Last updated: 6-19-10
For my About Me page, I decided one of these long quiz things would cover pretty much everything, so here you go. I first did this one 3 years ago, and I changed most of my answers, surprisingly. I also kind of “dove into” some of the questions and answered more than they asked.
Note: I sometimes go through this and update it when I’m bored, and I’m also very sarcastic throughout the course of this page. 
-Name: Philip Daniel DiStefano.
-Nickname(s): Phil, but prefer to be called Philip. Any other name is subject to my approval. I will accept PDD from a few people. 
-Are you named after anyone?: My dad and I guess my brother, who was named after Daniel Boone.
-Pets: Two yellow-bellied slider turtles named Bit and Byte. Their names are very fitting.
-Birthday: February 19, 1986.
-Time of birth: 10:12 A.M.
-Age: 24.
-Height: 6′1″ or something like that.
-Eye color: My eyes usually look brown, but they were classified as green when I was born.
-Hair color: Brown.
-Current residence: Baton Rouge, LA.
-Where were you born?: Houma, LA.
-Where did you grow up?: Bayou Blue, LA and Houma, LA.
-Email address: 
-AOL screenname: pdiste1
-Homepages: www.inphiltrate.com, because if I didn’t visit my site, then who would?
-Computer(s): MacBook Pro, iPhone/iPad (…what? My iPhone and iPad have taken over some of the duties of my MBP ), new desktop (built), HTPC (built), netbook (Dell Mini 9), old desktop (built), older desktop (Dell), old laptop (Toshiba), G3 iMac. Even though my desktop is way more powerful than my laptop and has an SSD and all of that jazz, I still use my laptop more.
-School: Louisiana State University for graduate school.
-What do you want to be?: Always happy.
-Fears: Losing loved ones, being a failure, other generic things.
-Medical issues: A bit of lactose intolerance, and I’m extremely near-sighted if that counts.
-Where do you work?: I am a Jr. Systems Administrator with the University of New Orleans, but I work in Baton Rouge. I also write the Tech News and Advice column for Tiger Weekly.
*Opinions and Questions*
-Best book you’ve read in school: Signal to Noise, since I technically first read it in school, though it wasn’t for a class. The best book I’ve read for a class would be “To Kill a Mockingbird” in 10th grade.
-Best kind of music: Pop-Punk, Synth Pop/Electropop, Post-Grunge, and Country are mostly what I listen to. I like something about most genres of music, and I’ve found that appreciating music as a whole rather than one type of music is much more fulfilling.
-Do you like someone famous: Yes, I like a lot of famous people.
-If yes, who?: Zooey Deschanel, others.
-What are your favorite clothing brands?: Billabong, BKE, Hurley, Quiksilver, Volcom, Fox, and Express.
-What is your idea of a perfect date?: Being with someone you really like in a nice, romantic place.
-What is your idea of a perfect honeymoon?: Going somewhere special…I really don’t know. I’d like a nice island somewhere, but that’s far too expensive. D:
-What is your idea of a perfect wedding?: Marrying someone awesome.
-What song reflects your life the most?: “The Road and the Radio” by Kenny Chesney or “Real World” by Matchbox Twenty, and I’m not just listing those songs because I like them. I actually do relate to both of them pretty well.
-What lyric reflects your life the most?: There’s probably something better, but “We the meek are all in one,” is a good one.
-What hospital were you born in?: I think Terrebonne General Medical Center (TGMC), which is in Houma, LA.
-Which celebrity has the best hair?: Female: Utada Hikaru, Zooey Deschanel, and Katy Perry (straight, dark/black hair is pretty, though sometimes Katy’s bangs are just freaky), Male: Josh Holloway (I wish my hair was like his).
-What do you wear to bed?: Boxers and a T-shirt pretty much year round.
-What kind of socks do you wear?: None when I can help it, but if it’s cold or rainy and I wear shoes instead of flip-flops, then I typically wear Hurley or Volcom socks (ankle or tube, depending on the occasion).
-What kind of toothpaste do you use?: Crest Vivid White Refreshing Mint and Crest Pro Health Cool Night Mint.
-What kind of shampoo?: I change it up a lot, so uh…whatever.
-What brand is your TV?: Westinghouse, 42″ 1080p. I love my TV.
