Tell us 5 things DU doesn't know about you.

[SOteric]

And for those DUers who've been here for a Brazillion years and told all: Tell us 5 things that DU hasn't been told about you in a while.



My 5:

• I studied ballet for 14 years,
• I never learned to swim,
• my mother was a classically trained professional chef,
• I'm a slavishly devoted LOST addict,
• I'm romantically involved with a British guy

Now it's your turn. :hi:

[Dr. Strange]

1. I don't think anyone knows about these...

1. I really like the movie "This is Spinal Tap."
2. I tend to enjoy the sight of nekkid womens.
3. I want to change my username.
4. I like Taco John's Mexirolls.
5. The pictures that I post (of other DUers) have been digitally alterated.

[SOteric]

2. Yes, - that #2 especially is a state secret.

:7

[CreekDog]

3. Temeah is not a nekkid womens

so I dispute #2.

[Dr. Strange]

50. No...

but he posts the pics of nekkid womens. And that's how I know he is a good man.

[TZ]

62. Wow.

Number 5 is a shocker to me....:P

[Dr. Strange]

63. I should have been more specific.

All but turtlensue's have been alterated.

:patriot:

[DarkTirade]

4. Hmm... done this a few times so I'm not sure what I have left to say. :)

Despite being interested in gaming, and even being an amateur gamemaker myself both with tabletop RPGs and video games... I never owned a Nintendo, Sega or SNES as a kid, and I've never played Dungeons and Dragons.

I draw damn good stick figures.
Seriously.

Despite the fact that I try to eat healthy, I can't STAND tofu.

I paid my way through several years of college while working at a pizza place. And yes, I can do the throwing-the-dough-in-the-air-and-spinning-it thing. :)

I started reading Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books in 1st grade.

I can't count to five.


:P

[SOteric]

91. Hat's off to you.

I think working one's own way through school builds a very special layer of character into a person. And it certainly shows an admirable love and passion for education.

Also, it's probably why you vote Democrat. ;)

[DarkTirade]

164. Mostly it shows that the way they do student loans is kinda stupid.

They took my parents' finances into account to some extent... but seemed to ignore the fact that we had three kids in college and one still at home when I left. And because I was under 23, they just EXPECTED my parents to help me out as much as possible. Even though they really couldn't. They could only spare a couple hundred a year, and if they had a little extra they'd be able to help with rent now and then but that wasn't often. I think they ended up paying one month's rent a semester the first couple years, then I started working and I didn't need as much so it went down to about one month's rent a year. :P

[NewWaveChick1981]

5. Some of y'all know these and some of ya don't...

:hi:

1) I was a Girl Scout from second grade on and I earned my First Class Award my junior year in high school. Jimmy Carter even sent me a congratulatory letter!

2) My mother started me on swimming lessons when I was 2, and at 16, I was the youngest person in NC (at least at the time) to earn my Water Safety Instructor (WSI) certificate. I was a lifeguard for several summers. :)

3) I love to drive a five-speed car and cannot STAND to drive an automatic. :) My five-speed gets 40 MPG.

4) I'm a LOST addict too...but then most everyone here already knows that. :P

5) I spent most of the summer of 1983 (my junior year in college) in Hawaii. :)

Bonus: I am a huge science fiction and comic nerd. :P

[Forkboy]

12. How cool is number one!!!!

Jimmy is the man! :)

[DS1]

6. You said all those things last time

I like Indian food more than Chinese
I couldn't be bothered to actually use the DU bullet point system
I haven't photoshopped matcom in over 6 months
I Vespers, the drinks
I can't wait to have some daylight again on Sunday, despite the hour of lost sleep

[jonnyblitz]

8. I wasn't aware nobody knew about "the british guy" here at DU.

:P

[SarahB]

109. Not everyone knows he's British

Pat said to me, "Hey Soteric's going on with a British guy. Did she break up with DS1?" I had to do some explaining then.

[SOteric]

89. I know. But no one actually reads my posts but you and matcom.

[Midlodemocrat]

157. Seven thousand shades of wrong, there sweetie.

:hi:

[orleans]

284. (we're all reading your posts now...)

:evilgrin:

[Midlodemocrat]

158. You have a new source photo of matcom to put to good use, there dude.

*taps foot, waiting*

[Broken_Hero]

7. my 5

1. Took a three month courses in traditional Haida dance...my mother forced me too...(3rd grade).

2. I once jumped off my mom's front porch, thinking I was Superman(even had my blanket for the cape)...I was very young, I don't remember it, but my mother just LOVES telling people about that...I believe I was around the age 3-4

3. Above average Clarinet player, played for 6 yrs plus...even made it to Alaska state honor band....

4. I'm a HUGE superman fan....but most people know that...I'm still reworking on my Fortress, I should have new pictures up in a week or two...

5. I'm the second oldest of 12....

[DarkTirade]

13. ...12?

:wow:

And I thought growing up with 5 kids was a mess... :P

[Broken_Hero]

47. Yep, 12

my mother had 9 of us, and the others are half/step siblings....

Its a big family, but not the biggest I've seen IRL...I was raised Mormon, and there was a family at our church, that last I heard (back in 95 or so) was working on #15....

I stayed the night at their house once for a church function, and their house was a NUTZ...

[Guava Jelly]

9. I'll try

1) I almost got kicked out of boyscouts for taking vodka to camp (I dry heaved at reveille) :puke:
2) Part of my right index finger was amputated due to a work related accident
3) I have 5 sisters 0 brothers 4 of them are republicans
4) I enjoy inhaling :smoke:
5) I have totaled two cars before I got my drivers license at 21 yet to date have never had a ticket.

[miss_american_pie]

82. You? Were a boy scout?

:rofl:

[Guava Jelly]

100. Not a very good one.

Now I'm a girl scout ;)

[UncleSepp]

241. HAHA Balance in all things

1. I almost got kicked out of Girl Scout Camp for throwing knives
2. ... and for having a "snowball fight" with horse turds
3. ... right before lunch.
4. I once worked on the engine of a B-17
5. I have a bald spot on the side of my head shaped like Africa.

[1gobluedem]

261. I DID get kicked out of Girl Scouts

I guess that's #1

2) I am permanently terrified of birds thanks to Alfred Hitchcock.

3) My knees are double jointed so I can point my feet backward.

4) I only read two books in AP English but got a four on the exam anyway.

5) I've had only one cavity my entire life.

[Forkboy]

10. Hmmmm...hard to do this safely.

:)

1 - I like Neil Diamond and always have.
2 - I think cannibalism is kinda cool, and would try it. I bet we taste gamey.
3 - I used to fight for money in bars and clubs.
4 - My right leg is a half inch shorter than my left due to wearing a cast for seven months during a growth spurt.
5 - I want to swim with sharks minus the cage.

Just imagine the stuff I can't say! :P

[DarkTirade]

14. I've been told we taste slightly sweeter than pork or beef.

Just what I've heard.

[Forkboy]

17. Makes me want to try it even more.

The best news story in years....

Man held for German 'cannibal killing'

A man has confessed to murdering and eating another man who allegedly volunteered to be killed, in a case that has shocked Germany.

Neighbour Joerg Paulusen, speaking to Reuters TV, said of the killer: "It was sort of clear to us that he had a different perspective on life than we did, but he was a normal person, to speak to him, drink a glass of beer with him - just like you and me."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2569095.stm

:rofl:

It's a funny ole world.

[Maraya1969]

90. I hope there is more to the creation of this behavior than just having an uncle play

a game where he pretends to be a flesh-eating giant. Was a nerve switched on right then? I find this stuff rather fascinating even though I end up spooked if I read too much of it.

"Sagawa told the programme makers he had been obsessed with cannibalism from the age of three, when his uncle used to play a game pretending to be a flesh-eating giant."

[Forkboy]

110. For me I feel we're just picking on the chickens and cows.

:)

It is kind of creepy to think something like this could possibly be traced back to such a young age. I'm always fascinated by this kind of macabre story.

[bicentennial_baby]

23. I gotcha beat on the leg length! Try 1.5 inches!

Left leg, same reason. So, I'm either 5'1", or 5'2.5", depending :D

[Forkboy]

28. It makes being drunk even more fun.

"Hey buddy, you're tipping!"

"No, I'm always like this."

:)

[bicentennial_baby]

39. Ha! Exactly!

:rofl:

People get freaked out when I show them the difference. I go up and down, up and down... :D

[Nevernose]

130. Actually, 40% of people have one leg differing in length

At least according to my chiropractor. The heel lift's worked wonders, though.

[Forkboy]

137. Really?

You learn something new here everyday! :)

[Angel]

343. I still think you need the shark cage..

#3 still amazes me..and I can imagine alot more that you can't mention lol

[ceile]

11. OK

1. my grandaddies worked at the same CCC camp in the 30s
2. they both ended up working at the same oil refinery years later (pure coincidence)
3. i'm the shortest one in my immediate family at 5'6
4. my mother looks like Jean Simmons
5. i hate cooked carrots

[SOteric]

167. That's really kind of amazing about your grandfathers!

:hi:

[Esra Star]

248. Yeah, carrot cookers are an abomination.

Prepared every other way they're great. Why destroy them.
Maybe we are the only two on the planet.

[geardaddy]

305. I'm the opposite.

I hate raw carrots. :shrug:

[Esra Star]

318. "hate" is probably too strong. Intensely dislike is a notch down.

Do you like carrot juice? How about grated carrot on a salad sandwich?
Did you have Bugs Bunny nightmares?

[geardaddy]

340. You're right

"Hate" is too strong a word, let's say I don't like raw carrots. I do like carrot juice and can handle grated carrot on salad or in cole slaw, etc.

[SKKY]

15. Ok, here are my 5...

1. I only sleep about 4 hours a night.
2. Although I've tried, I don't believe in a higher being.
3. I suck at math. I mean, suckity suck suck at it.
4. Consider completing an ultra-marathon as one of proudest moments.
5. I think threesomes are way, way overrated.

You asked...

