Ok... you know the drill... read my answers and be amazed or amused as appropriate... THEN, copy and paste the items below and put your own answers on your Facebook notes. Be sure to tag me so I can read yours too :)
Kissed any one of your Facebook friends?---yes
Been arrested? --- yes
Kissed someone you didn't like? --- yes
Slept in until 5 PM? ---yes
Fallen asleep at work/school? --- yes
Held a snake? --- yes
Ran a red light? ---yes
Been suspended from school? --- no
Experienced love at first sight? --- yes
Totaled your car in an accident? -- -no
Been fired from a job? --- no
Fired somebody? --- yes
Sang karaoke? ---yes
Pointed a gun at someone? --- no
Done something you told yourself you wouldn't? --- yes
Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? --- yes
Caught a snowflake on your tongue? --- yes
Kissed in the rain? --- yes
Had a close brush with death (your own)? --- yes
Seen someone die? --- yes
Played spin-the-bottle? --- yes
Sang in the shower? --- yes
Smoked a cigar? --- yes
Sat on a rooftop? --- yes
Drank until you puked? --- yes
Taken pictures of yourself naked? ---yes
Smuggled something into another country? --- no
Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes? --- not yet
Broken a bone? --- no
Skipped school? --- yes
Eaten a bug? --- yes
Sleepwalked? ---yes
Walked a moonlit beach? --- yes
Rode a motorcycle? -- yes
Dumped someone? --- yes
Struck up a conversation with a complete stranger? --- yes
Lied to avoid a ticket? --- no
Ridden on a helicopter? --- no
Shaved your head? --- yes
Played a prank on someone? --- yes
Hit a home run? --- no
Felt like killing someone? --- yes
Cross-dressed? --- yes
Made a drink for friends/yourself? --- yes
Made your girlfriend/boyfriend cry? --- yes
Eaten snake? --- no
Marched/Protested? --- yes
Had Mexican jumping beans for pets? --- no
Puked on amusement ride? --- no
Seriously & intentionally boycotted something? --- no
Been in a band? --- yes
Knitted? --- no
Been on TV? ---yes
Shot a gun? --- yes
Skinny-dipped? --- yes
Gave someone stitches? --- yes
Eaten a whole habenero pepper? --- yes
Ridden a surfboard? --- no
Drank straight from a liquor bottle? ---yes
Had surgery? --- yes
Streaked? --- yes
Taken by ambulance to hospital? --- yes
Trip on mushrooms? --- no
Passed out (when not drinking)? --- yes
Peed on a bush? --- yes
Donated Blood? --- no
Grabbed electric fence? --- no
Eaten alligator meat? --- no
Eaten cheesecake? --- yes
Eaten your kids' Halloween candy? --- well i have no kids.  others yeah
Killed an animal (when not hunting?) --- yes (insect)
Peed your pants in public? --- yes
Snuck into a movie without paying? --- no
Written graffiti? --- yes
Still love someone you shouldn't? --- yes
Think about the future? --- yes
Been in handcuffs? --- yes
Believe in love? --- yes
Sleep on a certain side of the bed? --- yes

You need more You need more You need more You need more
You need more You need more You need more You need more
You need more
Boy it's tough getting on in the world
When the sun doesn't shine and a boy needs a girl
It’s about getting out of a rut, you need luck
But you’re stuck and you don’t know how, oh
(Don't have to be) A big bucks Hollywood star
(Don't have to drive) A super car to get far
(Don't have to live) A life of power and wealth
(Don't have to be) Beautiful but it helps
(Don’t have to buy) A house in Beverly Hills
(Don’t have to have) Your daddy paying the bills
(Don’t have to live) A life of power and wealth
(Don't have to be) Beautiful but it helps
You need more
Than a big blank check to be a lover, or
A Gulfstream jet to fly you door to door
Somewhere chic on another shore
You need more You need more You need more
You need more You need more You need more
You need love
You need love
You need love
Too much of anything
Is never enough
Too much of everything
Is never enough
Boy it's tough getting on in the world
When the sun doesn't shine and a boy needs a girl
It’s about getting out of a rut, you need luck
But you’re stuck and you don’t know how, oh
(Don't have to be) A big bucks Hollywood star
(Don't have to drive) A super car to get far
(Don't have to wear) A smile much colder than ice
(Don't have to be) Beautiful but it’s nice
You need more
Than the Gerhard Richter hangin’ on your wall
A chauffeur-driven limousine on call
To drive your wife and lover to a white tie ball
You need more You need more You need more
You need more You need more You need more
You need love
I believe that we can achieve
The love that we need
I believe, call me naïve
Love is for free
(Don't have to be) A big bucks Hollywood star
(Don't have to drive) A super car to get far
(Don’t have to live) A life of power and wealth
(Don't have to be) Beautiful but it helps
Beautiful but it helps
Beautiful but it helps

