20qs
Jeff Yokoyama
06.28.09
- 1. If you had to begin a different career, what would you do?
- I've always wanted to work in film... I would sweep floors, take the trash out, pick up coffee, pick up lunch, and always stay late! Just to have that opportunity to watch my buddy McG work his brilliance!
- 2. What's your most prized possession?
- Of course my family, and every day that I wake up.
- 3. Favorite drink?
- Water.
- 4. What are you cutting out because of the economy?
- In my business we have cut back on using outside contractors and started making our product ourselves--hand done.
- 5. Fantasy purchase?
- A new home for my wife, with a closet that is big!
- 6. What can't you live without?
- The ocean.
- 7. What's next on your
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To open a design school called Impossible Education.I want to make the impossible, possible
- 8. Biggest regret?
- So far none.
- 9. Cause that you're most interested/involved in?
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Generic Youth is a line of clothes that is made from the endless yards of fabric that are stocked piled in warehouses around the world. I will design, and create, and bring new life to dead stock fabrics. By designing and creating this way each item is one-off and original.
- 10. Your dream day in OC?
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It's kinda what i do everyday. I try to make everyday special.
- 11. Favorite place for breakfast?
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I have to say Eddies Galley. I have been going there for over 25 years!
- 12. What was the best day of your life?
- Ah...the day i was born?
- 13. Last concert that you went to?
- Green Day. Although it really wasn't a concert, about a two years ago I had a chance to meet Green Day and hang out with them. They all wanted to surf so I took them out. In the water they started singing; what a concert!
- 14. Favorite vacation spot?
- Kauai.
- 15. What do you love and loathe about Orange County?
- Money.
- 16. Favorite books?
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Slim Aarons, Once Upon A Time, and
Rin Tanaka, My FreeDamn!
- 17. Favorite restaurants in Orange County?
- It has to be "A" Restaurant in Newport Beach.
- 18. Biggest accomplishment?
- Raising kids.
- 19. What's your biggest fear?
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Not being able to take care of my family.
- 20. Secret most people don't know about you.
- I still look at things from youthful eyes.
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