Anyone want an email pen-pal?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I wanted to reply to this like two days ago but didn’t have time. So I hope I’m not too late and someone will still pick me! Methinks my e-mail is in my profile.

Okay, so me. I’m a nerdy white girl who listens to rap music. Okay, well I like other types of music, too. Mainstream mostly, though I’m always open to new things. I loves me some Aerosmith, Zeppelin, and other classic rock. I’m 27, married for four years, no kids. We have two cats, a dog, some fish, and lots of dust bunnies. I majored in English Lit in college and work for a small newspaper. I live in a small town in Minnesota. Yah, sure, you betcha! I love to read, but I go in spurts. I’ll read everything in sight for three months and then hardly touch a book for two months after that. It probably has something to do with the fact that I become easily addicted to games. My addiction for the past few months has been The Sims 2. I don’t care for Sci Fi or fantasy (thought I’d better throw that in, because I know there are many fans here), but I have seen the Lord of the Rings movies, if that makes me cool. I didn’t know what anime was until I started frequenting the SDMB. I lean to the far left politically, but don’t need to talk about it if you don’t want to. I married a Republican. I don’t have much time for Christianity, though I’m respectful of those who do. I’m interested in learning about other types of religions, but around here it’s difficult to find anyone who practices anything but Christianity. I love movies, and my husband and I seem to like weird stuff that none of our friends like. I’m a huge Minnesota Vikings fan, but I don’t want to talk about that right now.

Hmmm … I’m sure there’s more, but I don’t want to bore you to death right away! Now I sit back and wait for a sucker to bite!

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I tried the email in your profile (dopername at hotmail dot com) but it bounced. Was that the right email addy?

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Terribly sorry about that. Apparently I haven’t checked that one for awhile and it went inactive. Will you try me again and I’ll e-mail you back with the address I use more often? If you think I don’t deserve you now, I totally understand.

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I simplified things and just e-mailed you, Earthworm Jim!

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I’m 22, going on 23, male, a Bavarian native. I do not own any leather trousers, though. I live on my own in Munich, Germany, no pets, one plant (the students’ classic: Ficus benjamini). English is only my second language, so I usually keep things brief — an ideal penpal for people with short attention spans! (Cf. my post count.)

I have been studying animal medicine for two years now, even though I’m rather more interested in technical things, especially aviation. But I suck at Math and didn’t dare enrolling in engineering. Given all the time I’ve invested in this veterinarian thing already, I think I’m gonna stick to it.

I enjoy reading and books in general, as well as movies (rented! I dislike cinemas). There’s lots more to tell, but I’d rather post this now lest I change my mind about the whole thing.

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I am a 20 year old male who dropped out of college. I am not sure of what degree I want or even what I want to do for a living yet. I read the board a lot but never post kind of a lurker. I like most sports. So if anyone wants to email me go right ahead twintwin@gmail.com I am also from Mississippi.

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Oooh, me too, me too!

I’m 26, recently moved to London from Plymouth to be with the lovely Crusoe, and work in the HR department of a major trade union. I love my job, which is a first for me, and am very proud of the fact that I’m the third generation of my family to work for a TU. I have a beautiful dog named Poppy, who I had to leave with my mum when I moved, and judging by the cold shoulder I got at Christmas, she still hasn’t forgiven me for it - even though she gets spoiled rotten by my mother who treats her as a subsitute child. I also love cats, but haven’t had any since both mine were killed about 18 months ago. :frowning:

Er, what else? I have long curly hair that I’m somewhat militant about - have taken to bellowing: “I LIKE MY HAIR CURLY YOU FLAT-HAIRED FASCIST” at people who say “you know, I can recommend a great pair of straightening irons…” to me. In my younger days, I thought I was going to be a world-famous actress - I don’t anymore, but I keep my hand with various am-dram productions. I like old films, especially anything with either Hepburn it; singing songs from various musicals while washing the dishes; cashmere and angora sweaters; drinking pink wine; playing Trivial Pursuit and The Sims 2; and reading books that make me laugh embarrasingly loudly in public. Oh, and I’ve taken to referring to myself as a “Domestic-Goddess-In-Training”, now that I’m finally living somewhere I can be proud of, and have developed an interest in cooking. And tableware.

