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Name: Derek
Age: 28
Birthday: 4 August 1978
Nicknames D, Dschob, Chris
Hometown: Illinois Suburbs of STL / Sugar Land, TX
City Living Now: Seattle, WA
Hair and Eye Color: Brown & Brown
Height: 5'11
Right Handed or Left Handed: Both
Heritage: Black, Native American, British, Scandanavian
Weakness: People with dark hair and light eyes
Strength: Honesty, Loyal
First Thought Waking Up: Is it 5 already?
Bedtime: 11
Occupation: Cost Analyst
College: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Do you drink: Yes
Do you smoke: once in a blue moon
Favorite Music: Progressive House
Last Concert: It's been a while
Favorite Movie: Lord of the Rings; Color Purple;
Last Movie: Half Nelson
Favorite Sport: Baseball
Team: St Louis Cardinals
Instruments: Used to play the drums
Sing: Occasionally
Favorite Quote: Play like you'll live forever; live like you'll die tomorrow
Favorite Food: Teriyaki, Chicken Parm
Favorite Restaurant: Carabba's
Want to Get Married: Perhaps
When: Within the next 10 years
Favorite City: London, England
City I'd Most Like to Visit: Bangkok, Thailand
Person I'd Most Like to Meet: Tom Ford
Favorite Book: The Devil Wears Prada
Most Overused Phrase: "Right!"
Worst Job: Post Office Mail Sorter
Best Job: Current Job as an Analyst
Best Feature: My eyes
Favorite Coffee Drink: Soy Latte (NOT STARBUCKS)
Favorite Drink: Raspberry Vodka Tonic
Thing I'd spend all my money on: First Class tickets around the world

Celebrity Crush: Christina Aguilera
Best Friends: Ian, Neema
Favorite Color: Black or Boeing Blue
Favorite Flower: Lily
Car: 2006 Explorer - "Gunnar"
Dream Car: BMW - 7 Series
Get Along with Parents: Of course
Missed Memory: My college years in Florida
Style: Euro-Trendy
Gone Skinny Dipping: A few times
Number of Piercings: One
Siblings: One brother
Bad Habits: Taking my clothes off and leaving them on the floor
Clothing Brand: PRADA
What are You Wearing Now: Sisley/United Colours of Benetton
Personality or looks: Definitely Personality
Pet Peeves: People driving 55 in the left lane; People with 2+ passengers driving 55 in the left lane when they could be in the HOV
Favorite Pizza: Vegetarian
What do You Wanna do right now: Sleep
Favorite Animal: Great White
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Hugs or Kisses: Hugs...I don't know where your mouth has been
Flirt: Too much
Cities Visited: All over the US, Papeete Tahiti, Auckland New Zealand, Sydney Australia, London England, Paris France, etc etc
Turn offs: Bad Hygene, Bad Fashion, Ugly toes in flip flops
Turn ons: Dark hair, light eyes, leather jackets, good teeth
Best thing about you: I'm really nice when I want to be
Worst thing about you: I'm an A-hole when I want to be
What are you looking forward to: Going on holiday again
What's in your Ipod: Alternative, House, Techno, R&B, Rap, Pop, Country
Favorite TV Show: Seinfeld
Want to have kids: Eventually...a boy (Jackson Aaron) and a girl (Madison Antonia)
How many: 2
Best Adventure: London - Part I
Adventure you want to experience: Skiing in Aspen
Believe in God: Hell Yeah!
Believe in yourself: Absolutely
Like Thunderstorms: Totally blows my mind
Ocean, Lake or Pool: Ocean - South Pacific preferrably
Fears: Failure; Defeat; Coming in second in anything
McDonalds or Burger King: Neither
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
Ever Been in Love: A few times
Had Your Heart Broken: Each time
Broke Someone Else's Heart: A few times...but not intentionally
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My Interests

American Cities That Best Fit You:
55% Atlanta
55% Chicago
55% Honolulu
55% Las Vegas
55% Seattle Which American Cities Best Fit You?........

I'd like to meet:

Music:

Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, Ari Hest, Bjork, Sting

Movies:

The Lord of the Rings, Goonies

Books:

The Hobbit, The Devil Wears Prada

Heroes:

Lillie Schoby, Tom Ford (Gucci Years)

My Blog

Shopping

So, I haven't done one of these in a while...and most of you know, my work conversations usually inspire me to write these. Well, the other day, we were talking about clothes and people were say...
Posted by De®ek on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:55:00 PST

Musical Top Ten

Well, I was having a convo at work the other day about music, and to further add to the lack of productivity for the day, we all decided to put together our Top 10 List. It's ...
Posted by De®ek on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 09:33:00 PST

New Car Today!

Well, as most of you know, I bought an SUV this weekend. I must say, I LOVE it! The gas mileage, not so much, but everything else...OMG, it's great!The voting results are in on the name of...
Posted by De®ek on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:49:00 PST

Dixie Chicks and Leather Jackets

I got back from London last night, and I was tired, so I popped some Tylenol PM and took to the couch. When I woke this morning, the VH1 Top 10 was on, so I decided I'd watch that in my groggy s...
Posted by De®ek on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 04:36:00 PST

Jessie

For those of you who have known me for a while, you might remember my first car, Jessie. Jessie was my Green Camry. My very first car that my dad bought me the day before my Senior Year of...
Posted by De®ek on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 06:44:00 PST

Air Conditioning

I think that air conditioning is one of the greatest inventions in the world. Without it, cities like Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and practically every other sunbelt ...
Posted by De®ek on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:23:00 PST

Preferred Airlines

So, I had a conversation with a friend of mine from high school that lives here in Seattle yesterday at dinner. Somehow, as always, my job came up. I was telling her how expensive it is to...
Posted by De®ek on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 09:28:00 PST

Seattle Drivers

I remember reading somewhere that Seattle had the most courteous drivers in the country. Well, somebody must have been sniffing glue that day because I swear, this place has the world's worst dr...
Posted by De®ek on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 09:16:00 PST