100 Things About NEWS-JUNKIE

Chad Cartoon

  1. My name is Chad.
  2. I was born November 5, 1982.
  3. I am 6 ft. 2 in., around 220 lbs. and have hair like a bear.
  4. I was born in Beaverlodge, Alberta.
  5. I lived there for 18 years.
  6. I moved to Calgary, Alberta in August 2001 to go to school.
  7. I graduated from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary with honours in May of 2003.
  8. I took Broadcast Journalism.
  9. I drive a 2003 Chevy Cavalier.
  10. I am not afraid to experience things or try new things or get involved emotionally.  If you never try, you don’t know what you can accomplish or what could have been.  It is better to hurt and learn from it then hide from it.
  11. I love the Brit comedy “Are You Being Served?”
  12. I love rodeo and Chuckwagon racing.
  13. I have a dog named Scrappy, who lives with my parents.
  14. I have had fish and a hedgehog as pets.  RIP.
  15. I play the guitar, trumpet, and most brass instruments.
  16. I have played in concert and marching bands.
  17. Cable is not that bad
  18. I have sung in choirs and solo in front of audiences, plus conducted choirs myself.
  19. I use to be an actor.
  20. I am an only child.
  21. I have traveled to:  Germany, Denmark, Sweden in 2001 plus Australia and New Zealand in 1998.
  22. I have been to Las Vegas for the National Final Rodeo (December 1995).
  23. I have been to Disneyland twice (1990 and 1995).
  24. I love country music.
  25. I listen to other music.
  26. I drink, but not often.
  27. I’m queer, get over it.
  28. I have my close friends.
  29. I love to make new friends.
  30. I like spending time with my friends.
  31. I like chatting with people online who I don’t see very often or never see, by MSN and email.
  32. I want to own a house.
  33. I am protestant.
  34. I am an organized person, my organization.
  35. I’m not always that neat.
  36. I hate people who play games with me or other people.
  37. I hate people who waste my time.
  38. I hate people who only think of themselves.
  39. I have only ever had two retail job.
  40. I use to work in administration and purchasing for a specialty store.
  41. People trust me more than I trust myself.
  42. I spend way too much money, usually more than I have.
  43. I dress with fashion.  My fashion.
  44. I try not to dwell on the past, but share it so others can learn from it.
  45. I have never smoked pot in my life.
  46. I was addicted to Ecstasy for a period of time.
  47. I have tried to kill myself too many times to count.
  48. I love the colors orange, red, green, yellow, blue and black.
  49. Arbys is my favorite fast food.
  50. I wear sandals when there is 4 feet of snow outside.
  51. I wear what I want to wear but will dress a certain way if I must in my professional career.
  52. I am back in radio.
  53. Pepsi, the nectar of the gods.
  54. I used to believe I was gullible, but not anymore.
  55. I am Canadian first.
  56. I am not afraid to speak my mind.
  57. Got Milk?
  58. Gotta Love Zip.ca
  59. I don’t like to read fiction, give me non-fiction any day.
  60. I am quite shy in private.
  61. I can be outgoing in public, depends on who is around.
  62. I hate coffee.
  63. Curling is my sport of choice to participate in.
  64. People never take me seriously.
  65. People think they are able to manipulate me.
  66. I don’t want to miss a chance to experience something because of my inner fears.
  67. I wish I could spend more time with my family, sometimes.
  68. I pray I will never be as bald as Peter Mansbridge.
  69. I love giving and receiving hugs.
  70. There are a few people who I want to hug.
  71. I hate when people make promises to me and don’t live up to them.
  72. I can never be mad at someone for a long time.
  73. I have broken out of my mold to be who I want to be.
  74. I hate the sound of my own voice.
  75. I am my own worse critic.
  76. I hate working retail.
  77. I worked in Peace River for one of the very few privately locally owned radio companies in Canada. I then worked for one of the largest radio broadcasting companies in Alberta when I lived in St Paul.   I am not sure if they were smart choices on my part
  78. I used to sell BBQs in Calgary, and I sold them in Edmonton too before moving to administration. 
  79. I eat way too much candy.
  80. I miss Best Buy
  81. I enjoy watching a good movie.
  82. I hate paying bills, but then again, who likes to?
  83. I have met my hero.
  84. I am still looking for my mentor, professionally and personally.
  85. I love elk meat.
  86. I can be indecisive at times.
  87. I hate people who look down upon me based on what I have or don’t have.
  88. My worse fear is no one will give me a chance to show them what I can do .
  89. It will always be CTV in my book.
  90. I would like to try to develop different kinds of friends who I can have fun with individually or together.
  91. The phrase I tell people a lot “Never sell yourself short.”
  92. I have met some great guys, but circumstances prevent it from going any farther.
  93. People who say you are too young to commit to anything when you are under 30  are wrong.  You can commit but it takes lots of effort to maintain that commitment.
  94. I feel safe in Canada, and my bed.
  95. I love sleeping.
  96. I should eat breakfast everyday, but never do.
  97. I love some Ikea items, and wish I had more money to spend there, sometimes.
  98. I know more about sports than I let on.
  99. I like to cook, but I don’t because cooking for one is boring.
  100. I am not the same person I was 3 months ago, 6 months ago, 9 months ago, 12 months ago, or 3 years ago.