Tell DU 5 Things...

[SOteric]

we don't already know about you. (Or maybe used to know but it's been a while and the population is different.)

-Or, - you want us to know about you.

-Or, - you've entirely made up about yourself that you wish people believed about you.

• English is not my first language.
  
• I live in Seattle, but I'm a California girl.
  
• My parents were both culinary professionals and I can cook like nobody's business.
  
• I'm not a Goth, (not that there's anything wrong with that) the pale skin and dark hair is natural for Northern Italians.
  
• I studied ballet for 14 years.

[Mikimouse]

1. Hmmmmm, could get interesting...

As you posted about yourself, English is not my first language either (Hungarian)
I live in Arkansas, but am from Mass. originally (grew up in Texas, having escaped the Northeast at age three):evilgrin:
My parents escaped from Hungary in 1945, just before the incoming Soviet army closed the country's borders
I look most like my grandfather rather than my father, and my disposition is most like my grandad too
I carry the bloodline of my mother's family, through a quirk in Hungarian tradition (involves the archaic divorce laws)

[Patiod]

72. My SO does a wicked Hungarian accent

He and a friend of mine both were taught by Piarist priests at their Catholic prep school, priests who were also escapees from Hungary.

Anytime he reminisces about high school, he slips into a Hungarian accent, and when the two of them get together, it's a riot.

[SeattleGirl]

2. 5 Things About Me:

1. I've gone rock climbing.
2. I was once in a commercial.
3. I was the only student in the state of Washington invited to present a psychology paper at a national conference when I was in college.
4. I used to participate in dance competitions.
5. I almost died 3 times before I was 3 months old.

[Kerrytravelers]

3. 5 things...

1. I was the first female drum major at my high school
2. In one week, I was stepped on by LL Cool J (in line at a movie theater) and Magic Johnson (at a footbal game)
3. I went to Camp El-O-Win every summer
4. Shelley Berman was my Comedic Writing professor in my Master's program and taught me the most of any writing prof ever
5. I give decorating advice to friends for free and am making a career switch as we speak

[PittPoliSci]

21. that's really cool about Shelley Berman!

:hi:

[Kerrytravelers]

48. It was. He is the nicest man... he even holds classes at his house

with a buffet spread that would knock you over! His wife is very sweet. He is hysterical... and for someone who writes psychological terror, he even made me a "funny writer!" It was the method that I learned most from him!

[XemaSab]

125. I went to El-O-Win one summer

My mom went there when she was a girl too!

[matcom]

4. My 5 things....

English is not my first language.

I live in Seattle, but I'm a California girl.

My parents were both culinary professionals and I can cook like nobody's business.

I'm not a Goth, (not that there's anything wrong with that) the pale skin and dark hair is natural for Northern Italians.

I studied ballet for 14 years.

are we compatible? :hide:

[SeattleGirl]

5. Ptttthhhhh!

:spank:

[SOteric]

6. Sadly, no.

We both like the same banana hammock wearing guy.

[matcom]

7. i MADE him!

i can TAKE HIM down you know :D

[SOteric]

9. I MADE OUT with him!

Take down/go down, let him decide. :7

[matcom]

11. so, you have a couple of bases to catch up to me

point?

:7

[SOteric]

14. Right there on the top of your head, buddy.

:7


And I look better than you do in a dress.

[matcom]

16. THAT is debatable!

and yes, i DO have pics :bounce:

[SOteric]

23. See, now, even if

it would give you an advantage and Martin a woody, I'm going to have to ask to see those picks.

[Mikimouse]

8. You live in Boston, of course English isn't your first language...

You don't even have the same alphabet that English uses (no Rs, for example):evilgrin:
(from a former Bostonian with a sense of humor)

[matcom]

10. heh. little do YOU know

my NATIVE tongue comes from just outside D.C. :P

[Mikimouse]

12. I remember now, from the thread about the Great Blizzard of '78...

You weren't in the area then if I remember correctly.

[matcom]

15. Gaithersburg, MD

born and raised

[Mikimouse]

18. Aieeeeee! A MAryland driver...run for your lives!

You guys are supposed to be even worse than Mass. drivers (and that says a lot!)

[Patiod]

73. I know you're kidding, but according to statistics

Boston drivers have the highest per-capita accident rate in the nation.

I did research for MASSPORT years ago, and we found that the two most frequent complaints from foreign visitors were 1. lack of luggage trolleys (well, there were trolleys, but you needed exact US change to use them) and 2. Scary Boston drivers (and this was from Italians and others not known for careful and courteous driving)

I'll drive in NY and DC, but when in Boston, its water taxi and the T for me....

