Scott Johnson - Plinky Answers

work uniform

2010-02-04T10:29:44-06:00

the only job I've had that required a uniform was Blockbuster Video. I worked there two and a half years while I was going to school. I proudly wore the blue & gold as did many other friends throughout the years.

i grew up playing cribbage

2010-02-04T10:26:57-06:00

cribbage
everyone in the family played and the family cribbage board saw plenty of action. now as an adult, still the only people i know who play cribbage are my Dad, Mom, and Sis. but every family holiday, game on.

My money's on the peacock

2010-01-22T09:28:35-06:00

does a pack of squirrels even have a mean streak in them? peacock all the way

Disneyland is pure childhood magic

2010-01-19T09:28:16-06:00

Summer of 2009 I went to Disneyland for the first time since my childhood.

I walked up to the main gates and saw the flower and rock garden arranged like Mickey Mouse just in front of the train station. I walked through the archway up through the main town square and saw Mickey and Goofy taking pictures. Revisited Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion. For the first time in my life, rode Star Tours. I ate a churro. Got my picture taken outside Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.

Now that's magical.

in Nashville, I get around by car

2010-01-18T12:54:11-06:00

when I lived in Seattle, I didn't need a car. And I could have lived anywhere. In Nashville, if I didn't have a car, I could really only live in 2-3 neighborhoods in near Franklin.

the best beaches are where you dig for clams

2010-01-14T09:49:46-06:00

Best place I know to dig clams, there used to be a small little coffee shop right next to the beach road that had these amazing blackberry scones, then in towards town was a Pig & Pantry that had amazing omelets for breakfast and pretty good clam chowder.

My favorite subject was history, I thought

2010-01-08T12:10:17-06:00

When I took the Pre-SAT my Junior year in High School, I put proposed college major as History. I literally had no idea, zero, that you could be a Computer Science major. All we had in my High School was "keyboarding", which taught you how type like a steno-clerk and you were expected to also take a class on "shorthand".

Of course, it was just a year into college that I swore I would never be a software engineer. Thank goodness for systems and databases, right?

haircuts

2010-01-08T12:06:07-06:00

I've got it down. "Short on the top, faded into a number 4 on the back and sides." Sometimes, if I'm feeling frisky, I'll say "number 2 all over".

I could handle a busy gas station across the street

2009-12-28T08:40:31-06:00

the constant traffic outside makes you house less likely a target for break-in or violent crime.

If I can't sleep, I'm reminded of Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory

2009-12-23T13:43:05-06:00

I've recently become a fan of The Big Bang Theory, despite my dislike for Situation Comedy and laugh tracks. One episode he can't go to sleep so he starts talking out loud about his favorite actresses who've played Catwoman.

"I'm trying to fall asleep. I'm counting Catwomen."

Hold, please

2009-12-23T13:34:47-06:00

I got a new monitor for my computer and wanted to run 1920x1080 resolution, I knew my video card would support it, but the option wasn't coming up. So I called Microsoft Technical Support. They put me on hold for with no music, just the same guy repeating the same phrase over and over again with no breaks. "Thanks for calling, we're terribly busy, you'll have to wait". After 25 minutes, the call dropped. I called again, picked the same options, after 25 minutes, the call dropped. Third time, I went a different path through the IVR options, pretending that I didn't have existing technical support warranty and would be willing to pay for it. After 6 minutes, I call on the phone with a human person. for 56 minutes, very limited hold music, just the same guy saying the same thing over and over again. turns out my video card supports up to 1600x1200 over VGA, if I want 1920x1080 I need to use DVI.

My money's on the 8 reindeer goring and trampling the 10 lords a-leaping

2009-12-23T13:29:13-06:00

I left Lamberts stuffed to the rafters

2009-12-17T08:20:42-06:00

Home of the Throwed Rolls

if you haven't eaten at Lamberts, then you've never overeaten. They are piling on food before you even get a plate. their rolls are the size of a softball and you end up eating about 4 of them. amazing selection of chicken fried meats and assorted battered and deep fried vegetables. get you some.

a natural ring of fire

2009-12-03T11:10:21-06:00

i was driving cross country from Seattle to Nashville in 2005. it was day 2, just west of Barstow, CA heading towards Arizona. clouds were on the horizon in every direction, but the sky above was clear. As the sun was setting, it turned the clouds a reddish hue, not just behind me to the west, but all directions. It was like i was in a ring of fire. pretty cool.

