Friday 5

[Signals]

1. What was your first “real” job?

2. Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity?

3. Complete this sentence: I am embarrassed when…

4. Name 3 fads from your teenage years.

5. Plans for the weekend?

 

[casmith07]

1. What was your first “real” job?

As a young teenager, I used to use my old red wagon to lug my landscaping tools around the neighborhood edging, mowing lawns, and planting bushes, trees, and flowers for cash. It was a good deal of money and I ended up buying into my first mutual fund with the money I saved.

2. Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity?

San Francisco, CA or Portland, OR. I hear the fine arts communities there are pretty great.

3. Complete this sentence: I am embarrassed when…

...I blow easy layups in pickup games.

4. Name 3 fads from your teenage years.

Throwback Jerseys
NASCAR racing jackets
Motorola Two-Way Pagers

5. Plans for the weekend?

Working out, packing, and Braves baseball.

 

[zrinkill]

1. What was your first “real” job? Sacker

2. Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity? New Zealand

3. Complete this sentence: I am embarrassed when… I realize I am not as young as I used to be.

4. Name 3 fads from your teenage years. "Jams" shorts, ocean pacific T's, Jam Box's

5. Plans for the weekend?[/QUOTE] LOTRO and playing with my kids

 

[YosemiteSam]

1. What was your first “real” job?

2. Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity?

3. Complete this sentence: I am embarrassed when…

4. Name 3 fads from your teenage years.

5. Plans for the weekend?

1. I got hired to do phone work at 15, but the second I found out it was telemarketing I quit. I got paid for 1 hour of training at $3.85 an hour.
2. The shower with the radio playing. (I think best in there)
3. When I lose data at work. It's happen three times in my twelve years. The first two happen in the first two years, (learning the ropes) and then it happen again about a month ago on a Windows file server when I had a server fail and two different backup media fail (tape and disk-2-disk) in a 1 1/2 day period losing 3 1/2 days worth of data. (the forth media was a weekly drive image)
4. Parachute pants, K-Swiss, Swatch watches
5. Prep for my trip to Dallas next weekend.

 

[Yeagermeister]

1. What was your first “real” job?

2. Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity?

3. Complete this sentence: I am embarrassed when…

4. Name 3 fads from your teenage years.

5. Plans for the weekend?

1. I worked at a local fast food Mexican place called Panchos (not the buffet).

2. Skrip clubs :jackpot:

3. Look in the mirror.......I am sooooo much better looking than the rest of the male population it's not even fair.

4. I've never been a fad person

5. Little as possible

 

[Chief]

1. What was your first “real” job?

2. Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity?

3. Complete this sentence: I am embarrassed when…

4. Name 3 fads from your teenage years.

5. Plans for the weekend?

1. Driving a tractor for my dad at age 13.

2. Pretty much anywhere ... but I would have to go alone.

3. Not answering this .... no need in getting embarrassed.

4. Disco (is that a fad?), pet rocks, long hair.

5. Birthday party for my stepson and he's in a play, too, that we'll go watch. Fun with all the kids. Church, and working at an ice cream celebration/event on Sunday afternoon.

 

[tomson75]

1. What was your first “real” job?

2. Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity?

3. Complete this sentence: I am embarrassed when…

4. Name 3 fads from your teenage years.

5. Plans for the weekend?

1. Still waiting...

2. A machine shop.

3. ...someone mentions the grey hairs slowly occupying more space on my head.

4. "Grunge"

5. Work for my sister, try to finalize a contract on a house, work at the station, change my car insurance, change the brakes on my truck, do a ton of homework for school.

 

[Hostile]

1. What was your first “real” job? Lifeguard.

2. Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity? Church. Boring answer, but I do get inspired.

3. Complete this sentence: I am embarrassed when…Cowboys fans brag about trolling on other teams forums.

4. Name 3 fads from your teenage years. Big hair, valley girl lingo, and Miami Vice fashion for guys.

5. Plans for the weekend? Leaving early in the morning for New Mexico. Loading my Mom's apartment up and moving her to Tucson for good so I can take care of her.

