Okay here goes:
1) I dyed my hair once to cover up the gray. It was a huge mistake and it'll never happen again.
2) I love Dr. Pepper, all 23 flavors of it. Diet or regular, I don't care.
3) For a very long time, I thought wearing white sneakers with everything was acceptable. I’ve come to learn, not so much.
4) I'm a Texan who can't eat spicy food. Almost seems un-American.
5) I love it how things, on occasion, seem to just work out in the end.
6 For the first 25 years of my life I was born and raised in the great state of Texas. The drawl still lingers even after 18 years but to this day when people ask where I’m from, I still say Texas.
7 When I was 16 my dad handed me the keys to a 1971 candle-apple red Chevy El Camino (you know, the ½ car ½ truck automobile) Dad had rebuilt the engine and fixed it up for me. My late Uncle JW (James Willard) used to say, “it would cut a hole in the wind.”
8 I am high school choral director, but when I was in high school, I only sang in choir for one year, my senior year. I was an undecided major as a college freshmen and didn’t really start pursuing music until that first year of college.
9 When I was 18 yrs old, Dale Miller, my first choir director put Mozart, Brahms, and Bernstein in my hands and I have been hooked on music ever since. He turned on the switch for this good ol country boy who had know idea what he was going to do with his life.
10 I’ve lived in 4 states in my life, Texas, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Illinois. Probably the greatest education of my life has been being exposed to the different cultures and people in those diverse parts of the country.
11 My biggest regret in life is that I never took piano lessons. I think I would have been really good at it. Some people think I can play piano really well, when in truth, I’m just a hack.
12 I love superheroes. My mom would buy me comic books when I was a kid. Anything relating to Batman, Superman, Iron Man, The Hulk, Captain America, or Spiderman and I’m there.
13 I’m also a huge fan of Star Wars. I saw the original in the theater about 20 times in 1977 at the prime age of 7. I have grown up with those stories even into adulthood and I can't wait to share them with my children.
14 I don’t have a lot of patience for people who complain all the time.
15 I try to look on the bright side during times of stress and try to focus on the good things in my life for strength and support.
16 My favorite movie is “The Breakfast Club”. I went to high school in the 80’s and 1985 was such a good year. John Hughes ruled!
17 This might surprise you, but I actually like doing work around the house or in the yard. You know, dishes, laundry, mowing the grass, etc… It helps me to think and clear my head.
18 I feel that working with teenagers is what I was meant to do. Sometimes it’s a challenge but they keep me grounded, tapped in to popular culture, and they definitely keep me laughing.
19 I’m a classically trained musician, but I love rock-n-roll music. It doesn’t matter is it’s old or new, as long as it’s got a great beat and awesome guitar riffs, I will listen to it.
20 My favorite sports team is the Dallas Cowboys, above all others. As a boy, we would get home from church on Sundays and on 1 of the 3 channels we had on the TV, there would always be a Cowboy game. I’ve been a fan as long as I can remember and always will.
21 I can pretty much talk to anyone I meet and find something in common with them. I love interacting with people and sharing stories.
22 I’m usually a very content, happy, easy-going person.
23 I love kids, especially infants. Whenever I get around them, I turn into a bumbling idiot. It could in a restaurant or in the grocery line. I have to make faces at them and try to get them to smile. It’s really fun.
24 My children Alex, Owen, Hank, and Loie are my pride and joy. I love them with all my heart and they are my legacy.
25 Finally, I find it ironic that some of us in life have to go through many trials and tribulations to find the one person that makes us truly, and I mean, truly happy. For me, her name is Eryn. She is my best friend and mother of 3 of my beautiful children. I'm so thankful she came into my life.
