Three random facts: [Archive]

zanna

10-11-2002, 03:37 PM

such randomness ..is amusing.

1. i used to have a deadly obsession with the x-files and mulder and scully's 'relationship'. i not only wished for them to get together on the series, but wanted them to be together outside, in their normal lives also, as david and gillian. it broke my heart when david fell for tea leoni. i feel into a deep disguist for the woman and would shudder eveytime i heard her name. a little bit of my dispise must have carried over, because even to this day i won't watch a thing she's in.

2. i work at a video store and am the youngest employee ever hired there. i have my own account and have rented over 150 movies within the last 4 months. yet blockbuster, they won't let me open an account cause i'm underage.

3. i like to go dumpster diving in goodwill's 'trash recepticles' placed outside in an easily accessible location at the back of their store.

FriedSpamOnaStik

10-11-2002, 04:03 PM

ZANNA! Dumpster diving sounds so cool! I've always wanted to try it. Got any hints and tips? ;-)

1. I love rats and rodent-like creatures. I plan on getting a pet rat when I move out to a University.
2. I'm a super-messy person. My cluttered room can easily overwhelm me sometimes.
3. I'm a Fine arts major at a little community college. I really want to transfer somewhere to major in art therapy. (Ahem, like the Art Institute of Chicago! Lol!)

paperdream

10-11-2002, 04:34 PM

This is fun - I did the "101 things about me" LMAO a while back and I'm really looking forwards to receiving everyone's entries. sistasmell - I cut my own hair too! It's getting harder now it's longer though. It's much easier to cut it when it's short and cropped close to my head.

Here's my 3:

1. I bought my own house when I was 18.
2. I love knowing the names of plants and like to name what I see as I walk along.
3. I have three PCs, two Ataris, an Amiga and an Oric. Oh, and a Dreamcast and an X-Box. We used to have a Playstation and a Playstation II but they were sold to fund the Dreamcast and X-Box.

~Erica

GuineaBaby

10-11-2002, 04:35 PM

1. **edited out**

2. I'm completely and totally convinced I am going to marry Elijah Wood and have been since I was 12 or 13. I even got an "engagement" ring from him (Mamaw and Mom) when I was 15 that I have tucked away in my jewelry box.

3. I would love to get a short hair cut but I'm too scared to try something new for fear it comes out looking horridly.

jaydestarr

10-11-2002, 04:44 PM

Wow... this is an interesting thread. Here goes my addition:

1) I graduated high school a year early for two reasons. First, I was literally allergic to my school - it had a weird breed of mold growing in it. Second, I absolutely hated the BS involved in high school (the cliques, the standardized testing, all that crap).

2) I have a scar in my right eyebrow that I got when I was 8 years old. I tripped and smacked my head against a chair.

3) Even though I'm afraid of spiders, I feel bad when one gets killed. Especially big ones.

Death_Or_Aldona

10-11-2002, 04:46 PM

1) I HATE sneezing. I will fight off a sneeze for as long as I possibly can.
2) I can juggle (I'm not good at it, but I used to be mediocre.)
3) I ran off to New Orleans with a friend 3 Madi Gras ago. We slept in my car for 4 days and ate lots of crawfish.

mejaka

10-11-2002, 05:09 PM

I love reading all you guys' facts! :^ )

1. I once gave a pet fish a postmortem c-section (I was about 7 or 8). In the process the babies received unintended lobotomies. I always wondered--if I had cut her open differently, would they have survived?
2. When my son was 8 I got to find out--except that this time the fry were too young to survive.
3. I have no interest in Hawaii but have always dreamed of going to Alaska.

kittie_naughty

10-11-2002, 05:23 PM

1. my parents taught me to drive at the age of 11 and let me drive.
2. i am 6'3"
3. i have a tiny scar above my left eyebrow since two years from an evening when i drank 1/3 litre of vodka in 20 minutes, and my head crashed on a table's edge as a girl pushed me off of her when i tried to kiss her. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

Sui_Generis

10-11-2002, 06:08 PM

Yay, fun!

1.) I'm adopted.
2.) I dropped one pants size since I posted re: my WW journey
3.) I got a new job that makes me feel stupid... but at the same time challenges me.

lobster-girl

10-11-2002, 06:34 PM

i am such a ham...

1. i talk way too much! and fast!
2. playing the six degrees of separation game, i can link myself with kevin bacon to each one of his movies without duplicating a person. (i was bored yesterday!http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif)
3. i was an extra in the DOORs movie

eenie

10-11-2002, 06:47 PM

hot teachers are fun.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

1. i'm addicted to live journal, and have been for two years
2. i used to be obsessed with the show lois and clark: the new adventures of superman. my room was covered with pictures of dean cain and teri hatcher, and when the show was cancelled, i wore black the next day. (yes, i'm a loser :-p)
3. my boyfriend is 8 1/2 years older than i am

Bugitha

10-11-2002, 06:57 PM

I wanna play too. . .

Katiekat, we must be opposites 'cause I don't like coffee but adore coffee ice cream (My absolute fave!). If I do drink coffee, I have to put so much sugar and cream in it that it might as well be ice cream. And mejeka--Alaska is my dream destination--well, within the U.S. anyways. Infinitely more appealing than Hawaii.

1. I'm sort of obsessive with ink pens--I have to use one up before starting another--even if I buy a box of 20 identical pens I actually keep track of where they are and use 'em one at a time. Sick, huh?

2. Unlike some of you, I WILL kill spiders in my house. It's MY house, after all. (Does this make me evil?) Plus, they sort of freak me out. Once had a baaad spidy bite which made me very sick on my 19th birthday. But if I see one outside I leave him alone. The house rule goes for centipedes and ants, too. But moths I'm careful to catch and let go outside. Don't know why.

3. I'm a bit long winded. As you can tell. ^

queenfisher

10-11-2002, 07:22 PM

revealing things like this is one of the reasons i don't have a weblog. but am going to try...

1 - i used to be obssessed with the colour blue (http://www.cari.com.my/personalitytest/blue.php) but turned my obsession to pink (http://www.cari.com.my/personalitytest/pink.php) a couple of years ago. and this is saying a lot!
2 - i am designing bags with my younger sister and we're going to have a sale in the city in a couple of months - and i can't even sew :-P
3 - i would like to live in a windmill one day.

;-)

/shafina

Wombat

10-11-2002, 07:46 PM

1. I love barren landscapes, especially deserts and the ocean.

2. I'd jump at the chance to visit the Moon or another planet.

3. I would love to work overseas for a few years with an aid organisation.

arizabif

10-11-2002, 07:51 PM

1) I have a friend in the Russian mafia
2) I met my first husband over the internet, and we eloped to South Dakota.
3) I'm a classically trained floutist. Went to music school and everything, but I dropped out of the program abruptly, and it was a big scandal at the school. Oooh la la!

flea, you are wise to put the pillow over your mouth. Humans eat an average of 12 spiders a year, while they sleep. The little buggers crawl right in. If you ever wake up chewing, well, you know what that's about.

Heartwindow

10-11-2002, 07:52 PM

1)Having grown up in a hilly, seaside area, I am disconcerted by large, flat areas and the absence of the sea when coming over a hill.

2)I'd like to call a child Austin James, but probably won't because (a)the Austin Powers movies are just too dumb and embarassing (b)I've called my cat James, so I can't re-use the name. (No kids yet!)

3)When I was 11 my teacher told my Mum that I had the "artistic ability of a 6-year-old" But then again, she was an arrogant would-be-artist herself, and misunderstood my messy wee style as lack of talent (I obviously haven't forgiven her!)

origamifreak

10-11-2002, 08:16 PM

1) Catching Chicken Pox at 25 was horrible - If I ever have to go through chemo, my hairless scalp will be a hideous mass of scars, because that's the only part I allowed myself to scratch.

2) I have a PhD in genetics.

3) I just became a Great Aunt yesterday. I feel venerable. Or something.

dogbytes

10-11-2002, 09:44 PM

what most of my friends already know about me:

1. i dont like my food to touch.

2. i hate snails n slugs (although my favorite ruberstamps are of snails n slugs)

3.i get lost. a lot. (so much that i'm putting in a 3000 gps navigation system in my car before we move to seattle)

victoria

10-11-2002, 10:07 PM

Great thread - I love seeing everybody's posts!... here's mine:

1. I would hide behind the couch to eat roly-poly bugs when I was very small.

2. One of my prize possessions is a John Waters autograph.

3. I've had plastic surgery.

arizabif

10-11-2002, 10:47 PM

victoria, what does a roly poly bug taste like? I'm not interested in trying for myself, but am now incredibly curious.

1) I can't do a cartwheel
2) I have one class left to take for my degree. I've had one class left for several years now. If I just take the class, I'd graduate magna cum laude, but I'm too freakin' lazy to take it. (how's that for wasted potential?)
3) I can't standing breathing in the scent of anyone I don't know very well. If I walk by some one at the mall, and they are very "smelly" (not smelly bad, just that I can smell their scent), I hold my breath. It just feels too personal to smell them when I don't know them.

GuineaBaby

10-11-2002, 11:01 PM

Fear no more! I saw a whole thing on television. You can't swallow spiders when you sleep. Your breath would chase them away if they were to crawl in. THe only chance they'd land in your mouth were if they were to fall from the ceiling. If you ever do swallow a spider, it's either on purpose or a once in a life time chance.

Heartwindow-I love the name Austin! I say go for it! I want to name one of my kids (if I have them) Austin Lee or Leigh (depending on the sex).

dogbytes-I get lost a lot too. My mom does too. Heck, my sister got lost going around the block once lol. It's like my mom's side of the family all are directionally challenged.

arizabif-What's that one class you gotta take?

Here are three more things about me:
1. My pen name is based on movie characters Elijah Wood has played.

2. I don't, nor have I ever, nor will I ever, wear make up. I think it smells like fish and lipstick sets of my gagging reflex.

3. If I could go anywhere in the world, I would want to go to Coalwood, West Virgina to see Homer Hickam's home town.

Dalmaney

10-11-2002, 11:05 PM

Ahh! A fun thread! Excellent reading.

1. I am a first year engineering student, after a few years of relative freedom.

2. I have seen the pyramids.

3. I know how to curl. As in the sport.

evelynhoney

10-11-2002, 11:18 PM

Dating somebody famous, being IN a movie, a genetics degree! And the teacher. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

1. My prom night I paid for the room ($80 which is ALOT in high school) and my boyfriend of eight months laid down on the bed with me and his nose started to bleed... all over me. and then all night long. I ended up paying money to watch MTV.

2. I have secretly dated the following: a philosophy professor (HE WAS CHINESE!!!!), coworker, older man, and a woman [sshhh http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif ]; and am now going on a date tomorrow with a guy when I would secretly rather be dating his dad, who is more my type.

3. I adore Monet and have his work on my walls... and in my notebook, and on stationary, and postcards, and even in my car, but cannot seem to actually use any of the consumable monet - maybe I can get up the nerve to do a postcard exchange. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

jaydestarr

10-11-2002, 11:47 PM

Well, I'm bored and everyone else is starting to do it, so here are three more things about me.

1) I have absolutely no clue what I am going to do with my degree when I graduate. None. In fact, I'm starting to wonder why I'm on this degree track in the first place. (looooong posts about this in my LJ are possible)

2) I bought my boyfriend an account at SuicideGirls.com for one of our anniversaries. It was a gag gift. He said I'd never do it, so I did. So there. Besides, the site isn't that bad! We actually still have the account, and I'm considering trying to get a job as a writer for them.

3) I name pretty much everything I own. Or I let someone else name it for me. My printer is The Printer of Doooom! My plant is Puddles. I could go on for ages about all of my stuffed animals. I do not, however, name my body parts.

Depending on how bored I get tonight, I may come back for some more. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Z'anne

10-11-2002, 11:50 PM

This is so fun to read through. Here goes:

1. I love the mountains. That's where I live now. On 5 acres with lots of trees and brushy, ferny, mushroomy things.

2. I have waist long, brown hair which is silvering (no gray here) at the temples and looks great when put up.

3. I love most living things. That includes most humans, crawly things, (even though they make me jump), some slimey things and ALL things soft and furry.

GuineaBaby

10-12-2002, 12:40 AM

This is fun! Making me think about stuff I wouldn't normally point out. ^_^ More stuff about me:
1. **edit**

2. **edit**

3. I just bought a small roll of green canvas that I have to figure out something to do with.

littlest-bee

10-12-2002, 02:39 AM

My turn!

1. I love going to the cinema by myself

2. I have an imaginary pet cat called Doctor Cat (its a long story!)

3. Disgusting party trick: I can flip my eyelids inside-out!

GuineaBaby

10-12-2002, 03:35 AM

1. I have a fear of clowns.

2. I'm claustrophobic and I've only had two real two major attacks in my life.

3. I am terrified that I might spontaniously combust.

queenfisher

10-12-2002, 04:01 AM

hey now don't think you've got everything covered with the spider thing...

1. i always have to cover my feet when i sleep, even for a short nap and no matter how hot it is, to protect my toes from the toe-biting monster. it comes and try to get your toes, especially at night. i found out about this when i was 8 from a very reliable source. so better safe than sorry, yea? ;-)

2. i like short names especially kim and gus. i need to get to know someone named ben.

3. i have a big extended family, so something huge always seem to be happening on both sides. the latest one i just found out, made front page news in today's local dailies no less, involving a kidnapping, murder and 'royalty among 7 held'. all very strange and unreal at the moment and it is 'funny' to write about. stay tuned for further updates... or not.

:-/

/shafina

grrr to typos.

Last edited by queenfisher at Oct. 12 2002,11:07

GuineaBaby

10-12-2002, 04:39 AM

1. Whenever I get scared, I have to be off the floor and able to see my feet. I saw a movie once where the devil reached up through the floor and grabbed someones foot. It was only a snippet of the movie, too, not the whole thing.

2. At night, I still make a big jump to and from the bed so the monsters underneath don't get me.

3. I have a temper problem. The smallest thing can set me off.

flea

10-12-2002, 05:27 AM

these are 3 that other people ahve mentioned that are true for me too.

1. i have driven a car 2ce since the day i got my liscense. the first time was when i offered to move my sisters hunk o junk from the driveway to the street. i stalled it in the road and paniced. the second time i was kidnapped by my mother in law and forced to drive. 9 years of having a liscense and 2 bad experiences.

2. i have a scar that runs through my left eyebrow. i usually tweeze it so you cany tell. i wouldnt want people to think i did it on purpose.

3. i am still very good friends with my college art teacher. i wouldnt call it a crush because he is one of the only two people i've met who i would marry.

flea

10-12-2002, 05:54 AM

read some more- have to comment.

thanks for the tip about the spiders... my fear started when my father and my sister were discussing the average number of spiders a person swallows per year. they said 30 or something. then i heard about a guy who had to go to the hospital because i spider was living in his ear. i guess if i swallow one in my sleep- it wont matter because i would be asleep.

i want to know what a lobotimized fish acts like. fish appear rather stupid anyway so what would a brainless fish do?
and i don't know if that would cause a labotomy unless you sliced into every one of their heads. could it be pre mature birth brain damage? and i though fish layed eggs?

1. i, too, cover my feet when i sleep. i'm better about it now. it's from reading the amityville horror and it's a part where some ghost lady in a rocking chair likes to touch feet. since then ive heard the tale is a bunch of bullshit.

2. my husband is terrified of clowns. he once passed out when a party clown he didnt know was there was behind him. he turned around and it offered him a baloon animal and he hit the floor. we have to cross the street to avoid them sometimes. he will grab my arm and act like a 3 year old. oddly enough- we both like a band called the insane clown posse and attended a concert of theirs where a lot of people dressed like wicked clowns. he didn't freak once. it's only party clowns that scare him.

3. one of the dreams i have sometimes is that i somehow graduated highschool but i am missing a gym class and they make me go back to take this one class and i hate it. i wander down the halls trying to find where to go and still can't remember my locker combination.

kimr

10-12-2002, 06:03 AM

This was great fun to read. Here are a few from me:
1. I am deathly afraid of losing my teeth and I have nightmares about my teeth all falling out. (This stems from poor dental care as a child I think)

2. My husband is 14 years older than me.

3. My husband has a daughter that is closer in age to me than he is and I have two step-grandchildren but no children of my own.

I am relived to hear of others fears of having their feet exposed while they sleep. I have to have my whole body covered by a sheet or blanket while I sleep to feel safe too and my husband thinks that is strange.

KIM

Sui_Generis

10-12-2002, 07:20 AM

1.) i went to my first concert when I was about 4 or so..my babysitter was *very* irresponsible & took me to see Judas Priest, lol

2.) i love cats; but cannot stand cat litter

3.) im just barely 5 ft tall

evelynhoney

10-12-2002, 08:04 AM

5 ft tall sui? Well your much larger in life here.

1. The only thing I seem deathly afraid of is chickens and turkeys. I have been to two state fairs. one all the chickens were in there cages and clucking away and i started hyperventalating. but i couldn't get out of there fast enough because it was a line and i was like in the middle. The turkey thing happened a year later when somebody was showing a tom (which are HUGE) and i ran away from where people were petting the smaller turkeys.

2. when the waco thing happened I freaked out because the map they showed was right where my biological father lives. And his name is David. Took me about an hour to find out it wasn't him. Am not that close to him so pictures didn't help.

3. I actually like writing obituaries. I meet some people I can help during their time of need, even if I am only doing a small part of it.

Melbernai

10-12-2002, 08:05 AM

1) I like to run around and crush acorns that are in the driveway.

2) There are these monster mutated centipede types of things at my school, that are rediculously huge and have like 86 berzillion legs and icky long feelers, so I named them Gerzillapedes and all 3 years of my students called them the same.

3) Ever since I watched "Poltergeist" a ton of times as a kid with my dad, I've been scared to let any part of my feet hang off the bed.

eenie

10-12-2002, 09:01 AM

i'm glad i'm not the only one afraid to let feet hang out!

1. when i was little, my brother told me there were 6 foot long red-eyed rats that lived under the house. at night, they'd come out and nibble on your hands or feet if they were hanging over the bed. to this day, my hands and feet *must* be covered and on the bed when i sleep.

