100 Things about Seth

1. I have attended 2 universities and 2 colleges. Missouri Southern State College, Rick's College, Boise State University, and Brigham Young University-Idaho.

2. I will watch just about anything with the word "Star" in it. Sci-fi is my favorite genre.

3. I have every episode of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, and am working on getting every Star Trek episode.

4. I have lived in 8 states. Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Idaho, California.

5. I have had at least 36 roommates. (Ricks 2+4. Trailer 1. Mission 24. Orem 5.)

6. I had 12 companions on my mission. One of them twice. Longest companionship was over 5 months. The shortest was for 4 days. I was in a companionship of three once. Had 7 areas.

7. I have been in at least 10 accidents (that I remember). Totaled 2 cars, and was hospitalized both times.
Backed into the gate
Ran off the road by the Lasiters
Totaled a Blue Festiva on HWY 37
Rear ended a car in Aurora
Slid off into a steep ditch in Monett
Fell asleep at the wheel and spun around in the median on I-44
Spun out in a white out in Colorado and hit the guard rail
Was driving with Ray in Rexburg and some girl ran into us
Was rear ended in Lee's Summit
Totaled Melinda's Mazda on HWY 71 near Rich Hill

8. I have had 16 jobs....
The Wilcocks Berry Farm in Pierce City Missouri
Dishwasher at Sizzler Steak House in Monett Missouri
Walmart in Monett Missouri
Flipping burgers at Wendy's in Joplin Missouri
Construction worker for Vance Willis company BayValley Construction in Carthage Missouri
Graphic Design for DaemonNews in Missouri
Graphic Design for Kevin Nelson Design in Nampa Idaho
Stockman for All-a-Dollar in Eagle Idaho
Graphic Design for DaemonNews in Orem Utah
overnights at WalMart in Orem Utah
Western Watts Telephone Surveys in Rexburg Idaho
WalMart in Rexburg Idaho
Graphic Design for DaemonNews in Rexburg, Idaho
Graphic Designer for BYU-I Bookstore Idaho
Cartographer (map maker) for SpringHill Press in Mount Vernon Missouri
Visual Designer for Cerner Kansas City Missouri

9. There are 8 computers in our house. There are 3 of us and none of them are Julia's!
A mostly cannibalized PC in the basement
the Dell that I got Melinda for graduation
my 12" PowerBook G4 Apple laptop (currently broken, due to operator error. In the basement)
My work 15" PowerBook G4 Apple laptop
A loner exact model as above as a backup
Ben Willis's exact model as above with a fried 5 year old hard drive
Work Dell laptop
and our new 24" iMac

10. I love Apple computer products.








11. I gave my iPod Nano to Melinda when she got me my iPod touch. I want an iPhone but am not ready to ditch Verzion and get AT&T yet. Maybe when our Verzion contract is up again.

12. I play, create, and design trading card games. My favorites are Star Trek and Lord of the Rings.

13. I designed the card templates for the Conan Trading Card Game. Not the card images from the comic books, just the card templates; front and back, and packaging.

14. I earned my Arrow of Light, Faith in God, On My Honor, Duty to God, and Eagle Scout awards.

15. I always wanted to be apart of the Order of the Arrow, but was never called out.

16. I collect things. Trading Game Cards, Basketball Cards, Legos, Books, Mr. Potato Heads, Books, Board Games, Attacktix, Arrowheads, money, old keys, Music, Movies, unfinished art projects, junk, and life threatening accidents!

17. I have been to Mexico, Canada, and England.

18. I have lived with three other families besides my own. Grandma and Grandpa Willis, with Terry and Nancy, and with my Boss's parents in Orem (weird).

19. I got and F in College Algebra

20. At one point I could play the Violin, the trumpet, the piano, and the guitar. Now...I can't play any!

21. I love watersports. Waterskiing, tubing, slalom skiing, kneeboarding, and swimming. Since I can't really do those anymore, I think I will try a JetSki this summer.

22. I love downhill snow skiing. My motto is "If you don't fall, you're not having enough fun!" I get pretty daring and crazy on the slopes.

23. I love to work hard. Hard physical manual labor. I like to be able to step back and look at what all the hard work accomplished and feel good about it.

24. I like to play games...all sorts. Card games, board games, etc. I was never big with team sports. I don't follow them, and don't know the rules. Went to a Chief's game last year, and though it was a fun outing (aside from all the drunk fans) I am glad we didn't have to pay for our tickets. I don't know the difference between a Halfback and a Lineback, nor does it interest me enough to figure it out. I would much rather stand in line to get a Star Trek actor signature than any Athletes.

25. I love to play frisbee. The best part is running, jumping, and diving to try and catch the ones that are just out of reach.

