25 Random Facts About You

VEGANGELICA · 10-16-2010, 10:47 AM

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1. I'm an American of Scottish-Danish-German-Irish-Italian descent.
2. I love poetry and my favorite poet is Wallace Stevens.3.

I'd never read any of Wallace Stevens' modernist poems before reading he's your favorite poet. Now I've read some, thanks to you. The poetry is sometimes very deep, sometimes very on-the-surface. He likes to play with perspective, as he considers his subject, doesn't he? I like these lines, from "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird":

"I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendoes,
The blackbird whistling
Or just after."

I think I prefer the moment just after the blackbird whistles, because then I can enjoy the memory of the moment and the thinking about the moment!

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I'm obsessed with The Beatles and their solo work as well.
4. I find most people to be endearing in some way.
5. I was married for 18 years.
6. I'm drawn to melody, strings, and the bass line in music.

4. and 6. are true for me, too. I really love the bass line most of all. 18 years sounds long...but I wonder if it felt like it went fast. I've been married 10 years now...and it feels much shorter than I thought it would. As if I could blink, and another 10 years would pass.

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7. I'm very spiritual and have been into Vedanta Hinduism and Gnostic Christianity since I was a teen.
8. I was raised Catholic but no longer "practice."

Gnostic Christianity...isn't that considered heretical by mainstream Christians? You like to think for yourself!

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9. I'm a cleanaholic but don't expect others to be. Gives me more to clean up and be obsessed about. : )

Please come to my house, Liz!

When my mom visits, it's always great, because she is a happy cleanaholic. So, if she babysat for several hours, when I came home the laundry would be done and folded and the dishes washed and put away. And the stovetop cleaned! And she didn't seem to mind at all.

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10. I'm very good in a crisis yet am afraid of stupid insignificant things.

In crisis situations, I lose my head. I get flustered. I can't think straight. I once gave an ambulance the wrong address on a street (by calling it South when it was North). I called back to give the correct address after I heard the ambulance whizzing by. The dispatcher sounded annoyed, saying I had given the right address. I was right, though...I'd given the wrong one. (This was when I was calling an ambulance to a domestic violence shelter.)

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11. I love the sounds and sights of the ocean.

And I also love the smell and feel, Liz! The squishy sand, the rotting seaweed, the feel of sand dollars in your hands. The wind. The droplets of water from the spray! The drag of the waves on your feet...and the way the water pulls sand away from them, so your feet sink lower and lower into the sand. I like watching the little bubbles that emerge from the sand, perhaps due to crabs who have buried themselves underneath. Sigh!

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12. I think I was born in the wrong decade; I would've liked to live in the '40s-'50s, like people in old movies.
13. I love babies and old people.
14. I'm not into hocus-pocus and New Age-y stuff, but I believe in reincarnation.

I can imagine you in an old movie, very civil and polite! That's interesting that you believe in reincarnation. I have a friend from China who believes in reincarnation. What would you say inspired you to feel reincarnation happens? I especially like kids who are 3 or 4 and getting adventurous and very silly; babies are tougher to care for, I feel, because it is harder to know what is wrong when they're upset.

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15. I love flying on planes and traveling. If I were free of all responsibilities, I would love to be a root-less traveler.
16. I've always been really horrible at math.
17. I've never been able to jump rope.
18. I'm petrified of public speaking and dread situations where I have to do it.

I fear flying but also think it is fun. Every time I fly, I make peace with those hours perhaps being my last. I like eating airplane food, though, and watching movies high up there. It is so...oddly normal. I'm actually a good jump roper...double dutch was a lot of fun as a child. If I knew you in person, I would want to practice jumproping with you!

I used to fear public speaking. Then I realized no one really cares what I do or say as much as I do, and if I bobble what I say, I can just start over and correct the sentence. Also, I never say "um" when I speak publically. I actually think learning not to say "um" is the main key to feeling comfortable while public speaking.

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20. I tend toward melancholy sometimes, but can find beauty in it too, and that's always helped me to bounce back from difficulties.

I find the beauty in melancholy, too.

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21. I can't sleep, and realized I posted only 20 in my original list. Now I have to think of four more boring things to write.
22. As I look to the left at the bookcase, the first few eye-level books are Snakes and Ladders by Gita Mehta, Blake's Poetry and Designs (William Blake), Kahlil Gibran - The Collected Works, Ray Davies by Thomas M. Kitts, This Is Modern Art by Matthew Collings, The Biology of Transcendence by Joseph Hilton Pearce...
23. Looking at the CD racks, first few are The Beach Boys - Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 16, The Hollies - For Certain Because, Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Sings Newman, Lightnin' Hopkins - The Great Electric Show and Dance...

Cute! Your "boring" things. All very interesting! I'm glad you are surrounded by good books and music, Liz.