2. i'm 5'6"

3. i collect angels and things relating to the virgin mary. even though i'm not catholic, the image of mary is comforting to me.

sistasmell

10-12-2002, 09:02 AM

These are so fun to read, so I'll offer up three more.
1. A couple of years ago I got a very protective little dog, so I am much more comfortable about letting my arms and legs dangle out of the bed. I figure if there was a munzie under there waiting to get me, he'd have smelled it and killed it by now. He's good like that.
2. I am obsessed with decorating my house. I would rather buy a rug than clothes (or food).
3. I have a major green thumb. I think I have some sixth sense about when they need to be watered, because I don't put much effort into it.

WitchDust

10-12-2002, 09:13 AM

This is by far one of the more interesting topics, fun, thought provoking & interesting to hear about all you guys!

1. I've been married 3 times. I was 17 the first time (no I wasn't pregnant) & have been with this husband since 1986.

2. I turned down a recording contract when I was 25.

3. I can only drink milk if it has ice cubes in it.

Dalmaney

10-12-2002, 09:18 AM

I can't help myself...

1.I flew half way around the world to go to my best friend's wedding. She has since stopped speaking to me.

2. I can vibrate my eyes back and forth. The only other person I know that can do that is my aforementioned best friend.

3. I am absolutely a physical miss average. Pants are the right length (I'm about 5'61/2"), I take a size 9 shoe (which is always sold out, and so I assume average), and a size 10/12 or medium everything else. I am perfectly average, except my feet don't match. One's a size 9, and the other's a 7. I just buy the 9's, though.

Melbernai

10-12-2002, 09:26 AM

1) When I was little, my brother Cliff told me that there was a monster in the "boiler room" of our basement. See, there was a crowbar cemented into the steps leading into the basement, don't ask me why. And in the boiler room, which was all dark and scary and only my Dad went into, there was an old wheelchair from the man who lived in the house before us. So my brother told me that if I stepped on the crowbar, I'd be sucked into the boiler room with the wheelchair monster and would be forced to live there with him and be tortured for the rest of my life. When I was 12, I decided it was stupid for me to believe this and stomped on the crowbar like crazy, but still make sure not to step on it now.

2) I want to get a tattoo of my favorite butterfly (the one on my diary-x diary) on my lower back.

3) I had a dream last night that I was dating that ugly tall guy from Happy Gilmore that protected Happy from that mean golfer dude. Eep.

eenie

10-12-2002, 09:38 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Dalmaney @ Oct. 12 2002,08:18)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">2. I can vibrate my eyes back and forth. The only other person I know that can do that is my aforementioned best friend.[/b][/quote]
oh, i can do that! it freaks the #### out of my boyfriend.

1. i wear a size 6 in shoes.. people always say that it's small for my height.

2. i met my best friend on the internet, but no longer consider her just an internet friend. next sept., i'll be her maid-of-honour.

3. in 2 1/2 years, i'll be an english teacher, although i probably won't look much older than most of the students i'll be teaching.

mejaka

10-12-2002, 11:03 AM

Hey, my husband can vibrate his eyes--I've never met anyone else who can do it though! Coool.

Sui_Gen--congrats on the size loss! :^ )

Victoria, I used to eat ants. Salty tasting.

bugitha, I have tons of pens, too, but I have dozens going at a time! (I like to have at least one unopened package in the house all the time)

About fish c-sections. I did cut off the fronts of each head, because I cut into the dead mother's belly slightly from the side. When I tried again as an adult, I did it differently (being careful of graphic descriptions here) and avoided cutting the fry, but they were much younger than the first set. Some fish lay eggs, others are live-bearers. Live-bearers can choose when to bear, once the fry are mature.

1. My first job was as a pest-control operator's assistant (my Dad's).
2. The only two bugs that give me the creeps are maggots and lice, and yeah, there's a story behind each.
3. When I was a kid I was scared of under-the-bed--I lept from my threshold to my bed, and always had to have my feet covered. One day I decided it was stupid to be scared when I knew there was nothing under there, so I laid down beside my bed for a half hour. However, when I watch a scary movie I still have to have my feet covered.

Helquin

10-12-2002, 11:22 AM

More fun before I get busy today!

1. I have an aversion to the colors brown & orange.

2. I'm a double-Aries (sun & moon)

3. Last night, former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton & Jimmy Carter were in my dreams. President Carter lusted after me in his heart, but I can't say I was flattered by the attention. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

GuineaBaby

10-12-2002, 11:56 AM

eenie-I'm five six too! ^_^ But I wish I was taller lol

1. I think there are monsters under the bed, but I used to sleep next to my parents under-the-bed when I got scared at night.

2. I have wanted to get a tattoo since I was 16, but am deathly afraid of needles so I don't see that ever happening

3. Dawn and I will still sleep together when we get scared.

Melbernai

10-12-2002, 12:15 PM

1) My favorite kind of apple is Gala.

2) I have a cold right now, and I must be a light sleeper cuz I kept waking up last night from my own snoring.

3) My all time favorite past-time is kissing. I haven't been kissed in 2 weeks. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

JustSu

10-12-2002, 01:18 PM

this is a hoot and a half!

1. i'm the daughter of an adopted person and the mother of two adopted persons.

2. most of my elementary/junior high/high school teachers had, years earlier, taught elvis.

3. i compulsively play with thinking putty (http://www.puttyworld.com). i have different colors for home, real office, and customer onsite office.

JustSu

10-12-2002, 01:21 PM

hey, witchdust, am i the cauldron stirrer or the blue-face?

1. i hate creatures with more than 4 legs, unless they're butterflies/moths or ladybugs.

2. i've moved 49 times in 31 years.

3. my favorite books as a child were the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle books

Sui_Generis

10-12-2002, 02:03 PM

1.) I have a serious aversion to body hair..on females and males alike.

2.) My favorite childhood books were: Where the Wild Things Are, Le Petit Prince, The Secret Garden and A Little Princess

3.) I used to sing in a band in southern California, and was courted by a record company..but things with my boyfriend in the band went sour..and I'm back on the East Coast..

Death_Or_Aldona

10-12-2002, 02:04 PM

I feel bad reading everyone else's stuff and not adding anymore weirdness about me...so here goes it...
1)I can only wink my left eye. I know one other person with this "problem" and she can only wink her right eye.
2)My hair is almost 3ft long. I can't remember what my natural hair color looks like...I think it's a very light brown.
3) I wiggle and tap my toes to a toon in my head when I'm trying to fall asleep.

mejaka

10-12-2002, 02:47 PM

Death_Or_Aldona, that would so KEEP ME AWAKE!! lol!

flea...your husband being so phobic about clowns is really interesting.

Melbernai--I love crunching leaves; I've never crunched acorns!

Sistasmell, my friend gave me a bunch of plants and they are all dying...I can never keep houseplants alive and my outdoor gardens tend to go to weeds over the summer...

WitchDust, wow...I love milk. In fact, part of my weight loss (30 pounds, over a year ago) was to cut back from about 7 cups of milk a day to three...

JustSu--I just had to laugh about the teachers of Elvis. It sounds funny...We call the little marmots at our favorite camping place "the Flying Elvises." They got that name the first year, because every time we opened the cabin door about twenty of them would leap from our porch with all for appendages spread like skydivers, and seconds later they would be gone ("Did you see them! I saw them. Yes I DID!")

So, three facts again:

1. Jed Moss, who plays keyboards for Air Supply (and caused quite a roil in the band's fan boards when an instrumental he wrote was recorded on a recent album), is an old family friend and played classical background music for two hours at my wedding reception.
2. My Dad was in the airport scene of _Wag the Dog_.
3. I speak Spanish.

someofmyorange

10-12-2002, 03:14 PM

1. I love grapefruit juice. I drink it almost every day.

2. I want to become an interior designer. That is what I will go to college for.

3. I am afraid to let any part of my body hang off the bed at night and I almost always sleep on my tummy.

I have more than 3 that I want to share though...

0. I have been with my bestfriend/boyfriend Jake (everybody (http://www.nervousness.org/people/index.cgi?id=everybody) on nervousness) for 1 year, 1 month, and 6 days.

victoria

10-12-2002, 03:41 PM

This is really fun, I like finding out things I didn't know about all of us!

1. I had a dream last night that I was eating roly bugs! In the dream, they tasted like grasshopper, which taste like corn-meal. We used to eat fried grasshoppers when I lived in Mexico. I also like ant tacos.

2. I've been curling a couple times and really sucked at it, and I used to nine-pin bowl some, I was okay but inconsistent.

3. The psych word for clown-fear is coulrophobia, I know this from teaching HS psych and from having it. I once disrupted Mass because of a clown, very embarrassing.

zanna

10-12-2002, 04:06 PM

friedspamonastick - to dumpster dive, one must ..um, really want to. you would not believe how many people are appaled at even the thought of going into a trash can. when i tell them i do it on a daily basis, its like i corrupt their whole world. shame.

guinea baby - i too, like yourself, will not and have not ever worn make-up. i have no intentions on starting and i think it's one of the biggest problems of today.

1. i am an atheist.

2. i believe that abortion is ok.

3. i am a vegetarian.

jaydestarr

10-12-2002, 05:02 PM

Sui, I've got a huge aversion to body hair, too, but it's not so bad with regards to men.

Zanna, I'm with you on the abortion issue. Most definitely.

Ok, here are three more facts about me:

1) I am addicted to Nerds (the candy, not the people). I know I'm probably killing my teeth, but I just can't get enough of them.

2) I have a problem opening up to people I'm close to, but I can talk about all manner of problems with complete strangers. I think this is because I can't stand to have anyone I know worry about me.

3) The first concert I ever went to was New Kids on the Block. Now I absolutely cannot stand that genre of music. I haven't listened to it since they broke up.

Go on, laugh at me. You know you want to. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

kimr

10-12-2002, 05:29 PM

I love this thread, so fun to read.

1. I have 3 dogs and 3 cats and if I had more money I would probably have more.....my husband probably thanks his lucky stars we don't.

2. I love spinach...cooked or raw.

3. I have struggled with my weight my whole life and I wish that chubby was "in".

KIM

Bugitha

10-12-2002, 05:49 PM

Justsu, "A hoot and a half" has been one of my favorite expressions since I was twelve! Most people look at me funny when I say it. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Okay, I gotta get in on this under the bed business. . . .

1. Under no circumstances is any part of my body is allowed to dangle over the side of the bed. Not just 'cause of Poltergiest which started it for me too, but also because I once saw on the news that a woman was assaulted and her attacker had sneaked into her house, hid under her bed, and then waited for her to fall asleep before striking. Still freaks me out. . .I especially scare myself when I think I hear breathing under there. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

2. I *should* be working on a paper for my Historic Preservation class even as we speak.

3. I've actually met people who don't have a pair of scissors in their house. I don't know how people live like that.

kimr

10-12-2002, 06:04 PM

Oh, after reading that last one I have to post again.

1. I always look in the backseat of my car at night, even when I have had the car locked.

2. I once read a true crime novel where a legitimate policeman was stopping women at night and raping and killing them and now I am nervous about getting a speeding ticket or something at night.

3. I am florist and everyone thinks my job would be "so fun and relaxing" when it really is kind of stressful at times.

KIM

eenie

10-12-2002, 07:01 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (kimr @ Oct. 12 2002,17:04)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">2. I once read a true crime novel where a legitimate policeman was stopping women at night and raping and killing them and now I am nervous about getting a speeding ticket or something at night.[/b][/quote]
ack. i read that story online, and i have the same fear.. though it's also based on my experiences. i'm always afraid that some psycho will buy flashing lights to put in the front of his car. i've since decided that if i get pulled over at night, i'm going to stop and then yell out the window that i'm driving to a visible area and the policeman can follow me.

1. i've been with my boyfriend for 2 years and 2 months.
2. i'm pro-choice and very liberal.
3. i lost my virginity at 18.

kimr

10-12-2002, 07:06 PM

Eenie,
I say the very same thing to my husband. If I am ever stopped at night I am driving to the nearest gas station before I open my car window alone.
Here's a couple more:

1. I long to be a "real artist" but I don't think I ever will be.

2. I am addicted to the computer, even though I used to call my brother a nerd for the same thing.

3. I can't cook, I can't even manage to make hamburger helper without burning it.

4. I have a pygmy goat named maxwell
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FriedSpamOnaStik

10-12-2002, 07:22 PM

We're starting to get into eccentric territory here! Lol. Thought of some more stuff..

1. I ALWAYS eat Chinese food (or any other Asian foods) with chopsticks. This habit started when I was very young... now, if I have to eat Asian foods with a fork, it's really akward for me. Like eating ice cream with a freaking knife. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif
2. I get those dreams about my teeth loosening and falling out. No idea why.
3. I believe in ghosts. OoooOooo. ;-)

queenfisher

10-12-2002, 07:42 PM

i just saw this linked on metafilter and it's perfect for some of your facts - i used to believe (http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/).

umm, have to think of 3 more now...

1. i love butterflies.
2. i love birds even more.
3. i read 'a photographic guide to the birds of malaysia & singapore' in bed sometimes.

;-)

/shafina

flea

10-12-2002, 07:50 PM

1. my parents are those kind of people who have 2 dozen cats. they also have 2 weasels. it's been that was since i was like 15. i only have 2 cats. thats the limit.

2. i was in an art contest over the summer. the piece i spent 2 months on didn't place because it busted on the way in- but the piece i did as a joke won 3rd.

3. i am uncontrollably messy. i hate to clean because i know it will just turn back into a mess within a few hours. i'll get out an art project and then loose interest in it as soon as i start it so i always have a few things going on at once.

kimr

10-12-2002, 07:56 PM

Okay, a few more,

1. I think feet are ugly, especially mine.

2. I work in a flower shop but my husband cares for our houseplants because I kill them.

3. I don't get along well with my mother in law.

KIM

GuineaBaby

10-12-2002, 08:18 PM

1. the last two nights before last I had dreams where my teeth fell out

2. I taught my dog to "Gimme kiss" and lick me on the nose

3. I've just started reading "Beautiful Bones" or something like that and I want to go finish

JustSu

10-12-2002, 08:19 PM

Death_Or_Aldona

10-12-2002, 08:27 PM

Alright...so I'm addicted to this thread...It's so fun to find out new things about everyone!

1) I have 7 kitties, a chinchilla, and a hermit crab.
2) I went through a 2 month phase where I would barely eat anything except for altoids.
3) My first concert was Tina Turner.

My best friend got to see the new kids on the block and I was extremely jealous
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JustSu

10-12-2002, 08:35 PM

what is this with the teeth falling out dreams? man that is weird that several people have those! um. gee, now that i think - so do i. the only difference is, usually it also *really* happens. (very bad teeth - horrid dental care as a child, genetics, and an accidental fall when i was 10)

1. when i'm somewhere between having the blues and time to adjust my medication depressed, i like to read a cheap romance novel while soaking in a hot tub and drinking tea.

2. i'm a smell freak. i smell everything before i buy it, unless i would have to break the seal to do so.

3. i'm compulsively honest - i won't eat one grape from a bunch i'm buying till it's paid for, etc. (only exception - when my blood sugar drops. as a diabetic, i have to watch that!)

kimr

10-12-2002, 08:36 PM

I am addicted to this post too.

1. I took my sister to see the new kids on the block 3 times and I was probably the oldest person there.

2. I never ever tan, in fact I am so white I am flourescent.

3. my co-workers find my addiction to art and mail art "strange".

KIM

Penster

10-12-2002, 08:47 PM

I've been getting a lot of enjoyment and smiles http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif from reading this thread and thought I might jump in now.

1. I spent the first 8 years of my life on a farm - last house on the road to anywhere.....

2. I have one older sister and three younger brothers.

3. I believe in the Freedom of Choice.

Very boring stuff actually.... http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

zanna

10-12-2002, 09:07 PM

mmmm. yummy.

1. i have a horrible adversion to feet. i think they are the most unattractive part of the body. everytime i see someone in flipflops i want to take a machete and chop their toes off.

2. i've kept all the letters my penpals have ever written me. i've got more than 6 plump-full shoeboxes. one day when i'm older, i'll read through all of them and have a good cry, or something.

3. i've never had a broken bone, and i've only had 4 sitches ..in my bum. a mean chow bit me and took a bit of flesh 8|

eenie

10-12-2002, 09:12 PM

i love any kind of "survey" type questions (even those darn email surveys :-p), so i'm addicted to this board!

1. i think hugh hefner is a gross old man, but i love the playboy bunny logo. i think it's cute. i have a bunny barbell for my bellybutton.

2. i'm scared of bald men

3. i love to read. i started reading when i was 3 1/2, and was put into gifted and talented classes, because i read moby dick in 2nd grade. which is odd, because reading it now makes me want to scream.

jaydestarr

10-12-2002, 09:13 PM

You guys are great. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif Here are more of mine:

1) Like kimr, I have a strong aversion to feet. All feet. That whole toe sucking fetish is completely beyond my comprehension.

2) Before I go to bed in any bed, I have to thoroughly check it for spiders and other crawlies. I really can't go to sleep unless I check. I'll lay there and imagine things crawling on me.

3) I can watch surgery on TV, help change dressings on someone's wounds, and watch crime dramas where they show crime scene photos in full color, but I cannot stand the site of my own blood when I'm hurt or when I'm having blood drawn. In fact, I almost faint when I just see a needle.

eenie

10-12-2002, 09:15 PM

double post, sorry

eenie

10-12-2002, 09:17 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (eenie @ Oct. 12 2002,20:15)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">[/b][/quote]
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">1. i have a horrible adversion to feet. i think they are the most unattractive part of the body. everytime i see someone in flipflops i want to take a machete and chop their toes off.[/b][/quote]
i think feet can be very erotic.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">That whole toe sucking fetish is completely beyond my comprehension. [/b][/quote]
i used to think that.. but, um, let's just say i don't think that anymore. ::blush::

i also just realised that i should have replied to this in my above post, because now i have to list three more facts. um, um...

1. i'm taking a ceramics class and i'm horrible at it. my style is to flatten out the clay, smash it together and declare it art.

2. i collect simpsons action figures.

