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About Me

Howdy. My name is Adam Sanborn (September 20, 1983 - ). My dad is Alan Sanborn, and my grandfather is Kenneth Sanborn, but I am unfortunately not important enough for a Wikipedia page - yet.

I attended Armada High School in Armada, Michigan, and a slew of schools before that. I was involved in several school and community plays and started an improv comedy group at school. I also wrote movie reviews for a few years as the "Movie Guy" for the Armada Times. I graduated in 2002 and began attending Michigan State University, a place that I love. There, I met my long-time girlfriend, Lauren Revard, and enjoyed involvement in several different organizations, including an improv comedy group (Sketchy People), two acapella groups (State of Harmony and The Desperate Measures, the latter founded by me), and a sketch comedy television show (Sideshow at MSU). I was also in the MSU Men's Glee Club, and for a while was Vice President of the MSU Dodgeball Club. As you can see, I got around. (I've added a "performance resume" to this page down below.)

I was a Christian until age 35ish. I grew up in the Church of Christ, but now I attend a nondenominational church called Riverview. Church is where I first learned to sing, and I enjoy music. In 2019 I was divorced and lost my faith, which led to a rebuild of my identity. I learned to play guitar in 2020, something I'd always wanted to do, and I play regularly ever since and have written several songs (MrWarranty on YouTube). I'd like to go to Japan sometime, mostly because I love sushi and I think Japanese culture is cool. I like my comfort zone at home, but I've become more open to whatever adventures life brings in recent years.

I enjoy video games, sports (basketball, dodgeball, wallyball, and more), and all kinds of other stuff. I've described myself before as a jack of all trades, master of none, but I finally found where I belong in teaching computer programming and game design to high schoolers. I hope to continue doing that for most of the rest of my life.

My favorite movie is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Jim Carrey is my favorite actor. Other movies I enjoy a lot include Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Princess Bride, Labyrinth, and Spider-Man. I've got an extensive movie collection, but I will defend to the last the high quality of every movie I own.

Physically I'm a big guy, coming in at 6'3" and 235 pounds on average. I have brown hair and green eyes. Admittedly, I sometimes play the fool, but I'm not really unintelligent. I am, however, pretty weird in most people's eyes. I imagine that has something to do with my tendency to find everything funny.

The moniker "Warteen" is something I came up with way back when it rhymed with my age at the time, fourteen. I've been pleased with the name because it hasn't belonged to anybody else (despite the millions of people on the internet), but now that I'm far from a teenager I admit that it is humorously outdated. The name is a relic and I usually go by "MrWarranty" online now, if I ever go by anything.

The Public Eye

As stated above, for a long time I've been interested in entertaining people. This is the progress I've made so far down that avenue, and serves as a sort of unofficial performance resume.

Plays

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, 2002, Armada High School - Hero
The Merchant of Venice, 2001, Richmond Community Theatre - Antonio, the Merchant
Annie, 2001, Richmond Community Theatre - Apple Seller / Artie / Cordell Hull
Anything Goes, 2001, Armada High School - Billy
Calamity Jane, 2000, Armada High School - Lt. Daniel Gilmartin
The Wizard of Oz, 1997, Richmond Community Theatre - City Father 3

Television

Sideshow, 2005-2006

Comedy

Member of Sketchy People (improv comedy), 2004-2006
Founding member of The Last-Minute Actors (improv comedy), 2001-2002

Music

Founding member of The Desperate Measures (acapella group), 2006
Member of State of Harmony (acapella group), 2004-2005

Movies

Nothing yet. Maybe someday.

Wikipedia and Me

I'm still new to Wikipedia, but I've been making quite a few minor edits. I bring a grammatically critical eye to the pages here, and very few errors will get by me (can't promise I'll correct every one I see, though). Someday I really would like to be important enough to have my own entry, but now is not that day. I also have a wealth of general knowledge, and I can catch factual errors people who have more conventional (read: useful) knowledge might miss. On top of all that, I have a bit of an expertise in movie knowledge.