26. I like to camp, and being able to start the fire with one match. (Thanks Dad)

27. I love the outdoors. Rivers, streams, rocks, trees, grass, mountains, sand, the ocean, fields, flowers, dragonflies, ladybugs, cicadas, butterflies, hummingbirds, treefrogs, bullfrogs, toads, frogs, outdoor mice, rabbits, ....not snakes, spiders, spiderwebs, bees, bumblebees, hornets, wasps, ants, flies, horseflies, mosquitoes, ticks, chiggers, gnats, or other pesky annoying bugs.

28. I like to share my testimony, hear other people's beliefs, and listen to and have gospel discussions. I remember as a kid sitting around listening to my dad, grandfathers, and uncles discuss doctrine instead of running around and playing with my cousins.

29. I hate nursery.

30. I want to visit the ancient american ruins in Central and South America, but am too scared to go as I don't speak Spanish.




31. I would like to learn how to play the guitar...really learn how. Like how to read music for it and everything.

32. I would like to take a photography class and take awesome pictures.

33. I like to scrapbook. (published anywhere else this might get me beat up!)

34. I love to ballroom dance. I was president of the Ballroom Dance team in Boise. My favorites are the Swing, and Cha-Cha. We performed for the Idaho International Dance Festival in Boise, Pocatello, and Rexburg.

35. I always wanted to be in a musical. I almost joined the Starlight theater in Boise one summer to live up on a ranch and perform the musicals Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Annie Get Your Gun, Oklahoma.

36. I don't like stairs.

37. I love to hike and explore.

38. I like to go caving. I hate running out of batteries while caving.

39. I have been in at least 15 temples
Dallas, TX
Salt Lake, UT
Provo, UT
Okland, CA
St. Louis, MO
Portland, OR
Boise, ID
Nauvoo, IL
Idaho Falls, UT
Manti, UT
Mt. Timp, UT
Bountiful, UT
Jordan River, UT
Denver, CO
Oklahoma City, OK

40. My favorite colors recently have been Brown and Orange.

41. I love Adobe software. Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, After Effects, etc.

42. I like Corporate Design. Coming up with a look and feel of a company, the logo, stationery, signage, packaging, etc.

43. I like children's book illustration.

44. I like music. Oldies, Country, Pop, Rock, Alternative, Jazz. Depends on my mood, and I will go through phases. But if I am stressed out, there is nothing like soft smooth instrumental jazz to help me mellow out.

45. I have been to four concerts; All-4-One (Springfield), Harry Connick Jr. (Boise), Hermans Hermits (Rexburg), Michael Buble (Kansas City)

46. Would like to see Norah Jones.

47. I have been to Phantom of the Opera (St. Louis) and Les Miserables (London)

48. Would like to see Wicked.

49. I dropped out of public school after only 4 days in the 7th grade.

50. I sang horrible as a kid. And have been told that I sing like a tuba. (Is that a compliment?)

51. I still like to get toys for Christmas.

52. Uncle Scott gave me my first computer after my mission. It had a 1.5 Megabyte hard drive. Not 1.5GB, 1.5MB. I soon got a 10MB hard drive which I thought I would never fill. Then I discovered mp3.

53. The first CD I ever bought was Ace of Base: I Saw the Sign.

54. The first songs I ever remember listening for on the radio were; Kokomo by the Beach Boys and Walk Like and Egyptian by the Bangles.

55. I have a sweet tooth. Baked goods, ice cream, candy, cold cereal. Yum yum

56. Starburst and skittles. Never Black licorice or Circus Peanuts.

57. I like potato chips. All kinds, but regular unleaded plain jane are my fav.

58. My favorite Doritos, Black Pepper Jack, have been discontinued to my dismay.

59. I remember when Lucky Charms added the Purple Horseshoes to their marshmallow line up of Pink Hearts, Blue Diamonds, Orange Stars, Yellow Moons, and Green Clovers.

60. I remember when Trix only had Red Yellow and Orange pieces.

61. If you hadn't noticed, I like cold cereal. Not the boring unsugared kind, but the kind that will kick start your morning, and little children, with a sugar rush :) Lucky Charms, Marshmallow Mateys, Reese's Puffs, Trix, Fruit Loops, Fruity Pebbles, Honey Bunches of Strawberries, Honeycomb, Crunch Berries and just about any other cereal that is flavored, colored or has marshmallow bits.

62. I hate putting on my right shoe. The foot doesn't bend quite right making the whole process rather annoying.

63. I like Disney classic movies and cartoons from when Walt was alive. I don't like their recent films and hate their stupid sequels.

64. (This one really creeps my wife out) I have been on a dates with Melinda Sneddon, Melinda Sabin, Malinda Millett, Melinda Walter, and Melinda Claybrook. ...and have kissed three of the above! ...okay so Walter is my wife's maiden name, but it sure makes it more dramatic when you list it out this way.

