| What is your most memorable childhood experience? | When I was in kindergarten my parents bought me a football with my favorite team's logo on it. I was so excited I brought it to school. During after school care my friends and I played football. During a play the ball rolled into the street and down a storm drain. I was so upset but was too embarrassed to show any emotion around my friends. My dad came to pick me up after work, still in his Air Force uniform, looking all cool. My teacher told him what happened and without hesitation he opened up the manhole, took off his blouse, and climbed down the dark and mysterious hole while my friends and I watched in amazement. Eventually he came back up with the ball, and I was so excited and proud of my dad. I remember that was the first time I really thought of my dad as a hero. |
| What immediate family member do you closely identify with and why? | My younger brother, since we are both obsessed with hunting and fishing. I talk to him on the phone every day, and we tell each other everything. |
| What character traits do you admire in an individual? | I admire people who are loyal, original, judgement-free, and do not care what others think of them. |
| What is the funniest thing ever to happen to you? | As a teenager I was visiting my uncle in Guam. The island seemed to be infested with roaches. I was obliviously eating cereal and watching TV. I never bothered to look down at my food, but I remember thinking it would be funny if there were roaches in my cereal. When I did look down it was my last bite and there was a roach in my spoon. I was horrified and disgusted at the same time. |
| If time and money were not an issue, where would you travel and why? | Papua New Guinea, to surf perfect waves and study uncontacted indigenous tribes before they are gone. |
| When and if you ever have children, what would you like to pass on to them? | My hand-eye coordination and fast twitch muscle fibers. |
