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1. Whats your name? Keith

2. How old are you? Just turned 41

3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? Long story, but the short version is I stumbled across rec.skydiving, liked how passionate (for lack of a better term ;)) the people seemed about skydiving and decided to try it.

4. Are you single or taken? Married? Single

5. Do you have kids? No

6. What do you drive? '98 Ford Ranger, 1966 Ford Mustang

7. Have you ever done a kisspass? Sort of

8. Where do you live? San Diego

9. Do you have any pets? 2 cats, Skylar and Scooter

10. How many jumps do you have? 580 somethingish

11. What color eyes do you have? Hazel

12. What is your nationality? I'm mostly Native American

13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? Yes

14. Favorite Movie? Somewhere in Time

15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? Get into trouble

16. Have you ever BASE jumped? No

17. If not... do you want to? Yes

18. Do you have siblings? I claim only 1 sister

19. Where do you want to travel to the most? Good question.

20. What's your favorite color? Currently green

21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? New York
Keith

Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville

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1. Whats your name? Keely
2. How old are you? 32 (33 on June 23)
3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? My dad had a Cessna for a while when I was a kid and I always enjoyed being in the air. I met a female skydiver at an airshow he took me to (I was probably around 7 at the time) and I always wanted to try it after that.
4. Are you single or taken? Married? Taken.
5. Do you have kids? No
6. What do you drive? 98 Ford Ranger
7. Have you ever done a kisspass? More than I can remember. ;)
8. Where do you live? near Perris (CA)
9. Do you have any pets? Two cats (Iggy & Moonshine) and a Betta fish named Booger
10. How many jumps do you have? 497 (It says 500 in my profile because at the time I entered my info I had around 480 jumps and was jumping at a rate that I would have had 500 in another week or two... but I guess I jinxed myself because then my jumping slowed WAY down until I finally decided to just take a break for awhile. Guess I should change it, but screw it - it's close enough... I'll change it as soon as I have 501 jumps ;-)
11. What color eyes do you have? Green (or maybe blue - depends on what I'm wearing)
12. What is your nationality? American (some sort of German/English/Irish mix)
13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? Yes, sort of...
14. Favorite Movie? either "From Dusk Til Dawn" or "Singing in the Rain"
15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? gardening, exercising (step aerobics, bellydancing, walking, Pilates, yoga), photography, drinking and acting like an assmonkey
16. Have you ever BASE jumped? Yes
17. If not... do you want to?
18. Do you have siblings? 1 "real" sister, 1 stepsister, 2 half brothers, 2 stepbrothers
19. Where do you want to travel to the most? Russia, Australia, Japan
20. What's your favorite color? green
21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? Austin, TX

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I'm in!!!

1. Whats your name? Judy

2. How old are you? 43

3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes?
Blind internet date kind-of deal...

4. Are you single or taken? Married? Single

5. Do you have kids? Yes, two daughter who is 15 and son who is 9.

6. What do you drive? GMC Envoy

7. Have you ever done a kisspass? No

8. Where do you live? Oklahoma City, OK

9. Do you have any pets? A few...2 Schnauzers, 1 cat, 1 fish

10. How many jumps do you have? 4 but I like to add 90 min of tunnel time :)

11. What color eyes do you have? Brown

12. What is your nationality? German Irish

13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? Yes; see #3.

14. Favorite Movie? Dune and For the Love of the Game

15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? ICU nurse, Mom and write

16. Have you ever BASE jumped? No

17. If not... do you want to? No

18. Do you have siblings? 3 sisters and 1 brother

19. Where do you want to travel to the most? Australia

20. What's your favorite color? Greens

21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? Orlando, Florida
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1. Whats your name? Michele

2. How old are you? 33 on April 11 (Born on Easter and on my b-day falls on Easter again this year, too B|)

3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? I met a skydiver and thought I'd give it a try.