3. the boy who was my first kiss recently came out of the closet. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

Melbernai

10-12-2002, 09:28 PM

1) I have had quite a few dreams about my teeth falling out. I once heard that when you dream about losing your teeth, it is connected to an issue with food that you want to get rid of. With me, I wish I could stop eating so #### much and me a normal-sized person. Bleh.

2) My first concert was Tiffany at Jones Beach Ampitheater. NKOTB opened for them, and even though I was in the 3rd grade, I thought they were rediculously cheezy. I never liked NKOTB, althogh I thought the Tiffany part of the concert rocked. My all time favorite concert is probably a tie between when I saw Eric Clapton 3rd row at Madison Square Garden, and when I saw Ringo Starr and the All Starr Band at the small round place that I forgot what it's called.

3) I absolutely LOVE feet, and think I've got one of the most attractive set of feet ever made. My toes are really cute, especially after a lovely pedicure. And yes, eenie, I aggree, toe sucking is quite lovely, when it's done to me, of course. There are very few male-toes I'd suck on. Bleh. I have given my boyfriends pedicures before, just to make their feet more lovely for cuddling.

Okay, my 3 things are like huge monstrous things. I talk a lot.

WitchDust

10-12-2002, 09:33 PM

1. I have to change the sheets on my bed at least every two days or I can't sleep in them because there might be grit, a stray hair or "something" there & I just don't see it. I also have to "flip" my pillow if it gets warm thru the nite...it must be cold on the side touching my face. This may relate to the fact our 5 lb Chichi terrier sleeps with us...or just because I'm so anal about shit...who knows?

2. I lived in 38 states by the time I was 25

3. I don't drink & cannot stand the smell of alcohol on anyone, at anytime. I can smell it when people perspire too...ewwww!

eenie

10-12-2002, 09:35 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Melbernai @ Oct. 12 2002,20:28)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">And yes, eenie, I aggree, toe sucking is quite lovely, when it's done to me, of course. There are very few male-toes I'd suck on. Bleh. I have given my boyfriends pedicures before, just to make their feet more lovely for cuddling.[/b][/quote]
yes, boy toes are scary.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif my boy only gets his toes sucked after a bubblebath.

1. my first concert was the charlie daniels band when i was 8.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif my favourite concert is a tie between all the lilith fairs.

2. i was accidently involved in a riot when IU fired bobby knight. i was trying to get to a study group, and a large mob of people were trying to destroy campus. i ended up deciding that the study group was not worth it, and hightailed it back to my dorm before the police got there.

3. i am crazy about cracking parts of my body, despite my mother's constant arthritis threats. i crack my fingers, toes, neck, and back.. i've tried to stop before, but i can't.

Katiekat

10-12-2002, 09:37 PM

Wow, I share a lot of random talents, likes, and dislikes with you guys!! (I can also vibrate my eyes, I'm paler than white, I don't like feet either, and how the #### do people live without scissors?!.)

Three more:

1. Men with comb-overs need to shave their heads. Nothing makes me feel more like screaming than a man trying to hide his baldness with 6 strands of hair.
2. I used to be really grossed out by men with hairy backs. I used to cringe openly when I saw a guy with hair coming out of his shirt collar. But then I met Chris, my boyfriend of 2+ years... He's hella-hairy, and it doesn't bother me at all. Makes him more cuddly, I think.
3. I go through phases of addictions. For awhile, it was Dentyne Ice cinnamon gum. I would go through a couple of packs a week. Right now it seems to be little blank journals. I keep buying them, even though I already have a ton. I need to start some lmao's with them. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

eenie

10-12-2002, 09:43 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Katiekat @ Oct. 12 2002,20:37)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">2. I used to be really grossed out by men with hairy backs. I used to cringe openly when I saw a guy with hair coming out of his shirt collar. But then I met Chris, my boyfriend of 2+ years... He's hella-hairy, and it doesn't bother me at all. Makes him more cuddly, I think.[/b][/quote]
i'm totally the same way. shane has a lot of chest hair, and the thought of chest hair used to gross me out so much.. now it doesn't bother me. it keeps you warmer at night.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

1. i sleep with a stuffed animal, unless someone else is in bed with me.

2. my freshman year of college, i had a shrine to al gore next to my bed. it provoked a lot of interesting comments from random people.

3. i heard the best quote in a movie today.. "i think i want to be a criminal lawyer." "really?" "yeah, or a hooker, or a garbage collector..." what with my current dislike of lawyers, i found this quite amusing.

Sui_Generis

10-12-2002, 09:46 PM

I need the cold side of the pillows, too! You should invest in some Sobikawa pillows (sp?) They're filled with rice and *never* get hot. They're so comfy.

1.) I'm picking up my boyfriend in 8 hours *nervousssss*

2.) I am incredibly seasonally dysfunctional..I'm hoping Nervousness will help the wintertime blues this year http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

3.) I love the taste the texture the smell and anything caramel

queenfisher

10-12-2002, 09:51 PM

hey enie, i think you have to edit your double post and make another 3 entries so it won't break the chain. really :-P

1. my favourite thing to do on sunday mornings when i was in uni was to get the bus from campus to the old part of georgetown, sit in a coffee shop to have breakfast and finding old people to have a chat with. sometimes i'd then meet my friends in the afternoon but none of them knew what i already go up to ;-)

2. just a few days ago i bought myself a pretty silver anklet with a tiny butterfly on it. i think my feet are ugly though.

3. first concert i went to was to see eric clapton, sat 3rd row with my dad and cousin. a bunch of my uncles and aunts were there were also there. i also saw b. b. king and santana with almost the same group. i like going to concerts with the 'oldies' haha. i took my little niece to see westlife last year.

;-)

/shafina

Last edited by queenfisher at Oct. 13 2002,04:54

victoria

10-12-2002, 09:52 PM

I'm so addicted to this thread, so here I am again - eenie, Melbernai, I agree on the feet thing. I have the teeth dreams, too, but heard they might be general anxiety.

More facts -

1. I have three grand trines in my astro chart, I was told its unusual.

2. I'm a pisces, so my feet are small for my height. I think my feet are pretty attractive.

3. I'm a sleepwalker.

Death_Or_Aldona

10-12-2002, 09:58 PM

[QUOTE]3. i am crazy about cracking parts of my body, despite my mother's constant arthritis threats. i crack my fingers, toes, neck, and back.. i've tried to stop before, but i can't.

I also have that *cracking* addiction. I use to freak my old roomates out with my loud neck crackles. I love learning new ways to crack my back!

3 more:

1) Um...a couple years ago on Halloween some friends and I went to a graveyard. We built a little shrine for Bob Saget and sacrificed hot dogs to him...
2) I brush my teeth about 4 times in a normal day.
3) I like draw pictures of pirates on placemats in restaurants. My friend Jeff has a large collection of my awful doodles.

Lissa

10-12-2002, 10:03 PM

oh boy! only three things?

1) the love of my life is my 6 month old lab, Daisy.
2) i HATE spiders, so much so that i've called my sister at midnight to leave our parents house to come to my house to kill one lurking over my bed. i shake, i scream, i cry...it's bad.
3) i make as much money now, as i did last year, but i'm working 30 less hours. rock! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

Penster

10-12-2002, 10:06 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">2. I'm a pisces, so my feet are small for my height. I think my feet are pretty attractive.[/b][/quote]

1. I think my feet are quite cute too (size 5/6) and my piggies must be warm or I cannot go to sleep.

2. My family tree has been traced back to 1700's Germany. Interestingly enough, my mother and father were descended from one particular man, just different generations. That may explain some things about my dysfunctional family.....

3. During my pre-teen years I was one-third of a church trio.

Katiekat

10-12-2002, 10:07 PM

Alright, me again. Should we start some sort of 12-step program for "random fact" junkies?? I think we might need to.

1. I am addicted to shower/bath/toiletry type products. Shampoos, gels, lotions, soaps, lip balms...i want it all. My favorite brands are Lush (http://www.lushcanada.com) and Burt's Bees (http://www.burtsbees.com).
2. I think Jimmy Fallon is incredibly cute -- his sense of humor & personality makes him such a hottie.
3. I have every line from The Breakfast Club memorized. If I'm cleaning my room, or doing something where i need some back-ground noise, I usually pop that movie in & talk along with it.

"Saturday, March 24, 1984. Shermer High School, Shermer Illinios, 60062. Dear Mr. Vernon, We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong... ( will stop now, or else it could be dangerous).

Death_Or_Aldona

10-12-2002, 10:20 PM

Katiekat, I'm like that with The Jerk! I've seen it at least 30 times. Nearly everytime I'm bored, lonely, or cleaning I pop it in. It's like visiting an old friend. Drove my roomates nuts! Now it just drives the boyfriend nuts http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

1) My tongue is pierced
2) I'm addicted to cosmic brownies (those little debbie thingies.) They're like crack.
3) I sing little songs about my pets to my pets ("Your name is Ziggy. You're not a piggy. Watch me smoke a ciggy...")

WitchDust

10-12-2002, 10:20 PM

ooooh, you guys have some good shit on here! I can do the cracking of almost every bone in my body, but my worst habit is "popping" my elbows by throwing them out like I'm punching someone. I can do this every 8 minutes..yes someone timed me once!

1. I was once so grossed out when french kissing a guy who I discovered had false teeth on top that I broke up with him the next day! It just felt....weird & creepy!

2. I swallowed a fly once while I was watching an Elvis movie.

3. I cannot stand to walk barefoot across a floor unless it's carpeted.

flea

10-12-2002, 10:28 PM

witchdust- your 1st 3 sounded like quiz questions and i am wanting to hear the answers to them.

1. i havn't had a tv chanel come into my house since we disconnected the cable 2 years ago. no channel will come in so now i own close to 100 DVD's. (always wanted to collect them!)

2. one of them is the breaskfast club- and althrough i couldnt quote the whole thing impromptu- i can say every line one second faster then they can on the film.

3. from the movie- i most am like alley sheedy's character. in high school i always made dandruff rain from my head, was the school oddabll, and have an odd sense of tatse. i love pepsi with chocolate syrup in it. i had a bit of the nerd from the movie mixed in.... i graduated sumna cumm laude from collage and only had 2 B's in my entire collage career.

GuineaBaby

10-12-2002, 10:48 PM

1. I would give anything to meet Tiffany. I want to meet her more than Elijah Wood. I carry a picture of my cousin's band the Smokin Armadillos I pulled out of a teen mag from when they met her.

2. I'm interesting when I sleep. I talk, I walk, I snore, I kick and when I get extremely tired, I drool. My mom caught me trying to leave the house once. She believes if the door wasn't locked, I'd be gone.

3. I feel asleep reading (It's called Lovely Bones, not beautiful like i first thought) between this post and the last one I made.

Bugitha

10-12-2002, 10:55 PM

I LOVE The Breakfast Club, too! I could probably say the lines with the movie, but not all of them on my own. I often listen to my old cassette sound track of the movie~I still love those songs. I have actually practiced everybody's moves from the big dance scene--well, except for Emilio's. I'm not a gymnast.

Um, I think I'm addicted to this thread, too.

1. I once thought my own feet were quite lovely. I really adored them. Now. . .not so much. They got ugly. Though the tattoo on top of my right foot is cute.

2. I'm dreaming of a white Christmas (already!)

3. When I was nine, I dislocated my elbow after falling out of a tree I was climbing in high heels. (kids!)

evelynhoney

10-12-2002, 11:38 PM

yea.. another three before i go to bed. And a tattoo on the foot is neat. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. I would NOT repeat NOT touch my husband's feet or any others including my own forever. Then taking care of a baby made me love his tiny cute feet and now feet aren't so bad. ALthough I don't run up to people just to touch theirs. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

2. I am genealogically related to someone from the texas revolution, civil war, war of independence, the mayflower and possibly a bastard of Charles II. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

3. I used to write for a newspaper during college, but don't have the guts to try now.

Z'anne

10-12-2002, 11:51 PM

My God! I go away for one day and there's 7 more pages !?!?! This is fun !! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. My favorite comedy is Young Frankenstein (too many great lines to quote here).

2. MY husband is 14 years older, has 2 daughters, one is which is only 7 years younger than me, and between them have 3 grandchildren. My son has not procreated yet, give him time.

3. I helped out my friend, who owns a bookstore, today. There were 2 conferences and she had to be a both, so I did one and sold a bunch of stuff and she did the other and got lots of contacts. We are gooooooddddd!

And the under the bed thing, the dog sleeps on the floor next to my side of the bed, so I'm safe. And I don't let things hang out even though he is there to protect us.

And living out in the woods, I get everything of creepy crawly in the house, so I've learned to live with them. Karma, Karma, Karma.

GuineaBaby

10-13-2002, 01:07 AM

1. I'm afraid I'm going to die because a ton of teenagers decided to gather, dispurse, and regather in front of my house. Drive by is all I can think of.

2. I am extremely ticklish. I can't even have a back rub or a foot massage.

3. I aboid looking in mirrors because I hate the way I look.

Sui_Generis

10-13-2002, 01:13 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (GuineaBaby @ Oct. 13 2002,00:07)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3. I aboid looking in mirrors because I hate the way I look.[/b][/quote]
I do *exactly* the same thing..

1.) Try as I might to fall asleep; I'm too nervous for Daniel to get here that I'm sitting here....reading this thread

2.) I can make a *really* good/obscure 80's mix CD.

3.) I think Life as a House is an absolutely beautiful movie & I think everyone should watch it.

GuineaBaby

10-13-2002, 02:56 AM

1. I'm taking generic Costco diet pills right now. Last time I was on them for like 3 weeks I lost 5 lbs so I'm hoping if I stick with it this time (i got the flu in the middle of taking them last time so stopped) I'll lose more. I'm not very active.

2. I love Harry Potter stuff, but I have never read the books (though I want to) and I've seen the movie once.

3. I am *very* easily influenced and have to really work not to be.

And a bonus!

More than a few ants give me the heebie jeebies, but only when they're inside the house. I like watching them outside.

Helquin

10-13-2002, 03:03 AM

This thread is too much fun! I don't know that I'm addicted, but it is a hoot reading everyone's posts. My latest 3:

1. I once got a bee-sting on my tongue when a bee landed on a donut I was eating at an outdoor rally. Now I try to pay more attention to what I'm putting in my mouth!

2. I used to have both nipples pierced, but got tired of the tit-rings & took 'em out one day.

3. Although I'm not a cross-dresser myself, I have (at different times) worked closely with 2 pioneers of the transvestite/transgender movement.

eenie

10-13-2002, 08:03 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (WitchDust @ Oct. 12 2002,21:20)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">[/b][/quote]
ooh, shafina, you're tough! i promise to go back and add three new facts.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">1. I was once so grossed out when french kissing a guy who I discovered had false teeth on top that I broke up with him the next day! It just felt....weird & creepy![/b][/quote]

haha!
1. i was once so grossed out by french kissing a REALLY slobbery guy that i started laughing (i mean, REALLY laughing) in the middle of kissing him. needless to say, that was our first and last date. i think i mumbled some excuse about hearing my dog howling, and it struck me as funny. what really happened was that i was thinking, "i think i'd rather kiss my dog, he'd slobber less."

2. i never liked kissing until my current boyfriend. every guy i kissed before him grossed me out so much that i hated kissing. i thought there was something wrong with me, until shane and i kissed for the first time. wow. fireworks went off in my head (along with the brief thought "oh my gosh, he used to grade my papers.").

3. i forgot to mention that i also crack my jaw like mad. i can do this without a break in between, because i have TMJ and it's constantly cracking or popping or something. i try not to do it too much, but sometimes it starts to lock up, so i have to pop it.

JustSu

10-13-2002, 08:09 AM

yup, i'm hooked too! if it wouldn't mean that i'd have to come up with a gazillion things, i'd reply to every one of your posts! i love this!

1. unlike many of you, i prefer for my feet to be uncovered while sleeping. can't stand sweaty feet and i live in the South. not so bad now, since central air is the norm, but in the days of window units, man it was awful trying to sleep!

2. i also want my pillow to be cool, but it doesn't wake me if if it gets warm.

3. the most frightening thing i've ever seen was in about 1968 (before most of you were born). out with my mom and her best friend - we drove by a park where the KKK was having a meeting. broad daylight. all those white robes and peaked hooded chilled my blood. i thought i was going to lose my lunch.

eenie

10-13-2002, 08:13 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (JustSu @ Oct. 13 2002,07:09)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3. the most frightening thing i've ever seen was in about 1968 (before most of you were born). out with my mom and her best friend - we drove by a park where the KKK was having a meeting. broad daylight. all those white robes and peaked hooded chilled my blood. i thought i was going to lose my lunch.[/b][/quote]
the KKK has rallies every year in gary (where i go to school), and it terrifies my soul. it's almost like you can feel the hatred. indiana has a huge population of KKK members (for awhile, it had the highest of any state--don't know if it still does), and it makes me sick.

1. i'm going to be late for church if i don't stop typing up random facts, but i had to comment on su's.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

2. my bedroom is painted white, with sun, moon, and star wallpaper.

3. i have a lot of things on my walls, including a painted postcard from flea and a few other postcards from nervousness people.

kimr

10-13-2002, 08:30 AM

Some more from me, I had to sleep finally last night too.

1. Yesterday when I was driving home from work it was snowing, but none of it has stuck to the ground.(I live in northern Minnesota)

2. My cat's favorite place to nap is under my chin, which immobilizes me if I let her get away with it.

3. I have a post card from flea in a frame in my living room, I look at it all the time because I am awed by her talent and I like to have great art around me to inspire me.

KIM

Bugitha

10-13-2002, 08:35 AM

Yikes! Helquin, a bee sting on your tongue??? Ow! Your donut story reminded me:

1. Once a really aggressive squirrel in the Boston Commons stole a donut right out of my hand. I was so afraid of getting rabbies if he bit me I didn't even fight for it. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

2. I'm trying to figure out how to come up with $50K for grad school, without having to borrow it. It's not looking too good.

3. Our family cat, Bear, who lives with my brother is 19 years old.

Death_Or_Aldona

10-13-2002, 08:49 AM

Helquin: 2. I used to have both nipples pierced, but got tired of the tit-rings & took 'em out one day.

Just wondering what kind of scars they left behind. I've been obsessed with the idea of having my nipples pierced lately. I've just been a little nervous. I'm afraid that if I decide I no longer want them they will leave my nipples looking funny.

ummm...ok...3 more...

