Ask Travis Questions

slap_j · 10-09-2003, 12:03 PM

Who would win in a fight. Saddam Hussein or PETA?

Travis · 10-09-2003, 12:13 PM

PETA. They're much more evil.

Amanda · 10-09-2003, 12:25 PM

What has your RUF pastor been speaking about lately?
Did you know that Walt (the guy you met @ retreat) is our sound guy @ Baylor?
Should we have a CGRers meeting at state conference in February?
What was the last book you read?
Why don't you do the Thursday 13? (See my blog.)
How cool would it be to have a CGR cross-country road trip?
What are your plans for next summer?
Why do Reformed people tend to be more attractive?

BTW, 2nd Chapter of Acts was this old-school Jesus music group from the late '70s-early '80s. Have you ever heard "Easter Song"? ("Hear the bells ringing/They're singing that we can be born again.")

Travis · 10-09-2003, 06:13 PM

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What has your RUF pastor been speaking about lately?

Colossians.

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Did you know that Walt (the guy you met @ retreat) is our sound guy @ Baylor?

I did not.

He seemed like a cool guy.

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Should we have a CGRers meeting at state conference in February?

Definitely.

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What was the last book you read?

Changing Of The Guard by George Grant.

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Why don't you do the Thursday 13? (See my blog.)

I will from now on. I'm too lazy to go through and see what has been done so far, but if you will provide me with a list of them I will do them all.

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How cool would it be to have a CGR cross-country road trip?

Very!

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What are your plans for next summer?

RUF Summer conference. Maybe a trip one weekend. Other than that--class and work.

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Why do Reformed people tend to be more attractive?

It's a blessing from God upon those who have good theology.

I have obviously been cursed for some other reason and therefore have not received that blessing.

Elizabeth · 10-09-2003, 06:29 PM

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An interesting sidenote: I was talking to my mother the other night and she mentioned that it was the 21st anniversary of when they picked me up and adopted me. She was talking about how there were huge fields of enormous sunflowers all along the road that day and I thought that was interesting because sunflowers have always been my favorite flowers.

That is really cool.

Travis · 10-09-2003, 06:58 PM

Stolen from John’s blog who stole it from Benj’s.

1. How did you get along with each of your parents? What were they like?

I clashed with my parents a lot when I was younger, but I see now that 99% of the time I was the problem—I was the one at fault.

My dad is an extreme extrovert who loves people, loves talking, and loves playing tennis (he’s still very good even at 60 years old). He’s just an all around nice guy whom everyone loves. He was a fairly strict disciplinarian (and was a principal of a high school and later a junior high for over 20 years), but always a kind and loving dad. He grew up out in the country with three brothers—he being the oldest. He and a younger brother were born in California, but their parents divorced when they were very young and they moved to Texas. His father remarried and had two more boys with her and the two of them are still married today (well over 50 years). This woman is the woman who he considers his mother and everything—I have never even met his biological mother. My dad is sort of the typical oldest child—very responsible, very driven and successful. He was Mr. High School—high school quarterback, voted most popular, track star, graduated third in his class. His family never had much money so he worked his way through school at Texas A&M, and eventually received his masters at Texas Tech while working at his first job out of school in Brownfield Texas. There, at First Baptist Church he met my mother who was home from Baylor where she attended school for two years. She transferred to Tech to be near my dad and they were eventually married. She is definitely an introvert, but everyone who talks to her thinks she’s a very sweet lady. She is the first of two girls and was born after my grandfather came back from serving in WWII—he and my grandmother were married just before he left to fight, and they thought it would be best to wait until afterwards to have children for obvious reasons. She was named a name that my grandfather really liked—the name of someone he met while stationed in Pearl Harbor. She reads the Bible all the time. She has had many of them, which always fall apart due to use. I always remember that any time we were anywhere where waiting would have to be done (e.g., doctor’s office, etc) she would always have her Bible and would be reading, underlining, and making notes. That’s what I think of when I try to think of what kind of a person my mother is, and it’s very telling. She’s a school counselor now, but she has had a plethora of jobs within the school system, ranging from grades K-8 and has often been involved in special ed.

2. What did you like and dislike about your parents?

My parents were great all around, and so now I really like that about them. I mainly disliked things about them then, but those things were mainly them being good parents (e.g., checking up on me, making rules, etc). They provided a great example of a good, solid, biblical marriage too.

3. How did you get along with your brothers and sisters?

Very well. I can remember only one or two fights ever between my older sister and I (my only sibling), and we were always cool with each other by the end of that same day.

We still talk fairly regularly.

