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[katyon6th]

The following is from Entertainment magazine, it's an American Express ad. It's kind of dorky, but I don't care. Fill it out and be dorky, too!

My Name: Katy with a "y"
...childhood ambition: to be a gymnast, I used to stretch a lot -- that's about all I could do
...fondest memory: family baseball games in the front yard and my grandpa's voice
...soundtrack: something mixed, full of soul, sound, and emotion, something with various beats and melodies
...retreat: under my covers
...wildest dream: to runaway to another world, perhaps fly even (with my own wings)
...proudest moment: why can't I think of one?
...biggest challenge: long distance love
...alarm clock: something I loathe
...perfect day: good hair, lots of smiles, and good company
...first job: selling fake Pokemon
...indulgence: life
...last purchase: ice grande vanilla latte
...inspiration: family

[spurs=bling]

My Name: Amanda
...childhood ambition: To be a Vet at a Zoo
...fondest memory: My mom teaching me how to ride a horse
...soundtrack: Whatever is new
...retreat: My room
...wildest dream: To live in France
...proudest moment: When i made the basketball team
...biggest challenge: To live each day without my mom by my side
...alarm clock: I hate it
...perfect day: When my hair doesn't look like Ben Wallaces hair
...first job: I haven't got one yet
...indulgence:I can't think of one
...last purchase: A clip for my hair
...inspiration: My mom.

[TOP-CHERRY]

Fill it out and be dorky, too!

Yay!!

My Name: Lucy with a "y"
...childhood ambition: to become the best pink poweranger that ever lived
...fondest memory: getting my face sprayed with the mist from Niagara Falls... and the sound of the falls was beautiful.
...soundtrack: A mix of all sounds, beats, and flavors. I just finished dancing to salsa.
...retreat: watching the stars at night in a nice hammock, alone or with a good friend
...wildest dream: live somewhere really far away from here
...proudest moment: I can't think of one, either. Hmmm...
...biggest challenge: family
...alarm clock: dream interrupter
...perfect day: one full of laughs, where love for others grow, where I learn something new about life, and I make someone smile, and... one where I eat great food.
...first job: social work office assistant
...indulgence: brownies
...last purchase: cherry icee
...inspiration: everyone I've met and learned from

[Pistons < Spurs]

My Name: Erik with a "K"
...childhood ambition: To be an Archaeologist
...fondest memory: visiting Chichen Itza
...soundtrack: hard and heavy with lots of old school
...retreat: the bottle
...wildest dream: it involves twin sisters.....
...proudest moment: volunteering at the special olympics
...biggest challenge: living up to my potential........and yes I'm failing
...alarm clock: where's the snooze button?
...perfect day: don't know. still looking for it
...first job: working the drive thru at Hardees
...indulgence: alcohol and sweets
...last purchase: logitech G7 laser mouse
...inspiration: ShoogarBear.....I wanna be a PIMP like the bear

[ashbeeigh]

My Name: Ashley with a "y" not a "leigh"
...childhood ambition: to marry Taylor Hanson and have his babies. That didn't work out.
...fondest memory: anything to do with my old house
...soundtrack: A combination of things from the 1990s to the present.
...retreat: back to bed, I said!
...wildest dream: to be on the Real World.
...proudest moment: This year.
...biggest challenge: Growing up
...alarm clock: Don't need it, I wake up on my own. Honest!
...perfect day: on the river.
...first job: Fiesta Texas.
...indulgence: ice cream.
...last purchase: A Peach Tea yesterday.
...inspiration: A few different people.

[Duff McCartney]

My Name: Ramon
...childhood ambition: To be an oceanographer
...fondest memory: Spending time in Europe
...soundtrack: Lots of Beatles, lots of everything
...retreat: Guitar
...wildest dream: To rule the world with music...
...proudest moment: Hmm...nothing yet...
...biggest challenge: A girl named Misty...
...alarm clock: Don't have one.
...perfect day: To get the love and affection of someone I want
...first job: Six Flags
...indulgence: Buffalo wings...
...last purchase: Uh....underwater goggles
...inspiration: All the music I listen to

[ashbeeigh]

yeah no.

