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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Mike Engle
Birthday: 01 Jan 1989
Birthplace: Kenner, LA
Current Location: Great Neck, NY
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Light brown
Height: 6'0''
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right handed
Your Heritage: Mostly Russian, dash of Hungarian
The Shoes You Wore Today: Asics
Your Weakness: Really, really, fast jazz tunes (like "Cherokee")
Your Fears: Height (except for planes, because I'm asleep), #13, Friday the 13th, the Evil Monkey
Your Perfect Pizza: Spinach and mushrooms, with plenty of the crushed red pepper. Can't be so hot out of the oven that it burns my mouth.
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Get accepted to a university, get paid at a jazz gig, get out of the pool of eligible singles (temporarily, at the very least).
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: I haven't used instant messaging software in years. Not applicable.
Thoughts First Waking Up: Let me go to sleep for another 15 minutes.
Your Best Physical Feature: My relatively small waist, i.e. a lack of a beer belly
Your Bedtime: No matter how hard I try to make it earlier, it always seems to be 01h30.
Your Most Missed Memory: The bus ride to NOCCA with my bass player, Martin M., when we would talk jazz.
Pepsi or Coke: Yes!
MacDonalds or Burger King: No thank you.
Single or Group Dates: Single. I like undivided attention. Heaven forbid my date might like the other guy...
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Nestea.
Chocolate or Vanilla: It depends, doesn't it. Are we talking ice cream or fragrance...
Cappuccino or Coffee: What's a cappuccino?
Do you Smoke: No.
Do you Swear: @#$%& yes!
Do you Sing: No, but I hum all the time.
Do you Shower Daily: Of course!
Have you Been in Love: No, but I've fantasized.
Do you want to go to College: Yes.
Do you want to get Married: Yes.
Do you belive in yourself: Usually.
Do you get Motion Sickness: Maybe a headache if it's a lot of movement...
Do you think you are Attractive: Yes, when the zits decide to cooperate.
Are you a Health Freak: I'm not a "health freak," but I care about my health.
Do you get along with your Parents: Most of the time.
Do you like Thunderstorms: I generally don't care, but if they interrupt the baseball game, then I don't like them.
Do you play an Instrument: Duh! The vibraphone!
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: No.
In the past month have you Smoked: No.
In the past month have you been on Drugs: No.
In the past month have you gone on a Date: No.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: No.
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: I could never eat a whole box.
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Yes. Mmmm...SUSHI!
In the past month have you been on Stage: Yes, as a matter of fact.
In the past month have you been Dumped: No.
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: Aside from showers and bathtubs, no.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: Yes, girls' hearts! (Just kidding. No.)
Ever been Drunk: No.
Ever been called a Tease: No.
Ever been Beaten up: No.
Ever Shoplifted: No.
How do you want to Die: I don't want to have to choose right now.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Older, stronger, wiser, happier.
What country would you most like to Visit: Belgium. I speak their language and I hear the architecture and chocolates are amazing.
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Don't care.
Favourite Hair Color: I'll take any NATURAL color. Blondes, brunettes, redheads, I do not discriminate--I love you all equally.
Short or Long Hair: Some girls look better with long hair, some girls look better with short hair. I won't generalize.
Height: I guess 5'6'' to 5'9'', but that's not very important, is it?
Weight: A nice balance between javelin and cannonball.
Best Clothing Style: No ripped jeans, please! Colors that aren't all black and that look good together are always winners.
Number of Drugs I have taken: The past doesn't matter so much, as long as you're clean now.
Number of CDs I own: It's about quality, not quantity.
Number of Piercings: One or two in each ear, one for the navel if you're hot, that's about it.
Number of Tattoos: That's a judgment call. Generally, the fewer, the better.
Number of things in my Past I Regret: If you have learned from your mistakes, that's all I can hope for.
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