(Pet shop boys from 2009 album, “yes”.  I say “hell yes'.”)

Congratulations to the class of 2009 graduates, especially the following folks who are important in my life:

Anna Wolff (Cardinal High School)

Meghan Mullett (Cardinal High School)

Crystal Villers (Cardinal High School)

Zech Hansen (Lakewood High School)

Mathias Hansen (Lakewood High School)

Kurt Wolff (Kent State University)

Also CONGRATS on those who got accepted to college for their upcoming school year (Most of the above list!) and for those who are beginning their venture into the “real world.”    Best of luck.  I love you all.

So, after being back in LA for a bit, and feeling like I've outgrown this city, and my boyfriend needing to be in NYC for work (hes a talent manager for Broadway actors),. we've decided to relocate again.  Hopefully this will be my last move for a while!

What this does mean, however, is that I will be closer to home and able to come visit, do family holidays, and a lot of the other stuff.  I miss being away from family and would like to have that more in my life.

As of July 1 we should be moved in to our new place in Queens (New York City) and I'll begin my real job search there and we'll be settling down.  We're planning on coming out a little later in the summer to visit everyone in NE Ohio. :-)

Just wanted to update you all. :-) Hope all is well.

Brandyn

I go ooh ooh, you go ah ah
lalalalalalalala
I can't lie lie lie lie lie lie
I wanna wanna wanna get get get what I want
Don't stop
Give me give me give me what you got got
Cause I can't wait wait wait any more more more more
Don't even talk about the consequence
Cause right now you're the only thing that's making any sense to me
And I don't give a damn what they say, what they think think
Cause you're the only one who's on my mind
I'll never ever let you leave me
I'll try to stop time for ever, never wanna hear you say goodbye (bye bye bye)
I feel so untouched
And I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now
Need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
Been going crazy from the moment I met you
Untouched
And I need you so much
See you, breathe you, I want to be you
Alalalala alalalala
You can take take take take take time time
To live live the way you gotta gotta live your life
Give me give me give me all of you you
Don't be scared
I'll see you through the loneliness of one more more more
Don't even think about what's right or wrong, wrong or right
'Cause in the end it's only you and me and no one else is gonna be around
To answer all the questions left behind
And you and I are meant to be so even if the world falls down today
You've still got me to hold you up up
And I will never let you down (down)
I feel so untouched
And I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now
Need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
Been going crazy from the moment I met you
Untouched, untouched, untouched, untouched, untouched
Alalalala alalalala
Untouched
Alalalala alalalala
I feel so untouched
And I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now
Need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
Been going crazy from the moment I met you
I feel so untouched
And I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now
Need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
Been going crazy from the moment I met you

Back on livejournal after deleting my Facebook.   Need to write and blog more.

I find myself here in Los Angeles, realizing I’ve outgrown a lot of things about the city.  Now I have a fantastic boyfriend named Rob, who manages broadway and screen talent, and we are working hard on building our new life together after a little bit of a bumpy start. 

We are planning on moving to New York City later this summer to help his career and get both of us a brand new start.