[ashbeeigh]

...last purchase: Uh....underwater goggles

What other type is there?

[Pistons < Spurs]

What other type is there?

skiing,flying,welding,safety,night vision, and of course beer goggles. there's probably tons more types besides underwater.

[ashbeeigh]

skiing,flying,welding,safety,night vision, and of course beer goggles. there's probably tons more types besides underwater.

Don't ruin my fun! We only use beer and water goggles in Texas!

[ShoogarBear]

What other type is there?

[jman3000]

My Name: Jason... with a J
...childhood ambition: *cough* to be President *cough*
...fondest memory: Spending any major holiday with my family at our land out in Real County.
...soundtrack: Anything that is easy on the ears and that you can groove to.
...retreat: My Ipod
...wildest dream: I can't believe I still remember this.. but when I was younger I dreamnt that all my family got eaten up on a vacation to the bottom of the sea.. worst nightmare ever. : /
...proudest moment: Anytime I can do something nice without anybody noticing
...biggest challenge: Maintaining school/work/life
...alarm clock: You mean the mid-day Sun? Right?
...perfect day: Sunny, breezy... not a cloud in the sky.
...first job: Helping my aunt photograph weddings when I was 14
...indulgence: Peanut M&M's
...last purchase: Dinner @ Chili's
...inspiration: Reaching my potential

[ShoogarBear]

My Name: Shoogar with an "oo"
...childhood ambition: to be history teacher. No joke.
...fondest memory: Riding up and down the street on the hood of my Grandad's car
...soundtrack: Bebop and Ol Skool R&B
...retreat: family home in SA
...wildest dream: getting a copy of that ObiwanGinobili-1Parker1 videotape
...proudest moment: getting a copy of that ObiwanGinobili-1Parker1 videotape
...biggest challenge: getting a copy of that ObiwanGinobili-1Parker1 videotape
...alarm clock: time to make the doughnuts
...perfect day: Spurs win!
...first job: Arby's
...indulgence: Season tickets to Spurs and Redskins
...last purchase: six-pack of Negra Modelo
...inspiration: Mahatma Gandhi and Wilt Chamberlain

[NASpurs]

My Name: Too unique of a name to put it here.
...childhood ambition: Be a business man actually.
...fondest memory: Living in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico when I was kid. So different from here in SA.
...soundtrack: Something that you listen to instead of hear.
...retreat: When I sleep and let my mind wonder in my head to escape reality.
...wildest dream: Dreaming that the dog I had like 10 years ago turned demonic and started to talk to me in my dream with red eyes. If you can remember a dream, then it must have meant something to you.
...biggest challenge: Motivation to do things for a long time.
...alarm clock: broken on the floor. I love to sleep damnit!
...perfect day: When everything goes right and you go to bed happy.
...first job: Hotel
...indulgence: I really sleep way too much. I just love sleeping.
...last purchase: some CDs
...inspiration: God/Jesus

[Jekka]

My Name: Jess
...childhood ambition: To be an astronomer, thus the entries about quasars in my first grade journal at school.
...fondest memory: Weekends in Austin with my best friend my freshman year at college, long walks with my grandfather, DVD marathons with Manny ... there's a lot of good stuff to remember.
...soundtrack: It would have a lot of singer/songwriter type music on it, as well as a lot of piano.
...retreat: It used to be my car, but now gas prices suck ass.
...wildest dream: Well, the gay marriage amendment may expedite our plans to leave the country for a while http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43315
...proudest moment: As much beef as I have with the church, I was pretty proud of my mom at her ordination last week.
...biggest challenge: Learning to cope after losses.
...alarm clock: made by Satan to ruin my day.
...perfect day: Rainy days with good company.
...first job: Internship with an arts nonprofit at 16.
...indulgence: Good wine.
...last purchase: A pint of Blue Bell pralines and cream.
...inspiration: My grandmothers.

[AlamoSpursFan]

My Name: Ramon
...childhood ambition: To be an oceanographer
...fondest memory: Spending time in Europe
...soundtrack: Lots of Beatles, lots of everything
...retreat: Guitar
...wildest dream: To rule the world with music...
...proudest moment: Cashing Jim's check
...biggest challenge: A girl named Misty...
...alarm clock: Don't have one.
...perfect day: To get the love and affection of someone I want
...first job: Six Flags
...indulgence: Buffalo wings...
...last purchase: Uh....underwater goggles
...inspiration: All the music I listen to

Fixed it...

