Roll Call...Tell Everyone A Little About Yourself...

[Scott]

Within communities, it's important to establish relationships with other members in order for the community to function well. My thought process told me that a "Favorite Sports Team" thread may facilitate this; however, I thought that this may alienate some members who have no interest in sports at all. So, I thought that a "roll call" type of thread could help us get to know each other a little better.

[Scott]

I'll start:

Job Stuff: Webmaster at a large organization in Central Ohio. I have aspirations of one day owning my own web design company for small businesses. I've been in the IT field for eleven years (four of which were in the Army) doing everything from communications, network & PC support, and IT project managment, to photography, web and graphic design.

Interests: Of course everything HD--but included in that is everything technology. I get myself in so much trouble with my desire to be bleeding edge all of the time. Movies, Music, and yeah, sports :D

Personal: Lived in New Albany for 7 years, just built a house there 2 years ago. I'm married, no kids, no pets. I've lived all over the world, and the U.S., favorite place which I lived was Brussels, Belgium. Moved back to Columbus in 98 after living in Cincinnati and driving every day for a contract job @ Qwest (LCI) in Dublin.

Favorite Music: Depends on my mood.... Alternative and indie rock for the most part, I really like Beck (old school stuff), Linkin Park, a little Dave Matthews never hurts, Phish, um... Southern rock, like Charlie Daniels (his old stuff is fantastic), Gwen Stefani is bad assed, Train, Tim McGraw puts on a good show, love Pink Floyd--I wish they would tour the U.S. again, they were phenominal @ Live 8, a little techno/dance hip hop can work from time to time too.... I can pretty much listen to anything!

Favorite Books: Anything penned by Anne Rice... She is amazing.

Favorite Movies:

The Good Stuff:

Field of Dreams
Braveheart
Forrest Gump
Unforgiven
Heat or Casino or Goodfellas (tie)

The Funny Stuff:

Old School
Office Space
Something About Mary
Napoleon Dyanmite
Black Sheep

The QT/RR Stuff:

Reservoir Dogs
El Mariachi
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2 (should have been 1 movie, execs. forced QT into 2)
Sin City


I think this may be enough for you to steal my identity :shock:

[nakedeye]

I'll steal scotts format

Job Stuff: I install and repair for SBC. Once a month i play NAVY down at rickenbacker

Interests: Use your imagination

Personal: I grew up and lived in Philadelphia for 20 years of my life. Been here for only 5 years. Columbus sorta grows on you like some sorta sick cancer or a fungus.

Favorite Music: The Who
Favorite Books: Anything by Douglas Adams

Favorite Movie: 12 Monkeys

[stevec999]

Job Stuff: UNIX Admin (HPUX at the moment)

Interests:Fish, Birds, Photography

Personal: Grew up in Xenia. Been in the Columbus area for 9 years

Favorite Music: I like most everything (no rap) usually listen to country
Favorite Books: 2001

Favorite Movie: to many to pick just one

[whitllam]

Job Stuff: An architectural intern (you can't call yourself an "Architect" until you have interned for 3+ years and passed all of the licensing exams) at a small architecture firm in the Short North. I do construction documents, marketing stuff, the firm's website, a lot of the IT work, computer renderings, and if the Principals are feeling a little wild, some actual design work. http://www.lincolnstreet.com I formerly worked at another, larger architecture firm here in town while I was in school and worked for Procter & Gamble in their IT department for a couple years developing websites for internal corporate use.

Interests: Architecture, photography, graphic design, sports (pretty much anything, long-time racing fan), technology, computers (I have a 15" 1.25 Ghz aluminum PowerBook G4), web development, Saturn cars, OSU

Personal: Originally from a small town 30 miles east of Cincinnati and currently living in the Short North with my fiancee, whom is my high school sweetheart. Before attending OSU (BS in Architecture, Summa Cum Laude, 2005), I went to Purdue University for 2 years majoring in computer engineering.

Music: I like pretty much anything except for country, but mainly rock, electronica (aka techno - but more precisely breakbeat and trance) alternative, and jazz. My favorites are Metallica, Linkin Park, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Better Than Ezra, Collective Soul, Daft Punk, Crystal Method, Darude, DMB, Green Day, Nickelback, Nirvana, Offspring, DJ Tiesto, Velvet Revolver, and The Who.

Movies: Apollo 13, Behind Enemy Lines, The Big Lebowski, anything by Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back), Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fight Club, The Italian Job, JFK, Ocean's Eleven, Office Space, Orange County, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill (STILL waiting for the box set, QT!), The Rock, Seven, Thirteen Days, The Usual Suspects

TV: 24, Alias, Commander in Chief, Prison Break, Lost, Numb3rs

[snodgrass23]

Job Stuff: I do onsite support for the phones, PC's, and network at a large organization.

