The Saturday 6-Pack

Chiomara · 07-08-2017, 08:35 PM

Frownland, your TV show idea sounds amazing. They (the..the TV people) need to get on that.

Regarding the spookiest experience question-- you all can mention things that can be logically explained as well. I was asking about anything that seemed creepy or spooky in the moment it was happening, whether there was a logical explanation or not.

1.) What is the most recent lie you told to get out of a social engagement?

I can't think of any; usually they aren't lies. (I've declined going out due to feeling too ugly, for instance)

2.) Most time-consuming and/or difficult dish you've ever cooked?

Not difficult, but annoying and time-consuming-- it was a 7-layer rainbow cake for an ex-girlfriend's birthday. Made completely from scratch. Transporting it in my car was nightmare as well.

3.) Cake or pie?

PIE by far. Especially cherry pie and pecan pie. (I love cake but I'm extremely picky about icing; I HATE most buttercreams)

4.) Spookiest thing that's ever happened to you, that you might consider a paranormal/spiritual or "glitch in the matrix" type experience if you believed in such things? (I'm assuming the vast majority of y'all are atheists)

I've experienced lost time on a couple occasions; once with my then-boyfriend in Baton Rouge one morning. He experienced it too. We weren't high or sleepy. Two hours were just gone.

But the strangest one: I once had a long-distance friend named Ryan who lived in Omaha, Nebraska. We had been friends for years and often talked on the phone late at night. On this particular night, he abruptly said "Go outside and look up at the sky." So I did. And there was a giant UFO whirring high above me. GIANT. It was triangle-shaped, and had lights all around two sides. It sounded and moved differently than any normal plane. Then he said, "Do you see me? I'm controlling it! I can see your purple robe" I knew he couldn't possibly be physically there near me somehow projecting a massive ufo hologram seeing as the caller id confirmed he was in Nebraska and I heard his dad in the background as usual. Please note, Ryan was bipolar and schizophrenic, so he often said odd things, but then... Periodically, things like this happened. I remembering running inside to go get a camera but when I came back, it was too far away and disappearing above a cloud.

5.) If you could have any idea turned into a high-budget TV series, what would it be? (Be it your own idea, or something based on a book you like or whatever) Who would you cast in the lead roles?

Since I've been so bored of superhero movies lately, I've always wanted one based on mythological figures instead, or on lesser-known-about deities, even. I think a series loosely based on the stories of the orishas of the afro-caribbean religions would be amazing. (Loosely based, because it is an oral-based tradition after all) Especially if it were centered on Oya or Chango. (ooh or Elegua!!!) An animated movie could work well, I feel. If it were live action, then Lorraine Toussaint could make a good Oya, I think.

I also desperately want a mini-series based on the child ballad Tam Lin. The CW would absolutely NOT be allowed to do it. I think Ezra Miller would make a perfect Tam Lin.

Annnnd I would love to create my own cartoon. Ideally one based on my story that I'll never write about the magic luchadore guardian and frog-girl who live together in a tiny castle (with tarantula legs) in a landfill. They would go on adventures with their vermin friends and travel throughout the liminal dream spaces via an old beat-up enchanted television set that the ghosts of various failed 70s pop singers live in. (The cosmology/universe would be vaguely similar to Adventure Time, I think, based on what I've seen of that show. It seemed to match a lot of what I had already drafted after all) Though if it were live-action I'd like Terry Gilliam to be involved.

6.) What's something (no matter how goofy or seemingly boring) you love to do--ideally with other people-- that none of your friends ever want to do?

Basically everything. Unfortunately many of my spur of the moment ideas are technically illegal. I feel like I'm a raccoon in spirit, since all I ever want to do is go on elaborate food odysseys at odd hours of the night and rummage around in abandoned buildings. I've also always wanted to go on a roadtrip exploring all of the caves in America (AND all the ghost towns) but no one has seemed terribly interested yet.