4. Are you single or taken? Divorced for 8yrs.

5. Do you have kids? No

6. What do you drive? Silver 2002 Honda Civic

7. Have you ever done a kisspass? No

8. Where do you live? Huntington Beach (So. Cal)

9. Do you have any pets? Daisy Mae, a 16lb cat

10. How many jumps do you have? 16

11. What color eyes do you have? Blue

12. What is your nationality? American... ethnicity is Mexican/Caucasian

13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? Yes

14. Favorite Movie? Gone with the Wind

15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? School, school work, and tutoring mainly

16. Have you ever BASE jumped? No

17. If not... do you want to? Maybe someday

18. Do you have siblings? 2 older brothers

19. Where do you want to travel to the most? Spain or Italy

20. What's your favorite color? Pink

21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? to Catalina on a Piper Cherokee


"If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girl's sports such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing." - Homer Simpson

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1. Whats your name? David Colucci
2. How old are you? 31
3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? a girlfriend sorta talked me into it and I always had it in the back of my mind until the 1st one
4. Are you single or taken? Married? very single for the time being :)5. Do you have kids? No
6. What do you drive? Nissan Frontier - Supercharged
7. Have you ever done a kisspass? Of course!!!
8. Where do you live? Jersey...Blucqjcjgh, but we have a great DZ!!!
9. Do you have any pets? No, had to give my cats away :( miss them much :(
10. How many jumps do you have? about 1800 + or - a few
11. What color eyes do you have? Blue/Grey
12. What is your nationality? Italiano
13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? Yes, but I probably won't do it again.
14. Favorite Movie? Lord of the Rings - the whole trilogy
15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? ummmmmmmm, thinking about skydiving and enjoying my business and position at work
16. Have you ever BASE jumped? No
17. If not... do you want to? NOPE...but it makes good eye-candy
18. Do you have siblings? 1 brother who i love
19. Where do you want to travel to the most? Italy, actually getting a dual citizenship soon. I WILL retire there. Most likely Amalfi - it's breathtaking!
20. What's your favorite color? Color combo actually... Blue and Yellow
21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? Florida, oh wait..it was London, oh wait, the only place I haven't jump while traveling is Italy. hmmmmm how unfortunate is that? I must correct this soon. :P

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7. Have you ever done a kiss pass? Yes, it was a stolen kiss, I'm considering pressing charges



I sorry, you were in the air looking so sexy, i had to lay one on ya!!:)

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meow

I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug!

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1. Whats your name? Brandon

2. How old are you? 22

3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? Childhood dream ( realized only this past year )

4. Are you single or taken? Married? Not sure, in a wierd situation right now. Single [:/]

5. Do you have kids? No

6. What do you drive? Jeep

7. Have you ever done a kisspass? No

8. Where do you live? Southern California

9. Do you have any pets? No

10. How many jumps do you have? 213

11. What color eyes do you have? Blue

12. What is your nationality? Heinz 57 ( Mutt ) :P

13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? No

14. Favorite Movie? Ack :S Too many to mention - ( Suicide Kings )

15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? Work, Surfing, Beach, Hiking. I don't like to be indoors.

16. Have you ever BASE jumped? No ( But soon! )

17. If not... do you want to? YES

18. Do you have siblings? 4 Sisters

19. Where do you want to travel to the most? Italy, Brazil

20. What's your favorite color? Blue

21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? Denver, CO

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1. Whats your name? Marc Krieger

2. How old are you? 30 May 1 this year

3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? Something I always wanted to do, so I did it on a trip last spring. Thought it would be a one time thing, boy was I wrong.

4. Are you single or taken? Married? Single and looking

5. Do you have kids? No

6. What do you drive? 2003 Chevy 2500HD
1997 Chevy 1500
Lots of farm machinery and
several fire trucks.

7. Have you ever done a kisspass? No

8. Where do you live? Western New York

9. Do you have any pets? No my dog Oliver died a year ago.

10. How many jumps do you have? 22

11. What color eyes do you have? Blue

12. What is your nationality? USA

13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? no

14. Favorite Movie? Saving Privet Ryan

15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? Farm, Volunteer Fire fighter, snowmobile

16. Have you ever BASE jumped? No

17. If not... do you want to? Yes

18. Do you have siblings? nope

19. Where do you want to travel to the most? All around the USA

20. What's your favorite color? blue

21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? Never have. I've only been in a plane to jump out.

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1. Whats your name? R.I.P.