4. Who were your favorite relatives?

I had a lot of great times with my maternal grandparents. Some of my best memories ever are from their lake house and the summers we spent there.

5. What is the first thing you can remember?

I answered this above on this page.

6. What special memories do you have of your childhood?

As I mentioned above, the really special ones are from my maternal grandparents’ lake house, and from fishing, boating, swimming, and just hanging out there, often with my cousins and other family members.

7. What do you remember about your first day of school?
I don’t. However, I have been told that my grandfather took me to school and held my hand walking me to my classroom.

8. What was your favorite grade, and who were your favorite teachers?

First grade was a lot of fun because I was in a class with my best friend, Josh. We got into a lot of trouble, but it was always fun.

Third grade was fun because Timothy and I were constantly in trouble. The fun kind. Senior year was next because I only had school half a day.

9. What did you enjoy or dislike about school and its activities?

I usually disliked school. Especially after elementary school. I don’t know much about specifics, though.

10. What were your hurts and disappointments as a child?

Constant girl problems. Rejection in social groups. Feelings of inferiority for those reasons and others within all spheres, family included.

11. What were your hobbies and favorite games?

Reading, reading and reading. I read so much back then, it was insane. We never watched TV back when I was small, we didn’t have Nintendo or anything like that for a while, and I wasn’t much of an outdoors person due to extreme asthma and allergies, so books it was!

12. How did you usually get into trouble?

I have always had a problem with authority and it landed me in constant trouble all the way through school... lol. Teachers either loved or hated me—sometimes both—because I was smart and would always be able to learn quickly back then, but I was also troublesome.

13. What pets did you have? Which were your favorites, and why?

My parents didn’t allow us to have any animals really when we were young. At least not inside pets. We had an outdoor cat named Grayson whom I really liked, although I really couldn’t pet her or anything due to allergies.

I saw her beat the crap out of a large dog once…
Then when I was in junior high (I think) I had a pet snake named Fred.

14. Did you like yourself as a child? Why or why not?

Mostly. School was a breeze and I always felt smarter than people, so I felt pretty good about myself then. Plus I was actually fairly decent at sports when I was a (young) kid.

15. Did you like yourself as a teenager? Why or why not?

No. I was still very good in school, but I was poor enough in math that it made me think I was stupid, so I overcompensated by trying to assure myself I was smarter than everyone else in other areas. Plus I didn’t fit in well at all, and I wasn’t popular. I was horrible at sports and was often humiliated by that.

16. Did you have enough money in your youth? Enough clothing?

More than enough. Both my parents have masters degrees, so even though they both worked for the public school system they made plenty and we were never in any kind of want.

17. What were your talents and special abilities?

I’ve always loved music. I played the piano when I was young and I was pretty good at it.

18. What awards or special achievements did you win?

I won several in piano.

19. Did you have a nickname?

My sister calls me Bubba, but other than that, no.

20. What did you dream about doing when you were older?

Working for the FBI or CIA.

21. Who were your close friends? What are they doing today?

When I was very young it was a guy named Josh. We were best friends but he moved away in 3rd grade and I haven’t really heard from him since. Our fathers were good friends, though, and I’ve heard he is attending a college in Abilene.
From that point my best friends were two: Beau and Timothy. We were sort of the three musketeers all the way from 4th grade until my senior year for Beau and until graduation for Timothy. Timothy is in the Air Force and served briefly in Korea and Saudi Arabia. We still talk online and I went to visit him in New Mexico back in the spring. Beau is still in Brownfield living with his parents. He had a lot of problems after graduation; basically continuing the lifestyle we established in high school, and I hear had some real problems with drugs. Timothy, Beau, and I recently all got together one night and hung out for a while, which was cool.

Starting in High School, though, I met Adam, through Beau. He and I became good friends and during my senior year he was my best friend. We still talk and get together occasionally. He is married to a beautiful and awesome girl and they are both believers. Timothy and Beau are not.

22. What would you do on hot summer afternoons?

Stay inside and read!

Or go bike riding with friends and get into trouble.

23. Describe the area where you grew up: the people, neighborhood, etc.

Small town—maybe 9,000. We lived in the nicer parts of it, but in a small town it’s not going to be that far away from anyplace else. My friends all lived in the worse parts of town (some areas very dangerous…) but we were all so close together it didn’t really matter.

24. What were you afraid of? Do you have any of those fears today?

Roaches. I have always been horribly phobic of them, and I still am, although to a lesser degree. When I was very young I was always afraid of the closet. And through most of my childhood I was very afraid of going to hell.

