FULL NAME NAME<\/p>\n
Walter Hayes Hopgood<\/p>\n
WHEN WERE YOU BORN?<\/p>\n
November 12th, 1967.\u00a0 Yes, thank you.\u00a0 I\u2019m old.<\/p>\n
TIMES YOU ROLLED YOUR EYES AS A KID WHEN SOMEONE\u2019D SCREAM, \u201cWALTER PAYTON!\u201d OR \u201cWALTER CRONKITE!\u201d<\/p>\n
Way too many times to remember!<\/p>\n
HOW CLOSE WERE YOU TO EITHER FAMOUS WALTER?<\/p>\n
Well, I used a locker right next to Walter Payton\u2019s in the Chicago O\u2019Hare Hilton gym in the Spring of 2010.\u00a0 Does that count?<\/p>\n
NUMBER OF NAMES YOU RECEIVED FROM FAMILY MEMBERS?<\/p>\n
Two. Walter from my father, Hayes from my grandfather.\u00a0 I\u2019m the only kid that got two family names; everyone else got just one.<\/p>\n
RESIDENCE?<\/p>\n
Boring, Oregon.\u00a0 Okay, okay, so they recently rezoned and incorporated so technically we are in Damascus.\u00a0 But still.<\/p>\n
RESIDENCE TYPE<\/p>\n
Does \u201cGreen Acres\u201d count?<\/p>\n
AFFILIATION?<\/p>\n
Huh?<\/p>\n
YOU KNOW…. ORIENTATION!<\/p>\n
Oh!\u00a0 Proudly heterosexually impaired.\u00a0 And yes, that means I\u2019m gay.<\/p>\n
MARITAL STATUS?<\/p>\n
Happily attached to one Patrick L. Mathews since February 14th, 1992.<\/p>\n
NUMBER OF BIOLOGICAL IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT KNOW AND ARE SUPPORTIVE OF YOU AND PATRICK?<\/p>\n
My mom and my sister Ann know and are always asking about Patrick.\u00a0 My other sisters know, but honestly I don\u2019t care what they think.\u00a0 I only have to answer to me and Patrick; nobody else.<\/p>\n
NUMBER OF NON-BIOLOGICAL FAMILY MEMBERS (READ: REALLY CLOSE FRIENDS I CONSIDER FAMILY) THAT KNOW BOTH OF YOU AND ARE SUPPORTIVE?<\/p>\n
WAY too many to count!<\/p>\n
NUMBER OF ANIMALS?<\/p>\n
You mean pets?\u00a0 Besides Patrick?<\/p>\n
YES, NUMBER OF PETS, BESIDES PATRICK<\/p>\n
Currently 4.\u00a0 Shiva and Bailey, who you saw above.\u00a0 They are both almost 8 years old Great Danes.\u00a0 Big babies!\u00a0 Then there\u2019s Ichabod, aka \u201cIcky Kitty\u201d who, we have declared, is not a cat, but a COG.\u00a0 He\u2019s a kitty dog.\u00a0 Yes, he thinks he\u2019s a dog.\u00a0 And finally there\u2019s Thelma.\u00a0 We\u2019ve had many other chickens, but they aren\u2019t as tough as Thelma.\u00a0 Oh, and she thinks she\u2019s a dog, too.\u00a0 Even tries to come in the house.<\/p>\n
FAVORITE VACATION SPOT?<\/p>\n
HANDS DOWN it has to be Puerto Rico.\u00a0 We have been six times or so.\u00a0 It is\u00a0so\u00a0relaxing!<\/p>\n
CURRENT WORK SPOT?<\/p>\n
Right now, Grand Rapids, Michigan.\u00a0 Three timezones and an entire Sunday wasted on travel.\u00a0 But it\u2019s a good client.<\/p>\n
WHAT DO YOU DO FOR WORK?<\/p>\n
I work in the medical software field on electronic medical record field working on medical records, pharmacy, and all sorts of medical geekdom.\u00a0 It\u2019s honestly a blast of a job; I love it!\u00a0 And they say, you need to do what you love or you shouldn\u2019t be doing it!<\/p>\n
WHAT ABOUT FOR FUN?<\/p>\n