Interests: I love cars, especially MR2's and anything I can't afford yet. I also like doing graphic design type stuff including webpages, photoshop, and a little 3dMax.

Personal: I grew up in a small towna couple hours east of Columbus and moved here @10 years ago to go to DeVry.

Favorite Music: I listen to way too much to pick a favorite, but I'll list a few: Dave Mathews, Miles Davis, Metallica, Frank Sinatra, pretty much anything you can think of including rap and country.

Favorite Books: I rarely read fiction. I do have lots of books on various computer software.

Favorite Movie: Another tough one, so again I'll just list some good ones.....Lord of the Rings, Donnie Darko, Boondock Saints, Kill Bill 1&2, Braveheart, Desparado, Napolean Dynamite, etc...

Favorite TV: Family Guy, Lost, Alias, Office, Earl, etc.

[frenchophile]

Hometown: Portage, MI (southwest MI, 30 miles from Lake Michigan)
Time in Columbus: 2003 - 2006 (leaving in June)
Job: Resident at OSUMC (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
Marital status: married, baby due in February
Education: University of Michigan, BS, 1996 double major in Chemistry and Cellular-Molecular Biology
Ross University School of Medicine, 2001

Hobbies: travel, eating, learning about other cultures...actually, those three things go hand-in-hand! I also like gardening (which ties in with eating)

I am fluent in French; I earned the nickname in med school after a spring-break trip to St. Maarten

Favorite Musical groups: Steely Dan, Pearl Jam, Queen
Favorite Movies: Vision Quest, The Warriors, The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh, Back to the Future I and II (III was just ok), UHF

Looking at my choices, I must seem like I'm either old or stuck in a time warp! I'll pick the latter, as I recently turned 32.

[zelig2]

Job Stuff: I do optical engineering stuff for the most part. Fiber Optic R&D along with some laser work. Sometimes I'll do some programming and system integration which is also fun. I work for a place here in town called Battelle (www.battelle.org). It's a great job, probably the best place to work.

Interests: Photography, HDTV, technology, computers (I have a 2GHz PowerMac, 12" 1Ghz iBook G4, 2.8GHz P4 XP Machine and a Dual P3 box that I'm building as a server), Mazda RX-8, Church at the Vineyard, DVDs, and as my wife would say "You have too many hobies". Oh yeah, I started up Curling this year, that rocks.

Personal: Originally from a small town 30 miles east of Columbus and currently living in Hilliard with my wife, whom I met off the internet. I went to University of Colorado for 5 years to get my Masters & Bachelors in electrical engineering w/ optics as my specialty.

Music: I tend to only listen to electronic music. I used to DJ for clubs and raves when I was back in school. Mostly progressive trance/house stuff. I still listen to a lot of that music but I've tried branching out. I'm into IDM music also. I'm big fans of anything from Hooj Choons and Ghostly International. Artists I like right now are: LCD Soundsystem, Fischerspooner, Matthew Dear, Solvant, !!!, Scissor Sisters, Dabrye, Ladytron, Kid606, Bjork, Front 242, Talking Heads and many others.

Movies: So many it's hard to think of. You can check out my collection at DVD Profiler (http://www.intervocative.com/DVDCollection.aspx/zelig_two). Some of my top movies are Dune, Bleu, Dead Ringers, Manhattan, Cries & Whispers, Orpheus, Last Year at Marienbad, Fifth Element, Memento, Fist of Legend.

TV: anything Star Trek, Threshold, Surface, The Daily Show, My Name is Earl, The Office, Law & Order: SVU, Babylon 5.

[TheDreamer]

Well, this seems as good a place as any for my first post on here....wish somebody had told me sooner about this place....

Job Stuff: TBA? I've been a Software Engineer for 15 years. But, on July 21st, 2005 we had this mandantory staff meeting....

Interests: Photography, Computers, Consumer Electronics, Gadgets, Volunteering.

Personal: Born, Lawrence, Kansas. Grew up in Calgary, Alberta. Graduated from University of Calgary with B.Sc in Electrical Engineering. First Job: moved to Medicine Hat, Alberta. Laid off after 7.5 years. Second Job: moved to Dublin, Ohio...laid off after 7.5 years. Is it too soon to deduce a pattern? Don't know what the future holds yet. Still single.

Music: Varied -- TheDreamer68 on AudioScrobbler

Movies: My NetFlix Queue is shown on my blog (http://lawrence.chen-online.net)...and it is long...and growing. Haven't watched a DVD since the start of the fall season....falling behind on prime-time HD.

