Background
My name is Joseph Inovero. I currently live in Sacramento, California, with my two cats named Cosmo (the black/white tabby) and Mochi (the grey tabby), and my two Roborovski dwarf hamsters named Mac and Tosh. I have been in Sacramento since 1985, except when I lived in San Francisco, California, from 2000 to 2002. I was born in the Philippines so I speak both Tagalog and English. I am 100% Filipino.
Education and Work
I graduated from the California State University in Sacramento back in 1994 with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information Systems. I currently work at the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) in Sacramento as a senior web developer. I have been working in information technology since 1995 for companies such as KPMG Peat Marwick, IBM Global Services, and California Department of Health Care Services. I have technical experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, ASP, JSP, VBScript, MySQL, SQL Server, DB2, COBOL, JCL, and CICS.
Apple Fan Boy
I am a big Apple fan boy. I have spent so much money on iPods, iPhones, Mac hardware and software, and Apple accessories. I have a dual quad-core (eight core total) Mac Pro with a 30" Cinema Display to do my video editing, photography, and web design. I also have a 13" MacBook Air to surf the web, check my email, write on my blogs, update my websites, and watch videos online wherever I am.
Shopping
I also love to shop at The Apple Store, Target, Best Buy, Fry's Electronics, Home Depot, Petsmart, Ikea, Abercrombie & Fitch, Express for Men, and JC Penney.
Hobbies
In my spare time, I like to go to the gym at 24 Hour Fitness to work out, play volleyball with my friends on Sundays during the summer, go bowling once in a while, play badminton with my friends, play with my two kitty cats, travel the world with my family and friends, go out to dinner so I don't have to cook at home, listen to dance remixes of pop music, take photos, design my personal websites and blogs, make my own music videos where I lip-synch or sing to my favorite songs, and surf the web to read news and do online shopping.
TV Shows
I also love to watch my favorite TV shows such as Tosh.0, Nikita, South Park, Desperate Housewives, Glee, Outsourced, The Middle, Raising Hope, Perfect Couples, American Idol, Modern Marvels, Time Warp, How Do They Do It?, How It's Made, Factory Made, "Big, Bigger, Biggest", 1,000 Ways to Die, Penn & Teller: Bullshit, The Soup, Fashion Police, and other cool shows on The History Channel, Discovery Channel, Science Channel, HGTV, and E.
Celebrities
The celebrities I admire are Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Shia LaBeouf, Bear Grylls, David Bromstad, Chelsea Handler, Zach Efron, Channing Tatum, Alex O'Loughlin, Ian Somerhalder, Chris Evans, Taylor Lautner, Ryan Phillippe, and Ryan Reynolds.
Music
My favorite artists are Madonna, Enrique Iglesias, Kelly Clarkson, The Pussycat Dolls, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Carrie Underwood, Beyonce, Katy Pery, Bananarama, Steps, The A-Teens, Hilary Duff, Miley Cyrus, David Guetta, Donna Summer, Fergie, and Taylor Swift.
Movies
Some of the recent movies I love are Inception, The Social Network, The Town, The Crazies, The Collector, Charlie Bartlett, The Midnight Meat Train, Star Trek, Mamma Mia!, Sex and the City, Hairspray, 300, and Transformers.
Cuisine
My favorite cuisine are French, Indian, Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Chinese.
Travel
I have traveled to so many cities around the world such as Paris (my favorite), Nice, Cannes, Avignon, Lyon, Marseille, London, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Madrid, San Sebastian, Brussels, Monaco, Cologne, Rome, Venice, Florence, Vienna, Lucerne, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Manila, Taipe, Hong Kong, Vancouver, Montreal, Mexico City, Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, Cabo, Mazatlan, Juneau, New York, Boston, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Key West, St. Louis, Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas, Reno, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco (my other favorite).
Cruises
I have been going on about a dozen cruises on Carnival, Norwegian, and Royal Caribbean since 2000. That is my favorite way to travel. I love having lobsters and escargot when I go on a cruise.
