I am…

Nickname: Don’t currently have one. In high school it was “Lisser”
Country/Nationality: US/American
Birthday: March 1970
Occupation: Husband, Father, Realtor, Entrepreneur, Web Designer
School: Grace College
Church: Willow Creek Community Church non-denominational.

Hobbies: Fantasy Football, WCFL (flag football), surfing the net, and currently blogging

Favorite food: Mediterranean Bread, Goulash, Blackened medium rare 25+ ounce porterhouse, and Jani’s deep dish pizza.
Favorite drinks: Hackershore Weiss draft with a lemon, peach tea from Olive Garden, hibiscus tea from Big Bowl.
Favorite pig out food: Italian beef wet with sweet peppers from Portillo’s

Favorite books: Bible, Velvet Elvis, and the Firm. I credit John Grisham’s Firm as the book that got me interested in casual reading
Favorite Teachers: Rob Bell, Mike Breaux, John Ortberg

Favorite TV show: 24, NFL Network
Favorite movies: Star Wars (all of ‘em), Full Metal Jacket, Shawshank Redemption
Favorite actor: Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey
Favorite Villain: Darth Vader & Darth Maul
Favorite movie quote: “I don’t got time to bleed” Blaine, Predator 1987

Favorite music genre: Rock, Alternative, Pop, Christian
Favorite albums: Vertigo, U2
Favorite male singers: Chester Bennington and Chad Kroeger
Favorite female singers: Avril Lavigne
Favorite groups: U2, Rush, and Chris Tomlin
Favorite concert: U2 vertigo (U2 made a DVD of the concert Anastasia & I were at!). 3rd row center for RUSH was cool also. Seen Rush 5 or 6 times.

Favorite sport: National Football League
“Specialized” sports: Flag Football, Foosball
Favorite team: Chicago Bears, Chicago White Sox

Favorite Vacation: Hawaii
Countries I’ve been to: US, Mexico, Canada
Places which I want to go: Vail (been there want to go back)

Fear: Losing a loved one
Dislikes: Smell of cigarette smoke, dishonest people (especially politicians), stuck up people
Three words to describe me: extroverted, appreciative, and compassionate
I’m better then anyone else at: Foosball
　

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Wish list…

Be a better husband
Buy a new Corvette
Ski trip anywhere in the Rockies
Take my 1st cruise
Go to Disneyland with the family when they’re old enough
~~Replace our Blazer~~
~~Build home theater in our basement~~
Lose 25 lbs.
Love better
Visit Greece and meet the rest of Anastasia’s family
See U2, Metalica, ACDC, and Linkin Park in concert
Put an addition on my house
Meet President Bush for 15 minutes
For my sons to pick a passion in life and pursue it with reckless abandonment
Move my good friends Demetre & Alyssa to Chicago
Figure out how to keep Brandon challenged