Tell me something interesting about YOU here.....

[LynzM]

Work is very blah today. In honor of that boredom, or perhaps to alleviate it, this thread...

For me? My brother and I once got free vodka from a Russian train conductor on the way from Prague back to Germany, while hanging out with some dudes from Austria that I'd just met... that was a silly night!

[ZombieNixon]

1. It's illegal for me to be in the same venue as any cabinet-level member of

the * admin. Last year, Cheney came to my high school for a rally. They were going to send me home, but he changed the date to Saturday, so I got to stay. I got kicked out of a Bush rally and threatened with arrest! I'm on a watch list!! YAY!!! :bounce:

[LynzM]

4. Sah-weet!

That's a good one! :bounce:

[Devra]

22. now there is an enviable position.

what did you do to get on the watch list?

[ZombieNixon]

53. I assume it's because I used to write editorials for the local paper

in my small Freeperish hometown, so most people knew my politics. Then * came in for a rally and I got put on THE LIST of people not to be let in, and once you're on The List, you don't come off until the admin changes.

[Wetzelbill]

133. now that is freakin' awesome!

:)

[just a girl]

2. I was a guest cellist for the Maryland Symphony once

I was about 12 at the time. It was a real treat for the kid in me.

[LynzM]

6. Oh, wow.

That's really impressive! I love cello now... I wish I'd learned it, instead of violin. But I couldn't know that when I was 5, LOL. Do you still play?

[just a girl]

18. Yup, still play.... sort of....

Now that I have a little (4 mo. old) in the house I don't get much time to play. I'm hoping that once he's a little older and can self entertain better I can play more.

I actually started on the violin but fell in love with the mournful sound of the cello during a family performance by my aunt.

[LynzM]

21. Cool

You'll get back to it as your little one gets older, definitely. And the little one will grow up with an appreciation for classical music, too. Nice :) Cello is so beautiful and expressive....

[Beer Snob-50]

3. even though i can no longer carry a tune

when i was but a wee lad of 10, i was in the all city choir in elementry school. we did some moody blues tune as our big number.

[LynzM]

7. Nice!

I find that really funny that they had 10 year olds singing Moody Blues, though I'm not really sure why... :)

[Beer Snob-50]

16. i can not remember the tune

but it had great lyrics.

[Heidi]

5. How about a poem I wrote?

You might hate it, but it might un-bore you. :shrug:

Co-Terminus

Beloved Co-terminus:
(Please remain seated during the flight)
I have not yet learned subertfuge
however artfully prepared
Roget holds your hand and I am not jealous
but joyous (it’s all good).

Can I say it here? Can I say it now?
I am not lost to you.
I only promised safe passage.
There was no warranty of silence
(limited or otherwize)
Scream your soul to me
(Bark it. Hark it. Hair of the dog that bit you?
Was a different hand, not mine, that hit you.)

Tell me, tell all of us
all about you.
Schisms. Paradoxes. Dichotomies, trichotomies
wrapped in mystical words: multi-syllabic, multi-Sybill-ic
Reasontude. Mystitude. Attitude. Any-tude. That’ll do.
Whisper your dark corners
Lighted windows, secret spaces, open fields

Confide your genius,
your ugliness your beauty
Let us whisper it back to your soul
in sacred/no secrets Language:
"I once was a tourist here
and still I knew your folds.”

[LynzM]

9. It's cool....

I really like some of the ways you play with words and timing there, with punctuation. These parts, especially:

(Bark it. Hark it. Hair of the dog that bit you?
Was a different hand, not mine, that hit you.)

Schisms. Paradoxes. Dichotomies, trichotomies
wrapped in mystical words: multi-syllabic, multi-Sybill-ic
Reasontude. Mystitude. Attitude. Any-tude. That’ll do.

Thanks for sharing!

[MrScorpio]

8. I did a 360 once on a Belgian expressway in my Mercedes Benz

It was fun and I didn't hit anything


WHOOOPPPEEE!!!!!

[LynzM]

10. Dude!

You're nuts! LOL That sounds wild and fun and just a wee bit scary :) How long were you in Belgium?

[MrScorpio]

14. Usually 40 minutes at a time

When driving from Germany to the Netherlands for my monthly shopping trip

[LynzM]

17. LOL, gotcha

I knew you'd been in Germany, makes sense now why you were in Austria, too :)

[MrScorpio]

23. Strange enough, I never did Austria

But I did do France, Italy and Switzerland

[LynzM]

24. Oops, Belgium

My bad... Did you drive in Italy? I've heard crazy bad things about that experience...

