Julie forced me to...

Julie, Interrupted suckered me into filling this out by mentioning me by name. i hate my own pride...ung.

here you go...i hope my wife fills this out, she loves these.

3 names you go by:
1. Daniel
2. Mr. Vaughn
3. Big Dan

3 screen names you have:
1. thebeardeddude (which makes no sense now...)
2. withknivesout
3. utpaloser (reference to my alma mater)

3 things you like about yourself:
1. i am pretty bright
2. i am very outgoing
3. i truely care about my students

3 things you hate/dislike about yourself:
1. my looks
2. the fact that i shaved my beard a week ago
3. my laziness

3 parts of your heritage:
1. white, through and through (Euro Mix, basically)
2. i refuse to apologize for past wrongs that i, myself, did not inflict
3. i was born into a middle class white family, and it shows in almost everything i say and do.

3 things that scare you:
1. spiders
2. heart attacks (though i joke about them constantly)
3. Michael Moore and his followers (take that Julie!)

3 of your everyday essentials:
1. a shower
2. bottled water (by the gallons, damn near)
3. hand lotion (i am a bit of a texture freak. sort of a psycosis of mine)

3 things you're wearing right now:
1. t-shirt
2. blue boxers
3. wedding ring

3 of your favorite bands/artists (today):
1. Modest Mouse
2. Green Day (this may be the only band that would have made a similar list 10 years ago)
3. The Decemberists

3 of your favorite songs at present:
1. "Nothing Better" by The Postal Service
2. "Black Dadillacs" by Modest Mouse
3. "Needle in the Hay" by Elliot Smith

3 new things you want to try in the next 12 months:
1. move
2. having another poetry jam
3. exercising regular

3 things you want in a relationship (love is a given):
1. respect
2. something to talk about
3. real opinions

2 truths and a lie:
1. i am a fat man
2. i went to college to become a preacher (and got kicked out)
3. i am half black

3 physical things about a love interest that appeal:
1. her smile
2. her whisper
3. her eyes

3 things you just can't do:
1. motivate myself to return to my talents
2. have a positive outlook on my life for longer than 3 hours
3. stay offline

3 of your favorite hobbies:
1. reading
2. writing (in disrepair lately)
3. blogging

3 things you want to do really badly right now:
1. go out with friends
2. play video games
3. travel to somewhere far away

3 careers you're considering:
1. College professor (something me and Julie agree on!)
2. poet laureat of a state (however you fucking spell it)
3. waiter at a "family" restraunt (i miss the freedom of it)

3 places you want to go on vacation:
1. London
2. NYC
3. Chicago or Moscow

3 kids names (either boy or girl):
1. Isaiah
2. Jael
3. Daniel (hell, its a great name!)

3 things you want to do before you die:
1. record another album
2. become the best at something
3. become friends with someone really famous

3 people who have to take this quiz now:
1. the wife, adagirl
2. manny
3. rwmonty