1. What is your name?
Jeff Frandsen
2. How old are you?
23 years old
3. What do you do with your life?
I’m a freelance photographer, I own and operate Jeff Frandsen Photography. I also have my own baseball blog, Half Mental.
4. What is your favorite activity?
Watching baseball, especially the Mets. I watch at least an inning of over 125 baseball games a season.
5. Who is your greatest role model?
My grandfather Don. Even though he passed away while I was in my early teens, to this day I remember all the values he pushed upon my life. Check nutrition labels, just a pinch of salt, never say “want,” don’t fart in public. The little things that made me the person who I am today. He worked for his whole life and dedicated himself to his family. And someday, I wish to cook as well as he did.
6. What is your greatest fear?
Failure, which feeds from my perfectionist tendencies.
7. What are you most passionate about?
Well that’s easy. Photography and baseball. At any point in time, I can take the world, camera in hand, and prove that life is happening. And not only do I have the power to prove this, I am capable of uniquely and artistically telling the stories of the beautiful people around me. And being a Mets fan gives me my understanding of patience. I could rant for years about baseball, but let’s just say I’m obsessed.
8. Where do you see yourself one year from today?
From today? I see myself as happy. Busy, driven, motivated, inspired and just plain happy.
9. Who is your favorite person? Why?
If I wanted to be funny I’d say my future wife. But in all honesty, I can’t pinpoint ONE person to say is my favorite. I’m blessed to have the friends and family that I have today. Anyone that takes time out of their day to talk to me, get to know me, experience life with me is my favorite. So if that includes you, thanks.
10. What is your favorite quote?
“Maxima enim..patientia virtus” or “patience is a virtue.” I preach to others about patience and self control all the time, but struggle with it myself. When I was in high school, my best friend Jenna had told it to me and it has forever stood in my mind. Patience is a virtue.
LINKS: www.jefffrandsen.com & www.halfmental.com
TWITTER ID: @jefffrandsen & @halfmentalblog
It gives me great pleasure to have the first “10 Question” Feature on my blog be with my dad, Steve Mousetis.
1. What is your name?
Steve Mousetis
2. How old are you?
55
3. What do you do with your life?
I try to serve the Lord at a local church and with international teams.
4. What is your favorite activity?
Having fun with my family and coaching certain sports.
5. Who is your greatest role model?
The Lord Jesus Christ
6. What is your greatest fear?
Finding out that my life wasn’t very pleasing to the Lord.
7. What are you most passionate about?
The Lord and His desire to seek and save the lost.
8. Where do you see yourself one year from today?
Probably in pretty much the same place I am now, though I wouldn’t be surprised if big changes are coming.
9. Who is your favorite person? Why?
Jesus! How can you top Him? God in the flesh who became a servant and obedient to the point of death on a cross. He loves us and I love Him, but I’m also in fearsome awe of Him.
10. What is your favorite quote?
“But God demonstrates His own love for us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”-Romans 5:8
My dad is an awesome, amazing man of God. He has been to almost all of Europe, Russia, Mongolia, Indonesia and all over the United States telling people about the love of God. The best thing about my dad is that he doesn’t just tell people about God’s love he has shown it his whole life with the way he treats his wife (my mom), his kids, family and friends. He rides his bike to work most days, drive a 1985 VW Vanagon, which he plans to keep until he dies and has ran over 20 marathons. He is awesome.
I am starting this new feature on my blog called, “10 Questions with T.J.” I am going to be asking people in my life the same 10 questions about their life to paint a mini bio of who they are and what they are all about. I figured that before I start asking people I should do it myself. So here are my 10 questions and answers. If you want to be featured on the blog with ten questions then you should contact me:
1. What is your name?
Theodore James Mousetis
2. How old are you?
24, but I turn 25 a week from today
3. What do you do with your life?
I own and operate walk in love. clothing, Brooke Courtney Photography and sixtysevensouth.
4. What is your favorite activity?
That would probably have to be hanging out with my super cool wife.
5. Who is your greatest role model?
My parents. My dad has really taught me how to live a life of faith and love. My mom has taught me how to be straight forward and how to get things done.
6. What is your greatest fear?
My greatest fear is to fail and to not be able to provide for my wife and someday kids.
7. What are you most passionate about?
I always say that I am passionate about three things-Jesus, Brooke and my family. But I am also pretty passionate about selling shirts, taking pictures and watching the Lakers/Dodgers
8. Where do you see yourself one year from today?
I see myself in my wonderful house with my wife in the middle of wedding season and festival season
9. Who is your favorite person? Why?
Obviously my favorite person is my wife Brooke. She is my rock and is the one person who can always keep me going.
10. What is your favorite quote?
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.-Theodore Roosevelt
*That is a picture of me as a baby.