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Name: Eric Mathew Gross
Birthdate: January 5, 1987
Place of birth: Clarinda, Iowa
Astrological sign: Capricorn
Profession: Counselor at The Clarinda Academy
Education: graduates high school in May 2005
Allergies: poison ivy
Lucky Number: 53
Hobbies: working on cars
Favorite country: USA
Favorite meal: tacos
Favorite book: Friday Night Lights
Magazine you read most frequently: JC Whitney (street racing magazine)
Favorite movie (s): Fast and the Furious, Gone in 60 Seconds, Varsity Blues
Favorite TV show(s): Real World
Favorite time of day: lunch
Pets: JoJo the weiner dog
Location: Gravity, Iowa
Transportation: 1991 Grand Prix
Your cologne or perfume: Adidas or Lucky
Your strangest possession: homecoming thong
Views on God/religion: agnostic
How do you picture the end of the world: gory, lots of blood
Death is: the end of all life
Does life exist on other planets: probably not
Do you believe in Evolution: Yes
Do you read your horoscope: not very often

PRO or CON:
Right to have an abortion? PRO
Right to own a gun? PRO
Death Penalty? PRO

The friend you have known the longest (and how long): Lacey Johnson...forever
A friend who makes you laugh often: Richard Bix
A friend to whom you can tell anything: Lacey Johnson
Best friend as a child: Derek Ambrose
Best friend as a teenager: Wayne Walters
Best friend as an adult: still a teenager
The friend who is most like you? Michael Perdew
Why? we're together always, both Gravity kids
A friend you will see in hell: Chad Schrodt
A friend you will see in heaven: Amanda Davison

Your 3 best qualities: funny, sweetheart, artistic
Your 3 worst qualities: jealous, get angry easily, short temper
Three words others would use to describe you: loud, funny, hot
You are far better than most people you know at: talking
The greatest amount of physical pain you have ever endured: when I chipped my shoulder blade in football
Your proudest moment: breaking the paper at homecoming...I was the first person to go through the paper
Your best physical feature: muscles
Things you like (spontaneously list anything that comes to mind): food, cars, money, women
Things you dislike (spontaneously list anything that comes to mind): mouthy people

YES or NO:
You keep a diary: No
You have read a book in the last month: Yes
You have visited the Eiffel Tower: No
You have a secret that you have never shared with anyone: Yes
You snore: No, I talk
You read in the bathroom: No
You like America: Yes
You fold your underwear: Yes
You set your watch a few minutes ahead: No
You are always late: Yes
You believe in destiny: Yes
You are a vegetarian: No
You have gone to a movie alone: No
You generally save postcards and letters: No
You have fired a gun: Yes
Money has influenced your character: Yes
You enjoy being photographed: Yes

Three people you consider to be geniuses: Bill Gates, Chip Foose, Seth Kent
Your 3 favorite childhood toys: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, big foots, legos
Three words you often use while speaking: let's go meow!
Three things that you are thankful for: friends, family, cars
Something you wish you could learn with the snap of your fingers: street racing

YES or NO
You wish you would have been born into a different religion. No
You wish you would have been born into a different sex. No

At your funeral, you want people to remember you as: a party animal
You would jump up and down and shout with joy right now if someone told you: I was a billionaire
Something that makes you happy: money
You get angry with yourself when you: stutter
Your first kiss: Alicia Davison in preschool...in the back of a car going to Pizza Hut in Clarinda, IA

Your best birthday: 15th
Your worst birthday: 10th, when Tonya hit me for being mean to Wayne

CHOICES
Sunrise or Sunset: Sunset
Sweet or Sour: Sweet
Bath or Shower: Shower
Square or Circle: Circle
Black or White: Black
Ocean or Forest: Ocean
Dogs or Cats: Dogs
Day or Night: Day
Cremation or Burial: Burial
Even or Odd: Odd
Fast or Slow: Fast
Yesterday or Tomorrow: Tomorrow
Coke or Pepsi: Coke
Hot or Cold: Hot
Woman or Man: Woman
Written or Spoken: Spoken
City or Countryside: City
Vanilla or Chocolate: Chocolate
House or Condo: House
! or ?: ?
Sun or Rain: Rain
Boxers or Briefs: Boxers
Pen or Pencil: Pen
Summer or Winter: Summer
Destiny or Choice: Choice
New York or Paris: New York
Silver or Gold: Silver
Horizontal or Vertical: Vertical

Things you fear: death
Your greatest fear: being poor
Your name spelled backwards: CIRE
The first time you discovered power: 7th grade, my first football game
The book that has affected you most: No More Dead Dogs
A book you would recommend to others: Friday Night Lights

A physical trait you find attractive: smile, lips
A personality trait you find attractive: funny
Two things not appealing about women: odor, poor personality
Your sexiest feature: shoulders
An unfulfilled sexual fantasy: I'm sure I have one or two

If you could change anything about the world: drinking age
If you could live anywhere in the world: Southern Cali
You would love to spend time with this famous person: Paul Tuttle (Orange County Choppers)
If you could be famous, what would you want to be famous for: autobody design

If you were a plant, you’d be: venus fly trap, ferocious
If you were an animal, you’d be: cheetah
If you were a beverage, you’d be: apple pucker

Something you need to learn now: how to prioritize
Something you’ve learned that is coming in handy: the power of friendship
Your most important goal: to be rich and famous

The most important thing in life is: family
That last person you said ‘I love you” to: Tonya

What else would you like to say:this took a long-ass time and I'm sick...