[bicentennial_baby]

24. Re: #5

You're no longer invited x(

[SKKY]

36. Wadya want? I'm a one-on-one kinda guy....

One can only spread their best 15 minutes so thinly! :rofl:

[bicentennial_baby]

40. !

:rofl:

I'll keep that in mind.... ;)

[BarenakedLady]

16. Hmmm

I'm rather an open book.

*I'm addicted to the TextTwist game on Shockwave. My high score is over 200k.
*I shudder when my tongue hits a dry popscicle stick.
*I studied ballet half as many years as you. :P
*I was a hockey cheerleader in high school and dated the goalie. We actually did a cheer on ice between 1 and 2 periods.
*I am NOT romantically involved with a British guy. ;)

[DarkTirade]

27. Just out of curiosity, do you skate?

Ever since I moved up here I've started up again.

[BarenakedLady]

51. I used to be able to.

I'm a bit wobbly nowadays. Haven't tried in a couple of years though.

[DarkTirade]

55. Well, I hadn't done it for 14 years

and when I left off back then I was barely competent. :P Now I'm pretty agile, if I do say so myself. Still can't skate backwards or skid stop, but I'm workin' on it.

[soleft]

74. huh. I always thought you were a guy

I guess it's because the BareNakedLadies are guys.

who knew?

:shrug:

[BarenakedLady]

78. Really?

I thought my shameless flirting with dudes and all the pictures of me would have given it away. :P

[soleft]

81. I guess I haven't been paying attention

There isn't an emoticon for embarrassing admission is there.

Oh, this will work.

:blush:

[DarkTirade]

226. Hey, I shamelessly flirt with half the guys in the lounge.

And I'm all man, baby! :P

[av8rdave]

18. Let me see what I can come up with...

1. My Dad played clarinet in a dixieland band for years

2. I am (very) distantly related to a former VP

3. I met Maynard Ferguson twice

4. Took 2 1/2 years of Spanish, but can barely speak a complete sentence of it

5. I learned to drive a stick in a '72 VW Beetle (wasn't too hard, as I had ridden motorcycles for years by then)

[SOteric]

92. OooooOOOOOooo! Which VP?

Democrat or Republican?

[av8rdave]

127. Sorry to say, was a Rethug

[UrbScotty]

350. It's okay, you can tell us

If it makes you feel any better, my aunt volunteered for Dick Cheney's congressional campaign in the 1970's. She's a hardcore Dem now.

[DarkTirade]

227. No hablo escargot?

:shrug:

[Shakespeare]

19. Let's see...

I have almost every word of Henry V memorized.

I was once publicly insulted by Alistair Cooke (nasty man!).

I didn't learn to drive a manual transmission until I was 31 (and will now drive nothing else).

While I'm possibly one of the most accident-prone people you'll encounter, I've never had a stitch (scars notwithstanding) or a broken bone. This amazes my family.

I make a transcendant creme brulee.

I'd add the bit about Character Assassin, but most of y'all know about that now, so it doesn't count.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

46. Alistair Cooke insulted you?

That's interesting. I only started reading Alistair Cooke's contributions about a year or two before his passing when I discovered them on BBC online -I honestly didn't know whom he was before then (despite being a supposedly intelligent and well-read 20-year old at the time, his name somehow escaped me). While I realized that he was supposed to be a literary icon of some sort, I'll be frank and say that the columns that I read of his didn't impress me that much because I found him quite sympathetic toward the Bush Administration and its policies.

It was only after his passing that I gained a greater appreciation for his life and works

[Shakespeare]

49. Yep. I was a young reporter, and he inexplicably took issue with a story I wrote...

...on a speech he'd given the night before (he was at the local university (1985-ish) to deliver a series of lectures). It was the most innocuous story (following a deadly dull, rambling speech, quite honestly). He spent the first 15 minutes of his lecture time the next day calling me a number of names (yet backhandedly complimenting my writing). He also assumed I was a male, which was irritating (my first name is Robin).

All my fellow media colleagues who were lined up on the front row with me--Cooke obviously had no clue I was sitting 10 feet away from him the whole time--were giving me sidelong :wtf: looks. It was beyond bizarre.

But it was also rude and nasty, and I disliked him ever since. ;-)

[harmonicon]

80. that's kind of sad

I listened to his "letter from america" for years, and usually really enjoyed it. Sure, he seemed like a bit of a pompous ass, but one with a knack for explaining things about the world in a straightforward way with common language. I found the segment to be quite soothing, and was really sad when he stopped making it and died a few months later. Sucks that he sucked in real life.

[Call Me Wesley]

20. Hmmm ...

1. Two of my poems were published in an anthology when I was only 15 years old. (Print, real book, famous German publisher, mind you. I'm not talking about Myspace or e-books.)

2. If I'd followed my early political career stubbornly, I might be a socialist senator by now. (Colleague of mine could call himself 'President' for a while.)

3. I've shot my mom in the foot. --------------------- Well, after the darn bullet went through my leg first. She was sitting next to me when it went 'Boom!' I spent two weeks in the same hospital room with her. Oh, on edit: It was her Birthday. So there's the joke: 'Happy Birthday, Mom! BANG!'

4. I'm coming from a family of artists and can't draw. Everyone else can, I can't. And I'd love to be able to.

5. I drank Vodka out of hotel bathroom glasses with some Sowjet Komsomols at 9 a. m., after being interviewed by them. I puked later. They started with beer at 8 a. m., while I had coffee first.

[yardwork]

25. Your posts proves that Europeans are way cooler than USians.

[Call Me Wesley]

34. So,

you never had Vodka at 9 a. m.? ;)

:hug:

[yardwork]

41. Actually, that I've done.

But I never shot myself and my mom. At the same time. You Swiss have all the fun!

[Call Me Wesley]

43. It was her birthday.

Talk about unique gifts! :rofl:

[yardwork]

94. Whatta guy!

LOL!

[Redstone]

21. DU, like everyone else, knows exactly as much about me as I want them to know.

I don't mean to sound hostile, but even Mrs R doesn't have the whole story. It's so bizarre and unlikely that I wouldn't believe it myself if I hadn't been there and seen it.

Redstone

[DarkTirade]

30. 's okay, we like ya anyway. :)

[Midlodemocrat]

86. I know you're an awesome photographer. I have the cookbook to prove it.

:hug:

[Redstone]

197. Why, thank you, Midlo. I'm more proud of that little book that I did for free, than I am

of some other books that I've made (multiple) tens of thousands of $$ for designing.

It's always in my portfolio, right there with the expensive books. And I still spend an hour looking at it every month or so.

Redstone

[mwdem]

306. I have that one, too, Redstone, and I love the photography..

and the recipes! My freinds loved the book.

[Mutley]

22. Here it goes

1. I hate cleaning, but I also hate living in a dirty space. So I must force myself to clean.
2. I don't have a land line phone, only a cell phone. All you stalkers out there can stop checking the phone book.
3. I really suck at managing my own money, but I kept track of the books for a job I used to have like it was second nature.
4. I majored in English in college, yet I still make grammar mistakes!
5. The middle fingers on each of my hands is crooked at the second knuckle. I'm not sure if it's a genetic thing, or if I hurt myself at some point during my childhood and blocked the memory.

[dropkickpa]

44. #3

I'm the exact same way. Manage money/costs at work fabulously (*large* amounts of money), yet dropped to my knees in happiness when online banking came around, since I CANNOT balance my checkbook to save my life. I write one check a month now (rent), and, if I possibly could, I wouldn't even do that.

[soleft]

76. My middle finger on both hands is crooked too

It really sucks for bowling! My finger always gets so sore!

[youthere]

26. Hmmm...

1. I like Thai food more than Japanese food
2.I like Japanese food more than Chinese food
3.I like Chinese food more than Indian food
4. I like Indian food more than Mexican food
5. I like Mexican food than any other kind of food

***BONUS*****

I like wine more than Thai food...and sex more than wine.

[Shakespeare]

29. Your food preferences read like a verbal Escher drawing!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

mmmm...Mexican food...

[DarkTirade]

33. ... I am so confused right now.

[geardaddy]

31. I'll go:

In no particular order

1. I played the bagpipes in high school and won two competitions.
2. I speak Mandarin Chinese fluently.
3. I'm a board member of the first flower and garden store co-operative in Minnesota, possibly the nation.
4. My grandmother's cousins grew up with Richard Burton.
5. I love fried SPAM sandwiches.

[SOteric]

93. One has to wonder,

If there's much call for bagpipes playing speakers of Mandarin in Minnesota. *L* Regardless dude, - goodonya. Mandarin's a difficult language. My sister-in-law learned it and I know what a struggle it was for her.

[geardaddy]

195. That's why I'm so busy...

I'm the only one. ;) I actually found Mandarin to be very easy, since the grammar is so easy: No verb conjugation, no verb inflection. The tone thing takes some getting used to and the writing is a pain, but overall, pretty easy. Of course, I say that now. lol

[yardwork]

32. Ok, I'll go.

1. I failed calculus the first time I took it in college but eventually earned a master's degree in science and did well in courses on multivariable statistics and other advanced math.

2. The guy sitting next to me when I failed calculus in college went on to be a famous NFL player and remembered me by name when I met him again decades later.

3. I failed my first driver's ed test but learned to drive stick shift a year later and have never driven anything else since.

4. I almost failed my high school typing class but went on to earn a living as a writer and can now type damn fast (accurate too except on DU, on which I never fail to include at least one embarrassing typo on every post).

5. I didn't know that I'm a lesbian until I was 45 and had been married almost 25 years.

The theme here is obvious - I'm a slow learner!!!

[Call Me Wesley]

42. Nah, not a slow learner.

Profound, I'd call it. ;)

Hey, I still can't drive!

[DarkTirade]

60. My stepbrother was the same way with driving.

He was a HORRIBLE driver until he learned stickshift. I think giving him extra things to concentrate on somehow helped his ADHD brain concentrate better. :)

[soleft]

77. I'm learning so much about my fellow DUers

I was married for 13 years and didn't own up to it until I was 39! My exhusband as it turns out, is also gay. Yours?

