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name: andy assareh

age: 26

sign: aquarius

occupation: systems engineer, aerospace

languages: english, farsi, spanish *un poquito*

five things i can't live without: 8 core mac pro, timbuk2 messenger bag, my adorable kitties luke and leia, wild alaskan king salmon, my passport

five things i can live without: alarm clocks, curry, arachnids, tv commercials, cotton socks

life's ambition: enter and finish the gumball 3000

recent movies: tropic thunder, forgetting sarah marshall, in bruges, burn after reading, harold & kumar 2

recent books: kitchen confidential: adventures in the culinary underbelly, female chauvinist pigs: women and the rise of raunch culture, moneyball, trading up: why consumers want new luxury goods

recent albums: get lifted, ten, fight with tools, the rising tied

ideal office space: anything with a view of the puget sound

favorite cubicle accessory: employee of the year mug

favorite draft: strongbow cider

favorite type of apple: cameo

favorite appliance: kitchenaid stand mixer

favorite household chore: vacuuming

favorite foreign television programs: top gear, the it crowd

favorite movie that's older than me: smokey and the bandit

longest phone conversation: 3 hours, 56 minutes, 30 seconds

guilty pleasure: kathy griffin: my life on the d-list

biggest weakness: ben & jerry's vermonty python or dublin mudslide

craziest thing i've ever done: JFK-DFW-LGW-DFW-JFK mileage run. that's 12,308 miles and 26 out of 30 consecutive hours spent at 37,000 ft

15 seconds of fame: Late Show (2/4/2004)