Tell us one thing about yourself

[Saint Cad]

I always hate starting these threads because apparently 40% of the Dopers don't know the meaning of the word "one" and by Post #7 there's "The top three I would pick ..."

So you're with a crowd and you're fairly anonymous. You could confess you killed the Lindburgh baby and they'd be like, "OK. Whatever. Next person's turn." Share one fact about yourself. Could be funny or poignant or interesting or unique. Just make it one (and yes this question is supposed to be hard so just pick one).

Mine? So many to choose from.
I was at John Denver's last concert. Mrs. Cad is a big fan and had never gone to one of his concert so I took her while he played at Cerritos. When I heard he died it made it very surreal.

[saje]

I prefer the company of animals and books to that of most people.

[Lust4Life]

I have been a prisoner in the M.E.

[digs]

I've figured out a way to doodle for a living.

[scootergirl]

Originally Posted by digs

I've figured out a way to doodle for a living.

HOW?!?
I was going to answer that sometimes I fall asleep with a pen in my hand when I read your post. There are nights when I take my sketch pad and ink pens to bed with me and draw/doodle until I can't keep my eyes open. Would you tell me how, please? I'd like to see some of your art work.

[digs]

Originally Posted by digs
I've figured out a way to doodle for a living.

Originally Posted by scootergirl

HOW?!?
I was going to answer that sometimes I fall asleep with a pen in my hand when I read your post. There are nights when I take my sketch pad and ink pens to bed with me and draw/doodle until I can't keep my eyes open. Would you tell me how, please? I'd like to see some of your art work.

Sorry for the delay, but I haven't had time to check back until tonight.

Short answer: Art Director (Ad Agency), and now Art Teacher.

And (it doesn't fit the "One Thing" format, but since you asked) the long answer:
Was pre-med in school, went to work as a campus pastor after college. But during all that time I filled margins of notebooks with scribbles. I ended up helping out with some illustrations and brochures at work, and (after I quit) answered an ad for an Art Director/Designer. I think I got it because I was the only one with a hand-written resume. And a portfolio full of "Gee, IF I had real clients, I'd do stuff like THIS for them".

I was surprised to find out I didn't need "artistic skills". I needed to do quick sketches, just good enough to explain our brilliant ideas to the clients. In fact, I'd get called into the conference room a lot: "Hey, can you drop in... and bring your pad of Graphics 360 and your Big Sharpie?" I'd know that a client had just said "Meh" to all the ideas that the boss presented, and it was up to me to scribble some new ones before the clients left the building.

Damn, it was a blast. And then I started helping out a friend by talking to his class at a local tech college, and was soon teaching one class a week in the evenings. Now I'm teaching full-time.

Now, to put this in perspective, this rags-to-sketchiness story has taken 40 years. I'm pushing 60, and having my first art show in a few weeks, so I'm framing... doodles from my sketchbooks (which I may post someday, but I'm too busy framing now).

[SandyHook]

I rode my scooter around the four corners (San Ysidro, CA, Key West, FL, Some town in Maine that I can't remember at the moment, Blaine, WA) of the US this spring.

11,500 miles in 32 days.

[DirkGntly]

I have flown, ridden and conversed with 4 celebrities:
James Earl Jones (unimposing, despite his voice)
George Takei (funny guy - very personable; sat next to him on an airplane)
Hal Ketchum (musician) (easy to talk to on the plane about anything)
Shawn Johnson (the gymanst) (she was gracious, but obvious she was hoping to avoid significant recognition on that flight, and i kept it quiet, which was easy since I was sitting next to her)

[bup]

Originally Posted by digs

I've figured out a way to doodle for a living.

I am jealous of digs.

[HoneyBadgerDC]

I was the guy who built the giant bow for the catapult on the discovery channels "Doing Da Vinci" Embarrassing show.

[Scumpup]

I loathe cats.

[Baker]

I'm three days younger than Denzel Washington.

[MissSwitac]

I talk to myself in my car a lot. I mean a LOT. Sometimes I do it when my 2 year old is in the back seat. He gives me looks of concern.