[MrScorpio]

28. That was the Bus trip

Coming back from the South of France



BTW, if I could live in France, I'd live in the Cote D'Azure

[LynzM]

30. Ooh, beautiful...

I never made it there, just Paris and Strassbourg... I'd love to do more travelling in France, though!

[MrScorpio]

31. Nice is nice

And the people down there are pretty cool too

[atomic-fly]

11. got stoned with a Russian mercenary in 80's

I was at a party and a few of us go out with this Russian dude
to smoke. This guys shows us pictures of himself with rocket launchers. He lifts up a blanket in his car and reveals an arsenal of weapons. I don't know why he was in my town and never saw him again.
I was a little freaked out just sitting in the car with all those weapons.

[LynzM]

12. Holy shit, dude

That's crazy! Lots of crazy stories seem to involve unknown Russian dudes... met a different one on a train who had 4 passports, and tried to sell my friend a knife :wtf: Glad you survived that night unscathed!

[atomic-fly]

33. The guy was friendly....at least when he wasn't working.

[atomic-fly]

39. speaking of Russians

I served dinner to Gorbachev at a Nuclear Disarmament Dinner.
The dinning hall was full of KGB guys. Wonder if Putin was there?
There was a guy that looked similar, but that was a long time ago.

[LynzM]

41. Weird, and wild.

How did you wind up with that job?!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. I alternate between eyeglasses and Accuvues

And am on eyeglasses now. Don't even THINK of suggesting surgery. Too much chicken.

[LynzM]

19. Ooh, I hear ya on that

It'd be lovely to live without glasses or contacts. It would royally suck to live with the aftereffects of any issues with the surgery. Eek.

[LaraMN]

15. I'm double jointed. No. I'm not., but I can do some crazy pilates moves!

This one is my favorite- it's not hard and it feels reeeally good on my back.

[LynzM]

20. LOL, nice

Pilates is wicked on your stomach, and great for your flexibility... as evidenced above!

[LaraMN]

27. It works really quickly and I find it relaxing,too. I made my husband

do it with me for awhile, and he had to quit because I was cracking up so bad, I couldn't do the exercises, seeing him. He's huge and he looked so funny!

[LynzM]

34. Ooh, you're a meanie!

You're right about how fast it works... I found it both relaxing and energizing, once I got comfortable with it and in a little better shape. My husband won't do it with me, either. Ah well.

[Devra]

25. I wasn't born in a hospital

and I went to Isreal.

[LynzM]

35. Hrm...

On purpose or by accident? How was Israel?

[Devra]

44. accident

my mom was in labor for only an hour. My dad delivered me than we went to the hospital

Isreal was pretty cool I went there in 8th grade
we climed mt masada and viseted the kotel.
I think the attiviety that was the most fun was the scavenger hunt in the old city.

[LynzM]

48. Wild!

I have a friend who had that happen this year... had her baby on the way to the midwife's!

Sounds cool about visiting Israel... I love travelling.

[SIU_Blue]

74. really???

i have climbed mt. Masada too!!!!!

it was awesome.

[Metta]

26. I've lived many of my dreams.

Went to college, lived in India and Thailand, teach meditation, do energy work that helps people heal themselves, am an accomplished guitarist and roots music historian, wrote many reviews of roots music that were published nationally and locally, had my own radio show for five years, am married to an absolutely wonderful woman. I've made a lot of people happy.

[LynzM]

36. That's completely excellent

Very few people can or do follow their dreams and desires to that extent. Inspiring :) How do you 'teach' meditation?

[Metta]

46. Our dreams are the real inner us.

Not following them, as you rightly imply, is the root of all evil. That and being Republican these days. Anyway, I teach meditation very easily. I basically pass along time tested or timeless ways for people to attune themselves to their own divinity, which we all come with. Very simple. The long and the short of it is to do what bears spiritually positive fruit and stay away from what brings spiritually negative fruit. ... been at it for many years.

Are you just curious or are you looking for something specific?