Dayvan Cowboy · 12-04-2010, 09:09 AM

Time to bring this thread back

1. The book I'm currently reading is The Art Of Dreaming by Carlos Castaneda
2. My favourite video game? LittleBigPlanet.
3. When I listen to music, I like to feel the energy coming off of it, whether it's reddish energy or bluish energy or whatever energy it portrays.
4. My favourite animal is the otter
5. But I'm also partial to seals
6. While I may seem to be the whitest person alive, I'm actually one eighth Asian and one quarter Ojibwa (a canadian indian tribe from Ontario, if you must know.)
7. Which means I'm eligible for an official certificate of indian status
8. This summer I almost got the chance to visit England, but we couldn't afford it

9. If I could meet one MB member, it would have to be Keith!. He's a cool dude.
10. I'd also like to meet Kaimon
11. I've never seen a decent band live. Though, when I was eight, I saw Rhianna in concert
12. The first album I've ever bought? it was a Hillary Duff album.
13. My current favourite movie of 2010? Inception.
14. I swear by Blu-Rays. It's like watching real life!
15. My favourite Christmas movie? A Christmas Story!
16. speaking of A Christmas Story and Blu-Rays, a year ago we bought a deluxe A Christmas Story tin that contained the movie on Blu Ray.
17. Winter is, without a doubt, my favourite season.
18. Which is why I plan on moving to a cold country when I'm older!
19. Recently I've stopped watching TV. I don't know why, I just did.
20. I regularly practice lucid dreaming techniques. I started when I was twelve and I thought it was the bomb-diggity.
21. But I'm not some kind of new-ager or anything.
22. Which reminds me that I can't stand overly religious people. My old friend got really mad at me and told me that I'm "a stain on the tablecloth that is humanity!" all because I don't like religion. Anyways, I'm no longer friends with her because of that. ****ing religious freaks.
23. As irreligious as I may seem, I really like the idea of reincarnation
24. If I had to choose one animal to reincarnate into, I'd choose to be a zooplankton

25. Why? because I just really like zooplankton. They don't give a **** about anything.

FaSho · 12-04-2010, 10:59 AM

1. I'm under a lot of stress these days
2. I run a lot
3. I wish I knew more about film
4. I think Dilbert is by far the best comic strip ever
5. I used to really like Winter
6. Not so much anymore
7. Suprising to most, I <3 rap music
8. I'm the biggest harry potter fan around
9. I'm pretty good at guitar hero
10. I really haven't watched any TV since I got Netflix
11. I watch netflix pretty much 24/7
12. I like cartoons
13. Radiohead
14. Radiohead
15. French toast, that's good stuff.
16. I dig bandannas
17. Radiohead
18. I can't really stay up late anymore
19. I go to bed at like 9:30 these days
20. Writing this is super boring.
21. I want to be an english teacher
22. I've hated pretty much every english teacher I've ever had
23. I'm 15
24. Radiohead
25. I'm pretty hip

GeddyBass2112 · 12-04-2010, 03:29 PM

1. I play 6 instruments, all self taught.
2. I like progressive rock music.
3. My surname is the same as that of my fave musician, Neil Peart.
4. I'm a deist
5. I speak 14 languages and understand (but not speak) another 25 or so.
6. On that note, English is my second language.
7. I'm allergic to wheat.
8. My favorite TV show is a Swedish show called Wallander.
9. I have three dogs.
10. I am currently in training for a cycling competition.
11. I can run a computer completely in DOS for some reason.
12. I LOVE playing Dungeons and Dragons.
13. I recently left uni with an ancient history degree.
14. I am decent at chess, although I don't play often enough.
15. My dream is to move to Canada or Sweden.
16. I write poetry. Most of it is crap.
17. I know ancient Greek, Latin and some Biblical Hebrew.
18. I read the Guardian newspaper.
19. My dream job is being a session musician.
20. I like to knit, sew and embroider stuff.
21. My last holiday was to Wales, to Llandudno.
22. My favorite animal is the penguin.
23. My first ever performance infront of an audience was to my church, exactly a year after I'd bought my first bass.
24. My first BIG concert was going to see Def Leppard.
25. I won my high school award for 'making the biggest contribution to the social life of the college'.

Burning Down · 12-04-2010, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by GeddyBass2112

1. I play 6 instruments, all self taught.
2. I like progressive rock music.
3. My surname is the same as that of my fave musician, Neil Peart.
4. I'm a deist
5. I speak 14 languages and understand (but not speak) another 25 or so.
6. On that note, English is my second language.
7. I'm allergic to wheat.
8. My favorite TV show is a Swedish show called Wallander.
9. I have three dogs.
10. I am currently in training for a cycling competition.
11. I can run a computer completely in DOS for some reason.
12. I LOVE playing Dungeons and Dragons.
13. I recently left uni with an ancient history degree.
14. I am decent at chess, although I don't play often enough.
15. My dream is to move to Canada or Sweden.
16. I write poetry. Most of it is crap.
17. I know ancient Greek, Latin and some Biblical Hebrew.
18. I read the Guardian newspaper.
19. My dream job is being a session musician.
20. I like to knit, sew and embroider stuff.
21. My last holiday was to Wales, to Llandudno.
22. My favorite animal is the penguin.
23. My first ever performance infront of an audience was to my church, exactly a year after I'd bought my first bass.
24. My first BIG concert was going to see Def Leppard.
25. I won my high school award for 'making the biggest contribution to the social life of the college'.

