I Wanna Know More About YOU!!

In My Humble Opinion
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Have you ever been reading along and, all of a sudden, there’s this desire to find out more information on one of your fellow Dopers? Not in an evil way or anything, just a wish to get a glimpse of some part of their personal life… like maybe what they do for a living, hobbies, significant others, where they live, likes/dislikes or what they look like. And even if you already have a somewhat good enough idea, you want them to talk about themselves MORE! MORE! MORE!

:slight_smile:

Please tell me I’m not the only one. I’ll die of shame if so, therefore, I’d take a lie or three if necessary to prevent me from SD purgatory. Plus, since I’m the person who brought this exciting idea up, I guess I’ll have to go first.

::: holds breath and prays for a (more) sane post :::

Here’s my initial output of ten, right off the top of my pointy little head. It was so hard not to go on and on and on, and on and on, like I normally do. There’s too many fascinating folks 'round these parts, I tells ya!

[ul]
[li]Left Hand of Dorkness[/li][li]jsgoddess[/li][li]elfbabe[/li][li]Mtgman[/li][li]Incubus[/li][li]jennyrosity[/li][li]Priam[/li][li]EddyTeddyFreddy[/li][li]twickster[/li][li]ZebraShaSha[/li][/ul]

That ought to get the ball rolling. Of course, I’m sure I have plenty more flitting around the periphery. If not, and this doesn’t work, I suck and should refrain from starting these things when I’m sober. Probably makes me look bad. Or more so. :smiley:

Well, I’ll be hoping for plenty of vanity searches to bring ‘em in and encourage them to do ye olde ‘gut spilling.’ Come on, surely everyone will be dying to indulge us, right? Right? :wink: Not to mention, I can’t wait to see who all YOU guys are stalking. Ooops, that ain’t what I meant. Admiring. Yup, that’s the ticket. From afar, no less. I swear! We don’t need no stinkin’ restraining orders. Really. :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue:

Very well…

Step right up and make your requests!! Free banana strawberry malts and Pocky while you wait. A continual loop of Willy Wonka and door prizes every hour!! EVERY HOUR! If you’re looking for leg warmers, blinking tongue rings or Mary Kate and Ashley pictures, we gotcha covered! Hurry, limited time offer before this thread disappears into the Land of Non-Sensical Ramblings. Operators are standing by to inundate you with my over-usage of smileys. DO NOT HESITATE. Living vicariously through others depends on us. Stat!

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Really? Me? Yikes!

49, SWF, work as a puzzle editor (word puzzles published in magazines; I’m in charge of “variety,” which is everything that isn’t a crossword or word-find). Design my own needlepoint patterns (just started a new project, to recover the ottoman where my cat, Elvis, sleeps while I’m on the computer). Love movie musicals – well, duh, the Cafe Society folks knew that – so took up tap-dancing 15 years ago.

What do I win?

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::: jumps up and down :::

She answered! YIPPEE! There’s an answer!!! :smiley:

::: ahem :::

I’m restrained.

Well, to win, you now gotta ask about someone you might wanna know more about. That way, my efforts here won’t completely fall off into disgrace.

And let me just say how much I appreciate you playing. WOOHOO again! That you sound extremely interesting. What with the tap dancing, puzzle editing and a cat named Elvis, I’m impressed. Didn’t know I’d queried such a neato soul. :slight_smile: You can share more, if ya like. If not, just call someone else down and they can be the next contestant on the “I Wanna Know More About YOU!!” show!

Rules supplied before playing. Accomodations arranged by Motel 6. Hosts attire by Target. Void where prohibited and no members of family allowed.

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I’d like to know more about ArchiveGuy, whose posts in the movie musicals threads have been edifying and entertaining.

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Hmm… what would you like to know?

Going by twickter’s example, I’m 16 years old who doesn’t work for a living, doesn’t have a living, and goes to public school on a typical American teenage path. I like to design things but they usually end up in disaster, plagues, or the systematic destruction of butterflies. Music, math, science, brothels - yea, I’m a fan of many things.

Is that what you mean?

I would like to hear more about yourself and calmkiwi.

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Zebra, I had no idea you were 16! For some reason I thought you were considerably older. At least in your mid- to late- twenties. You come across as seriously well written. Well, except for condoning butterfly brothels. I mean, really.