[LynzM]

90. Mostly just curious...

My husband was doing some Taoist-based and Buddhist-based meditation for a while. I really admired the kind of calm and peace he achieved from it. Maybe I've never learned correctly, or maybe you're talking about meditation in a different sense, but I never felt like I could turn my brain off enough for it to work for me. I used to walk down the road to my house after school and see how long I could think about 'nothing'. Then I'd catch myself thinking about not thinking, etc... I don't know. I think it would be really cool to be able to be totally calm, but the only way I've ever achieved that is through full-body massage, with music. That was like I was floating out of my body, and couldn't move, several different times. Neat, that. :)

[Metta]

138. Yes, our thoughts can get in the way.

I've been working with seeing if they're something I need to attend to otherwise I ignore them. Sometimes, I'll give them a task or I'll tell them please be noisy which sometimes quiets them down. The key to meditation is to become comfortable with the repetition of returning to what you're doing after you realize you've been distracted.

If you're looking for something to spend some time with, I suggest going to www.shambhudance.com and checking out the meditations on the second page. I frequently teach from this site. The meditations are simple and the instructions are very clear. Alternate nostril breathing, the hand on the heart mudra and the circle will all calm and focus you and, in time, bring you peace. They can be used together. If you have any questions or comments about them before or after you try them, I'll be happy to do my best to answer them. :~~>

[faithnotgreed]

75. what energy work metta

my partner is nearly finished with polarity studies
one of her ideals is to be a silent presence to help those who are in the dying process but she has a gift for this work in all its many applications (and implications)

beautiful stuff energy work

[just a girl]

135. Just reading that makes one happy

How wonderful to have fulfilled so many dreams.

[nashbridges]

29. An assistant VP

of the Cartoon Network threw up on my shoes at the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament in 2002.

[LynzM]

37. LMAO over here...

That's absurd! I love it! LOL

[nashbridges]

50. Considering I had "borrowed"

a pass to get into the VIP level with an Australian mate of mine and all we did was steal free liquor from the corporate boxes, I didn't take too much offense.

After he ralphed, he pulled a giant wad of "Cartoon Network" stickers out of his pocket and gave me like 100 of them. I was like, "Thanks".

[malta blue]

32. Distressed American and I

hatched a plot to excavate the first city in the New World....

[LynzM]

40. Really?

Ok, I have to admit, you lost me... 'splain, please?

[malta blue]

47. Both DA and I are archaeologists.

I am of Dominican heritage, and have very strong connections to the govt there. We went down and surveyed the site of La Isabela, the spot where Columbus built the first city in this hemisphere. The main fortified area of the site has already been done, but a large portion outside of that remains unexcavated.

We were sooooo close to getting the grant money, and we had the permits all lined up, and then the archaeologist who worked the fortified area checked in saying that the area we were proposing to do had already been done. Odd, since all of the locals and people who had worked on the other project said that nothing was done over there...hmmmm...seems like site hording to me.

[Shell Beau]

51. Well who the hell can beat that one!?!

I am a bore compared to that!!! :P

[malta blue]

55. Hi Shell Beau

As a matter of fact, I find you quite amusing, not a bore at all!

[Shell Beau]

56. Well thanks!! I sure don't

do what you do! Sounds like a very interesting job to have. :)

[LynzM]

91. That's really cool, dude

That does sound like maybe they have something to hide... it is something you guys are planning to try to pursue again?

[graywarrior]

38. I told a psychotic Hell's Angel he was too ugly to have an old lady

This, after he accused me of hasseling his old lady. I lost a tooth.

[LynzM]

42. Yeah, I was gonna say, you lived through that?

Eek. Ballsy. Was this outside a bar, perchance? ;)

[graywarrior]

45. Inside a bar, inside a lady's restroom, nearly inside a stall

Same guy knifed someone at a NA meeting a year later.

[LynzM]

49. Eek.

Dude sounds like a winner. Glad you're alright...

[graywarrior]

54. Hey, he's lucky!

[Left_Winger]

43. I had to eat raw snake meat on several occasions

When I was in the Marines I attended Jungle Environmental Survival Training. It was not all that bad, kinda chewy though (it did taste a little like chicken, lol).

When you are really, really hungry you will be surprised what you will eat; and not think twice about it.

[LynzM]

52. Um.... iiew.

Though I'm sure in the right circumstances, as you say, it's just food. I have to say, I'm glad I've never been in those circumstances, though. LOL about tasting like chicken!

