Get to know the team: metallica48423

[metallica48423]

Name: Justin "metallica48423" O'Leary Age: 21 Location: Davison, Michigan, United States, North America, Northern Hemisphere, Earth, Milky Way Galaxy. Quote: "Witchery, weakening, sees the sheep are gathering! Set the trap! Hypnotize! Now you follow!" Position: Support Specialist

• Do you have pets?
  No They're not allowed in my apartment complex
• What is your favorite color?
  Blue
• What kind of music do you like?
  Mostly Classic rock, metal, and some country.  Not into rap or hip-hop.
• What do you do on your free time besides spending time on SMF?
  Theres time i'm not at SMF?  Nah, i help with editorials and write code for http://www.zentendo.com (my other project)
• What are your goals/dreams in life?
  This is kinda complicated given that i don't know exactly what i'd like to go into.  I'm registering this fall for Computer Science and plan to minor in business administration.
• What got you involved in SMF?
  Kirby.  Way Back in the day, I used to run a site for The Legend of Zelda fan games.  At the time, this board was on ezboard.  Well.  The site grew and ezboard gold subscription got VERY expensive very quick, so we moved over to invisionfree.  After awhile, invisionfree became to not be enough for my site.  So I began raising money to purchase an IPB license (yeah yeah, kill me now ).  Once we had earned enough, I was contacted by Kirby who suggested SMF (it was in the 1.0 stages at that time).  I was skeptical.  Kirby set it up and showed me around.  I was sold very quickly! 
  
  A few years passed and i was passive in the SMF scene, so once i became active again and started learning more about the system, it became my system of choice for nearly all projects, so I decided to purchase a Charter Membership to contribute back to the project.  Slowly i became more involved in the project, not ever really posting (little, if ever), and reading the documentation and coding guides.  During that time i got quite a decent knowledge of SMF and one day i was bored and started posting in the support boards.  The rest is history.
• Who do you admire? Why?
  The SMF Team, because they are by far one of the best groups of people i've ever worked with (don't get me wrong, support IS work, no matter how you slice it)
• Are you into sports?  If so which ones?
  Not really.  Like with football the only game i sometimes watch is the super bowl.
• What is your dream job?
  I would really like to find something that would let me work at home and build my computer skills (which is another reason i got into SMF is to learn php.)
• What was your first screenname?
  _Charizard_48423
  
• Do you have any piercings?
  Nope.  No plans on getting any either.
• Are you a lefty/righty or ambidextrous?
  I am right handed.
• Do you have any tattoo's?  If not do you wish/plan to get one?
  No and No.
• Do you have any siblings?  If so, how many of each?
  I am an only child.  I have two step brothers and a step sister.  Step brother is 21, Step-sister and other step-brother are both 18.
• What is your favorite website?
  http://simplemachines.org -- You may have heard of it!
• Do you play computer games?  If so, which ones?
  Kirby and I routinely play Quake III Arena, though it is quite old.  Considering playing like halo or a couple other shooter games
• Do you play video game consoles?  Which ones?
  Yes!  I own a Nintendo Wii and a PS2.
• Are you married or planing to get married?
  Gotta find someone who can put up with me first!!
  
  
  
  • If so do you have any kids?
    Nope.
  • How many kids?
    Zilch
• How many languages do you speak?  If so which ones?
  Three.  English, Worse English, and gibberish
• Do you drink?
  On occasion, i enjoy a wine cooler or a mixed drink.  I am not a beer guy but i do drink one from time to time.
• Do you smoke?
  No.  Never have.  Never will.
• Did you play hookey from class?
  My ex and I used to skip school all the time to... nvm...
• Do you have a license?
  Yes
  
  
  
  • Do you own a car?
    Yes, a 1998 Volkswagen Beetle TDI Diesel.
  • Have you ever been stopped for speeding?
    Yes, twice.  Once for 68 in a 55 and once for 50 in a 40.  No tickets or citations.
• Do you obtain a good amount of sleep daily?
  If i can drag myself off SMF and go to bed at a decent hour, yes, if not.... not so much.
• How do you sleep?
  Very little .  Usually on my side.
• Have you ever been on an airplane?
  Yes, went out to the E3 Gaming Exposition last year in California.
• Have you ever broken a bone?
  Nope
• Do you wear jewelry?  If so what jewelry do you wear?
  Occasionally a necklace, but never anything more.
• How do you dress?
  Depends on the occasion.  Shorts and a t-shirt if i'm at home (except in winter).  Pants and a t-shirt if i have company or am going somewhere.
• How many keys are on your keyring?
  8
• What time do you go to bed?  What time do you wake up?
  When I fall asleep, and when i roll over or have to go to work
• What's the freakiest thing you have done?
  Hm....This isn't a very e-rated question now, is it?
• Do you live alone?
  No
• How many hours a day do you spend in the computer?
  8-10
• How many hours a day do you spend in SMF?
  4+
• What is your favorite beverage - coffee, tea, soda, beer, other?
  Other - Water
• What do you hate?
  People who refuse to learn things to better their sites or people who want someone to do everything for them so they can make a dollar.
• What do you love?
  SMF, Computers, Leading by example and pushing things to their full potential.
• What is your religion?
  I follow no religion -- but i also bash no religion.
• What is your hair color?
  Dark Brown
• How tall are you?
  6' 3"
• How much do you weigh?
  Too much.  300+ lbs.
• What's the feature on SMF you can't live without?
  
  
  
  • As an administrator?
    The Package Manager and the Advanced permissioning system
  • As an end user?
    The ease of upgrade and maintenance.
    

