Words You Can Use: The BAVC BLOG

by Alicia Schmidt, BAVC Marketing Strategist

Chris Runde has been working part-time with BAVC for the last few months, and recently started full-time as the Manager of our San Francisco based BUMP programs (part of our Next Gen programming). He’s a talented musician and music instructor who is responsible for helping to craft BAVC’s youth music curriculum and ensure the quality of our music program.

Here comes the Newbie hazing . . .

1. The story of your life starts out with which 10 words?
After 14 hours of labor I stopped torturing my mother.

2. Do you know your astrological sign? What is it?
Taurus (on the cusp with Gemini)

3. How do you take your coffee?
Blacker than Beelzebub’s soul.

4. Name two things you believe in.
Karma and caffeine.

5. What’s the last song/movie you paid money for?
“Calle Go Lem” by Go Lem System feat. Manu Chao

6. Who would play you in the BAVC movie and why?
This is a really hard question that I’ve thought a lot about. The closest I could come up with is The Count from Sesame Street. I don’t really like math though. I’m open to suggestions.

7. Most embarrassing job?
Making photocopies of academic journals for a guy who made his whole living by exploiting the U.C. library system.

8. What snacks do you eat at the movies?
Junior Mints.

9. What are you most likely to be doing at 9pm on a Thursday?
Barting/walking home to Oakland after teaching Digital Pathways.

10. What are you looking forward to most in your new job at BAVC?
Working with really talented and compassionate people in creating unique new opportunities for youth. And champagne at staff meetings.