This section is about more of what I like to do and who I am.
Age: 28
Sex: Male
Race: White
Height: 6' 0"
Work:
Unemployed. (5/18/2005-10/12/2005)
(DUE TO CONFLICTS BETWEEN CERTAIN PEOPLE, SUCH AS BOSSES, AND THE BIG BOSSES, AND MY SHYNESS, AND SELF-ESTEEM, I WAS BASICALLY FORCED INTO QUITTING MY JOB TO SAVE MY SKIN.)
Hobbies:
Trains (of course), video games,
computers, TV programs, and traveling.
Computer specs:
Motherboard: Biostar K7 model M7VIG4 Motherboard.
Processor: 2.08 GHZ Athlon XP (2800+ series)
RAM: 512 MB DDR PC2700 RAM
OS: Windows XP Professional SP2
Video RAM: 32 MB of Onboard memory
An USB 2.0 5-port PCI card
Avermedia PCI DVD video capture card
Integrated four USB 2.0 ports
An integrated NIC port
Soundblaster Live 24 Bit Sound Card
350 Watt ATX Power Supply
Hard Drives:
Seagate 160 GB hard drive partioned into a 137 GB and 21 GB hard drive, both formatted with NTFS.
Western Digital 200 GB hard drive partitioned into two 100 GB drives, both formatted with NTFS.
Western Digital 500 GB USB hard drive in NTFS format.
CD/DVD Drives:
Pacific Digital Extreme 8x DVD USB 2.0 DVD external burner (actually an Lite-ON LDW 851S drive).
Lite-ON SOHW-1693S DVD drive (with DVD+R DL capabilities)
LG HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA H10L (with the capability to use DVD-RAM discs, as well as dual layered discs).
Unused CD/DVD Drives:
Pacific Digital MACH-12 DVD Burner. Now being used in my grandfather's computer. This drive has given me some problems, and may be replaced in the future.
Khypermedia 52x24x52x Seamless Link CD-RW drive is in storage for future usage, because I have too many CD/DVD drives.
I also have a Creative 52x CD-ROM drive that can't be used because of too many drives. I may bring both the Khypermedia and Creative drives back if I can convert them to USB 2.0. I can't find anything to convert 5.25" drives to USB right now. I can easilly find USB 2.0 converters that are 3.5" though.
My older motherboard, the Elite ECS L7S7A2 Motherboard, burned up when my GeForce 5200 MX Video card's fans stopped spinning.
Likes:
Thunderstorms/Monsoons, bowling (although not very good), Fall/Autumn,
Waterfalls, rain, swimming, casual driving, recording CDs and DVDs,
playing video games, Anything railroad signal related.
Dislikes:
All types of bad drivers especially
tailgaters, bossy people/people that don't care, heat (>75O) or cold (<30O), high
gas prices, wasting time.
Music likes:
Rock, Light Rock, New Age,
Electronica/Trance, 1980s country, smooth jazz, disco, tropical sounds
such as steel drums.
Music dislikes:
Heavy metal, RAP, hip-hop, most
music pre-1970's except for the beatles.
Food Likes:
#1 of all time: PIZZA!!!!! Steak (any kind, whether chuck steak, or ribeye), Chicken (dark meat only!), corn dogs, hamburger, hot dogs, cheese (american, or mild cheddar), french fries, garlic bread (not too strong, or not enough flavor though), Grilled Cheese, Peanut Butter (not with Jelly, or crunchy PB) chicken cacciatore (my own recipe), broasted chicken, cereal, including Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Reeses Puffs, Cookie Crisp, Golden Grahams, Pop Tarts (pretty much almost everything with sugar in it).
Restaurant Likes:
Costco Pizza, Villa Pizza/Sbarro Pizza, Pizza Hut.
Burger King's fries, double cheeseburger, and chicken tenders.
McDonalds fries ONLY!
KFC's Chicken strips, and chicken pieces (some of the time).
Del Taco's double bacon cheeseburgers.
Broasted Chicken (sometimes, but very expensive).
McDonalds chicken McNuggetts were good, but when they stopped selling dark meat mcnuggetts, that ruined them forever.
Drink Likes:
Pepsi, Pepsi Vanilla, tropical punch Kool-aid, Hawaiian Punch (red). Orange flavored drinks (occassionally).
Pepsi Clear: A drink released back in the mid 90s that didn't sell well.
Pepsi Edge: A half sugar/half sweetener that was discontinued in 2004. I feel it shouldn't have been discontinued.
Food Dislikes:
ANY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES OF ANY KIND. ANY SOUR AND BITTER ITEMS, SUCH AS EGGPLANT PARMESAN. ANY SEAFOOD OF ANY KIND, MUSHROOMS.