Oh and antique shopping and going to yard sales.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 07-08-2017, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

The first time, I went out to the alley with a baseball bat but he was already gone. After that, we started calling the cops. The last night he showed up, we called the cops, and as before, by the time they got there he was gone. So afterward a couple of us were hanging out in one roommate's room, with not much in the way of lights on, talking about it. Then, suddenly, we see that the motherfucker was back, casting a shadow on the window shade as he tried to peer into window of the next bedroom over. We called the cops again, and this time they were there in seconds. They came down both ends of the alley and caught the guy, held him by a window for us to identify but we couldn't because we had only ever seen just a shape in the windows. I don't know if they let him go or what, but we didn't have any peeping after that.

Fair play for going out there mate. He sounds like a nonce.

I'd like to say I'd have done the same but I know when you're actually in the moment (I've had break ins before) it might not be that easy so well done.

**Janszoon** · 07-08-2017, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

Fair play for going out there mate. He sounds like a nonce.

I'd like to say I'd have done the same but I know when you're actually in the moment (I've had break ins before) it might not be that easy so well done.

Meh, it's also a good way to end up getting shot. With the benefit of hindsight, it's probably not something I should have done.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 07-08-2017, 08:53 PM

Good point I forgot you had guns.

Lucem Ferre · 07-08-2017, 09:07 PM

1.) What is the most recent lie you told to get out of a social engagement?

I have to masturbate. I usually don't lie though. I usually just say I don't want to go.

2.) Most time-consuming and/or difficult dish you've ever cooked?

I don't know, like hamburger helper or something. I don't really cook. Probably spaghetti.

3.) Cake or pie?

Pie. You can use it for different meals.

4.) Spookiest thing that's ever happened to you, that you might consider a paranormal/spiritual or "glitch in the matrix" type experience if you believed in such things? (I'm assuming the vast majority of y'all are atheists)

Uhhhh, I don't know. When I was really really young my cousin used to practice witch craft and 'make doors shut' and stuff like that. At the time I thought it was real, I was like 5, but now I'm very skeptical.

5.) If you could have any idea turned into a high-budget TV series, what would it be? (Be it your own idea, or something based on a book you like or whatever) Who would you cast in the lead roles?

Something me and my friends have discussed a lot. Just a sketch comedy show where our stupid ideas get played out and all of us would be played by black comedians. Can't remember which ones we chose.

6.) What's something (no matter how goofy or seemingly boring) you love to do--ideally with other people-- that none of your friends ever want to do?

I don't know.

Pet_Sounds · 07-08-2017, 09:47 PM

Now that the supernatural is out of the picture:

The creepiest thing that's ever happened to me was being left on my own downtown at night in winter when I was 9. Some good Samaritan let me use his cell phone to call home. I live in a rough town—thinking about it still creeps me out.

The most frightening was a time I (almost) blacked out during the middle of a karate workout. I felt lightheaded, then the room went pink and green. For about two minutes, I could neither hear nor see. Apparently I went chalk white. The next day, I discovered that I'd torn a hamstring. I'm guessing that my body went into shock from that and my blood pressure dropped, hence the fainting spell. I legitimately thought I was dying for a few minutes.

Zhanteimi · 07-08-2017, 09:56 PM

1.) What is the most recent lie you told to get out of a social engagement?

I didn't lie, but I did get out of a recent social engagement by telling my non-Muslim friend that he wouldn't be allowed back to my house as long as he was fasting for Ramadan. It is inappropriate to fast on Sundays in my house, and more than that, it is rude to your hosts to just sit there and not eat all day.

2.) Most time-consuming and/or difficult dish you've ever cooked?

Goulash. It's neither time-consuming nor difficult. I haven't cooked since I was a child and my step-dad made me cook.

3.) Cake or pie?

Pie.

