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[jnthnlllshprd]

try to keep it upbeat, maybe? this is supposed to be a happy thread..

-i like to fry up two hamburger patties on my Foreman Grill and put a slice of cheese and an egg between the two, and I probably do this 4 or 5 times a day. i don't eat carbs, at all. somehow a completely carb-free lifestyle makes me feel like a million bucks. satisfied, energetic (like i'm on crack), and really, really small. i can eat all i want and never gain a damn pound of anything. i cannot stand the feeling i get after eating a banana and feeling it stick to my stomach walls.. or the bizarre hungry/not-hungry feeling i get from breads and grains.. although I do like Now'N'Laters a lot. anyway, i think this feeling is called Ketosis. try it out sometime.

-i sometimes smoke while jogging. hell of an endorphin rush.

-i go through 3 cans of Grizzly Long Cut Straight dip in a week, in addition to smoking half a pack or so every day.

-i drink well over 2 gallons of water every day because I can't retain water for shit, and I'm always feeling woozy if I don't drink nonstop. with this, I piss too much.

-i pace around constantly. i can't stay still unless my mind is extremely active, like i'm on the internet or playing a game or something.

-to me, there is no greater technological device than the super nintendo. super mario world, super metroid, super punch-out, contra 3, yoshi's island, castlevania IV, zombies at my neighbours, chrono trigger, final fantasy III (or 6, really), star fox, mario kart, street fighter II.. oh my god, I love those old games and play them regularly. never gets old.

-my only form of transportation is a Chinese 2009 Bashan TPGS-805 Scooter. bought it brand new, only .4 miles on it. had to replace the carburetor at 170 (never get gas at Citgo) and it definitely needs a better battery for the winter, but I love it. 3 dollars for a week of gas, no insurance, and it looks quite nice for a scooter. i can get it up to 50 on a slight downhill elevation, or 43 on flat ground (after prolonged acceleration). only cost me a grand.

-i got a blackberry 8520 about a month ago. best 60 dollar monthly bill I've ever signed up for. it's even saved lives; my co-worker was going to have an Addisonian Crash from pretnasone (sp) withdrawals and we wouldn't have known if it weren't for those meddling kids.. err, the blackberry and wi-fi internet searching.

-i've only had sex twice, which would come to a great suprise to many of my co-workers, friends, and family because they seem to assume I'm eating chicks for breakfast. i'm really just not that interested in fornication, neither sex attracts me. however, i masturbate for the stress relief.

-clint eastwood is my hero.

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[Willravel]

- I have a glider rocker at my computer desk now instead of an office chair. It's wonderful.
- I give my grandmother $20 in a card every holiday and birthday (in addition to real birthday and Christmas gifts).
- A bone in my right foot pops almost every time I take a step. It's normally okay, but it makes it difficult to sneak up on people and scare them.
- One time I threw up three cashews in the air simultaneously and caught them in my mouth.
- I want to be in a salt and pepper cop drama more than anything.
- There's a scar on my left hand ring finger that goes from my middle phalange to my knuckle. I was bitten by a dalmatian named Daisy.
- In high school, I used to play a 50 year old marching trombone named "The Beast" that I inherited from my great uncle, and I rocked the block.
- I found this application called Gruml a few months back and because of it I've been able to dial back time online a good 40%
- The last time I smoked weed was in April of 2000.
- I'm eating a big bowl of leftover ravioli.

[seamaiden]

-I can really keep a secret.
-I was a pot head in high school...don't like it now.
-I love crows. I think they're beautiful.
-I'm extremely loyal to friends and lovers...with one regrettable exception.
-I love being a woman...I thank God I'm a woman!
-I had a fling with a married man (before I was married) and later was cheated on by my husband...what goes around, comes around.
-I loved being pregnant...but thankfully never will be again.
-I started over...completely...at 50.
-It's taken me almost half an hour to come up with eight things.
-There's a pretty good chance I'm not very interesting.

