25 Random Things About Chad

1. I consider all six "Star Wars" movie to be one movie. Someday I would love to sit at a Lucasfilm movie theatre and see the whole saga.

2. I'm so excited about doing more world traveling, especially with my wife who is originally from Malaysia.

3. I fell out of my theatre seat in "Ferris Buellors Day Off." It was at the Northgate movie theatre and laughed so hard during the scene in which Ferris was playing the sound effects on the keyboard.

4. I don't like cheese. To me, it is rotten milk. It is my wife's greatest disappointment.

5. I enjoy walking fast.

6. My job is actually a career, not just a job.

7. I loved playing the drums in school and being in the marching band.

8. I mentally thumb my nose whenever I see a picture of Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter.

9. I sing little songs to my wife. Mostly, they're about what I'm doing or thinking.

10. Salmon is my favorite food.

11. I believe the Atari 2600 was the peak of video game creativity.

12. Lewis Black's riff about Starbucks is perfectly insightful.

13. "MASH", "Cheers", "LA Law", "Wonder Years" and "Picket Fences" are my 5 favorite TV shows.

14. I liked living in Montana and am thankful that I survived 2 1/2 years of extreme hot and cold.

15. I like riding public transportation. When I first moved to Seattle when I was 12 years old, I would travel wherever the busses took me and got to know the layout of Seattle pretty well.

16. "The Good Earth" is my all-time favorite book. I read it in 8th grade at Collins Academy with Dr. Bond as my teacher. The class read it over a period of about 10 days, but it is still the only book I've ever read in one sitting. I still have never finished "Dune."

17. The political leanings of artists have rarely determined how I feel about their work. I don't care that Charlton Heston was a god for the N.R.A. I still like watching "Ben-Hur." Tom Clancy could be the rightest right-wing nutjob but his books are some of the most engrossing I've ever read. I'm not a vegetarian, but Tom Scholtz and Brad Delp put together the greatest songs in Boston.

18. "The Monster Car" is my favorite episode of "Speed Racer."

19. The Cinerama is my favorite movie theatre, but I sure do miss the UA 150.

20. There are not many things I miss from my childhood, except old friends.

21. I like living in the city and don't think I would enjoy the suburbs or small towns. I couldn't survive on a farm.

22. I worked at Dicks Drive In from 1986-1989. I also worked for two months in 1992 and six months in 1999. My favorite thing to do was making french fries, from cutting the potatoes to bagging the fries. I can't stand eating the fries now because they are rarely made properly. I miss Ted and Ed!

23. I believe Bill Mahar is usually correct.

24. Karen and I went to see "The Color Purple" at the Paramount. Now she's taking me to see "The Lion King" and I look forward to seeing more live plays and musicals.

25. M&Ms plain and peanut are the perfect candies. The Christmas Mint M&Ms are the perfectest candy.

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