But yeah, that’s kinda what I was talking about. I also like reading about where people live, since a lot of times they don’t put it in their location field. Other than that, I’m open to suggestions. And hives, after drinking milk, but that’s another story. :stuck_out_tongue:

I don’t have that “life” thing either. Know where we can get one? Do they carry them here? :smiley:

About myself? Nice of you to ask. Um… 36 year old, soon-to-be divorced female. Unfortunately I’m still, at the moment, an agorophobic. Happily, I’m an only child, a liberal, a neo-hippie who loves Aerosmith, depressing independent films and anything that could be considered child-like (parades, fireworks, Halloween dress-up and haunted houses, treasure hunts, amusement parks, etc.) I’d love to move to New Mexico someday. Guys with long hair, their tongue pierced and tattoos are too cute. I read King, Grafton, Irving, Carr and am starting on Maguire, as well as some other mystery serial stuff. I can’t cook for shit, have 2 cats and a dog and no children. Or ever will. Currently, my head is shaved and I tried to dye it pink. Although, my favorite color is green. Anything different, to me, is great. Traveling (ah, to go to Venice), cuisine (oh la la French!), culture (ballet!!) and fortune telling for fun (not profit). My shoe is a size 10 and I want some !Caramba! windchimes for Christmas.

Guess that’s some in a nutshell. :wink:

Any other takers?

And thank you, thank you, thank you for answering! This is faring a bit better than my poor lonely ‘naked’ animal thread. ::: sigh :::

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[QUOTE=faithfool And hives, after drinking milk, but that’s another story. :stuck_out_tongue:
[/QUOTE]

Get out! Seriously? I’m perfectly fine with a lie.
I get hives from milk. Yes I do. Well, cream, more specifically. Invariably, when I have to explain why I can’t drink milk, or use cream, I get, “Oh, you mean you’re lactose intollerant.”. Uh. Nope.

But to get back to your question…
I’d dearly love to know more about John Carter of Mars. He doesn’t post nearly enough for me. And since his “Mail order bride & sour honey” post, he’s caught my attention.

And Shirley Ujest … How did she come about her wicked sense of humour?

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Sorry to disappoint Daizy, but I don’t actually break out into hives if milk passes my lips. I just feel like I am. I think that stems from a vacation I took as a kid when we’d endured one too many breakfasts at the Waffle House and my mother on a “You gotta drink milk!” kick. It apparently coincided with a slightly bad batch. Luke-warm and sorta soured tasting. Needless to say, I didn’t like the crap to begin with (I had to be enticed to consume it by having ice, sugar and vanilla added – don’t ask, 'cause it wasn’t all that but it came a bit closer to digestable :stuck_out_tongue: ), though after that fiasco, the smell alone could almost make me hurl.

Oh, and I agree about JCoM’s thread. That drew me right in, rooting for Bubba and hoping he didn’t lose his shirt. Or honey, rather. So, more of the same would always be good, right?

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Gosh, me? How flattering.

Well, I’m 26, originally from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, then lived in Plymouth, Devon for 5 years. Two months ago I moved to London to be with Crusoe (a long-time Doper, though he rarely posts anymore), who I met eight months ago at my first ever Dopefest :smiley: . Along the way I got a job in HR with one of the major trade unions, which I love because for the first time in my life I feel as though I’m doing something which actually makes a difference, albeit in a small way. I love animals, my two adorable kitties, Bert and Ernie, sadly died last year within a few months of each other, and I had to leave my dog, Poppy, in Devon with my mum. We can’t have pets here, plus it would be cruel to move a country dog to a small flat in a big city, but I miss her like mad. I trained as an actor, but decided not to try and make it my career, as I doubted I’d be tough enough to cope with the constant rejection, so instead just keep my hand in with a number of amateur productions. Oh, and I’m mainly to be found on NADS with a lot of the other Euro Dopers - you’d be welcome to come and visit us, faithfool. Breaths

Can I have a think about who I want to know more about? There’s loads of people, I’m sure, but I can’t think of names till I’ve had my coffee!

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I’m always fascinated by the Dopers who share most of my hobbies… Fenris, cbawlmer, Draelin, FilmGeek, Askia, among others.

And of course our illustrious Moderators.

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[QUOTE=Daizy
And Shirley Ujest … How did she come about her wicked sense of humour?[/QUOTE]

I.swear.I.did.not.put.her.up.to.this. Daizy, do you accept paypal? Or are you one of my alter egos and I need to up my medication? :slight_smile:
Ahem.

Where did I get my wicked sense of humor?

Like everyone else: Ebay! The shipping was free! They just emailed me a file and I downloaded it to my brain! Yes, its that easy!

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I play the tenor saxophone.

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Hahaha! Hahahahaaaa! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

I’m sorry, but my name and “fascinating” do not belong in the same post. Notice how I don’t use my name in this post, because the two things don’t belong.

Um. This makes me really want to be neato. And I just can’t.

I’m 33. Happily married aside from the times I complain about him in various threads because he’s doing things that end up with him in the hospital. We have 9 cats and are really goofily devoted to them in ways that even I find scary. I work in sales for a manufacturing company in the beeeyooteeful state of Ohio where we seem to be permanently stuck with the Taft fambly.

I’m a poet, a pragmatic anarchist (it’s the right direction but the wrong time, in my opinion), and a slob. My favorite foods are cauliflower and diet coke, preferably in the same meal. Woo!

I espouse Julie’s Theory of Procrastination, which is, “Never do today what you could put off until tomorrow, because it would suck being hit by a bus right after you rushed to do something sucky.”