[nini]

57. I've never wanted to post my pic but will here

:evilgrin:



I know I've posted this a few times but it is too funny. :rofl:

[LynzM]

60. Ok, nini, clue me in

I'm not ROFL over here... what am I missing? (So I can smack my forehead and go 'duh' when you tell me :))

[nini]

63. Click on the woman on the right at this link to see the video

http://www.fox.com/tradingspouses/



here's a DU link about her

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5249172&mesg_id=5249172

[LynzM]

93. Oy... yeah, yikes.

The people they find for this show really amaze me... I've never even watched it. Reading about it is enough for me! (I'm a wee bit conflict-avoidant, so most of what's on "Reality TV" is a total mental turn-off for me...)

[Fox Mulder]

58. I've started doing research here in Minnesota...

that no one else has done (geologically) before.

I'm not going to go into detail, but let's just say it involves mapping. :)

[LynzM]

61. Cool!

Good for you, and good luck with it!

[In_The_Wind]

59. I live with 4 parrots.

BTW ~ I am also a bonified nut case ...

[LynzM]

62. Do they talk to you a lot?

In fact, do they talk to *each other*? That might make me crazy... parrot gossip :rofl:

[In_The_Wind]

64. They do ...

they chatter with each other ...

telling all manner of stories ...

they talk in so many different voices that I don't always know when I'm home alone ...

they do drive me nutz ...

[LynzM]

78. LOL

Sounds like it's always a little wild at your place! :)

[In_The_Wind]

120. A little too wild in all the wrong ways.

Morgan decided to fly across the living room this afternoon. Naturally, I went to pick her up and return her to her home. She had different ideas and so she bit me. She got a nice firm grip on the first joint of my thumb. Now I have 3 new puncture wounds thank you Miss Morgan.

Is there any wonder about why I sometimes just like to go for a long quiet drive.

[LynzM]

125. oh lord....

:hug: Silly bird.... don't bite the one who takes care of you! Can't blame you for the drive!

[LibDemAlways]

65. I won a car on a tv game show

called "Split Second." That was back in 1973.

Also, my one and only child was born just in time to help my husband me celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary.

And, I was once kept awake all night on a bus/ferry trip from Paris to London by a drunk Scottish guy I couldn't understand who thought it was his duty to keep me entertained.

[LynzM]

79. You won a car? Wow.

That's funny about the drunk Scottish guy! LOL Obviously, you must be kept entertained!

[Chan790]

66. I'm distantly related to 2 US Presidents

sadly, the current asshat is one of them. The other is Franklin Pierce who is the direct ancestor of the Barbara "Quaker Oats Guy" Bush. Colin Powell is also a descendant of that line and we're all Mayflower descendants.

[ZombieNixon]

67. Colin Powell is related to ShitForBrainz?

Weerd. Guess that explains a lot, though.

[LynzM]

80. Neat!

How many generations do you have to go back to get to Mayflower people?

[Chan790]

105. Not sure.

The biography of Franklin Pierce states that he was a Mayflower decendant, but I don't have the geneology all the way back yet that far.

[alarimer]

68. I once entertained myself

by copying all the encyclopedia entries on bees. Why, I have no idea. In fact I don't even remember doing it but apparently about the age of 6 I was obsessed with finding out about bees. What can I say, I was a very odd child. I still am.

[mokawanis]

69. I sprayed bear-spray in my face

Backpacking in Glacier Park. Had my bear spray in a holster, but left the safety off. Sat on a log and hit the trigger with my elbow, which blasted a nice dose into my rain jacket and up directly into my face. Fell off the log, then was helped down to Mokawanis lake where I spent 2 hours splashing water on my face to stop the pain. Good times, oh yeah.

[LynzM]

82. Ooh fun....

I bet that hurt like hell. Yikes. Was the backpacking beautiful there??

[Omphaloskepsis]

164. I've been sprayed in the face with that stuff..

Holy shit.. I was at a New Years party and a fight broke out between a friend of mine and some guys walking down the street. I tried to break it up and a friend of my friend (both were roommates at the time) tried to spray the guy with bear mace. Unfortunately I was in the direct path of the stream.

I knew I was was screwed and was aware that a big fight was about to erupt. I ran down a alley and hid while I was still able to see. Another friend found me and walked me home. Well, I held on to his shoulders as he walked back to the house. I wanted to go to the hospital (it was that bad) but he refused to take me. It took about 30 minutes to get home. It was some intense pain. If I tried to open my eyes I would only see a very bright orange accompanied by a horrible pain. I spent about an hour flushing my eyes that night.

When I woke up I still had stains of the stuff on my glasses..