1) As I mentioned before, I have 7 cats...but I'm very allergic to cats. I am supposed to be taking allergy shots.

2) I'm afraid of needles cause I have tiny veins that like to hide. Last time I had to get an IV it took them 5 tries to get it in *shudders*.

3) I wish Johnny Cash was my grandpa.

mejaka

10-13-2002, 08:54 AM

Okay, three more. :^ )

1. Where I used to live I often bought flowers on Friday at a particular florist where the employees were mellow about letting me step into the arranging room and breathe in the scent of roses. It always made me want to apply for a job there.
2. I don't do tattoos or piercings (I do have a single pierce in each ear but I hardly ever wear earrings any more. But I have used a Sharpie marker sometimes to draw a decorative band across each of my feet right between the straps of my Eastlands. I started doing this after seeing some gracefully Bohemian women at an outdoor classical concert who had foot tattoos. I found the idea very sensual. (I *am* very glad that mine are not permanent, though...I always think about the hairstyle I wore in, say, 1982, and wow, there is no way I'd want to still be wearing that today, and that's kind of what I think it would be like to wear a tattoo all my life that seemed pretty or cool when I was 18).
3. I have never been to any concerts that weren't either school-related or classical (usually featuring a member of my family). The closest I have come is that I once had fourth-row seats for a talk by Gladys Knight, who also sang three or four songs nobody here would probably know.

mejaka

10-13-2002, 09:14 AM

Oh, shoot--I was going to tell queenfisher I'm glad she participated even though (as she said) it's not normally her thing. Now, since I'm going to need to come up with three more facts, I'm going to make some other comments:

#1: Sistasmell, I can't rollerskate fig-8s backwards, but when I was a kid I was a pretty good rollerskater. So my first fact is that when my eldest was in third grade I went as a chaperone on a trip to the rink, and in an attempt to further impress him and his friends (after doing so successfully several times already), I tried yet another trick I hadn't done in over 15 years. My head hit the floor so hard that the skating attendant in the opposite corner (the learner's corner) heard it, and an hour later was still saying she couldn't believe that was the sound of my *head*.
#2: paperdream, I like to know the names of plants, too--and birds (queenfisher, I read bird guides too). When we first moved to N. Idaho last year I remember noting 10 different kinds of pine/fir/spruce trees, one of which really caught my eye. Unlike most pines, with their patterned growth, this one's branches grew everywhere, all directions, totally at random, like a pine tree having a bad hair day. I now know that it is a Western Larch or Tamarack...and it turns bright yellow and drops its needles in the fall!
#3: Zanna, I finally threw away a lot of letters from former penpals when we moved. At one time I was writing fairly regular letters to 118 people, by hand...at least one and often up to five letters a day. (I kept letters from the ones who are still corresponding with me).

flea

10-13-2002, 09:18 AM

wow- i take a bath and there are like 5 new posts

eenie and kimr - curious to know what postcard i sent you? i forget what i mail to whom. glad they found good homes.

hmmm lets see....

1. i think i have an empathy problem. my best friend called me cold once. i dont cry much at all. when i do- its very embarrasing. i wish i would stop totally. maybe i might sqeeze a tear out at a sentimental commercial near my period.... but other then that i probably really really cry about once every 1 or 2 years.

2. the last time i cried was at my sisters wedding. that was 2 years ago. i wasn't crying for joy- but rather because i was stuck at her house and i was half way across the country from my bf and my parents where halfway across the city in a hotel and it was my first time being that far from my bf and i felt disconnected. i couldnt be comfortable around my sister because i hadn/t seen her in a year.

3. i almost cried a year ago when i read part of a poem at my own wedding... but i chalk it up to nerves. it made for an emotional read of the poem, though.

well- i'm late for work now.

someofmyorange

10-13-2002, 09:19 AM

sorry, double post

someofmyorange

10-13-2002, 09:21 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">That whole toe sucking fetish is completely beyond my comprehension. [/b][/quote]
i used to think that.. but, um, let's just say i don't think that anymore. ::blush::[/b][/quote]
Heh heh, I'll have agree with you there eenie *blush too*

1. I don't usually wear any makeup.
2. I had a dream with David Bowie in it last night (you can read it at my livejournal (http://www.livejournal.com/users/someofmyorange)).
3. I am a very neat and organized person, I have to be or I'd be depressed all the time.

sistasmell

10-13-2002, 09:29 AM

Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh! So many wonderful things I'm learning!
Bugitha- the squirrels in Boston Common are NUTS, aren't they? They aren't afraid of anything. The skunks in Boston are pretty ballsy, too. One chased my husband last night after spraying our dog. They both came tear-assing into the house.
Death_or_Aldona- I sing songs about my dog to my dog, too. "His name is Shambles, Shambles Crockett, king of the wild frontier!" Sad, I know. Even sadder- my husband has taught him to "show respect". The dog licks his rings.
I have heard that dreams about loose teeth are about a fear of losing control.
1. I live in Dorchester, MA, home of NKOTB. I still see one of them once in a while.
2. I have size 9 feet that still manage to look dainty. I always have a perfect home done pedicure. It's kind of an obsession.
3. I can cook like you read about. People whine to be invited over for dinner. Hence my chubbiness. I act like chubby is "in", though, which seems to work.

Helquin

10-13-2002, 10:29 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Death_Or_Aldona @ Oct. 13 2002,07:49)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Just wondering what kind of scars they left behind. I've been obsessed with the idea of having my nipples pierced lately. I've just been a little nervous. I'm afraid that if I decide I no longer want them they will leave my nipples looking funny.[/b][/quote]
Death_or_Aldona: they didn't leave much of a scar at all. It's now about 6 years since I had the piercing done. If you look really close you can see where the holes used to be... but (for better or worse!) my nips don't get that kinda scrutiny much these days. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif I don't know if it makes any difference that I have boy titties.

1. My veins are so prominent they could probably draw blood without the tourniquet. I'm a phlebotomist's dream!

2. My favorite color is red, which worries my mom because her husband told her that indicates a person who feels a lot of anger. Ha! Armchair psychoanalysis be damned! For me it's the color of life, joy & passion.

3. I once dated a guy from India who claimed to trace his family tree all the way back to the god Vishnu, with the records to prove it locked away in some ancient place. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif No deities in my family tree, just the usual nuts!

Death_Or_Aldona

10-13-2002, 10:56 AM

Helquin: Thanks for letting me know! Hmmm....maybe I should start setting some $$$ aside http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

Ahhh...maybe I should stop posting...It's getting harder and harder to find things to say about myself...

1) ummm...well...I once spent over $100 on a taxi ride in Montreal. My best friend was passed out in the front seat and I was much too busy making out with someone in the back seat to give directions.

2) hmm...I dream about mice alot. Usually baby mice. When I was little I had nightmares about mice. I would sleep walk and yell about them. It freaked my parents out so much they took me to the hospital. It's weird cause I LOVE mice...I use to raise them.

3) I wish I had a tail or maybe some wings. Both would be just lovely : )

paperdream

10-13-2002, 11:24 AM

Helquin! My mum has always said my veins are a phlebotomist's dream! (She is/was a doctor) They're all in perfectly straight lines and so so so close to my skin. They don't stick out like man-veins though. That freaks me out.

1. Every single Sunday I go to visit my parents for a Sunday dinner. Thinking about it it's a very strange tradition, because when I lived with them we (mum, dad, me, my two sisters and my brother) could never last a whole meal without fights or tears.

2. I collect notebooks/notepads/journals etc. and I really can't get enough. My most recent is a little pink Tinkerbell book - she's so cute! (I also have a Tinkerbell watch). I want to collect packets of sugar like you get in cafés, but have real difficulties finding them.

3. I love to lick my fiancé's teeth. He doesn't let me do it very often though, only as a special treat.

~Erica

Z'anne

10-13-2002, 11:34 AM

First thing on the list today is check these pages. Yes, I'm addicted.

1. Our dog is a spoiled brat. In the past couple of weeks my husband has started to take him for rides in the '57 Willys. Now, when my husband leaves and doesn't take the dog, Bear, sits and howls. This is happening right now and I am having a hard time typing, cause I'm laughing so hard.

2. Last February I got artist block. REALLY bad. Then something strange happened. I started getting words in my head and translated them into English. This new language is Ruq. Don't ask where it came from, I have no idea. I still keep getting words, the latest is le'hu (short e, long u) meaning autumn. And da'sho (long a, long o) I don't have a translation for that, yet. It's weird. And a name popped up, Anexia.

3. When my son moved out to be on his own, I went in to paint and refurbish for a guest room. Well, one thing lead to another and I ended up texturing the walls, stenciling and painting and now have a neolithic themed office. I love it.

Sistasmell ~ Girl, you're not chubby, you are voluptuous! I, on the other hand, have the body of a goddess. The Goddess of Willendorf, that is.

naughtymonkey

10-13-2002, 11:56 AM

1) I sleep with a teddy bear named Manny
2) My cat Henrietta is named after a puppet on Mr. Rogers (my little brother named it at age 2)
3) I am completely addicted to the TV show "Ed" and spend half my online time at stuckeyville.com (http://stuckeyville.com).

Bugitha

10-13-2002, 12:37 PM

Oh, Flea--I kinda wish I had your problem, I cry at the drop of a hat, and even though I do it all the time its still very embarrassing when its in public.

1. I cry when I'm frustrated (even at work a couple of times, geesh), when I'm mad, sad, happy, whatever. Just thinking of certain people makes the tears well up. I cry at commercials, T.V., the news, movies, certain songs, books, some poems. I have to avoid news magazine shows if there is some kinda of story of hope on them or I'm a blubbering idiot, and don't even get me started on stories related to 9/11. Yup. Its a problem.

2. My apartment is really hard to find since the door doesn't face the street so I never get salespeople, religious people, etc at my door, which is good. But I never get trick-or-treaters either which is bad. I love the costumes!!! Still I buy candy every year just in case. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

3. I won't be able to check this page again till late late tonight, which makes me sad (but I'm not crying this time) http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

Someone

10-13-2002, 12:39 PM

1. I took a year off school when my friends were in grade 10.
2. I can bend my thumbs backward to my wrists.
3. I like to go hiking barefoot.

sistasmell

10-13-2002, 12:49 PM

1. I can sit and put both my feet behind my head, which I once demonstrated in mixed company on Thanksgiving while drunk. It was at my boyfriend's parents' house, no less.
2. I'm a cryer, too. My most embarassing cry was while watching Who's the Boss?, even though I was alone.
3. I'm a huge Willie Nelson fan.

JustSu

10-13-2002, 02:55 PM

mejaka, were those songs at the talk from with or without the Pips? (see, someone does know them!)

i am also a crier. someone once described me as the only person she knew who cried over deodorant commercials.

1. i was quite literally riding horses before i could walk - got the pictures to prove it.

2. i'm very very good in emergency situations - not squeamish and i don't panic - but afterwards, i need a quiet corner to shake and cry in.

3. i'm double-jointed and when i weighed what i should, could put my feet behind my back, do a back somersault while in lotus position, and walk in first position (heels touching, toes pointed straight out to the sides, ala charlie chaplin - except i don't rock from side to side to do it)

WitchDust

10-13-2002, 04:17 PM

It's amazing how many things we all have in common. I started to make a list but now that this thread is so long I doubt I'll do that. 3 more useless facts about me:

1. I have a strange obsession with a little "green velvet huggy pillow". The feathers inside it are from a gigantic feather bed that was my great grandmothers. I've had it since 1975 & since it looks like the "velveteen rabbit pillow" now I keep an embroidered pillowcase on it made by my biological mom. It's really special to me since it carries over 3 generations of handiwork in that one little huggy pillow & makes me feel like a tiny part of each of them watches over me in my sleep.

2. I skipped two grades in school and graduated when I was 16.

3. I've had a tat of "Hot Stuff" since 1983 (he's the cute little devil holding a pitchfork from the Casper cartoons, which was a childhood fav)

eenie

10-13-2002, 04:18 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">eenie and kimr - curious to know what postcard i sent you? i forget what i mail to whom. glad they found good homes. [/b][/quote]

it has a shiny silver background, and a woman with long black hair is painted over a red circle (that was a sucky description, but i don't have my contacts in).

1. i am a crier too. everyone i know has seen me cry so many times. i don't watch disney movies anymore, because they make me cry too much.

2. i've never broken or sprained anything.

3. i don't like monkeys at all. i hate the monkey house at the zoo and i'd never, ever go to someone's house if they had a pet monkey. ::shudder::

cieart

10-13-2002, 04:30 PM

I haven't gone throught the 14 pages yet...hey eenie I'm a crier too...although I don't cry over movies...more like depressed crier...anyways

1. I live in the South Pacific...Fiji
2. Fiji has had 3 coups...yes, I've seen guns, heard them fired, bombs...etc, etc,
3. Don't believe the brochure...it rains in the tropics...

Dulcie

GuineaBaby

10-13-2002, 04:37 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Sistasmell ~ Girl, you're not chubby, you are voluptuous! I, on the other hand, have the body of a goddess. The Goddess of Willendorf, that is.[/b][/quote]
That's what I say! I'm voluptuous!

And ooooh! I love love love Ed! I think Carol is making a big mistake with the principal. I love their ten buck dares, too. ^_^

1. I've never broken or sprained anything nor gotten stitches. Actually, I've never been admitted to the hospital, aside from my birth of course. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

2. **edit**

3. I have two friends in real life-My sister and my best friend. That's it. I'm very shy and I was a loner in high school. I get along more with adults than people my age. I have a hard time getting to know people, too, because my shyness comes off like I'm stuck up. And no matter what the magazines or anyone else says, shyness is VERY hard to overcome, and Lord knows I've tried.

GuineaBaby

10-13-2002, 04:49 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (eenie @ Oct. 13 2002,15:18)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">1. i am a crier too. everyone i know has seen me cry so many times. i don't watch disney movies anymore, because they make me cry too much.[/b][/quote]
I used to watch disney movies ALL the time. Now they just piss me off because they don't have people kiss anymore and that is just not right, especially since you know it should happen. It's like it revolves around romance, but it doesnt.

Guess I have to state three more facts huh? lol

1. I'm a hopeless romantic. No matter what I see or read, I want some sort of romance involved and I want certain people to get together.

2. I can't sleep unless I'm hugging or I have an arm draped around SnowBall, my teddy bear. THat's only recently, too.

3. No matter what people say about how stupid guinea pigs are, they're not. Mine know their names. Dawn just said "Genovia" and she came out and looked. And when I yell at them for chewing on something they're not supposed to (when I let them loose on the ground) and I say their name, only that one will jump back and run or hide.

kimr

10-13-2002, 05:06 PM

Flea, my postcard was black velvet and it has the face of a woman in the center with silver swirls painted in the frame of black velvet. It is amazing and I look at it all the time, it definitely has a good home.

Three more facts

1. My shetland sheepdog is overweight and I get angry when people comment on it because I feel like they are commenting about me too.

2. I am very shy also, I have lived in Brainerd for 5 years now and the only friends I have here are the people I work with. Unless you count the chats I have with the lady at the coffee house while she's making my latte.

3. I have collected books on bookbinding and journal making for 3 years but I finally finished my first book totally sewn and bound from scratch this year. Guess I am a bit of a procrastinator.

4. I collect elvis memorobilia and have a room dedicated to elvis(my husband tries not to go in there.)

sundaysushiman

10-13-2002, 05:23 PM

never been to these boards before in my life, but this thread was much to fascinating to leave alone! so here you go:

.001. I truly and honestly believe that I have been blessed with divine knowledge and that I am favored by a higher power. Which is very funny, considering how not-religious I am.

.002. I'm confident that I will die prematurely, and I'm okay with that, though there are a few things I'd like to do first.

.003. I love octopuses, yet they scare me unbelievably. I will hyperventilate if I come close to a (live) octopus, but at the same time be thinking how fascinating it is.

flea

10-13-2002, 05:47 PM

hey helquin- that explains the penis art. excellent. and thanks for the wonderful postcard. i'll see if i can find you one to trade.

1. i have a huggy pillow too. unfortunatly i like to use my husbands 2 ft long pillow before he gets into bed and then he has to steal it from me. sometimes when i'm considerate i use my chenille throw pillow.

2. i have thoughts of death a lot too. it's getting better- but when my husband was late i always feared he was dead. i used to freak out in the car when i thought he was going to hit someone. i keep thinking about how my parenst are getting older and that they will die in the next 30 years. i look at the obituaries everyday to see if i know anyone who has died.

3. i dislike mansteam anything. i hate mainstream music. i wonder who all these people are who bought that kelly from teen idols single to shoot it to #1. i hate girl bands and boy bands and top 40 music. i dont like chick flicks. it took me a long time before i would even watch friends because it was popular. i have a hard time talking to normal people because i have an odd sense of humor.

cieart

10-13-2002, 06:05 PM

1. I've only moved once in my 24years of living...2 if you count moving from the top to the bottom flat of my fathers family home...i live on my boyfriends family farm now...full of grass and cassava
2. Since moving I've driven a tractor (but don't wanna learn how to drive), planted tomatoes and cassava, harvested chinese cabbage, tomatoes and cucumber.
3...since moving, I now pay $1.50 to got to Suva city...compared to what i use to have to pay...40cents...

eenie

10-13-2002, 06:06 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Guest @ Oct. 13 2002,16:23)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">never been to these boards before in my life, but this thread was much to fascinating to leave alone! so here you go:[/b][/quote]
welcome to the boards.: ) i love your name.

1. my thumbs are double jointed (i forget who else said that). i can bend them back to my wrist, and i can fold them up and over the top of my hand.

2. the last time i was tested, i typed 75 words a minute.

3. i'm a political junkie. when i turned 18, i was so excited that i would be able to vote. during the whole election madness of 2000, i used to skip class to watch CNN.

queenfisher

10-13-2002, 08:07 PM

mejaka - it would be very selfish if i were to only read and enjoy this thread (and there are great stuff here!) but not add to it, so here's adding 3 more...

eenie - hehe, sorry. i was just teasing you though.

wish i could comment on everything. welcome to sundaysushiman.

