20qs
Jason Wallis
09.08.08
- 1. What character in a movie or book do you most identify with?
- I wished I could be as straight-faced pretentious as to claim Howard Roark's The Fountainhead. However, probably more realistic is like the protagonist from Hotel Honolulu by Paul Theroux.
- 2. What do you do to relax?
- My family and go to coves in South Laguna. In the afternoon, we go to Kean Coffee on Irvine and 17th in Newport Beach! My wife Christina (and our then-newborn Simon) were the first real regulars there!
- 3. Favorite vacation spot?
- The Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand. My family have a beach house there, and we spend several weeks every year there surfing and drinking NZ flat-whites (coffee).
- 4. Where haven't you been that you're dying to go?
- I want to do a road trip around the North Island in New Zealand. Camping the whole way.
- 5. What's your next major goal in life?
- Have my fashion photography on the cover of Allure magazine and shoot regular spreads for them. My heroes Regan Cameron, Greg Kadel and Carter Smith shoot regularly for it. If I can do that and reside in Orange County I have made it!
- 6. Who had the biggest influence on your life?
- My grandmother Berta Wallis. She was a beauty queen from Mexico, married an Oil Man and lived a life all around the world. When my Grandfather retired she invested his money and doubled it in 3 months on the stock market. She always had an entourage. When she spoke to you it was as if you were the only person in the world. Here's the truth: she always believed in me -the greatest complement anyone can have...
- 7. Favorite drink?
- Gin and tonic.
- 8. Favorite restaurants in Orange County?
- Roy's in Fashion Island and Kura revolving sushi bar in Costa Mesa.
- 9. Last major purchase?
- A bank-owned house...
- 10. Dumbest investment?
- A vintage Mercedes. What a money pit nightmare. I finally gave the dream up and ditched it.
- 11. A famous person you love to meet?
- My famous people are different than most. I want to meet photographers: Regan Cameron (A New Zealander living in NYC) and Richard Bailey (from Australia). I also love Sofia Coppola and business author Brian Tracy.
- 12. Biggest accomplishment?
- I was always told: get a degree and work your way up the corporate ladder. I threw that slave mindset away mid-masters degree and came to the USA to pursue photography. I never went back to finish the degree ... never regretted that. I live a life of unreality now: "taking photos of women playing dress-up," as my wife says!
- 13. What's your biggest fear?
- I take photos and I am often surprised: Wow, I took that! I love that! I fear one day that mojo will disappear, and I will be relegated in people's minds to the soft-focus, overly-posed, muslin backdrop photographers' club.
- 14. Who is your favorite artist?
- Music: The Radio Department, director Sofia Coppola, Maurice Shadbolt, a New Zealand author
- 15. If you had to begin a different career, what would you do?
- I love the show "Cops" so I would have to say I would like to be a cop. Doing something useful and exciting.
- 16. Secret most people don’t know about you?
- I'm just as scared I'll be found out as we all are ...
- 17. Who is your favorite fictional character?
- Charlotte from "Lost in Translation."
- 18. Your biggest extravagance?
- Surfboards. My wife wonders why I need four in our garage.
- 19. What's your favorite CD?
- The Radio Dept.: Pet Grief.
- 20. What was the best day in your life?
- There are two: Births of Simon and Nate.
- 1. What character in a movie or book do you most identify with?
- The father in Swiss Family Robinson. He teaches his four sons how to survive, to be resourceful, to live with integrity, to be humble, thankful and frugal. Something I aspire to teach my children.
- 2. What do you do to relax?
- My son and I tend our chickens, our vegetable garden, our apiary or throw a dinner party cooking for family and friends.
- 3. Favorite vacation spot?
- Mt. Desert Island Maine where I grew up spending summers as a child.
- 4. Where haven't you been that you're dying to go?
- Lithuania, the birthplace of my grandparents.
- 5. What's your next major goal in life?
- To create happy, healthy and satisfied young adults out of our wonderful children.
- 6. Who had the biggest influence on your life?
- My mother.
- 7. Favorite drink?
- Alcohol (usually in the form of wine)
- 8. Favorite restaurants in Orange County?
- Bluewater Grill, of course!
- 9. Last major purchase?
- Our family home.
- 10. Dumbest investment?
- A restaurant in Menlo Park, California. The people there are not nice.
- 11. A famous person you love to meet?
- Warren Buffet, because he is so successful, and so humble.
- 12. Biggest accomplishment?
- Living through my 20's.
- 13. What's your biggest fear?
- Disappointing my family
- 14. Who is your favorite artist?
- Fitz Hugh Lane or any early American painter of the Hudson River School because there paintings are of areas where I grew up in New England.
- 15. If you had to begin a different career, what would you do?
- Become a farmer
- 16. Secret most people don't know about you?
- I love to dance with my wife
- 17. Who is your favorite fictional character?
- Bond, James Bond
- 18. Your biggest extravagance?
- Being overweight
- 19. What's your favorite CD?
- Warren Zevon, werewolves of London
- 20. What was the best day in your life?
- Waking up and knowing I had met the woman I wanted to marry.
- 1. What character in a movie or book do you most identify with?
- N/A! I hardly watch movies and books give me a headache! Hah!
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08.25.08
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