How people describe me: Blunt, frequently; bohemian, occasionally; stroppy, too often; sweet, sometimes. And they’d probably say something about how I have a tendancy to run on and on and on long after people have stopped reading…

So that’s me - any takers?

Oh, and I’d like quite like Mr Fanstypants, if he has no objections, on “different enough to me” grounds.

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Wow, so many people! Such a neat-o idea! I haven’t had a pen-pal since 5th grade French class, and I haven’t written a letter since I was 19. But enough about me. Let me tell you some stuff about me!

I’m a 24 year old female from Chicago who just learned that shoveling snow is hard. Especially when you shovel during the storm instead of afterwards, and you wake up the next day to find all your efforts wasted. :mad: I’m currently in my second year of grad school for Clinical Psych, although I still often wonder if this is the path for me (my student loans say yes, it is. ) I hate winter, and I love summer, mostly because I can run and bike and frolic in the beautiful fields of the South Side.

If I were (was?) a Sim, my personality would look like this:

Neat: |||||
Outgoing: |
Active: ||
Playful: ||||||
Nice: |||||||

Oh, and since entertainment preferences might be helpful in giving insight into one’s personality (can’t wait to see the journal article on that), I like the Myst series of games, and Law & Order, Perry Mason, 24, and Arrested Development are practically the only shows on TV worth watching now.

Oh, and I giggle a lot. Tee-hee!

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I’m in, if anyone is interested.

Happily married male, 28 years old (29 this month!), father of a 5 year old little boy.

I’m a graphic artist by trade, working mostly on business proposals. I am also an amateur poet, a would-be science fiction novelist, and a dreamer of big dreams that, on occassion, takes steps to accomplish said dreams.

I am in to historical reenactment and study, poetry, and philosophy. Idealic chivalry, romanticism, and fantasy are all favorite topics of mine. I enjoy discussing and pondering life, religion, politics, and really anything else, so long as such discussions are civil and open-minded.

I have regular access to email, and love to correspond, though I have sometimes been accused of being rather wordy. I would love to have someone to email regularly.

I can be reached at poeticyde (at) gmail.com

I hope someone picks me! :smiley:

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OK, you’ve convinced me.

I’m eighteen, female, resident of the Greatest of Britains and I work in a strip club…

HA! I love that line, it gets people everytime. I do work in a strip club, but I’m a waitress. A fully-clothed waitress. It’s good money, and good fun - just a shame every other member of staff walks around with a few grams of charlie permanently up their left nostril. I’m definitely not anti-drugs, but working in that kind of environment five nights a week, when it’s not something you partake in yourself, can be kind of difficult.

ANYWAY, what is there interesting about me? I love to read (especially fantasy stuff - Harry Potter, Terry Pratchett etc. - but really I’ll read anything). I love to laugh. I’m incredibly open-minded and I have a pretty good sense of humour. I guess I’m pretty mature for my age, but not too mature if you know what I mean. I know how to have fun. I love spending time with friends, and I could talk for days on end. I’m very intelligent (and not at all proud of it :wink: ) and I do enjoy using my brain. Puzzles, quizzes, anything that gets me thinking. Especially at the moment, while my education is on hold. Big Simpsons fan, apart from that, not really a big television watcher. Movies are a different story, especially films that make me think. I can’t get enough of them.

Bad things? Hmmm. I can be kind of loud. Pretty damn lazy too sometimes. I’m likely to sing the most annoying song you can think of fifteen times an hour. Especially if you ask me to stop. I’ve been known to talk to myself if no one else cares to listen. I also have this unhealthy British teenage tendency to go out on a Friday and Saturday night and get absolutely trollied, before rolling in at stupid o’clock in the morning, tripping over the dog and throwing up in the gap between the toilet and the sink. It’s all good fun though and I suppose I’ll grow out of it. I haven’t thought about what will happen if I don’t.

In all seriousness, I think I’m a pretty great person. (Yeah, pretty desperate for a pen-pal, they all think.) And I think you’re all pretty great too. (Awww, but she’s sweet too, maybe I’ll write her.) So come one, come all! Old, young, male, female, Eastern, Western, I don’t care. I need friends in far places. Then one day maybe I’ll make it out of this crapola town.