2. How old are you? Um 57:)
3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? Work

4. Are you single or taken? Married& taken:)
5. Do you have kids? No:)
6. What do you drive? Wife nuts!

7. Have you ever done a kisspass? Bi sexual:o

8. Where do you live? Seattle (close enough)

9. Do you have any pets? 2 labs

10. How many jumps do you have? about 1300

11. What color eyes do you have? Brown

12. What is your nationality? American

13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? Whats the internet?[:/]Got married before the internet.:)
14. Favorite Movie? Gypsy Moths

15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? Can't tell :(if I tell ya I gotta kill you:S

16. Have you ever BASE jumped? No

17. If not... do you want to? Yes

18. Do you have siblings? 1 bro

19. Where do you want to travel to the most? Bathroom

20. What's your favorite color? day light

21. Where was the last place you flew to? Seattle (home):)

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1. Whats your name? Michael

2. How old are you? 46

3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? As a young boy I watched the TV series “Ripcord” on TV in the 1960’s.

4. Are you single or taken? Married.

5. Do you have kids? 4 year old son

6. What do you drive? Saab Convertible

7. Have you ever done a kisspass? yes

8. Where do you live? Melbourne, Australia

9. Do you have any pets? 2 Bouvier des Flandres (Belgium Cattle Dogs)

10. How many jumps do you have? ~ 300

11. What color eyes do you have? Blue

12. What is your nationality? Danish

13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? No

14. Favorite Movie? Godfather 1 & 2

15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? Hobbies: Cooking and SCUBA.

16. Have you ever BASE jumped? No

17. If not... do you want to? No

18. Do you have siblings? 2 brothers and 3 sisters

19. Where do you want to travel to the most? Any SCUBA destination in the Pacific or Indian Ocean

20. What's your favorite color? Red

21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? (non-work): Borneo
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When people look like ants - pull. When ants look like people - pray.

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Cool thread :)
1.Whats your name? DeN Dennis

2. How old are you? 37

3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? Talked about trying it with a few friends...3 years later...July 99..I finally researched and organized a jump day...put them on the spot...8 of us did a FJC and 2 IAD's.

4. Are you single or taken? Married? I have a G/F

5. Do you have kids? No

6. What do you drive? Most vehicles...but I own a 91 Tercel

7. Have you ever done a kisspass? No

8. Where do you live? Halifax,Nova Scotia

9. Do you have any pets? Nope...but there is a very smart mouse that lives with me>:(

10. How many jumps do you have? Only 33.....hopefully many more this upcoming season:)
11. What color eyes do you have? Hazel

12. What is your nationality? Newfie

13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? Hell YES!

14. Favorite Movie? Hmmmm...sry ..too many to choose from.

15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? This Q cannot be answered without extensive typing......work(of course) and what ever suits my fancyB|

16. Have you ever BASE jumped? No

17. If not... do you want to? Yes...but ...location and skydiving experiance will be the deciding factors to if I will or wont.

18. Do you have siblings? Yes 2 younger brothers....took the middle one jumping:)
19. Where do you want to travel to the most? Hmmm...Asia....Japan mostly....and if in Japan...well Australia isnt that far away:)
20. What's your favorite color? Another Hmmm...different colors for different things?

21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? DeerLake Newfoundland.(closest airport to CornerBrook Nfld. my home town)

To add a Q or 2

22.What is your occupation? Master Mechanic (automobile)

23.How many DZ.commers have you met? I have met several members....but no regulars....YET!


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yikes. I can relate to the sign as I am one too. Good to me a fellow fish


on another note -- your response to your "status" was interesting too -- somewhat like mine as I am in a grey area. Whats' your weird situation if you don't mind me asking. I may be able to realate

:S

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1. Whats your name? Vicki

2. How old are you? 26

3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? My first jump was my 16th birthday present from my father!

4. Are you single or taken? Married? Taken

5. Do you have kids? Yuck! Absolutely not!

6. What do you drive? I don't.

7. Have you ever done a kisspass? Lots!

8. Where do you live? South-east England - just outside London.

9. Do you have any pets? Sadly not :( I'd love a dog

10. How many jumps do you have? 900+

11. What color eyes do you have? Dark brown

12. What is your nationality? British/South African

13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? No

14. Favorite Movie? The Graduate

15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? Work and sleep

16. Have you ever BASE jumped? No

17. If not... do you want to? One day... but then I've been saying that for years so I'm not sure if I'll ever feel ready to do it.