[LynzM]

81. Too funny!

I was going to ask if you still remember a lot about them, but... you were little, maybe not. Odd is often good, no worries :)

[Call Me Wesley]

70. Reminds me

of the time I had to meet with 3 guys from the Soviet Young Pioners in Zurich to explain to them our concept of 'Switzerland without Army'. The meeting started at 9 am, and after they did drink some liters of beer, we said goodbye in their hotel room, being offered Vodka out of the glasses you'll find over the bathroom sink.

I was drunk at 10 am this day. Was some fun, though.

[LynzM]

83. All manner of fun to be had in Europe....

Sounds like a wild time, that day!

[terrya]

71. I'm scared...because I can't think of a thing right now.

I just...can't think of a thing. :cry:

[LynzM]

84. Oh dude....

Here: :hug: I know there are interesting things about you. Everyone has stories... I often wonder that about people I see, what's their story, you know? Or maybe I'm just weird like that :)

[WCGreen]

72. I have looked into the jaws of death twice.....

Three time si you count when I almost died on the way to the hospital....

There is only marx brothers movies on the other side...

[LynzM]

85. Yikes, dude.

Glad you made it back to this side. Marx brothers movies??

[WCGreen]

127. I felt my heart stopping.....

And I was willing it back...

And all I saw was Marx Brothers....

[LynzM]

174. Wow.

That's a heck of a lot of willpower...

[Treclo]

73. I had a naked

midget at my wedding reception. And drag queens. (But no Russian mercenaries that I know of).

[LynzM]

86. Are you kidding?

That's wild! LOL You have to tell that story sometime, if you're willing... and welcome! :hi:

[Treclo]

158. I will

sometime! (The one thing I'm sure of...much fun was had by all!):party: :)

[tigersumtin]

76. Back when I was a young un of about eleven

My younger uncle, brother and myself included got caught, streaking on a military base in El Paso Texas. They had eight military jeeps chasing us down, through residential areas. We got our butts tanned on that one. :spank:

[LynzM]

87. LMAO over here....

God that's ballsy... pun intended :evilgrin: Too funny!!

[flowomo]

77. ok, I make mobiles and windchimes and sell at an art gallery...

n/t

[LynzM]

89. Neat!

What kind of materials do you make them with/from?

[flowomo]

113. bamboo (which I grow), Brazilian agate...

fiber optic beads and spheres (which I import from China, though you can buy them here in the states) -- those are standard elements. Plus all kinds of interesting or found objects -- old coins, shells, beach glass, driftwood, metal shapes and much more. Thanks for asking!

[LynzM]

116. Those sound cool

And very pretty! :)

[Initech]

88. I saw Iron Maiden get pelted with eggs...

It was at the 8/20/05 Ozzfest show.

[LynzM]

99. LOL

Bet that was funny to watch!

[Initech]

111. It was funnier watching their lead singer get pissed!

[geniph]

92. I'm running for office

Election's next Tuesday. Wish me luck!

[Zomby Woof]

95. Weeeeeeeee!

:bounce:

[mokawanis]

98. Good luck!

What office are you running for?

[geniph]

143. King County Council

King County's the county Seattle's in - if it were a state, it'd be the 13th largest state. The majority of Washington's residents live in King County.

[LynzM]

100. Good luck, Geni!

I hope you win! :bounce:

[HEyHEY]

94. I refuse to not wear a tie to work

[LynzM]

102. Ok, mr stuck-in-the-mud....

;) Just teasin'!

[Left Is Write]

96. Hmm. Well, there must be something, but I can't think of anything just now

[LynzM]

103. Ooh, you've posted all sorts of interesting things, LiW....

I know you'll think of something :) Oh, and a :hug: for the thread you posted earlier that I didn't get to reply to... yesterday, maybe?

[ariesgem]

97. I hung out with my favorite Red Hot Chili Pepper after a show

:loveya::loveya::loveya:


They played at the "Fire & Ice Celebrity Fashion Show" for Aids Project Los Angeles back in 93". I was a backstage dresser.

[LynzM]

104. Dude, that is AWESOME

Sah-weet! :bounce:

[lizziegrace]

101. Nope

not a thing.

[LynzM]

106. Fine, then.

:P Nothing interesting, or are you just refusing to tell??

[Hardrada]

108. I blew off a British aristocrat

who wanted me to join him to hear a history lecture. The topic was geneaology and I just wan't into that very much. I said pretty much, "Thanks but no thanks."

