OT: Hello, My Name Is...

[LT]

My cousin was a Fightin' Texas(A&M) Aggie for a year and couldn't handle the weird cultiness..Had to transfer. In high school we had this crazy storm with 120 MPH winds , lots of tornados, and hail that piled up several feet deep making it look like a winter wonderland. I was obsessed with weather for awhile and thought I was going to be a meteorologist. Even took a tour of the local NWS. Never happened though.

I'm a second gen Aggie, and I've always loved being on campus so far, don't expect that to change.

If you're talking about the tour at OU, I know exactly what you're talking about - I've been on that too. Actually want to try and go to grad school though if it plays out right.

 

[ElGuapo]

Na I took at tour at the San Angelo National Weather Service when I was in high school. There wasn't much to it. I'm sure the main would would be much cooler.

 

[Jack of Blades]

I was going to post in the Introduce Yourself thread but I couldn't find it, so here we go again...


Name: Tyler
Age: 19
Sex: M
Birthplace: Labrador City, NL
Hometown: Kingston, ON / Carbonear, NL
Mode of Transportation: Nothing.
Job: Summer Student at a mine.
How and when you became a Stars fan: My dad is a big time Red Wings fan and introduced me to hockey when I was 4/5, I didn't want to cheer with my dad and picked a team based on logo. Ended up being Dallas and I've been with them ever since.
Current Favorite Stars Player: Jamie Benn
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Mike Modano
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Pavel Datsyuk
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player: Wayne Gretzky
College Attended/Attending: Queen's University
Favorite Band(s): Brand New and La Dispute
Favorite Movie(s): Slap Shot, Goon and The Dark Knight
Favorite Food: Rib-Eye Steak
Favorite TV Show(s): Community
Favorite City: London, England
Hobbies: Video games, currently designing and coding my own website and I really like mathematics.
Interesting Fact About Yourself: I'm 6'7".

Never thought I'd see a La Dispute fan on a hockey board. Nice.

 

[Ampersand]

Name: Alex
Age: 25
Sex: M
Birthplace: Calgary, Canada
Hometown: Calgary, Canada
Mode of Transportation: Hyundai Elantra - White
Job: Graphic Designer
How and when you became a Stars fan:'97 - Only team with green as a prominent color (Whalers left the year prior). Mike Modano was my favourite player.
Current Favorite Stars Player: Dillon/Benn
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Mike Modano
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Henrik Lundqvist
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player: Sandy McCarthy (CGY)
College Attended/Attending: SAIT, MRU
Favorite Band(s): Joy Division, Pink Floyd, The Sheepdogs
Favorite Movie(s): Control, Into the Wild, The Master
Favorite Food: Spaghetti
Favorite TV Show(s): The League, Workaholics, Always Sunny
Favorite City: San Diego, CA
Hobbies: Stamp collecting, hoarding, tiddly-winks
Interesting Fact About Yourself: My mustache is way too weak to be a true Stars fan.

 

[aisforaaron83]

Name: Simon
Age: 19
Sex: M
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Hometown: Stockholm
Mode of Transportation: Various public transportation.
Job: Slacking
How and when you became a Stars fan: Got a liking to the Stars as a kid in NHL99 because of Green and the logo, was my go to team in NHL games ever since. When Started to follow the NHL a few years ago it felt natural to follow the Stars (and did they ever suck)
Current Favorite Stars Player: Jamie Benn
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Jamie Benn has probably dethroned Eriksson
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Erik Karlsson
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player: Erik Karlsson
Favorite Band(s): Arcade Fire, David Bowie, Pixies, Queen and Radiohead
Favorite Movie(s): The Usual Suspects
Favorite Food: Food
Favorite TV Show(s): South Park
Favorite City: London
Why does living in Sweden suck? It's dark and cold.
Hobbies: Gaming, Sports and I'm a History geek.
Interesting Fact About Yourself: I'm the most interesting person that have ever walked upon the earth.

Count your blessings, man. Stockholm is a fabulous city to live in, albeint expensive, but worth every penny. I am trying to move back there or to Goteborg depending in the jobs offered.

Skål

 

[Klockis]

Count your blessings, man. Stockholm is a fabulous city to live in, albeint expensive, but worth every penny. I am trying to move back there or to Goteborg depending in the jobs offered.

Skål

Skål!