-Have you ever done any extreme sports?: Sports and I don’t get along very well.
*Favorites*
-Books: Signal to Noise, A Signal Shattered, and the Halo book series.
-College: LSU, duh.
-Stores: Buckle, Express, PacSun.
-Kind of chainletters: I hate chain-mail. When I get chain emails, I delete them or ignore them no matter what they say.
-Poems: Creed lyrics – seriously. “But she could not hide her tears, ‘Cause they were sent to wash away those years,” still gets me. Fall Out Boy lyrics are great too because of the amazing one-liners.
-News channel: I get most of my news from RSS feeds. I get sick of hearing about how Fox News isn’t “fair and balanced” as their motto suggests, and I pretty much just don’t care about most mainstream news as it’s just easier to get news on the Internet. I really, really hate the constant flow of uber-liberal “fair and balanced” news from Digg and Reddit, but those sites are great for other stuff.
-TV shows: Lost, Smallville, Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien, Heroes, The Office, Outlaw Star, Futurama, Family Guy, Arrested Development, One Piece.
-Five girl names: 1) Chloe 2) Miranda 3) Addie 4) Julie 5) Zoey.
-Five boy names: 1) Brendon and I’m drawing a blank after that.
-Favorite Actress(es): Natalie Portman and Zooey Deschanel. I will watch *any* movie with Natalie Portman because she truly makes characters come to life, and, well…who doesn’t love Zooey Deschanel?
-Favorite Actor(s): Steve Carrell.
-Male singer: Scott Stapp (old Creed days before he lost his vocal range), Brendon Urie, and Patrick Stump. Brendon Urie can sing anything he wants and I will listen to it. He could cover “My Humps” for all I care. His voice is amazing, and he is definitely my favorite singer.
-Female singer: Lady Gaga, Utada Hikaru, Katy Perry, and Amy Lee, though Evanescence’s latest album was a bit of a letdown, her voice is still amazing. Also, Jessica Andrews, though I haven’t heard anything new from her in a long time. D:
-CD: “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out” – Panic! At The Disco. This spot was previously held by “My Own Prison” by Creed. Although Creed is my favorite band overall, I’ve listened to “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out” somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 times counting iTunes and in my car, and I still love it. I also really like “Infinity on High” by Fall Out Boy.
-Bands: Creed, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, and Cobra Starship. Honestly, this changes depends on when you ask me, but these have been my top four for long enough to be sure they’ll stay there for a while, though it’s not necessarily in any particular order.
-Movies: Speed Racer, Avatar, Walk the Line, Goldeneye, The World is Not Enough, Jurassic Park, Suicide Club, Pirates of Silicon Valley, Office Space, The Matrix Trilogy, V for Vendetta, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Equilibrium (also not necessarily in that order).
-Musical: The Producers (the new one, never saw the old one unfortunately) and Across the Universe.
-Song: “Torn” by Creed is my favorite song of all time. This spot was previously held by “My Own Prison,” also by Creed. “Torn” took over some time a few years ago.
-Website: Reddit, Facebook, Gaia’s Tech Talk Forums, Slickdeals, Dealsplus, Camaro5.
-Music Award Show: The Flameworthy Awards on CMT, simply because I actually like most country artists.
-Music Video: “My Sacrifice” by Creed and “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” by Panic! at the Disco. “A Little Less Candles, A Little More Touch Me” by Fall Out Boy is pretty funny, and more recently, I’ve found “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga to be quite enjoyable.
-Vegetable: Broccoli (stir fried)
-Meal: Boudin omelet at the Chimes. Yummm.
-Soda: Root Beer and suicide. Not root beer in suicide though – that kind of ruins the mix for some reason.
-Drink in general: Water with lemon, apple juice, suicide. I like strawberry smoothies too.
-Alcoholic drink: Margaritas on the rocks are probably my favorite, and coffee and honey flavored liqueur are also pretty awesome.
-Cheese: Mild cheddar and mozzarella. I love cheese, but it doesn’t like me very much.
-Fast Food Place: Quizno’s and Taco Bell. I don’t really like chain fast food places as much when I can go to Roul’s or Akasha for a dollar more.
-What do you get there: Steakhouse Beef Dip or Baja Chicken Sandwich at Quizno’s; Double Decker Taco, Crunchwrap, or Nachos Bell Grande at Taco Bell.
