Full name: Nicholas Lee Cushing

Nicknames: Nick, Spanky

DOB: August 25, 1979

Place of Birth: Lisbon, ND

Places lived: Lisbon, ND; Fargo, ND

Parents: Dan and Puffi Cushing

Sibs: Josh(16), Sara(5)

School: Moorhead State University

Best friend(s): Everyone

Pets & names: My Band Mates

Jobs: I am a professional fundraiser for the Republican party specializing in telephone solicitation. Okay, so I'm a telemarketer:)

Hobbies: Music

Collect: Guitars, Dust

Best advice ever given: "BYKOTA (pronounced: "bye-koda") Be Ye Kind One To Another" - Phil Brown

Favorite Quote: "People are Bloody, Ignorant Apes" - Samuel Beckett

Non sport game in which you excel: Chess

Non sport game that you enjoy: Ryan Striker

Dream car: In my opinion a Grand Am is the perfect car. It's little, practical, and still pretty tough

Coolest experience: Every time I play with the River worship band

Scariest thing you have ever done: Car accident (all eight of mine)…need I say more?

Favorite thing(s) to do in the summer: Golf, Drive with my Windows Down, Sleep In, Hang Out

Fav thing to do in the winter: Avoid Shoveling.

Special talents/skills: Read through my notes once and get an A on tests. Music…kind of. My sense of humor

Character traits I look for in a person: Sense of humor, Ability to get along with all types of people

What I want to be accepted for: Everything.

What I want to do before I die: Go Skydiving.

Church: Salem Evangelical Free

Fav type of music: Anything except Country, Dance, or Techno

Musical Influences: Larry Norman, Geoff Moore, others

Fav Musical Artist or Group: Bon Jovi, Geoff Moore, Jill Sobule, many others

Fav color: Green

Fav food: Tacos

Least Fav food: liver

Fav vacation: Paid Vacation.

Fav subject: Music

Fav sport as a spectator: Hockey

Favorite Sport as a player: Golf

Other sports: Basically Nothing

Fav teams: um… someone tell me some team names

Fav actor: Jon Bon Jovi…really, he's an actor!

Fav actress: Keri Russell

Fav cartoon character: Tigger

Fav movie: Dazed and Confused

Fav music video: Buddy Holly by Weezer

Fav animal: Those big white fluffy dogs with the blue eyes...

Fav TV show: Simpsons

Fav day: Wednesday…it's hump day

Fav month: May

Fav holiday: Christmas

Fav part of the newspaper: Comics

Fav thing to wear: Soft Sweaters