Honestly, I never know what to put in these bloody things. So to open the door towards possibly learning some background about me, I’ve put my 100 things about me Meh-me here.

1. My name is Jeff Vickers. I have a middle name, but I’m not posting it. Those who know and want to spread the word here will have their comment edited slightly.
2. I was born 19 December, 19 something or other.
3. My hometown is Montreal, PQ, Canada.
4. I have also lived in the following Canadian cities: Kleinburg, ON; Nobleton, ON; King City, ON; Newmarket, ON; Gormley, ON; Kingston, ON; Toronto, ON; Windsor, ON; Coquitlam, BC, Burnaby, BC.
5. I have also lived in the following American cities: Ocala, FL; Orange, CA.
6. I currently live in Surrey, BC.
7. I live with my fiancee Dawn.
8. We have a highly neurotic cat named Tara.
9. Even though I know the outcomes are predetermined, I am a huge fan of WWE wrestling.
10. In the end of June 2005, I moved from Ontario to British Columbia to work in the film and television production industry here.
11. I grew up a Montreal Canadiens fan.
12. Living in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) for the majority of my life, I never grew attached to any Toronto sports franchise, and actually despise both the Maple Leafs and the Blue Jays.
13. Now living in British Columbia, I have grown attached to both the Vancouver Canucks and the BC Lions.
14. I have fathered no children.
15. My favourite beer is Stella Artois.
16. I am currently a permitee Lamp Operator with IATSE 891.
17. Due to the erratic nature of film and television work, I also am a certified Traffic Control Person and do some temporary labour work as a go between for film shoots.
18. I can speak English, French, Italian, and Latin.
19. I do not lend myself to belief, rather to ideas. My ideas do tend to follow within the realm of science, and I tend to disregard religious doctrine typically as cleverly written fiction, not a source for faith.
20. My earliest childhood memory was on 25 May 1977, when my father and I went to see Star Wars, on opening day.
21. I also saw The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi (as well as the three in their Special Edition re-releases in 1997), The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith ALL on opening day.
22. Bearing that in mind, it is safe to say the Star Wars saga played a more than significant part in my choice to get involved in the film industry.
23. I harbour far fetched beliefs that I can actually direct.
24. My role model in the film industry is none other than David Lynch.
25. I figured out who killed Laura Palmer from Twin Peaks before the end of Season 1.
26. I used to smoke cigarettes, but have successfully quit smoking since mid January 2005. Yes, I had a mild hicough on the so-called New Year’s Resolution.
27. I have been on set with the likes of Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellan, Jensen Ackles, Tom Welling (ugghh), Michael Rosenbaum and Kristen Kruek.
28. There are only two types of music I don’t listen to. One is Country. The other is Western.
29. My favourite band of all time has to be Pink Floyd.
30. My favourite song is Comfortably Numb, by said artist in the previous question.
31. Aside from Star Wars, my favourite film is The Godfather, Part II.
32. My current favourite television program is Family Guy.
33. My favourite non-animated current television programs (fiction) are Trailer Park Boys (comedy) and Battlestar Galactica (drama).
34. My favourite reality based program is Kenny vs. Spenny.
35. I drink seven cups of coffee in the morning to get up. Then I have four more for breakfast.
36. My favourite all-time wrestler is Rowdy Roddy Piper. Go figure he’s Canadian.
37. Currently I also like watching Triple H, Kane, and Batista.
38. I started watching Monty Python’s Flying Circus at the tender age of 9.
39. I went to Queen’s University for my undergrad in Mechanical Engineering.
40. I went to the Toronto Film School for my film diploma.
41. I have partied far too much at the Center of the Universe.
42. As a frosh at Queen’s I sported a mohawk during frosh week.
43. As a second year at Queen’s I sported a mohawk during frosh week.
44. After second year I never had another mohawk.
45. During Queen’s University Golden Gaels football (or should that be Canadian Rugby) matches, I joined my fellow Engineering peers in painting my whole body in gentian violet.
46. In removing the permanent purple dye from my skin, I learned that washing it off with Tide is both effective and highly painful.