[jnthnlllshprd]

Originally Posted by seamaiden

-I can really keep a secret.
-I was a pot head in high school...don't like it now.
-I love crows. I think they're beautiful.
-I'm extremely loyal to friends and lovers...with one regrettable exception.
-I love being a woman...I thank God I'm a woman!
-I had a fling with a married man (before I was married) and later was cheated on by my husband...what goes around, comes around.
-I loved being pregnant...but thankfully never will be again.
-I started over...completely...at 50.
-It's taken me almost half an hour to come up with eight things.
-There's a pretty good chance I'm not very interesting.

can relate to the pothead thing very well..

[dlish]

- i love cold pizza
- i have very few friends
- i've been fishing 3 times in a week without any luck whatsoever
- i dont eat beetroot. period
- i dont read fiction books
- the best value for money item i ever got was the 'dont be a menace to society while drinking your juice in the hood' cd for $0.01 on a boxing day sale in 2006.
- if i had the choice, i'd put pine nuts in all my foods
- my favourite political figure is Malcolm X
- I saved a drowning co-workers' life during a pool party
- i want to own a mini moke one day

[Xerxys]

Jesus H Christ, I am VERY uninteresting ... I cannot come up with ONE single thing!

[seamaiden]

Originally Posted by Xerxys

Jesus H Christ, I am VERY uninteresting ... I cannot come up with ONE single thing!

Your avatar is interesting.

[wooÐs]

1) I was born a man. Ok no, but over the past 7'ish years, I've bounced between 127lbs and 280lbs. Other than some stretch marks on my hips, no loose skin. But I could use a boob lift.
2) I'm seriously attracted to shock media. Started with horror movies as a kid, moved up to Faces of Death in high school and then I discovered real footage on the interwebz. I've thought seriously about becoming a mortician, but the orientation at the school was a disaster (it was like a black, southern baptist revival.) So I've been tossing around the paramedic thing for a while. Some people have stronger stomachs than others - makes it easier to get a job sometimes.
3) As noted above, I have no idea what I want to be when I grow up.
4) I make my own incense using resins, herbs and woods I order online. It's loose incense tho - haven't messed with making sticks yet.
5) I don't eat onions but I love the flavor.
6) I have a pretty bad temper.
7) I'm a huge fan of 80's hair bands as well as love songs from the 70's & 80's. I've dl'd quite a few 'Time Life' series'.
8) On that note, although I don't listen to country music, sometimes you don't have a choice depending on where you are. But country love songs make me cry. I can't listen to them unless I'm in a relationship and physically with that person.
9) I'm a really good actress. But I've gotten worse with age.
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[Punk.of.Ages]

1) I lit myself on fire when I was 13 as a stunt. I burned 33% of my body. I have scars on my chest and neck from the burn, as well as on my back from the skin grafts.
2) I have driven a car once in my life. I only drove about 50 feet and almost hit a wall making a right hand turn into the driveway at the end.
3) I chant creepily in my sleep sometimes.
4) I fear loud noises. Almost of PTSD proportions, though I have no stress to be post traumatic over in that regard. A particularly loud plane goes by and I can't help but have an anxiety attack.
5) I once electrocuted myself by peeing on an electric fence.
6) Due to a break in junior high that I never had a doctor look at, the right half of my left collar bone is attached to my shoulder bone.
7) I'm an incredible cook.
8) I love fantasy of all sorts. I play Dungeons and Dragons constantly. I read fantasy novels all the time and, even if they're horribly written, I love them.
9) A video game that I can actually make it all the way through without getting bored and quitting is a rare find for me.
10) I'm, truly, one of the most interesting individuals you could ever meet...

[Fotzlid]

1. I've gotten about 100 sutures/staples over the years. Mostly from wiping out on bicycles.
2. I've been in 7 car accidents, none my fault.
3. I am terrible at team sports but do ok in individual sports.
4. I would really like to own my own business in the near future.
5. For the past few years, I've been in Vegas for my birthday.
6. I doubt I had taken more then 10 photographs my entire life till I got my first digital camera about 5 years ago. I've got over 15k now.
7. I tend to get a new car every 2-3 years as I get bored with them.
8. Over the years, I seem to have removed the filter between my brain and my mouth.
9. I really wish they would teach me how to suture wounds at work. Looks like fun.
10. I tend to forget how old I am till I wake up in the morning.

