Happy Birthday

My family has this thing they've been doing this year where everyone is supposed to answer all these questions when it's their birthday. Here are mine:

Name: JJ Olsen
Birthday: Sunday, June 19, 1977 (Father’s Day)

1. How old are you turning this year? 33

2. What is your favorite food? Pizza, Hot dogs and Steak.

3. What is your most frequently purchased grocery item? Soda Pop

4. What is your bedtime routine like: I usually read until I fall asleep

5. What are three things you absolutely have to do every day? Besides the obvious bodily functions? Nothing.

6. What do you listen to most (artist, radio station/program, podcast)? Lately I’ve been listening to Muse, Metallica, and some ‘best of the 80s’ type nonsense

7. What’s one skill you wish you had? Telekinesis

8. What skill are you most proud of? 49-second Rubik’s Cube solve

9. If you could visit any place in the world, where would you go? Lhasa

10. What is your favorite place you’ve been? Arizona

11. What are three of your favorite books? The Silmarillian, Ender’s Game, and The Count of Monte Cristo

12. If you had to buy any magazine what would it be? Wired

13. What is one thing that gets on your nerves? Ignorance, especially when enthusiastically put into practice

14. What is your favorite sport to watch or play? Darts

15. What do you love to do when you have nothing to do? Play the guitar or piano

16. What are three things you wish you had? Nothing too special; just a rocket car, a solid gold house, and millions of dollars

17. What is your favorite treat? Ben & Jerry’s Strawberry cheesecake ice cream

18. What are a few things you hope to accomplish or learn this year? I will finally read War and Peace this year

19. What are your favorite things to watch (tv show/movie)? Lately I’ve been watching Battlestar Gallactica

20. What are your three most visited websites (besides facebook/email). Google News, Slashdot, and Wikipedia

21. What is something of interest the others in the family may not know about you? When I read bedtime stories to my kids, I almost always speak with an accent.