1. i cry easily too, sometimes over the silliest things - but i don't like it when people see me cry or found out i've cried. flea, i would so like your problem. some recent and memorable cries:
- i was watching a hindi movie with my sister a few days ago and a few minutes into it i thought oh great, comedy, no risk of crying, phew. but dang, some minutes before the end the mom hugged for the first tiem after 20 years her step daughter (daughter of woman her now dead husband had an affair with) who(m?) she has taken to live with her after the accident where her real mom also died. uhh, i should stop watching hindi movies :-D
- during one of my friend's church wedding when i saw how gorgeous she looked as she was walking down the aisle - other friends saw me crying then, couldn't be helped - i didn't think of wearing the dark sunglasses.
- watching the news on tv this morning about the bali bombings, more anger than anything though.
- a couple of weeks ago at my cousin's wife's funeral, as the men were carrying the coffin to the burial ground, my 3 year old nephew reached his little hand up high so he could hold on to the cover cloth on the coffin, stumbling as he followed, barefoot, following them all the way to the grave. that made everybody cry.

2. i like the swedish band 'bo kaspers orkester' and have downloaded all songs from all their albums plus all known live recordings. please don't sue me.

3. i got a rather nice sketch in my mailbox this morning from someone who visited my website.

;-)

/shafina

GuineaBaby

10-13-2002, 08:08 PM

1. I can't wait to be called to jury duty. I didn't want to go when I first turned 18 (I've never been called) but now I see it as an opportunity to help me understand my future job and I can't wait. Mom said it would look too suspicious if I called in and requested to be called lol.

2. My favorite number is 17. I used to like three but changed my mind, though I'm still partial to it. I liked 7, but it looked too weird all by itself. ^_^

3. My favorite word is AquaticSpackle (spackle for mermaids I assume ^_^) because I *love* the kuh sound.

jaydestarr

10-13-2002, 08:08 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">1. My veins are so prominent they could probably draw blood without the tourniquet. I'm a phlebotomist's dream![/b][/quote]

I'm the same way. I just have to hold my arm out and there they are. ^_^

Three more facts...

1) My stuffed bunny, Fred The Nappy Bunny, has to be in bed with me when I'm sleeping. That's probably why he's nappy.

2) I'm *beginning* to see that there is possibly a basis for the foot fetish, but I still hate feet.

3) I broke my middle finger on my left hand and now if I bend it at the middle knuckle, it twitches uncontrollably. I love doing it to freak my oldest sister out. ^_~

eenie

10-13-2002, 08:47 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (GuineaBaby @ Oct. 13 2002,19:08)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">1. I can't wait to be called to jury duty. I didn't want to go when I first turned 18 (I've never been called) but now I see it as an opportunity to help me understand my future job and I can't wait. Mom said it would look too suspicious if I called in and requested to be called lol.[/b][/quote]
my mom gets called for jury duty every other year (though she's never been chosen), but my 86 year old grandpa has never been called. i don't think i'd be able to be impartial, since i know (and dislike) most of the prosecutors, so i wouldn't like to be called. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

1. i get sad very easily.. i dwell on fights with my boyfriend and things said while fighting instead of remembering all the good things. i wish i could change this. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

2. i read every section of the newspaper each morning, except the sports.

3. i go to school in the murder capital of the US

jaydestarr

10-13-2002, 09:28 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">i don't think i'd be able to be impartial, since i know (and dislike) most of the prosecutors, so i wouldn't like to be called. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif[/b][/quote]

I would imagine that would get you excused from jury duty if you were called for it.

1) I get sad very easily, too. I cry a lot, but not around anyone. My roommates think I'm weird because of how overemotional I get. Unfortunately, a medicine I'm on right now magnifies this immensely. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif Not good. I'm also very cranky tonight and all alone since all of my roommates are gone on fall break and my boyfriend is sleeping (since he didn't sleep much last night). I apologize if I'm cranky to anyone. :: nods ::

2) I'm on a T3 connection here at school and currently I am getting .02 kb/second on a download from perl.org. Um, somehow I don't think that's fast enough. :: sigh ::

3) I think that instead of cutting university funding, the state of Virginia should cut the rather immense amount of welfare it doles out. Of course, that would cost the politicians precious votes. It's much better to just hurt the quality of education in Virginia's higher education institutes. I'll refrain from the full rant... I'm just really upset about this and no one seems to really care about it. :: sigh ::

(edited for typos & stuff)

lela_star

10-13-2002, 09:40 PM

Cool thread http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. My b/f is the same age as my step-dad (27) and my son has a uncle 18 months younger than him. BTW my son calls my step-dad grandad which I find amusing, especially when 'grandad' and dad are playing with him. Gets confusing.

2. My b/f and I are trying for another baby http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

3. I don't really have a interest in getting married, but I would like a big party!

JustSu

10-13-2002, 10:49 PM

kimr - re: the elvis memorabilia - i'm from tupelo, his hometown (i was serious about my teachers having taught elvis), and still have family there i visit. would you like something from there? postcards, dirt, pressed kudzu, a pic of the house (which looks very different since he died than it did when i was growing up there and spending time at the elvis presley youth center.). let me know.

1. before most of you were born, i was involved in the aftermath of the shootings at Jackson State University, guarding the evidence against the invasion of the highway patrol, until Sen. Kennedy could get there to conduct an investigation.

2. i was the only white face on that side of the shotguns (which were shouldered and aimed) and was determined that if shooting began, i was going to put myself even more in harm's way since itwould have been far harder to ignore my being shot by the HP than it would for most of the other potential targets.

3. it feels good to suggest that a court order be burned, and have it happen, and to know that yes, there are things here worth dying for.

Bugitha

10-13-2002, 10:51 PM

Queenfisher--I got teary just reading about your nephew at the funeral. I'm so sorry.

1. Procrastination is a big issue for me. Any tips on overcoming it?

2. When I have to type a lot (like today, about 8 hours), I wear all my rings and bracelets so I can admire my hands instead of paying attention to what I'm working on. For me its just one more form distraction and avoidance/procrastination, and its a vain one, isn't it?

3. Every time I try to carve a jack-o-lantern I somehow wind up cutting myself with a knife.

ezerd

10-13-2002, 10:57 PM

great thread - just keeps growing uncontrollably! let's see - in common - I can vibrate my eyes, I'm extremely pale and have 'great' veins - and am totally freaked by needles (and all things medical). The shrine to Bob Saget complete with hot dog sacrifice is classic - love it! Ok - my three:

1.) I don't like root beer, but for some reason, I have to drink one every couple of months just to make sure that I still don't like it. I do this with a few things I don't like and it drives my friends and family crazy - they just can't accept that it's something I have to do.

2.) I'm friends with Fab Moretti - the drummer for the Strokes. He's one of the sweetest people I've ever met. He once 'helped' me weld my sculpture - he did it all, really - I just let him guide my hand - I did nothing. I taught him how to silkscreen - we did a poster for a show. He makes great sculpture, by the way. I haven't seen him much since the Strokes got so big. I miss him a lot.

3.) I had a dream a few years ago that still creeps me out to this day. I was going to my old community college. I pulled into the parking lot in a hatch-back, got out and noticed a bunch of friends and cute guys coming into the lot. I went to the back of the car to get my books out for class - pulled them out and was horrified to see that one of them had "I (heart with an arrow through it) Alan Thicke" (the father from Growing Pains, etc.) written on it in HUGE letters. My friends were already at the car when I discovered it, so I stood there completely embarassed, trying to hide this hideous bookcover. I'm still baffled by it.

flea

10-13-2002, 11:00 PM

i always said that i wouldnt get married- that if i wanted to have the same type thing- i would just have a big party. then- well- i kinda figured out that if i did get married.... i could get my mother to pay for the honeymoon because she did that for my sister. i took advantage of the situation.

the first year of marriage seemed weird. i felt more self concious then ever. after that first year ended- i went back to normal- i think. another reason i decided to go ahead and get hitched was i was bored and wanted something to happen in my mundane life. can't say i regret it. it makes me feel like an adult to reffer to "my husband" instead of "my boyfriend"

1. i went to a private school from 1st-6th grade. by the time i was in 6th- i was the only kid my age because the school was that small.

2. when i entered middleschool i was suddenly going to school with 300 other people, opposed to the 10 i was used to.

3. my first semester of middle school- i managed to make one friend- and she was in special ed. i don't even recall how i met her. besides that- i only talked to teachers.

jaydestarr

10-13-2002, 11:04 PM

lela_star: You would have loved my sister's wedding. It was three straight days of partying - the wedding rehearsal & party on Thursday, the open house party at the bride & groom's on Friday, then the wedding on Saturday.

JustSu: I have one word for your bravery: d a m n. (I mean that in the best possible way.)

Bugitha: Learn to love procrastination. I really can't do anything without first procrastinating. I really have to fight deadlines. We've discussed that issue in a few of my classes and we all agree that our best work comes when we wait till close to the last minute. ^_^

Now three facts:

1) I'm addicted to buying underwear. Seriously. I can't pass by Frederick's or Victoria's without buying something. My rather large underwear drawer is full. I have over $250 worth of merchandise on my Victoria's Secret wishlist and about $175 on my Frederick's one.

2) I am trying to find all the Invader Zim episodes ever aired. I really wish Nick wouldn't have cancelled the show. And I REALLY wish they weren't being such assholes about the rights to the show. :: sigh ::

3) I dislike Microsoft. A lot. I'm slowly getting away from using their products unless I absolutely have to. I write papers in AbiWord and, when I get a new (larger) HD for my computer, I plan on having a dual boot system and using Linux as my main operating system. I'll keep Windows... but only because a lot of my favorite games will only run on Windows. :: sigh ::

jaydestarr

10-13-2002, 11:13 PM

...in the time it took me to post my last post two people posted...did I take that long typing or did they reply that quickly?

1) I like bagged cereals. Right now I'm chomping on some Marshmallow Mateys (aka, Lucky Charms).

2) I have a mosquito bite on my big toe right where my Birks rub. It's really annoying and I'm scared that the mosquito that bit me had the West Nile Virus. Quite a few cases were reported in my area. :: sigh :: Yeah, it's lame.

3) I have a weird picture of a guy in a hot dog suit brandishing a large stick taped to my computer monitor.

Death_Or_Aldona

10-13-2002, 11:30 PM

Ezerd:WOW! What a weird dream...that would haunt me too http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

oh golly...3 things...um....

1) One of my kitties moved out about an hour ago http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif she just moved upstairs, but I'm still gonna miss her.

2) When I was little I found a "dirty" magazine in my grandpa's basement. I decided to cut all of the "naughty bits" so my grandpa wouldn't go to h e l l when he looked at it. I was a weird kid.

3) I'm not religious, yet I have religious paraphernalia all over my house.

mejaka

10-13-2002, 11:39 PM

JustSu, holy cow, I was born in 1966 and I'm in awe. (Note on Gladys--nope, the Pips don't know these songs either--She's the one celebrity whose baptism into the Mormon church is not a rumor, and these songs were at a big women's retreat--really big--there were 20,000 people in the room and I got to sit on the 4th row because my friend Holly is the legal partner of Wendy Watson who was on the organizing committee and even introduced us to Sheri L. Dew who is the woman I most admire on the face of the planet...) http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Three facts:

1. Today my husband went out with a search party to look for a man who went fishing last night and didn't come home. After some time and things coming to light, it seems likely that he's hiding to upset his wife.

2. I have terrible veins and only my former doctor can get them right on the first try.

3. I am good in a crisis and can't stand to have a doctor working on me without looking. When my first son caused my second son to bleed from head and nose during a brotherly wrestling thing, my first thought was "I wish I had my camera." When my third son lost his fingernail just before his fifth birthday, I kept him and me calm all the way to the hospital by describing in some detail how fingernails grew and regrew, and what the doctor would do to fix his. When I miscarried the first time (and the amniotic sac was intact), I told my boys that if they were interested they could see what a nine-week fetus looked like. Two of them took me up on it. I think I was in shock a little but I don't regret doing it. I have a bit of a scientific bent, I guess. (In high school I took one of those career assessments, and the first time through I was honest but too easygoing and ended up with like, 75 career suggestions. So at my teacher's suggestion I tried again and was pickier than I really felt like being--and ended up with one. Medical illustrator. I think I could do it.)

Wombat

10-13-2002, 11:58 PM

Don't worry about squirrels - emus are terrifying when they decide to eat your lunch! I once had an emu sneak up from behind, lean over my shoulder and take an apple I was about to bite into. Scared the .... out of me!

I once had an affair with a woman I worked with. We almost had sex in her office one night but I chickened out, which was just as well because the cleaner arrived about ten minutes later!

The first concert I 'went' to was Abba. They were playing in a park near the city and my siblings and I climbed a tree outside the fence in order to see them because our dad wouldn't buy us tickets.

GuineaBaby

10-14-2002, 12:40 AM

1. I'm so pale I can see my veins, too. I can follow a vein from the top of my thigh all the way down to my foot.

2. The first concert I went to was Reba McIntyre and Brooks n Dunn.

Boy, it's getting harder adn harder to think of little tidbits of information,s o I'll go with a generic remark most people know already.

3. I'm a twin and I'm 58 minutes younger than Dawn. My mom stopped labor after she had her, my doc was a quack and used the forceps and everything on me and all three of us could have died.

Helquin

10-14-2002, 01:26 AM

OK, it's official: I'm hooked! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

1. I still have a scar on my left wrist where I got stabbed with a pencil during a 4th-grade argument over whose turn it was to use the pencil sharpener.

2. I'm the only person in my family who doesn't like the taste of black tea (iced or hot), and it's one of only two tastes I can't abide.

3. The other taste I don't like is anise.

GuineaBaby

10-14-2002, 02:17 AM

1. I hate cherry and grape because of the dentist using those for the gel floride.

2. I hate the taste of water.

3. I used to want a pet skunk.

kimr

10-14-2002, 06:12 AM

Just Su, I would love ANY kind of Elvis memorobilia, maybe we could work out some kind of exchange? Okay, three more from me before I go to work.

1. The best concert I ever went to was Lyle Lovett and his Large Band.

2. I loved Lyle Lovett long before Julia Roberts decided to marry him.

3. When I was young my brother and I used to make tv shows for public access tv. This was in the 80's and we used to make our own "lip-sync" videos. Thank God my Mom doesn't have any of them taped.

KIM

kittie_naughty

10-14-2002, 06:19 AM

1. i went gray at the age of 17.

2. feminists annoy the bloody #### out of me.

3. i have three nipples. referring to this is a great ice-breaker with guys.

eenie

10-14-2002, 06:47 AM

::hug:: just when i think you can get anymore heroic, su, you go and pull out one more stop.

1. i'm addicted to buying underwear too, debbie. it's my favourite thing to shop for, and i have so many pairs of underwear. i also have an ungodly amount of lingerie too.

2. i would much rather be sleeping than getting ready to go to ceramics.

3. this summer i was addicted to the show big brother

veow

10-14-2002, 07:06 AM

1. The texture of onions, the way they feel between my teeth, makes me vomit.

2. I'm allergic to saffron.

3. I was once in a coma for four days.

pixelady

10-14-2002, 08:05 AM

I didn't have time to read past page 12 or so, so I don't know if anyone mentioned this: teeth falling out dreams usually happen when a person is worried about money in some context. It always happens to me around bill time. Same with my husband and both my parents.

Three more:
1) I want a siamese short-haired cat, and I want to name it "Bread". (long story)
2) I'd love to get some piercings, but I'm just too darn chicken to do it.
3) I've had LASIK eye surgery and it was the scariest thing I've ever done!

flea

10-14-2002, 08:07 AM

after watching mallrats- i wondered if having 3 nipples was possible. how do guys respond to it?

1. my best friend is 6'2". oddly enough- when she goes to gay bars- men mistake her for a drag queen.

2. i ended a frienship with a girl i knew for 10 years after she tried to get me to do cocaine.

3. the friend who tried to get me to do cocaine has appeared on jerry springer with the guy she "stold" from the person mentioned in fact #1. i say stold- but they were never really together. and the springer topic had nothing to do with that.

Penster

10-14-2002, 08:44 AM

I need to stop working in order to keep up with you guys!!!

1. Speaking of childhood battlescars, Helquin, I have several small scars on my chin area which were inflicted during a struggle with my sister over who was going to get the handled-end of a cross-cut saw. My mother was not impressed.....

2. I got my first pair of glasses at age 25. Now, 18 years later, I have regressed to progressive lenses (tri-focals).

3. The only TV my husband and I have watched this year is Survivor. It's the only fit show on the tube!

Yeah, it's a holiday here and I'm working...blah....

jaydestarr

10-14-2002, 08:52 AM

Penster, sorry you're working on a holiday! I *should* be doing some sort of work even though I'm on Fall Break (through Wednesday... long story). http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1) The best concert I've ever been to, the concert I've waited the longest to get in to (2.5 hours), and concert I've travelled the most to see (from Virginia Beach, VA to Atlanta, GA) are all answered with one concert: Tool. It was the opening concert for their Lateralus tour and, at that time, was one of four US dates. It was a small venue (The Tabernacle) and it was just effing amazing. I won't ever forget it.

2) Unlike most people, I love snakes. I absolutely don't fear them. Unfortunately I can't tell them apart. About a week ago, a diamondback was in front of my boyfriend's house and I almost picked it up to relocate it (it was going to let me do it, too... it just sat there and didn't get agitated). My boyfriend came out and saw it and killed it, though. I still feel bad for the poor snake. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif I'm also one of the few people who didn't mind "cuddling" with a friend's albino python. :: sigh :: That was a beautiful snake...

3) I'm extremely sensitive when it comes to animals. Any animals. I have been known to slam on my breaks to avoid hitting squirrels and frogs. Also, I can't eat anything that I've seen alive (because then I have to really think about the food as an ex-living being). Luckily, I haven't met a chicken or a cow... yet...

Saj

10-14-2002, 08:53 AM

I love this thread... I haven't read it all yet as I've been away since Friday but just wanted to get in on the act before everyone had enough.