[Cryptic C62]

I killed a seagull with a kayak paddle.

[Kenm]

I rescued an injured seagull flapping futiley on the shoulder of a highway.

[Loach]

I have green eyes but they sometimes look blue. Or grey.

[olivesmarch4th]

I've been a staunch supporter of immigrant rights pretty much my entire working life.

[FloatyGimpy]

I am able to hide my depression extremely well.

[Ambivalid]

I have a big heart.

[Lust4Life]

Originally Posted by FloatyGimpy

I am able to hide my depression extremely well.

I feel for you mate, fellow sufferer here, and I hide it myself.

[sahirrnee]

I have flown a glider.
Won a free lesson and so I took it.
It was kind of fun, but once was enough.

[Count Blucher]

I saw Harry Chapin in concert less than a year before he died.

[interface2x]

I'm pigeon-toed (i.e. my leg bones are slightly twisted so my feet naturally point inward instead of straight-forward). It's mostly self-corrected as I've gotten older, but you can tell when I'm walking on stairs.

[Zsofia]

Originally Posted by interface2x

I'm pigeon-toed (i.e. my leg bones are slightly twisted so my feet naturally point inward instead of straight-forward). It's mostly self-corrected as I've gotten older, but you can tell when I'm walking on stairs.

I, personally, am duck-footed. Most people don't notice it, though.

[Alessan]

My first real kiss was in Piazza San Marco, Venice.

[Ambivalid]

Originally Posted by Zsofia

I, personally, am duck-footed.

Just don't tell me you are ever duck-faced.

[Musicat]

Originally Posted by Ambivalid

Just don't tell me you are ever duck-faced.

I've been shit-faced.

[Zsofia]

Originally Posted by Ambivalid

Just don't tell me you are ever duck-faced.

NEVER. Shit-faced, maybe. Po-faced, sometimes. Horse-faced, I have heard. But duck-faced, never.

Although, damn it, just thinking about it my lips are sort of out of my control and migrating towards the middle of my face.

[Bumbershoot]

I was the first human to see a small section of a previously undiscovered cave.

[-getitrite]

I've driven more than 1 million miles in the US.

[2gigch1]

Given time I will forget most everything that bothers me because that was then and this is now.

[Johnny L.A.]

I can fly a helicopter.

[Taomist]

My ankles twist and give out on me so often that I have taken falling and recovering to an art-form.

[Ethilrist]

I found an ocelot in my attic.

[GuanoLad]

Originally Posted by Ethilrist

I found an ocelot in my attic.

I think that's a Dr Seuss book.

I am making a Steampunk short film.

[Maggie the Ocelot]

Originally Posted by Ethilrist

I found an ocelot in my attic.

So *that's* what happened to Uncle Fred!

[Lanzy]

I have been in an active space shuttle.

[Sudden Kestrel]

I once owned a monkey.

[FloatyGimpy]

Originally Posted by Sudden Kestrel

I once owned a monkey.

Hey, me too!

[Napier]

I saw Tracy Chapman perform in October 1986.

[Silver Tyger]

I was born the same day as Alan Moore (although obviously not the same year).

[Ambivalid]

Originally Posted by Silver Tyger

I was born the same day as Alan Moore (although obviously not the same year).

Umm... Demi Moore's dad??

[Kenm]

Umm... Roger Moore's dad??

[Ambivalid]

Originally Posted by Kenm

Umm... Roger Moore's dad??

Sorry, never heard of him before this thread. (Alan, not Roger).

[mascaroni]

I once had tea with Brian Eno in his back garden.

[Palo Verde]

My husband, kids and I are very active in the build-a-device-to-fling-a-pumpkin world.

[JackieLikesVariety]

Originally Posted by Palo Verde

My husband, kids and I are very active in the build-a-device-to-fling-a-pumpkin world.

there is an entire world? seriously?


at work, I frequently don't know what's going on.

[HotDogWater]

I once advertised on Craigslist for a manscape. Never got it.

[Stendhal Syndrome]

I am dreading the holidays. It's the first one since my husband's death.

[runner pat]

I coach high school cross-country and track(distance events).