4.) Spookiest thing that's ever happened to you, that you might consider a paranormal/spiritual or "glitch in the matrix" type experience if you believed in such things? (I'm assuming the vast majority of y'all are atheists)

A shadow monster sat on my chest and started suffocating me one night. Ked was there and prayed and wept over me as I felt my mind going. The thing fled from her, but it hung around the house outside until we moved.

5.) If you could have any idea turned into a high-budget TV series, what would it be? (Be it your own idea, or something based on a book you like or whatever) Who would you cast in the lead roles?

A mini-series of The Silmarillion, covering everything that happened in Arda from the Trees in Valinor to the defeat of Sauron at the hands of the Numenoreans.

6.) What's something (no matter how goofy or seemingly boring) you love to do--ideally with other people--that none of your friends ever want to do?

Hang out and do nothing but drink and listen to music.

Blank. · 07-08-2017, 10:00 PM

1.) What is the most recent lie you told to get out of a social engagement?

"I would love to go but I am getting married that weekend."

2.) Most time-consuming and/or difficult dish you've ever cooked?

Cake probably. I don't really cook difficult foods.

3.) Cake or pie?

Depends on the cake and pie. Pecan and Pumpkin are like sex but other pies are nowhere near as good. So cake after that I guess. I can't think of a cake I like less then apple pie.

4.) Spookiest thing that's ever happened to you, that you might consider a paranormal/spiritual or "glitch in the matrix" type experience if you believed in such things? (I'm assuming the vast majority of y'all are atheists)

I have pretty bad Paranoia issues at times so stuff like this happens a lot.

5.) If you could have any idea turned into a high-budget TV series, what would it be? (Be it your own idea, or something based on a book you like or whatever) Who would you cast in the lead roles?

A show that chronicles the story of a small town trying to survive in a nuclear wasteland in a post-apocalyptic society. They have to deal with things like gangs trying to take over the town, getting caught in a war between rivaling factions, and having to deal with thiefs. I don't know about actors, but I guess Ben Affleck might be able to pull off an interesting take on the town sheriff stereotype.

6.) What's something (no matter how goofy or seemingly boring) you love to do--ideally with other people-- that none of your friends ever want to do?

Go to a concert.

**Frownland** · 07-08-2017, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Chiomara

Frownland, your TV show idea sounds amazing. They (the..the TV people) need to get on that.

I'll PM you if I ever write it out. Still in the introduction/online stages.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 07-09-2017, 06:11 AM

1.) What is the most recent lie you told to get out of a social engagement?

lol i think i posted this on here before but i did this so much that now my friends won't try and make plans with me, i'm the one who needs to reach out first.

2.) Most time-consuming and/or difficult dish you've ever cooked?

frozen pizza

3.) Cake or pie?

pie. preferably of the pumpkin variety.

4.) Spookiest thing that's ever happened to you, that you might consider a paranormal/spiritual or "glitch in the matrix" type experience if you believed in such things? (I'm assuming the vast majority of y'all are atheists)

i'll preface by saying ghosts aren't real and most people don't realize just what the human mind is capable of when tired or scared.

anyway, one night after brushing my teeth i walked out of the bathroom upstairs to head towards my bedroom downstairs. as i rounded the corner between the hallway and the kitchen, i felt something push me back to the point i almost toppled over. not something like an object, but like i had actually been forcefully shoved backwards by a person. i fumbled around and flipped the light on and there was nobody around. i then walked to my parents bedroom and saw they were both in bed asleep. safe to say my feet barely touched the ground as i sprinted to my bedroom.

5.) If you could have any idea turned into a high-budget TV series, what would it be? (Be it your own idea, or something based on a book you like or whatever) Who would you cast in the lead roles?

a tv show based on a real life music banter. i'm played by ryan gosling (ofc) some of the other cast

Ori - Domhall Gleeson
bulbasaur - Jesse Eisenberg
Frownland - Louis CK
Chula - Ron Perlman
Man like Monkey - Jack O'Connell
Batlord - Violent J

6.) What's something (no matter how goofy or seemingly boring) you love to do--ideally with other people-- that none of your friends ever want to do?

driving. i could just drive around listening to music with no destination every day of the week.

