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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I’ve never really introduced myself on this site before, so here I am:

I’m 23, I attend USF(University of South Florida), and am a senior studying sociology and criminology. I am a server at Ruby Tuesday at Tyrone Square Mall in St. Petersburg, FL. I’m of Hungarian/German descent and was born in Evansville, IN. I’m heterosexual, single and co-own a house with my brother and mother. My hobbies include sport compact cars and both fresh and saltwater aqariums. I consider myself politically active, but that may be just selfishness in that I want to be a social worker someday. I started www.clubfocus.net and am a moderator on www.clubsi.com. My sign is Aquarius.

I am pictured here: http://www.ventohost.com/danturk/theman.jpg

Mods, if this thread is not allowed for some reason, I apologize in advance.

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(I did this following the form of the OP. I apologize if it was supposed to be more in my own writing style.)

I’m 18 years old, a college freshman at the University of Georgia. I’m a part time writer, but the majority of my work comes from my job at Electronic’s Boutique, a video game store mainly located in malls. My parents are from Bangladesh, but my ancestry can be traced as far back as ancient China. I’m hetrosexual, recently single after a five-month relationship, and I live in a dorm with my roommate, Marcus. I’m a typical social geek who loves video games and anime. I’ve been politically active since highschool due to, and I’ll admit this, the desire to impress a rather smart girl. I just sort of stuck with it after that. I write for http://www.jivemagazine.com and also http://www.men.com - for both, I review video games.

I am pictured here (the short one with the cap on) at an Anime Convention in Atlanta.

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Whee! This is fun! I like these sort of threads.

I’m 25, a Graphic Designer graduated from Conestoga College’s Graphic Design & Advertising program (Ontario, Canada). I live in Waterloo, Ontario, with my husband. I currently operate a small art supply store in a University. I love video games and can often be seeing glued to a PS2 or my Mac. I also like painting, sculpting, drawing, and doing crafts. I’m part Cree and a lot of my work is Native styled. I’m a “mommie” to 4 anole lizards (Toby, Byron, Audrey, and Belle), and 3 sweet rats (Bettina, Lola and Cookie).

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I’m 22 year old high school graduate without any current plans to attend college and work full-time as a caretaker for Gr8Kat in Dallas, Oregon, a small town outside Salem.

I’m of Italian, Irish, and Cherokee descent and was born in Cleveland, Tennessee, a small city outside Chattanooga. My father is from either eastern Tennessee or Western North Carolina and my mother is an orphan from New York City. Brooklyn, I believe.

I’m bisexual (about a 2 on the Kinsey scale), an atheist, and proudly identify myself as a bleeding heart liberal and tree hugger although I’m actually quite apathetic towards people in general (but believe we should be free to do as we please) and not actively concerned with environmentalism. I just take the pejoratives and wear them as badges of honor.

I’m single and live alone in a two bedroom apartment at the moment although I am actively looking for a roommate. My hobbies include: the internet; reading; science-fiction; anthropology; history; and Star Trek.

I don’t smoke; drink only once or twice a month at most; have never done drugs; and can best be described as geeky, introverted recluse with a romantic and sentimental streak not readily apparent until you know me a bit better.

I’m an Aquarian Dog but I do not believe in astrology, either Western or Chinese.

Here is a picture of me at a Dopefest in May. I’m the one on the far right.

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Bank of America Checking Account. Hoping to open up a savings up soon.

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I’m 26, and while I have many many hours of college coursework under my belt, I have no formal degree. I’ve taken mostly electives. I live in Schaumburg Illinois with my girlfriend, whom I’ve been dating for around 2 years. I play the guitar, I like to cook, and play video games as well. I collect alcohol from around the world and am building a rather impressive collection in my bar. I’m a lapsed Irish Catholic who votes Libertarian.

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I’m a 29 year-old corporate trainer in Phoenix. My original degree was in Radio & TV Communications, but I tired of the abysmal paychecks in radio, and finally sold my soul to The Man. I’ve always been a decent writer, so I took that route instead, and now I write trainings for the sales division of IBM.

I have been married for 6 years, and my wife and I are parents of a 5 month-old baby girl.

In my spare time, I have been working on a comic series. I am currently in the process of trying to secure an artist to complete a six-issue limited. The plot was originally conceived as a movie script, and it features absolutely no costumes or capes, so chances are self-publishing or small-press is the only way to go. So cross your fingers for me.

I am a “Survivor” nut, and I usually chime in here on the topic. I am also an avid movie buff, and have a collection of over 350 DVDs at last count.

I drive a Toyota Camry with over 100,000 miles on it. This is to allow my wife (and, by extension, my baby) to drive a Nissan XTerra with a little less than 1,000.

I dig good Mexican food, and bad Chinese food.

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I’m 46, a Canadian from near Toronto, now living in Tallahassee and working in radio. I’ve been married for 6 1/2 years to my lovely wife, for whom I left my country and family because she was the one whom I could not let slip away. I haven’t been right about a lot of things, but I was right about my wife. She’s amazing.

