Full name : Andrew Scott Poore, but everyone calls me either Andy or Ando, or uses a nickname from below
Nicknames : Weird Ando; The Amazing Ando; The Cool Loser; Althie; Strange Andy; Odd Andy; Dim Andy; Silly Ando; Dubble Bubble (don't ask!); Webster; The White Blaze; Ted (long story XD); Mike #27 (another long story); Thor, God of Glance (equally long story)
Parents : Chuck and Debra Poore (the most wonderful parents in the world!)
Birthday : September 2nd, 1982 (that makes me 24 now, for all of you lazy people who don't want to count the years)
When I got saved : September 13, 1989 (No, it's not a guess or photographic memory, Dad wrote in my Bible when I got saved so I would never forget)
Current church : Grace Fellowship Church of Paulding County (my family and some of our friends and relatives started this church in January of 2002, my Dad is the pastor, and I'm the music minister)
School history : K-2 I went to Norton Park Elementary School. 3rd grade I went to Russell Elementary School. From 4th grade onwards I was home-schooled. I took and passed my GED in 2000.
Current school : Kennesaw State University. Before that, I was at Chattahoochee Technical College. I graduated with 19 A's and a B [an english class with the teacher from Hell], and earned my Associate's Degree in Computer Programming. I'm pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in the same subject.
Awards won : 3 awards given to me by my former piano teacher, Barbara Mould. A small medal, a plaque, and a trophy, each given to me at a piano recital. Also, I was awarded the Outstanding Student of the Year in Mathematics for the 2001 year at the Chattahoochee Tech Paulding Campus. How that occured, I'll never know, because I'm NOT a math whiz at all. In fact, Math is usually my worst subject. I also won the Outstanding Student of the Year in Computer Programming for the 2002 year at the Marietta Campus. And also, when I graduated, I was honored to get the Outstanding Graduate Award for the Computer Programming major. Also, I made the Dean's List at KSU for the first time ever for the Spring semester of 2006.
Current Job : Student Assistant in one of KSU's Computer Labs
Hobbies : Playing video games, tinkering on the computer, designing web pages, playing music, listening to music.
Girlfriend? Yes! Her name is Katie Mae Parker, and she is wonderful! We've been going out since August 2006, and we're deliriously happy with each other.
Instruments played : Mainly guitar (mainly rhythm, but I can fake some lead). Also piano/keyboard, bass guitar, and drums
For how long? Been playing guitar since I was 6, started taking piano lessons at 9 years old. I started messing around with bass guitar a few years back, and drums shortly thereafter. I don't own a bass or a drum set, though, so I'm still an amateur.
Instruments owned : 3 acoustic guitars (a 6-string Ibanez, a 12-string Ibanez, and a 6-string Regal signed by Fastball), 1 electric guitar (Jackson 6-string), and a baby grand piano (a Kingsbury that's over 100 years old, still got a GREAT sound, though).
Songwriting influences : The Beatles, Gordon Lightfoot, Dan Fogelberg, John Denver, Gin Blossoms, Del Amitri, John Mayer, Barenaked Ladies, Derek Webb, and I'm sure some others have had minor influence, but those are the biggest influences...eclectic group, eh?
Lyrical inspirations : Usually, what inspires me to write is love (both returned and unrequited). However, a few other things like friendship and social pressures have sparked off a song or two.
Lyrics to my songs can be found elsewhere on my site
Favorite bands/groups/artists : Sugarcult, Barenaked Ladies, Default, Jimmy Eat World, Jet, Lifehouse, Gordon Lightfoot, Los Lonely Boys, Matchbox 20, The All-American Rejects, Tal Bachman, The Beatles, Michelle Branch, The Brothers Creeggan, Collective Soul, Del Amitri, Fastball, Dan Fogelberg, Gin Blossoms, Green Day, Guano Apes, Harvey Danger, Hootie and the Blowfish, Edwin McCain, The Moody Blues, Shawn Mullins, Anna Nalick, Newfound Glory, Nine Days, Santana, Savage Garden, Silverchair, Simple Plan, Sugar Ray, Third Eye Blind, Vertical Horizon, The Wallflowers, Weezer, The White Stripes, The Who, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Yellowcard...and that's just a meager fraction of people I like. But it gives you a good idea of what I like.
Favorite movies : Monty Python and the Holy Grail, UHF, The Ring, The Eye, Ju-Rei (The Uncanny), Hide And Seek, Serenity, most Star Trek movies, The Sixth Sense, Signs, The Others, White Noise, MST3K : The Movie, Men In Black, Independence Day...this list could go on forever...seriously, I LOVE watching movies!
Favorite TV shows : 24, Prison break, Lost, CSI, Without A Trace, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Firefly, Star Trek (DS9 is my fave incarnation), MST3K, M*A*S*H*, SCTV...there are a few of those Nick At Nite shows I like too, so if you wanna know those, just ask me.
Favorite books : The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the David Eddings 12-book epic, The Redemption of Althalus, the 5-book Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, the Darksword trilogy, Star Trek DS9 book 5 : Fallen Heroes, The Oath, War Of The Worlds, Dracula...I love to read, this list could get really really long...
Favorite comedians : Bill Cosby, Louie Anderson, George Carlin, Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Grady Nutt, Wendy Bagwell, Mark Lowry, Steve Geyer, Red Skelton, Bob Newhart
Words/phrases I overuse : Dude, man, sweet, groovy, flerk (or other forms thereof), "Oh, poopie!", "Holy crap!", "Oh, just STFU!" (yes, I pronounce it "st-foo"), "You suck!" "Oh, bite me, it's fun!", "Psh! Well, you're no fun!", "Oh, boo...should I call the WAH-mbulance?", "Well, as [band/artist/movie/TV show] says, [insert quote here]", "Phew! It's hotter'n Terry Farrell in a bikini out there!", "What's up with that?"...this list really could go on and on and on...
Favorite sport/team/athlete : I put these together because they go hand-in-hand..er, in hand...anyway...My favorite sport is football, favorite team is the Denver Broncos, and favorite player is John Elway (the retired hall-of-fame QB of said Broncos).
Video game systems I own : Pong machine, Atari, NES, (used to have an SNES, long story as as to why I don't anymore), Sega Genesis, Game Boy (actually, got 2 of these; the original bulky one and a clear Pocket version), N64, Dreamcast, Playstation, PS2, GameCube, XBox...and NO, I will NOT name a favorite, because that's a BIG ole' can of worms I'd rather not open.