[lost-in-nj]

35. Mine

1) I didn't drive until I was 19
2) I played the glockenspiel in a drum and bugle corp



3) I LOVE cheesy movies on Sci-Fi

4) I took accordian lessons

5) I am so boring there is no #5



lol



lost

[geardaddy]

38. I always wanted to play the accordion!

I'm jealous!

[dropkickpa]

37. Mine

I cry at movies, books, even commercials, but NEVER at any other time since I was a little kid.
I was a soccer jock all through my child/teen hood
I *hate* my mom's side of the family with only a couple exceptions
I am addicted to reality TV, and am sorely disappointed in the new seasons of both Rock of Love and Flavor of Love.
I'm a big ol' geek

[SOteric]

96. I'm shocked! Utterly shocked!!

You're the first former jock I ever heard of who claims to be a geek. But Yay! - we got one!

[RainDog]

45. okay...

1. I slept with Richard Feynmann
2. I slept with George Clooney
3. I slept with Brad Pitt
4. I had a threesome with Brad and Angelina
5. Sometimes I like to lie.

[SOteric]

97. Heeeee!

:thumbsup:

[CottonBear]

48. OK:

1. I can ride a unicycle.

2. I studied art/architectural history.

3. I hate liver and onions (or any kind of liver.)

4. I'm a really good water skier.

5. I like science fiction novels.

[SOteric]

98. I feel science fiction

requires a higher degree of immagination and creative thinking. I wish more people would read it. :hi:

[CottonBear]

206. I agree SOteric!

I am employed in a creative/design field and I am very imaginative. I think that science fiction is a wonderful literary genre!

Unfortunately, I haven't had much time to read much of anything lately. :(

:hi:

[Lyric]

52. Okay

1. I am extremely ticklish on my rear end and on the bottoms of my feet, but nowhere else.

2. I can hear dog whistles and other really high-pitched sounds. Sounds that nobody else even seems to notice can drive me nuts. I have been known to get up out of bed and take apart the bedroom fan for cleaning, because it was making a "sound" that nobody else could hear.

3. My {CENSORED} are so sensitive that I can have an {CENSORED} from that kind of contact alone. :evilgrin:

4. I have the audial version of a photographic memory. If I make it a point to listen to something (especially something that interests me), I won't forget it. I used this talent to win contests as a kid--spelling bees, geography bees, and even a church youth contest to see who could recite all 66 books of the Bible in order.

5. I think thunderstorms, horses, and the ocean are incredibly beautiful things.

[DarkTirade]

61. Your teeth are so sensitive that you can have an apple from that kind of contact alone?

That makes no sense whatsoever... :P

[Lyric]

68. Well if it keeps the doctor away

I'm all for biting into it :D

[harmonicon]

85. you had me until you got to the horses

it's for the best

[sniffa]

53. Mine (though a smattering may know some of these)

Used to be in a gang.
Was once hit by a car, flipped in the air and landed on my feet. Aside from a bruise, I was completely fine.
I'm completely deaf in one ear (have most of it in the other).
Don't like watching movies, as that's 2 hours I'll never get back.
I had a tumor removed.

[SKKY]

54. You were in a gang??

Hmmm. Interesting.

[sniffa]

56. I still throw up my sign once in a while in jest

:D

[SKKY]

57. No shit....

...that's funny. Mostly because, I never would have seen it coming. But, then again, I don't really know you, but still. It's surprising.

[1gobluedem]

267. I'm deaf in one ear also

It's the result of having a tumor removed.

[Fox Mulder]

58. Hmmm...

-I participated in a "ghost hunt" this past January
-I spend most of my time reading
-I haven't had a date in over three years (my choice)
-I hate going out in public (no, I don't have agoraphobia)
-I will win the Powerball lottery tonight

[SOteric]

99. What did you discover

while ghost hunting? - Anything?

[Fox Mulder]

139. We discovered a lot.

Got a lot of great evidence: EVPs, orbs, and a lot of great personal experiences.

[quip]

145. Good luck with the Powerball tonite; the drawing is tomorrow

:rofl:

[Inchworm]

59. I usually tell all

but I'll try to think of new stuff.

1- I was a registered Rubug for many years because I thought I could single-handedly thwart their primaries from the inside. I've never to the best of my memory voted for a Repug in any general election. Fixed it back for the first time this year.

2- Although I consider myself a "southerner," I was born in Detroit.

3- I can go days without eating, usually because I simply forget to eat.

4- I don't like sweets for the most part

5- The only gardening experience I have was small farms and growing weed.

:hi:

[BarenakedLady]

64. I've often thought

About figuring out how to grow weed.

[Inchworm]

66. Not recommended

hehe

The helicopters seem too close all summer :D

Hi you! Whatcha wearin?

Flirt- Flirt- Flirt- :loveya:

:hug::hi::silly:

[BarenakedLady]

67. I was thinking that too

I live in a rural area. They fly planes over the fields around here all season. Several years back, they found a huge mess of pot right down the street from here in the middle of growing corn.

I should look into hydroponics. :D

[Inchworm]

70. You bettah be kidding

I don't wanna have to worry about you in an all female prison...

Hmm...

Sounds like a movie plot!

:D

[DarkTirade]

228. Don't you live near me?

There's a hydroponics/brewing store right next to the Eastview mall, 's where I get all my brewing supplies now. Don't know how good their hydroponics stuff is since I've never done any of that. I prefer to make legal intoxicants myself. :P I think they have another branch of their store up in Greece. (The Greece here, not the one in the Mediterranean.)

[BarenakedLady]

300. Yep

I've been in there. I was thinking about trying to make wine with the apples in my yard. Maybe next Fall.

[DarkTirade]

326. One of my next two brewing projects

will involve apples. In this case I'm making a cyser, part cider/apple wine, part mead.

[Rhythm]

149. I had that same notion about #1

a bunch of my pals in the 80's (punkers all) registered as Repugs so that we could vote for the most moderate of their candidates in the primaries.

I fixed that after 1984...

[Inchworm]

162. I wonder if we made a difference

:P

[bicentennial_baby]

65. Ok, I'll try...

The sight of other people's blood, in real life, not in movies or my own blood, automatically makes me vomit.

From birth till age 2, the Doctors thought I had leukemia or some weird blood disorder, and I had to get my blood tested every few weeks for 2 years, approx. They were wrong.

When I lived around the corner from a McDo, I was 5, and I convinced the workers that I was poor and my parents didn't feed me, so they would give me apple pies...and I don't even like apple pie!

I hated cheese until about age 20, now it's my favorite food, pretty much.

I came *this* close to drowning, and subsequently dying at age 4. B/c of that, I didn't learn to swim until age 18. I love swimming now.

[SOteric]

108. Good thing you recovered from your cheese hating ways.

They kick people out of France for dissing the frommage, you know. ;)

[RoseMead]

69. This should be easy, I'm practically a stranger here :)

1. In 8th grade I became a lady of the Golden Horseshoe.
2. I taught myself calligraphy in high school and made my own Christmas cards when I was in college
3. I was the first female trumpet section leader in my high school band
4. I read Gone With the Wind in 3rd grade
5. I've had sex on the Pennsic battlefield (not during a battle, of course)

Bonus: this is my first post in the Lounge. :D

[soleft]

79. What is the Pennsic battlefield?

[RoseMead]

160. The Pennsic battlefield is the center of the Pennsic War

held every year in Pennsylvania by members of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). SCA are medieval recreationists, with a dose of fantasy added in - some members are as historically accurate as they can possibly manage, while others are just there to play.

Some of the best photos of Pennsic and War Practice (held at the same place as Pennsic) are by a gentleman named Ron Lutz, who is, I believe, from the Pittsburgh area:

http://www.pbase.com/darter02/sca

Parties at Pennsic and War Practice are legendary, and folks heading out to the battlefield for some late-night fun is not an uncommon occurance. ;-)


edited because apparently my fingers aren't awake yet

[WinkyDink]

292. My former doctor is the father of Benjamin Schragger, unfortunately.

[RoseMead]

345. Well, I'm sorry to hear that

All I can say is that the SCA is an international organization with thousands and thousands of members. Most of the ones I've personally interacted with have been good people. A few have not. In my experience, it has pretty much mirrored other groups of similar size as far as the mix of people who participate.

Also, the society has changed a great deal from its early days, and it is in some ways a different organization now than it was when I joined in 1997. One of the biggest changes I've witnessed is the effort that's been made to include and protect children who participate in SCA activities. Several years ago, new officer positions were created at the local, regional and corporate levels to specifically oversee children's activities at SCA events. And more recently, the society has begun requiring background checks for all persons holding offices where they directly interact with children (this includes children's officers and youth weapons marshals).

Finally, I should point out that Mr. Shragger's crimes were committed at his residence, not at an official SCA function, and the news reports I've read stated that the SCA cooperated fully with authorities in that case.

[Lyric]

101. OMG! You too?

I am also a Lady of the Golden Horseshoe! :hi:

And although I didn't read Gone With the Wind in third grade (didn't have a copy available), I *did* read Lord of the Rings for the first time.

What county are you from? Monongalia, here :)

[RoseMead]

156. Wayne County

I went to Westmoreland Elementary/Middle School, then Vinson HS.

I didn't read Lord of the Rings until 5th grade, but then I reread it again and again for like a whole year. So I guess that would be #6: I'm a Lord of the Rings expert lol.

[DarkTirade]

229. Welcome to the lounge.

:hi:

Just out of curiosity, does your SN have anything to do with the beverage mead, or is it something else? I'm an amateur brewer, 's why I ask. :)

[RoseMead]

246. Its actually a combination

of the name I use in SCA and my fiancee's last name. I figured between the two, people who actually know me outside the Internet might be able to recognize me online.

I love some good mead, though. :D I mentioned Pennsic upthread. One year at Pennsic, I was invited to a party in a camp where everyone was a mead brewer. It was basically the night they were tasting all the mead that everyone had made. Yummy!