Come to Canada!

s_k · 12-04-2010, 07:01 PM

1. I drink Amstel beer and not much people understand
2. I have a thing for French, British and Swedish Cars
3. I love snow
4. I have a bad back
5. I love typing on a typewriter even though computers are more handy sometimes
6. I wish I could play the guitar
7. I am slowly but surely feeling better after breaking up with my girlfriend
8. I am a Canon adept. No nikon
9. I'd love to have a van and be on the road day and night
10. I'm pretty addicted to the Internet
11. I wish I could talk to my cat. He seems interesting
12. I like testing things. Everything. Cheese, audio equipment, cars, beer
13. I always buy too much at boot sales, but I kind of don't want to change that
14. I love the number 5 and 25
15. I keep the bands of the lowlands festival on my arm untill they come of (am now wearing 2007 to 2010)
16. I'm worried about what to do when I go bald. I like long hair.
17. I like peanut butter and marmelade together
18. I can type ridiculously fast. More than 700 hits a minute.
19. I like macs altough I think they are less practical than PC's. I don't use them, I just like them
20. I like the English language. I think it should be the only language on the world.
21. I collect game consoles but I don't really play on them that much.
22. I always keep remote controls and leads of stuff I sell or give away. I have a drawer with 40 remote controls now...
23. I like girls in jogging pants, shorts and pyjama's for some reason.
24. I'm a pretty good singer, but I don't (want to) do anything with that.
25. I love the nighttime more than the daytime.

Something like that?

s_k · 12-04-2010, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Dayvan Cowboy

20. I regularly practice lucid dreaming techniques. I started when I was twelve and I thought it was the bomb-diggity.

I never had the patience for that, but I'd love to be able to do that.

Dayvan Cowboy · 12-04-2010, 07:24 PM

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I never had the patience for that, but I'd love to be able to do that.

It took me a while, too, but I tried all of the techniques out there and it finally worked. All you really need is something that fits your sleeping habits, your schedule and other stuff. I've had some pretty wacky dreams, too, and I've shifted them to be even weirder. It's amusing how absurd I can make things.

s_k · 12-04-2010, 08:30 PM

I think I would take abuse of that ability in an entirely different way *ahem* in the first place, but I'm sure that when you get the hang of it, you'll try all sorts of different stuff.

I haven't really got a schedule, but I did read some stuff about lucid dreams years ago and I figured I should be able to do it, too.

gunnels · 12-04-2010, 08:46 PM

1) I spend a good 60% of my time daydreaming, and that's a conservative estimate.
2) I have at least two stalkers.
3) I drained all of my iPod's battery the other day watching FMA for about 6 hours.
4) I'm on episode 27.
5) My right leg is asleep.
6) I own a trench coat and frequently wear it.
7) I love winter.
8) I've never felt even mildly infatuated for another person.
9) I pulled an old lady's pigtail the other day in an act of revenge.
10) She pilfered through my stuff near my seat and threw everything onto the ground while I was gone and disrespected my mother.
11) It was at a Nashville Symphony concert.
12) The Elgar cello concerto was ace.
13) Elgar is my favorite composer.
14) I'm playing Beethoven Rondo Op. 51 No. 1 for my winter recital.
15) I would love to be a midget.
16) I don't want to grow any taller.
17) I'm 5' 9"
18) I browse pixiv constantly for no reason.
19) I'm going to be walking around downtown tomorrow at 7 AM when it's cold as hell for a history project.
20) I ****ing love history.
21) I think this is the shortest time I've ever taken doing one of these lists.
22) I hate language classes, foreign or native.
23) I can not wait to get the hell out of the southern US.
24) The thought of my life ending tomorrow honestly does not bother me.
25) I'm scared to death of developing an affectionate relationship (friend, partner, or otherwise) and hurting somebody.