25. At what age did you start to like the opposite sex?

I always liked girls. I had a couple of “girlfriends” in kindergarten for crying out loud. One was a beautiful blonde girl named Rachel from my church who moved away mid year, so then I “got the hookup” (

) with a girl named Amanda who went to school with me all the way through. She ended up with my friend Timothy in high school, and then she broke up with him for Beau, so that caused some interesting situations (and eventually an end to the three musketeers).

26. What was your first date?

Sometime in high school.

27. Where did you have your first dates?

School dances, football games, and other lame crap like that. And we all had a habit of hanging out in cemeteries for some reason (don’t ask).

28. How did you feel when you liked someone and that person didn't care for you?

Normal. lol As in, that happened a lot. Through all of high school I was very suicidal and very hateful, some of which is likely because of girl problems (but obviously not all).

29. Who were your other dates or steadies?

A girl named Christina who sort of ended things when I got in a fight with a guy (not about her). A girl named Shari (the less said the better).

30. What did you like or dislike about them?

It’s all dislike in retrospect.

31. What was your spiritual life as a child? As an adolescent?

Fear of going to hell as a child. And I thought I believed back then, but I’m not sure if I really did.

About 8th or so grade it turned to Atheism and Nihilism.

32. How did you express your relationship with God during this time?

I’m not sure what this means.

Erika · 10-09-2003, 11:39 PM

Rudeness Travis! Lol. You shall be forgiven...one day. Or, when I'm a lawyer, I might sue you (by then I will know all the rules and how to get around them, thereby disrespecting them

Hehe. I obeyed your rules, see, I came and asked you questions. However...since you are right about Aussies (I being a Kiwi who likes Aussies -- thereby disrespecting more unspoken rules) I will forgive you for not knowing who Simon Baker is. Even if he is the most famous Aussie actor ever.
Which is who he is...and a really really goodlooking one too...so now for more questions...

How do I resize the picture in my signature?...cause I can't remember how to/never knew how. (And I was considering taking over www.nickfallin.com).

Why did you choose to study what you're studying?

Do you like New Zealanders?

How about rabbits?

What's your favorite icecream flavor?

And chocolate?

Doooo you like techno?

How's your professors?

Travis · 10-10-2003, 12:22 AM

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Even if he is the most famous Aussie actor ever.

Isn't Mel Gibson an Aussie?

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Why did you choose to study what you're studying?

It's a long story.

I recently added on Philosophy because it is more relevant and I am very interested in it. So now I'm double majoring.

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Do you like New Zealanders?

Absolutely! Their accents are even cooler, and their country is more beautiful.

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How about rabbits?

They're cute, but I wouldn't want to own one due to the smell.

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What's your favorite icecream flavor?

Vanilla.

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And chocolate?

Favorite kind of chocolate, or do I like chocolate? I'm not a huge fan, but I like it.

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Doooo you like techno?

Yes.

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How's your professors?

Mostly good. Actually all good, it's just that one of my classes is difficult.

I have two Asian profs with thick accents back to back, though.

Travis · 10-10-2003, 12:45 AM

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How do I resize the picture in my signature?

Here you go.

Travis · 10-10-2003, 04:16 PM

Ok, I found one of those Thursday thirteen things. The one about books.

The thirteen books that have had the most effect on my life, in order by author's last name:

Always Ready - Greg Bahnsen
No Other Standard - Greg Bahnsen
Theonomy in Christian Ethics - Greg Bahnsen
The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination - Loraine Boettner
Studies in Theology - Loraine Boettner
Institutes of the Christian Religion - John Calvin
The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis (All of them--yes, I am cheating.)
Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
The Shape of Sola Scriptura - Keith Mathison
The Portable Nietzsche - Friedrich Nietzsche (Several books in one volume--yes, I am cheating again.)
Don't Waste Your Life - John Piper
Frakenstein - Mary Shelley
The Defense of the Faith - Cornelius Van Til

Travis · 10-10-2003, 06:19 PM

Here's the other one--the thirteen main attributes I look for in someone of the opposite sex with whom I wish to be romantically involved:

Christian
Reformed
Pure
Wise
Intelligent
Trustworthy
Kind
Strong minded
Good teacher
Would be a good mother
Dedicated
Similar interests
Physically attractive

Elizabeth · 10-10-2003, 06:56 PM

Do you like the Olive Garden as well?
What's your favorite color?
Have you ever known anyone with an eating disorder?
Do you like PopTarts?
Are you good with names?
What was the last thing you said?
Do you ever use the "talk" feature of AIM?
How many AIM buddies do you have?
What are you currently wearing?
What were the highest and lowest grades you ever got in highschool?

Travis · 10-10-2003, 06:59 PM

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