[sa_butta]

My Name: Brent not Brett
...childhood ambition: wanted to be a veterinarian
...fondest memory: spending time in the pool at my grandfathers house
...soundtrack: anything with a good beat and not too heavy.
...retreat: on a beach with margarita
...wildest dream: live in bungalo on the beach
...proudest moment: when my daughter was born healthy
...biggest challenge: continuing daily life w/o being with my daughter daily.
...alarm clock: peice of
...perfect day: Playing basketball, spending some time with my daughter, and watching the Spurs win while drinking Ice cold beer
...first job: Dairy Queen
...indulgence: Mexican food
...last purchase: popcorn
...inspiration: daughter

[Darrin]

My Name: Darrin with a D.
...childhood ambition: to be a superhero.
...fondest memory: my first road trip without friends or family. Everyone was new. I remember summer rain and a particularly unforgettable kiss.
...soundtrack: There are too many songs to choose from. It would have to be an MP3 player.
...retreat: to Joe Boxer sleepwear and old movies.
...wildest dream: To live in the Vineyards of France.
...proudest moment: giving a speech at graduation.
...biggest challenge: dealing with my father's death.
...alarm clock: Worst sound in the world.
...perfect day: lazy Sundays when I was little.
...first job: Mowing lawns and shoveling snow for the neighbors.
...indulgence: Chocolate and Peanut Butter in any combination.
...last purchase: Chapstick and breath mints.
...inspiration: great stories.
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[SpursWoman]

My Name: Christy. With a "y".

...childhood ambition: to be a writer (still do )

...fondest memory: when my mom was helping me pick out new bedroom furniture, and I told her I didn't like the style of bed she picked out because you couldn't tie anyone up on it...because it had no posts. I will never, ever forget the look on her face.

...soundtrack: I listen to homemade mixed CD's exclusively...most have a lot of dance music...and a little hip hop or rock.

...retreat: the gym with my headphones on. Sometimes it's hard to get there....but once I'm there I can forget about everything and everyone and concentrate on me...and it makes me feel good.

...wildest dream: Lottery!

...proudest moment: walking across the stage at my college graduation with pneumonia...and not needing a gurney. Giving birth to 2 healthy children.

...biggest challenge: raising those 2 kids on my own.

...alarm clock: .

...perfect day: when I wake up and nothing hurts, my jeans fit a little bit looser than yesterday, and my car isn't making a funny noise.

...first job: West Telemarketing...which lasted all of a month.

...indulgence: my hairstylist

...last purchase: a tank of gas, a set of cheap-y bases, 2 new softball bats and 400 pitches at the batting cage

...inspiration: my mom

[pache100]

My Name: Patsy
...childhood ambition: to be a teacher or a writer
...fondest memory: listening to baseball games on the radio in the dark with my family; going to the beach with my Dad when I was little
...soundtrack: George and Toby most days; Neil Young others
...retreat: my house
...wildest dream: to win the lottery and share with my family
...proudest moment: returning to the US from Libya (I've never been so glad to see dirt and be an American)
...biggest challenge: keeping a positive outlook
...alarm clock: big black and white cat (honest...he's diabetic and wakes me every morning at 5AM for his shot! I'm not kidding!)
...perfect day: not going to work...camping and/or fishing
...first job: babysitting; first official job working at Olan Mills (telemarketing - ugh!)
...indulgence: ice cream
...last purchase: large Community coffee and a blueberry muffin
...inspiration: family (especially my Mom)

[angel_luv]

Fantastic thread! Thanks!

My Name: Veronica Lynn
...childhood ambition: I'm a dreamer and always had something new in mind to do. .
Most consistently: I wanted to be a mom like my mom.
I have always liked to write and my mom says I always carried my possesions around like a bag lady
...fondest memory: this week, and I am not sure why, I keep remembering being a little girl and how my sisters and I would wake up early and watch my dad shave before he left for work. He would always put a drop of shaving cream on each of our noses. We thought that was great.


