Facebook says 25, planet.mozilla.org says 7. I prefer not to be a strict follower of either and I’m sure no one needs to re-read the rules again. You can blame Mayu and Sean.
- If I had to do it all over again, I’d do something around sociology. I’m often fascinated by human interactions and behavior. I remember taking the bus in college and wearing earphones but having my Walkman (link for those too young to follow) off to watch & listen to others on the bus.
- History. Hated this in high school, didn’t bother with it in college. Now I’m fascinated with history, mostly Spanish California, early American history and some pre-history (like “Guns, Germs & Steel“). I tend to lose interest right around WWII.
- Both my kids, but my son in particular, love watching anything to do with science on TV with me. This includes anything from Discovery Channel, Animal Planet or even History Channel. And those are always good times.
- I did my first double century (200 mile bike ride) two years ago and haven’t done much riding since. I have a goal of doing the Furnace Creek 508 before I’m 40 so I better get training.
- I was born in Denver and moved to Orange, CA until third grade when we moved to Hoffman Estates, IL (Chicagoland). I moved out on my own and back to California (Bay Area) in January of 2006. I’ve lived in Mountain View, Morgan Hill and Dublin, CA. I relocated for work to Southern California in 1999 (also in January) and lived in Costa Mesa, Dana Point, Laguna Niguel and Aliso Viejo before moving back to the Bay Area in 2006 (this time not in January). Southern California is definitely the best.
- Moving out of the house and 2200 miles away was one of the hardest thing I’ve done in my life. It was weird to know that no matter what, things would never be the same. My youngest brother was only five and I don’t know him nearly as much as I wish I did.
- My fondest memory of SoCal while growing up was the Angles Stadium. It wasn’t that far from where we lived and I could always see the big A on the other side of the freeway.
- Met my wife in Irvine. We worked at the same ISP – she was in sales and I was a Solaris admin learning to be a network engineer. As hard as moving away from Illinois was, this alone made it worth it.
- I’m part Persian (by marriage). This of course means I’m no stranger to large family gatherings or being the only one in the room who hasn’t a clue what the conversation is about (I don’t grok Persian). Means I’ve also learned the proper way to make hot tea (and have modified that to make my own iced tea).
- Speaking of Persian, my two favorite dishes I don’t get often enough are Shirin Polo and Gheimeh. But please keep anything with rose water away from me.