John is my favorite Beatle

2009-11-19T15:21:43-06:00

lead vocals on Ticket to Ride. done.

I'm a PC

2009-11-19T15:20:47-06:00

because I like to take computers apart.

Cold rememdy

2009-11-06T08:34:00-06:00

To keep symptoms at bay, I take a cocktail of 1) Claritin D 24 hour, 2) Tylenol Daytime cough syrup, & 3) Sudafed.

Barstow, CA to Wilmington, NC

2009-10-29T09:02:00-06:00

It's the entirety of I-40. 2,554 miles from end to end. Along the way is the Grand Canyon, Albuquerque NM, Amarillo TX, Oklahoma City, Memphis, Nashville, and the Great Smoky Mountains.

I remember seeing this sign: http://www.city-data.com/picfilesc/picc5385.php
Inspired me to want to drive it end to end.

one Halloween I dressed up as the Eye of Sauron

2009-10-29T08:58:10-06:00

Eye of Sauron
no one got it. I had to explain it to everyone. one lady thought I was a vampire and kept talking to me in a Dracula voice. but she also thought the guy dressed up as The Joker was just a party clown and asked why he wasn't wearing big clown shoes.

my pantry is filled with staples

2009-10-22T08:20:37-06:00

dry beans

pasta

rice

can of stewed tomatoes

a black truffle tree would be a gold mine

2009-10-15T08:37:10-06:00

Photo of Washington Black Truffle

what are you kidding? i'd totally open my own business selling black truffle butter. gold mine.

My money's on the goat

2009-10-15T08:35:08-06:00

the goat has a naturally dense skull, so the boy would need to get behind the goat where it's more vulnerable. don't see that happening, since the goat won't charge him like a bull. a couple of head butts from the goat, this fight's over.

I've never bothered to check out CMA Week

2009-10-15T08:32:54-06:00

It happens every year, each year all my coworkers take time off to go. I just never have. Maybe one year.

Bacon makes everything better.

2009-09-29T23:45:26-06:00

Yeah, butter too.

What my clothes say about me

2009-09-20T15:50:07-06:00

that I'm a hobbit. it means comfort.

It took a few times before I liked Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

2009-09-17T17:39:21-06:00

saw it in the theater and didn't find it that appealing to begin with. I was going with a bunch of friends who could see the hesitation on my face and they just kept repeated to me "pretend you're 10 years old, pretend you're 10 years old".

when Chamber of Secrets came out on DVD, a friend of mine rented it and brought it over. His enthusiasm for the movie and book series won me over. another viewing of Sorcerer's Stone renewed my interest. I'm a fan.

I used to think I would like a Fry's Electronics nearby

2009-09-17T09:53:46-06:00

Fry's is only good for two things
1) Computer Hardware parts
2) Low advertised prices for price matching at Best Buy

I don't buy computer parts anymore or try to build my own, so I would only shop at Fry's once a year maybe. And I don't buy DVDs or even Blurays, so price matching isn't that attractive. I used to want Fry's, but I grew out of that.

i need raisinets

2009-09-10T08:55:36-06:00

Michael Pollan is spinning in his farmers market.

If I have to commit to a candy and forsake all others, I would still want raisinets. they've been my movie candy since I've been a teenager. can't see a movie without them

Music sounded awful on my Rio mp3 player

2009-09-10T08:46:33-06:00

I was the first person I know to have an mp3 player hooked up to my car stereo. It was a Rio PMP300. 32 MB capacity, expanded with an additional 32 MB SD card. I would reencode my mp3s down from 128k to 64k in order to fit twice as many on there, which was still only about 50 songs. It interfaced through the parallel port (pre-usb) and took a single AA battery.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_PMP300

I kept it velcro'd to the dashboard of my truck. It died one hot day when the AA battery exploded inside the player.

If Rock Band was an exercise, I'd be in tip-top shape

2009-09-03T09:24:15-06:00