Interrogation Station #4

Before we begin, a few things about Paige. She's started to say cute things like "HI GUYS!", "Bye, see you!" and when she drops something: "OH NO! GOSH!"

And now, on to the interview. I introduce to you, Jess. Great husband, dad, son, brother, friend, baby in hot air balloon tank top.

1) Do you have a nickname? Yes, you do. How did you come by this nickname?

My nickname is Jefe Gordo. Well, mm. Alright, uh, um. How DID I get it? (Here I refreshed his memory, and then he continued.) Oh, well I had a friend named Tanmay in college and he would call me Jeff in his Indian accent. Like, “Hey Jeff, let’s go to the gym and get a great pump.” I didn’t correct him at first, thinking I’d never see him too often, and then it was too late to tell him my name was actually Jess. 3 years went by before he found out the truth. He wanted to see how I scored on a test in a class we had together, and he saw my name in print and said “Your name is JESS? Your name’s not Jeff?” So I said “Oh, yeah, that’s cool though, my friends all call me Jeff.” Because I didn’t want to make him feel bad. (This is true, we did all call him Jeff by this time, BECAUSE of Tanmay. Chris and I for no real reason changed it to Fat Jeff at some point, and then Jefe Gordo.)

2) What has been your favorite year of your life?
Oh, wow. That’s kinda hard. I would extend it to say May 05 to November 06, so like a year and a half. Because I got married to Baber and had Skamoodzi. (Paige). So I’m cheating on this question. (I asked why he doesn’t include having Cason, and he says he’d have to cheat even more and stretch it into more than 3 years. Good answer though, overall. )

3) Who is your hero? Please tell us why.
Hmm. Hmmmmm. Christ. Also my dad for how hard he’s worked and everything he’s done for us.

4) What’s your favorite thing to do for fun?
Playing “Legos”, with my wife. Watching Ducktales with my kids. That sums it up.

5) How about some favorite memories from childhood?
Oh. Watching A Disney afternoon, which was Talespin, Ducktales, etc. Also playing Asteroids with Craig on his computer before school. Watching 3 Stooges with dad, playing UpWords with mom, and watching Newsies with my sister. (He’s still in love with Christian Bale.)

And adulthood?
Since getting married and having my babies are obvious answers, I’ll go with something else to keep this thing interesting. Riding the bus to the ASU campus to do leg day at the rec center with Baber. I don’t know why I have such fond memories, she tortured me so. (Boys are wimps about leg workouts.)

6) Worst memory?
Probably any and every time I’ve gotten the flu. (He nearly dies when he gets the flu, it’s true. On vacation a little over a year ago, he lost like 17 pounds in about 3 days, he looked like a heroin addict while he was sick.)

7) 3 things you want to accomplish (or just do) in life?
a) Hmmm. Have more kids
b) Beat Chris in a one on one game of anything.
c) Learn to read.

8) Dog or cat? Why?
I...ooh…both…because dogs are more fun, but our cat Charlie was a better guard dog than any dog can be. He could kill any land animal in the world. Plus he was sweet and smelled like a meadow. (very little of this is true. He was sweet though.)


9) What do you think is your biggest talent?
Aww man. I’m pretty good at Madden video games I guess. And that is all. (He’s a liar again, he’s quite athletic too.)

10) What makes being married to me so cool? What about being a dad to Squaidz and Casodilla? (Or Casonova, as our friend Megan referred to him. I feel like such a fool for not thinking of it.)
What’s so cool about it, shoot. Brandi’s friggin the funniest. She is so beautiful. And we can enjoy eachother no matter what we’re doing. She’s the best mom on the globe. (Fishing for compliments is the best)
My kids are SO cute, and just so much fun. Everything they do makes life better.

And that is Jess.