Andy

name: andy assareh

age: 28

sign: aquarius

occupation: systems engineer, digital avionics

languages: english, farsi, spanish *un poquito*

five things i really like: coffee, fast cars with all wheel drive, nerding, sushi, travel

five things i really don’t: alarm clocks, arachnids, bad drivers, curry, tv commercials

life’s ambition: drive the gumball 3000

recent movies: youth in revolt, get him to the greek, ghost writer, iron man 2, pirates of silicon valley, the september issue, avatar, shutter island, shaun of the dead, district 9

recent books: the girl with the dragon tattoo, the art of making money, the big short, superfreakonomics, how we decide, freakonomics, bloody confused!: a clueless american sportswriter seeks solace in english soccer, liar’s poker, the lost symbol, the race card: how bluffing about bias makes race relations worse

ideal office space: anything with a view of the puget sound

favorite cubicle accessory: employee of the year mug

favorite draft: guinness

favorite type of apple: honeycrisp

favorite appliance: sub-zero refrigerator

favorite household chore: vacuuming

favorite foreign television programs: top gear, the it crowd, gavin & stacey

favorite movie that’s older than me: smokey and the bandit

longest phone conversation: 3 hours, 56 minutes, 30 seconds

guilty pleasure: kathy griffin: my life on the d-list

biggest weakness: ben & jerry’s vermonty python or dublin mudslide

craziest thing i’ve ever done: JFK-DFW-LGW-DFW-JFK mileage run. that’s 12,308 miles and 26 out of 30 consecutive hours spent at 37,000 ft