glue that held all of SN together, even IRL.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using ProBoards

[niq]

Can we get to page 4? I think that's like 18 or 19 more posts, so 9 questions or so.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using ProBoards

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:09:37 GMT -5 @sfgal530 said:

What's your dream car? What do you currently drive? What was your first car?

Dream car: hmmm, maybe the Cadillac XTS depending on how it looks on the inside.

I bought an Infiniti G35 as a "quarter-life crisis car" about a month after I met W in 2005. I plan on driving it into the ground and then replacing it with something more practical.

My first car was a handmedown Isuzu impulse.

[jennlin]

Jul 20, 2012 20:59:05 GMT -5 niq said:

Can we get to page 4? I think that's like 18 or 19 more posts, so 9 questions or so.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using ProBoards

asking for it doesn't count. but i will do my best.

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:09:14 GMT -5 @sfgal530 said:

What are your weekend plans?

Hanging out with friends, Saturday morning & afternoon; pool at Jillian's with W's on Saturday. Sunday W and I are having a 2-person GTG at the spa to celebrate the "end" of moving in to our new house. weather and time permitting, I think we are going to stain the fence before it gets any more grayed from the weather .

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:08:53 GMT -5 @sfgal530 said:

Chiming in late - sorry, this was a crazy day!

Favorite color?

Burnt orange.

[jennlin]

Jul 20, 2012 21:34:22 GMT -5 jennlin said:

Jul 20, 2012 20:59:05 GMT -5 niq said:

Can we get to page 4? I think that's like 18 or 19 more posts, so 9 questions or so.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using ProBoards

asking for it doesn't count. but i will do my best.

lol, totally wasn't paying attention. we're already there. back to work i go.

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:10:01 GMT -5 @sfgal530 said:

How interested are you in politics? You don't have to say which party you support, just your general level of interest.

Um, pretty high. Less than it was from 2003-2010, now that Obamacare has passed it's hard to see what else can get done and my life has just gotten more busy.

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:09:52 GMT -5 @jennuinne said:

What is your go-to dish when you cook?

Either breaded chicken w/ sage and butter, or pasta with roasted chicken, cherry/grape tomatoes, and some green vegetable (asparagus, zucchini, etc.).

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:10:20 GMT -5 @sfgal530 said:

What was the hardest class you took in college?

I took a junior/senior-level history course on American history from 1789-1810 as a sophomore. That was a terrible idea, I shouldn't even count it.

Partial Differential Equations was hard. Abstract Algebra was hard. Advanced Computer Graphics had one incredibly hard project. I took some Religious Studies courses to stretch myself; Modern Jewish thought was tough but I did well at it.

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:10:39 GMT -5 @sfgal530 said:

What's a skill you don't have but wish you did have?

I think I wish I were a better public speaker. It's something you can teach yourself though.

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:11:10 GMT -5 @sfgal530 said:

If you found $100 on the street and you couldn't spend it on yourself or W, what would you do with it?

That's tough. I lose stuff so often I'd be tempted to just leave it in case the person who lost it came back.

If I had to get rid of it soon, I'd go out to dinner that night and tip the waitress $100 (does that count as spending on me?).

Otherwise I'd put it in the collection plate at church.

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:11:16 GMT -5 @jennuinne said:

Fav liquor? Hard A, beer or wine?

Dalwinnie (sp?) scotch. Probably liquor, then beer, then wine.

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:11:52 GMT -5 @jennuinne said:

If you could live anywhere (besides Seattle), where would you move?

Chicago.

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:11:31 GMT -5 @jennuinne said:

Fav Seattle restaurant?

I miss B&O Espresso .

I would say Lola. Or Rancho Bravo for cheap eats.

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:12:13 GMT -5 @sfgal530 said:

How many states in the US have you been to?

If "been to" means "driving through", then all of them except AK, HI, ND, SD, and NE, and IA so 44.

If it means "spending the night", then cross off WY, MT, NH, IN, KY, WV and DE so 37.

If it means "doing something other than stopping for food or to sleep" then cross off UT so 36.

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:12:17 GMT -5 @jennuinne said:

What are your getting buff goals?

Basically to avoid becoming a "thin fat person". But I have specific 1 rep max lifting goals:

Bench 125 (currently 75)
Curl 65 (currently 35)
Squat 225 (haven't tested this one)

Right now I weigh 158 pound and my target weight in general is to hit 170 but without this little minigut that I have.

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:12:40 GMT -5 @jennuinne said:

Top 5 shows on the air this year?

Do Daily Show & Colbert Report count?

30 Rock, Community, Parks and Rec ... and that's really all we watch. W watches Bones, that's okay. I should probably start catchup on Fringe and start watching.

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:13:01 GMT -5 @jennuinne said:

What radio stations are programmed in your car?

89.5
90.3
92.5
93.3
94.9
98.1
99.9
104.5 (?)
106.1
107.7

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:13:25 GMT -5 @jennuinne said:

Last movie you saw at a theater?

Amazing Spider-Man (with W and her parents).

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:13:58 GMT -5 @jennuinne said:

Are you romantic? Does W think so?

Bonus: an example of your romanticness or lack there of.

I'm maybe a little romantic on occasions but day to day not really. Like, she wishes I would bring flowers home more than I do, which is almost never.

I got her a custom puzzle of photos from our wedding for our 1 year anniversary.

After she took the bar I got us a cabin on Orcas island and we flew there to have a weekend to ourselves.

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:14:23 GMT -5 @jennuinne said:

If you could go to any concert (of a living artist), what would it be?

If Sleater-Kinney did a reunion tour I would line up for tickets. You said living, not still performing together!

Of bands still performing together, I dunno. I've been listening to so much dancepop/dubstep lately and I'm not sure that would be a fun show. I like Bruce Springsteen, and that show would probably be special, so we'll go with that.

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:14:39 GMT -5 @jennuinne said:

What websites do you frequent daily besides GBCN?

The real way to ask this is "what is in your Google Reader Feed". That's a long list

Matthew Yglesias at Slate
Talking Points Memo
Kevin Drum at Mother Jones
Pandagon
Ross Douthat at the NY Times
Ezra Klein at the Washington Post

Laura at 11D (I forget her last name)
Balloon Juice
Feministe
Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Obsidian Wings
Oliver Willis
The Big Picture
Brad Delong's Semi-Daily Journal
Same Facts: The Reality-Based Community
Seattle Bubble
Calculated Risk

Juan Cole's Informed Comment
Democracy Arsenal

Horse's Ass
Archpundit

MSNBC's First Read
NYTimes FiveThirtyEight (though it's less interesting now than it used to)
Daily Kos Elections

The Baby Name Wizard
Engadget
Joystiq
Jamie Zawinski's blog
Ruffled
Offbeat Bride (but it's dead now)

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 21:15:18 GMT -5 @jennuinne said:

S/O of W's rack, are you a boob, leg or butt man?

I think I like a nice a$$ better than a nice pair.