 

[BehindEnemyLinez]

1. What was your first “real” job?

2. Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity?

3. Complete this sentence: I am embarrassed when…

4. Name 3 fads from your teenage years.

5. Plans for the weekend?

1-Burning fries & stealing sandwiches from Arbys!
2-New Orleans because it would probably be centered around music (even though I'm not particularly musically inclined)!
3-a "silent scream" turns into a loud outburst in public!! :
4-Guess jeans & shorts in all types of colors, fat gold chains, 3 & 4 finger rings!
5-18 holes of golf, a li'l yardwork, a few games of basketball, and plenty of beer!!! :beer1:

 

[Phoenix]

1. What was your first “real” job?

Working in a dairy farm in my teens.


2. Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity?

Snow skiing in the Alps.


3. Complete this sentence: I am embarrassed when…

I spill my beer...


4. Name 3 fads from your teenage years.

(1) "Far out!" (2) hoola hoops (3) bell bottom pants


5. Plans for the weekend?

First, I'm gonna drink some beer. Then after that, I think I'll drink some beer. And after all that, I'll drink some more beer.

NASCAR race, sleep, few chore things I've been putting off.

 

[Seven]

1. What was your first “real” job?

Coach House. Worked there over Christmas break at 12. Mom knew the owner. Got a kick-*** skate board out of the deal.

2. Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity?

Either of my kids' room for about an hour. Kids really are amazing.

3. Complete this sentence: I am embarrassed when…

I go to show my kids "how it's done" and fail miserably. I'm usually not in a prone position at this point...............

4. Name 3 fads from your teenage years.

Mullets, 501's and Muscle Cars.

5. Plans for the weekend?

Found a couple new bodies of water that need fishin'. Family picnic. yard/garden work.......which I don't mind doing. Dirt bike ridin'.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

1. What was your first “real” job?
Laying Sod/Lawn-Work

2. Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity?
Key West

3. Complete this sentence: I am embarrassed when…
I'm not wearing pants in public

4. Name 3 fads from your teenage years.
- Box-cut with Mullet (yea baby!)
- Skids
- Air-Jordans

5. Plans for the weekend?
Daughter's B-Day party

 

[big dog cowboy]

1. When I worked at Furr's Cafeteria
2. My home office
3. My parents show pics of when I was growing up
4. Bell bottom pants, 70's lingo, CB radios
5. Work/chores

 

[Faerluna]

1. What was your first “real” job?

I worked at a local pizza place.

2. Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity?

To the phone and call a pianist I know for a jam session.

3. Complete this sentence: I am embarrassed when…

...my child has a tantrum in public.

4. Name 3 fads from your teenage years.

big hair
pegged jeans
Z Cavaricci pants

5. Plans for the weekend?

Tomorrow is my birthday, I have to take kittens to the adoption stand in the morning, we have a wedding in the afternoon and I have to drop off the contracts for the new house we're buying! wuwu!

Sunday I start cleaning up our current place to get ready to put it on the market. Much to do between now and our closing date which, luckily, is a few months down the road.

 

[Seven]

1. What was your first “real” job?

I worked at a local pizza place.

2. Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity?

To the phone and call a pianist I know for a jam session.

3. Complete this sentence: I am embarrassed when…

...my child has a tantrum in public.

4. Name 3 fads from your teenage years.

big hair
pegged jeans
Z Cavaricci pants

5. Plans for the weekend?

Tomorrow is my birthday, I have to take kittens to the adoption stand in the morning, we have a wedding in the afternoon and I have to drop off the contracts for the new house we're buying! wuwu!

Sunday I start cleaning up our current place to get ready to put it on the market. Much to do between now and our closing date which, luckily, is a few months down the road.

#3 is a solid first choice.................I usually bend down and ask my child if she knows where her parents are. Heh....