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O: Why aren’t you playing this year?

B: No comment. It’s complicated.

O: OK, what do your friends say about you?

B: I’m one wild and crazy guy! They would also say I’m interesting. In fact, I believe my buddy Andy Gossbach said that if he could do a study on any one person, I would be that person. I think that sums it up.

O: What is something that you’re passionate about right now?

B: I’m really a people person. Money doesn’t really make me happy at all. I don’t really have that many possessions, as you can tell from my room. The things that make me happy are my friends and family, which is the thing that really drives me in life, especially my Dad. My Dad and I are really close.

O: What is your favorite class you’re taking right now?

B: My favorite class would have to be Intro to Sociology with Markowitz. There’s a lot of interesting and open discussions and he doesn’t censor the class, you can say whatever you want. I enjoy classes like that.

O: If you could be any kind of fruit, what would you be?

B: Umm, probably a popsicle.

O: A fruit, Brian!

B: Oh, [laughing] I thought you said food. OK, I change it to banana.

O: Why do you like bananas?

B: No comment. [laughs]

O: How do you organize your closet?

B: Well, let’s see, I usually take all my white shirts and underwear and dump them on the top shelf in a big pile. Then all my other clothes are everywhere around the house. Most of the dirty ones are in the
bathroom behind the door, a few shirts get hung up to dry and then the rest of my clothes are just kinda laid around my room on the floor.

O: What state is your room usually in?

B: Well, right now it’s semi-clean, I did kind of clean it recently. Well maybe I should say it’s semi-clean compared to what it was before. I mean, to a normal person my room might come off as a little trashy but it feels like home to me. (laughs)

O: So clean to you is trashy to the normal person?

B: Yeah, I think that sums it up.

O: Would you rather go to the library or go to a bar with your friends?

B: I’d rather drink with my friends at the library.

O: Where do you see yourself five years from now?

B: Probably teaching somewhere where I can get a job. Hopefully coaching basketball and married with three or four kids. No, I’m just kidding. [laughs] But I’ll probably be a newly-wed five years from now.

O: What subject do you want to teach?

B: Social Studies for high school or middle school if I have to.

O: Where do you picture yourself ideally living?

B: Umm, wherever my dream girl would like to be.

O: What is something that causes you to lose your temper?

B: Well, I did drop a bottle of whiskey on the ground before the homecoming dance, I’d have to say that’s
probably the angriest I’ve been in about two years. I hadn’t even taken the cap off yet, and I dropped it and it shattered everywhere. I was pissed.

O: OK, let’s move to something a little less offensive. What do you do in your spare time?

B: Play basketball, drink, I watch TV with the roommates, I like movies...ahh, did I already say that I drink? I ran a marathon this summer. But don’t ask me how long it took me. It was not pretty.

O: Wow, so you ran a marathon. Where was it,and why did you do it?

B: It was in Duluth. I ran it because my Dad has run three marathons and I promised him I’d run one with him if I quit playing basketball. He thought it would be his last one, so I decided to run it with him.

O: What’s the weirdest combination of food you’ve ever eaten?

B: Oh boy, I once ate seven double hamburgers, a fish fillet and a medium fry in a half an hour. It was because I made a bet with a friend and I won, although he still hasn’t paid me.

O: What’s you’re biggest pet peeve?

B: Umm, I can’t lie. My biggest pet peeve is when my roommate makes out on the couch in front of me. I’ve asked him like three times to not do it in front of me.

O: If you were to write a book, what would you call it, what would it be about, and who would you dedicate it to?

B: I have to say that I already have a plan for a book in the making. I thought of it in the weight-room while I was really tired. I’m gonna call it “I Just Kinda Want To Sit Down,” by Brian Engles. It’s basically gonna be about my everlasting quest to find more time to sit on my ass. And I would have to dedicate the book to Andy Grossbach ‘cause he has inspired me to write it.