Meme thingy: My A, B, Cs

I promise I'll be writing about the election's outcome in the next post. But at the moment, I want to write something more casual and fun.

A blog I follow was tagged into writing this "A, B, Cs" meme. I liked the responses so I'm gonna give it a go too :)

• A – Age: Twenty-Fifteen —Hey, back off! I'm Mexican & therefore entitled to use the Mayan numerical system; I even have an elongated head similar to them.
• B – Bed Size: Well, big enough to accommodate me. I've always been tall, and when I was a teenager my feet used to dangle out of the bed; wasn't much of a problem though, since I have always favored the foetal position —which is the position most of us assume, out of the Matrix I mean ;-)
• C – Chore you hate: Everything that is not work-related is by definition a chore, and therefore a pain in the ass. Cooking or heating food? Taking it out of the fridge is already too much work!
• D – Dog’s name: I would like to have a Dogue de Bordeaux or a bulldog —or a boxer— which I could call Bismarck. I had a chocolate Labrador I named Anakin; alas, as his name indicates, he eventually was lured by the dark side, so he had to go :(
• E – Essential start your day item: A glass of juice & the newspaper. Which in retrospect is not a good combination, since I'm always getting angry with the news, and the acid of the juice must be contributing into giving me a nasty ulcer in the near future.
• F – Favorite colour: Take a wild guess :-P Although that's actually not entirely true. I like blue and use if often in my designs; I also have a blue car, but that's because my Dad insisted that I should not buy a red one —something to do with statistics showing red cars suffer more accidents? I'm skeptical about it, though... so red & blue, and purple too! I like the contrast of opposites, one of the reasons I might have ended up here ;-)
• G – Gold or Silver: Silver. Although I rather have stainless steel; love to include it in furniture.
• H – Height: 193 cm, which is 6'4" —People doubt the nutritional value of Mexican food? Utter rubbish :-P
• I – Instruments you play(ed): Acoustic guitar; not only I had a guitar class during High-school, but I also had private lessons for a while; I was part of a group of 3-4 people who took classes with a guy who was part of a Trio of musicians —there's a genre of Mexican music called boleros that is traditionally interpreted by a trio of guitarists. I liked the lessons, but it was tough on me that I was the only man of the group on top of the youngest; and when the teacher wanted us to have a recital, well... that was my queue to leave.
• J – Job title: Ha! Whenever someone ask me that on the phone, I tell I'm the Design Manager. But the sad true is that I'm nothing but my boss' lackey. That wouldn't look to good printed on a business card, though...
• K – Kid(s): Dozens of them! Every design project is like a child that was spawned from my mind, and bringing them to completion takes more love, patience & effort than what most "biological" parents would be willing to dedicate! But if we're talking about the usual meat-and-blood progeny, then No —I'm doing all of you a favor by keeping myself out of the species' gene pool.
• L – Living arrangements: Not very spacious, but quite comfortable, specially because of the padded walls! you can bounce all around like a ball, or pretend you're a coin living inside a big sofa —oh, nurse's here with my pills. BRB.
• M – Mom’s name: Her name is María de los Angeles (Mary of the Angels), and since my dad's name is Miguel Angel (like Michelangelo I guess) then obviously they named my big sister Angélica; but when it was my turn, my father decided it was high time to end the hypocrisy, and he eschewed the "Angel" part —I suspect that deep down, he suspected something about me :-P
• N – Nicknames: Ugh! When I was in Junior High some idiot started calling me Gizmo —it's kind of complicated to explain why, suffice it say it had to do with my obesity— and sadly it stuck. But when I was a senior the boys changed it for Masto —short of Mastodon, which made me miss the old nickname! In fact, when I was in college I used my old Gizmo nickname as my alias for the political cartoons I published on the school's newspaper —cartoons that, as you might suspect, got me in quite a bit of trouble!— there were no nicknames in college, aside from the occasional Miguelón (Big Mike).
• O – Overnight hospital stay other than birth: When I was very little I ingested some chemical used to disinfect vegetables. Mom tells me that she tried to keep me awake while she rushed me to the hospital; I think I went into a coma? I'm not sure, to tell the truth I have a terrible memory when it comes to my life experiences. Anyway, that was it —and No, I don't think there was any NDE in case you were wondering.
• P – Pet Peeve: Oh man, I have to choose only one?? Well, how about inconsiderate bastards that park their cars in the areas designated for the handicapped? That is sure to make my blood boil; in fact I've been thinking about creating a website focused entirely on posting photos of people doing that sort of things.
• Q – Quote from a movie: "The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work... when you go to church... when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth." That and every other Matrix quote you can think of.
• R – Right or left handed: I was born a lefty, but I was forced to use my right hand at school. Does that explain all the aberrations that came after? I don't know.
• S – Sports: For a brief time I played basketball —even if you have ZERO coordination, if you're the tallest kid in the school you'll get picked— but in my late twenties I busted my left knee, so that was the end of it. My favorite sport now? Horde session in Gears of War :)
• T – Time you wake up: Veeery late. My boss doesn't give a shit @ what time I arrive to the office. But of course I compensate by staying until at least 9:30-10:00 pm. It kind of sucks, but it's better than struggling with rush hour here in this city.
• U- Underwear: Boxers.
• V – Vegetable you dislike: Beets. Cool color, terrible taste.
• W – Ways you run late: I need to work on a system that helps me get out of bed. But aside of that, here in Mexico things have gotten so bad that it's actually considered impolite to arrive to any given appointment on time.
• X – X-rays you’ve had: On my knee, as I explained. Also on my spinal column —I suffer from scoliosis. Here's a bit of an advise for any would-be parent out there: if you're going to do something, for Heaven sakes, DO IT RIGHT! Is it too much to ask? a little pride in your craftsmanship, people!
• Y – Yummy food you make: Pasta; also, I can cook a mean egg-plant dish —sautee.
• Z – Zoo favorite: Hmmm... I guess elephants. They can prompt all sort of funny incidents, like that time when my sister asked my mom about that elephant that had two trunks instead of one :-P

Hey, I'm done! This was fun, too. So, if you've read and commented on this blog, considered yourself tagged, and maybe you'll like to make a list of your own. Until then, Hasta luego :-D