[ametc]

1.) I have had about ten people literally die in my arms while I was working in a convalescent home. All because I was trying to take their blood pressure. (BP needs to be taken every five-fifteen minutes while the person is dying.) The most average BP I get of a just-about-to-die person is around 30/14. Heartrate is about 4 bpm on average around this same time.

2.) I frikkin love watching these cartoons on Nickelodeon: Avatar the Last Airbender, Spongebob Squarepants, Penguins of Madagascar. I find these entirely more entertaining than all of those reality shows on MTV, VH1, E!, BET and everywhere else put together.

3.) I was born in Philippines. Lived there for about 2 years and moved to the US to evacuate when Mt. Pinatubo erupted.

4.) I have been biting my nails since I was 6 years old.

5.) I like animals for the most part with an exception of possums, pigeons, seagulls, and rats. I would love it if these animals were done away with completely. >_<

6.) I was a vegetarian for about 6 years of my life. What "broke" me was beef jerky.

7.) I was baptised Catholic, raised as a Jehovah Witness, and converted to Paganism when I was 11.

8.) My favorite flavor of icecream is Rocky Road, gelato= "Ferrero Rocher", froyo= original with fruit toppings, I also find chocolate soft serve icecream to be pretty awesome.

9.) I am a pretty damn good amateur makeup artist from what I'm told, but I can't style hair for shit.

10.) I find these physical features in men to be unattractive: red hair, freckles, blonde hair, NO body hair (I like a man with some hair on his chest), large nose/hooked nose, weird looking moustache/beard/goatee, earrings, skin that is too damn pale, and skin that is too damn dark.

[LoganSnake]

1. I have an unflinching loyalty to my family and friends. It may sound like something out of a Mafia movie, but family comes first. Good friends almost share the first spot. Everything else can wait and/or go on without me.

2. I'm fluent in Russian.

3. I like to break words apart to decipher how they came to be.

4. I pick people's brains. Almost all of my initial questions (initial being all questions during the getting-to-know-you stage) have an underlying purpose to find out more about you than I'm actually asking.

5. I've had experiences with the paranormal. Nothing you can say will convince me that ghosts or Something Supernatural don't/doesn't exist.

6. I randomly quote movies or songs during a normal conversation if something that's been said reminded me of it. Appropriate or not.

7. I have an almost phobic reaction to dead animals. If I see a dead squirrel down the street, I will cross to the other side. My dad flushed my dead fish for me when I was 20. I couldn't walk into my room. Autopsy videos or beheadings don't phase me, however.

8. I love horror movies, but I will turn my head away during a tense moment to avoid being shocked. I fear the feeling of being startled.

9. I have not used nail clippers or scissors to trim my nails since I was about about 5 (my mom did it for me before that). Teeth only. I'm very good at it now. You couldn't tell a difference.

10. Touching parent/child (especially father/daughter) moments in movies make me tear up.

[CinnamonGirl]

hmmm...let's see...

1) I scored a 28 on the ACT (34 on the English portion.) Sadly, I didn't really do anything with that.

2) I originally went to college to be a nurse. Clinicals were too rough on me, though... I had a very hard time distancing myself from my patients, and it took so much out of me emotionally that I dropped out of the program.

3) I started writing three novels, but haven't finished any of them.

4) I'm terrible around new people. I probably come off as snobby and aloof, but really, I just have no idea what to say.

5) I love airports, and enjoy layovers... but I'm not a big fan of actually flying.

6) Going along with that, I won't sleep on planes. I woke up once just as we hit turbulence, and I seriously thought I was going to die.

7) I'd love a career in wildlife conservation. You know those vacations where you pay money to work, taking care of orphaned lion cubs, or keeping sea turtle eggs safe? Yeah, I want to do that, only for a living.

8) I've lost about 85 pounds in the past 4 years. I've gone from a size 22 to a size 10.

9) I love to swim now... but when I first took swimming lessons, my instructor faked drowning during a lifesaving demo, and it freaked me out so badly, I wouldn't get in the pool again.

10) I don't like diamonds. Which is unfortunate, since that's my birthstone.

[Starkizzer]

1) I have not seen my mother since I was about 7.

2) I have not spoken with/seen (nor do I wish to) my brother in over 10 years.

3) I love frogs and I have probably over a 100 knick-knacks and collectibles.