Other than that, the best mead I've ever had was some that was imported from Ireland (I don't know what brand.) Around here, usually the best you can do commercially is Chaucer's, which imo doesn't suck as a beverage but isn't what I consider really good mead.

Thanks for the Lounge welcome. I fled here from GD-P and other scary places. :P

[DarkTirade]

252. Heh... funny that you say that.

WORST mead I ever tasted was imported from Ireland. :P Not even real mead, just white wine with honey added. Which normally I'd let slide and just call it a pyment... but the honey was added AFTER the wine had fermented. The honey was completely unfermented. Which, IMO, does not give them the right to call it mead.

Also, it was really nasty white wine to begin with.

Chaucer's was my first, and if I can't find anything else I'll settle for it. But the main reason I started brewing my own was so that I wouldn't have to settle anymore. :)

[Mike03]

71. I'll give it a shot

1. Lately, I am filled with self-loathing and I don't know why.
2. There's some reason I was put here, but I don't know what it is, and not knowing what it is is destroying me.
3. I've never been the same since my divorce.
4. I need to do something positive with my life and fortunate resources, but I have no clue what it is.
5. I horde books and collect signed first editions. I also horde and collect rare movie paraphernalia.

[CBHagman]

88. Hope you find your path.

4. I need to do something positive with my life and fortunate resources, but I have no clue what it is.

Everyone acts as though finding one's path in life is easy, down to a few steps, when really it can take years of struggle and searching.

5. I horde books and collect signed first editions. I also horde and collect rare movie paraphernalia.

I love movies, antiques, books, collectibles. Are you collecting items from any particular era/genre?

:hi:

[RoseMead]

161. I've felt many of the things you describe

I still feel that way at times, but becoming insta-mommy to two little girls has helped me gain some appreciation for the good things I can do. I try to focus on that, now, rather than the negative things.

Sometimes purpose can be found in the place you least expect.

[SarahB]

72. Hmmm...

I was born in Nebraska
I spent 10 years in Catholic schools
I passed my NCLEX exam in 45 minutes
My vision is 20/300
My father was once interviewed by Dan Rather

[SOteric]

104. I can relate to the Catholic Schools, -

I did all my primary schooling in Jesuit schools, went to a Jesuit-run prep school and then, after attending college, went on to teach at a Jesuit school. 'Course I'm Catholic, so that's not really entirely shocking. For non-Catholics it's way more of an acheivement. :hi:

[SarahB]

106. I almost added "my daughter is an Soteric"

meaning she has 4 brothers (something you mentioned I remembered) :hi:

[SOteric]

117. Yep. I have 4 of them alright,

"Beast, Plague, Troll and Weasel." :7

[soleft]

73. 5 things, hmmmmm

I made the top 100 semifinalists of this year's Scriptapalooza contest

I'm a pitcher and a catcher

I was once in an info commercial

I unintentionally dissed Simon LeBon

I've worked at the same company for 24 years and have never been on a job interview

[SOteric]

105. Does Simon know?

:7

[soleft]

113. Yeah, well, hopefully he's forgotten it. I'm sure he has

My girlfriend won tickets to a Duran Duran concert. And then she won a second set with backstage passes, but since you can't win two contests on the radio so close together, she had to put the backstage pass tickets in my name.

Also, she wanted her childhood friend to get a chance to go backstage and meet her idol - the drummer, Roger. So she gave the passes to us with me having the mission to get John Taylor's autograph. I was so zoned in on John Taylor, that when Simon jumped in front of me ready to sign something, I waved him on and said,"that's okay, you can go to the next person".

Well, my girlfriend could have KILLED me for not getting Simon's autograph too. But I did get John Taylor's!

[SOteric]

124. *LOL* OMG, - that is the ~best~ story!

And so like a guy, too. ;)

[soleft]

132. LOL!!!! Um......not a guy.

What's really funny about that is I made the same mistake about BareNakedLady upthread!

[SOteric]

133. Yes, I know that.

"Dude" is non-gender-specific. :hi:

[soleft]

134. Cool, cause, you know we do share a first syllable

[YellowRubberDuckie]

75. Hmmm....This is difficult...

1. I am an Anglophile.
2. In real life I don't have a lot of friends.
3. I love the people around me, but I rarely get love back from the people I love.
4. I have a fetish for trashy historical romance novels
5. I have watched so many people around my die tragically that it's amazing that I am still as sane and optimistic as I am.

[SOteric]

107. What do you mean by 'trashy', exactly?

'Cause I staunchly defend the written form in all it's iterations. Including fiction of any kind and every type of genre novel.

P.S. I'm sorry for you many losses. I've had only a few myself, but they were biggies and it's awfully hard to get past it sometimes.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

247. Well, I was using it as Naughty, very sexual and H-O-T

I'm into Kinsley McGregor right now and I cannot tell you how hot they are.
Duckie

[SOteric]

253. Excellent!

[Midlodemocrat]

83. Okay.

I have four brothers, no sisters.
I complain about them, but I adore my family like no other.
I'm taking up sewing for fun again.
SOteric's advice has made me a much better cook for my family.
BabyMidlo is downstairs eating caviar. She's a gourmand. :scared:

[SOteric]

111. You sew, too!?

I love to quilt and do little sewing projects but it's been just ages since I actually had the time. At one time I made some beautiful hand quilted Christmas stockings for everyone in the family. (And since we're Catholic, that's saying something.) I loved every minute of it!

:hi:

P.S. (Keep her away from the Sevruga unless it's a special occassion. That stuff'll bankrupt you in a hot, sweaty heartbeat.)

[Midlodemocrat]

154. I ended up having to do some altering of show choir dresses,

'stage sewing' if you will and realized how much I missed it. It's a great hobby. I told TM I was going to make her prom dress.

That didn't go over too well. LOL.

:hi:

[LostinVA]

205. Caviar?

You're training BabyMidlo to hate the homeless, already?

[triguy46]

84. The only 5 things left:

My SSN.
My mother's maiden name.
My bank account PIN.
My favorite pet's name.
What I have tattooed on my butt.

[SOteric]

112. Alrighty then.

:hi:

[DarkTirade]

230. ... I just wanna know that last one.

:)

[harmonicon]

87. well, most things...

people here don't know about me, so it's not hard. I'll try to pick good one's that aren't too identifying

1. when I was 12 or 13 I won a radio station's "sing like david lee roth" contest

2. I thought one of my legs was shorter than the other, but was sent to a physical therapist who told me that my legs were the same length and I just didn't know how to walk (really)

3. I'm a dopewars online fanatic... it's an online game, which my friend, who also plays, describes as combining the excitement of accounting with the dynamism of watching paint dry. Here it is, for those interested: <http://www.treadon.us/index.php?referral=12-102>

4. in college I dated a girl who worked at an S&M club

5. I've been a wise-ass for so long that most of the time I can't tell if I'm being sincere or sarcastic

[SOteric]

115. I hear ya about that knowing how to walk thing,

I had some problems with my hips, knees and ankles owing to a previous illness. A physical therapist had to spend some time changing the way I walk just to ease some of the discomfort. It was amazing the difference it made. I suppose we all just assume if we're upright and going forward, we must be walking.


P.S. - About #5, - better than being a dumbass, dude. Seriously. ;)

[harmonicon]

126. I'm still no good at it

(walking) The first thing the woman said to me was, "how much do you spend on shoes?" She was appalled when I told her that I bought cheap shoes. Good shoes really do make a difference (I was having horrible pain in my knee), but I don't always (ok, hardly ever) do the stretches that I'm supposed to, and the weird hip problem I have that's causing all of this I'm pretty sure is caused by the position I sleep in. I can try to learn how to walk again, but I'll be damned if I have to relearn how to sleep.

[RetroLounge]

95. 5 things DU doesn't know about me?

1. My left middle finger is covered with a strawberry birth mark.

2. I have an irrational fear of needles, hence I passed on heroin. I passed up little else.

3. As hard as I try, I'll never believe in God.

4. My FFM threesome fantasy is gone forever.

5. My favorite sandwich is Peanut Butter, Strawberry preserves, Buddig's processed chicken loaf, and kraft american cheese on white.

:hi:

RL

[SOteric]

116. Gasp! - re: your #5 -

You're secretly Elvis, aren't you?!!

[Bennyboy]

102. I can play the harmonica like a son of a bitch!

I run a non profit.
I have three kids and two grandkids
I still ahve all my hair and no grey!
I love to teach all kinds of people to juggle.

[SOteric]

118. My mother used to juggle, -

it was fun and amazing to watch. :hi:

[Bennyboy]

136. And she never taught you?

I can teach anyone over the age of five or six in fifteen minutes.

[SOteric]

171. No she never taught us.

I think she used to use it mostly as a trick to stun my brothers into silence.

[DarkTirade]

231. I know how to juggle.

Unfortunately I can't catch worth shit... :P

Knowing's only half the battle.

[Gormy Cuss]

103. Here goes.

1.mainegreen is my younger brother
2.lionesspriyanka is my lab partner
3.Thomcat is my go-to-guy for NYC nightclub info
4.skygazer lives in a shed in my backyard
5.all of the above are fibs.

[SOteric]

120. *snicker* ...Say....-

you really are a Gormy Cuss, aren't you? :pals:

[ThomCat]

135. LOL!

I would have loved to be a clubbing buddy 20 years ago. I used to have a wonderful time.
:)

[BuelahWitch]

114. 5 I don't think I've revealed....

1. My first car was a Dodge Colt.

2. I am probably borderline agoraphobic.

3. Lost the hearing in my right ear when I was 21. Doc told me an operation would help. Before the operation I had 25 percent. After the operation I had none.

4. At one time I wanted to be a singer. I was pretty good too. The hearing loss kind of shot that dream to hell, weight gain and social phobia put the last nail in the coffin.

5. No problems with the law, not even a speeding ticket.

[SOteric]

122. How incredibly frustrating about the hearing.

Especially to lose a dearly held dream like that. :hug:

[Omphaloskepsis]

119. Mine...

I do a few math problems in my bed when I wake-up. It gets the gears turning.