My ancestors come from England, Scotland and Wales. It’s my ambition to go to these places eventually. I have two brothers. We all live more than a thousand miles from each other. My parents are deceased.

I have several hobbies that are interrelated. I’ve been a musician (multi-instrumentalist) since my single digits, and have performed since 1972. I’ve played on or worked the control room on countless sessions, but I’m not famous in the least, which is fine. I do it because I love it. I collect records and CDs (12,000 + currently), and restore rare records and recordings on the computer. Some of my restorations have been reissued commercially. I’m learning to do multitrack recording on the computer (when I last engineered a session, it was all analog because nobody could afford digital).

I follow no political or religious ideologies. I don’t drink, and I’ve never learned to drive (where I came from, it was unnecessary). We have no kids, but we do have three cats who often act like little kids. I hope I don’t get hit by a falling piano soon, because I’m just starting to really enjoy my life.

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In 1972, I was sent to prison by a military court for a crime I didn’t commit. I promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, I survive as a soldier of fortune. If you have a problem, if no-one else can help, and if you can find me, maybe you can hire . . . me.

Tripler
Although I must note, that when I shoot at things, I tend to hit them (versus spraying lead all over the place without result).

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I’m 32, born in D.C., raised in Maryland (Montgomery County). My mom’s side of the family has been in that county for 9 generations. Her side is mostly Scottish & German. My dad is 2nd generation of Yugoslavian/Ukrainian descent. I graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in Secondary English Education. Except for student teaching, I’ve never taught. I worked in telecommunications for many years, then, after being laid off too many times, managed a company’s billing department. I’m now an at-home mother of a 15 month-old boy.

I met my husband on a blind date. We’ve been married for just over 5 years and have lived in his home country, Australia, for 5 months. We’ll most likely head back to the U.S. within a couple years with the intention of staying forever. He needed one last taste of home before he made the commitment to America. Also, his dad is very ill and wanted to meet his grandson. We’re trying for another kid (dont’ worry, not right this second).

My hobbies are knitting, reading, & crosswords. I like good beer and red wine. I’m an atheist and a liberal. I have a border collie/lab mix named Charlie. Hmmmm…that’s about it.

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I am a 43 year old single white male. I manage a team of software developers for a Fortune 500 company in south-central Pa, just above the Baltimore border. I got into computers when I tried to write a book and bought a computer to type it on. I once wrote a non-violent 3D game called Gumball And You Save Christmas (and the sequel Gumball And You Learn The Alphabet) which was described as “Where Doom meets Barney.” I am a varacious reader of the Fanatasy and Mystery genres (and several others as well.)

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I’m 21 and just started my first year in the Linguistics PhD program at the University of Chicago. (Eventually I’ll get around to changing the location in my profile. But…not right now.) My BA was also in Linguistics, at Boston University. Dunno what I want to do with my degree when I’m finished (if I finish), although I’m 90% certain that I don’t want to stay in a purely academic setting.

I’m heterosexual, currently involved in a fledgling long-distance relationship that seems to be working out nicely.

I lurk much, much more than I post (obviously). You probably won’t ever see me in GD; short attention span + apathy make that a no-go.

And I find that there’s really no more to say.

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I’m a 20-year-old student at the University of Illinois. I study French and psychology, although I’m thinking of majoring in linguistics instead of psych. I am a day camp counselor at a living history museum in my hometown; I work over the summer and Thanksgiving/Winter breaks. I can give tours in any of the houses at the museum; that’s what happens when you’ve toured them with camp groups all summer long.

My dad is Russian and Polish–his father immigrated from the USSR at age 12. My mom is most likely of German descent, but no one’s really sure. I’ve lived in the midwest all my life.

I’m heterosexual, and I’ve been in a relationship with a guy 4 years older than me (scandalous!) for the past few months.

I’ve played the violin for 10 years; I currently play in one of the university orchestras, and I also enjoy celtic fiddling. I loooooooove dogs and I read every dog book in the public library when I was young. I ran cross country for six years, played softball for 10, and took dance lessons (tap and Irish dance) for 13 years. I feel guilty that I’m so inactive anymore.

I was raised Lutheran, although my dad is Jewish (not practicing). I enjoyed going to church for a while, but then we moved, and all of the Protestant churches in this area have electric guitars instead of organs, and rock songs instead of hymnals. The whole “Jesus is hip for teens in the 21st century!” vibe really turned me off–I much preferred the traditional service.

I have a weird metabolism and I stay pretty much the same size no matter what I eat or how much I exercise. I’m pretty thankful for that; I like my body, except I wish I were a bit taller–I’m only 5’2".

This is me from a few years ago. I look pretty much the same, minus the sunburn.

