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Wayne

I am here for Friends

About Me

I'm a theatre person and a sound-and-lights-and-video guy and a programmer and a radioamateur (it's odd, I know). I'm aiming for DXCC, VUCC, and Worked All States sometime, but what with propagation being what it is and the way it's going, it'll be a while.
Time For Survey:
New: I rewrite survey code so it sucks less.
The Survey - Basic Informations
Name: Wayne Hoskins
Birthday: Late Octover, like all good people
Birthplace: Hospital in Arlington.
Current Location: Chair in Arlington. Big improvement over hospital, it is!
Eye Color: Hazel, I think.
Hair Color: Normal.
Height: 5'-8" or so
Right Handed or Left Handed: I still have both.
Your Heritage: Black Not.
The Shoes You Wore Today: The same ones I wear every day.
Your Weakness: Really heavy things.
Your Fears: Falling pianos.
Goal To Achieve This Year: Worked All States .. oops.
Your Most Used Phrase On IM: "Oops, I'll fix that."
Thoughts First Waking Up: It's later than I want it to be, isn't it?
Your Best Physical Feature: Best what?
Your Bedtime: Usually between midnight and 2.
Your Most Missed Memory: I think I have CRS, so I miss most of them.
"A Or B" Questions
Pepsi or Coke: Coke, but I prefer Dr Pepper.
McDonalds or Burger King: Usually the McDonald's, out of habit.
Single or Group Dates: What is date?
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: No matter.
Chocolate or Vanilla: What are we talking about?
Cappuccino or Coffee: Neither, really.
Some "Do You?" Questions
Smoke: Sure, especially when on fire.
Swear: Hell no.
Sing: Very badly, so no.
Shower Daily: Generally.
Been in Love: Not so much, no.
Want to go to College: You mean I have to go back after I got that piece of paper?
Want to get Married: Doesn't that prerequire stuff that doesn't happen to me?
Belive in yourself: What is "belive"?
Get Motion Sickness: I don't think so.
Think you are Attractive: Not really, no.
Be a Health Freak: Ha.
Get along with your Parents: Somewhat.
Like Thunderstorms: Generally.
Play an Instrument: Mixing console. And four-slice toaster.
In The Past Month
Drank Alcohol: Certainly.
Smoked: Certainly.
Been on Drugs: Right now, prescriptions. Otherwise, no.
Gone on a Date: Gone on a what?
Gone to a Mall: I hate The Mall.
Eaten a box of Oreos: No, but perhaps that will be remedied soon.
Eaten Sushi: Nope.
Been on Stage: I work on stages .. but if you see me on stage during a performance, that means something is dreadfully wrong.
Been Dumped: Doesn't that require something else first? (see above)
Gone Skinny Dipping: I've been very close once, but that was more than a month ago.
Stolen Anything: I don't think so.
Have You Ever
Been Drunk: Sure.
Been called a Tease: If so, I must have been confused with somebody else.
Been Beaten up: Only by myself.
Shoplifted: Nope.
On Getting Old.
How do you want to Die: Probably it will be by doing something stupid.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: "Hope I die before I get old" .. how old do we have to be to be Grown Up?
What country would you most like to Visit: New York was a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there, no.
In a Boy/Girl
Short or Long Hair: I'm partial to long on both.
Weight: Whatever fits.
This section seemed pointless, so I ripped a bunch of it out.
Numbers.
Number of Drugs I have taken: Wouldn't you want to know.
Number of CDs I own: Not enough.
Number of Piercings: No extra holes this week. Come back next week; I might have slipped whilst drilling.
Number of Tattoos: None, except when I need to remember something .. so right now, one, on my left palm, that's very faint.
Personality Survey, Which Sucks But I Fix
Are you shy? Not nearly as much as I used to be, but entirely too much still, yes.
Are you selfish? Probably not enough.
Would you walk by an old lady carrying groceries? I never buy groceries, so I would never be in a situation where I'm carrying groceries while walking by an old lady.
Do you flirt with your best friends boyfriend or girlfriend? What, are we fourteen still?
Do you spend most of your free time on Myspace or Blackplanet ? Free time is what again?
Do you lie when someone asks you "Do I look o.k. with this on?"? Nobody asks me that .. probably with good reason, seeing my sense of fashion.
Are you conceided? "Conceided" isn't a word, dumbass.
Do you go out of your way to get attention? Not usually, no. In my lines of work, if people notice me, it's probably because I screwed something up.
Do you go out of your way to help someone? Don't we all?
Have you ever kissed someone who is just a friend? Oh sure .. that one time at Aja's party.
Do you believe in Magic? Sure, I've been to Magic .. them and Norcostco and Samarco. I prefer Samarco, followed by Norcostco.
Are you afraid of the dark? I work in the dark, so no. Unless you mean afraid of what happens when all the lights in the performance space fail, in which case, yes.
Have you ever lied to make someone happy? Oh, sure.
Does your Myspace or Blackplanet picture show a picture of your face or your body? What the hell is blackplanet?
Would you prefer soda or Juice? I'll take some Dr Pepper and a margarita.
Is this survey too long? This survey sucks, but I'ma use it anyway.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

You know, I'd just like to meet the same people I know now, except that at least one of them would come out just once to something that's kind of a big deal and that I invite many people to.

Current Theme For Top Four:
Individuals Who Actually Came To Field Day 2007.

My Blog

Audio Decisions.

So, friends, the Soundweb (yeah, it's a PS-8810, but to me it's still a Soundweb) is installed and working very well. It has a little more blow-by than I'd like, but it's not bad for an old DSP. And I...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:04:00 GMT

Observations.

At church, why is it that people always congregate right at FOH, in particular right at the two ways to get in and out of FOH? Or on the edge of the FOH platform, blocking the way out and making it ha...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:53:00 GMT

This and That.

I just had a thought the other day about the DTV Transition. Many of you aren't directly affected because you watch from either CATV or satellite providers. You're not picking up over-the-air televisi...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:58:00 GMT

Wait, What?

So you've probably read that the DTV Delay Act has passed from Congress to the president's desk, where it's waiting for his signature. This is really a practial formality; it's inevitable that he'll s...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:34:00 GMT

Gig Successful, and Toys I Want.

So the D-Now gig this weekend went successfully, and I managed to make light not totally suck. That's good, seeing how this is the first show I've done on the old Obsession, and in fact the only time ...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Busking, or The Perfect Storm.

In lighting, I'm a conventionals guy. I've said that for years, and it's still true. I deal chiefly with conventionals, partly because it's all I've got and partly because it's what I'm used to. And i...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:27:00 GMT

Scheduling and Mainframe.

So I've made a preliminary crew schedule for the next couple of weeks at the church. We'll see how it works out.In related news, I think we need to start up again with tech crew training, just because...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:21:00 GMT

Super Skeleton Crew Sunday.

Today was one of those freak days where at the church we (the tech crew or media team or media ministry or what you will) were running on skeleton crew. Except more so than normal for that sort of eve...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:22:00 GMT

Success, A Day Of Success!

So today had two very successful things happen.We had a dry tech rehearsal at Runway this afternoon. I wrote the cues the night before without the benefit of having anyone else there, let alone anyone...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:01:00 GMT

Educational Theatre Safety, or Please Stop Trying To Kill Yourselves.

This week finds more threads than normal on the theatre production forum I frequent, Controlbooth, about safety in theatres; in particular, about fly systems.One thread talks about a near-runaway situ...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:23:00 GMT