47. I think the game FIFA refers to as football is more appropriate than what Canadians and Americans refer to as football.
48. My favourite football club is the Liverpool Reds.
49. Though I like the Fat Les song, I shall never eat Vindaloo.
50. Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea fans can all kiss my ass.
51. My favourite book is In the Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch.
52. Though I work as a lighting technician, I am also slowly (but surely) working towards becoming a film and video editor.
53. I support the use of 24p video over film as a shooting format.
54. I think film students should be taught film editing on a moviola and tape-to-tape machine prior to being introduced to non-linear editing suites.
55. I am a very vocal Canadian who speaks out against the “Americanization” of Canada.
56. Bearing that in mind, I’m also a Yankees fan.
57. I can solve most Soduku’s in under 7 minutes.
58. I was highly socially awkward as a child.
59. I was even more highly socially awkward as a teen.
60. I was back to highly socially awkward in university.
61. As an adult making his own way, I still haven’t shaken the social awkwardness.
62. Finally after a great many years of reflection, I am embracing my “unique” characteristics, which make me seem very abnormal, weird, strange, dorky (well you get the idea) to the mainstream.
63. The mainstream can all go fuck themselves.
64. I wear reading glasses for reading (well duh), camera work, being on the PC, and my astigmatism.
65. I almost always wear a baseball cap.
66. My mother was wrong to this point in telling me that wearing a cap a lot will make me bald.
67. My mother is the healthiest 60 year old woman I know.
68. I like Italian food over all others.
69. I am an only child.
70. I was born weighing a modest 9lbs, 3oz.
71. I don’t think I put much weight on since then.
72. I can eat and eat and eat and not gain an ounce.
73. I think that last point pisses a lot of people off.
74. Those people can deal with it. Wait a minute, this is supposed to be about me.
75. I take joyful glee that “to-do” Christians engage in a Pagan ceremony to attempt to celebrate the birth of their lord.
76. In university, during the height of Tetris, I suffered from Tetris dreams.
77. I hate remakes of movies.
78. I wish more people would watch classic films.
79. One of my long term goals is to find a real option for film financing here in Canada that is completely independent of Telefilm.
80. I love real Maple Syrup, and can tell the difference between the real stuff and the fake stuff that is actually bottled as “Real Maple Syrup”.
81. The Dead Zone had the best set catering ever.
82. Though I love Italian food, I have not been on a real film set where good Italian food was served.
83. Aside from David Lynch, I do also try to live up to professional standards on par with Gordon Ramsay.
84. I went to Woodstock ‘94.
85. That fact made my father jealous. I took glee in that.
86. I have a serious argument that Seth MacFarlane spoke to my mother about my childhood to inspire the character of Stewie Griffin.

87. Flappy uses real maple syrup. Good news Flappy! I’ve decided not to kill you!
88. I have skied since I was five and still love to ski.
89. I still try to do freestyle jumps off of moguls.
90. Those jumps hurt my knees more now than they did when I was in my teens and twenties.
91. I have skied in Fernie, BC; Whitefish, Montana; Kimberly, BC; Panorama, BC; Lake Louise, AB; Sunshine Village, AB; Nakiska, AB; Mount Ste. Anne, PQ; Le Massif, PQ; Stoneham, PQ; Mont Orford, PQ; Bromont, PQ; Mont Tremblant, PQ; and a bunch of shitty places in Ontario.
92. I had my two front teeth punched out in a bar fight in 1998 in Windsor, ON.
93. Having said that, I won the fight (though I didn’t start it).
94. I think Gary Bettman is worse than a cancer to the NHL.
95. I have gone bungee jumping, and I’d do it again.
96. My one other role model is Pierre Elliott Trudeau, perhaps the greatest leader of the twentieth century. Read his wikipedia entry. Above all else, he reminds me to have reason before passion.
97. As a child, I admired the Conservatives, but as I matured, I discovered I was truly Liberal at heart, and that the upper class have a social responsibility to the middle and lower classes.
98. I like cats over dogs.
99. I currently own four cameras.
100. I prefer reading non-fiction to fiction.