Yeah several times a year I can just walk around the city and think, "Damn is this city beautiful". Then there is other benefits like it being a relatively safe and friendly place to live in. The only real downside is the weather at the winter, it's so damn dark.

Been to Göteborg (Gothenburg in english) once, great city too.

Wish you best of luck on you finding a place to live here.

 

[aisforaaron83]

Skål!

Yeah several times a year I can just walk around the city and think, "Damn is this city beautiful". Then there is other benefits like it being a relatively safe and friendly place to live in. The only real downside is the weather at the winter, it's so damn dark.

Been to Göteborg (Gothenburg in english) once, great city too.

Wish you best of luck on you finding a place to live here.

It does certainly get dark and cold, no doubt about that. In fact the wife and I will be there in 10 days!

 

[Klockis]

It does certainly get dark and cold, no doubt about that. In fact the wife and I will be there in 10 days!

Great timing! The weather is great right now, hopefully it holds up to your arrival!

 

[Captain Awesome]

Name: Alex
Age: 25
Sex: M
Birthplace: Toulouse, France
Hometown: Carlsbad, CA/ Long Beach, CA
Mode of Transportation: 99' Acura Integra, the bus
Job: Tutoring, driving people to the airport, mostly though I'm a student
How and when you became a Stars fan:Sometime around 96' or 97' someone showed me hockey for the first time, it blew my mind. Had a neighbor who was a big fan so I went over for almost all the games when I still lived in Richardson.
Current Favorite Stars Player: Benn
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Sergei Zubov
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Martin St. Louis
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player: Really difficult to choose, maybe the same as my current favorite non-stars player
College Attended/Attending: Miracosta Community College, CSULB
Favorite Band(s): Rush, Opeth, occasional classical and jazz, classic rock
Favorite Movie(s): The Fifth Element, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Die Hard (I really go for the artsy stuff )
Favorite Food: Bacon cheeseburgers, California burritos, foie gras, salmon pizza from France
Favorite TV Show(s): The League, Game of Thrones, Firefly, Frasier, tons of other stuff
Favorite City: Paris, France
Hobbies: Gaming, watching and playing hockey and tennis, I currently have a crippling Netrunner addiction
Interesting Fact About Yourself: I'm at least a foot shorter than Satan, I'm bilingual, I'm currently applying for US Citizenship. I don't know if any of that stuff is actually interesting, but I felt the need to fill this out anyway.

&, when did you visit San Diego? It's a nice little city, if only there weren't so many cops and hobos all over the place it would be amazing.

Gin, it's a good thing you didn't go to USC or I'd have to pretend to be mortal enemies with you. When were you in LB?

 

[BRoni]

Name: Brian
Age: 34
Sex: M
Birthplace: Tacoma, Washington
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii/ Columbia, South Carolina
Job: Service Manager

How and when you became a Stars fan: Moved to Dallas in 2010 and became a big hockey fan. I wasn't exposed to it much growing up, so this is a newer passion of mine.

Current Favorite Stars Player: Jamie Benn
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Jamie Benn
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Jaromir Jagr / PK Subban / Zdeno Chara
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player: Wayne Gretzky

College Attended/Attending: South Carolina

Favorite Band(s): Metallica, CCR, lots of others

Favorite Movie(s): Die Hard, Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Goonies, Halloween, Scream, The Big Sleep, Dark Passage
Favorite Food: Mexican

Favorite TV Show(s): Cheers, The Big Bang Theory, Community, Game of Thrones, Frasier, Seinfeld, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Deadwood.

Favorite City: Dallas/Honolulu

Hobbies: Sports, movies, video games, hiking, mountain biking, shooting pool.

Interesting Fact About Yourself: I was an army brat

 

[Bjorn Le]

That's actually pretty impressive.

That's probably the best thing someone's said to me about that lol.

 

[Brand New Stars]

I'm a Sooner and lol at A&M. Have fun joining a cult and being brainwashed for 4+ years.

Lol pretty hard at this. It has nothing to do with the school, just the family in which someone is raised. I went to A&M for 3 years and couldn't be less "brainwashed".

 

[Ambassador Of Fun]

Lol pretty hard at this. It has nothing to do with the school, just the family in which someone is raised. I went to A&M for 3 years and couldn't be less "brainwashed".

Don't Aggies call you a "2%er" then?