1. I am trying to plan my units for uni next year atm - so far it looks like Poetry, Poetics and Poetic Forms; Impact of the Media; Sexuality and Gender in Media Arts; Arts Industry in Context; Media Production-Experimental Projects; Media Production-Collaborative Projects; Postmodern Theatre; Editing

2. Two of my best friends had their birthdays today

3. I'm getting a kitten in 6 weeks, black and white, male, named Josh after Josh in The West Wing

hurrah!

jaydestarr

10-14-2002, 09:00 AM

Saj, after this semester is over, I can give you some resources for your Sexuality and Gender in Media Arts course. Right now I'm in a Gender Comm class. And your kitten sounds adorable!

Dammit... now I've got to think of three more facts...

1) I recently bought an issue of Cosmopolitan (the womens' magazine that really is all about sex) for the aforementioned college course. It was the first time I ever even glanced through Cosmo.

2) I like watching crime dramas (anything from Law & Order [in all of it's forms] to crime reenactments on CourtTV, The Learning Channel, or Discovery) and reading true crime novels. I would have pursued a career in the FBI, but knee and back injuries would most definitely prevent me from making it through the Academy.

3) I have almost 100 postcards "wallpapering" my bathroom. Surprisingly, none of them have gotten damaged by the steam from my showers.

kittie_naughty

10-14-2002, 09:14 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (flea @ Oct. 14 2002,13:07)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">after watching mallrats- i wondered if having 3 nipples was possible. how do guys respond to it?

1. my best friend is 6'2". oddly enough- when she goes to gay bars- men mistake her for a drag queen.[/b][/quote]
Re: 3 nipples- it's actually very common. it's called an accessory nipple and one in seven people has it. to be honest, guys are really disappointed by it when i show it off, as it is quite small- about the size of a nipple on a five-year old kid. i have it under my right breast, my brother has it on his shoulder (what a stupid place for a third nipple!) and my sister didn't inherit it at all, nor do our parents have it (skipped a generation). in any case i think it's cute and good for conversation when parties are boring.

Re: height and gay bars- as mentioned earlier, i'm six-foot-three, and this has happened to me at gay bars too. i take it as a complement. drag queenies are gorgeous. but it's so funny. the last time a little phillipino guy tried to pick me up. then he touched me skin, the look on his face said "whoa" and he says: "ah, sorry, you're really the real thing, huh?" lol

three more freaky body facts:
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1. i've had size 12 shoes since i was twelve years old. mum was in a fit of panic, cos she thought my feet would continue to grow, and we were already having a bloody time trying to find shoes for me. luckily, although my body continued growing until the age of 17, my feet stopped at the age of twelve. *whew*

2. hair grows under my right arm, but not under my left arm. don't ask me why. i have no idea.

3. i've got scoliosis and one leg longer than the other, and one hip joint larger than the other.

mejaka

10-14-2002, 09:42 AM

1. I also like snakes--prettiest one I ever met was a twelve-foot Rosy Boa. Gorgeous yellow-and-white with a blush of rose on his face...

2. When I was a kid, we had plum trees in front of our house. The plums were round, dusty purple, with purple flesh. Mom made jelly of them. John and I would have to go out every morning all summer and pick up plums--gallon ice-cream buckets full every freakin' day. I had never seen plums like those again...until last year when both my parents and my husband and I moved into houses that had plum trees in front! Same kind. Weird.

3. I'd walk to Boise for another jar of the jelly Mom made this year (she gave me two which disappeared fast), but I don't make jelly myself. Jam's much easier but the plums don't make good jam. So this year I made peach jam.

Melbernai

10-14-2002, 09:56 AM

I'll break these up into groups of 3...

1) Death_or_Adona -- I found some dirty mags too, when I was younger. Cept I found my brothers and they were in his "club house" which was this little room next to the basement under his bedroom that was kinda like a shed. He was 10 years older then me, so I was like 6 and he was like 16. I didn't cut out the naughty bits tough. I just looked at them secretively whenever I could. Guess my perversion started early.

2) Veow -- I absolutely HATE onions. I think they are evil and almost always should not be included in any kind of food. My parents put chopped up onions in their meatballs, and when I was little I would pick EVERY SINGLE onion out. I"m the master of picking onions out of food. Eventually they started making me my own, baby meatballs, onion free. I do happen to LOVE onion rings and the bloomin onion from outback, however. Don't ask me why.

3) When I went to the San Diego Zoo, I saw a two headed snake. It was the coolest looking thing, and totally legit. At first it looked like 2 snakes just wrapped around eachother, but then you realized it was really 2-headed.

Melbernai

10-14-2002, 10:08 AM

1) I've been wearing glasses since the 5th grade, and currently have broken the last 3 pairs of glasses I own, so I have to wear my 3 year old contacts every day and usually have a headache after about 45 minutes of wearing them. My health insurance doesn't cover glasses or contacts, so I'm kinda screwed in that area. Without vision correction, I am legally blind.

2) I dated a guy who had his penis pierced. He did it on a drunken bet that he lost, his friend actually pierced it for him and he said it wasn't as painful as getting both of his nipples pierced. To this day I still wonder if he was "the one." I've always had very strong feelings for him, even though our personalities are night and day.

3) I have a huge scar on my knee from when I fell down dead man's hill in the 5th grade. My friend Danielle Martinez' house was at the end of dead man's hill, and I tried to go down the hill really fast and then swoosh right up into he rdriveway, but totally wiped out. All the popular kids were hanging out a few houses down the road and saw the whole thing and made fun of me.

Melbernai

10-14-2002, 10:18 AM

1) In college the squirells were like mutants. They would hide in the garbage cans and lunge out at you making these weird noises when you walked by. It scared me quite a many times.

2) In the 4th grade I had to go to the bathroom really really bad, and the teacher would only allow one person to go at a time, and 2 people were waiting before me, so I finally got my turn, signed my name on the bathroom board, ran down the hallway, did a wild dance in the stall as I struggled to get my tights off, and ended up peeing in my tights. I took off my tights and undies, threw them away, and went back to class with nothing on underneath, and I don't think anyone noticed. Eeep.

3) I'm currently playing the "name 3 things" game with my current favorite boy to hang out with, Elgin, over AIM.

Bugitha

10-14-2002, 11:03 AM

1. mejaka--I'm jealous. When I took career assesment tests in high school they said I was only good for "service industry" jobs, which I interpreted as retail, and fast food. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif Want to squash a teenagers dreams? Give 'em a career assesment test.

2. Ezerd--I can't stand root beer either but once or twice a year I get the oddest craving for a root beer float.

3. Veow--I don't like big chunks o' onion either. I used to cook without them. Now I put them in some things but I pulverize them in the food processor first so you can't really see or "feel" them when you're eating. Don't really like mushrooms except somethimes on pizza but every time I make spaghetti sauce I put mushrooms in it, then pick them all out before actually eating it! My friends laugh at this and ask why I bother with them at all, but the sauce just doesn't tase right without that mushroom infusion.

littlest-bee

10-14-2002, 11:19 AM

Oooh! Mushrooms are evil! I hate how slimey they are - If I know some food has them in I won't touch it.

Ho-hum:

1. I have been in an exceptionally good mood for 8 days in a row - I don't just mean happy - I mean GIDDY! Its actually starting to annoy in the people I work with because I so bouncy and smiley all the time!

2. I think men in black polo neck tops (slightly figure hugging but not skin tight too) is about the sexiest thing in the world! Think Milk Tray man....swoon!

3. If I was a boy I would like to be called Arnie!

Z'anne

10-14-2002, 11:50 AM

Hey, you guys, what's wrong with onions? They are great, especially the Walla Walla Sweets! Well, I used to hate onions and mushrooms when I was younger, but tastes change and I'm glad.

1. I love snakes, too. Check out my avatar. Out here in the woods we have lots of garter and grass snakes. Just little ones, because it's so cool and wet here, (Oregon). I'm constantly saving them from the dog and cats.

2. The first concert I went to was the Fifth Dimension. Great music and beautiful costumes. OMG, that was 33 years ago! AAAACCCKKK!

3. My favorite television channel is SciFi. Love that kinda stuff.

lobster-girl

10-14-2002, 12:08 PM

it just took me almost 2 hours to get thru all these! eeps!

1. i somteimes get night terrors. they usually involve GIANT spiders on my face that then getsucked back up into the ceiling. sometimes they are all over my bed. this doesn't terrify me, it only confuses me and it takes a moment to realize its not real cuz i actually wake up and see them. ugh.

2. i have never been stoned or drunk. i have never tried any drugs and i have no piercings, but i wan involved in a threesome for six months http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

3. when i was 15 i fantasized about being adopted by Oingo Boingo...i would live in a cool house and go to school dresses all funky and be popular and i would drive a lime green karmen gia (sp?) and go to all their concerts for free. i would even be a back up singer or mascot or something...

(the last one might stem from abandondment issues being that my dad took off and kidnapped my sister when i was 3, or maybe, i'm just really odd!)

mejaka

10-14-2002, 12:28 PM

1. I am extremely tickled with how this topic has grown.
2. I thought of many of you last night while I watched a spider crawl across the ceiling.
3. I beginning to suspect I'm the most conservative, conventional person in this forum.

mejaka

jaydestarr

10-14-2002, 12:40 PM

It's good to know there are other snake lovers around. I just wish there were more here in Virginia.

Melbernai - I met a guy in Myrtle Beach who claimed to have 9 penis piercings. He was hitting on my mom, though, not me. I found it hilarious. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif Oh, and we also have weird squirrels here at my college. They hide in the trees whose branches cross the paths and will drop nuts and stuff on people. I've been known to yell at them for it. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

1) I only like mushrooms if they aren't cooked. When they're cooked, they're all limp and icky, but when they're not cooked, they're still kind of firm. I wish they made mushroom powder to add to pasta sauce and stuff.

2) I love garlic. I put garlic powder and/or garlic pepper on just about everything.

3) While I was waiting to get a prescription last night, it took me about 5 minutes to explain to some random woman how I made my hair purple in the front. The pharmacists were laughing at my hopeless situation. "So it's not purple, it's bleached?" "No, I bleached it a few months ago, then dyed it purple." "So you're really a blonde?" "No, I'm actually a brunette; I have almost black eyebrows, see?"

Z'anne

10-14-2002, 01:00 PM

Mejaka ~ No you are not the only conservative, conventional person here. I have a few quirks, but am mostly on the quiet side.

1. I am (gasp) a life long Republican and mostly conservative. A very strange thing for an artist, I know.

2. The squirrels are wild out here and love to tease the dickens out of the cats. I think they are much smarter than we think they are.

3. I have one Cosmixx's wonderful dolls sitting on my windowsill, so I can see her everyday when I'm at my computer.

I wonder how many pages this thing is going to go? Should we make it into a book?

Katiekat

10-14-2002, 01:33 PM

Hey all -- I actually have a lmao currently going( 100 Things -- A List (http://www.nervousness.org/lmao/index.cgi?id=4844)) that is essentially a circulating version of this thread. If anyone wants to sign up, please let me know... I can open it up to more people, I can start another volume, whatever...we can figure something out. I'd love to have you all add to it! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. I cannot stand to wash my hands and then not put lotion on. The dry, tight feeling of just-washed skin bugs me. Therefore, I have lotion stashed all over the place. My favorite brand? Curel...I've been hooked on it for about 3 years now.

2. I've kissed a couple of girls in my life, and there are actresses I think are extremely hot, but I don't think I would ever actively be bi-sexual or gay. I like men too much! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

3. The most terrifying situation I can imagine: being in a lake/river/body of water, and seeing a huge crocodile comin' at me. Just seeing crocs & alligators at zoos gives me the shivers.

mejaka

10-14-2002, 01:46 PM

I did that 100 things once on a drive to Utah. I'd heard that it usually gets really hard around 70. I didn't even slow down until about 95, and kept going to 118 before I had to quit for carsickness! <G>

1. I loathed the movie _Titanic_, which is in my top three for stupidest movies I've ever seen.
2. I can go from PJs to car in fifteen minutes, shower, makeup, hair and all--faster than my husband can get through the shower. (I don't comb my hair. I have a GREAT stylist. She charges $12. I once paid $85 for a haircut by the owner of Piero salon in Santa Monica, and didn't like it).
3. I own a red canoe. The first time I took it out on the lake (with my eldest and then middle sons, by turns), we pulled up against people's private docks and offered them a song. We sing well. People loved it. So did we.

GuineaBaby

10-14-2002, 01:52 PM

kittie_naughty- My grandpa has three nipples, too, though it's not as prominent as people might think it to be. He's got it right next to one of the ones in the "right" place, so they share an areola.

pixelady-I don't know why I dreamed about my teeth falling out. I have no bills to pay, nothing to worry me about, etc. It just happened two nights in a row. Quite odd. Maybe I saw something on tv or I saw someone with bad teeth...

flea-You were friends for 10 years and she offered you cocaine? Don't you think she would have known you well enough by then to know not to offer it to you? I love to watch Jerry Springer when I can catch it and nothing else is on. I normally can't find those programs, no matter how hard I try.

jadestar-I will remember you as I (hopefully) make it through training and become a member of the FBI. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif and whenever someone mentions Myrtle Beach, I think of Homer Hickam's mother, Elsie (I think that's her name), because that's where she wanted to move to.

death_or_aldona-I, too, found nasty magazines at a very young age. Dawn was with me and I believe Leslie was, too. Her biological father and just moved out of my granma's house where he was staying temporarily (Leslie was adopted by family...yay!). We were playing house in his "old" room because it used to be where all the toys were and it was moved back into it, and we found them in a drawer. It was the kind where the girls held themselves open. To say the least, we were shocked. My mom didn't find out about this until we were talking about...something, I can't remember...and this was about three weeks ago. So, not only did Uncle Jack corrupt his own daughter, he snagged two nieces in the process as well.

Bugitha-Those career assessment tests are stupid. Mine usually say I'll end up in front of a computer or doing an office job, such as a secretary. Yes, those are the kinds of jobs I'd enjoy doing now, but not in the future. I don't think any of the tests I've taken have ever had the outcome of FBI on it or anything like that. Those tests LIE! lol

mejaka-I was beginning to suspect I was the most conservative person here, too! We need to compare notes lol

My sister loves Titanic, but she loved it before the movie came out. Yes, the movie definately has a stupid plot. She loves watching the movie because it looks like the Titanic.

1. I have a light scar on my lip that's more of a discoloration, but it's from my mother accidently getting me with her fingernail while she was getting her coat of the hall closet when I was little. I have one on my chin, too, but I don't know where it's from. You know the indent under the lips where the chin "begins"? It's right there. and I've got one on my right thumb that I call my morse code one because I don't know where it came from, but there are two dashes. I've got one on the inner part of my right thight, too, because I was riding horses and climbed through the fence and a nail took a big chunk out of me.

2. I've given up on Japanese. *sigh* I'm just not learning it like I want to. All my teachers have totally sucked at helping me except the very first one I had and I have no idea where she moved to. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

3. I hate lotion. My hands have the dry feelings, but I won't use it. When I do use it, I only put it on my legs and even then I wear gloves. I have those food gloves, the kind people stuff with popcorn, and stick those on and then stick on the latex because I don't like the powdery stuff inside the latex.

Wow. That got kind of long, didn't it? lol

lobster-girl

10-14-2002, 02:14 PM

if we can keep going, does that mean we're egocentric? http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. 2 months agao i had a crazy sinus infection and i have sincel ost my sense of smell.

2. i lived with a guy for 2 years and we had 2 pythons. one of which did bite me. OUCH!

3. i have NO piercings. not even my ears. i almost got my nipples pierced but i realized thst if i got grossed out watching a friend put in earrings, it probably wouldn't be a good idea for me to pierce them puppies!

Death_Or_Aldona

10-14-2002, 02:34 PM

hey Katiekat, I would love to participate in your lmao! Uh...onions are the most foul little buggers.

1) I got in BIG trouble once for calling lots of 900 numbers. I didn't even get to hear anything interesting, yet they all showed up on the phone bill.

2) I've been kicked out of 5 parties for being either too rowdy or too "weird." When I'm around some people I'm a total nut.

3) I'm currenty obsessed with Bette Davis.

ezerd

10-14-2002, 03:45 PM

kittie_naughty - I wear guys 10 - 10 1/2 shoes. I gave up on women's shoes a long time ago. In high school my mom and I would go crazy trying to find nice shoes that fit for concerts and such.

for all with dirty mag stories - I found my younger brothers' dirty mags - I took the covers off and replaced the middles with wildlife magazines. Boy, were they mad! They couldn't show it though, or mom and dad would have caught them - they wouldn't admit something like that to me, so if they hinted I played innocent. It was just recently that I told one that I was the one who did it - I guess they had been pissed at each other for a long time - thinking the other had done it and kept the insides for themselves!

Bugitha - your mushrooms in the spaghetti sauce is great! - which leads me to:

1.) A long time ago I read that all mushrooms are slowly evolving to become toxic - now every time I eat one (which is decidedly not often), for a brief moment I wonder and worry if this will be the one that kills me - that no one caught it - this is the one, right? I'm going to die.

2.) When I was about 18 - 19, I had a friend and together, for about a year, we tortured ourselves...with raw tomatoes. We HATED them! One day he decided he was going to conquer the raw tomato, so I decided to try to conquer them too. We'd sit down to lunch or dinner nearly everyday and force ourselves to eat them. It was so bad. We struggled everyday - wincing, gagging - it was horrible. Finally, I gave up. I still hate them, but like the rootbeer from an earlier post, I have to try them once in a while. Ick!

3.) My husband was raised by his grandparents. I moved in before we were married to help take care of them and the house. His grandmother was the victim of numerous strokes and was pretty much full-on in her own world. Ever since the day I met her, she called me Kathy (my real name is Beth). No matter how many times anyone corrected her, she still called me Kathy. She even once yelled back, 'I know Kathy - and that's Kathy!' She thought that she and Kathy we friends and even had stories. Her husband had known her for most of her life and said that he'd never known her to have any friend, or even any mention of anyone named Kathy. She died about four years ago and to this day I wonder if the whole thing was a past life thing - a future life thing - or just the result of faulty wiring.

sundaysushiman

10-14-2002, 03:57 PM

This is oddly addictive.

.001. My screenname stems from my dismay of discovering that sushi is made at shop-rite every day but Sunday. On Sunday you can only buy sushi made Saturday. It's definitely not as tasty the second day.

.002. I went to France in July, and I have concluded that they have the best ice cream ever.