I make stuff out of old clothing and a hot glue gun when I get bored. 99% of it sucks.

I make stuff out of old electronics and a soldering iron when I get bored. 99% of it doesn't work.

Over ten percent of my living space is filled with empty beer cans.

I find it surprising that my cat hasn't ran away. I would have.

[SOteric]

123. Wow, - maths instead of caffeine!

Never thought of that. :7

[qwertyMike]

121. Here goes

1. I can't swim
2. I was a virgin till I was 23
3. I have visited over 40 countries
4. I have 'made love' to about the same number of women (In between marriages).
5. I have 3 passports, Irish, British and Canadian - all legal

Belfast

[SOteric]

125. You are Warren Beatty and I claim my 5 quatloos!

[qwertyMike]

237. No

I am Shirley McClaine's brother.
And
6. I have never been unfaithful.

Warren

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

128. No one cares, but here:

1. I can't whistle
2. I have probably memorized every episode of "Seinfeld"
3. My dad remembered approximately 7,000 birthdays (probably including Obama's grandparents, as they lived in my hometown for a while)
4. I played the cello for 5 years from grade school to high school
5. I have a brother whom I never mention because he's a butt

[Skittles]

142. I CARE, DTBK

You want I should kick your butt-brother's ass???

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

147. Thanks Skittles - he lives in Kansas

Just a few short hours up 35 and you'll be within reach of his ass!

[yvr girl]

129. Here's mine

-I studied Hula for a year
-I was part of a focus group when I was 9
-I haven't listened to my voice mail since June
-I am the youngest in my generation on both sides of my family
-I claim to have discovered CaliforniaPeggy

[SOteric]

168. Pppphhht! So ~that's~ why you never return my phone calls.

[femmocrat]

131. Here goes...

1. I used to participate in teen beauty pageants.
2. I was a majorette.
3. I almost drowned 3 times -- once in a lake, once in a pool, and once in the ocean. (The ocean was the scariest.)
4. I am the first grandchild in my very large family to graduate from college.
5. I am in Who's Who!

[SOteric]

169. Hey! - I was a majorette too!

:hi:

[Dinger]

138. O.K.

I played in a master class with Van Cliburn.
I live in a very small town in northern Wisconsin.
I got on Larry King a few years ago when Bob Woodward was on (I still have the recording!)
I'm a Sunday School teacher and an elementary school teacher.
I have been married for 28 years.

[SOteric]

170. 1, 3 and 5 are quite impressive!

And the other two are quite nice, too.

[KitchenWitch]

140. Okay.

Every school I went to from Kindergarten through high school closed right after my class had "graduated".

I was a "rink rat" and spent every Friday and Saturday night at the local roller rink during my teens.

I love hats.

I was flat chested until I was 20. Then the boobie fairy decided to over abundantly bless me. (My DDs are all natural).

I love to go to the drive in movies.

[SOteric]

172. Very probably

the boobie fairy kept showing up at your school just after you graduated and it took her 20 years to f'in find you.

:hi:

[Skittles]

141. OK

For a short time I was a Girl Scout - "TOFS" (Troop on Foreign Soil)
I can still swim across a lake (FOR MILES) at age 50
I have sent over 1,000 Texas postcards to the troops (and I have every one of their names - 5 have been killed)
I have donated 27 gallons of blood products (whole blood and platelets)
In my life I have moved about thirty times

[SOteric]

173. Goodonya for all of that!

Especially the donating blood products! :patriot:

[BlueDissenter]

143. My five.....

*When I was six I shattered the roof of my mouth, chipped a tooth and cut my lip when I went down a slide with a curtain rod.
*I didn't get my driver's license until I was twenty after at least four tries since I was seventeen.
*I've got two weaknesses when it comes to splurging: books and purses.
*My favorite cuss-word is gorram.
*When I was five I was diagnosed with ADD.

[SOteric]

174. You went down a slide with curtain rod?

Why? :7

[BlueDissenter]

235. I was pretending that.....

I was She-Ra, Princess of Power.

[madeline_con]

144. Here goes

1. I grew up in Titusville, FL... where Bob Allen was caught trying to get some guy to let him...

2. I met Johnny Carson in Charles DeGaulle airport.

3. I was once thrown out of a bar by a woman ina Santa Claus dress.

4. I broke my next-to-the-pinky toe on my left foot, and now it's the same size as the pinky toe.

5. As a child, I was attacked by a chicken.

[SOteric]

175. Johnny Carson always struck me as a really cool guy.

Did you get to talk with him at all?

[madeline_con]

249. I just said hi. He was buying perfume, and I

didn't want to be a pain in the ass.

[GCP]

146. Like Raven, I'm the mother of a prominent DUer

On edit

I was Deputy head Girl of my High School in the UK, and lost my position for smoking at the swim meet
I almost got kicked out of university for co-habiting with the father of the afore-mentioned prominent DUer- this was in the 60s.

[Midlodemocrat]

159. prominent AND good looking.

:bounce:

[SOteric]

166. And like Raven, you just cannot get him to shut up and go to his room.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=7534110


:rofl:

[GCP]

201. No, but he's very funny!

:hi:

[Angel]

148. I'll give it a shot

1. I do not drive.

2. I am the shortest (4'11'') and the oldest girl of a family of 7 children

3. I love to take photos

4. I have horrid nightmares I fear I will never get rid of.

5. I will never marry again.

[SOteric]

177. Wow, you don't drive?

Are you still able to get around pretty well?

[Angel]

288. I get where I need to go

I'm not a very social person so all I need is a way to and from work, I just think the roads are a safer place without another nervous nellie like me driving around. Other than work I either walk or ride my bike to get where I want to go.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

150. Mine

1. I spent two summer sessions at the University of Hawaii, 14 years apart

2. One of my Norwegian cousins has put together a family tree that dates back to the 1640s and has over 2000 people on it.

3. My mother's mother lived to be 100.

4. When I was a visiting instructor at Cornell, I ended up living in the same apartment that Vladimir Nabokov had lived in some 30 years before.

5. I didn't get my driver's license till I was 29, and I still hate to drive.

[SOteric]

178. Here's hoping that you'll inherit some of that longevity!

:toast:

[Lil Missy]

151. Okay.....

1. My first vote was Republican. (My family was and I didn't know any better at the time.):blush:

2. I love sushi! Especially with lots of wasabi!

3. I came out in my 40's as gay. And my family was so surprised? I never dated for crissakes!

4. I quit watching and boycotted the "Tonight Show" when David Letterman got burned and it went to Jay Leno. I've never watched it since then.

5. The men in my family are far better cooks than the women.

[SOteric]

179. OMG!

Sushi with lots of wasabi is da bomb!!! :thumbsup:

[MilesColtrane]

152. 5

1) I have been totally wasted on three continents.
2) My Kung Fu is better than your Kung Fu.
3) I have survived the constant psychological torture administered during my upbringing.
4) I still have a Matchbox car and stamp collection from childhood in my garage that I hope will some day pay off.
5) I didn't lose my virginity until college.

[SOteric]

180. But dude, -

Your kitchen Kung Fu has got nothin' on my kitchen Kung Fu.

[MilesColtrane]

186. I doubt it.

Nothing can beat my Drunken Julia Child style.

[DarkTirade]

232. Not even a herd of leprechauns can defend against my Dancing Finger style kung fu!

http://tmous.com/media/MOUS_kung-fu.html

[MilesColtrane]

281. Nice use of the "Enter the Dragon" music in that short.

Herd?

I always thought the correct term was a "shillelagh of leprechauns".

[DarkTirade]

287. I'm just quoting from the movie. :P

[Rhythm]

153. My infamous 5... prepare to be shocked!

1.) At age 16, i was expelled from a FundieBaptist-run high school. The reason?! I went to a J. Geils Band concert, and the school's rules explicitly threatened expulsion for any student who attended a "rock concert, lounge, or discotheque".

2.) I had my first intimate experiences with members of either sex within a week of each other; one a few days before my 18th birthday, the other a few days after. None on my birthday itself, though *pout*

3.) Two of my tattoos were done by the same artist who did the huge dragon on Jani Lane from Warrant. He introduced us at an after-concert party, because he wanted to show off his work to each other!

4.) I have an older half-brother (8 years older) whom i have never met in person; we've only spoken a couple of times by letter or phone. The last time was 15 years ago.

5.) The only instrument i play competently is the trombone. I once tried to learn to play bass guitar, but the only thing i remember now is how to pick out the "Munsters" theme.

[SOteric]

181. Phew! Prolly dodged a bullet there,

getting expelled by the Jesus Crispies. You'll have to post a pic of your tats some time. :hi:

[Rhythm]

202. I have never been happier than the day i was expelled...

Mom and dad weren't upset about it, either... they thought it was a stupid rule anyway.

I have posted my ink pix a couple of times previously, and should someone start a tattoo thread in the near future, they'll go up again. Honestly, i want a new one soon!

[TZ]

155. Okay

1) I was on the swim team as a child...I love the water
2) In college my ambition was to study animal behavior (bats or bower birds)
3) I once was a competition level line dancer
4) I can both lead and follow in Jitterbug/swing dance
5) One of my grandfathers was a painter, the other a ghost writer.

[SOteric]

182. Line dancer

as in Country style dancing?

[TZ]

188. Yeah

But line dancing is done to all sorts of music now, including techno, blues, rock and even a bit of Hip Hop/ Rap.
But country style dancing both couples and line is where I started...

[Pacifist Patriot]

163. Let's see

* My mother was a classically trained opera singer
* I have been to 19 countries
* My undergraduate degree includes a Russian studies concentration. (I only remember 5 words of Russian, but at least I've retained an overview of the history and understood the Soviet political system...does that make my politics major a history major?)
* I am a non-theist minister (most people know the minister part but don't realize what KIND of minister)
* I always have sinus congestion and it's really pissing me off

[SOteric]

183. OooooOOOOOooo! - Very impressive

My family's Italian so we're all really big opera fans!

[Magrittes Pipe]

165. I know all those things about you.

Well, okay, I didn't know about the swimming thing and the Lost addiction. :shrug:

I won't share anything. DU is not my friend. x(

[SOteric]

184. Okay, just for you, some bonus info you don't know.

• I bite my fingernails, it's a nervous habit,
• my cat will eat anything with shrimp in it, so I spoil the little bastid by making crevette just for him and pouring it over his store- bought cat food,
• right at this moment, as I type this, I'm listening to NIN, "Only" at the office, while sipping a Starbucks quad vente non-fat latte*
  
  * Which Martin has nicknamed the "Julsy Special" 'cuz it's my favourite. :7
  
  
  Well, hell. It's primary season. DU isn't anybody's friend. But some of us here still love you guys. :hi:

[Midlodemocrat]

198. Aw, i loves me some hedges.

:hug:

[BeachBaby]

176. I'll give this a shot....

1. I'm a classically trained pianist - started at age 4, and was what they called a "power player" in many competitions on the East Coast.
2. I've been doing volunteer work for Vietnam Veterans since 1997 - somebody needs to be their voice.
3. Tre Cool (from Green Day) saw me at an after-concert party, grabbed my hand, sat me down, and we talked politics for close to 2 hours.
4. At the age of almost 39, I still play basketball.
5. I've NEVER seen "Spinal Tap" in its entirety. Holy shit.

[SOteric]

185. Goodonya for doing that volunteer work!

:thumbsup:

[TZ]

194. Uh oh.

About #5...Don't let DuStrange or Temeah catch on to that..You will never hear the end of it..at least until you see the whole movie..Like I did recently.....:)

[Highway61]

187. Well....This is like "Post Secret"

....I have the entire collection of Beatle cards in black and white AND in color.

....I have a tendency to isolate since I lost my daughter. Her passing forever changed my life in more ways than I can count.


....I love to read, play the piano and garden.


.....I moved closer to my mom to be with her during her fight with breast cancer. When she passed away last summer all she left me was a statement in her will telling me that she never liked me.


....I am grateful for my little piece of heaven called home on the coast of Maine.

There....I said it...been holding that in for too long...suppose to be therapeutic...It took me over 3 hours to decide to post this

[SOteric]

189. Just

:hug:

[Highway61]

264. Thanks

I just got home from work...a little belated...however, thank you.

[momophile]

191. here is another one

:hug:

true life blows me away sometimes.

[Highway61]

269. Blows me away

as well...never used to think like that..."until it happens to you". Thank you...

[supernova]

203. Here's another one from me

:hug:

Maine is lovely. And I always enjoy your posts.

[Highway61]

274. What a nice

thing to say. Sometimes I get carried away in my posts, but that is nice to hear.

[momophile]

190. here are five for me

I got into university as a physics major, and dropped it after one week - I can't think like that!

I've never been to South America.

I used to be quite a fast runner and then I hit puberty.

I wore a pink shirt this year for the first time in twenty-five years.

I was always designated driver when I was a teen and young adult - I was the only responsible one of my friends.

[SOteric]

192. Where would you go in South America

if you could?

[momophile]

193. Machu Picchu

I've wanted to go there since I was a kid.

someday...

[deepthought42]

196. Would anyone care? Oh well...

I can sing, but not in front of people, and I cannot sight-read to save my life! Yet i wish I could...

I'm 25 1/2, almost half-way through grad school, and have no idea what to do with my life nor what I'm good at. Any ideas?

I'm a happier person when not around my mother.

I'm not a people person.

Went on my first date last year at the ripe old age of 24 (going on 25). My bf and I are still together, but no, we haven't "done it".

[SOteric]

209. Ah, if only

American Idol would do a show where contestants sang on hidden camera... :7


P.S. Do 'it' when your ready. No one else gets to decide your sexual timetable. :pals:

[deepthought42]

225. Ha ha ha...that'd be funny n/t

[WinkyDink]

291. Travel. Don't become a teacher (I did, and I am not a people person, either. Mistake!).

[deepthought42]

298. I can agree on that!

Definately do not want to be a teacher...lol So what do you do, if I can ask? :)

[supernova]

199. OK here's my five

besides the scars ( :P )

• I can play an open-holed flute, but haven't picked it up in a while.
  
• I'm recruiting for a working writers' group in my area, but I want it small enough that everyone has a chance to share every meeting.
  
• would like to live in the UK or France for a few years, just for the experience and because I have admired both countries over the years.
  
• would like to run my own business, but I don't know what that is.
  

edit: Here's an extra one that I think about sometimes... if I ever get to visit Italy, I'd love for SOteric to show me around. :-)

[SOteric]

210. Oh the time we'd have!

We could nibble our way through the major culinary regions and shop the out of the way places in Milan and Parma. :bounce:

[supernova]

262. God I would so love that!

:bounce: :bounce:

:D

:pals:

[Phillycat]

200. All right, here goes.

1. I knit, crochet, and embroider every single day, at least one of those. I cannot watch television or movies without a craft in my hands.

2. I was pulled onstage and kissed on the mouth by Rob Zombie at the Trocadero in Philly, in the La Sexorcisto White Zombie days. It was AWESOME.

3. I was also kissed on the mouth by Matthew Sweet on his tour bus behind the Bottle and Cork in Dewey Beach, Delaware. Unfortunately, he was in one of his "fat" phases. Not so awesome.

4. I maintained a 4.0 GPA at my Ivy League University.

5. When I was 29, I had my tubes tied. No, I have no children.

[SOteric]

212. Damn, Girl! You're a rock star magnet!

[Phillycat]

217. Or, you know, kind of a whore. Heh.

:D

[SOteric]

220. Phtt. I think I make a better spin doctor for your life than you do.

:7

[bertha katzenengel]

204. I'm paranoid

I was first-chair violin in elementary school orchestra (obviously before Proposition 13)

I'm currently obsessed with spring, with baseball, with the better times ahead

I like giraffes

Mrs. V. and I laugh every day, and most days laugh our asses off.

[SOteric]

213. Paranoids are very creative people.

Think about the amount of mental agility required to rationalise most paranoid constructs. :7 :hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

297. What do you mean by that?

:rofl: at your reply - well said!

[SOteric]

303. *LOL*

[Burma Jones]

207. Okely Dokely

1. I used to cook for a living

2. I was a lifeguard

3. I used to have chronic back problems until I started really exercising regularly, now I go to my Chiropractor/massage therapist about once a month for a tune up.

4. I wear size 13 EEE dress shoes and 12 EEE athletic shoes

5. I nearly drowned while whitewater rafting on the New River, WV.

[SOteric]

214. Was that whitewater rafting trip

before or after being a lifeguard?

[Burma Jones]

218. After.......

about 15 years after. Not panicking helped me not die. Subsequent rafting trips were with professional guides and not my poker buddies.......

[SOteric]

222. *L* Well, so at least you got some personal growth out of it.

[sakabatou]

208. Ok

My SO and I have been together for a year
I've been a martial arts instructor
I've studied martial arts for over 5 years
Anime addict

[SOteric]

215. Any particular

form of martial arts?

[sakabatou]

316. Shaolin kenpo

[Fire Walk With Me]

211. Five things DS1 doesn't know about me? That's a tough one.

I'll have to get back to you on that.

[SOteric]

216. No worries.

DS1's file on you very comprehensive. I'm sure there's nothing he doesn't know about you; - even that mole on your left buttock.

[Fire Walk With Me]

219. He says that it makes me cute, but I think that he's just mocking me.

[SOteric]

221. Oh yeah. I'm sure that

seeing it nestled in a big mat of butt hair is very charming to him. :P

[Fire Walk With Me]

223. He's the one who is thorough. It's not like, "Look at my mole in the big mat of butt hair."

Well, not too much.

[SOteric]

224. Yeah, he never cared much for show offs.

[LiberalEsto]

233. I didn't speak English till I was 6

My parents wanted me to speak Estonian at home, so when I started kindergarten, I started learning English by total immersion. BTW, I was born in the US, and they spoke fluent English.

One of my great-grandfathers was a Russian Orthodox priest.

I took a belly-dancing class when I was 20.

I was a member of the Citizens Party in the late 1970s-early 1980s.

I'm addicted to sudoku puzzles.

Oh, I almost forgot, I met all of the Grateful Dead back in 1971 - before they were famous - including Pig Pen. Got to go backstage at a couple of concerts.

[SOteric]

254. Totally Awesome about the Grateful Dead!

Will Pitt would be so jealous of you. Heck I think we all are!

[LiberalEsto]

302. I even shared a few "substances"

with the backstage gang.

What happened was that someone I knew in college grew up with one of the Dead's roadies. My college friend told me to ask for this person and to mention his name. Worked like magic.

[SOteric]

304. That's awesome! Definitely put that chapter in the memoirs!

[JackCo]

234. Mine

1) I hate driving and didn't get my license until I was 18
2) I was once forced to kill baby chicks by hitting them in the head with a shovel
3) I'm an only child
4) I'm a huge fan of the Discovery and History channels
5) I married my high school sweetheart and just celebrated our 22nd anniversary

[SOteric]

255. Congratulations on your anniversary!

I love hearing about marriages that last. - My parents married young and stayed together until my mother's passing. It so very rare these days and such an accomplishment.

[JackCo]

279. Thanks

There were actually 3 couples in our class who married after graduation. Beating the odds that we are all still together.

Funny but my mom has been married 3 times and never celebrated a one year anniversary. Guess I learned from her mistakes.

[Iggo]

236. My 5.

1. I can't dance.

2. I suck at driving stick. I can do it, but I suck.

3. My boss is the brother of H.R. Haldeman. I shit you not.

4. I play a mean guitar.

5. I voted for Reagan in my first presidential election. I've since pulled my head out.

[Iggo]

240. Too late to edit, but...

...#3 and #5 are not related in any way. I voted for Reagn in '80. I started Working for Haldeman in '05.