[LynzM]

109. LOL

Were you in Britain, at the time? I can't say I've ever met a real Aristocrat, at least not as far as I know. Makes me think top hat and cane, no?

[Hardrada]

142. I've met several

German and Swedish, but this one was a real UK Lord & in the House of Lords too!

[LynzM]

145. That's wild!

Are you in a line of work that you move in the right circles, or just lucky by chance??

[Hardrada]

177. I'm a historian.

I meet all sorts of people when I do research. Part of the job, I guess.

[nashbridges]

107. Round 2: I was booted out of a brothel

In Thailand because my buddy and I didn't realize we were in a brothel. We went in because we had to use the restroom, and stayed because they were selling Heineken for about 10 US cents a bottle. It never occurred to us to ask why the beer was so cheap.

We got booted because random women kept propositioning us, but we were drunk and happy with the cheap beer, so we kept turning them away (we're both married). The realization of what kind of establishment we were in didn't dawn on us until we got kicked.

But the best part of the story? I called my wife from right outside the brothel to explain what I thought was a hilarious story and she locked me out of our hotel room for the night. I had to spend the evening with a drunken Australian sleeping/drinking beer outside a Bangkok convenience store, and the police woke us up in the morning by hitting us in the head with a random umbrella they found. Since they didn't speak English, and we didn't speak Thai, they made their point by poking us in the back until we were about 10 blocks from the bar circut. It was good times, but boy does my wife hate the story.

I've tried to explain to my wife that husbands who DO something in a brothel do not call their wives right after they leave, and they certainly don't brag about how cheap the beer was (beer is expensive in some parts of Asia). This logic is lost on her.

[LynzM]

112. LOL, nice one!!

That's totally funny, and absurd. Shame the humor is lost on your wife, though I'm not sure I would have found it funny at the moment, but she doesn't even find it funny now?

[nashbridges]

114. Not until we turn 50

Then she'll be telling the story to prove how hot I once was to her friends. :)

[LynzM]

115. Probably true...

:rofl:

[GOPisEvil]

110. I'm one o' them dirty furriners!

I didn't become a US Citizen until I was 8. :)

[LynzM]

117. Shame on you...

For not being born here... what were you thinking?? ;)

[GOPisEvil]

121. Nobody asked me!

I was quite young at the time, you know. ;)

[LynzM]

122. Oh, sure.

Excuses, excuses :P

:hi: how's life, dude?

[GOPisEvil]

126. Gettting better, thanks!

How's life with you? :hi:

Life would be even better if I could log onto my school's website to turn in my assignments, but it's been down for hours. x(

[LynzM]

128. Bummer, dude.

Life's ok, here. I should be doing homework, as always. Instead I am playing on DU, watching Pirates of the Carribean, and squishing a really nasty bug that is totally creeping me out, mostly because I don't know what the hell it is. Blee-ick.

[GOPisEvil]

129. Hehehe...playing on DU when I should be doing homework?

I've NEVER done that. O8)

[LynzM]

130. Oh, definitely never, ever...

I'd never have to cram for exams because I spent too much time online, or reading fiction. Nope. No sirree.





:rofl:

[Wetzelbill]

132. I would have never guessed

so where were you from originally then. (I bet you already answered and I don't know because I haven't looked at your replies yet) blah

[GOPisEvil]

139. I was born in Greece.

:hi:

[Dangerously Amused]

162. So that makes you either a damn Greek God, or a god damn Greek. Eh?

TEASIN' you man! My Dad, a Frenchman, used to tease his best friend, a Greek, with that saying.

Anyway we've seen your picture, and all the ladies here KNOW you're a god among men.

Is it okay if we just start calling you Adonis? :loveya:

[GOPisEvil]

166. Hahahahahaha!!!!

Let me flex my flab...;) (That said, I am off to the gym.)

Thanks. :loveya:

[Montauk6]

118. I was once on the side of the Freepers and actually made a job contact

at a John Birch meeting.

Man, that seems like ages ago!

[LynzM]

123. Oy....

You're come a long way, huh? Nice to have you over here these days! :)

[BreweryYardRat]

119. I"m a medieval weapons and armor buff.

I'll be hafting a Daneaxe (about 6' haft, 12" blade on the axehead), over winter break.

[LynzM]

124. Wow, cool.

For fun, or for exhibition, or... something else?

[BreweryYardRat]

134. ...

For fun. And it'll act as a nice burglar deterrent.

[Wetzelbill]

131. I wrote an essay that the U of AZ teaches in PHD and Grad seminars....

for American Indian Studies. It was about Blackfeet Indian author James Welch and published in Red Ink Magazine. Last month, one of my professors who I had about 2 years ago said that he had to study it in one of his PHD seminars. I asked: " So what did you think?" and he goes: "I thought, damn, I this is one of my students." Hahaha I don't think he really liked the idea that he had to study the work of one of his students just so he could get his doctorate.

The funny thing is that it only took me maybe an hour or two tops to write. Go figure. I guess sometimes when you're on your on. I had a story published a few years ago that only took me a few hours to write as well. Then I've had things I've worked on for a few years that are not all that good, imho. That's strange to me.

But, you know I have other interesting tales, but that's just one. :)

[LynzM]

146. That must have been really funny about the prof!

I know what you mean about when you're on, you're on. I've had times writing like that, where you just get into this zone... I get like that a lot when I'm taking exams, actually. Something about the pressure is good for my brain, LOL.

What kind of stories do you write?

[Wetzelbill]

152. short fiction and creative nonfiction

plus political essays and a little poetry here and there. Working on a screenplay an adaptation of James Welch's novel "the Indian Lawyer" as well. If you click on my profile I have a (shameless plug) link to my blog. Also have a story posted in the Writing Group that I had published before and I'll paste the link. My short fiction is pretty much exclusively about American Indians, as I am a Blackfeet and grew up on a reservation. My style is humorous to say the least, but I do try to put in enough theme and so on to give people something to think about too.

So you must still be in school.... What school and what are you taking?

I have a video degree from the Art Institute of Seattle and am a Political Science/Creative Writing double major, with probably a minor in American Indian Studies.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=216x2338

[LynzM]

153. That's neat, I'll have to check out your stories

Wow to the things you have studied... that's a lot of writing, dude!

I'm actually back in school these days. I'm done with a German degree, except for Gen. Eds., one year away from an Electrical Engineering degree, and two classes away from a math minor. Having an unplanned kiddo kinda put all those plans on hold :) Slowly, I'm working on getting it done, though. I'm not 100% sure I want to go back and finish EE, but... we'll see. I started at UConn but am currently taking classes at ECSU, since they have more night-class offerings, and are cheaper per credit...

[Wetzelbill]

160. yup, lots of writing

but I love doing it. I actually need to be more dedicated. I used to be a wrestling coach, never started college until I was almost 25. Can't get enough of that book lurnin' nowadays. :)

I am not responsible for a sudden drop in IQ after you read my stories, so do so at your own peril. :)

[LynzM]

169. LOL, ok

I definitely have more appreciation for school, and less time for it, these days...

[Redstone]

136. There's not a damn thing about me that's interesting, unless you count

that fact that I'll cheat (but only briefly) on the new no-typing regimen to boost one of your threads because you've been such a pal for so long. And I appreciate the PM, I do.

It's getting better; I know you'd want to know that. Another month or two with no spasms, and I'll know I'm out of the woods.

We'll talk soon. I want to see all three of you guys, your place or ours, sometime soon. I do.

Redstone

[LynzM]

147. Cool, dude.

Absolutely nothing interesting about you, nope, nossir :rofl:

I replied to your other thread before I read this, but we're definitely looking forward to seeing you guys again! :)

[Wetzelbill]

161. yeah, right....

you're one of the most interesting people around. :)

[Shine]

137. I helped raise 11.25 million dollars for AIDS services...

along with 3,000 other people. It was the CA AIDS Ride back in 2000. We rode bicycles from SF to LA over the course of a week. 575 miles. I registered to do the ride before I even had a bike! Then I trained for six months and personally raised almost $5,000 in donations.

It was very cool, but definitely a one-time deal. :)

[LynzM]

148. Awesome

That's a great gift, dude. :) Must have been a heck of a training to get in that kind of shape in 6 months! Wow!

[Shine]

154. Yup, it was pretty amazing.

Sincerely, I could not have done it without the support of my wonderful husband, though. It was truly a collaborative effort, b/c at the time, my kids were only 2 and 5. So there were many many long weekends while I was off on training rides, and he was home, on "kid duty". Plus, the whole week I was gone, doing the actual ride itself, he arranged to work from home and kept everything running smoothly...no small feat, believe me!