18. Do you have siblings? Nope

19. Where do you want to travel to the most? South America

20. What's your favorite color? Navy blue

21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? Phoenix, AZ for the Eloy holiday boogie B|

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1. Whats your name? Mat

2. How old are you? 24 later this year

3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? It's just something I've always wanted to do, so I did and now Im addicted. Also cos it was cheapest at uni.

4. Are you single or taken? Married?

5. Do you have kids? No

6. What do you drive? Toyota Supra twin turbo

7. Have you ever done a kisspass? No

8. Where do you live? Bristol UK

9. Do you have any pets? Sun Tzu - my cat

10. How many jumps do you have? 120

11. What color eyes do you have? Blue

12. What is your nationality? English

13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? Yes, kinda

14. Favorite Movie? None are perfect - can give 5 outa my top 10, but not #'s 1 or 2

15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? Work at a law firm.

16. Have you ever BASE jumped? No

17. If not... do you want to? Yes - but just a couple of times, I doubt as a sport.

18. Do you have siblings? 1 sister - Emma

19. Where do you want to travel to the most? Russia

20. What's your favorite color? er...

21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? Bilbao in Spain for valentines day.

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1. Whats your name? Shaun Smith

2. How old are you? 19

3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? Just tried it with some buddies, They all quit, I became Addicted.....

4. Are you single or taken? Married, No. Taken, Yes.

5. Do you have kids? I hope not.....

6. What do you drive? 1992 Ford Tarus Wagon [ austin powers] YEAH BABY [/austin Powers]

7. Have you ever done a kisspass? Nope

8. Where do you live? Manhappening KS

9. Do you have any pets? Nope, all MY rats died..

10. How many jumps do you have? 250+ (need to count them sometime.....)

11. What color eyes do you have? Blueing Grey

12. What is your nationality? American.... Kansan...

13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? No, I have a real Girlfriend....:P (JK)

14. Favorite Movie? "Office Space"

15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? Studying or Postwhoring...

16. Have you ever BASE jumped? Not yet...

17. If not... do you want to? Not Yet...


18. Do you have siblings? Two Sisters & One brother, all 10+ years older than I...


19. Where do you want to travel to the most? Eloy, AZ B|

20. What's your favorite color? Orange


21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? Salt Lake City, UT

That was fun!!! :P
=========Shaun ==========


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1. Whats your name? Sheri

2. How old are you? 30

3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? Something I wanted to try once, now I can't stop!

4. Are you single or taken? Married? single
5. Do you have kids? No

6. What do you drive? 1976 refurbished VW Beetle ( a beauty)

7. Have you ever done a kisspass? Yes

8. Where do you live? Southern California

9. Do you have any pets? 2 Cats

10. How many jumps do you have? 130

11. What color eyes do you have? Green

12. What is your nationality? South African

13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? Nope

14. Favorite Movie? The big blue / lord of the rings and Willow

15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? Work

16. Have you ever BASE jumped? No

17. If not... do you want to? Yes

18. Do you have siblings? 2 brothers and 1 sister

19. Where do you want to travel to the most? All over the world!! I have sever wander lust!

20. What's your favorite color? Blue and Green

21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? Sibenik (in Croatia)

:)

"Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's
addressed to someone else!" Ivern Ball

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1. Whats your name? Shani

2. How old are you? 34

3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? Because someone told me I couldn't. Drove to the DZ all alone and did AFF.

4. Are you single or taken? I'm so taken. More than I ever thought I could be. And getting married this summer.

5. Do you have kids? No, but SO looking forward to it.

6. What do you drive? 2003 Honda Element. Personal criteria for choosing any vehicle: must be able to live in it if I ever need to.

7. Have you ever done a kisspass? Yes. They were either painful or sloppy. I'd recommend waiting a few hundred jumps before attempting to rub your face against someone else's in freefall! :P

8. Where do you live? Philly is where my stuff is but my head/heart are in Northern California.

9. Do you have any pets? 2 cats

10. How many jumps do you have? 1500+

11. What color eyes do you have? Mostly brown with bits of green, gold and red

12. What is your nationality? American

13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? Sort of. We met in person first, but our long distance relationship was mostly email based until he moved in with me.