And yes, my favorite television show, ever, is Magnum, p.i. Oh, and the bit about the dogs is true, too.

And, well, that’s about it. (Cites for all of the above statements available upon request.)

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I’m 21, single, between jobs, and attending a local college in Northern California. I’m fond of my beard, and I’ve lived within fifty miles of the Pacific for most of my life.

My hobbies include writing (nothing publishable yet, though. :frowning: ); building WMDs on my flight simulator (it’s fun, and it really pisses off peaceniks); and collecting odd bits of information. I am an atheist.

I’ve never played an RPG, although I’d like to. Even for a Nerd/Geek, I’m shy. I’m a lapsed Trekker who likes the Star Wars prequels. And a mild “furry” sympathizer.

I hate stories where love loses out, or where Tampering in God’s Domain is discouraged. (At heart, I’m a hopeless romantic with a dream of mad science triumphant.) I thought Colossus: The Forbin Project had an upbeat ending.

I don’t especially like Liberalism or Conservatism. (To put it nicely. Very nicely.) As far as I can tell, I’m either a “New Deal Libertarian,” or or “Compassionate Fascist.” The end result is that no matter who I vote for, I end up getting screwed in one way or another.
And I’d like to know more about CandidGamera. (In the non-stalkerish sense, that is.)

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I accept Tim Horton’s gift certificates! :smiley:

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Are you sure you don’t mean one of my favorite posters “Zebra”?

Anyways, I would like to entertain your question more seriously after other poster’s have given examples…

Having lived in North Carolina for several years now, I have started generally razing memories of past locales - that of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and my home state of Texas more specificly. Hopefully within the next year I will be moving to Atlanta or Cambridge, which ever college chooses to put up with me.

The only real defining qualities of myself would be that I hardly ever wear t-shirts and that the quarter dollar size meteor half-embeded into my skull glows when the moon is ripe. God never quite forgave me for The Incident and neither did I - from then on I have practiced hard-core agnosticism. (If you are listening God, la-la-la-la etc - you know the drill.) Camper Van Beethoven, They Might Be Giants, any assortment of indie rock, the E6, and locusts in the Sahara during winter serve just as nicely to tune out the smiter.

And finally, just to dispell any tabloid conspiracies of that which hasn’t been mentioned, here is a list of things that some way, shape, or spiral slide are me:

I am a moral relativist, open-minded but not open-ended (read: straight). As of this time last year I would call myself an artist but as of late I hate creating art, so recreational other things come more readily into play. Mentioned above in my last post is my intense and burning desire for science, math, and Miss Piggy’s curly hair. Fortunatly, I have no plans for my future.

Saying all that, I think I am done with hearting the mirror.

(Also, I am still looking at you, calmkiwi…)

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Woooooo!
Thats all.

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Someone wants to know more about me? Well then, I shall oblige:

I am old. Older than dirt. So ancient am I that I have a granddaughter the same age as ZebraShaSha. In fact, I’m even older than Zoe, and Zoe is Aphrodite’s sister.

For the past several weeks my home computer has been messed up, so I can only read/post to the SDMB from work. But work often takes me on the road, a place from which I make no effort to access a computer. Thus the slow-down in my posting lately.

I live in the Deep Woods, two miles from my nearest neighbor or a paved road. I have guns, dogs, trucks, a tractor, chain saws and lots of other cool stuff. Dejah Thoris stays home and guards all this cool stuff while I travel to many interesting places and do many interesting things. Then when I get back home I tell her about the many neat things I did and the weird stuff I saw. We’ve got it all worked out, you see.

While traveling, I like to find backstreet bars with three piece bar bands and a small dance floor. The bands must play blues, country or old timey rock ‘n’ roll or I won’t stay long. My drink of choice used to be Jack Daniels and Coke, but since Ol’ Jack cut the alcohol content I’ve gone to Crown Royal and Coke and I ain’t lookin’ back.

I used to think I’d like to meet Shirley Ujest, but now I’m not so sure. In the vasectomy thread Shirley suggested that instead of a bumper sticker that says something like: “I (heart) New York” she would like one that says: “I (spaded) my husband.” A man might do well to avoid a woman who thinks like that.

Claim to Fame: At the tender age of 13, I saw Elvis Presley perform in a movie theater! “Hound Dog” was his new hit, and the Powers That Be in Miami booked Elvis into a movie theater, not knowing that if they had booked him into the Orange Bowl, it would have sold out just like the theater did.

Update: Bubba still hasn’t found a wife to bear many little Bubba’s for him. Sad but true.

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Right, then. Just did a bit of a bio over here : Ta-Da!

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Gosh, how flattering (though I haven’t posted in that series recently–gulp!)

I’m not too good at volunteering random info, so, what exactly do you want to know? Throw a few questions down and I promise to answer, well, some of them with complete candor. :slight_smile: