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Post a photo and eleven random things about yourself
Answer the questions provided by the one who tagged you
Create eleven new questions for the people you tag
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11 Random Things About Myself

1. My middle name, Robert, is a mix of both of my grandpas’ names, Roger and Albert.
2. I shot myself in the foot with a BB gun when I was 15 and it took three hours and three different doctors to get the BB out of my foot.
3. When I was about 11 or 12 I went on a white water rapids trip with the scouts. While we were rafting we were very crammed in the boat and the wet shoes of one of the scout leaders were rubbing against my shins the whole way (and I was too shy to say anything about it). Since then I have not been able to grow any hair on my shins—smooth and shiny shins.
4. When I was little I would always have to pick the lint out of my “piggy toes.” Okay…I still do.
5. I saw The Princess Bride 8 times when it was in the theaters. I believe that all 8 times were in the Alhambra Theater that used to be on Main Street in P.G.
6. I won 2^nd place in my high school lip sync contest two years in a row. First year: “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice. Second year: “Friend Like Me” from Aladdin.
7. I assistant directed a very lame adaptation of “Beauty & the Beast” in high school and our drama teacher built a very cool purple grandfather clock for the show. He was going to destroy it after the show, and we (the cast and crew) being the very dramatic high school drama kids that we were, decided we couldn’t let the clock be destroyed. One night, after the school was all shut down, we all came and popped one of the school doors open and took the clock. Our drama teacher, of course, figured out who took the clock and called us in one by one and threatened us to bring back the clock. We did.
8. When I was elementary school age (can’t remember exactly how old I was), one day a couple of my friends and I mixed together a bunch of chemicals and had fun pouring our mixture in trails in the sand box in my friends backyard and then lighting the trails on fire. We also stuck the tips of our shoes in the fire, got a little flame on our foot and kicked it off.  It was all fun and games until my pant leg started on fire and I rolled around on the ground while my friends whipped my leg with a towel and I screamed (over and over again) “STOP, DROP and ROLL!!!!!”
9. Favorite toys from my childhood: MASK toys based on the 80’s animated television series.

10. I’ve always wanted to play the Pirate King in Pirates of Penzance.
11. I was on the P.G. High and UVSC ballroom dance teams once upon a time.

Emily’s Questions for Me

1. If you could meet one person in the world dead or alive who would it be?

Well, I’ve already met this person, but he died when I was about 11. My grandpa, Albert Lazenby. If I could meet him again and spend more time with him, that would be a dream come true. I’ve always looked up to him and he has been on my mind a lot for many years. I really miss him and feel that I could learn a lot from him.

2. What are three things on your bucket list?

Honestly, I’ve never made a bucket list, so this is my first attempt at making one. Off the top of my head I would say these three things would be on my bucket list for sure: Go on a mission with Katie; Write a full-length screenplay; Build/Buy a house with a really big backyard and build a super cool fort for my kids/grand kids; Write, direct, design, build a Halloween show to be performed in my very large backyard during Halloween time for anyone and everyone to come and see. Oops…that’s four.

3. Describe your perfect day.

I could keep trying to come up with my exact perfect day, but this post is already long overdue so I'll just post some perfect day possibilities: Disney Grand Californian, Disneyland, Bonefish Grill, White Chocolate, Acting in the Shaw Festival at Niagra-on-the-Lake in Canada, touring castles somewhere in Europe with my beautiful wife, playing with my kids in the forts I'm going to build in my future huge backyard behind my future mansion, waking up and deciding on the spur of the moment to fly out to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, cazookies at The Chocolate, the day my wife gets her six figure deal for her amazing book, house shopping. Those are just some possibilities.

4. What is your biggest pet peeve?

When I’m driving and the person in front of me doesn’t use their signals. Not sure if that’s my BIGgest pet peeve, but definitely one of them.

5. What is one of your biggest fears?

One of my children dying.

6. What is your favorite thing about yourself?

My comedic acting abilities.

7. If you could go back in time and give the child version of you any advice, what would it be?

 Your stronger than you think. Punch Lisa Westcott and Shelli Dean in the face. Stick up for yourself and believe in yourself. You can do anything, anything, anything, and never let anyone tell you or make you believe that you can't accomplish something. Or something like that. I'm guessing I would be much more inspired when I actually saw the young version of myself.

8. What is something that without fail always makes you laugh?

My brother Brandon. Even if I don’t want to laugh he can always make me laugh.  And when Bill Murray trips up the stairs on his way out of the restaurant in the movie Scrooged.

9. What is your favorite movie?

I would probably still have to say, after all these years and all of the great movies out there...Three Amigos starring Steve, Chevy, and Martin. There is so much that is SO great about that film.

10. What is one song that always brightens up your day?

“It Really Doesn’t Matter” or “A Paradox” from Pirates of Penzance.

11. If a robber broke into your house while you were there and you had no access to a phone to call 911, what would you do?

I would make Katie hide in the closet while I would run and get my kids and bring them back to our room, and then all of us would climb out our bedroom window. We would go to the next-door neighbors house and call 911.

I'm tagging the following peeps:

       Collin Barkdull

              &

          Amy Naugle

My Questions for Collin & Amy

1. What would you do if you found out that your husband/future wife was really a robot?

2. Describe your perfect vacation?

3. If you had one day to spend one million dollars, how would you spend it?

4. Who is one of your heroes and why?

5. If you had to watch one movie 10 times a day for the rest of your life, which movie would you choose?

6. If you could make your own new flavor of ice cream, what would it be?

7. If you had to be someone else for one week, who would you choose to be?

8. In your opinion, who is the best actor or actress of all time?

9. Gummi worms or gummi bears?

10. What is the best meal you have ever had?

11. If you were abducted by aliens and taken back to their home planet, how would you escape?