Name: Michael Daniel O'Connell
Nicknames: "Mike O.","Fun Mikey" (reference to previous incarnation), "Vive" (veev).
Heritage: Irish, Polish
Base of Operations: Sacramento, California
Date of Birth: October 18, in a year far, far away
Place of Birth: Sacramento, California (I HAVE been other places since then. I swear...)
Occupation: Auto Claims Adjuster
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Blue
Favorite Color: Green
High School Class Of: '86
Education: A.A. in Liberal Arts, part of a B.A. And a lot of B.S.
Favorite Food: Chicken fettuccine alfredo
Favorite Beverage: Sprite. Obey your thirst! And your doctor who says no caffeine with your pacemaker...
Favorite Ice Cream: Chocolate. Or Chocolate and pretty much anything else.
Favorite Dessert: Chocolate Raspberry Torte from P.F. Chang's China Bistro.
Favorite Candy: Peanut M&Ms.
Favorite Movie: Yeah, like I could pick just one.
How About Best Movie Ever Made, Then?: Still "Citizen Kane". "Big Trouble in Little China" runs a close second...
Favorite Star Wars Film: Empire
Favorite Star Trek Film: Wrath of Khan.
Favorite "Home Alone" Film: Yeah, you got me, that was a trick question...
Film I Should Have Walked Out Of: The Thin Red Line. Forget the enemy. Shoot ME!
Favorite TV Show: Ever? Hmm. I guess "Firefly", "ER" (at least when I was still watching in the early seasons), "St. Elsewhere", or "Homicide" if I had to choose. And yet, I DIDN'T choose. Sly, wasn't I?
Favorite Cartoon As a Kid: Speed Racer
Favorite Toy As a Kid: Big Jim
Favorite Band: All time? Would have to be Oingo Boingo
Favorite Go-Go: Jane Wiedlin
Favorite Beatle: Paul
First Album: Styx, Paradise Theater
First Tape: ELO, Greatest Hits
First CD: Phil Collins, No Jacket Required
First MP3: Level 42, Something About You. Which I, uh, paid for. Yeah.
First Concert: Eurythmics, 1986, SDSU
Favorite Concert: Oingo Boingo, Freeborn Hall, U.C. Davis, 1986
Favorite Hangout (San Diego): The Gaslamp Quarter
Favorite Hangout (Sacramento): Streets of London
Favorite Hangout (Phoenix): Mill Avenue in Tempe.
"Good Times" or "What's Happening!!"?: Hmm. Love you, Rerun, but think I'd have to go "Good Times" for the higher level of social commentary. Though J.J.'s got nothing on Rerun's moves...
TV Character I'd Most Like To Meet: Dr. Donald Westphall, "St. Elsewhere". Or Maybe Doyle from "Angel". He'd be fun to knock back a few Guinns with. Or maybe John Locke from "Lost"...
TV Character I'd Least Like To Be Seated Next To On a Plane: B.A. Baracus ('cause you just KNOW he didn't want to be gettin' on no PLANE!").
Favorite Airplane Seat: Row 2, right side, aisle seat.
Least Attractive Charlie's Angel: Shelly Hack
Favorite Cable Channel: The Nazi Channel (you might know it as the History Channel)
Favorite NBA Team: Sacramento Kings (please, fool!)
Favorite NFL Team: San Diego Chargers
Best Superbowl: Denver vs. Green Bay, 1998.
Favorite MLB Team: San Diego Padres
Favorite Movie MLB Team: Cleveland Indians
Favorite Holiday: New Year's Eve
Favorite Book: Tie between Stephen King's "The Stand" and "It".
Worst Job I Ever Had: Telephone Survey Taker (shudder)
Toilet Paper...Rolled Over or Under?: Over
Dream Car: A Ford E-150 van. With blue flames. Oh, wait...I have one!
Best Day: Probably my surprise 21st birthday party, a huge event put together by my sister. Everyone in my life was there. A perfect day. Could have died happy right then. Almost DID die a few months later in Reno on my friend Ken's 21st birthday trip...
Best Celebrity Meeting: Joss Whedon and (most of) the cast of Firefly at the "Serenity" world premiere in Hollywood.
Worst "Wrong Place At the Wrong Time" Moment: Accidentally picking up a hooker in my van on the way to a job interview. Long story...
Favorite College Subject: Psychology.
First Drink: California Cooler, Original Flavor, 1986, riding in my sister's Celica on the way to a midnight movie.
First Computer: Commodore Vic-20. Feel the power.
Worst Hair Mistake: The body perm.
First Crush: Cindy. Kindergarten. I think I still have a chance.
First Kiss: Krista Onstad, freshman year, 1983.
First Date: Jenny Jaurros, Chistmas Banquet, 7th grade, 1981. Based on the previous answer, you can see how it turned out.
First Fist Fight: Jimmy Wells, 6th grade. Over Jenny Juarros.
First Roommate: Wayne Fong
Warm Fuzzy #1: A brand new empty notebook.
Warm Fuzzy #2: TV Guide Fall Preview Issue
Warm Fuzzy #3: Any "The Complete First Season" on DVD
Warm Fuzzy #4: A trip to the Gaslamp.
Best Creative Time of Day: Between midnight and five A.M.
First E-mail Address: MDOAZ@aol.com
Favorite Auto Claim: The one where the girl was getting sick, opened her door to vomit, and ran into the back of a parked surveillance truck with a private investigator in the back watching a house across the street.
Favorite Cap: My Kings hat.
Dream Home: Condo, downtown San Diego. Already have it picked out. That, or the condo in La Jolla.
What I Want To Be When I Grow Up: Academy Award-winning screenwriter
What I'll Likely Be When I Grow Up: Jaded, bitter claims adjuster. With plugs.