I’m really looking forward to New York City and what it means for Metzko Digital Services.  The company is really starting to bloom.  I’m looking forward to quoting some new projects that are coming in, and excited about the prospect of locating new leads.

 
Feels like a nice new start.  Interesting that I had to go to LA to potentially end up in NYC—but life does funny things sometimes.

I’m happy.

Daddy B

I go ooh ooh, you go ah ah
lalalalalalalala
I can't lie lie lie lie lie lie
I wanna wanna wanna get get get what I want
Don't stop
Give me give me give me what you got got
Cause I can't wait wait wait any more more more more
Don't even talk about the consequence
Cause right now you're the only thing that's making any sense to me
And I don't give a damn what they say, what they think think
Cause you're the only one who's on my mind
I'll never ever let you leave me
I'll try to stop time for ever, never wanna hear you say goodbye (bye bye bye)
I feel so untouched
And I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now
Need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
Been going crazy from the moment I met you
Untouched
And I need you so much
See you, breathe you, I want to be you
Alalalala alalalala
You can take take take take take time time
To live live the way you gotta gotta live your life
Give me give me give me all of you you
Don't be scared
I'll see you through the loneliness of one more more more
Don't even think about what's right or wrong, wrong or right
'Cause in the end it's only you and me and no one else is gonna be around
To answer all the questions left behind
And you and I are meant to be so even if the world falls down today
You've still got me to hold you up up
And I will never let you down (down)
I feel so untouched
And I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now
Need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
Been going crazy from the moment I met you
Untouched, untouched, untouched, untouched, untouched
Alalalala alalalala
Untouched
Alalalala alalalala
I feel so untouched
And I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now
Need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
Been going crazy from the moment I met you
I feel so untouched
And I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now
Need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
Been going crazy from the moment I met you
Untouched, untouched, untouched

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Brandon Joseph Metzko

A Message to Brandon Metzko

Behavioral science has proven that the most successful people are those who know themselves, both their strengths and weaknesses.  This knowledge is important to them as they develop the strategies necessary to meet the demands and challenges of achieving success.
The purpose of this report is to help you to identify and make full use of your strengths, and to help you develop an awareness of any areas that could be limiting your effectiveness.  The goal of this report is to help you to achieve greater success for yourself.

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·    Thinking Style – Learning index, Verbal Skill, Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Ability, and Numeric Reasoning.
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·    Interests – Enterprising, Financial/Administrative, People Service, Creative, Technical, and Mechanical.

The information in your report can be useful in planning a self improvement program for your professional development and personal growth.

A Profile of the Total Person
Thinking Style
Learning Index (An index of expected learning, reasoning and problem solving potential.)      
    o    You generally learn by paying attention to detail and determining how the information applies to various relevant areas of your work.
    o    You are an effective learner in most situations.
    o    Your understanding and utilization of new information will be better than most individuals in the general population.
    o    You handle fairly complex tasks with relative efficiency, demonstrating strong problem-solving abilities.

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MORE LISTS

You've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with the ABC's of YOU. At the end, you can choose to tag people. Please tag me as well. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you - but not in a creepy stalker kind of way.
(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your ABC's of Me, tag 26 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)
A - Age: 28
B - Bed size: Full
C - Chore you hate: Dusting

D - Dogs' name: n/a..:(
E - Essential start your day item: caffeine
F - Favorite color: Purple
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'10”
I - Instruments you play(ed): all winds, brass, percussion, viola, cello
J - Job title: Job seeker
K - Kid(s): Nope
L - Living arrangements: moving to Marina del Rey
M - Mom's name: Gwen
N- Nicknames: B, Big B, Fluteboy

O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: stitches

P - Pet Peeve: Intolerance

Q - Quote from a movie: “And where is the cheese for these goddamned fucking fries?” - trick

R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 3 little brothers
T - Time you wake up: 8 ish

U- Underwear: Boxer briefs
V - Vegetable you dislike: squash

W - Ways you run late: bus

X - X-rays you've had: chest
Y - Yummy food you make: pizza

Z - Zoo favorite: Penguins