4) I'm the first one in my family to go to and graduate college.

5) I read Dolores Claiborne in the 4th grade, and the teacher saw the book and called home to my grandma to make sure she was aware. (This one is more of funny)

6) I have never traveled and I have only seen two other states, even though my dad was a truck driver when I was growing up.

7) I want to be a flavor chemist when I grow up.

8) I have my nipples pierced.

9) My first name is hyphenated.

10) I have scoliosis.

[LordEden]

1. I love history, I'll watch the history channel all day if I could.
2. I'm adopted. I was put up for adoption before I was born. I've never met someone who was a blood (family) member in my life.
3. I usually have enough computer parts laying around my house to build 1-2 PCs.
4. I spend most of my waking hours writing fantasy stories in my head about characters that pop up in my mind. Fight scenes roll around in my head all the time.
5. I can pick up a skill or technique faster than anyone I've met. 9/10 it just "clicks" in my head the first time I see it done.
6. I speed read (100-200 pages a day, I can read more than that but I don't remember as much) and memorize everything I read.
7. I like watching people, reading their body language, watching them speaking through their bodies. I usually can tell what is going on in a conversation without hearing someone speak just by watching their actions.
8. I can't be in a kitchen without wanting to browse through the cabinets/fridge/freezer. I love watching food being cooked and can talk about food for HOURS.
9. I hate driving, I've been in 5 car accidents and it scares me shitless to be on major highways.
10. I love being in front of people and talking. I like doing stand-up and acting in plays. Gives me an adrenalin rush like jumping off a bridge or sky-diving.

[Borla]

1) I once danced in front of 37,000 people to a bad 70s pop song in a between innings contest at a baseball game. I was horrible at it, but was proud at my courage to be willing to do it for the heck of it.
2) I read an average of 2-3 books per week, more in winter, less in summer.
3) I travel enough that IC Hotels Group (Intercontintal, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Staybridge Suites, etc. brands) sent me a letter thanking me for being in the top 1% of customers in the world.
4) I once got pulled over for going 119mph. Before that I had traveled the previous 448 miles in just over 4 hours, including stopping for gas.
5) Today I make basically exactly 5x what I made 11 years ago, working for the same company. My interviewer didn't want to hire me because he thought I'd be too bored by the entry level position I was putting in for. I convinced him I wasn't interested in a temporary job until something better came along and that I wanted to grow within the company.
6) I don't mind driving at all. Due to work travel I drive about 1000 miles per week. Anything less than 200 miles feels like no big deal to me.
7) I have met probably 200 people over the last 7-8 years that I first interacted with online. Only about 3-4 of them were big disappointments.
8) I once yelled something so scathing (and even w/o obscenity!!) at Jose Conseco during a Major League Baseball game that the umpire actually turned around and gave me an astonished look for my creativity.
9) In my first hour of deer hunting ever I shot a buck that nearly a dozen people who've hunted for longer than I've been alive have said was bigger than they've ever seen hunting. Right place, right time, calm nerves I guess.
10) Somehow I have less than 850 posts here at TFP in over 5 years even though I visit basically daily. In the meantime I have over 100,000 posts on the 3-4 other boards I regularly visit.

[KellyC]

Let's see now...

-I like to laugh. I'll laugh at anything and everything. Very little is sacred.
-I have a pretty wild imagination. I fantasize about pretty much everything I've seen on tv, in the movies, read in a comic book, manga, or a regular book. Being Superman, Aragorn, Goku, Jet Li, Spider-Man, being a ninja in Naruto, element bending. I also fantasize about hurting people who pissed me off or hurt other people. They can range from a bully or to a prick like Osama bin Laden, or those Wall Streets execs.
-I'm tired of the typical stories I see in the movies, tv, and books. The good guys always win. There's always some censoring at the good part, like decapitating someone's head off, which irritates me. I have a few ideas floating around in my head to create a comic book/manga that will do away with all the "traditional rules" about story telling. I'll need a really talented artists to do the illustration because I can't draw for shit from my head, and he'll need to be very patient to put up with me.
-For several reasons, I want to own a business some day.
-I may have ADD. I have a hard time concentrating on anything for prolonged period of time unless it's visual. My mind wanders a lot and I tend to not listen very well as a result. It's a source of conflict between me and the gf. Even as I type this post I'm switching between windows to read or see other stuff on the 'net.
-There's the phrase "brutally honest" to describe someone who's bluntly honest about something. I think my honesty is on the verge of being cruel some times.
-Despite being called smart by people around me, I think I'm an idiot a lot of the times. For example, there are some social etiquette that I just finally understand recently whereas others would know right away it's not nice to do or say such and such in certain places and time.
-I'm a semi-pacifist, if there's such a term. While I generally avoid violence and don't believe in it, I think there are cases where words don't work and force must be used. Having said that, I've never gotten into a fight before.
-I love word plays and puns. I admire George Carlin for his mastery of the English language.
-I have conflicting views about a lot of the things in the world. It can be summed up like this: On one hand, it's just go with the flow; on the others it's analyze it, discover its beauty, appreciate the fine details and blah blah blah. So I can find a rap song repulsive yet still enjoy it at the same time. Or I can appreciate a classical song and still be bored by it.

