1. I’m a mama’s boy. I never try to hide the fact that I am, but I have been a mama’s boy for as long as I can remember. I was spoiled growing up (not in a spoiled brat way), but I was the youngest so it just so happened that I clung to my mom a whole lot growing up. She’s been my role model for most of my life, so I guess it’s fitting.

2. I love fashion. I love shopping, and looking at clothes in magazines. I pay quite a bit of attention to the way others dress as well (both men and women). I’m a firm believer that who you are as a person, reflects on the way you dress. So when I meet new people, I quickly scan them to see how they’re put together. It’s just one of those things I do. Half the reason I subscribe to GQ is because of the fashion spreads. I loved visiting New York because of how diverse the fashion was there.

3. I’m addicted to music. Seriously, I love music so much. I’m always listening to music. When I dj’ed in college, I made mixtapes just for me to listen to. I didn’t care if other people heard them. When I wake up in the mornings to check email, etc., I have music playing. First thing I do when I get in my car in the morning and turn on music I want to listen to on my drive to work. When I get to work, I put my headphones on for more music. When I get home from work, I browse the internets for more/new music. I get it from my dad, because he is the same way, and I grew up listening to music with him. He had a nice record collection.

4. I used to play the violin. My sister played for a few years, and I had been pretty fascinated at how good she was. So I figured I’d play too, and get good quick, and love it. That wasn’t the case. Like anything, the violin takes years to get good at. But I’m a fast learner, so I figured I’d get good quick. I only ended up playing for 2 years because my patience ran out. It obviously wasn’t meant for me, but it was an interesting instrument to play.

5. I like wedding planning. I know that’s odd to hear from a guy, and it was actually something I was dreading before getting engaged. But once we started diving into things, I knew I wanted to handle the creative side of it (designing invites, finding photographers, etc.). So not only has it been fun designing stuff for the wedding, but it’s been interesting learning about other people’s crafts who are in the wedding industry. You don’t really realize how big the wedding industry is, until you’re planning one and talking with so many other people. So I enjoy seeing how other people work in their normal (and creative) jobs. I’m not used to being the client, so it gives me different perspective on how to work with people.

6. I was a gymnast. My high school had a mens gymnastics team, so I tried out my freshman year and made the cut. I actually got really good, really fast and had a blast doing it. I was the coaches guinea pig for trying new stuff. Luckily that didn’t backfire on me, because it’s quite a dangerous sport. I would have tried out for the mens team at MSU, but they were canceling the mens program. I miss the sport and competing quite a bit, and the only time I get to watch it is when the olympics comes around.

7. I’m a die-hard Florida Gators football fan. I get this question a lot, why I love the Gators so much, when I’m from the midwest and didn’t go there. Well my brother got me hooked on college football in the mid 90’s(ish), and he was a huge Florida State Seminoles fan. So the very first game I watched with him was a Florida/Florida State game, and since we’re competitive, I rooted against him and went with Florida. Since then, I’ve been a huge Gators fan through the good and bad seasons. When I lived back home, we always watched that game together, and now, living in different cities, we call each other (depending on the winner) to rub in the others’ lose. So that’s why I’m a Gators fan.

So there you go, 7 random/weird things about myself. I’m not ashamed of any of it, though I don’t exactly brag about it all either! Feel free to comment, otherwise it’s time to tag a few others:

• Victoria Pater
• Homer Gaines
• Matt Furtado
• Nicole Crimaldi
• Addam Wassel
• Damon Henry
• Naim Falandino

Here are the rules for my fellow bloggers:

• Link your original tagger(s), and list these rules on your blog.
• Share seven facts about yourself in the post – some random, some weird.
• Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
• Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs and/or Twitter.

So this summer, I want to do much more than I did last summer, in terms of getting outside (read: off the computer). I’ve already been golfing a bunch of times which already exceeds the total number of times I went last summer. I’ve been to two Tigers games, though one got rained out so we left early. I’m looking forward to a trip to NY in two weeks to visit Trav and JJ, so I’m hoping it’s purely sunshine when I’m there.

Lately I think I’ve had a good balance of downtime and work time. I feel like I’ve been working a crap load lately, but my downtime has been very relaxing so it works well. Tridea has been doing pretty well, and I’ve had lots of client calls lately which has been exciting. I was even contacted by an online publication in Lansing to be interviewed about how Tridea came to life, which will be published next week. The interview went really well though, and I could get used to doing more of those. It’s the second one I’ve had this year, the first was for this other blog. I will most likely post it on my Tumblr site since everything in-between personal and web design gets posted there.

So yeah, finally warm weather, and I refuse to be a computer junkie this time around and miss the whole summer. Plus, it’s not like I can’t use Twitter and the Internet on my phone.

I recently stumbled across Muxtape.com that lets you upload music to make a mixtape, with a total of 12 songs I think. I love the site so far, but I still wish there was a way to mix/blend the songs together, but beggers can’t be choosers. Anyways, I’m going to start making more of them, and I’m already on my second volume. So if you’re looking for something to listen to, and you like chill hip hop, check out my latest one: jphill.muxtape.com.

I’m already planning my third volume as being a non hip hop mix, but we’ll see. There is just too much good music out there. If you happen to make one, send it to me so I can listen.