Please note: Weekend replies not guaranteed. captainroscoe (at) gmail.com

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Oh my Og! I wasn’t getting emails anymore to this thread, so I just assumed I’d been the last post and promptly killed it. Fortunately, a very kind Doper emailed me personally to ask the status and since I haven’t been picked yet either (Should I be sad? Sing the “Guess I’ll Go Eat Worms” song? Pretend I’m above it all? Or prostitute myself more and beg, beg, beg? Yep, think I’ll go with the more reasonable choice here…

WON’T SOMEONE PLEASE TAKE ME! HAVE MERCY ON MY UNLOVED SOUL!

< Now, just imagine really cutesie gratuitous smiley usage here to complete the picture. >

Ok, let’s see if I can get everyone on the list this time without screwing it up:

[ul]
[li]me (the needy one)[/li][li]LifeOnWry[/li][li]DeadlyAccurate[/li][li]monica[/li][li]AwSnappity[/li][li]Madd Maxx[/li][li]Roland Orzabal[/li][li]BiblioCat[/li][li]congodwarf[/li][li]Emperor Penguin[/li][li]Aesiron[/li][li]Reeder[/li][li]Lightnin’[/li][li]Bambi Hassenpfeffer[/li][/ul]

My new additions (because obviously, those smarter than me took care of this eons ago):

[ul]
[li]grettle[/li][li]BraheSilver[/li][li]MrFantsyPants[/li][li]NinjaChick[/li][li]NotNow[/li][li]Maxxxie[/li][li]CandidGamera[/li][li]indecisive1[/li][li]MissTake[/li][li]Earthworm Jim[/li][li]tanookie[/li][li]LilyoftheValley[/li][li]gouda[/li][li]Iceland_Blue[/li][li]yellowval[/li][li]fishcheer15[/li][li]Jennyrosity[/li][li]Ichini Sanshigo[/li][li]poeticyde[/li][li]Captain Roscoe[/li][/ul]

I think we number 35. If anyone wants to check my lousy math skills or my unfortunate ability to miss someone (I hope congodwarf has forgiven me or else I’ll never get to have a guide through Africa, especially when I wanna look at the little people), please be my guest. PLEASE. I am happy to see we have some folks here that are rather new, those who’d like to participate who’ve someone managed to escape the menacing hordes that usually knock on your door in the wee hours of the morning, demanding you fork over that $15 to sign up or they’ll have Unca Cecil curse you -and- Saran Wrap your house (didn’t know that, didja?) and lots of truly interesting people.

Sadly, I haven’t gotten around yet to reading all those who replied after my last post, but I promise I will. I’ll also never not (I looooooves me some double negatives!) check any old threads that I’ve spent time rambling on in.

Excuse me. I’ll be back before the next millennium. :stuck_out_tongue:

Now, to encapsulate all my previous drivel…

If you haven’t gotten a pen-pal yet, please, please, please put it down here for the whole world to see. Well, maybe not all of them, since some folks were deprived of the, um, interesting Ms. Jackson’s boob. But y’all know what I mean. It is nothing to be ashamed, because I’m in this boat too. And I dare anyone to rain on our parade (mixed metaphors, they’re not just for a late night snack anymore!) due to the fact that us bunch here are just shy. Kind of like the most beautiful girl in school never gets asked out on dates because all the pursuers just naturally assume she’s either already spoken for or plain ol’ busy waxing her bikini line.

::: stops to breath :::

Therefore, will the real Slim Shady stand up and be acknowledged? You honestly don’t want me chasing you down via instant messenger or something. I do have an IM and I know how to use it. (Actually I don’t anymore and I knew how to use it when I did, but I just couldn’t pass up the cool phrase. :D) Or I’ll even start kicking your seat!

I realize too that some have done done the electronic boogie and may no longer be desirous of a god parent. However, I still should know so that I won’t sic Bob or my voodoo doll on you and this is the bestest, most greatest way to solicit for more suckers to land another gullible party into our intricate little web of intrigue and flower pot worship. This is important! Next, I’ll have to notify Witness Protection (anonymously, of course), check hospitals, call local pizzarias and bug your mother.

