Name: MagicEyes
Age: Older than I look
Occupation: I have a degree in folklore, but right now I’m doing communications for a public health program
Marital status: Single, not really looking
Describe your personality using four words: quirky, creative, sensitive, messy
Three favorite things: My bunnies (Billie and Murray, the Cutest Bunnies in the World [sup]TM[/sup], chocolate, music
One special talent: I can read upside down. And I can hear really high-pitched noises.
Which two emoticons describe you best: :dubious:
One thing that might surprise us about you: I’m smarter than I look!
See, the smack emoticon does describe me well.
[sub]<insert obligatory Gaudere’s Law reference here> (can’t find ‘possessionless’ in word’s or www.dictionary.com 's dictionarys )[/sub]
Well, dear, that’s because it’s not a real word. But I’m not completely anal, I can accept mushed togethether words or modified words as long as they’re still recognizable.
Possession-less would be the only way to spell it. And correctly, you should probably say “lacking of possessions” but I’ll wait for **Monstre ** or another teacher to correct me.
Anaamika: Awesome! My e-mail is kapolley at gmail dot com. Thanks!
Name: Daithi Lacha
Age: 37
Occupation: Desk Jockey
Marital status: Oh, hell yeah. 14 years.
Describe your personality using four words: I did/said what?
Three favorite things: Cats, Macs, ummm… FLCL?
One special talent: Thick skull: I can “play” my head so it sounds like a tuned coconut.
Which two emoticons describe you best: :wally :wally
One thing that might surprise us about you: The Stolen Child by Yeats always makes me want to cry. Sometimes I do.
I want to be you.
No problem, I’ll do it as soon as I get home.
Name: Geoff!
Age: 25
Occupation: Total friggin’ geek. (Support “engineer”)
Marital status: Single hint hint
Describe your personality using four words: quiet, reserved, sarcastic (sort of…), loving
Three favorite things: Technology, Moose Tracks Ice Cream, Philly Cheese steaks.
One special talent: Uh… I burn easily in the sun? Is that a talent?.. maybe it’s a curse…
Which two emoticons describe you best: :wally
One thing that might surprise us about you:
I can walk while chewing gum.
Name: Alex
Age: 31
Occupation: Video Game Programmer
Marital status: Currently dating a super hot doper girl (sadly, long distance)
Describe your personality using four words: Will not! Damn, did.
Three favorite things: Intellectual debates, games, snuggling
One special talent: No one can beat me at 4-square
Which two emoticons describe you best: :dubious: :rolleyes:
One thing that might surprise us about you: I just bought a house and am moving into it in two days! Ack! (I suppose I’ll have to change my location field from Palo Alto to Santa Clara)
Good one! I think I surprise people with that one too.
Okay, color me silly.
Name: JeffyDMan (Geoff with a G!)
Age: 25
Occupation: Technical Support for an Appraisal Software company! (There aren’t many!)
Marital status: Single the hint hint was serious!
Describe your personality using four words: Friendly, thoughtful, jokester, thick-skinned
Three favorite things: Family, Friends and my cat.
One special talent: I can fold laundry. Seriously, that’s a special talent for us mid-twenties guys.
Which two emoticons describe you best:
One thing that might surprise us about you:
For as giant a geek as I am with Technology, I prefer to lounge around on my comfy sofa reading a good book with some hot chocolate nearby.
Name: AskNott (from a JFK speech)
Age: 55
Occupation: retired factory worker
Marital status: Married, 25 years
Describe your personality using four words: witty, mellow, dictionary, fedora
Three favorite things: good food, good writing, good music.
One special talent: writing
Which two emoticons describe you best: :dubious:
One thing that might surprise us about you: When choosing between Stevie Ray Vaughn and Yo-Yo Ma, it’s a tossup.
Possessionless is listed in www.m-w.com. It’s a real word. Hyphenating it would be simply incorrect. “Lacking of possessions” would also be incorrect; “lacking possessions” would be better.
Now back to our regularly scheduled thread.
Hiya, me jane! I’m…
Name: Faeriebeth
Age: 34
Occupation: Primary school teacher
Marital status: Married!
Describe your personality using four words: perky, excitable, insatiable, FUN*
Three favorite things: in no particular order - books, sex, food
One special talent: I can’t divulge that information
Which two emoticons describe you best: :eek:
One thing that might surprise us about you:I can sew my own underwear
- Sing it like Plankton!
And I’m supposed to believe a thong-wearer?!
Name: NinjaChick, amongst others.
Age: 18.
Occupation: Student, and currently in a semi-crappy, semi-cool work-study job at a publishing company.
Marital status: Single, and definitely not changing that anytime within the next four years, at least.
Describe your personality using four words: Skeptical, introverted, thoughtful, sarcastic.
Three favorite things: Good prose (be it mine or someone elses), sunsets, warm blankets on a cold morning.
One special talent: The ability to wake up at 8:20, shower, dry my long, thick hair, iron a shirt and slacks, dress myself, pack my bag, check my email and the weather, chug a can of Mountain Dew, and get to my 9 AM class with five minutes to spare.
Which two emoticons describe you best: :rolleyes: :dubious:
One thing that might surprise us about you: I have an astounding assortment of sources of caffiene in my room (4 types of caffinated mints, one type of caffinated gum, three flavors of coffee, five types of tea (none of those are herbal), a 12-pack of Mountain Dew, and a case of Bawls energy drink.)
No joking, and I certainly have no right to comment on anyone else. But I commend you for this. It’s a decision that will be good to you in the future.
Name: Self-evident
Age: 35
Occupation: Programmer / Analyst
Marital status: Perpetually single
Describe your personality using four words: Generous, shy, calm, sad
Three favorite things: Dinosaurs, friends, food
One special talent: The ability to make everyone else in my life happy.
Which two emoticons describe you best:
One thing that might surprise us about you: I have only shouted in anger once in my life. And that was at my (now deceased) grandmother.
hears his name
puts teacher hat on
Um yes, the proper form would be “unpossessionified”, the past pluperfect tense of “unpossessionificability”.
takes teacher hat off
forgets what class he was teaching
Ooo, absent-minded professor. I can misbehave.