Restaurant Dislikes:
Arby's, Subway, Blimpie, Wendy's, Jack In The Box, Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Taco Bell, Little Caesars, Papa Johns Pizza
Drink dislikes:
Coca-Cola, (not a big fan, but will drink if forced to do it), Sprite (any flavor), 7-up, ginger ale, Mountain Dew (any flavor), any cherry drinks, including Coca-Cola, and Pepsi, any diet drinks, including Coca-Cola, Diet Pepsi & Pepsi One, Any lime and lemon flavors, including Pepsi/Coca Cola Lime, or Pepsi Twist, any kind of flavored water, including Propel. Any alcoholic drinks*. Any tea products. Any coffee products.
* I use Sherry wine with my chicken cacciatore, but I boil (for 45-60 minutes) all the alcohol out so that no one gets drunk.*
NOTE: THERE ARE LOTS OF RESTAURANTS AND DRINKS THAT I HAVEN'T TRIED YET LIKE COCO'S, OR IHOP, SO I HAVEN'T LISTED THOSE AS OF YET.
Music Artist likes:
Phil Collins/Genesis, Jimmy
Buffett, Bee Gees, America, Eagles, The Beatles, Chicago, Beach Boys, Lionel
Richie, Steely Dan, Kenny G, Hall & Oates, Bob Seger, Huey Lewis, Cheech &
Chong, Al Jarreau, Peter Cetera, James Taylor, Kool & The Gang, The Doobie Brothers, Simply Red, etc.
NEW: For a long time, I've been collecting video game soundtracks. Over 75% (or 30 hours / 2 GB) of those collections are from Sonic The Hedgehog games, including game music, and rare CD compilations. I've started some new stuff for Mario, and Zelda (around 10 hours combined), but those won't be quite as large as the Sonic music I've collected.
Music Artist Dislikes:
AC/DC, Metallica, Train, Sugar Ray,
Dido, Stylistics, Elvis Presley, NKOTB, BBMak, Neil Diamond, Sting, Matchbox 20, Backstreet Boys, All female artists.
Top Video Game Likes:
*-Top pick
Italics mean I'm a pro in
that game.
Games in green are recently added
to the list.
Sonic Heroes*, Sonic Adventure DX*, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, Sonic Shuffle*, Mario Kart 64*, Tetrisphere, Tetris Attack/Pokemon Puzzle Challenge, Banjo-Kazooie*, Starfox 64, Mario Kart Double Dash*, Donkey Kong 64, Super Mario RPG*, Paper Mario*, Paper Mario 2: The Thousand Year Door*, Luigi's Mansion*, Super Paper Mario*, Super Mario Galaxy, Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Sonic 2 BETA, Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Knuckles' Chaotix/Sonic Crackers, Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic Advance, Sonic Advance 2, Sonic Advance 3, Sonic Pinball Party, Sonic Battle, Mario Party 1, 2, 3*, 4, 6*, 7*, 8*. Super Mario 64*, Zelda: Ocarina Of Time, Super Mario Sunshine, Sonic CD, Sonic R, Sonic Gems Collection, Sonic Mega Collection, Sonic Riders*.
Video Game DisLikes:
Goldeneye 007, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, All Pokemon games except Pokemon Puzzle Challenge, Crusin' USA, Frantic Flea (SNES), Starfox Adventures, Festers Quest, Banjo-Tooie (not a good sequel in my book), Mario Party 5, Nightmare Creatures, Sonic & The Secret Rings, any sports games, any racing games other than any Mario Kart or Diddy Kong Racing games.
I'm a professional in most Mario and Sonic games. I get no competition over here, and would like to play some games if it's possible over the internet, now that I have 5 MB broadband access, I'd like to play some of the older games online, but I don't know how to at this time. This will change though when the Nintendo Wii gets released in mid-November.
NOTE: I STILL HAVE A MINT CONDITION ATARI 7800 SYSTEM COMPLETE WITH OVER FIFTY 2600 AND 7800 GAMES FOR ANY COLLECTORS OUT THERE... ALSO FOR THOSE DON'T KNOW SEGA GENESIS CONTROLLERS WILL WORK WITH ABOUT 99% OF ATARI GAMES ON THE 7800 MACHINE.
I'VE BEEN ASKED BEFORE ABOUT SELLING THE ATARI CONSOLE. I WILL NOT SELL IT FOR ANYTHING. IT'S A COLLECTORS ITEM, AND WITH THE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS I'M HAVING, I NEED TO SAVE IT SO THAT IT'LL BE WORTH BIG BUCKS, A VERY LONG TIME FROM NOW.
