Originally Posted by
pianosinger
Okay, some things about my dad...
He majored in electrical engineering. He enjoyed it at first, I think, but he got really discouraged a while back when he wasn't getting to do what he really wanted to do (whatever that is) and was having to settle for boring same-old and was feeling rather unimportant and doldrummy. But he has been constant in his work, because it's what he knows, and because he takes very seriously his responsibility to provide for his family, even if it means doing a job that he doesn't always like.
He is very opinionated, and will openly state his opinions without regards to how it might be taken by others. He has no qualms about coming to blows over opinion.
He is generally an impatient man; he hates sitting around when he could be accomplishing something. He likes to get the family together to play games and such, but then grows impatient if the game lags due to extraneous talking or general silliness. So, he only really likes group activities with a purpose; otherwise, he would prefer to play something on his own; he enjoys computer games and video games, particularly those involving strategy, though he also likes fantasy role-play type games. For a while, he'd managed to get the whole family (minus my mom) in on a Dungeons and Dragons campaign.
He loves to read, and is quite knowledgeable (or at least appears to be) on many different topics.