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In our latest round of Member Interviews, TempestKing and Cindylou28 take turns asking each other questions. Special thanks to IamHydrogen for inspiring some of the questions used. 

TK interviews Cindylou ~

1. Where were you born? I was born in Gardena, Ca.
2. What is your geeky obsession? I don't think I have a geeky obsession.. if anything Eggxpert is the closest.
3. Favorite energy drink? I personally do not like energy drinks. I don't think they work, but if I had to choose one, it would have to be Redbull.
4. What's your favorite game and why? are you competitive? I don’t have a favorite game. I am not much of a gamer. I watch my brother play and sometimes he makes me play with him. Recently, he’s been playing Gears of War, and of course I am right there with him with the other controller. I enjoy playing Guitar Hero with my friend. I am not competitive at all, as long as I finish the game or get far enough, I’m content. An all time favorite is Nintendo!!
5. What’s your favorite food? OMG…. I love to eat. I can’t just choose one, there is so much out there. I am open to try new things. I wasn’t always this way; as a child, I wouldn’t even consider trying something that looked or smelled weird. As we grow older, we change our views on things. Coming from a Salvadorian family, I would have to say Salvadorian Tamales. I can eat 5 or 6 when my mom makes them. =) 
6. What’s your absolute favorite place to visit? Day or Night, I love going to the beach. It's my all time favorite place to go by myself or with friends. It’s simply an amazing place; you have the Sun shining down on you, a cool breeze, the sand between your toes and the ocean. I mean what more can I ask for? It’s also a great place to clear your mind and just relax. I've done this a couple of times. 
7. Where do you want to travel the most? List 3 places :) Let’s see... three places. The first two would have to be where my parents are from. My dad is from Nuevo Leon, Monterey Mexico and my mother is from El Salvador. Sad, but I have never been to their homeland. I would love to know first hand how it is out there. I’ve heard so many stories. My third would have to be Europe.
8. What are some of your nicknames/alias's (SP)? and how did you get them? Cindylou = was given to me in high school. Everyone thought I was sweet and nice like Cindy Lou Who from “The Grinch.” It stayed with me. Chin Dee = this nickname was given to me by one of my co-workers. It’s my Chinese name, I gave him a Hispanic name. lol Another nickname I have at work is Cin- Dog. I don’t know how I got this nickname, someone called me that once and everyone else began to pick it up. Flaca = this one was given to me as a child by my family; it means skinny in Spanish. I’ve always been thin. My sisters call me Funky Monkey; I love to see them laugh, so I will do some crazy stuff to get my job done. Haha.
9. What is your plan for taking over the world? Making people laugh!! Laughter is the key to many things.
10. What's your favorite music? I love to listen to everything. I love Salsa music, I just need to learn how to dance it better. I only know the basics. I also enjoy rock music!
11. In what do you consider yourself a expert? Helping people in need. 
12. Is there a place you hate to visit and why? Hate is a strong word. I dislike going to my aunt’s house. She loves to compare me to her daughter and judge me because she thinks I’m weird. I’d rather not go to her house.
13. If you could be any part of a PC, which would it be, and why?  :-) If I could be a part of a PC, I think I would be the HD. It holds a lot of information and without it you would have nothing.
14. How old are you? I will be 22 in a couple of days.
15. What is your #1 thing to do to waste time? I love to watch movies… when I have nothing to do, I drive to Blockbuster and rent movies that I haven’t seen. Another thing I do to waste time is read.
16. What is your favorite quote? "You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life." ~ Albert Camus
17. Who is your favorite hero? Wonder Woman!!  She is awesome. :)
18. What is your guilty pleasure? When I am home alone, I love to dance around my house in a tank top. Like Cameron Diaz in Charlie’s Angels when she is dancing in her panties… I don’t make a mess. LOL haha
19. When refilling TP, over or under? I don’t know why but it has to be under.
20. What is your most treasured possession? My most treasured possession is a pair of ear rings and a ring my older sister gave to me. I love my sister so much and she is sick right now. =(
21. Who is your favorite eggxpert and why? I don’t think I have a favorite eggxpert yet… however I do enjoy reading what Volfann has to say in his thread “Ask The Dude.” Got to love it. 
22. Where is your favorite place to party and why? My favorite place to party… I live in Southern California. There are too many places to just choose one. I love to go to places where I can dance all night and laugh with my friends. Pretty much it would be anywhere as long as I am having a good time.
     

