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ABOUT ME
What do you want to know? If it's not here yet, it probably will be soon (or it's simply none of your business).
My vital stats:
Name: Tim (Timothy Patrick James O'Brien to be exact)
Birthdate: March 26, 1972... so that makes me 31
Birthplace: Resurrection Hospital in Chicago, Illinois
Home: a two bedroom apartment in the Broad Ripple neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana, but grew up in Des Plaines, Illinois (a suburb just northwest of Chicago, right next to O'Hare Airport)
Family: Mom and Dad (Flo and Pat O'Brien) live in Des Plaines, Illinois, with the family dog, Wilbur; sister (Mandy) is 29 years old and lives in Highwood, Illinois and works as a Youth Services Librarian at the Skokie Public Library (and loves anything having to do with the 1970s); sister (Molly... but I call her Lulu) is 23 and is attending Ross University in St. Kitts, studying to be a veterinarian (and has something of a tendency towards knocking over postcard racks while visiting certain Canadian cities).
College: Graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, in March 1994 with a major in Radio/Television/Film.
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Job: Television news photographer.
I work at WXIN-TV, the Fox network affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana.
I really enjoy the variety of my job and all the exciting events which
I get to experience while working. I previously worked at tv stations
in Richmond, Virginia; Peoria, Illinois; and Rockford, Illinois. Other
jobs have concluded various video production jobs, working in a bank (right
after college), construction (summers during college), the library (during
the school year at Northwestern), and an ice cream and candy shop (in high
school). Bored yet?
Fashion: If you see me in anything other than jeans and a t-shirt, it must be a wedding or a funeral. I live in t-shirts and jeans. I'm also partial to baseball caps, a green White Sox cap in particular.
Car: Red 2001 Saturn SC-1
My favorite things:
Favorite sport: Baseball
Favorite
baseball team: Chicago White Sox (of course!)
Favorite baseball player: Robin Ventura (even though he's a Yankee now)
Favorite ballpark (in Chicago): old Comiskey Park
Favorite ballpark (outside of Chicago): Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore
Favorite movie: "Field of Dreams" (which I've seen like 8 zillion times on video). A close second is "Pride of the Yankees".
Favorite Disney movies: "Robin Hood" and "Beauty and the Beast"
Last good movie I saw in the theater: "Ice Age"
Last good movie I saw at home: "Hoosiers"
Last good book I read: Wait 'til Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin (although I don't read nearly as much as I should)
Favorite types of music: Rock/alternative, 70's pop, folkish stuff (basically anything but country and rap)
Favorite music group: Del Amitri. I'm single handedly trying to turn the world on to their music.
Favorite Del Amitri CD: "Change Everything"
Favorite Del Amitri Song: "Sleep Instead Of Teardrops"
Favorite concert: Shawn Colvin, at Northwestern University, in 1993
Favorite musical guilty pleasures: Air Supply, the Carpenters
Favorite radio station: WTTS-FM (92.3 FM, Indianapolis)
Favorite current tv show: "The Simpsons" (I try to watch the reruns every night).
Favorite tv show of all time: "St. Elsewhere"
Favorite play: "Les Miserables"
Favorite city to live in: Chicago (a real no brainer there)
Favorite city to visit: Toronto (what an awesome place!)
Favorite holidays: St. Patrick's Day (love Shamrock Shakes) and Halloween (love dressing up in costumes)
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Favorite soft drink: Strawberry
Crush
Favorite food (at the moment): The meatball parmigiana sub at Giorgio's in Indianapolis
Favorite pizza place: Leona's (on Sheffield near Belmont in Chicago)
Favorite pizza topping: Black olives
Favorite hot dog place: Super Dawg (at Milwaukee and Devon in Chicago)
Favorite hot dog topping: Pickles
Favorite Thai restaurant: Beauregard's Thai Room (in Richmond, Virginia)
Favorite Thai entree: Pad Thai
Favorite color: Blue, with Green a close second, and Purple in third
Favorite animal: Penguins
Favorite quote: “Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood...” – Daniel Burnham, Chicago architect
Favorite fortune cookie quote: “Your happiness is intertwined with your outlook on life”
Favorite cheeseball inspirational quote: “The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary”