Nick Name(s): snubNOSE
Birthday: 07/07/69
Location: Houston, TX
Favorite Foods: erm tough one, Mexican/Italian; the spicier the better
Favorite Movies: Usual Suspects, 5th Element, Big Lebowski and Blade Runner
Current Games Played: Quake3 & UT2k3 (shhhhh don't tell anybody!)
Favorite Games Of All Time: gotta be Q3 still playing it after all this time
Hangouts: Kitchen - I lub to cook for a crowd! Ernie's On Banks (local pub)

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[Jube]: Jumping right in here... You defy all gamer stereotypes. You have the distinction of being the only guy I know who has a metal bolt through his penis. Spill it! How many tattoos and piercings do you have, and where are they located?

[snubNOSE]: Heh, I wouldn't say I defy gamer stereotypes. I think I fit in with most geeks in the computer industry today with tattoos, piercings and up until a couple years ago long hair.

Piercings: Start at the ears and work your way down.... :P

Tattoos: The first tattoo I got was an Egyptian eye surrounded by a triangle on my left shoulder right after my 18th birthday. The second was a winged scarab right below it about a year later. Then my only tatt I purchased off of the wall was a howling wolf in front of a sunset on my left shoulder. I not real thrilled with it, partly because it wasn't something that I drew and partly cause the guy totally fugged it up. He gave me a discount, BIG WOOP!, I'm still stuck with it... hehe. The next year I got a tatt of woman on my right shoulder. I then got an armband of a bunch of sexless guys on my left arm. Yes, the guys have no FUNdaments! It's the same guy I painted chained to a wall on the back of my leather jacket. Hey I was in a brooding period m'kay!

Right after I got married I got a Capricorn tribal on my left side belly. After we divorced/re-married and were finally re-divorced I had it covered up with a crow. Yeah u read that right I married the same woman twice, it was one of those extremely passionate but completely destructive relationships. I got two REALLY great kids out of it, so I have no regrets in that department. My last tattoo I got a couple years ago of a large hallow cross starting from my left chest down to the bottom of my ribs. Inside the cross is a chinese dragon like the one my father had on his back before he was killed in a motorcycle accident. I still haven't got it completely finished and by QuakeCon it should be completed along with a cover-up for the 'howling wolf' I definitely do not think I'm the 'World's Most Illustrated Man'; I have friends that make me look like an unnamed purple wussy kiddy show host.

[Jube]: Out of all the Q3 clans out there, why'd you decide on gLu?

[snubNOSE]: I hung out with allot of people on the same server for well over a year and a half, never really thought about joining a clan. Then met JestaFreak, insulted him, and the rest is history.. hehe

[Jube]: On the job front, you recently went to work on a computer and ran into a nasty surprise. Tell us the story, and did you ever hear back from the woman who owned said nasty assed computer?

[snubNOSE]: Heh, great I'm still having nightmares and you're asking me to re-live it. Alright already.. :)

A woman drops off her computer for repair because it was 'dead', but once I opened it up there was nothing dead about the inside of the pc. There was a good 1/4" of dead roaches on the bottom of the case, but the motherboard and all of the cards were covered by a living mass of brown.... blech, I'm gettin heebies just writing this.. roaches. They were everywhere, packed in between the dimms and between the fins of the CPU cooler. When I pulled the cover off they started scattering everywhere onto me worst of all.... blech again. By no means do I consider myself a squeamish person I've changed my kids diapers (hehe) but the unexpected mass of bugs was unsettling. Needless to say I took the pc out back and took the shopvac to it. And spent the next several minutes stomping the ground in and around my workbench. Took the pc wrapped it up in a big garbage bag taped it all up and called the customer. Who get this denied any knowledge of roaches, I've seen the inside of this woman's computer I couldn't even begin to imagine what her house must look like!

So I told her I was going to charge her $100 bucks an hour to work on her system and she said O.K.! Bah I figured she wouldn't want to pay that much! So I double bagged the pc and sprayed half a can of raid in there and let it sit over night. It took me a good two hours removing all of the drives/motherboard/cards and cleaning all of the remains/droppings and the surprising part the only part that was bad was the hard drive. And I don't think that was roach related!

[Jube]: Apparently you like to take your clothes off in public. Are the people of QuakeCon 2003 in for some action that may surpass last year's Quake Thong Guy spectacle?

[snubNOSE]: Luckily at QuakeCon I missed the whole 'thong' episode I don't need the competition... LOL! With the right amount of booze I could be talked into getting nekkid!

[Jube]: Is it true that everything's bigger in Texas?

[snubNOSE]: I can't give away all ma secrets! That our you'll have to show up at QuakeCon!

[Jube]: What would you do if you started dating a woman who didn't agree with the time you spend gaming and hanging out with gLu? Would you prefer to date a gamer or non-gamer?

[snubNOSE]: I recently got out of a long-term relationship with a girl who didn't agree with my hours spent on-line gaming. Luckily for me she was a flight attendant and was gone for 3 or 4 days at a time.

When it comes to dating my only request is that she has at least 3 brain cells and a pulse, or at least a pulse.... heh that's only partially true, it's all about being able to stomach my cooking!

[Jube]: Do you have any past clans or tournaments under your belt?

[snubNOSE]: Other than our clans 'local' tournament of regulars I haven't played in any events, just when I think I'm good some 12 year old gets online and kicks ma butt! hehe I never been in any other clan and I've found the perfect match in gLu. We play to win, but we play more for the quirky company and fun!

[Jube]: Any games that you're currently looking forward to the release of?

[snubNOSE]: Gotta Be DOOM! PlanetSide is looking pretty cool; I have a friend that's on their forums everyday begging to play. LOL

[Jube]: If you were stranded on a deserted island with three other gLu members, which three would you want them to be?

[snubNOSE]: Heh another tough one, I would have to say LadyV well cause she's a lady and not some guy in a skirt, but the second person that's kind of tougher.

How long would we be stranded? What kind of Internet connection is available? The obvious answer would have to be Mung, cause he likes to cuddle... LOL J/K! It would have to be DarkHorse he's my clannie, best friend and roommate, if he can put up with my mess and my kids he could handle a deserted island.