Fifteen fun facts for a final farewell

Yesterday you were saddened (?) by the news that there would be no more Hack's Hack Podcasts, and today my friends, I have to crush your broken spirits one more time. This will be the final post in my quest for Triple J / Hack employment.

I have had a lot of fun putting this all together, proving that (now I sound like a broken record) being a journalist really is my passion...and that I REALLY want this job.

So for the final time, I ask you to help me out. Comment, link this post, and more importantly...enjoy. And Triple J...please hire me. Please. No, seriously, you should.

Anyway, to celebrate our final time together, I thought it best to share fifteen fun facts about me. Maybe more knowledge of who I am will dull the pain? Who knows?

This is Ben Judd, signing out. Stay classy San Diego.


And let the fun facts begin...

#1. You probably have already noticed thanks to the title, but I am a big fan of alliteration.

#2. I also enjoy a good pun, just like my friend Liz Burke

#3. I have a highly (ir)rational phobia of birds after being pecked in the eye by a Magpie when I was five

#4. I want to be a housewife, and am fully aware that this dream brings with it MANY logistical nightmares

#5. I spend at least $150 on magazines a month...and that is cutting back (I imagine Satchel Girl would be so proud)

#6. The Wicked soundtrack has not left my car, or my heart, since I first saw the musical...that's masculine

#7. I was first inspired to study journalism by my English teachers Ms. Bermingham and Ms. Priddis, Ron Burgundy, Chris Bath, Rory Gilmore and the lure of free concert tickets

#8. I stalked Jay Brannan on Facebook and Twitter so that I could sell his merch / meet him...that's not creepy, at all

#9. I study the ABC Code of Practice and Editorial Policies documents each day...so cool

#10. Old Gregg made me like Baileys and Milky Joe made me dislike domestic violence

#11. My two nerdy loves are comic books and Survivor

#12. I appeared on a Rolf Harris Christmas special (with my kindy girlfriend) in 1993...and later showed up on the Jessica Watson documentary True Spirit after a day of interning with Channel 9

#13. 80s films rule me

#14. I have six copies of Pride and Prejudice and think Bingley is the greatest

#15. The Golden Girls has shaped my life more than any other show

...And with that, thank you for being a friend everybody!