Mark Wood's Page

Name

Mark Wood

Age and Gender

42-year-old male

City

Wesley Chapel

State:

Florida

Country:

United States

Where are you from?

Greenville, S.C.

Mac or PC

PC

Religious Preferences:

United Methodist

Your astrological sign

Libra, not that it matters

Political Tendencies:

Unashamed Democrat

What is your "cover" (occupation)?

Newspaper copy editor

What is your vocation (passion)?

Learning

If you could live anywhere in the world, what city would be your "Gotham"?

I think Sydney, Australia, would be cool. I could join the Wiggles!

What leader from a feature film most reminds you of you?

Atticus Finch, as played by Gregory Peck. He was interested in truth and justice. And so am I.

What leader from a feature film would you be most likely to follow?

Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Call me crazy. Also, Capt. Eugene Irwin (Robert Redford) in "The Last Castle." And, of course, "Napoleon Dynamite."

Favorite Movies

"Citizen Kane," "Raising Arizona," "Serpico," "Patton," "Field of Dreams," "Muriel's Wedding," "Blazing Saddles," "Finding Nemo" (If you met my son, you'd understand) and far too many more to list here.

If you pressed play on your iPod, what song would come up?

Don't have an iPod, but my MP3 would likely spit out Elvis Costello

Favorite Music:

Rock 'n' roll. Is there another kind?

Favorite Artists

Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, Elton John, the Beatles, the Barenaked Ladies, the Eagles, Alison Krauss, the Eurythmics, Sister Hazel, Boston.

What book(s) are you reading right now?

"Lord of the Flies," by William Golding; "Culture Making," by Andy Crouch; "The Way of the Heart," by Henri Nouwen.

Favorite Authors

Philip Roth, Hermann Hesse, John Steinbeck, John Hersey, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Ray Bradbury, Robert J. Sawyer, Henri Nouwen, Plato, William Barclay, the Apostle Paul, Henrik Ibsen, Gregory McDonald, Rex Stout, Albert Camus, Luke Timothy Johnson.

Favorite Books

The Bible; "To Kill a Mockingbird," by Harper Lee; "The Human Stain," by Philip Roth; "Peter Camenzind," by Hermann Hesse; "The Red Pony," by John Steinbeck; "Hiroshima," by John Hersey; "Slaughterhouse Five," by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.; "Night," by Elie Wiesel.

Favorite TV Shows:

"Scrubs," "Millennium," "The X-Files," "The Twighlight Zone." As you can see, I get my TV fix in reruns.

My Strengths Finder (Gallup) Top 5:

Input, Intellection, Strategic, Learner, Responsibility

What's your MBTI?

INTJ

What are your Super Powers (according to you and those who know you)?

An almost-fatal devotion to the truth (even when it's not in my best interest) and the ability to notice the smallest of details.

What is your given Superhero Name?

Why would I want to repeat what people call me?!?

More About Me:

I'm hard to get to know, but I think I'm worth the work. Or that's what my only two friends keep telling me! :-D

If you've read a good book lately, let me know. It's seldom that I don't have my nose in one.

Relationship Status:

Married