65. I love springtime and Missouri green vegetation.

66. One of my favorite memories is of going up Fox Hollow Hill to visit Grandma and Grandpa Willis in the early summer time. This was before all the trees were cut down and before all the roads were paved. It was like going through a green tunnel with golden rays piercing through. Dry Valley will always be home. The feeling of the place where time stands still, a constant in the crazy world we are a part of. Home is a place where you feel a part of, a belonging. A place where you feel loved, secure and at peace.

67. I had a couch for a bed when I was 9-10 in Pierce City and again when I was 25 in Orem. Then when Melinda and I got married, we bought a nice bed. It is amazing what a real mattress can do to help a bad back, as the problems usually are related to the lack of a good mattress.

68. I have spray painted a bed.








69. I am directionally impaired. I get lost every single time I go somewhere new. And every time I go to the Joplin Stake Center. As a teenager my friends knew that we needed to leave early to get somewhere because I would always have to make several U-turns. My mother-in-law says I was born without enough lead in my nose. Dad can find his way out a crazy metro in no time flat. I can't find my way out of a suburb for hours! When I do find the right road, I end up going on it the wrong way for miles before I figure out that I am going in the wrong direction. This has led to the opposite of the stereotypical male perception that they will not stop and ask directions. I sometimes have to ask two or three times before I finally get there.

70. I hate driving. I carpool to work and love the every other week break I get from the commute. If there was better public transportation, I would be all over that. You combine my ability to attract accidents, lack of sense of direction, and my aversion to driving in general, poor Melinda has to play chauffeur most of the time.


71. I rode in a limo on my mission.






72. Growing up I wanted a Lamborghini or a DeLorean....now I just want a Festiva.









73. I am kidding about the Festiva.

74. I am not very good at multi-tasking. I have a hard time hearing when there are multiple conversations going on around me. I hear bits of all of them and miss crucial parts of the ones I am trying to hear.

75. I am generally pretty quiet, unless I have something to say. If I feel strongly about something I will make it known.

76. I love to quote movies.

77. I do a pretty good Sean Connery and Smeagol impression.

78. I sing along to songs I know, and make up stuff for ones that I don't!

79. I like to open things and unwrap packages. If you don't open it, I will.

80. I like unique and well designed packaging. I try to keep them, but my wife makes me throw most of that "junk" away. :)

81. My right leg has learned how to walk twice. (It still hasn't perfected the skill yet. Third times the charm? Please no.)

82. I still hate getting my hair cut.

83. I used to be a night owl and stay up regularly till 2. Not any more. Come 9:30 I am ready for bed!

85. I get distracted easy.....100 things about who?

86. I watch every Apple web broadcast that Steve Jobs gives. Since they are not posted until after the event, I usually find some blog site that someone is posting to live from the event. I am a geek I know.

87. I am writing this on a Mac.

88. I converted my wife from PC to Mac. I don't remember the last time that she touched her Dell. :)

89. I left on my mission 11 years ago. Melinda was 14. Ewww!

90. If I could go back in time and change anything in my life, I don't know that I would. If I did, it would change the outcome of who I am and my life today.

91. I want to be able to run. Run so long and hard that my muscles and lungs ache.

92. I always wanted to build my own house. I am a details person, and can't stand all the little imperfections in our house. I also thought it would be cool to build a log cabin in the mountains.

93. I wish Melinda and I could hang out with our siblings and nieces and nephews more often.

94. I am just fine with cereal every morning and sandwiches and chips for lunch everyday.

95. I don't mind doing the dishes, I just hate the time it takes. Same with eating, sleeping, etc. There are just so many other things I want to do with my time that there is NEVER enough of.

96. I want Super Mario themed ringtones, but Verizon is stupid and has their phones so locked down that even doing moderate hacks to the software won't do it. I guess I will have to void the warrantee and flash the firmware. Sigh. (the iPhone lets you do it right from iTunes!)

97. I used to have contacts, but my eyes did not like them. That was 10 years ago though, so maybe I should try it again. Or just get LASIK.

98. I have never had a cavity. And even though I brush my teeth regularly, I joke that Dentists have a deal with the toothpaste companies to put sugar in their products so that you sit all night with sugar in your mouth causing you to have to go to the Dentist who then tells you you need to brush your teeth with toothpaste. Its a conspiracy I tell you.

99. We better not have all boys, cause we only have one boy name that we agree on.

100. I hate the little hard shells of popcorn that get stuck between your gums and teeth.

84. (And you thought I forgot, or you didnt even notice.) I am a BIG tease, and make my mother and wife almost cry when I pick on them. (I tend to pick on my mother more....I don't live with her!)