Cindylou interviews TK ~

1. What's it like in Kansas? Would you recommend visitors and travelers?
   Cold winters, hot summers, but overall it's pretty nice.  Especially the fact that you can pretty much have any house you want for about 500K.  For visitors and travelers, I would say that the Plaza is one of the best things to visit, followed by Crown Center which is basically a large mall.  For food, we have some of the best BBQ around - hell, KC materpiece was created here. Restaurants tho, that I would suggest Bristol (seafood), Bo Lings (chinese), and Jack Forellia's for (BBQ).
2. Are we ever going to get a picture of you on Eggxpert? I dont think I've seen one yet.
   I promise I will have a few pics eventually. I know I've said that about 3 or 4 times now tho.....
3. Are you a competitive gamer? What is your all time favorite game?
   Not so competitive but I do like to game, just not enough time these days to say competitive.  Fav game, that's tough - but Civillization 4 for strategy, Lineage 2 for MMORPG and Chrono Trigger for RPG-ol school.
4. If you had 1 wish, what would it be and why?
   For my brother and sister to finish college, so that they might be able to get their lives back on track.  Right now, they just get into way too much trouble for stupid things.
5. When refilling your toilet paper, do you prefer it over or under? 
   Over
6. What do you spend too much time doing?
   Calculating and finding diabolical ways to take over the world, I'm a slight megalomaniac :)
7. Most embarrassing moment?
   Being extremely intoxicated and attempting to fight a 300 lb guy for fun. Got him down once, but then it just went down from there. Btw this was at one of my parties lol....
8. Where were you born?
   Baltimore, Maryland 
9. What is your most geeky obsession?  =P
   Collecting music of all types just to build the largest music collection or dominating every RPG to the point where I send in recommendations to strategy guides to improve or fix problems within them lol.
10. You just went to Vegas for the first time - how was it, and what did you do?
    Vegas was pretty nice, especially since i dominated roulettee.  I had a confrence to attend for some financial software which was the real reason for me to visit Vegas.  But I took my gf as well, and we saw the Phantom of the Opera and had dinner at the Delmonico steakhouse :) all of which was very good!  We did a little touring of Vegas and at one point ended up in a bad part of town, which was interesting.....that was the first time my gf was offered coke... and not the drink lol. P.S. we dont do anything of the sort :)
11. I noticed you're interested in writing. What do you write? Any samples?
    Yep, I've been interested in writing since I was about 7 years old.  The typical things that I attempt to write are sci fi / fantasy works, a lot of which spawned from the desire to become a video game developer when I was young or at least a story writer for RPGs. Currently, I have a project that I am working with a friend on,  and it's about 200 pages of really solid story, but it's not complete yet :( Actually, we havent worked on it for about 3 months now :(  ....... As far as samples go, I really should start a blog for that, shouldn't I?
12. How many "man cards" does Root still have at this point? How many do you still have? How did you lose them?
    I need help on this one. What "man cards" are we talking about? I've been gone too long so I think I'm lost on this one.
13. If you could be any part of a PC, which would it be, and why?
    I would probably be the psu, just because of my megalomania tho.  The psu to me is the heart of the entire system and - without it - the whole thing fails. And if you treat it bad, it can zap you hehehehe ;)
14. How old are you?
    23
15. What is your most treasured posession?
    My most treasured posession would have to be....humm well It would have to be a tie between two things really. Both were given to my by my current girlfriend at important points in our relationship.  The first was this little trinket she got when she was back in her home country of Indonesia, which has a lot of sentimental value to her.  The second has to be a scrapbook she made for me for our first anniversary; the amount of effort she put in this project still surprises me; it details each little step of our first year together.  Other than those, I really don't value posessions too much as I think society has gotten too wrapped up in posessions as a statement of status.
16. What are your opinions regarding the current state of the video game world and its perception in the real world?
    I have to say that I am very happy for Nintendo because of their continued effort to create new paths for the industry, and I really hope the Wii takes off in the next few years as new titles come out.  Now, I am one of those people that believe the video game industry helps society more than hurts it, so all those people wanting to slam the industry for violence can kiss it!  RPG's and strategy games definitly help define my interests, particularly writing and history.  Thus, I think as a society we should embrace the video game industry and what it has to offer :)
    I will say this tho, I do miss those old school rpgs... anyone remember Dragon Warrior?
17. I have a list going... Do you watch sports on TV?
    I am not a TV person in the least, but I do watch KU sports on TV and very little soccer.
18. If money were not a concern, what would you be doing?
    Traveling with my family and gf -  visiting Spain, Italy, Greece and Sicily particularly :)
19. What is your #1 thing to do to waste time?
    Listen to music of all sorts for hours and hours on end !
20. Do you have a favorite movie, actor and actress - and why?
    I am a big fan of the Lord of the Rings movies because I am a huge fan of Tolkien and the various concepts he weaved into his stories.  Like the Industrial Revolution, ecology and racism.  No real favorite actor/actress tho.
21. You've been the one and only EggXplorer for 2 months now. How are you feeling?
    Pretty good. I must say, that contest was very hard, and I am looking forward to the next challege.  Just hope I have as much time as I did back then; the last one probably took me close to 30 hours to do lol.  
22. What is your Guilty Pleasure?  =P
    Guilty pleasure... this could get me in trouble...but if we stay PC, then I would have to say it's cooking for large groups of people.  I just like the idea of experimenting with food and seeing the reactions of people when I make new creations.  I love presentation when it comes to food.  In fact, one of my best friends' fathers was an internationally known chef, and I learned a few tricks from him. It's always fun creating new dishes for friends and family.

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