Robb Jacobsen

Nickname
Roberta / Robblehead / Turbo

Drag Name
Roberta Turbolina

What do you do at Roscoe's?
Floor Staff / Barback / Check out guys

When did you start at Roscoe's?
Market Days 2003

What do you do when you're not at Roscoe's?
Shop for toys and check out museums

Where were you born?
Des Moines, Iowa

Married? Single? Married but looking?
Single – Looking for a married couple

Hobbies? Crafts?
I play with Legos

The book I'm reading now is...
“The Star Wars Visual Dictionary”

My favorite cocktail is...
That is always changing week to week …

If lost on a deserted island I'd rather be with:
A pornographic magazine distributor

Nobody knows I...
I flew a plane before I drove a car

If I could do it over...
I wouldn't have opened my Star Wars figures back in the 70s – I could have retired!!!

I'd give anything to meet...
George Lucas (and slap him in the face for creating Jar Jar Binks!)

Favorite music artist is...
The Scissor Sisters

Favorite actor/actress is...
Jodie Foster / Jack Nicholson

The best city I've ever visited is...?

New York

My prized possession is...
My grandmother's genie bottle

If I could be anywhere in the world right now, I'd be...
At the top of the Empire State Building fighting off airplanes

My major accomplishment thus far has been...

6 dicks at once – 4 in the …. But seriously – getting the nerve to take a chance and move to Chicago

The worst advice I ever received was...
Door Number Three! Door Number Three!! PICK DOOR NUMBER THREE!!! When I should have eaten the blue pill – not the red.

My personal quote is...
“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like. And I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” (And If you know what that is from, we'll get along fine!)


Jeannie Shaw

Nickname

Bean

Drag Name
Umm … what?

What do you do at Roscoe's?

Bartend

When did you start at Roscoe's?

May 2006

What do you do when you're not at Roscoe's?

Read, write fiction, ride my bike, cook, paint and practice the cello

Married? Single? Married but looking?

In a relationship

Hobbies? Crafts?

Painting, decorating, writing and shopping

Do you have a MySpace profile? What is it?

www.myspace.com/jeannieshaw

The last great movie I saw was...

“The Hours”

The three most played songs on my iPod are...

“Ain't No Other Man” – Christina Aguilera “Take Another Piece of My Heart” – Janis Joplin Anything by Shakira (Oh – Shakira, Shakira, Shakira ……)

The book I'm reading now is...

“Written on the Body” by Jeannette Winterson
“Fingersmith” by Sarah Waters

If lost on a deserted island I'd rather be with:

Virginia Woolf

Nobody knows I...

Play the trombone

I'd give anything to meet...

Queen Elizabeth I

Favorite music artist is...

Janis Joplin

Favorite actor/actress is...
Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson

The best city I've ever visited is...?
Paris

The worst line I've heard in the bar is...
“You must be tired from runnin' around in my dreams.”

I wish I could stop...
Alphabetizing my CDs

If I could be anywhere in the world right now, I'd be...

In France

My major accomplishment thus far has been...
I've had an essay published in a small hardcover compilation. But I've also played in the Las Vegas Symphony and had the opportunity to conduct at President Clinton's inauguration.

The worst advice I ever received was...

“Don't worry about the consequences and just do what you want.”

My personal quote is...
It is what it is.

The question I wish you had asked me is...
If you won the lottery, what would you do?



Brenden Chrisman

Nickname
Bren / B / Brendenie

Drag Name
Brendalee Starr

What do you do at Roscoe's?
Human Resources Manager

When did you start at Roscoe's?
January 2003

What do you do when you're not at Roscoe's?
Rollerblade, listen to music, tan, watch TV and shop

Where were you born?
Chicago

Married? Single? Married but looking?

Single as ever

Hobbies? Crafts?

I do calligraphy

Do you have a MySpace profile? What is it?
www.myspace.com/brendenchrisman

The last great movie I saw was...

“Dreamgirls”

The three most played songs on my iPod are...
“I'm Not Ready to Make Nice” – The Dixie Chicks
“Future Lovers” – Madonna
“Let Me Entertain You” – Robbie Williams

The book I'm reading now is...
Does People Magazine count?

My favorite cocktail is...
I'm a beer guy – Mich Ultra

If lost on a deserted island I'd rather be with:
I don't get lost

Nobody knows I...
Am extremely shy

If I could do it over...
I'd do it exactly the same

I'd give anything to meet...
Britney Spears

Favorite music artist is...
Shakira

Favorite actor/actress is...

Candice Bergen or Meryl Streep

The best city I've ever visited is...?
Munich, Germany

The worst line I've heard in the bar is...
“He's not really my boyfriend.”

My prized possession is...
My iPod with Bose speakers

I wish I could stop...

Eating french fries

If I could be anywhere in the world right now, I'd be...

South Africa

My major accomplishment thus far has been...
Breaking free of my young adult indiscretions

My advice to customers is...
Never do a shot without asking what is in it first!!

The worst advice I ever received was...
“Ignore it – it will go away.”

My personal quote is...
“By all means, move at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.”

 

 

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