Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Me in a Nutshell

8 jobs I have had
1. My first job was for the YMCA. I was 15 and I was field manager. I sat at the baseball field for four hours and made sure I gave necessary notes to the different coaches. I slept most of the time. This job didn't last long. I forgot to tell my boss that I went on a trip and so I missed a few shifts. Once I found out that I had missed shifts I never went back. I am not proud of it but that is what happened.

2. Juice man at Jamba juice. I have worked here on three different occasions. Once before my Junior year of High School. The second time was when I was living in Provo right after my mission. The third time was the following summer.

3. Daycare supervisor. I loved this job. I played with kids all day. We went on field trips to the pool, the zoo, and other fun places. However, I was always really tired after I was done. I don't know how Mom does it.

4. Mail opener. I received, opened and sorted lots of mail for the Dish Network. The most memorable part of this job was working with a really weird guy named Kevin. He had quite the history and if 1/4 of it was true he would have lived quite the life. ex-he owned over a million dollars worth of toys that he kept in his basement.

5. I was the official cantaloupe cutter at the Cannon center. The only cool thing about this job was the machine that was designed to cut the rind off. I hurt my knee after working here for about a month and I couldn't work anymore.

6. I worked at the Malt Shoppe at the same time as I worked at Jamba Juice after getting home from my mission. I hated it. I swore that I would never work in the food industry again. Although I became the face of the Malt Shoppe because I always worked the register.

7. After my second surgery, while I was recovering, I worked at the same plastic factory as Drew and Kristen. Very boring!!! This was only for a few weeks.

8. I have been working at the MTC teaching Japanese for almost 3 years now. I love the missionaries and the daily dosage of the spirit that comes along with the job.

Places I have lived
1. Jefferson City, MO (birth-6 years)
2. Littleton, CO (6years-19years)
3. Provo, UT (19, and 21-25years)
4. In and around Hiroshima Japan (19-21years)

Favorite foods
1. Barbeque Pork steaks with fried Potatoes
2. Little Bread Things
3. Mom's meatballs (Come to my wedding reception because we will have plenty)
4. Poullet de Normandy
5. Okonomiyaki (This can only be found in Japan. A cabbage pancake)

Top Five movies
1. Life is Beautiful
2. Contact
3. Miracle
4. Hoosiers
5. Karate Kid

Top Five shows
1. Lost
2. 24
3. Seinfield
4. March Madness
5. College Football national championship (USC vs. TEXAS)

Four weird things about me
1. I randomly start choking while I am eating. I have yet to find a pattern to this phenomenon. However, I can now recgonize when it is coming on so I just stop eating until it passes. For the longest time I have thought this was due to scar tissue built up in my esophagus because of a previous injury (abrazed esophogus). I do not believe this anymore. Drew is a witness to this.

2. I have been in one official fight and I lost. This was in first grade and I have never fought again.

3. I hate wearing sandals. This is a big difference between me and Laura. The woman will wear flip-flops in below freezing weather. I don't know why but my feet need to feel protected.

4. I like to feel in charge. If I am in a situation and no one else takes charge I automatically feel like I am the one in charge. Very strange!!

Toughest Foster
1. All Foster women that have given birth
2. Tyler Foster
3. Matt Foster
4. Drew Foster ?- this one is up for grabs. I picked Drew because he runs a lot and experiences more pain than most of us.

I think I choose Ty because I have seen him in action more than Matt. However, when I try to picture Ty and Matt in a cage fight I have a hard time imagining a winner.

3 comments:

xaque said...

abrazed esophagus? all i can think of is twizlers.

Goose said...

You forgot a few wierd things about yourself. How could you forget about how Oreos always find their way to make a perfect ring around your mouth. I could go on, but will stop there. J/K But the whole eating fast thing and choking is quite strange. I'm sorry man, but now you know the dangers of Twizlers. Don't let anyone else make the same mistake as you or they could end up with the same problem.

Also, your toughest Foster list is a joke. I thought I already proved that I was the toughest when I won "The most manly man" competition. So you can make your list, but we all know the truth. It's not fair that the last time we had a wrestling tournament I was in third grade so I was unable to compete. At least you didn't put me behind Mark or Jeff, that would be real embarrassing.

Danalin said...

Accept your place on the list, Drew... :)

Such a fascinating life already, Ad-Bad! Now I know that I should take back the flip flops I bought for you for Christmas. You just won't be getting anything from me since I thought that flip flops would be the perfect present. Sorry.

Two people in my family have that same choking while eating condition - my brother and my grandma. I think a doctor has told one of them what causes it. I'll have to ask. But one time it was very scary at Outback Steakhouse because my brother turned purple and couldn't get the food out. It ended up coming out with the heimlich (along with a lot of his dinner :() and so we actually all got our food for free that night! So maybe you should try that trick at the end of your next expensive meal. :)