Video Game Systems I've Owned:
*Italics mean I still have them*
Atari 2600, Atari 7800, NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, Sega Game Gear, Dreamcast, Gamecube, PSone.
I got rid of the PSone because I found the games boring. The Crash games didn't excite me as the Mario and Sonic games. I got rid of the Game Gear because it hurt my eyes too badly, and the batteries didn't last very long. I have no plans to get a XBOX, or a PS2, because I think all those games are so boring to play. WAY too many games are sports and racing games. Maybe I'll get an XBOX one day if Microsoft comes out with cool games, if RARE makes good ones like they did for Nintendo.
TV Likes:
Game shows: Press Your Luck,
Whammy!, Scrabble, Sale of the Century, The Price Is Right, Family
Feud, Bullseye, The Joker's Wild (1977-1986), Tic Tac Dough (1978-1986),
Wheel Of Fortune, Card Sharks (1978-1981, 1986-1989) Password Plus, Super Password,
Hot Potato, and many more.
Cartoons: Spongebob Squarepants, Sonic X, The Simpsons, Inspector Gadget, Beavis & Butthead, Peanuts, Lilo & Stitch, Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, Rugrats (2001 and up), Doug (Nickelodeon version), Ren & Stimpy (Nickelodeon version), Felix the Cat (1959-1962), Beany & Cecil, and so on.
Other shows: Who's The Boss, Full House, Family Matters, Maximum Exposure, Step By Step, Knight Rider, American Gladiators. (Now that I think about it, this isn't a very big list...)
TV Dislikes:
Italic game shows are GSN Originals.
Game Shows: Friend Or Foe, Russian Roulette, Lingo, Cram, Newlywed Game, Dating Game, Love Connection, Inquizition, Match Game, Tattletales, Blockbusters, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Greed, Wintution, Chain Reaction, Weakest Link,, Dog Eat Dog, Survivor, Jeopardy, Rock & Roll Jeopardy.
Cartoons: Rocket Power, Hey Arnold, KaBlam, CatDog, Kaput & Zosky, Fairly OddParents, Most anime programming except for Sonic X and (some) Pokemon, all Toonami cartoons, most newer Disney and Nickelodeon cartoons such as Recess, The Weekenders, and so on.
Other shows: Friends (including Smelly Cat), 7th Heaven, all current comedy programs on network stations, all talk shows (they took over game shows, and has killed Pyramid 2002). Most movies pre-1970's.
TV Network Likes:
NOTE #1: PREMIMUM CHANNELS AND
NETWORK CHANNELS AREN'T LISTED HERE.
NOTE #2: I HAVE DISH NETWORK TOP
180 CHANNELS. THIS LIST IS FOR THE TOP 180.
GSN (sort of), Cartoon Network (not including Toonami, or Miguzi), Nickelodeon (not including Nick@Nite, and Nick Jr.), Boomerang, Disney Channel (not including Playhouse Disney), Toon Disney, Animal Planet, VH1.
TV Network OK: Channels that I watch if there's something good on.
TV Land, RFD-TV, TBS, TNT, WGN, DIY, A&E, SCI-FI, VH1 Classic, Spike TV(only for American Gladiators), TLC, Discovery, Hallmark, Tech TV, The Weather Channel, E!,The Travel Channel.
TV Network Dis-likes:
Bravo, USA, Comedy Central, Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network, Food Network, Home & Garden TV, Style, Biography Channel, History Channel, History International, BET, Women's Entertainment, American Movie Classics, Independent Film Channel, Turner Classic Movies, Fox Movie Channel, BBC, FX, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, ESPN News, Speed Channel, Outdoor Life, The Outdoor Channel, Fuse, MTV, MTV2, CMT, GAC, Noggin, Nickelodeon GAS, Discovery Kids, ABC Family, PAX, National Geographic Channel, SoapNet, Discovery Health, Discovery Times, The Science Channel, Discovery Wings, Discovery Home, Headline News, Bloomberg, Court TV, CNBC, CSPAN, CSPAN2, Golf Channel, ALL SHOPPING CHANNELS, ALL RELIGIOUS CHANNELS.
USA used to be a cool channel full of game shows, until they cancelled them for movies. I dislike Nick GAS because of the shows they made, especially GUTS & Legends Of The Hidden Temple which I think are fixed shows. ABC Family also used to be cool when it used to be FOX family. They had good programming until ABC took it over and made it mostly into one star rated movies, and movies that appeal to 10-14 year olds.
I remember when Disney used to be a premimum channel. It used to be cool until ABC got a hold of it and screwed it up.
I know I watch really dorky channels, but I'm pretty much a kid at heart. Some people are, and I'm one of them.
MORE WILL BE ADDED WHEN I REMEMBER.