Anyway, I like to think of the whole experience as a wonderful example of what's possible when people come together for a Good Cause. Being in partnership , with one, with many, is what it's all about, right?

It's soooo inspiring and heart-warmimg to me.

Thanks for your kind words, LynzM.
:hi:

Shine

[LynzM]

179. Wow...

That's even more impressive, given the kiddo situation! Excellent of your husband to support you like that, as well :) I think that is a great example of people working together for good!

[AllegroRondo]

140. I had my picture in Playboy

my mom bought 12 copies.

[LynzM]

149. Really?

I can't tell if you're kidding, or not :shrug: Damned lack of facial expressions on the internets...

[EstimatedProphet]

141. I used to be the guy responsible for fish importations into the US

If anyone wanted to import salmonid fishes (trout, salmon, char, etc.) for culturing, they would have to send me a letter to get permission from the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Far less important than it sounds.

[LynzM]

150. Hrm...

It does sound important... was it any fun as a job, or total tedium? I'd tend to guess the latter, but what do I know about fish importing?

[EstimatedProphet]

165. It was pretty tedious

Desk jockey-a request letter comes in, and I'd have to send it up the chain of signatures, then write a letter and send it out. Pretty much it.

[LynzM]

168. Oooh, sounds....

Well, I was going to say fun, but that might be pushing it, huh? ;)

[EstimatedProphet]

175. I am glad to not be there anymore.

The office was wholly disfunctional.

[driver8]

144. I have lived in Scotland, Panama, Guam, and Adak Alaska...

I also nearly bit my tongue in half when I was five years old.

[LynzM]

151. Wow, dude.

Military, or work, or just for the fun of it? Either way, that's a heck of a range of cultures to have lived in. Neato!

[driver8]

155. My father was career Navy. Yeah, we got to live in some

pretty cool places.

[LynzM]

156. Cool

Although I'm sure it's not cool in some ways, when you're living it...

[MooPie]

157. My husband & I got kidnapped by a cabbie in Athens, Greece

I took the bus to meet my husband at the airport and we took a cab to get back to the school (American School of Classical Studies) and the cabbie went nuts when some car cut him off. So he tried to ram the car, and then at a light he jumped out and started to fight with the other driver, and when the light changed our cabbie got back in and took off down some side streets driving across people's lawns and going the wrong way and so on. We were yelling at him to take us to the school and he got back on the main drag where he spotted the car that had cut him off so he went after him again. To make a long story short, we ended up at the police station and almost had to surrender our passports. We did finally make it to the school. Mr. Pappadopolus's Wild Ride!

[LynzM]

170. OMG, dude, that's crazy!

Though, having seen how people drive in Athens, I can't say I'm terribly surprised! :) Being on a scooter over there looks like a survival sport! Glad you guys finally made it there in one piece!

[NNadir]

159. I once used bose-einstein statistics to model little plastic balls going

into little plastic bags.

Then I changed jobs, happily recognizing that no one where I worked could understand what I did.

[LynzM]

171. LOL

Dude, you're fascinating :) Why were you modeling that? Production line?

[NNadir]

176. I has to do with solid phase combinatorial synthesis.

It's a chemical concept for research, often advertised as a kind of targeted molecular evolution. I was very sexy for a while, but it has seen some limitations, notably because people didn't pay all that much attention to the kinds of issues I was addressing way back in those days.

It was interesting and fun, but the politics of the job where I was doing it were awful.

[LynzM]

178. Sounds interesting

If you have the background to understand it! Sorry that people weren't paying attention to the stuff you were addressing...

[Dangerously Amused]

163. When I was a kid, I used to find money EVERYWHERE.

I would just be going about my business, hanging out with my family or whatever, and I would suddenly see money... in the bushes at the park, shoved into a hollow post (same park, different day), blowing down the street, in rocks along the banks of Lake Michigan, laying in the gutter, or on the floor in a busy public place like an airport... I even found a blank money order along the edge of the woods. It was crazy. The money could be right there in front of us in broad daylight, and nobody would see it except me. I thought it was cool, but it got to the point where my parents were actually kind of freaked out about it.

Sadly, I lost that talent in my teenage years.

[LynzM]

172. Weird....

Too bad that's a skill you lost... could come in useful!

[kid a]

167. i get royalty checks every month

[LynzM]

173. That's cool...

For music, or otherwise?