donald sizemore, ii

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name: donald l. sizemore, ii
current job: systems administrator for ibiblio
previous job: technical support for nc state
favorite job: music leader and director of the children's choir, oxford orphanage's york rite memorial chapel
graduate major: school of information and library science, unc-chapel hill
undergraduate major: journalism and mass communication, unc-chapel hill

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religious affiliations? cooperative baptist, methodist, episcopal
keirsey temperament: enfp
star sign: aquarius
zodiac: the snake
the spark.com's personality type: boy scout
which american city am i? orlando, naturally
number: 77. 1010101 in binary code.
people tell me i look like: ben roethlisberger... i guess i see it.

roots:

born in: maria parham hospital, henderson, nc.
grew up on the campus of oxford orphanage (no, not in it, my dad worked there for nearly 40 years)
favorite childrens books growing up: when i'm six, i'll fix anthony by judith viorst and crabapple night by steven kellogg. both center on themes of revenge... hmmm.
grew up in this 1912 house. supposedly its haunted by one of the ladies in the picture.
attended: j.f. webb high school.

culture:

movies: drop dead gorgeous, the black cauldron, broken hearts club, i think i do, just one time, trick, lilies, party girl, what's up doc, and the 1963 haunting, not the remake.
shows: the grim adventures of billy and mandy, supernatural, real hauntings, in a fix, tutenstein, mama's family, scooby doo, rugrats, duckman, liquid television (rest in peace), donkey kong country, eek the cat, rocko's modern life, the pjs.
tv channels: national g, turner classic movies, travel channel, discovery
video games: any zelda. also scooby doo's night of 100 frights and disney's haunted mansion game.
musicals: my fair lady
on broadway: avenue q
sports:
- you know who
favorite color: blue. i'm redblind.
favorite smell: coconut
favorite books:
- my collection of shirley jackson's works. the woman truly has never written a bad sentence.
- stealing jesus by bruce bawer. warns of the dangers of legalistic and fundamentalist christianity, and their betrayal of the true teachings and message of christ. bawer throws out many of the rules smacked down in the old testament and returns the notion of christianity from the perversely interpreted "traditions" drummed up by our modern churches to the deep-rooted message of jesus: live simply, and love one another. a heretical, revolutionary message regarding a religion which, at heart, is exactly that.
- the hiram key and second messiah - christopher knight and robert lomas. a romantic and fascinating if not plausible conspiracy involving freemasonry, the templars, ancient egypt, and the original jerusalem church.
- the templar revelation by picknett and prince -- more religious conspiracies
- the gospel of thomas -- one of the many texts that didn't make it into the bible.
- the bad popes by e.r. chamberlin
- my lynda barry collection.
pop music: lemonheads, chicane, mary j., matt darey, jonathan peters, sunscreem, barry harris, poi dog pondering, airscape
composers: chopin, couperin, debussy, mendellsohn, rachmaninoff, ravel, saint-saens
radio stations: knc 88.1 raleigh, k97.5 durham, 102.9 savannah, and 105.9 o-rock orlando
favorite dj: lithium -- i've got signed CDs now!!!
favorite songs:
- mary j. - my love
- sharissa - wrong time
- arvo part - annum per annum
- the ataris - san dimas high school football rules
- j.s. bach - "gigue" fugue, g major
- the lemonheads - its a shame about ray
- cesar franck - chorale no. 3, a minor
- erasure/matt darey - oh l'amour
- 7 mile - what you need
- stone temple pilots - plush
hymn: all creatures of our god and king
songwriter: fanny crosby, who wrote blessed assurance, near the cross, and to god be the glory.
music source: audio galaxy, rest in peace. it had a linux client, back in 2002. that's saying something.
most want to meet: Jesus the Christ, lynda barry, shirley jackson, ambrose bierce

consumerism:

food, in order of preference:
- american: my mom's cooking
- japanese: waraji, sushi blues, wasabi
- mexican: the lizard and snake, rest in peace. also sweet heat, that great fish taco place in the upper haight.
- italian: nino's shrimp parmigian, mama's spaghetti sauce
- irish: the hibernian on kildaire in cary. wonderful chicken and shrimp croquettes
- deli: logan's trading company in raleigh. amazing grilled tuna, cranberry and swiss sandwich with raspberry-dijon pasta. yum yum yum
- chinese: golden buddha in atlanta, wang's kitchen in east raleigh
- korean: waba, near nc state
- milkshake: caffe trio shake
- wine: takara japanese plum wine
- mixed drink: italian surfer - malibu, midori, grenadine, and pineapple
coffeeshops: the daily grind, caffe trio (rest in peace), both in chapel hill
clubs: salvation in miami, empire in orlando, and more locally, warehouse 29
clothes: rusty, quicksilver, and billabong's polo-and-khaki line of "nice" clothes so i can look decent without losing my comfort.
transport: my white volvo s40, almost like having my very own mark vi monorail!
roller coaster: alpengeist, busch gardens williamsburg
theme park: busch gardens, williamsburg. so beatiful and great roller coasters.
computer hardware: sgi. has won my best case award for more than a decade now. though my macbook pro is beginning to sway me.
operating system: fedora core linux
window manager: windowmaker, an excellent rewrite of the old NeXT interface

living arrangements:

roommates (in reverse chronological order):

dates	peeps
august 2009	stacy and julie!
aug 2005 - oct 2006	stevers
may 2004 - july 2005	2521 was quiet, and i liked it that way.
june 2003 - may 2004	gundry and marlan.
june 2002 - june 2003	gundry and (sort of) ethan.
june 2001 - june 2002	ethan and jesse
june 2000 - june 2001	peter and sarah bug

cities i like: chapel hill, orlando, atlanta, wilmington, and emerald isle.
cities i don't like: washington dc, too stodgy.
dogs: golden retrievers, dalmations, and boxers.
cats: general tso's and sesame chicken, steamed rice and egg roll combo. yum!

milestones:

21st birthday, part one: took 30 orphans to pizza inn, $300
21st birthday, part two: took me out to asylum, $30
graduated from college: walked in may, 2000 in the rain with a bunch of my loud friends.
finished grad school: may 18, 2003 but didn't get to walk because i had to be at the orphanage.
first full-time job: august 1, 2003 at nc state
favorite full-time job: april 1, 2006 back at ibiblio! it's great to be back.
where i want to go on my honeymoon: disney. wilderness lodge or polynesian village, please.

me:

avatar: taranga. why? a pretty cool figure in the polynesian creation stories. why not?
at my best: intelligent, outgoing, and a good sense of humor.
at my worst: moody, annoying, and passive-aggressive.
how you'll know i'm ticked at you: i'll ignore you.
one really bad thing about me: sometimes i snore. really, really bad.
ideal evening: a couch, warm blanket, chinese take out, and a good movie.
most evenings: work work work. go to sleep, you loser, you have to be up in the morning.
looking for my email address? (don't click the link, its for spambots) use dls at unc dot edu.

last updated: October 17, 2016

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