.003. I've had a beta fish for a few months now, and named him Neo yesterday. I have "THE MATRIX" cut out from an ad in a magazine taped to his fishbowl. I am the only person (so far) who thinks that this is funny.

Helquin

10-14-2002, 04:05 PM

Y'all are some big gals! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif I'm a tiny little thing who could live in a shoebox if I didn't need so much space for my computer & books.

1. I'm a compulsive book-buyer and lifelong bibliophile. I think one of the reasons I can't do the altered book LMAOs is because from an early age I was taught that it's wrong to desecrate even an awful book! Of course in my day I've cut up a few old books for vintage illustrations or marbled end-papers... but I felt bad about it. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

2. I like both cats & dogs as pets, but I'm definitely a "cat person." From tabbies to tigers, I think felines rock!

3. Based on something I read here in the Forums, I've been saving my dryer lint for a month now, hoping to use it one day to make paper. I still haven't learned how to make my own paper, and people who thought I was weird before are now certain that I'm weird. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

The cool thing is that because I have so many red clothes, I get at least one good clump of pinkish-reddish lint every week.

Helquin

10-14-2002, 04:20 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Guest @ Oct. 14 2002,14:57)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">.003. I've had a beta fish for a few months now, and named him Neo yesterday. I have "THE MATRIX" cut out from an ad in a magazine taped to his fishbowl. I am the only person (so far) who thinks that this is funny.[/b][/quote]
Envisioning alternative ending to The Matrix in which Neo is sundaysushiman's fish dreaming he's a human power-cell dreaming he's Keanu in dark glasses. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

1. I always thought Betty was cooler than Veronica (Archie comics reference here; no offense to any Veronicas in the house).

2. I don't wear any jewelry at all & would scrap the wristwatch if my internal clock operated better.

3. Although I tend to be skeptical about such things, I had a stranger at a party give me a frighteningly accurate palm-reading once.

mejaka

10-14-2002, 04:21 PM

1. I do not consider summer complete until I have had at least one meal (preferably many more!) of fresh, raw tomatoes sliced on wheat bread with mayo, salt, and pepper. This does not work with those red things they sell as "tomatoes" at grocery stores. The way to tell a real tomato from an imposter (assuming you don't grow them yourself, which is the best thing) is to learn what tomatoes are supposed to smell like. Go to a nursery and smell a tomato plant. A real tomato smells like that around the stem end. Those red things in the grocery, you'll notice, smell like--nothing. And taste like nothing with a dusting of yuck.
2. I had two goldfish--one orange and one pinkish-white--named Lox and Sushi. Few people got this. Both fish are now dead but I want to assert they died of natural causes and were disposed of in the usual way.
3. I have already had Christmas music on ("Andy Williams and the Williams Bros.," my husband's favorite childhood Christmas album). Brett teased me the day I played it--"Hey, you can't play that yet!"--because usually we wait a little longer and carve our pumpkins to it.

cieart

10-14-2002, 04:25 PM

1. I wear glasses...since Class 8 (13yrs old), don't know what that is else where but that's the year before high school, I'm on my 4th glasses now. Two of which I lost and one a sat on a number of times that it no longer sat on my face straight.

2. Once upon a time I use to collect bird feathers that fell to the ground...but after a while I wanted to throw up when I touched or even looked at them...so out they went.

3. I've got long hair just above my butt (and once I had it pass my bum but cut it all off) but I never let my hair out, it's always in a bun.

Dulcie

paperdream

10-14-2002, 04:32 PM

No fair. My dryer lint has sooo much hair in it it's unusable. It's not as if I'm even hairy... my hair just goes below my ears. Except at the very front where it's kind of chin level.

1. I don't have to go to work tomorrow! Yay!

2. I love putting PVA glue on my hand and watching it dry.

3. I work for a magazine distribution company, and last year I handled one of the accounts which produced a lot of porn mags. I absolutely dreaded having to ring the dirty old man to chase for credit for the "shaven p*****s" issue and so on. Ack ack ack. Now, porn can be quite fun... but not talking to dirty old men about it. Bleurgh.
~Erica

Wombat

10-14-2002, 04:59 PM

I had a good laugh over the 'mad' squirrel stories - especially the ones jumping out of rubbish bins! And I always thought they were cute, unassuming little animals.

Has anyone ever tried caramelised onions? They are the best!

GuineaBaby

10-14-2002, 05:08 PM

Helquin-I've been taught the same thing. I can't even so much as mark my name in them without feeling the least bit guilty. I just signed up for my first altered book today only because the person needed one more and it was already towards the end. Not only that but I abhor fraggle rock lol.

mejaka-I'm always playing "Daddy looked a lot like Santa" by Travis Tritt. That was only this last year, but I absolutely love it! Too bad I re discovered it after Christmas was already over lol.

1. So many people are talking sushi now I might as well throw this in. I have a guinea pig named Sushi because we used to work at a sushi bar and grill, so Dawn named her that. The other two are Maleficent after the evil witch in Sleeping Beauty because she bit when we got her and Genovia after the place in Princess Diaries because she looks like a princess (but peeps prolly already know that, too).

2. I hate long hair. Yeah, it looks okay on me, but it takes too long to dry/do stuff with that I love it short. Easier to deal with and not as heavy. ^_^

3. The eye doctor told me I won't need glasses until I'm 40 (just like my dad) but I got a pair because they're very fashionable. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif I also wear them when I get really tired to help save my vision.

Melbernai

10-14-2002, 05:10 PM

1) When we were little, my sister and I used to make big drips of Elmer's glue on the top of a cookie tin, and let them dry. When they'd dry, we'd peel them off, trim them down into the shape of a fingernail, wet them so the bottoms would be sticky again, and make believe they were "lee press on nails." We'd also smear elmer's glue all over our hands and peel it off in front of our mother, screaming "mom, my skin is falling off."

2) My last 3 pairs of glasses, have broke, as I mentioned before. Two were from me handling them roughly, but the ones before that broke because of a stupid boy I worked with. He was about 15, and was CONSTANTLY trying to hump me. One day we were working at the not-busy-at-all store, and I was out late the night before, so I layed down on the floor for a lil nap. Just as I fell esleep, I woke up to him jumping on top of me and humping me wildly. I rolled over to fling him off of me, and ended up landing on my glasses, snapping them in half, in the process. Another time he actually climbed onto the ledge of the roof to watch me pee through the bathroom window. He was a sick mofo.

3) I have an evil blue gourami fish which I refuse to name, but usually refer to him as the evil blue gourami fish. Within 24 hours of buying him, he at 9 baby neon tetras, a 5" long pleco, and my beautiful 2" diameter angel fish. After a month of leaving him in the tank all by his lonesome, I bought another gourami fish, thinking they could be pals, and he ate that one too, within 24 hours. I think my next fish purchase is gonna be a BIG HUGE HUNGRY OSCAR. Muhahhahahahhahahhahahhaahaaa!

~Meli

thunderstorm_19

10-14-2002, 06:34 PM

my turn.

origamichick - i sure wish i'd known you had a PhD in genetics a couple weeks ago!

1) i have read up to part way thru page 7 of this thread

2) i'm a second year university student majoring in Environmental Studies

3) all my life so far we've always had at least one cat at any given time - usually two; and i plan on continuing that trend

lela_star

10-14-2002, 06:44 PM

This thread is getting so long!

1. I wear two hearing aids.

2. I hate getting up early, yet I can't sleep past 7am (thanks to my 19 month old son). http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

3. I have one half sister and two half brothers to my my mum, and one half brother to my dad.

flea

10-14-2002, 07:33 PM

i hate raw tomoatoes- but love ketchup, etc.

i hate x-mas music. i work in retail which amplifies my hate.

2 headed snakes! f u c k yeah! you cant get any cooler then that.

i love survivor but i dont have tv so i just read about it online.

it makes me sadder to hear about animals being tortured then when people are tortured.

i love onions. i'll sautee a whole onion and eat it alone.

i had no idea extra nipps are so common. learn something new everyday. sounds like they look simular to skin tags. i wonder if they could be cut off with scissors or if they grow back?

guinea baby- my friend who should have known me better constantly pissed me off. i would have on and off times with her. the coke thing was just the last straw... because we had been drinking and she just kept pushing it- even though i said no. she has even smoked crack, sleeps with guys for drugs sometimes, dropped out of high school, married and divorced by the age of 20, 2 abortions by the age of 20, drives drunk, has a VD (so i hear) and thinks hitler is cool. it's hard to ditch a person when you know someone else who is friends with them.

naughty mags: i found my fathers. also- my mother has always been a nudist. thats why i love to draw the human figure. i got beat when i was about 7 for drawing nudes in school. to get a degree in drawing nudes is my "screw you guys" to whoever thought i was just being a s h i t.

1, last night i had a dream that my alarm woke up and i went into the room where we have our computer and there were globs of spagetti all over the ceiling. that my husband did it during the night. then i went into the bathroom and he was in his undies and had crawled up the wall like spider man and he had spagetti sauce all over him. i just looked at him weird.

2. i was reading glamour magazine today and they have this survey to guys about what they like from a woman. answer #6 was a pole of guys who were all at a bar. the interviewer asked them all individually what they would most like from a woman and all of the guys said they like it when (during sex) a woman would stick her finger up his butt. so ladies- next time your getting down.....

3. i like it when guys wear fish net hose, girls head bands, trench coats, corsets, dog collars, necklaces, and other oddities. i don't find plain cloths all that interesting.

DreamGirl

10-14-2002, 08:12 PM

What fun!! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1.) I am a complete neat freak and if you come in my house and touch something I will know!! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

2.) I avidly keep every card, letter, receipt, and relevent newspaper clipping in a hat box under my bed so when I'm 80 years old I can sit down and look at all them again. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

3.) I still dream about being a country music singer or a barrel racer in a rodeo.

lol Thats all for now. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Melbernai

10-14-2002, 08:53 PM

flea -- i hope that animal torture thing wasn't about me wanting an oscar fish to be mean to my gourami. i'd never really do it, but i'm way mad at the evil blue gourami fish for eating all of my other, most favorite fishies. but i'm ever nice to the animal-kind. even evil blue gourami fish.

1) right now i'm on my webcam, and all my pervy guy friends were asking me to show some skin, so i put my hoodie sweatshirt on and tied the hood tight around my head, and now i look like et phone home. *grin*

2) once, i went to a porn shop with my very good guy friend elgin, and we were um ... buying fun things, and after the one girl insisted on testing out our purchase with batteries, just to make sure it worked, since you can't return them, and pressed all these buttons to embarass me and make the thing do weird things in front of the entire store, she sent me to the other line to pay, where i realized the cashier was a guy i knew from online ... and he recognized me....and i recognized him, and it was so rediculously mortifying....and he wanted to talk and talk and takl to me and i just wanted to grab my stuff and get out of there. sheesh.

3) I've decided to grow my hair really long and sell it to locks of love. i have mega dark brown curley hair, so i think someone would really like a wig o' melbernai frizzles. but man, when my hair gets really long, i'm gonna have to use a LOT of gel to tame this wild mess. right now, i use about a bottle a week.

~meli

someofmyorange

10-14-2002, 09:05 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (flea @ Oct. 14 2002,18:33)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3. i like it when guys wear fish net hose, girls head bands, trench coats, corsets, dog collars, necklaces, and other oddities. i don't find plain cloths all that interesting.[/b][/quote]
Oh yes, I will definetly agree with you there. I love guys in items like those. Yum. And eyeliner!

1. I just stuck my face above my scanner and scanned it for a new LMAO.
2. I love riding my bike.
3. I have had glasses since 2nd, yes 2nd grade. And contacts since 9th grade. I like the contacts much better, but I hate how they get real dry at the end of the day (and that "re-wetting" fluid just makes them worse).

watusi!

10-14-2002, 09:10 PM

*i can hula hoop and juggle at the same time
*i have hammer toes
*i live with my boyfriend, his mom and one of his sisters in a tiny one bedroom apartment

evelynhoney

10-14-2002, 09:15 PM

watusi, what are hammer toes?

1. i live with my mom, 2 year old nephew, and seven year old nephew in a 2 1/2 bedroom house. I thought I had it bad having to share a room with the seven year old. The two year old sleeps in a sort of study that no one else would be comfortable in.

2. I lent a guy the pillow book and he said he found the guys attractive too! A revelation. DId I do that?

3. I just bought a plus size halloween costume at the super market. I had no idea they had costumes much less plus size. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif Its a princess one.

flea

10-14-2002, 09:20 PM

oh no- the animal torture was not about the fishies. i have a fish and i hardly consider it an animal (sorry if that offends you fish lovers). i've even killed a fish once. i feel real bad about it- but i ate it later. more i am talking about people who kill cats, dogs, and other furry friends for fun. i really get irked by people who have dogs and intentially try and make them mean by beating and starving them. a lot of times it seems that dogs who have been treated badly will eventually be put to sleep because even if they are rescued- they will never make a good pet. my parents-in-law have a recued dog and he just cant relax around people. he must have had a terrible life. i have mixed feelings on hunting. i could never kill an animal for food unless it was absolutley nessisary.

ok- i owe some factoids...

1. i'm going to new orleans for haloween. i was there in february for mardi gras.

2. i came home from mardi gras with a suitsace full of beads, it was one of the best times of my life. i am a weasel and i like my SHINEY OBJECTS! my husband gave me some shit because i would stop and pick them off the ground. i'm supprised we didn't get seperated because of my distraction for SHINEY OBJECTS! going to mardi gras in st. louis will never be the same. mardi gras is surreal to the core- from the living statues to drinking beer while walking down the street. i love it!

3. i love masks. i have started collecting them and this last week i'm making my first real attempt to make them. it's no wonder i love haloween and mardi gras. they are mask oriented holidays. it will be hard to try and sell the masks i make- since i love masks.

cieart

10-14-2002, 09:38 PM

evelynhoney: what attractive guys in the Pillow Book...I don't remember any...

1. I'm a tomorrows person...I always put things off till later...and later turns out to be days, months...here in the Pacific there is this term "Pacific Time" or here in Fiji "Fiji Time"...its common in the Pacific for things not to be on time, so if you say we leave at 5...more like 5.30 or later, or if a ceremony is suppose to start at 10...more like 11

2. I've been eating lollies all day...sugar rush coming on!?!...and a head ache

3. I love the wasawasa/ocean I belong to the wasawasa/ocean...but I hate stepping in it
I can live on vanua/land, climb mountains...but I don't belong to the vanua/land

Dulcie

Helquin

10-14-2002, 09:41 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (someofmyorange @ Oct. 14 2002,20:05)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3. i like it when guys wear fish net hose, girls head bands, trench coats, corsets, dog collars, necklaces, and other oddities. i don't find plain cloths all that interesting.[/b][/quote]
Oh yes, I will definetly agree with you there. I love guys in items like those. Yum. And eyeliner![/b][/quote]
1. Of the items listed, I've had occasion to wear fishnet stockings (red, white, & classic black), trench coats, corsets, necklaces, and eyeliner. These days... well, if I could get away with it I would be happy to wear nothing but boxers, sweats, & muscle shirts for the rest of my life. Although it would be nice to have a great vintage trench coat again!

2. For several years I've had a recurring dream about a huge, weird house with secret passageways & hidden rooms. It's always important that I make my way to the secret room on the top floor, where I sometimes meet an old woman who claims to be my great-grandmother.

3. I've read every post in this thread! I guess that makes me a random info junkie. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

arizabif

10-14-2002, 10:16 PM

I am really having a hard time thinkin gof a single thing to write about me. Hmmm.

1) I hate slimey food. Yack yack yack. I just can't deal with anything slimey. It feels like I'm eating snot. barf!

2) I love elephants.

3) I have never, ever met anyone famous. I always know people that have met some one famous. My closest brush with fame is sharing a Southwest Airlines flight with the woman that plays the aunt on 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch'. Unless you count seeing Miss America at the Birmingham, Alabama airport. (She's pretty ordinary looking, by the way. I was kind of disappointed. I was expecting a ravishing beauty).

veow

10-14-2002, 10:33 PM

1. In my current life, I have more interaction with animals than people. I have four cats and a dog, and my neighborhood is full of animals. I take my dog out to play with two dogs that live next door and the dog from the house behind mine. It's really terrible when you lose a friend, you lose their pets, too. My recent losses include one human friend (maybe more), 5 feline friends, a chinchilla friend, and a hermit crab friend. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif Makes my chest hurt. What do I like best about my animal friends? They're not fickle. Or capricious. I get a reliable response when I make an appearance, whether it's puppy Rabbit's enthusiastic butt-wiggling, or Silver the landperson's cat regarding me silently a moment then returning to his nap. I like knowing where I stand. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

2. I'm certain I revealed more than three things about me in #1.

3. I also have read every page of this thread. I like to check it in the morning with my coffee and first ciggy, then before bed (like now http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif).

GuineaBaby

10-14-2002, 10:46 PM

watsui-I have hammer toes, too, but minor. Genetic trait. ^_^

I've read every reply to this topic, too. ^_^

1. I hate bare-chested guys. I think a guy looks hottest in a tank top. Not to mention hair...Facial hair and body hair are a major turn off for me.

2. I'm getting totally sick of my hair. I wanted to cut it off in June, after grad, but decided I'd wait till it grew out so I could donate it to locks of love. I don't want to wait now! Grr! It majorly bugs. If I cut off the ten inches now, i would have my hair up to my ears and I don't like that (someone accidently cut my hair that short once and I hated it).

3. I once had a dream where I got raped by a ghost.

WitchDust

10-14-2002, 10:54 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (DreamGirl @ Oct. 14 2002,21:12)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">What fun!! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1.) I am a complete neat freak and if you come in my house and touch something I will know!! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

2.) I avidly keep every card, letter, receipt, and relevent newspaper clipping in a hat box under my bed so when I'm 80 years old I can sit down and look at all them again. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

3.) I still dream about being a country music singer or a barrel racer in a rodeo.

lol Thats all for now. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif[/b][/quote]
except for the neat freak part...like mother like daughter? http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif And don't forget you'll have all those family archives here at home someday when you're 80..LOL...should give you plenty of things to look at!

Hey! Whatever happened to us being the next Judds?