Cheers!

[SOteric]

260. We've so much musical talent in this thread,

I'm thinking we should get everyone together for a national meetup on the day that Bush leaves the White House and have all of you talented folk put together a selection of dance tunes.

P.S. Congratulations on your new hat. -and yes I read your addendum.

[x-g.o.p.er]

238. My 5:

1. I can't whistle. Tried my whole life, and nothing.
2. I'm a pretty good cook when it comes to making breakfast, or meat on a grill.
3. I was adopted at birth, but established a relationship with my birth mother, 3 brothers, and one sister about 10 years ago.
4. I started fishing when I was 38.
5. Both of my adoptive and biological parents are alcoholics. 3 of the 4 have been sober for over 25 years.

[SOteric]

263. That's a tough one to handle,

but congratulations on having established that relationship, - and here's hoping that number 4 will be joining the club soon. :pals:

[mtnester]

239. OK, some of it may be weird

1. I have worked with all men for 15 years (I have not cycled right for a decade and a half because of it)

2. I am the most amazing amateur gardner. My containers are legend. I can also design flowers and can wrap packages in ways that can make you cry over the beauty. I have actually wrapped on request empty boxes just to put under people's trees in this day of gift cards, and I love doing it (I have never charged a single dime)

3. I maintain, tend, plant and care for all the gravestones of my relatives in currently 7 different cemeteries, and am planning a trip to Pleasants County WVA to replace (not really replace but supplement with a new stone and/or plaque) two stones there this summer. My summer trip is planned for Rosanna Barnhart, wife of Aca Barnhart (actually Asa). She was my gggg grandmother. If you scroll down on this page, you can click to see her stone as it is now. http://www.lindapages.com/pleasants/cemetery/brnhrt.htm

4. I am deeply, madly in love with my best friend. My husband was love at first site 20 years ago in a Kroger parking lot on St. Patrick's day (20 years coming up soon!)

5. I am a Bravo TV addict and a cooking gadget junkie, and also a family history buff and know the history of my families through many hundreds of years.

[SOteric]

266. Post a link again when you've gotten that stone

all gussied up, I'd be very interested in seeing it!

And congratulations to you, too, on your upcoming anniversary.

[mtnester]

285. I will probably leave that stone alone as much as possible

those stones some apart in sheets, and I can tell that toughing it will damage it more. What I will do is clean up around it, plant a few casual and hardy perennials, and put in either another carved stone or a plaque (depending on what that county's/township's cemetery rules allow) I am trying to get the clarification.


What I want is people to be able to see her name in another 150 years,l because this stone is finished. Somewhere in there is her hubby also, but no stone...we will be putting that on the marker as well.

[ulysses]

242. hmm.

I can't dance my way out of a paper bag, but I do it with great gusto anyway given enough alcohol.

I studied three nonnative languages for two years each and couldn't ask for the location of the bathroom in any of them. I'm the anti-Lydia Leftcoast.

Steak should be rare and ribeye.

I'm partial to the novels of John Gardner.

I own a four foot spirit level.

[GOPisEvil]

243. Here's my very late 5

1. My cell phone died last night
2. I was born in another country and did not become a US Citizen until age 8
3. My parents are a "mixed-race" couple
4. I had two minor surgeries before I was 7
5. I've had no surgeries since (except oral surgery)

[ulysses]

245. I don't believe it.

Some admirable surgeon put your head on Mama Walton's body a few years back...;-)

[SOteric]

271. And you're a sweetie.

[WinkyDink]

244. I'm a Scorpio only child who played trombone, quit Girl Scouts because I was the only

one "for" JFK, lost on Jeopardy, and hopes more DU'ers wish me a Happy Birthday this year than did last. :)

[BuelahWitch]

280. Hey WinkyDink!

I'm a Scorpio only child too! :hi: Neat that you at least got onto Jeopardy!

[WinkyDink]

290. Thank you! I was crushed at the time, though! (Are you left-handed, too?!)

[BuelahWitch]

293. I was supposed to be left handed

but my baby sitter (not parents) changed me over when I was almost 2 years old. My grandmother who usually took care of me was in the hospital having open heart surgery and my mother was working full time. So I was in this woman's care quite a bit for about 6 weeks or so. My mother was furious when she found out.

[NoodleBoy]

250. my 5:

1. I just downloaded Dynamite Hack's version of Boyz-n-tha-Hood
2. I went to Catholic school as a kid.
3. I like my dog better than most people.
4. If I could so anything I wanted to a good portion of the people I interact with, it would be "F-you."
5. Despite all of these things, I'm a pretty laidback person.

[SOteric]

268. I can so relate

to liking your dog better than most people. I like my cat better than an awful lot of people. Not all people, but an awful lot.

[Justpat]

251. OK, here goes....

1. I got thrown out of Girl Scouts for hitting the Troop Leader in the head with a spoon.

2. I got thrown out of my Catholic all girls junior college for falling out of a third floor window.
I was drunk and didn't get a scratch.

3. I was undefeated in the 220 in HS for two years.

4. I ran away from home at age seven and lived in a garage in San Diego for a two days
before anyone found me.

5. I won my first race as a jockey on a horse small enough to be considered a medium pony.


Despite my antisocial behavior as a kid, I turned out OK.

[SOteric]

270. I love your username!

And yeah, it sounds like you were a bit of a handful as a kid. (To put it mildly.) :7

[Justpat]

272. I'm a model citizen now, though.

:hi:


Fun thread. thanks for starting it.

OB

[Oeditpus Rex]

256. Ah, what the hell?

• I've been a Dodgers fan since I was 9, but I've never been to Dodger Stadium.

• I have, however, been to more than 500 minor league baseball games.

• A minor league pitcher named Jeff Nelson got married on the field before a game in 1987. I was the photographer; it was the first wedding I shot. He went on to a 15-year major league career, mostly with Seattle and the Jankees, and was an All-Star in 2001 — which is weird, because he sucked that year in A Ball. (He and Colette are still married, btw.)

• I've seen "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" more than 50 times.

• I had my first panic attack when I was 11, while pitching a Little League game, and became agoraphobic at 19.

[Tektonik]

259. You should come to Dodger Stadium in the next few years, before McCourt tears it down

:scared:

[Oeditpus Rex]

265. He wouldn't dare

Even at 46 years old (on April 10), it's still considered one of the most beautiful and fan-friendly yards in baseball. And it's paid for.

[Tektonik]

257. Here I go

-I was a big baby. I was 10 lbs, 1 month premature. My mom almost miscarried me when she was around 3 months pregnant, and was then bed ridden for the remainder of her pregnancy. Her entire ordeal included being put on medication almost giving her a heart attack, taking blood products that could have given her AIDS, and having her blood poisoned.

My mom did not have a C-section, and she's convinced that if she was in the US at the time rather than France, I'd either have been miscarried or she'd have a C-section scar.

-I was born in France, still a French citizen, but I've never been back since I left when I was 6 months old.

-I'm half French, half Afghani, and I can't speak French or Farsi/Pashto/etc. fluently. Also I'm neither Catholic nor Muslim.

-If you asked me to ride a bike, I'd probably fall off. The same hold true for skates/blades.

-I'll eat anything, for there are very few foods I wouldn't try. The only foods I don't bother touching are some varieties of Indian cooking (Indian cooking can be fucking disgusting) and shellfish that looks like mutated snot (mussels, oysters, etc.).

[SOteric]

273. So that's a 'no' on the escargot, then?

[Tektonik]

276. I had to try it, and it was not so bad

But then again what doesn't taste good when bathed in butter and garlic?

[SOteric]

278. It's an excellent point you make.

:)

[kwassa]

296. but mutated snot is delicious.

You just don't know what you are missing.

[Taverner]

258. OK

1 - I served in the Peace Corps Thailand where I taught AIDS/HIV Education from 1992-95. I met my wife there.

2 - I have a Masters in Journalism, a BA in Political Science

3 - I played in a Heavy Metal band in High School and College.

3 - I have no High School Diploma

4 - I have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder :crazy:. I'm proud of it.

5 - I was the toddler who stuck his hand on the burner just to know for sure it was painful.

[SOteric]

275. I think #4 must be the reason for #3 and #3.

:7

:hi:

[Taverner]

277. Um...perhaps?

<blush>

[enigmatic]

282. 5

I'm left-handed.

I was essentially a hobo/tramp/whatever for 3 years in the late 80's/early 90's and have pretty much seen every corner of the US from a boxcar, save New England.

I was a working musician for 10+ years.

I worked for Dennis Kucinich as a 13 year-old volunteer when he was running for Mayor of Cleveland in the mid 70's.

I've logged more miles on a Greyhound Bus than most Greyhound drivers.

I don't drive.

[SOteric]

307. What an interesting perspective from which to see the country.

You should write a book. :thumbsup:

[The Animator]

283. Let's see what's in my five.

1. My last name is Fernandez, but when asked if I speak Spanish my reply is "only the bad words."

2. I once broke my thumb in a freak bowling accident.

3. I love to quote from my favorite movies to the point where it annoys the hell out of you... and then, it goes sooo much further.

4. I cannot dance... at all. I have tried... it doesn't end well.

5. I sing, whether or not I sing well depends upon who you ask. I do a great impression of a dying cat on the saxophone.

[DarkTirade]

289. So you mean you can play better than Kenny G?

[orleans]

286. me

1. i googled my name and i found a poem of mine (that was published in a national magazine back in the 1980s) quoted on someone's myspace page and they even left my name up as the author

2. i talk to my best friend on the phone a lot but we hardly see each other

3. i'm a night owl

4. i'm thinking no one will read this far down in the thread

5. i met todd rundgren

[SOteric]

308. Oddly enough,

there are still folks reading this far down in the thread. :7 :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

294. I think you all know everything.

- I have double jointed thumbs
- My husband sat behind me in 7th grade
- My daughter was speller number 107 in the National Spelling Bee in 2002 (technically not me but I'm claiming it anyway)
- My son is a bona fide modern medical miracle
- I'm sleepy

[SOteric]

309. And you have an adorable dog,

And even before all the current pain in your life, you have a whole herd of people hereabouts who truly love you in our own whacky ways. :hug:

(Some of us are way whackier than others).