-Eat-in: Chili’s, Serrano’s, Outback, P.F. Chang’s, Chevy’s and Atcha Bakery (though I usually get that to go).
-What do you get there: Cajun Chicken Pasta/Triple Dipper, Steak Fajitas, Victoria’s Filet, Kung Pao Chicken, Combo Fajita Nachos and Gyro Platter with no salad and extra hummus…respectively. Usually I also get chips and salsa at Chili’s, and at Chevy’s and Serrano’s I get that every time since it’s free with the meal. By the way, Serrano’s has the best chips and salsa.
-Snack to munch on: Cookies, pastry type stuff…whatever I feel like at the moment.
-Kind of pizza: White pizza (spinach and cheese), deep dish cheese, and thin crust pepperoni are all pretty good.
-Ice cream: I’d much, much rather a smoothie.
-Bread: Garlic bread and honey wheat bread are both pretty delicious. The bread at Macaroni Grill, Bravo, and Outback is awesome.
-Pastry: Walnut baklavas from Atcha’s in Baton Rouge and apple fritters from Mr. Ronnie’s in Houma. Soooo freaking good.
-Cereal: Frosted Mini Wheats. Kind of grew up on those things. I still eat them dry at work all of the time.
-Meat: Nothing in particular, as long as it’s beef or seafood, I probably love it. Chicken and pork are okay, but secondary for me.
-Holiday: Christmas (how generic, I know). I just like the mood of the season and I’ve always gotten off a lot of time from school for Christmas, which is a plus. I think Christmas also makes you appreciate people more.
-Sport to play: None.
-Sport to watch: Football, and only football.
-Thing to do in winter: Building a fire outside is nice.
-Thing to do in summer: Stay inside because it’s too hot…or go to the beach…
-Thing to do on weekends: Stuff with my family/friends, sleep late, stay up late.
-Vacation spot: Destin, Florida.
-Dream vacation spot: I really want to go to Japan, as of late.
-Thing to do on a rainy day: Stay inside and talk on AIM while listening to music.
-Thing to do on a sunny day: Stay inside and talk on AIM while listening to music, wash my car while listening to music.
-Color: Blue, yellow, green, orange, and black, but not together or anything.
-Gum: Orbit spearmint.
-Outfit to wear: BKE Fulton jeans, Express MK2 shirt, G by Guess vest, Draven shoes. Fashion is serious business.
-Pair of shoes: My flip-flops or my Draven shoes.
-Kind of car: My favorite car is the 2010 Chevy Camaro. If some day I have the money, I hope to be able to buy a Corvette Z06 as a pleasure car. My top three are:
1) Camaro
2) Corvette
3) Shelby GT500 Mustang.
The Chevy Volt is shaping up to be my favorite energy efficient car, but I can’t imagine ever driving a car with such little power anymore.
-Piece of furniture in your room: Computer chair, cause I like to sit. My bed is comfy too.
-Place in your house: My room.
-Place to be alone: My car. Lucky for me, because I’m alone in it a lot.
-Kind of house: I like beach house types of houses. Nautical stuff is pretty cool and I dig palm trees. Since I’ll never have that, I really just like modern houses. I don’t like country-style stuff and I don’t like old-style anything.
-Place to live: I’ve only lived in two (technically three) cities/towns in one state, so out of those, Baton Rouge.
-Kind of occupation: IT stuff. Working for myself would be cool, though I doubt it will happen.
-Memory from childhood: Probably fishing or something with my dad/mom/brother.
-Memory with friends: The bench at THS and get togethers at friends’ houses (past and present).
-Party you’ve ever been to: Either Sam’s party in February 09 or my party of June 09.
-Teacher: Terry Landry.
*Personal*
-Have you ever done drugs?: Nope.
-If so, what is your favorite?: Caffeine.
-Are you straight, gay, or bi?: Straight.
-Have you ever passed out or thrown up from drinking too much?: No.
-What’s your favorite bar?: Does Pat O’s count?
-Did you go to prom in high school?: I didn’t go to my prom, but I went to someone else’s.
-How many continents have you been to?: One.
-How many countries have you been to?: One.
-What color are the socks you’re wearing right now?: Usually white, sometimes black or brown.
