Riding the Wind

This “layer” thing reminds me of Serial Experiments Lain.

LAYER 1: The Basics
-Name: michael jason adams
-Birth date: 02/08/1980
-Birthplace: some hospital in davenport, washington…in the usa
-Current location: at work…in the net admin section of the network control center at raf fairford in gloucestershire, england
-Eye color: blue
-Hair color: brown
-Height: 6'0″
-Righty or Lefty: righty

LAYER 2: On the Inside
-Your heritage: everything white assembled into one dynamic package
-The shoes you wore today: marauder military boots
-Weakness: i don't know if i understand this. personality faults, or things I fall for? i see my ego and my indecisiveness as my main personality faults…things I fall for? the traits steph has :)
-Your fears: spiders
-Goal you'd like to achieve: i just want to be at peace, and be happy. i don't want tons of money or lots of things. i'd like to enjoy any sort of work i do. i'd like to be able to meditate more, i guess.

LAYER 3: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
-Your most overused phrase on AIM: i rarely use aim, so i find it difficult to answer this.
-Your thoughts first waking up: stand up, walk over, reset alarm
-Your best physical feature: unknown. never thought of it before. my eyes, maybe.
-Your most missed memory: just feelings other places give you

LAYER 4: Your Pick
-Pepsi or Coke: pepsi
-McDonald's or Burger King: mcdonald's.
-Single or Group Dates: single, i guess.
-Adidas or Nike: i don't care. i'm no consumer whore.
-Lipton iced tea or Nestea: i don't like cold tea, usually.
-Chocolate or vanilla: chocolate
-Cappuccino or Coffee: coffee

LAYER 5: Do You?
-Smoke: no
-Cuss: occasionally
-Sing: yeah
-Take a shower everyday: sometimes several!
-Have a crush: i'm married to mine.
-Want to get married: see above
-Believe in yourself: sometimes too much
-Get motion sickness: rarely
-Think you're a health freak: hrm…no, not really..up to a point
-Get along with your parents: usually, yeah
-Like thunderstorms: yes indeed
-Play an instrument: used to play the sax…i don't play anything anymore

LAYER 6: In the Past Year Have You
-Drank alcohol: yes
-Smoked: a cigar
-Done a drug: no
-Gone on a date: married dates, if that counts
-Been dumped: no
-Gone to the mall: yes
-Eaten an entire box of Oreos: no
-Make homemade cookies: i've eaten ones that steph has made
-Dyed your hair: no

LAYER 7: Ever…
-Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: yes…many times. no more, no more.
-Been caught “doing something”?: no
-Been called a tease: no
-Gotten beaten up: when i was a kid. that wouldn't happen, now.
-Changed who you were to fit in: maybe slightly, when i was stupid.

LAYER 8: Getting Older
-Age you hope to be married: i am married. I got married at 23
-Numbers and Names of Children: 2 at the most, names unknown.
-Describe your dream wedding: the actual ceremony isn't that big of a deal to me. the promise is.
-What country would you most like to visit: china
-What would you do there: see things i've always wanted to see.

LAYER 9: In a Mate:
-Best eye color: bluey-grey, like steph's eyes
-Short or long hair: not really short.
-Height: steph height
-Weight: it doesn't matter, really
-Best first kiss location: hrm…dunno
-Biggest quality: biggest? what's the deal? um. being open minded, i think…that's a big one.

LAYER 10: In the Numbers
-Number of people I would trust with my life: lemme tally them up…6 at the most
-Number of CD's I own: i don't know. some, but not tons. i listen to the same stuff too much, so i've been downloading music lately. i'm going to convert everything to ogg files, eventually. someday i want an ogg player
-Number of piercings: none
-Number of tattoos: 1
-Number of scars on my body: too many to count! 4 or 5
-Number of things in my past that I regret: 0

four tv shows you liked when you were a little kid]
1. Dr. Who
2. The Incredible Hulk
3. Battlestar Galactica
4. Buck Rogers

[four places to go in your area - I'll just name cities here, because I can't be bothered.]
1. London
2. Oxford
3. Bath
4. Various Cotswold villages

[four things to do when you're bored]
1. read in general (Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Travel, etc)
2. hacking challenges
3. videos/dvds/cinema
4. play games (MMORPGs on PC, and various Xbox games)

[four things that never fail to cheer you up]
1. Steph
2. Our cats
3. Certain music & movies
4. Nice days…not too hot, not too cold.

[four things you can't live without]
1. Steph
2. My beliefs
3. Creativity
4. My family & friends

[about ten years ago *list three things*]
1. I was a complete idiot
2. I thought I knew a lot more than I actually did
3. I thought I would be in music

[about four years ago *list three things*]
1. I had no intentions of ever getting married
2. I would never have considered reenlisting
3. I still didn't know much about computers, really

[about one year ago *list three things*]
1. I was still getting used to England
2. I was kind of afraid of Steph's parents
3. I had no idea I'd ever live in base housing..heh.

[three things about today…]
1. I had macaroni salad this morning
2. I have to have my picture taken in my dress uniform
3. I'm feeling good, actually.

[seven things you love]
1. Steph & Steph related things
2. Travel
3. Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games
4. That peaceful content feeling that you get sometimes that just feels really great
5. Pepsi :(
6. Martial Arts (sigh)
7. Mind boggling computer concepts that at some point just make sense.

[seven things you dislike]
1. My ego
2. What my country has become
3. My involvement with a war machine
4. Not knowing what I want to do, and changing my mind about it when I do
5. Ignorant people, who don't see beauty in differences.
6. Issues involving money
7. Spiders

[seven things on your desk]
1. Peppermint Green Tea
2. Sunflower seeds
3. PHP Book
4. The Hua Hu Ching (unknown teachings of Lao Tzu)
5. Bottle of water
6. 2 awards from Luke AFB
7. A Tracy Chapman CD

[seven facts about you]
1. I'm in horrible shape at the moment
2. I really like Steph's new haircolor
3. I'm very indecisive
4. I'm reading The Stone and the Flute for the 5th time, I think.
5. I hate phones
6. I visit Slashdot, Penny Arcade, Livejournal, Explodingdog, and Thinkgeek every day that I work.
7. I'm switching to Debian GNU/Linux ASAP

[7 artists/bands/people should give a listen to]
1. Tracy Chapman
2. No Doubt
3. Joe Hisaishi
4. Steve Vai
5. Scriabin
6. Queen
7. The Faint