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Austin

I work to pay for my car

About Me

Apparantly someone has figured out how to hack my account...or someone at myspace does not want me to be engaged...because it keeps switching from Engaged back to Single. So, we'll see if this stays on here...so i'm engaged now. Other than that...I'm just another geeky engineer in Ft Wayne. There are plenty of us...let me tell ya. I work b/c I love cars...which turn out to be pretty expensive. Otherwise, I think I'd move to the beach and become a bum. I work at an awesome engineering firm which is(well, was) pretty small. I was hired in as a Hardware Engineer...but at the moment I'm doing all Software. As odd as it sounds, I'm working on a faucet. It's pretty cool though...no more handles. It's all electronically controlled. It has an interface similar to an IPOD where you just drag your fingers across the surface to change settings. When I'm not working, I can usually be found either drooling over cars, or sitting at a local bar w/ some of my friends just hanging out. And now...the conformist in me will do one of these little surveys to answer all the things i'd never think to talk about...
Name: Austin Murray
Birthdate: 4-17-1982
Birthplace: Cumberland, MD
Current Location: Fort Wayne, IN
Eye Color: Boring Brown
Hair Color: Brown...sometimes blonde tips
Height: 6'2" (cuz i round way up...)
Weight: Fatty...205 (+/- 10 or so depending on the day)
Piercings: nada
Tatoos: nada
Boyfriend/Girlfriend: Yup...gotta gf...well, fiance now
Overused Phrase: True Story
FAVORITES
Food: Steak
Candy: All of it...
Number: 350
Color: Orange or Yellow or Blue
Animal: Monkey...i'll own one some day
Drink: Mountain Dew
Alcohol Drink: Cap'n/Coke, Goose/Seven, BudLight
Bagel: toasted w/ cream cheese and a tomato
Letter: Z?
Body Part on Opposite sex: Eyes/Teeth
This or That: huh?
Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi
McDonalds or BurgerKing: Mickey D's all the way
Strawberry or Watermelon: Strawberry
Hot tea or Ice tea: Ice Tea
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Hot Chocolate or Coffee: Hot Chocolate...blah for coffee
Kiss or Hug: Can I get a discount if i get both?
Dog or Cat: Dog...but i'd rather get that monkey...
Rap or Punk: Mood dependent
Summer or Winter: Summer w/o a doubt!
Scary Movies or Funny Movies: Funny, then scary...
Love or Money: Yes, I love money ;-)
YOUR...
Bedtime: I always intend to go to bed early, usually make it there by 2 at the latest
Most Missed Memory: Pumpkin Pie stealin and Model Trains w/ my Grandpa Murray
Best physical feature: You tell me...people say my smile lights my face up?
First Thought Waking Up: What is this damned noise by my head?!
Goal for this year: Finish the Z project and get the new 4-door wrangler project started!
Best Friends: Nix's, Roomie, Dye's, Rob, Sundholms, Co-workers, Greb, (Bdubs crew!)
Weakness: Saying No...
Fears: Spiders creep the hell outta me
Heritage: everything...i'm a mutt
Longest relationship: A year
HAVE YOU...
Ever Drank: Haha...no, never
Ever Smoked: A couple times...not now tho
Pot: Can I plead the 5th?
Ever been Drunk: Bdubs?
Ever been beaten up: Not yet...
Ever beaten someone up: Wanted to...
Ever Shoplifted: In another rebel life of mine...
Ever Skinny Dipped: Uh huh...
Ever Kissed Opposite sex: Maybe...
Been Dumped Lately: Not for like...6 months or so...
IN A GUY/GIRL
Favorite Eye Color: color doesn't matter...overall eye package does
Favorite Hair Color: Blonde or Brunette
Short or Long: Long
Height: not a midget...not a yetti
Style: I guess kinda preppy...i dunno...i've seen attractive every kind...whatever fits
Looks or Personality: personality matters ALOT...looks don't hurt at all!
Hot or Cute: Sure...
Drugs and Alcohol: Alcohol is ok...not alcoholism tho
Muscular or Really Skinny: Just not obese...
RANDOMS
Number of Regrets in the Past: We didn't learn to count that high in school...
What country do you want to Visit: Apparantly it's my life-long goal to visit Japan/China/some Asian place...
How do you want to Die: Old and retired for quite a while...
Been to the Mall Lately: Nope
Do you like Thunderstorms: Yeah...lightning is cool to watch
Get along with your Parents: Usually...we do alright now that I moved out...
Health Freak: Haha...yeah...i eat out twice a day usually...so not likely
Do you think your Attractive: Not really...
Believe in Yourself: I believe I can get this car where I want it!
Want to go to College: Been there, done that, might go back(boo)
Do you Smoke: Nope
Do you Drink: Sometimes
Shower Daily: Yup, Gotta
Been in Love: As it turns out...
Do you Sing: I'm a rock star...ask my steering wheel...
Want to get Married: Uh huh
Do you want Children: Maybe a couple
Have your future kids names planned out: I'm a guy...no
Hate anyone: Try not to...but some people make it so easy!
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My Interests

Cars, Motorcycles, Home Audio/Video, Car Audio/Video, geeky toys!...lots of stuff

I'd like to meet:

Jay Leno...ever seen his garage?! Dave Matthews would be cool... Adam Sandler...he's hilarious

Music:

ALL MUSIC....just not lots of gospel, jazz, etc...

Movies:

Comedies and Action movies are my fav's

Television:

Recently watched a few episodes of House...that's a pretty good show. That 70's show is cool...

Books:

Read my first book since college recently...Da Vinci Code...it was pretty good

Heroes:

My parents My Grandpa and Grandma(s)

My Blog

healing process...

well, just thought i'd share a few pics of the skin grafts.  This was right when the cast was taken off, one week after the skin grafts were done.  For some reason...I thought that after a s...
Posted by Austin on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:48:00 PST

My Carnage...warning...graphic...

    Well, i've done it again.  a massive amount of damage to my body.  Wrecked my buddies dirtbike, doin a wheelie...in sandals. Results...11 stitches, and an un stitchable pu...
Posted by Austin on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:17:00 PST

My Car!!!

Well, my car is finally coming together.  There are a few more small details that need to be tended to, but it's getting there.  Feel free to check out some pics of it...The buildup pics sta...
Posted by Austin on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:46:00 PST