TV: I'm out of control.

Books: Haven't cracked one (other than computer books) in a long time, typically into SciFi/Fantasy or Mystery/Thriller. Or humor.

[CommTech]

My turn. I am glad I finally found this place. I have been jonesing for my local HD fix since HDColubus.org went down.

Job Stuff: I am a PC/Telecomm Support supervisor for a large call center in Westerville.

Interests: Technology, Technology, technology, Home theater, PCs, Radio control airplanes, and now it seems that I am a Crackberry addict.

Personal: I grew up as an Air Force brat, saw the majority of the world before I turned 10. my family landed at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton where my Dad retired in 82. I moved to Columbus to attend The Ohio state university in 88. BTW I am a veteran not an alumni :lol:

Favorite Music: Pearl Jam, Tool, Breaking Benjamin, Jimmy Buffet.

Favorite Books: Tech manuals

Favorite Movie: thats a tuffie, Platoon, Brave heart, The Patriot, Star Wars (All of them), The Fifth Element

Favorite TV: Family Guy, The Simpsons, Discovery channel, History Channel

[TheCableGuy]

Job Stuff: 5 years installation 15 years technician TWC


Interests: I like keeping up with the technology, love being the first one to see something work properly, but absouletly love it even more when it's not working so I can fix it!

Personal: Been living in Ohio 15 years, have lived on all 3 coast. Married with Children (almost like the TV show) I have traveled the world, mostly Europe.

Favorite Music: Love some good ol' rock with a southern beat to it. Jazz, Classical but deep down, I'm a rocker by nature. Mostly stuff from the 70's but I bridge into the 80's and 90's as well.

Favorite Books: Anything historically related

Favorite Movies:
Shawshank Redemption
Jacobs Ladder
Anything with Abbot and Costello in it
All the Clint Eastwood Westerns
My Name is Nobody ( Henry Fonda movie, everybody had blue eyes, go figure)

[Girevik]

I'm hardly the most active poster here, but what the heck.

Job Stuff: Computer geek. I'm a developer working for a local consulting firm

Interests: Wightlifting, photography (would love to find a way to get into semi-pro stuff), poker, Sci-Fi.

Personal: Born on an Air Force base in SC, but have lived most of my life here in Ohio. Grew up in the Dayton area, lived in Cincy for about a year after college, and move up here in '92.

Favorite Music: Hard rock/heavy metal. Love those 80's hair bands

Favorite Books: Probably the various Star Wars books. Also a fan of Clancy, Grisham, and Creighton.

Favorite Movie: What can I say, I'm a geek. All things Star Wars.
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[Smak Runner 2K]

Personal Info

Job Stuff: I'm a Sales Manager at a major Appliance / Electronics store.

Interests: HDTV, Video Games, Web Design, ect.

Personal: Born in Canton, OH - until about two years ago, when I was transfered to Columbus by my company. I now live on the West Side.

Favorite Music: Metal.

Favorite Books: Print is dead.

Favorite Movies:

1. Super Troopers

2. Pulp Fiction

3. SpaceBalls

4. The Empire Strikes Back

5. Major League

6. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

7. Street Fighter II : The Animated Movie

8. The Incredibles

9. American Pie 2

10. Dogma

Favorite TV Shows:

1. Deadwood

2. The Sopranos

3. Rome

4. Fastlane

5. Knight Rider

6. The A-Team

7. South Park

8. The Transformers

9. G.I. Joe

10. Voltron

Favorite Sports Teams

Football (Pro): Cleveland Browns

Football (College): Ohio State

Baseball (Pro): Cleveland Indians

Basketball (Pro): Cleveland Cavaliers

Hockey (Pro): None...I don't like hockey.

Favorite Video Games

1. The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time (N64)

2. Final Fantasy VII (PS1)

3. Metal Gear Solid (PS1 / GCN)

4. NCAA Football (Franchise) (All Systems)

5. Super Mario 64 (N64)

6. Resident Evil 4 (GCN)

7. Half-Life (PC)

8. Super Street Fighter II: Turbo (Arcade)

9. Mortal Kombat Trilogy (N64)

10. Banjo-Kazooie / Banjo - Tooie (N64)

[hova]

Job: Enterprise Backup + Unix
Fav Movies: Dumb & Dummer, Me myself & Irene
Fav Music: Jay-Z & Zeppelin
Fav TV: 6 feet under, Sopranos, Rome, Dead Wood, okay most of HBOs
Hobbies: **cough**cough**