Tagged! Twice!!! :D

Hello everyone! I've just been "tagged" by both Baxojayz and Misato-chan, meaning I must post 8 little-known facts about myself. These might take a while to do...

1: I am a fan of unusual pets.
I am fascinated by the prospect of keeping an animal that seems unusual or at least a bit "different." The two types of pets I am currently the most interested in having are:
Skunk- these can be legally owned in the state of Indiana with a license and taking the animal to a vet while young to have the stink glands removed. They're resistant to disease and are easily vaccinated for rabies, and are actually pretty cool-looking little animals!
Giant Centipede- They grow to an average of a foot long or slightly larger, and are capable of systematically disemboweling and eating a mouse until all that's left is the empty sack of its skin! Check it out! (only if you have a strong stomach, that is...)

2: I've had a job ever since I was legally able to get one.
When I turned 14, I started working for Pioneer doing farm work in their corn fields as seasonal work until I could get a year-long job at 16; and I've been working ever since! Through the years I have had the jobs of:
farm laborer
janitor / closing stock person at a toy store
fast food worker at two restaurants; making it to Trainer Supervisor at the second of them
lead singer for the band Rebellious (we didn't get far at all...)
ADSL technician
Care Representative for two different cell-phone companies
And of course, freelance comic book artist!

3: I have yet to take travel outside of the United States.
I've been to nearly every state in the eastern half of the country, but have yet to actually go to any other nation of my own accord. I have been on ships numerous times, but only been on a plane once (and I was way too young to remember...). I would love to follow in my parents' footsteps, travel and see the world someday, but I don't yet have the linguistic skills to really make it anywhere else yet (I can read Spanish and Portuguese, can more or less bullshit my way through most French, but am not skilled enough to listen and speak fluently in any of those languages...), and unless I join the military like they did, the money required for traveling is more than I can afford at the moment. Someday, though...

4: "Seafood is my body, and coffee is my blood!"
Most of my favorite foods are seafood of various types. I have yet to come across seafood that I didn't like; if it comes from the ocean, chances are I've eaten it and will do so again! Barbecued eel and sushi are my palate's current obsessions.
And speaking of obsessions, there is my hopeless addiction to coffee to consider! If you see me at home or work without some form of coffee, there must be something wrong! I usually can't even get going in the morning without at least 4 cups; and my trusty 32-oz mug is always right there at my desk at work for whenever I need a quick pick-me-up. The best cup of coffee is a 10-1 ratio of dark-roast coffee and coconut milk, topped with a splash of Kahlua. Another good combination is espresso with chocolate syrup and half of a banana, mixed in the blender.

5: I am a notorious procrastinator.
Yup, let's face it... the biggest factor that keeps me from getting major tasks accomplished usually tends to be my own reluctance to get things done. I often try to pin the blame on schedule constraints or monetary issues (which are usually actually a factor), but quite often when I actually get the free time to get a project taken care of I'm too tired out from my regular hectic schedule and just want to do nothing but relax... or maybe that's another excuse. I need motivation, dammit!

6: I have never had a serious relationship that has lasted for more than 6 months.
This one is pretty much self-explanatory... the majority of my relationships have been little more than brief flings. I have been wanting a more meaningful relationship than just that, but all of the women I've been with are of the mindset of just having fun and moving on; having no intention of anything long-term.

7: Music is one of my biggest passions.
I have a collection of over 500 music CDs now; just counting the original copies (I only have about 30 or so burned CDs; most of which I later bought anyway). My favorite styles are Power Metal, Jazz, Classical, Rock, and Trance. Really though, the only styles of music I don't like are Gangster Rap, Children's Music, and Country... either they annoy the crap out of me, or they're overly redundant. I listen to music in over 10 different languages; as long as the music had a lot of effort put into it the lyrics don't seem that important to me. My current favorite bands/musicians are:
Blind Guardian
Iced Earth
E Nomine
Rhapsody (of Fire)
WAG
Jethro Tull
MASA
Also, after my band Rebellious failed I did a joke solo project as the rapper "Peter Cheese." I wrote, recorded and produced four songs of dubious quality; I doubt if they have even reached circulation beyond central Indiana yet... perhaps someday these things shall see the light of day... :D

8: I have used several aliases throughout the years on web pages and accounts on different sites.
During the pioneering days of teh Intarwebz when ID theft was a big concern, I had created a few different aliases to keep my true identity unknown. I have since changed them all to my actual name, but here are the aliases in case anyone has seen them before:
Samuel Anderson- This one was based off of the "porn name" idea, by which one creates a name out of their first pet's name (Sam, a black cat) and the city they currently live in.
Makoto Chiba- This one came from one of those "generate your Japanese name" pages; I kind of liked the name and used it for a while to make my Anime-styled illustrations seem more "authentic"... but it backfired on me when I started receiving E-mails and comments in Japanese text (which I can't read...), so this one was retired quickly.
Lee Christopher- I still use this one from time to time; it's just my middle and first name used to look like a real name.



This is the point where I would normally tag 8 Bloggers that I know, but since all of the ones I am familiar with have already been tagged I'll leave it at this.