14. Favorite Movie? Beautiful Life and Secretary

15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? Eat

16. Have you ever BASE jumped? Yes.

17. If not... do you want to?

18. Do you have siblings? 1 brother

19. Where do you want to travel to the most? Next? Nepal.

20. What's your favorite color? Sunset

21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? I flew on a gold colored autumn leaf about 2 years ago. I was daydreaming on the way to work and jumped through the windshield and onto the leaf. I rode through the cool air feeling very happy to be alive. (Oh, and I flew to Hawaii a couple of months ago.)

Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

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1. Whats your name? Mary

2. How old are you? 23

3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? Me and my brother decided to do it together and we both loved it and had to keep jumping

4. Are you single or taken? Married? single
5. Do you have kids? No

6. What do you drive? 1999 pontiac sunfire

7. Have you ever done a kisspass? Yes

8. Where do you live? Kalamazoo, MI

9. Do you have any pets? no:(..

10. How many jumps do you have? 450

11. What color eyes do you have? Blue-green, I don't know.

12. What is your nationality? Irish, polish, german, etc...

13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? maybe..

14. Favorite Movie? Office Space or Pretty Woman

15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? Work, frisbee golf (not lately...too cold!)

16. Have you ever BASE jumped? yes

17. If not... do you want to? ---------

18. Do you have siblings? 3 older brothers

19. Where do you want to travel to the most? probably russia, china, or kenya

20. What's your favorite color? I don't know. red, probably. although, my colors are blackberry, magenta and teal:)
21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? I have a hard time flying somewhere and not jumping....so, I guess it was central europe
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The mind is like a parachute--it works better when it is open. JUMP.
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1. Whats your name? Roger

2. How old are you? 27

3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? Uncle Sam made me

4. Are you single or taken? Married? Taken

5. Do you have kids? NO

6. What do you drive? 2004 Explorer

7. Have you ever done a kisspass? NO

8. Where do you live? Orlando FL

9. Do you have any pets? 1 German Shepherd named Kira

10. How many jumps do you have?

11. What color eyes do you have? Green

12. What is your nationality? American

13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? No

14. Favorite Movie? Chopper

15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? Box, Scuba Dive and go to the Range

16. Have you ever BASE jumped? No

17. If not... do you want to? One day

18. Do you have siblings? 1 brother 1 sister

19. Where do you want to travel to the most? Japan

20. What's your favorite color? Black

21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? Las Vegas


There are 2 types of people in this world: those who like Neil Diamond and those who don't. --Bill Murray

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1. Whats your name? Cora

2. How old are you? 35

3. Why did you decide to start jumping out of airplanes? It was on my list of things to do before I died. It didn't get checked off. :D

4. Are you single or taken? Married? Taken

5. Do you have kids? None living. [:/]

6. What do you drive? 2003 Ford ZX2

7. Have you ever done a kisspass? Given - no; received - yes

8. Where do you live? Zephyrhills FL

9. Do you have any pets? No...one day soon, though.

10. How many jumps do you have? 241

11. What color eyes do you have? Hazel - although they change depending on mood

12. What is your nationality? Heinz 57 - my ancestors had fun and tried a little of this...a little of that...:D

13. Have you ever dated someone you met off the internet? Yes

14. Favorite Movie? Don't have just one. Disney cartoons, Mr. Holland's Opus, Mortal Kombat, Nutty Professor...

15. What do you do when you arent skydiving? Golf, go walking, go to the beach, go to the zoo, love life

16. Have you ever BASE jumped? No

17. If not... do you want to? Maybe...Bridge Day did intrigue me.

18. Do you have siblings? 1 brother that I know. 2 brothers that I've never met

19. Where do you want to travel to the most? New Zealand, Greece, Italy, Scotland, England, Spain...umm...well, looks like I can't say just one. I want to see the world. :)
20. What's your favorite color? Royal purple and sapphire blue

21. Where was the last place you flew to ( not skydiving )? Wisconsin
Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

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