-What was your last vacation?: Destin from May 12th-16th of 2008. I seriously need a vacation. :\
-Do you have any future vacations coming up?: North Carolina in late July. 
-Do you have any tattoos?: Negatory.
-Do you have anything pierced besides your ears?: Nope.
-Have you ever had a one-night stand?: No, but I’ve heard funny stories from other people about theirs.
-Do you own a car?: Yes.
-What is the make and model?: 2010 2LT/RS Chevy Camaro. It is my dream car. Rally yellow with black rally stripes. V6 with 312 HP and 278 lb/feet of torque, 0-60 in 5.9 seconds. I absolutely love this car.
-Do you have long fingernails?: Having short nails kind of bugs me, so I keep them pretty long for a guy’s nails, usually, but not as long as I used to since that makes it hard to type on my iPhone.
-Do you believe in God?: Yes.
-What is your religious belief?: Organized religion and many religious leaders annoy me (John Hagee, for example).
-What are some of your pet peeves?: I hate unorganized clutter, I don’t like it when people say things or hint at things to purposely piss me off, and I don’t like it when people pretend like they know what they’re talking about when they have absolutely no idea (sometimes, but not always dealing with computers).
-What is your major in college (if you’re in college): Currently attempting to get a Masters of Science degree in Information Systems and Decision Sciences, which is what I have my Bachelors degree in.
-Do you want children in the future?: I’d like to have one child.
-Do you want to get married?: Yes, but I probably need a girlfriend for that first.
-How many fillings/cavities do you have?: None.
-Guys or girls?: In reference to what? Friendship or romantic relationships? Friendship: either, though sometimes I think I get along with girls better. Relationship: Girls.
-Have you ever kissed anyone of the same sex?: No, but I have been kissed on the cheek by a guy before…as a joke of course.
-Are you right or left handed?: Right, but I function pretty well with my left hand, including writing, just not very fast.
-What is under your bed?: Hatchet murderers and evil clowns. (My bed is on the floor).
-What posters do you have on your walls?: Let’s see…Creed (two of them), Alter Bridge, Speed Racer, Matchbox Twenty, Family Guy, Halo 2, Guild Wars, Linkin Park (that one just because it looks cool), Fall Out Boy, Steve Jobs, and Utada Hikaru.
-What kind of housing are you in?: I live in an apartment. Looking for a house.
-Have you ever been hospitalized?: When I was born and for about 3 hours when I had a kidney stone on 10-26-09.
-Have you ever had surgery?: Yes. Wisdom teeth. D:
-Have you ever broken a bone?: While playing tag in first grade, Sean Dupree tagged me and I fell and broke my arm. I’m not joking.
-Have you ever had stitches?: Yes, in my mouth.
*This or That*
-Peanut butter or jelly: Peanut butter is amazing.
-Coke or Pepsi: Coke.
-Drive or walk: Drive. I love driving. I also like walking, just not alone or in awful weather.
-Traveler or homebody: I don’t travel much, but that’s only because I don’t have the time, can’t afford it, and have no one to go with.
-Ice or roller skating: Ice skating.
-Dark hair or light: Dark. (I see the emo jokes coming…)
-Chocolate milk or regular milk: Regular Milk. Chocolate milk is good, but it’s like a snack drink to me, if that makes any sense.
-Tall or short: For me or for a girl? Me: I like being kind of tall, so I guess tall. Girl: At least a few inches shorter than me.
-Tan or fair skinned: Fair.
-Blue eyes or brown eyes: Blue.
-Books or movies: Usually movies. If Signal to Noise was made into a movie, I’d crap my pants.
-Comedy or horror: Comedy. Or, hey, why not get both and watch the first Saw movie?
-Bath or shower: Shower. Haven’t taken a bath in years (haha, good thing I put “shower” in front of this sentence).
-Lights on or off during a movie: Off.
-Theater or video: Theater, though I do most of my media viewing at home on my computer or my TV.
-Red or blue: Blue. It’s my favorite color, after all.
-Gold or silver: Silver.
-Morning or night: Night.
-Black or white: Depends what it’s on. I like black for certain things, and I like white because it’s a bright color.
-Glass half full or half empty: Not this again. I still don’t believe that a glass can be half empty, so half full. To answer what this question is really inferring, I’m realistic, which can sometimes be confused with being pessimistic. :\