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I’m 24 years old, born and raised on Long Island, living with my parents and sister. My first BA is from SUNY Stony Brook class of 2002, in Multidisciplinary Studies with concentrations in Spanish, Theater and Linguistics. At the time I was clueless as to what I wanted to be when I “grew up,” so I studied the subjects that interested me. It took a super lousy job that made me physically ill to make me reevaluate what I wanted out of life and a career, which is how I ended up back in school. I’m now at Molloy College and completing a second bachelor’s degree in Social Work over 2 years. Next year I’ll be completing my MSW through a joint program with Fordham University. In your senior year (as I am now) every student interns 2 days a week, and I’m in the Preventive Services branch of a family and children services agency. I absolutely love my current school, professors and classmates. This year I joined the chorus at school because I haven’t sung since high school - I have become the biggest chorus nerd and I’m loving it!

I enjoy movies, live music, listening to music, singing, seeing/doing improv comedy, karaoke, bars and coffeehouses, Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit. I’m Jewish but non-practicing, so I call myself “culturally Jewish.” I think Yiddish makes anything funnier. My heritage is Russian and Hungarian. I work at Williams-Sonoma, a high end cooking store, in a shopping area located in a heavily Orthodox Jewish community which makes customer assistance very interesting sometimes.

And I’m a Capricorn. :slight_smile:

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I PITY THE FOOL who messes with Tripler.

:wink:

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I’m 24 years old, a southern california native residing in Orange County. Ethnically mexican, but that’s as far as it goes. People often mistake me for Pacific Islander or ask if my father is chinese ( :confused: ). I do not speak spanish.

I am in a relationship, that could be classified as “Open”. We have been dating for five months, and dated previously for four.

I am a “Project Facilitator” for an Environmental Consulting firm, but hope to be an Editor some day. I am an amateur writer, though my “blog” would tell you differently (i.e.: NOT a writer at all).

My hobbies include reading, watching movies, trying to cook, baking like a mo fo, spending time in the company of fun and interesting people.

This is what I look like.
:smiley:

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One more thing. I love cheese. I LOVE cheese. It should be it’s own food group. Also I have an obsession with socks. I love socks. But they can’t just be any socks, like with farm animals or moons on them. I have a thing for funky striped socks. Okay I think I’m done now. :smiley:

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I’m a 23-year-old Canadian from Montreal, Quebec, though I was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, and grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba. My ethnic origins include Scottish, English, German, Korean, and Bohemian.

I’m a freelance translator, returning in January to McGill to get my graduate diploma and with it, professional certification. I previously earned a BA (linguistics) in 2003 and a certificate in translation in 2003, both from McGill.

I identify as a genderqueer gay man, and I’m single. I share an apartment with my best friend, Hamish, and our two cats, Zazou (mine) and Littl’un (his). I am a Wiccan.

I have one younger brother, who like my mother also lives in Montreal. We lost my dad to brain cancer in 2003. My extended family includes my father’s brother and sister who live in Ontario with their families, and my mother’s parents and step-father, who live in California.

I am politically involved in a variety of causes including urban planning, environmentalism, Canadian nationalism, alternatives to globalization, and Queer rights. I am a member of the New Democratic Party; I am the president of the Jeanne-Le Ber New Democratic Association; I have run twice for Parliament, in 2000 and 2002, and I served as co-campaign manager for our candidate this year.

My interests include public transit, city design, painting in acrylics, languages, editing Wikipedia, anime (especially shounen-ai), drag shows, lesbian comedy, world-building, heraldry, and rug-hooking. My favourite musicians are the Pet Shop Boys, Mylène Farmer, and Tori Amos.

I am a Libra, Scorpio rising, moon in Taurus, and was born in the year of the Rooster.

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I’m 37 and married with two young children; a boy aged 5 and a girl aged 8. I work as an IT manager for a smallish publisher/distribution company - because of the size of the company, I get involved in every aspect of IT; hardware purchase, installation, networking, databases, systems analysis, application development, support, training (I wouldn’t have it any other way)

I live in Southern England, near Portsmouth

I attend a local methodist Church, I suppose I’d be called a ‘liberal’ Christian; I’m on a number of committees there, although mostly with mundane function such as catering. We’re in the final month of production of a stage musical at the moment, in which I have a lead role, as well as co-producing and being involved in the making of props etc.

My hobbies have been numerous and have included carpentry, gardening, photography, archery, electronics, programming, graphics, cooking, amateur naturalism; I have an alarming tendency to become obsessed with something for a year or two, then lose impetus when a new thing tickles my fancy. I have many plans and ideas; far more than I will ever get to implement or investigate in my lifetime

I am a voracious reader of SF, especially short stories, but I also like reference material of all kinds. I like food (hence the user name) and I am always particularly on the lookout to experience new things - If I see a new tropical fruit, or meat from an animal I have never eaten before, I cannot help buying it.

If I had one, my motto would probably be ‘how hard can it be?’.

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Dan Turk, you’re matriculating at my alma mater and live in the town for which my high school was named. Have you ever been to Stammtisch at the Hopper’s in Palm Harbor? You look somewhat familiar.