Long overdue FAQ

This is my long overdue responses post. I'll try to address a bunch of the comments that people made on previous posts because I am lazy and haven't been keeping this up.

If you had a really specific comment that you wanted a response to, remind me on this post or send me an email. I'll be getting to my email today or tomorrow.

FAQ:

Karl, what do you do other than D&D?
Well, I work at Loyola Medical Center as a research assistant. We do Cardiovascular Physiology research, and my job is awesome. Also, I play some video games. Nintendo is the best. I work with a youth group in Wilmette on the weekends. Since I got back from filming the show, I go out a lot, too. Danielle makes me go to clubs that I probably would have never thought of going to before. It's pretty fun, and I think the old me wouldn't have liked it.

Karl, I was sad when you and Danielle left the mansion.
So was I.

Dude you are totally not a geek!
Yes I am. But I'm also a very social person. I function very well in almost all social situations. I think the reason why I was cast on the show is because the one social arena where I constantly fail is with girls. Especially the ones that I am interested in. Also, I have a personality that people would like to see on a reality show, and I did have some room to grow.

What was school like for you?
Actually, I was kind of a jock in college. Captain of the cross country team, most valuable, that sort of thing. But my roommates and I really kept to ourselves a lot of the time. Also, I had goals like getting all 120 stars in Mario 64 and finishing all the sidequests in Ocarina of Time, so that kept me from doing a lot of social things.

Do you play online rpg's?
Nope. I could never get into them, and I don't really see myself getting into them. I can't explain it, they're just not really my thing.

Do you play other rpg's besides D&D?
Unfortunately, no. I started D&D when I was 18, and have been playing ever since. As any gamer knows, rpg's are kind of an expensive hobby. The books cost like forty bucks a pop, and I can't afford to keep up with other rpg's. Stick to one thing and do it really well is what I always say.

What characters have you played?
Haha, this is my favorite question just because I come up with awesome names for my characters. My first character was an elf ranger named Ralph. He was killed by a subversive member of our party. Next was Fnya, a human barbarian. I don't know what happened to him. Then I had Filthy Gimp, an orc barbarian. He's still around I think. Then came Francois, a french halfling rogue. He was awesome, but met an early end to a roper. I had a drow wizard named Tadryn who I never played because the DM introduced me to the party tied up and unconscious. Another party member dealt a coup de grace without even giving me a chance. Then I played Tedryn, another drow wizard. He was pretty good. We played through the City of the Spider Queen module with him. He's still alive and is like 18th level. My most recent character was a Warforged fighter named Roebit. I like that race. A lot. I also had a really powerful druid in there somewhere, but I don't remember his details. I'm DMing right now, and we're working on a high to epic level module called Bastion of Broken Souls. I'm loving it because the story is really good. I just hope my players like it too.

Do you still run regularly?
I'm trying to get back into it. I used to be relatively fast. Tyson and I want to run a marathon together, but right now he could totally whoop my ass. Although, I ran the Phoenix marathon a couple years ago without training and ran 3:30. That's pretty solid. I used to be able to run a mile in under 4:30, but I'm more of a 5K/10K/half marathon kind of guy. At my college, I have the fifth fastest 10K(6.2 miles) time in the school's history (a somewhat unimpressive 34:30). But my crowning achievement is having the third fastest 8K(4.98 miles) time in the school's history, which is 27:19. One of these days I'll get back into my training, and we'll run that marathon, Tyson!

I saw you the other night at a club, do you remember me?
Probably! I love attention, and when people recognize me, i won't forget because it makes me really happy!

OK, so that's all I can think of right now... Any more questions, I'll try to answer them in the comments or in a later post.