The Journeyman – Brandon Kraft

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Doing a couple or so now, rest later…

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    1. I know the Kraft Twitter confusion is old news now. The names ppl called me were old in 3rd grade. Doing an interview w/ Wired now…
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    1. My dad died when I was 12 after a long fight with alcoholism. I still go between being pissed at him & missing him terribly.
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    1. I was accepted into Catholic seminary. Decided not to go. The day after breaking it off with the Bishop, I met my now-wife.
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    1. Still very religious, doesn’t always show. Don’t want to be written off as one of “those” people. Hope I’m more relevant than that.
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    3a. Forgot to mention that today is the 13th anniversary of the day we met.

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    1. Growing up, I thought we were upper middle class because our house was worth $50k and we had cable. No movie channels, we weren’t rich.
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    1. I feel like I can solve any problem on a computer but had to call a guy today because I couldn’t find a leak. The hose wasn’t fully off.
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    1. In 4th(?) grade, I almost drown at a safety patrol swim party. Still never learned and don’t like pools.
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    1. 6th grade, I was awarded safety patrolman of the year by the school district. Still have the badge & wonder why girls weren’t into me.
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    1. I want to be a niche writer, like on beer or fatherhood but feel like a poser anytime I write anything on, well, any subject actually.
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    1. I squandered a ton of scholarships in college by skipping class and going through delayed grief (tweet 2). Took 8 yrs for my BA.
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    1. Conversely I was “most decorated” senior in high school. Double-“majored” and all this IB shit. Wore a closet of cords on my regalia.
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    12a. [insert commentary about not propping up kids to think people give a shit about any of that a month after starting undergrad.]

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    1. I’m not superstitious but love “pretty” numbers. Phone number ends in 00 and I favor when numbers end in 0, 5, or 9.
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    1. I have three siblings who are 21-, 20-, and 17-years older than me and a full-blood niece 18 months older than me.
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    1. My niece’s daycare almost called CPS on me when she told them her uncle hit her with a shovel. I was two. It was plastic.
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    1. I love being of German descent, but want to take a genetic test in hope that I’m some part Irish too.
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    16a. My grandfather (who is almost 98) has his side of the family traced back to the 900s in England, so there’s a chance.

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    1. I started running cross-country in HS bc I liked a girl who also ran. She asked me to prom but I already had a date.
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    1. I’m not athletic. Passed out 1st x-country race, dead last in another. I’m stubborn, hence the marathons and half-marathons now.
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    1. My wife and I signed up for a marathon for Feb in honor of the 10-yr anniversary of our first marathon. We’re dumb.
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    Need to be an adult and do dishes, etc. I’ll finish them up later!

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    1. I don’t eat cereal often, but I always eat two bowls. I life-hacked to use a really small bowl so I can have two bowls w/o the impact.
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    1. Of any potential scientific discovery that I’d never see that wish I could would be time travel. But we’d find some way to ruin it.
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    1. I don’t want to get invested in new “universes” so tend to rewatch series over again (WW, ST, SG, etc)
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    1. My personal motto is “Life is seldom easy when done right.”
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    1. My backup motto is “Every pizza is a personal pizza if you believe in yourself and try really really hard.”
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    1. Despite knowing what happens back of house at a chain fast food place, I don’t associate that knowledge with any food I consume.
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    1. I like my job, but wish I had more time to work on Core WordPress. My life would be drastically different without that box of code.
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    1. I enjoy helping others contribute Core more than almost anything else. Most of my 70+ commits have been silly things most ppl could do
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    1. I still have an active site on Moveable Type.
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    1. Until getting married, I kept all of my books catalogued in library software. I still get anxious that my shelves aren’t logged now.