07-08-2017, 08:35 PM	#6451 (permalink)
Chiomara mayor of spookytown Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 812	Frownland, your TV show idea sounds amazing. They (the..the TV people) need to get on that. Regarding the spookiest experience question-- you all can mention things that can be logically explained as well. I was asking about anything that seemed creepy or spooky in the moment it was happening, whether there was a logical explanation or not. 1.) What is the most recent lie you told to get out of a social engagement? I can't think of any; usually they aren't lies. (I've declined going out due to feeling too ugly, for instance) 2.) Most time-consuming and/or difficult dish you've ever cooked? Not difficult, but annoying and time-consuming-- it was a 7-layer rainbow cake for an ex-girlfriend's birthday. Made completely from scratch. Transporting it in my car was nightmare as well. 3.) Cake or pie? PIE by far. Especially cherry pie and pecan pie. (I love cake but I'm extremely picky about icing; I HATE most buttercreams) 4.) Spookiest thing that's ever happened to you, that you might consider a paranormal/spiritual or "glitch in the matrix" type experience if you believed in such things? (I'm assuming the vast majority of y'all are atheists) I've experienced lost time on a couple occasions; once with my then-boyfriend in Baton Rouge one morning. He experienced it too. We weren't high or sleepy. Two hours were just gone. But the strangest one: I once had a long-distance friend named Ryan who lived in Omaha, Nebraska. We had been friends for years and often talked on the phone late at night. On this particular night, he abruptly said "Go outside and look up at the sky." So I did. And there was a giant UFO whirring high above me. GIANT. It was triangle-shaped, and had lights all around two sides. It sounded and moved differently than any normal plane. Then he said, "Do you see me? I'm controlling it! I can see your purple robe" I knew he couldn't possibly be physically there near me somehow projecting a massive ufo hologram seeing as the caller id confirmed he was in Nebraska and I heard his dad in the background as usual. Please note, Ryan was bipolar and schizophrenic, so he often said odd things, but then... Periodically, things like this happened. I remembering running inside to go get a camera but when I came back, it was too far away and disappearing above a cloud. 5.) If you could have any idea turned into a high-budget TV series, what would it be? (Be it your own idea, or something based on a book you like or whatever) Who would you cast in the lead roles? Since I've been so bored of superhero movies lately, I've always wanted one based on mythological figures instead, or on lesser-known-about deities, even. I think a series loosely based on the stories of the orishas of the afro-caribbean religions would be amazing. (Loosely based, because it is an oral-based tradition after all) Especially if it were centered on Oya or Chango. (ooh or Elegua!!!) An animated movie could work well, I feel. If it were live action, then Lorraine Toussaint could make a good Oya, I think. I also desperately want a mini-series based on the child ballad Tam Lin. The CW would absolutely NOT be allowed to do it. I think Ezra Miller would make a perfect Tam Lin. Annnnd I would love to create my own cartoon. Ideally one based on my story that I'll never write about the magic luchadore guardian and frog-girl who live together in a tiny castle (with tarantula legs) in a landfill. They would go on adventures with their vermin friends and travel throughout the liminal dream spaces via an old beat-up enchanted television set that the ghosts of various failed 70s pop singers live in. (The cosmology/universe would be vaguely similar to Adventure Time, I think, based on what I've seen of that show. It seemed to match a lot of what I had already drafted after all) Though if it were live-action I'd like Terry Gilliam to be involved. 6.) What's something (no matter how goofy or seemingly boring) you love to do--ideally with other people-- that none of your friends ever want to do? Basically everything. Unfortunately many of my spur of the moment ideas are technically illegal. I feel like I'm a raccoon in spirit, since all I ever want to do is go on elaborate food odysseys at odd hours of the night and rummage around in abandoned buildings. I've also always wanted to go on a roadtrip exploring all of the caves in America (AND all the ghost towns) but no one has seemed terribly interested yet. Oh and antique shopping and going to yard sales. Last edited by Chiomara; 07-08-2017 at 10:07 PM. Reason: I cannot be succinct for the life of me