Then, ALL HANDS REPORT ON DECK! Those with and those without (damn, I hate falling into that category these days – oops, I seem to be talking about something else), state your pen-pal-hood ASAP. Ya don’t gotta say who or how many, but can if you wanna (as long as the other part -y/ies give consent – there I go again), just sos we know who all we need to submit a prayer request on behalf of. Like for me. Quick! I long for Chuthula to be called. And on my side. :wink:

Do what I say then minions!!

Since I’m so embarrassed and ashamed of my tardiness, lack of desirability and overly-verboseness, I’ll offer myself up to the “gods of humiliation” and post first.

I DO NOT HAVE NOBODY (who is a nice person IRL), but the wonderful and adorable person that I mentioned way back in the beginning (not that one) of this 4 mile behemoth. Who I’ll write to by tomorrow. Scout’s honor. Hell, I will spit on it if you’d like.

I’ll eagerly await with baited breath. What it’s baited for, you’ll have to be my e-pal to find out. Doncha so crave that kind of power and mystery?? Yeah, baby.

Plus, I’m going to go dwell in the sewer that my mind lives in. On top of finally re-reading the thread. Will I need lotion for this? :eek: :wink: :stuck_out_tongue: :smiley:

Beebeebebee, that’s all!!!

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I have penpals although I’ve been bad in responding to a couple of them. For some reason, writing an email just takes more effort than posting does so I get caught up here and neglect my inbox sometimes.

I’ll try to write back **Biblio **and **Bambi **tomorrow. I promise (threaten?).

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I am extremely boring. But I like having pen pals. My e-mail is in my profile. I will write to anyone who wants to write to me. Or if anyone is shy and doesn’t want to make the first move, just ask and I will write to you. Warning–e-mails may be silly.

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I used to have great penpals but lost touch over the past few years, so I’ll play…

Single 30 yr old male. Originally Japanese, came to the US at age 15, went to college in MA, went back to Japan for grad school and got my astronomy degree last year. Now I’m back in the US and currently a postdoc at a NASA center, where I’m building and testing an ultraviolet spectrometer for observing the sun. I’m a liberal and an atheist. I’m a recumbent bicycle enthusiast - I own several, and love riding. I used to be into sci-fi, especially Arthur C. Clarke. More recently the SDMB has dictated my TV and reading habits, i.e. heavy doses of Terry Pratchett and Joss Whedon. I used to only listen to classical music and the Beatles but recently I’ve gotten to like Lorreena McKennitt and Natalie MacMaster, and also whatever classic rock I find on my satellite radio. I love photography but I’m terrible at it.

E-mail address is kobayashi.ken at gmail dot com.

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I just sent out an email, but the sendee shall remain a mystery. Is it you? Perhaps you should go check. You may already be a winner!

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It wasn’t me. :frowning:

In fact, nobody thus far has e-mailed me. :frowning:

Bah. If you people don’t want your inboxes filled with my rambling crap, maybe I’ll just start clogging the boards with it instead! Then, instead of merely annoying ONE person, I’ll annoy ALL of you, until the name of Roland Orzabal becomes synonymous with the Scourge Of SDMB Destruction!

…the facts that A) I’d never do that and B) if I did, I’d get banned in about six seconds notwithstanding…

So, who wants to take one for the team, hmm?! But seriously, folks, I really would love to hear from anyone who’s interested in hearing and sharing random thoughts, especially (but not necessarily) of a philosophical nature…and if anyone wants to discuss Geekery, in any of its various manifestations (gaming, RPGs, math, computer stuff), heck knows I’m game for that too. I’d initiate contact with a few people, but I never know what to say in introductions, so I usually either start in with the rantifyin’ straightaway, or else compose something that looks like an autobiography combined with an FBI Psych profile. Both have a strange tendency to scare away potential conversationalists; I’ve never quite figured out why. In case you hadn’t guessed, initiating and engaging in everyday friendly chitchat are not on my list of Top 10 Things I Have Mastered. If somebody else strikes up a conversation, though, I do just fine.

Harimad, I’d email you, but seeing as how we’ve had occasion to chat once or twice, you’ve seen a sampling of the kind of stuff I’m capable of filling your inbox with. If you’re game for more of the same, my email’s in my profile; I’ll let you make the first move.

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I’ll take 'em ALL! Email’s in my profile - I don’t guarantee fascinating emails or lifelong devotion, but I’ll talk to anybody. You never know what’s gonna strike a chord.