...soundtrack: always changing; depends on my mood. Right now I like " Love heals" from Rent and " Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield and " Bad Day" by Daniel Powter

...retreat: the bathroom- it is the only place growing up I was ever assured privacy.
...wildest dream: to be Pop's personal assistant and get to hang out with the Spurs all the time.

...proudest moment: One was winning a gold medal for a story I wrote for a writing contest. It was the first non-family acknowledgement of my talent.
Close second in that category was when Manu's webmasters posted an article I wrote about meeting Gino on his website.

...biggest challenge: Letting myself be fabulous. I try to hard to stay out of everyone's way.
...alarm clock: necessary evil
...perfect day: I don't know that I have had one, although I have had some very good ones.
...first job: selling candles in a kiosk at North Star Mall
...indulgence: most recently Cinnamon Pretzels from Sams any time I am in the area.
...last purchase: cookies and sprite ( right before that I bought black berries and blue berries.)
...inspiration: Numerous: my faith in God, my dreams, family & friends (same thing in my case), a pretty view,a great song or film.
I tend to see the good in everything.

[angel_luv]

Whoosh! I posted at 1:11

I love times when all the numbers are the same.

[jcrod]

My Name: Juan
...childhood ambition: Doctor
...fondest memory: my daughter being born and her trying to open her eyes when she heard my voice.
...soundtrack: Anything but Rap
...retreat: with two kids and a fulltime student for a wife.......playing basketball or softball...wildest dream: Living and retiring at an exotic beach
...proudest moment: personally running a marathon, general my daughter
...biggest challenge: Life, being a great role model for my children
...alarm clock: usually don't hear it
...perfect day: having fun with my family
...first job: stock boy at Walgreens
...indulgence: hmmm...I don't know
...last purchase: dog food
...inspiration: my kids

[dougp]

My Name: Doug, with a "D", followed by an "o", promptly preceded by a "u" and then closed up with a "g"
...childhood ambition: a fighter pilot ... the things I wear on my face now stop me from doing it ... and lack of ambition to finish college at the moment.
...fondest memory: Sitting with my Grandmother (Mom's mom) while she was getting her hair done, telling me about their time in Europe when my Grandfather was stationed there for almost 12 years, she passed away in 2002.
...soundtrack: Varies from Country to Rock to Trance/Techno ... George Strait, Toby Keith, Garth Brooks ... Slipknot, Korn, Foo Fighters, Everclear, Modest Mouse, RHCP ... ATB, Crystal Method, Paul Oakenfold
...retreat: In front of my PC
...wildest dream: Being the geek I am - more fantasy than everything, having the specific powers of Nightcrawler and Wolverine combined - that'd kick some serious ass!
...proudest moment: After procrastinating for 4 years, completing my Eagle Project and having my board of review on Sept 11, 2001 ... They wouldn't sign that as our date of completion and stuck is with Sept 13, 2001.
...biggest challenge: Finding a girl who I can tolerate and get along with for a relationship
...alarm clock: Well, there's 3 ... The actual alarm clock, my TV and cell phone - you'd be suprised what I can sleep through.
...perfect day: No issues at work, hanging out with a friend and a satisfying night of Spurs basketball!
...first job: Tying suspended ceiling cable at my Dad's job ... $6.25 an hour, and my thumb is lopsided.
...indulgence: Friends - I can be a bit ... overwhelming
...last purchase: Italian pasta salad at Skyline Deli
...inspiration: Currently - Lance Armstrong

[desflood]

My Name: Sarah
...childhood ambition: to be a professional female baseball player
...fondest memory: dad's afternoon "beer league" softball games
...soundtrack:mostly hard rock; a little bit of everything else
...retreat:what's that?
...wildest dream: I always wanted to be a rock star
...proudest moment: basic training graduation
...biggest challenge: not strangling three kids every day
...alarm clock: pfft. the kids get up way before that
...perfect day: no kids, no cleaning, no husband, nothing but lots of ice cream and tv
...first job: sorting recycleables (sp?) for a local party store
...indulgence: spurstalk
...last purchase: milk and bread
...inspiration: my dad, who quit drinking and went to college at 38 years old