[PunkinPi]

295. my 5...

- I spent my first night on earth in a drawer. (The hospital ran out of beds and had to put me somewhere.) :silly:
- My mom was a nun until she was 30. (She obviously wasn't a nun when she had me.)
- My first name IRL is Chinese, however I am not Chinese.
- My SO and I have our own business.
- Chris Matthews :eyes: went to the same high school as my dad.

[SOteric]

310. *L* Don't give those folks that just had triplets any ideas

about 'cradle bunkbeds.'

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

299. Let's see...

1. I had all three of my children without drugs. It's not as bad as you think. In fact, it was actually quite empowering.
2. I'm a classically trained vocalist, but also play slide guitar.
3. I own all of the Beatles albums (both US and UK) on vinyl.
4. I've only had sex with one person in my entire life. I'm not a prude, he's just the only one I ever felt strongly enough about. And we're still together 13 years later.
5. I once stayed up for 97 hours straight, with the help of Jolt Cola and 6 packs of cigarettes.

[SOteric]

311. Cool!

I'm quite the Beatles fan myself. My oldest brother gave me a bunch of their albums when I was little and he thought they were yesterday's news. Heh. Couple of years ago he wanted them back.


And good Lord, girl, don't be doing that awake for a hundred hours thing anymore. That can't be healthy.

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

325. No more all-nighters for me LOL...

The 97 hour thing was when I was in college. I was also working a full-time job, and taking 19 hours that quarter. Pretty hard-core, huh? :crazy:

[MrScorpio]

301. My Five

1. Just bought a brand new hard drive
2. I do impressions of famous people
3. My baloney has a first name... And it's NOT O-S-C-A-R.
4. I love that old show, Blind Date
5. I'm just an ordinary guy

[SOteric]

312. What's your best impression?

[MrScorpio]

314. Edward G. Robinson

"Sheeee!"

[mwdem]

313. Ooookay...

1. I'm taller than the average woman. (5'10")
2. I look younger than my age.
3. I've done some modeling.
4. I've "partied" with a 70's rock band
5. I'm gonna be a grandma (yeah, GRAND)

[SOteric]

319. WooHoo!

When's the big event?

[mwdem]

322. September 18 , their 4th anniversary.

I so can't wait, now that the morning sickness is over, and we can get on with the whole experience.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

315. No one ever reads this far below

1. Both of my grandparents got to see Mahatma Gandhi in person before they were married. My grandfather also met India's first Prime Minister Nehru. This is all the more remarkable because neither of them lived in India and I believe they only visited India after the two figures in question had died.
2. Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, the Witches etc) visited my school and addressed our school assembly approximately one year before he passed away
3. Quite a few of my relatives who are now deceased wrote the last letter of their lives to me
4. Despite being a child of the '80s', I had a childhood more reminiscent of the '50s' -it was perfectly safe for kids to wonder around unsupervised and to have adventures exploring empty houses and empty drains. We also had a massive garden that even contained a huge jungle at the back. We lived in an exclusive expatriate neighborhood in SE Asia for the first ten years of my life. I wish I could go back to those days -you never realize how good you had it until it was gone (not that I didn't love my life in those days but I wish I could have appreciated it more)

[SOteric]

320. Wow, that really sounds idyllic.

:D I grew up in the noisey streets of San Francisco's North Beach. Which I also loved, but very different.

[DaDooRonRon]

317. OK, here is a newbie version

1) I can't wink. Honest.

2) I provided "refreshments" to lots of bands that toured the mid-west in the late 60's/very early 70's.

3) I hitch-hiked across the U.S. twice.

4) The rock band I was in opened for a really big act act in '69 - but they weren't that big then. (Sorry, I ain't fessing up) :)

5) I don't like to be on boats if I can't see land.

[SOteric]

321. Zoiks!

You've piqued our curiousity, but I s'pose it's no use asking. x(

[DaDooRonRon]

323. Nah, it ain't

but the band I was in was just a group of young high school/college friends who got lucky - once - and then promptly gave up.

[BreweryYardRat]

324. Let's see...

1. I can bend my pinkies and thumbs back until they touch my wrists.

2. I have a half-inch scar on my right thumb, courtesy of a hot lawnmower engine I brushed against -- blade got clogged, and I got burned as I removed the spark plug to permit safe cleaning.

3. I'm terrible at keeping track of things.

4. I rarely watch movies -- downloading TV shows is more my bag.

5. I like dogs, but refuse to own one, because I don't do the whole "dominance" thing. I'd rather have a cat.

[SOteric]

332. Gotta look out for those lawnmowers.

:hi:

[Ava]

327. if i told you DU would then know!

:P

[SOteric]

333. Yes. That's the idea.

:P

[Hardrada]

328. Let me see:

I am the eldest of fifteen siblings and half siblings.

I once took a taxi to Canada from Detroit to escape the Draft.

I first got stoned at a Lutheran Theological Seminary.

A former girlfriend lost a million dollar malpractice suit.

I can sing German Army songs so well that some visiting

German students visiting were convinced I'd lived there for years.

[SOteric]

334. But, -

can you sing those German Army songs well while drinking German beers until you can't feel your lips? - That's the important question.

:toast:

[Hardrada]

342. Bier und schnapps!

Die alte gute Zeiten!

[Hardrada]

329. O and I was secretly planning to kill this thread.

Looked like it worked!

[SOteric]

335. You'll have to try harder than that, Skippy!

[NuttyFluffers]

330. well, ok, but i'm going to feel self-conscious, and this is in strict confidence

1. i'm an aubergine.
2. i truly think of myself as an avocado.
3. my aubergine form has sorta grown on me, but even through my occasional parmesan desires, i truly long for lemon juice and salsa.
4. physical activity easily bruises me. however this has led to weight gain -- though i think it's just water, and fructose, weight.
5. i think some people feel uncomfortable about me, as if i intimidate them. perhaps they think i'm weird, even though i'm inanimate just like them.

[SOteric]

336. I smell a ratatouille.

[NuttyFluffers]

344. oh i loved that movie

though that massacre scene at the end i could have done without. but apparently the horrible deaths of my people can be so delicious they can melt the hardest of hearts. a rather confusing moral...

[quakerboy]

331. hmm

Right and Left elude me. I prefer this way(insert pointed finger here) and that way.

I despise cooked pineapple more than anything else(more than *, Humvee's, spam and nickles combined)

The Veggie Tales movies literally give me nightmares. because the toons defy gravity with no legs.

I am allergic to Marijuana.

I collect business cards

[SOteric]

338. We share #1.

I actually have to think about right and left in order to make a choice. And I don't mean a split second consideration. If I'm driving and someone says 'turn left' just before the turn, it's a frickin' guarantee I'll miss it and have to turn around.

[MissMillie]

337. But if I told, then it wouldn't be a secret....

:shrug:

[SOteric]

339. Nobody's asking for your secrets, just stuff we don't know.

Could be as simple as "I had Chicken Pox when I was 2 years old." Or as complex as "I was featured on no less than 6 Jerry Springer episodes."

[MissMillie]

341. well, let's see...

I own all 7 seaons of The West Wing on DVD

I had shingles when I was 13. That's not very common.

My favorite color is yellow.

I have been in 3 "total loss" car accidents and walked away from all of them.

I'm only 5'1" tall.

[khashka]

346. Ok...But Does DU Not Know About Me?

It's been awhile....

1. I can play the clarinet. Badly. And the piano. Even worse.
2. I gave up psychotherapy when I had to work with abused children. Couldn't handle it. And I wonder if I'll ever forgive myself for choosing not to be there for them.
3. I can't handle violence (though I'm good at it)... just hearing about it makes me vomit and I'm depressed for days and days and days......
4. I write fairly good poetry.
5.I love nature and the world. A bad week and a baby racoon came up to me and nuzzled me. Made the whole damn week worth living through.....


Khash.

[tekisui]

347. Ok here ya go:

1--I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2000. 2162 miles, 6.5 months.
2--My cat weighs 15 pounds and sleeps 22 hours a day.
3--I love to take pictures, and am good enough to take pride in it.
4--I have been married for almost two years now, to the only love of my life, we've been together 11 years now.
5--I have never been in a physical fight.

[lightningandsnow]

348. Here are mine:

- I have a permanent dent in my skull from hitting my head on a concrete ceiling while trying to jump over a flight of stairs (I was 13 years old at the time)
- I'm (attempting) to learn to dance this summer, despite being hugely uncoordinated
- I have pretty much every single Dixie Chicks song ever on my iPod
- I love obscure Canadian cinema
- I was born with a third ureter (tubes that connect your kidneys to your bladder)

[UrbScotty]

349. :-)

• I missed school for a Gore rally in 2000.
  
• I was in marching band for four years.
  
• I am a Democratic precinct delegate.
  
• My house is roughly 40 years old.
  
• My grandma's friend lives (or at least used to live) in Davis, WV. In 2001 my family and I visited her and even took a tour of sorts through her mother's worn-down house in the town of Coketon.

[GOPBasher]

351. I've climbed Mount Everest, I was the second alternate on the 3rd Apollo mission,

I'm a supermodel, I've negotiated peace treaties between warring enemies, and I'm a big fucking liar who makes random shit up.

[kineneb]

352. my 5 (dropped by ...got bored at GD)

things I don't think I have mentioned...

1. I studied ballet off-and-on, and have done basic pointe work
2. my music studio features 4 keyboard instruments:
-piano, virginals (17th c. harpsichord), a pipe organ and a old synth
3. was member of the SCA for almost 20 years
4. am an excellent costumer/seamstress
5. have a large collection of plush (not real) stuffed animals, mostly raccoons, bears and frogs, with a few penguins for good measure (in honor of Linux)

[leeroysphitz]

353. OK

1. There is only one thing that DU doesn't know about me.