1. What can you do today that you were not capable of a year ago?
- Change out doorknobs, plaster holes
2. What's been on your mind most lately?
- Finding a job that will challenge me in a good way..Obtaining my Bachelor's to be a good role model for my daughter.. Extending our family..
3. In order of importance, how would you rank: happiness, money, love, health, fame?
- Love and happiness go hand in hand.. health, money, fame.
4. Right now, at this moment, what do you want most?
- Arms wrapped around me and a kiss to flood me with warmth
5. What word best describes the way you’ve spent the last month of your life?
- Surprises
6. What is the #1 motivator in your life right now?
- My wife.. she makes me want to be the best I can be
7. In one sentence, who are you?
- I am someone to everyone, but always myself.
8. What do you want to be known for?
- Keeping a happy, loving home.
9. If you had to move 3000 miles away, what one thing would you miss most?
- My whole family, dogs included
10. In one year from today, how do you think your life will be different?
- It can only go up from here!
11. Who makes you feel good about yourself?
- My 110% supportive, loving wife
12. What are the top three qualities you look for in a friend?
- Loyalty, honesty, sense of humor
13.What has fear of failure stopped you from doing?
- A degree in what *I* want to do, not what others have told me
14. What is something you have always wanted since you were a kid?
- I have always wanted to dye my hair a crazy, unnatural color
15. What stands between you and what you want?
- If we are talking about the hair color.. that would be a good job! Money stands between me and the degree I want.
16. What do you do when nothing else seems to make you happy?
- Cry. Sleep. Meditate to classical music.
17. When did you first realize that life is short?
- When I wanted to end mine.
18. What do you need to spend more time doing?
- Reaching out to others.
19. What issues do you continually refuse to confront?
- Nothing comes to mind.
20. What’s something a lot of people do that you disagree with?
- Gossip.
21.What’s a common misconception people have about you?
- That because I am quiet and shy, I shock them when they hear me swear.
22.What’s something no one can take away from you?
- My love for my daughter as if she was my own
23. What is something that you would hate to go without for a day?
- Puppy kisses
24. When you look into the past, what do you miss the most?
- Nothing. There is a lot of pain in the past.
25. What memory from this past year makes you smile the most?
- My extended family and my new in-laws coming to the wedding
26. What’s the number one change you need to make in your life in the next twelve months?
- Get my diabetes under control
27. If not now, then when?
- There is no future, it is ASAP
28. What have you done that you are truly proud of?
- 3.7 GPA - hell yeah!
29. What’s something new you recently learned about yourself?
- I am not afraid to speak my mind when someone can't take a hint.
30. What do you want to remember forever?
- The way she watches me when she thinks I'm not looking and the smile that appears. I never thought anyone would look at me that way.
31. What could society do without?
- Drugs.
32. What is one thing right now, that you are totally sure of?
- My family is happy.
33. If you had the opportunity to get a message across to a large group of people, what would your message be?
- Live and let live.
34. What’s something you said you’d never do, but have since done?
- Gotten married
35. What’s something you changed your mind about when you grew older?
- I don't have enough years to have changed my mind about anything yet.
36. What didn’t last forever, but was still worth your while?
- My last bio-male relationship. It taught me to love myself, that I could be loved for me and all my quirks, and to never settle to spare feelings.
37. If you could go back in time and tell a younger version of yourself one thing, what would you tell?
- Don't try to save anyone who has a substance abuse problem.
38. If you knew you were dying in 60 seconds, what would your last words be?
- I love you forever, to the Moon and back.
39. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
- Right now I say more than I do, but I intend to do more.
40. What questions do you often ask yourself?
- Nothing as of lately.