07-08-2017, 09:47 PM	#6456 (permalink)
Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,488	Now that the supernatural is out of the picture: The creepiest thing that's ever happened to me was being left on my own downtown at night in winter when I was 9. Some good Samaritan let me use his cell phone to call home. I live in a rough town—thinking about it still creeps me out. The most frightening was a time I (almost) blacked out during the middle of a karate workout. I felt lightheaded, then the room went pink and green. For about two minutes, I could neither hear nor see. Apparently I went chalk white. The next day, I discovered that I'd torn a hamstring. I'm guessing that my body went into shock from that and my blood pressure dropped, hence the fainting spell. I legitimately thought I was dying for a few minutes. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

07-08-2017, 09:56 PM	#6457 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	1.) What is the most recent lie you told to get out of a social engagement? I didn't lie, but I did get out of a recent social engagement by telling my non-Muslim friend that he wouldn't be allowed back to my house as long as he was fasting for Ramadan. It is inappropriate to fast on Sundays in my house, and more than that, it is rude to your hosts to just sit there and not eat all day. 2.) Most time-consuming and/or difficult dish you've ever cooked? Goulash. It's neither time-consuming nor difficult. I haven't cooked since I was a child and my step-dad made me cook. 3.) Cake or pie? Pie. 4.) Spookiest thing that's ever happened to you, that you might consider a paranormal/spiritual or "glitch in the matrix" type experience if you believed in such things? (I'm assuming the vast majority of y'all are atheists) A shadow monster sat on my chest and started suffocating me one night. Ked was there and prayed and wept over me as I felt my mind going. The thing fled from her, but it hung around the house outside until we moved. 5.) If you could have any idea turned into a high-budget TV series, what would it be? (Be it your own idea, or something based on a book you like or whatever) Who would you cast in the lead roles? A mini-series of The Silmarillion, covering everything that happened in Arda from the Trees in Valinor to the defeat of Sauron at the hands of the Numenoreans. 6.) What's something (no matter how goofy or seemingly boring) you love to do--ideally with other people--that none of your friends ever want to do? Hang out and do nothing but drink and listen to music. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

07-08-2017, 08:53 PM	#6454 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Good point I forgot you had guns.

07-08-2017, 10:00 PM	#6458 (permalink)
Blank. Jacob Sartorius Join Date: May 2016 Location: Dank memes Posts: 4,033	1.) What is the most recent lie you told to get out of a social engagement? "I would love to go but I am getting married that weekend." 2.) Most time-consuming and/or difficult dish you've ever cooked? Cake probably. I don't really cook difficult foods. 3.) Cake or pie? Depends on the cake and pie. Pecan and Pumpkin are like sex but other pies are nowhere near as good. So cake after that I guess. I can't think of a cake I like less then apple pie. 4.) Spookiest thing that's ever happened to you, that you might consider a paranormal/spiritual or "glitch in the matrix" type experience if you believed in such things? (I'm assuming the vast majority of y'all are atheists) I have pretty bad Paranoia issues at times so stuff like this happens a lot. 5.) If you could have any idea turned into a high-budget TV series, what would it be? (Be it your own idea, or something based on a book you like or whatever) Who would you cast in the lead roles? A show that chronicles the story of a small town trying to survive in a nuclear wasteland in a post-apocalyptic society. They have to deal with things like gangs trying to take over the town, getting caught in a war between rivaling factions, and having to deal with thiefs. I don't know about actors, but I guess Ben Affleck might be able to pull off an interesting take on the town sheriff stereotype. 6.) What's something (no matter how goofy or seemingly boring) you love to do--ideally with other people-- that none of your friends ever want to do? Go to a concert.