Don’t be shy.

78

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GAH! I just can’t resist a lost a puppy. I take 'em in, they turn into big dogs and then they bite me in the ass. Oh well, why change now.

I’ll take you faithfool but be warned that I’m not very exciting. Not like you need anybody to get you fired-up or anything.

::don’t click the submit button::
::but she’s begging::
::NO! you’ll be sorry::
::closes eyes and clicks::

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Ditto. Don’t be scared.

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WOOP!! WOOP some more!! And one last really long WOOOOOOOOP for the finale!!!

< more helicopter noises or stuff I can’t mention >

We’ve made contact Houston!

So let’s see which all counties we’ve heard from…

Aesiron – who’s already got a couple lined up (you da man!)
BraheSilver – who’s made someone a LUCKY WINNER! ok, I’ll fess up; IT WAS ME, IT WAS ME, did I say IT WAS ME??? :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
Roland Orzabal – who’s still out on the table and a guy I was gonna pick, but figured you’d already been inundated with tons of replies (now that you’re here though, I’ll be more than happy to “take one for the team” and just chance it that it’ll be overkill)
LifeOnWry – I’m not sure, but does this mean that you’ve taken the plunge? or someone’s plunged with you? (please report back in with this scintillating information – there’s pen-pal-less children starving of electronic feed right now in Indiana – do the right thing!)
indecisive1 – who has had pity on my abandoned self and now we’re gonna be bestest buds and I am s0000000000 happy ( ::: dobs tear and screams THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU! )
Bambi – hasn’t super secret special agent colonel Aesiron contacted you? because those documents must be forged NOW! get it together you two or there’ll be court-marshalling to the bridge (what bridge I have no idea – Brooklyn? Golden Gate? London?) and if you still need more back-up, post it here man, post it here

Next on the Weekly World Boring Ass Update, we also have two newbies to offer up on the chopping block:

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[li]Harimad-sol [/li][li]scr4[/li][/ul]

Alrighty then people, someone(s) get your butt(s) up to the plate and collect your above prize(s)! We have to take initiative and control and Fruity Pebbles! Pick up the phone and email 'em. They’re looking to us for correspondence, companionship and consolidation (those bills can be a bitch), so show that team spirit and your pride in your Dopiness. Reach out and touch one. Or five or the whole lot. Make me grin like the Cheshire Cat over a litter.
Revised hit list:

me (no longer the needy one much, but still likes her tummy scratched)
**LifeOnWry
DeadlyAccurate
monica
AwSnappity
Madd Maxx
Roland Orzabal
BiblioCat
congodwarf
Emperor Penguin
Aesiron
Reeder
Lightnin’
Bambi Hassenpfeffer
grettle
BraheSilver
MrFantsyPants
NinjaChick
NotNow
Maxxxie
CandidGamera
indecisive1
MissTake
Earthworm Jim
tanookie
LilyoftheValley
gouda
Iceland_Blue
yellowval
fishcheer15
Jennyrosity
Ichini Sanshigo
poeticyde
Captain Roscoe
Harimad-sol
scr4

(* indicates FRESH MEAT!!! come ‘n’ get it!)
We currently number too many to count. I repeat, do NOT make me hunt you down like the vermin left over from Tremors II, 'cause no one really wants me striking back. Do they? :wink:

I’m also sending out a couple of begging, pleading, bruises-on-the-knees requests for love and fulfillment also. Please be so advised to step away from the chocolate before ecstatically, orgasmically replying. I’ll still be here sweetums(s). :smiley: Oh, and everyone (yes, YOU!) check your profiles again and make sure that addy is in there or else I’ll have to buy us all bottle and quills and milk an adder for ink. I just don’t have that kind of time after devoting so much to making that dining room from toothpicks like Mother Martha intoned. If you’re not a member in questionable standing, make certain you post a reasonable facsimile somewhereth when you typeth againeth. Pthh. I’ll be watching closely and handing out demerits for the occasional wayward child.

::: palms ruler :::

[Edited to add: This is so freakin’ much fun. Stomping all over every literary genre, playing dress up and always running out the measly little word count. We’d da bomb! < ----- hummed to the tune of “The William Tell Overture”]