[Joshua Dickerson]

I can't find www.simplamachines.org

[metallica48423]

hmmmm... You don't know what you're missing, you should check it out

[IchBin™]

* IchBin™ points metallica at the spelling

[Joshua Dickerson]

You're a big corn-fed guy and you've never played football? Why not?

[metallica48423]

IchBin, i already fixed it, i was being smart

groundup, hm.  well in my high school days i was a pretty depressed person... didn't care much for anything at all.  Kept to myself and didn't really do anything.

I did almost join the football team once... but i knew it'd be worthless -- they haven't won a game since my sophomore year -- 5 years ago...

[Joshua Dickerson]

Maybe they would have if you played center

[metallica48423]

Maybe

I was the band-geek though

[Amacythe]

What instrument(s) did you play in band?

[Thantos]

Why no tattoos?

[Joshua Dickerson]

Okay, just so nobody goes yelling, this is planned to be public

[Thantos]

Heh just make to delete my previous post then

[metallica48423]

lessee..

clarinet
saxophone (bariton, tenor, alto, AND soprano)
any and all percussion
guitar (in jazz band)

Yeah... i was a band nerd.

Thantos, i think we all play, or have played, a little of that.  At least those of us who possess that instrument

[metallica48423]

I really am going to have to prune this topic before i move it to the team blogs, aren't I?

Why no tattoos?

Dunno.  They just really never seemed like something i'd want done.   I'm not fond of the idea of having something permanently injected into my skin.  I think it'd kinda lose its novelty after awhile. Although, things can happen that might change my mind too.  Never know.

[Trekkie101]

How did you get out of the speeding tickets?

Anonymous.

[Thantos]

I really am going to have to prune this topic before i move it to the team blogs, aren't I?

Yes, yes you are

[metallica48423]

Trekkie, i'm not sure, but that was a miracle with the first stop!!  He asked if i had just gotten new tires and if they were bigger and I said yes (it was the truth!)  I guess at the time my local police used older style radar guns?

But the truth is, i WAS going 68

The other one was coming back to michigan through chicago and i guess i didn't see the speed sign, the illinois officer just let me off with a warning

[SleePy]

Yes, because we all know how much police love the skin flute

Trekkie, i'm not sure, but that was a miracle with the first stop!!  He asked if i had just gotten new tires and if they were bigger and I said yes (it was the truth!)  I guess at the time my local police used older style radar guns?

But the truth is, i WAS going 68

The other one was coming back to michigan through chicago and i guess i didn't see the speed sign, the illinois officer just let me off with a warning

If your getting pulled over your not doing it right
Learn to see them right

[metallica48423]

i didn't even see 'em, lol

[metallica48423]

Its not been a week, but this thread is dead, so i'm going to prune and move to the team blogs

edit: *the not-so-obscure references to skin-flutes have now been eliminated*

[Dragooon]

• What is your favorite color?
  Blue

I see looks like you are color blind

Location: Davison, Michigan, United States, North America, Northern Hemisphere, Earth, Milky Way Galaxy.

Ahh nice way of introducing a location gotta try it out

[Kirby]

How come you never told me you did the Get to Know thing?

[metallica48423]

Because it was in the team boards until yesterday? 

And thanks to Thantos, i had to prune a whole bunch of skin-flute references out of it

[Thantos]

* Thantos whistles innocently...

[Deaks]

do you ever wanna visit Finland?

[metallica48423]

Actually, one thing i want to do in my lifetime is to travel to various places.  Europe, japan, etc, and places in between them

[Deaks]

to make you feel bad i just sailed europe and we meant to be sailing to japan next year

[aerojad]

apartments with no pets suck :/

[metallica48423]

In some ways yeah, you miss the companionship

[LiroyvH]

Could always take a girl as a pet.

[metallica48423]

Yeah, but that'd interfere with my SMF time

[Deaks]

not really she could do the housework while youdo smf :p

[Tick]

not really she could do the housework while youdo smf :p

Yeah that works out like a turd in the punchbowl at a party. 

[metallica48423]

Man... someone did that at a party i was at once.

Gladly, I brought my own drink...

[Gary]

Since you used the "BlackMage" name for a bit, what is your favourite Final Fantasy, character, attack and location?

[AdrenalineRider]

Am I missing somthing here

Since you used the "BlackMage" name for a bit, what is your favourite Final Fantasy, character, attack and location?

lolz.... an Odd question, whats Final Fantasy

[Gary]

Final Fantasy is a series of Role Playing Games by Squaresoft (Now Square-Enix) for various consoles including the NES, SNES, Playstation and Playstation 2.

-ALM

[metallica48423]

My old Display name actually came from the Black Mage character of 8-bit Theatre who'se main characters are based on final fantasy characters.

I've never really been a huge final fantasy fan really.  Other than final fantasy 7 and 8 a LOOONNNGGG time ago

[Vaѕh]

I'm sad to say I learned more about you in 43 questions, than I've known about you over the past five years.

None the less, this is a really good way to get to know people.

[Dragooon]

I'm sad to say I learned more about you in 43 questions, than I've known about you over the past five years.

None the less, this is a really good way to get to know people.

Someone gotta answer this to me.....

[metallica48423]

i have worked with aberquist on other stuff for about 5 years or so

[Joe N]

lessee..

clarinet
saxophone (bariton, tenor, alto, AND soprano)
any and all percussion
guitar (in jazz band)

Yeah... i was a band nerd.

Thantos, i think we all play, or have played, a little of that.  At least those of us who possess that instrument

I love the percussion!