 

[Brand New Stars]

Don't Aggies call you a "2%er" then?

Never heard anyone at A&M actually call me that, only people that go to other schools. I wasn't raised in an Aggie family though which is why I'm not "in the cult".

 

[Satan]

What's an aggie

 

[ginblossoms]

Gin, it's a good thing you didn't go to USC or I'd have to pretend to be mortal enemies with you. When were you in LB?

2007-2010. in the southbay before that. on the westside (in palms neighborhood) before that.

 

[oconnor9sean]

What's an aggie

That's for the fans to decide

 

[TangoMcBride]

Name: James
Age: 28
Sex: M
Birthplace: Irving, TX
Hometown: Grand Prairie, TX
Mode of Transportation: 06 Nissan Altima
Job: I'm currently working for the Distribution Center of a local school district and attending college
Current Favorite Stars Player: Jamie Benn
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Brenden Morrow
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Ryan Johansen
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player: Al MacInnis
College Attended/Attending: TCC
Favorite Band(s): Opeth, Swans, Brand New, Pinback, Neurosis, Katatonia, Mountain Goats, Pig Destroyer, Acid Bath, etc.
Favorite Movie(s): Saving Private Ryan, Dumb and Dumber, Day of the Dead (1985), The Sandlot, Happy Gilmour
Favorite Food: Chicken fried steak, enchiladas, and of course a bad ass burger is always awesome
Favorite TV Show(s): The Walking Dead, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Chappelle Show
Favorite City: Estes Park, Colorado
Hobbies: Gaming, disc golf, hockey and beer. Lots of beer. Always. Beer.
Interesting Fact About Yourself: I am a lifetime 1000 hitter against Clayton Kershaw. I went 2-2 with 2 doubles in a game against Highland Park my senior year. #UncleRico

 

[ElGuapo]

What's an aggie

 

[Ssudzzy]

The Family on Draft Day

 

[LT]

Don't Aggies call you a "2%er" then?

That's someone who goes to all the events but doesn't do any of the yells or someone who doesn't honor the Aggie spirit and creed. Not just an Aggie term, though.

 

[ColeJ]

probably won't make me popular in this thread, but i gotta say it....

roll tide.

 

[Ambassador Of Fun]

That's someone who goes to all the events but doesn't do any of the yells or someone who doesn't honor the Aggie spirit and creed. Not just an Aggie term, though.

All of these words should be huge flashing warning signs in reference to a cult.

 

[Brand New Stars]

Creed, sure. Those other two really couldn't have anything less to do with cult like activity. Sounds like you just hate A&M.

 

[CRSeven]

Name: Alex Gomez
Age: 17
Sex: M
Birthplace: Sacramento, CA
Hometown: Roseville, CA
Mode of Transportation: Nissan Pathfinder
Job: Sudent
How and when you became a Stars fan: I have no idea, really.
Current Favorite Stars Player: Loui Eriksson
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Mike Modano
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Pavel Datsyuk
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player: Pavel Bure
College Attended/Attending: --
Favorite Band(s): Farruko, Don Omar, Nova y Jory
Favorite Movie(s): Goal
Favorite Food: Pozole
Favorite TV Show(s): Family Guy
Favorite City: Madrid
Hobbies: Soccer
Interesting Fact About Yourself: Nothing really.

I guess I'll go ahead and update mine too

Name: Alex Gomez
Age: 19
Sex: M
Birthplace: Sacramento, CA
Hometown: Roseville, CA
Mode of Transportation: Nissan Pathfinder
Job: Sudent
How and when you became a Stars fan: Still don't know.
Current Favorite Stars Player: Jamie Benn
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Jamie Benn
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Steven Stamkos
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player: Pavel Bure
College Attended/Attending: Sierra College (Rocklin, CA)
Favorite Band(s): The Gaslight Anthem, The Killers, blink-182, Brand New, Against Me!, Eminem, Tupac
Favorite Movie(s): Goal, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, Step Brothers, This is the End
Favorite Food: Chile Verde, any Mexican food.
Favorite TV Show(s): Family Guy
Favorite City: Madrid. Beverly Hills if we're talking about cities we've actually been too.
Hobbies: Soccer, visiting different race tracks (auto), working out.
Interesting Fact About Yourself: I'm Mexican, lol I don't know.