Oh, locks of love! I was just discussing with my hubby today I'm about ready to cut my hair now. It's now past my rear & I'm ready for it to go. Think I'll do it in the coming weeks & go frosted blonde a while.

1. I rolled my neighbors yard with my daughter 3 Halloweens ago because they let their dogs destroy $300 of flowers in my yard. They still don't know we did it but I got a wee bit of satisfaction watching them clean it up the next day...hehehe.

2. On my left pinkie I still wear a gold ring with a little diamond that was mine when I was a baby & then my daughters when she was born.

3. I refuse to have my picture taken....ever.

Saj

10-14-2002, 11:26 PM

I know I've already said this but I love this topic! I'm still not yet thorugh but bored so thought I'd add some more.

1. At the moment, I'm sitting in the sound studio at uni, trying to do work.

2. I backpacked around Europe for 5 months by myself when I was 18 (two years ago and am totally suffering travel loss atm)

3. I got my ears pierced when I was 16 in France and my eyebrow when I was 18 in Spain.

kittie_naughty

10-15-2002, 12:40 AM

1. I haven't smoked in nine days.

2. Political correctness is so boring.

3. I think Republicans are evil scum and should be banished to another planet. Preferably one without oxygen.

GuineaBaby

10-15-2002, 01:08 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (kittie_naughty @ Oct. 14 2002,23:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3. I think Republicans are evil scum and should be banished to another planet. Preferably one without oxygen.[/b][/quote]
http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif You don't love me? That's okay. I'm more conservative than anything. I'm only a republican than I democrat because I agree with my mom's views more than my dad's. ^_^ I dunno what I am yet. I'm not very political.

1. Getting mail is the high light of my day. I love getting mail and when I'm home, I sit by the door and wait for the mail lady to drop it off. The last three times I've received nothing. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif *sniff*

2. I once told my mother I was going to rip my uterus out and she still hasn't let me forget I said that (the picture isn't pretty, but I still would like it gone)

3. I still haven't figured out anything to do with my roll of green canvas yet.

kittie_naughty

10-15-2002, 01:24 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (GuineaBaby @ Oct. 15 2002,06:08)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3. I think Republicans are evil scum and should be banished to another planet. Preferably one without oxygen.[/b][/quote]
http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif You don't love me? That's okay. I'm more conservative than anything. I'm only a republican than I democrat because I agree with my mom's views more than my dad's. ^_^ I dunno what I am yet. I'm not very political.[/b][/quote]
*lol* I love everybody, I'm just a provocative bitch when I get up in the morning. To make things even, I think Democrats are a lame pack of guttersnipes, too http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

ok:

1. Since childhood, I've been horrible in the mornings. Whole family stayed clear of me before noon. Boyfriend does the same nowadays, too. Smart kid, the boyfriend.

2. Yeah, I'm political. File under: radical left-wing. I'm regularly published in this area, amongst other things.

3. I was the Junior Editor for the American "Encyclopedia of Computers and Computer History", two volumes, publ. last year. Check your local library. That's my baby and was 18 months of my life http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

kimr

10-15-2002, 07:06 AM

GuineaBaby,
Maybe you should make a floorcloth out of your green canvas. Flea, I am pretty mild and shy, I wonder how freaked out and suprised my husband would be if I stuck my finger in his butt. I might give him a heart attack. Okay, three more from me.

1. I am awful in the morning too. Wish work didn't start till noon but still ended at 5.

2. I work with a very cheerful person and it angers her that I am never going to be as "happy" as she is, she hates the mornings with me.

3. I adore coffee and caffeine but I think I am going to have to switch to decaf because the caffeine is starting to bug my stomach. (Ah, old age creeping up.....I remember when I could eat just about anything and nothing bothered me. Now I pay for hours if I eat a cucumber. And I'm not that old.)

Have a good one all,
KIM

veow

10-15-2002, 07:42 AM

1. I grimace and wince everytime I listen to Bush and Rumsfeld speaking. They're both stupid AND evil -- what a terrible combination.

2. I'm a fence-sitter on most political/ethical/moral issues. I can't trust that there's ever just one answer to anything.

3. I haven't spoken to my father in over two years.

veow

10-15-2002, 07:46 AM

1. I only have one tattoo.

2. I want at least two more tattoos.

3. I had my belly button and tongue pierced but got bored with both and took the jewelry out a few months ago.

sistasmell

10-15-2002, 08:00 AM

paperdream- stop putting the glue on your hands! I don't know what's in the glue you're using, but I know that rubber cement coming in contact with skin can lead to brain tumors. Do it with Elmer's if you must. They used to have a Plastics major at the art school I went to (sounds like an interesting major, no?), but had to shut it down because people were getting deathly ill from the fumes.
Another factoid- burning white-out makes mustard gas.

Guys do love that finger-in-the-butt thing. I have no idea where I got the notion to do it, but I always have, and to rave reviews.

1. I am grossed out by those nails (like hammer and nails) that are meant to be used outside, I think on roofs. They come covered in a white-ish powder. The thought of touching one gives me the creeps.
2. I am afraid to eat canned food. I have no problem cooking with and eating canned coconut milk and broths, though. And I pickle things and I'm not scared of eating them. Looking at a can of peas makes me shudder.
3. I wouldn't eat a raw mushroom if you paid me. They remind me of felt blackboard erasers.

eenie

10-15-2002, 08:17 AM

littlest-bee

10-15-2002, 09:03 AM

I can't believe how many pages this is going for - but I am compelled to keep adding stuff!

1. I get very shy around new people but if I've known someone a while (like over a year!) I am exceptionally friendly and bubbly.

2. My new shoes are hurting my feet - tut!

3. I really, really, really hate New Years Eve but I love Christmas and birthdays and halloween and valentines day and any other holiday you can think of

eenie

10-15-2002, 09:29 AM

i'm not a fan of new year's eve either. i'm just not one for getting smashed out of my mind.:-p

1. i love to be naked. i'm a wannabe nudist, i guess. i made breakfast naked this morning. (and now you're all thinking, oh gross. erin, don't EVER invite us over for dinner)

2. my left eye has a prescription of 20/400, but my right eye is almost 20/20

3. i hate baseball, but in the spring i will go to a high school baseball game at least once a week, because my boyfriend coaches. despite hating it, i do enjoy watching the kids.

veow

10-15-2002, 09:34 AM

1. Halloween is the only "holiday" I celebrate.

2. I've tried the finger-in-the-butt thing to mixed reviews (depends on the fella, I guess http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif).

3. I don't really think of myself as bisexual, just... open. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

veow

10-15-2002, 09:36 AM

1. I'm having Cherry Coke and a cheesy hot dog for breakfast.

2. I should be working on nervous stuff instead of obsessing with this thread. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

3. I forgot to take the trash out last night.

veow

10-15-2002, 09:38 AM

1. I've never flown in a helicopter, and I'd really like to, at least once.

2. I don't have a job right now.

3. I think secretly no one really likes me at all (except my fella).

eenie

10-15-2002, 09:51 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3. I don't really think of myself as bisexual, just... open. [/b][/quote]

1. i don't think of myself as bisexual, though i have kissed a girl friend. we were drinking and she kissed me first.. but it was more weird than anything. i've tried to forget about it, but i did learn that it's just not for me.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

2. i think i'm too prudish to ever try anything in the butt area (the inside, of course). i'm a big butt grabber though.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

3. i celebrate a lot of holidays, but until two years ago, i was always alone on valentine's day and thus hated the day.

Katiekat

10-15-2002, 10:45 AM

1. I'm not very open to the finger/butt idea, but i think maybe it's because my first long-term relationship boyfriend dumped me after 3 years when he realized he was gay. Now i sorta have a fear of guys i'm dating realizing they like things up their butts. (I know that doesn't make a lot of sense, and that liking things up your butt doesn't make you gay, but phobias don't usually make sense.)

2. I'm getting my own computer installed at work today! Woo-hoo -- no more sharing between 4 co-workers!!

3. My birthday's tomorrow, and I'm actually more excited about the fact that i took the day off of work than about it being my birthday. (i'm gonna be 23, btw)

Katiekat

10-15-2002, 10:50 AM

Yes, again.

1. I didn't realize how hungry i was until i read about veow's cherry coke & hot dog. mmmm, yummy.

2. Remember how i said i'm addicted to lip balms & things? I'm seriously considering spending $10 on 2 pots of lip balm (shipping incl.) from some website i ran across. Is that too much??

3. I am a very jealous person, and i think part of it is because i'm a little lacking in the self-esteem area. I'm always worried my boyfriend is going to find someone prettier than me (ok, truth be told...skinnier.)

sistasmell

10-15-2002, 11:10 AM

Katiekat- $5 for lip balm isn't too much. That's how much it costs at the Body Shop, and I've bought tons there. Shoot, my Benefit Benetint cheek stain stuff cost $26. Yikes! Happy birthday- you deserve a lip balm treat!
1. I've dated two guys who turned out to be gay. Neither was a serious relationship, though. I started to get the picture when they never put the moves on me. Neither asked to have anything put in his butt, at least by me!
2. That coke and hotdog sounded good to me, too.
3. I love New Year's Eve. Any excuse for champagne, and a huge brunch the next day.

Helquin

10-15-2002, 11:11 AM

http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif It's amazing how many similarities I notice as I read through these things. I'm another one who should be doing other things but I'm compelled to post here again.

1. For years I also had the wonky vision thing going on: 20/400 in my right eye but 20/20 in my left eye. Now that I'm pushing 40, the left eye is getting worse but it's still not as bad as the right eye.

2. My first boyfriend dumped me because he realized he's straight! The situation caused me some confusion & anxiety, but no fears of specific acts or body parts. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif Time heals all wounds & I got some degree of satisfaction from observing his disastrous relationship with my psycho female roommate!

3. I flew in a helicopter once at Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It was a great feeling & I loved the view -- but what a noisy ride!

mejaka

10-15-2002, 11:20 AM

1. I go through times when I think I'm a lousy friend, not very empathetic, not really liked by anyone, etc.--even though *I know it isn't true*. (Take note, eenie and veow! Insecurity is a skillful liar).
2. I have fairly strong political views, but I don't like political classifications. There are too many issues and concerns and too many sides to all of them. I don't fit neatly anywhere.
3. I try not to be conventional out of laziness or fear. I refuse to be unconventional for its own sake. I find that my truest self is a mix of both. The path of least resistance is conventionality, so I want to be sure that if I'm on it, it's by choice and not by default. I choose it a lot. The parts of me that are both authentic and unconventional require more nurturing, to keep from being swallowed up in conventionality. But I try not to reject the path of least resistance out of hand, because so many things I really do enjoy are squarely in the middle of it. (In college I found that embarrassing; today I am more embarrassed when I find myself rejecting things I love solely because they are common or typical).

Death_Or_Aldona

10-15-2002, 11:34 AM

1) I'm dreading going to the post office today. It's so warm and cozey in my house. I don't wanna deal with strangers today...especially THAT GUY at the post office. He hates me cause I always have lots of stuff to mail. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

2) I've read every post on this thread. You guys fascinate me!

3) I can't think of any male friends I've had who haven't let me put eyeliner on them.

evelynhoney

10-15-2002, 12:52 PM

cieart, EWAN MCGREGOR is in the pillow book. He is attractive, at LEAST in that movie. And a couple of the other guys aren't so bad. I have a thing for asian guys.

1. Ewan McGregor has a personality that I think if I met him I would want to rip his clothes off of him and ravage him. Of course I wouldn't that is very unconventional.

2. I am on the border between "conventional" and unconventional. I know I am supposed to act shocked when people say dirty things but I just don't. At the same time, I am amazed by the amount of glitter in makeup nowdays. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

3. I made my husband (now my ex) put makeup on so I could do a photo shoot with the them of "A Day in the Life of a College Student." I thought how boring they would all be, so I made mine more interesting. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif One of the best pictures I ever took was him putting on mascara.

gryhare

10-15-2002, 12:53 PM

1. I've finally managed to catch up reading this thread. Wow -- this one appears to be taking on a life of it's own!

2. My trip to the post office was nearly as horrid as DeathorAldona expected hers to be. The line was out the door, it's raining and cold, and there were four idiots who decided that because of the rain they didn't have to actually park in a parking space, but could instead just block the drive.

3. My dog is sleeping on my foot.

Kim

GuineaBaby

10-15-2002, 12:58 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3. I think secretly no one really likes me at all (except my fella).[/b][/quote]
Awww! I love ya! ^_^ I have this fear, too.

1. Every once in a while I'll wonder if there is some kind of handicapped something about me or if I'm really okay.

2. I've never flown in anything. My feet have always been firmly on the ground or in a car. In 5th grade my class went out on a boat. Talk about terrified. Even though they kept the shore in view, it was too far and all I could think about was drowning, not to mention the sea sickness lol

3. **edit**

GuineaBaby

10-15-2002, 01:04 PM

yup...me again. ^_^

1. I dreamed I ate a corndog, but when I bit it there was nothing in my mouth but the bite was gone. I WANT MY CORNDOG BACK! And I hated corn dogs until I was forced to eat one at a babysitting job earlier this year because there was nothing else in the house.

2. I hate kids. I hate them I hate them I hate them when I have to take care of them. People tell me I'm great with them and I don't see why. I don't know what to do when they cry, I don't know how to talk to them, I don't know their learning level...grrr! Makes me mad lol

3. I want Grosse Pointe to come back to TV! I loved that show and it only lasted one season. That was *my* show, too. I want to know what happened after the last episode. Dave the stand in, I love you! (well, kyle howard anyway http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif)

mejaka

10-15-2002, 01:18 PM

1. Other than childbirth (four times), I have never been a patient in a hospital.
2. Until child #4 I did it without drugs. The interthecal was a mistake, but we survived it.
3. All four of my children have had surgery: Two for accidental injuries, two for medical developments (a cyst and an infection). Two at 8 years old (the non-accident-relateds), one a week before his 5th birthday (after a shopping cart full of dog food ran over his thumb), and one at 6 months (I know firsthand the horrible experience behind those walker/stair statistics).

Melbernai

10-15-2002, 02:22 PM

1) I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE kids. Much the opposite of guineababy! I think that children are the most amazing, inspirational, smile-causing things on the face of the universe. There isn't much I can think of in the world that gives me more joy then working with children every day.

2) I hate labels. I don't like to consider myself much of one specific anything, aside from "Melbernai" which isn't quite like anything else, anyway. I don't like to put myself into a specific political group, religion, relationship status, sexuality, etc. It confuses the #### out of some people, but I like to think that I am free to change my mind according to each situation, and not be pre-determined to something just because I "belong" to it. If I were to give myself a list of labels, it would be a rather long list, becuase I think there is a lot of everything that makes up who I am.

3) We had a half day at school today, but surprisingly, I got out later then usual. Go figure.

PS -- kittie_naughty -- (i think that's who it was? sorry if i am saying the wrong person!) -- congrats on the 9 days without a stog. Are you still going strong?

~Meli

lobster-girl

10-15-2002, 02:29 PM

time for my daily fix:

1. i was recently dumped by a good friend. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

2. my favorite psycho snack is graham crackers iced with cool whip and m&m's sprinkled on top

3. i too HATE raw tomatoes! i like em in sauces and i love them roasted but last night i tried sauteeing them and...EEUW!

Bugitha

10-15-2002, 02:32 PM

mmm. . .corndogs.

I had a high school boyfriend who decided he was gay and broke my heart. His use of make-up and obsession with taking ballroom dance lessons should have tipped me off, but it didn't. Live and Learn. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Oh, and a happy birthday-eve to Katiekat!

Hmm. Three more things. . .

1. I've taken to calling the president "Dictator Bush." Is this too strong?

2. I've recently become obsessed with visiting Colonial Williamsburg. Has anyone been there? Is it cool, or just goofy?

3.A friend of mine recently broke off our 5-year friendship because we disagreed over the merits of the book *Gap Creek.* Guess she wasn't much a friend to begin with.

veow

10-15-2002, 02:46 PM

What is it with all these broken friendships? http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif It's really sad.

1. There were five pieces of nervous mail in my mailbox today. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

2. I've been neglecting my penpals, and I feel bad about it.

3. Though I should have, I sent out nothing in the mail today. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

veow

10-15-2002, 02:53 PM

1. The guy I was crazy about all through high school was gay. I was really pretty relieved to hear it after pursuing him all those years without any success. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

2. At least two people I've been sexually involved with are dead now.

3. When I was little, I wrote story after story about brave young girls, usually very recently orphaned, who were kind of wild and self-reliant and could talk to the animals. It gave my mother a bit of a complex that I killed the parents off, first thing, every time.

veow

10-15-2002, 02:58 PM

1. Sometimes, when I was still a kid, I did mean things to animals. I would catch bugs and put them in a bucket of water and stir them around to make bug soup;

2. I would put frogs on the record player on fast speed then set them on the ground and laugh as they fell over or hopped sideways; and

3. I went through a weird frog- and toad-throwing phase. I'd just stand in the big open field across from my house and throw them as hard as I could.

naughtymonkey

10-15-2002, 03:01 PM

1) unfortunately, i don't have the time or energy to read the 8 or so pages on here that have been added since last i checked

2) i hate the cold, i think it's like 50 degrees in my house right now... my fingers are about to fall off.

3) i'm going to start a thread like this on my Coffee Talk II board. it's too much fun.

Katiekat

10-15-2002, 03:37 PM

I, too, have a story of broken friendships (well, quite a few actually, but who's counting?)

1. I removed myself from a group of friends (including best guy friend of almost 7 years) when they got very heavy into raves & ecstacy. I did it a few times... i think 3 times spread over a year, but these guys were doing it like every other day, then drinking til drunk on the days they didn't roll. This wasn't the way I was looking to spend my life, so I quit hanging out with them. I miss those guys (at least, the people they were before the drugs) a fuckin lot.

2. I love it when men smell good. I love drakkar noir cologne (even though it's so 8th grade), and I used to ask a guy I knew if I could smell him whenever he wore it.

3. I am almost as addicted to shoes as I am to lip balm. The only reason I don't have 200 pairs is because I'm also a bit of a tight-wad, and can't fathom spending over $50 per pair. And I'm picky. Gotta be comfortable!

(thanks for the happy birthday wish, Bugitha!!)