[Wes Mantooth]

- I often over sleep late and never wake up in time for breakfast at McDonalds (A McRib and Coffee simply doesn't work)
- I'm a rabid hockey fan and often smoke a pipe while watching games.
- I can play bass both right and left handed
- I was born in the farthest reaches of Northern Maine and made money as a small child picking potatoes. The fall temperature rarely went above single digits (Maine is apparently unfamiliar our countries stringent child labor laws)
- I've visited 49 states (Damn you North Dakota and your elusive ways)
- I smoke two packs a day
- I locked my keys in my car this afternoon and waited nearly 3 hours for AAA to arrive
- As I've grown older my greatest joy in life is mowing the lawn (Its really one of the few times I'm left alone with my thoughts!)
- Since learning Bass and Piano in college I've taught myself to play the Violin, Banjo, Bag Pipes, Mandolin, Flute and Accordion (I'm currently in the market for a used church organ)
- My thumbs are double jointed.

[Salem]

- Dyke. Cradle to Grave.
- I graduated a year early to get the hell out of my shit ass town and away from my parents, to try and get out of my depression, stop cutting, and live my life. It was brutal. It's been a year and a half of hell. I'm still on anti-depressants, but I have a girlfriend I love, a bunny I love, a roomate I love, an education I love, and I'm starting to like my life. I guess there is hope after all.
-I'm pretty proud of the fact that I'm not like most people of my generation. I'd rather take a walk outside, curl up with a good book, have a good conversation with my girlfriend, or marathon a TV series with my roomates than go out and get drunk and high.
- I got a poem published in a book. I was 11 or 12 or something like that. It was a stupid poem I wrote about my mother when I was sorry for doing something, I was probably a little douche bag to her, so i wrote her a poem telling her what an "Angel" she was. I want to be an author someday, publish my memoire.
- Last wednesday was ONE YEAR since the last time I cut myself.
- I love to learn. I want to learn the piano and the violin and to sing. I want to learn Sign language, I want to learn everything about childbirth, I want to learn everything I possibly can. I just want to learn everything. I have so many random facts and bits of information, it's ridiculous, and I love it.
- Animals and babies are my weakness. Give me a rabbit, or a goat, or a dog, or a newborn, or a horse, or a cat, or a pig, or a toddler, And I'll do pretty much whatever you want.
- Many people have told me I have the patience of a Saint. Even though I often worry I don't.
- I'm O-, and I love needles, and I love blood. When I first went to donate they told me I shouldn't look as this large gauge needle pierced into my vein, but I was enthralled. I'm fascinated. I hope to donate blood as often as I can, for the help and the high. Plus the cookies are good.
-I'm also obsessed with my depression. I'm obsessed to the point where sometimes I think i'm holding myself here. I'm beyond enthralled by the idea and the practice of self mutilation, even if I've stopped. I love knowing I'm on medication, and I love, loved my sleeping pills. I love therapy, I love being a part of this dark anti-normal community or depressive people. I don't know why. I just feel like I fit in. Even if I'm generally a positive or at least optimistic-realistic person, in my head, I'm this deep dark broading person who's obsessed with depression, blood, self mutilation, suicide, and letting myself be incased in the darkness of mental illness.