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s_k Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,206	1. I drink Amstel beer and not much people understand 2. I have a thing for French, British and Swedish Cars 3. I love snow 4. I have a bad back 5. I love typing on a typewriter even though computers are more handy sometimes 6. I wish I could play the guitar 7. I am slowly but surely feeling better after breaking up with my girlfriend 8. I am a Canon adept. No nikon 9. I'd love to have a van and be on the road day and night 10. I'm pretty addicted to the Internet 11. I wish I could talk to my cat. He seems interesting 12. I like testing things. Everything. Cheese, audio equipment, cars, beer 13. I always buy too much at boot sales, but I kind of don't want to change that 14. I love the number 5 and 25 15. I keep the bands of the lowlands festival on my arm untill they come of (am now wearing 2007 to 2010) 16. I'm worried about what to do when I go bald. I like long hair. 17. I like peanut butter and marmelade together 18. I can type ridiculously fast. More than 700 hits a minute. 19. I like macs altough I think they are less practical than PC's. I don't use them, I just like them 20. I like the English language. I think it should be the only language on the world. 21. I collect game consoles but I don't really play on them that much. 22. I always keep remote controls and leads of stuff I sell or give away. I have a drawer with 40 remote controls now... 23. I like girls in jogging pants, shorts and pyjama's for some reason. 24. I'm a pretty good singer, but I don't (want to) do anything with that. 25. I love the nighttime more than the daytime. Something like that? __________________ Click here to see my collection

12-04-2010, 08:30 PM	#749 (permalink)
s_k Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,206	I think I would take abuse of that ability in an entirely different way ahem in the first place, but I'm sure that when you get the hang of it, you'll try all sorts of different stuff. I haven't really got a schedule, but I did read some stuff about lucid dreams years ago and I figured I should be able to do it, too. __________________ Click here to see my collection

12-04-2010, 09:09 AM	#742 (permalink)
Dayvan Cowboy Basscadet Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Antarctica Posts: 1,258	Time to bring this thread back 1. The book I'm currently reading is The Art Of Dreaming by Carlos Castaneda 2. My favourite video game? LittleBigPlanet. 3. When I listen to music, I like to feel the energy coming off of it, whether it's reddish energy or bluish energy or whatever energy it portrays. 4. My favourite animal is the otter 5. But I'm also partial to seals 6. While I may seem to be the whitest person alive, I'm actually one eighth Asian and one quarter Ojibwa (a canadian indian tribe from Ontario, if you must know.) 7. Which means I'm eligible for an official certificate of indian status 8. This summer I almost got the chance to visit England, but we couldn't afford it 9. If I could meet one MB member, it would have to be Keith!. He's a cool dude. 10. I'd also like to meet Kaimon 11. I've never seen a decent band live. Though, when I was eight, I saw Rhianna in concert 12. The first album I've ever bought? it was a Hillary Duff album. 13. My current favourite movie of 2010? Inception. 14. I swear by Blu-Rays. It's like watching real life! 15. My favourite Christmas movie? A Christmas Story! 16. speaking of A Christmas Story and Blu-Rays, a year ago we bought a deluxe A Christmas Story tin that contained the movie on Blu Ray. 17. Winter is, without a doubt, my favourite season. 18. Which is why I plan on moving to a cold country when I'm older! 19. Recently I've stopped watching TV. I don't know why, I just did. 20. I regularly practice lucid dreaming techniques. I started when I was twelve and I thought it was the bomb-diggity. 21. But I'm not some kind of new-ager or anything. 22. Which reminds me that I can't stand overly religious people. My old friend got really mad at me and told me that I'm "a stain on the tablecloth that is humanity!" all because I don't like religion. Anyways, I'm no longer friends with her because of that. **ing religious freaks. 23. As irreligious as I may seem, I really like the idea of reincarnation 24. If I had to choose one animal to reincarnate into, I'd choose to be a zooplankton 25. Why? because I just really like zooplankton. They don't give a ** about anything.

12-04-2010, 03:29 PM	#744 (permalink)
GeddyBass2112 Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Posts: 165	1. I play 6 instruments, all self taught. 2. I like progressive rock music. 3. My surname is the same as that of my fave musician, Neil Peart. 4. I'm a deist 5. I speak 14 languages and understand (but not speak) another 25 or so. 6. On that note, English is my second language. 7. I'm allergic to wheat. 8. My favorite TV show is a Swedish show called Wallander. 9. I have three dogs. 10. I am currently in training for a cycling competition. 11. I can run a computer completely in DOS for some reason. 12. I LOVE playing Dungeons and Dragons. 13. I recently left uni with an ancient history degree. 14. I am decent at chess, although I don't play often enough. 15. My dream is to move to Canada or Sweden. 16. I write poetry. Most of it is crap. 17. I know ancient Greek, Latin and some Biblical Hebrew. 18. I read the Guardian newspaper. 19. My dream job is being a session musician. 20. I like to knit, sew and embroider stuff. 21. My last holiday was to Wales, to Llandudno. 22. My favorite animal is the penguin. 23. My first ever performance infront of an audience was to my church, exactly a year after I'd bought my first bass. 24. My first BIG concert was going to see Def Leppard. 25. I won my high school award for 'making the biggest contribution to the social life of the college'.