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that one familiar face

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About Me


Here's what you need to know:
The name is Sam. Sam I am. I do not like green eggs and ham.
I'm going to ERAU in Prescott, AZ. Class of 2010, Applied Meteorology Major.
I'm in love with the awesome-est woman ever. I don't know how I ever lived without her.
I love singing. music is life.
I love flying. It's the best thing not since sliced bread, but in the history of mankind. seriously.
I consider myself a fairly down to earth guy with my head in the clouds, and I like to think I'm a good listener most of the time.
If you want to know anything else, just ask.

My Political Profile
Overall: 70% Conservative, 30% Liberal
Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal
Ethics: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

My Interests

Friends, flying, music, computers, doing crazy stuff with friends, U.S. Air Force, meteorology

Funny Stuf to us Aviation Buffs...
FedEx Planes racing a Thunderstorm. Haha!

You Know You're From Arizona When...

1. You've signed so many petitions to recall governors you can't remember the name of the incumbent.
2. You notice your car overheating before you drive it.
3. You no longer associate bridges or rivers with water.
4. You know a swamp cooler is not a happy hour drink.
5. You can hear the weather forecast of 115 degrees without flinching.
6. You can be in the snow, then drive for an hour...and it will be over 100 degrees.
7. You discover, in July it only takes two fingers to drive your car, because your steering wheel is so hot.
8. You can make sun tea instantly.
9. You run your a/c in the middle of winter so you can use your fireplace.
10. The best parking is determined by shade.....not distance.
11. You realize that "Valley Fever" isn't a disco dance.
12. Hotter water comes from the cold water tap than the hot one.
13. It's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation and yet all the streets are totally empty of both cars and people.
14. You actually burn your hand opening the car door.
15. Sunscreen is sold year round, kept right at the checkout counter.
16. You put on fresh sunscreen just to go check the mail box.
17. Some fools will market mini-misters for joggers and some other fools will actually buy them.
18. Worse.....some fools actually try to jog.
19. You know hot air balloons can't rise because the air temperature is hotter than the air inside the balloon.
20. No one would dream of putting vinyl inside a car.
21. You see two trees fighting over a dog.
22. You can say "Hohokam" and people don't think you're laughing funny.
23. You see more irrigation water on the street than there is in the Salt River.
24. You have to go to a fake beach for some fake waves.
25. You can pronounce "Saguaro", "Tempe", "San Xavier", "Canyon de Chelly", "Mogollon Rim", and "Cholla."
26. You can understand the reason for a town named "Why"
27. You can fry an egg on the hood of a car IN THE MORNING!
28. You hear people say "but it's a DRY heat!"
29. You buy salsa by the gallon.
30. Your Christmas decorations include sand and 100 paper bags.
31. You think a red light is merely a suggestion.
32. All of your out-of-state friends start to visit after October but clear out come the end of April.
33. You think someone driving wearing oven mitts is clever.
34. Most of the restaurants in town have the first name "El" or "Los."
35. You think 60 tons of crushed red rock makes a beautiful yard.
36. Your house is made of stucco and has a red clay tile roof.
37. Vehicles with open windows have the right-of-way in the summer.
38. Most homes have more firearms than people.
39. Kids will ask, "What's a mosquito?"
40. People who have black cars or black upholstery in their car are automatically assumed to be from out of-state or nuts.
42. You know better than to get into a car with leather seats if you're wearing shorts.
43. If you haven't worked for Motorola at some time, you must be a newcomer.
44. You can finish a Big Gulp in less than 5 minutes and go back for seconds.
45. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Arizona.

I'd like to meet:

People I'd like to meet if they were still alive:
Ghandi,
Mother Teresa,
Martin Luther King Jr.,
my great grandfather,
and the list goes on...

People I'd Like to meet that are still alive and kickin':
President Bush
Neil Armstrong
John Glenn
John McCain
Z. Randall Stroope
and others...

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Music:


Relient K; Kelly Sweet; basically anything that I think sounds good I'll listen to it.

Movies:


I like a lot of movies. I will name several here: One Six Right, TOP GUN, A Few Good Men, Wedding Crashers, Accepted, Ocean's Eleven. There really are too many to list.

Television:


Grey's Anatomy; House, M.D.; Extreme Makeover Home Edition; This Old House Hour on PBS Saturday mornings; Motorweek; nowadays, that's just about it.

Books:


The Bible; Flight of Passage; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime; Grapes of Wrath; Gideon's Trumpet.

Heroes:


The men and women past present and future of the United States Armed Forces fighting for our freedom around the world!

My Blog

I can has scholarship?

I am super-excited that I have been chosen as a recipient of the NOAA Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship! It includes a whole lot: an $8000/year scholarship (paid in monthly stipend), an all-expense-p...
Posted by that one familiar face on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:37:00 PST

So I entered a Scholarship Contest this morning...

My mom found out about this "Create-A-Greeting-Card" Scholarship offered by the Gallery Collection. It's a one-time payout of $10,000. I happen to be extremely confident that I'll at least be given c...
Posted by that one familiar face on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:25:00 PST

The end of a wonderful trip is upon me.

Well folks, the time is nearing for my return to the States. It has been a magnificent and extraoridinary journey for me, and I've even learned a thing or two about myself on this trip. It has meant a...
Posted by that one familiar face on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:09:00 PST

Scandinavia Part Two

Here's another brief blurb about the past couple of days.We went on a dinner cruise two nights ago around all the islands that comprise Stockholm... it was very very nice and I had a wonderful time! B...
Posted by that one familiar face on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:12:00 PST

too tired

i'm now too tired to try to post pictures tonight, you will all have to wait a few days until i have internet access again. goodnight all.
Posted by that one familiar face on Tue, 29 May 2007 02:36:00 PST

Scandinavia Part One

This is the first time since we've gotten here that i've been able to get on a computer... it's 0000 (they use 24 hr time here) and I have to be up by 0730 and we've been doing stuff non-stop since 08...
Posted by that one familiar face on Tue, 29 May 2007 02:21:00 PST

I have got to be one of the stupidest people on the face of this planet

I totally screwed up on Saturday night. As if I needed to screw up yet again. This semester has been one big screw up semester. I don't know what the heck happened or how I got this way. What I do kno...
Posted by that one familiar face on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:59:00 PST

ahhh

Well Thanksgiving break has come and passed, but I am refreshed and ready to tackle the final three weeks of the semester. I am very excited about a lot of things, and I'm fairly content with whe...
Posted by that one familiar face on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:50:00 PST

oh happy day

What a difference a day and two hours of sleep make!Today I'm much happier than I was this weekend! This is a very good thing!I owe it all to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He truly does make all t...
Posted by that one familiar face on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:47:00 PST

what a downer.

Yesterday and today have been two depressing days in a row. Definitely not cool. But what can ya do? Just deal with it. So I'm definitely not feeling well and I'm depressed. Someone should try to chee...
Posted by that one familiar face on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:11:00 PST