[Mikimouse]

85. Mmmmmm, water taxi (drooling)....and the T is great...

Boston drivers are the absolute worst. They are rude, crude, and socially unjustifiable. But then, what do you want from people who drive in the breakdown lane, even when they aren't supposed to do so. I commuted from the South shore for 15 years. Creep and beep for 23 miles srtarting at 5:30AM.

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

128. Having driven cab in both regions (and survived!)...

... I am forced to concur! especially those in the D.C. exurbs...

[sarahinmexico]

123. What goes on in gaithersberg?

My ex-boyfriend's family was from Gaithersberg. I've heard it quite a bit. I was curious as we were in eastern washington state.

[Deja Q]

13. Okey doke

1. I've a congenital heart murmur and other anomalies due to being premature.
2. Speaking of premature conversation, I 'came out' 3 months early and nearly did not survive (2lbs, 1oz).
3. I am truly bisexual. I have my reasons why I've kept secret on it; but we only live once and the assault was 18 years ago. I've forgiven my past...
4. I know what love is. I am unable to obtain it because of my pervasive developmental disorder.
5. I'm not as depressive as people think.



Edited spelling, subject line title

[Parrcrow]

17. Five things

1. English is my first, and alas only, language.
2. I live in Kansas but I'm Canadian (does that make me a Cansan or a Cansanian?)
3. I wear a Mickey Mouse watch.
4. I'm left-handed.
5. I am extremely near-sighted.

[SOteric]

31. I think it makes you a Kansanadian.

And a sweetie. :hug:

[Parrcrow]

53. the first (or last) of my kind

but not an endagered species.

Thanks SO:loveya: :pals:

[cfield]

103. Yay! More Kansas DUers

They're hard to come by; I've been looking all over the place!

Manhattan, here. You??

[Parrcrow]

107. Independence

Home of William Inge and the Little House on the Prairie.

[hfojvt]

120. which explains why you have never been to one of our meet-ups

You are practically in Oklahoma.
I have made some forays into Southern Kansas, trying to see some of my new state, but have never made it past Emporia or Iola on my own (I have been to OKC several times with my parents many, many years ago, the last time in 1989).
Can you PM me about Independence? What is it like? How is the town doing? Is there a Wal-mart? Downtown businesses? Who are the major employers?
I understand if that is too many questions. How the heck did you end up there, of all places?

[PittPoliSci]

19. okay, here goes

1. I'm a good cook despite the fact that I have a propensity for starting fires.
2. I'm writing a paper on the Nazi Conscience right now
3. Recently had my heart broken, but also mended.
4. I shamelessly listen to power metal
5. I have a checking account balance of about 3 dollars, despite the fact that I work almost constantly and never spend money on anything but food or gas.

[tigereye]

147. Just don't cook at my house

Did you guys have a nice Valentine's Day?

I was too busy to really pay attention, but B gave me a carnation. It was really sweet.

[salin]

20. I'll try

*while conservative (not politically) by nature, I celebrated a birthday by skydiving.
*I am a reverse "brain drainer" (in Indiana there is a big concern about a "brain drain" = that folks get their college degrees here and then run away...) I got my first degree here, left lived east coast (DC), rust belt (MI), and got an advanced degree in California before returning to Indiana.
*I spent part of a year for a dem. political consulting firm in DC doing PAC fundraising for two dem congressional seats (we won both) and two dem senatorial races (we lost.)
*I once had to hail about 10 taxis at one time on Constitution Avenue (DC)
*Some people think I am a tad bit verbose ;-)

[SOteric]

27. Yeah, but...

verbose, - I mean, - it's not like that's a bad thing.

[salin]

33. hehe... did you know

when you were new to DU - a mutual posting friend referred me to your posts... said that your writing style reminded him of mine ;-)

[ChoralScholar]

22. Here we are:

- I'm working on a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree at Boston University
- I used to play Southern Gospel Music professionally
- I was always a liberal, even when I thought I wasn't one
- I come from a long line of Union truck drivers, and want to drive over the summers with my dad before he retires completely
- I am learning to play golf

[DS1]

24. hmmmm

• I have my second job interview in as many days tomorrow


• My camera survived a very cold night in the car


• Cats seem to like me. A lot. It makes my cat jealous


• I just finished one of SOteric's V-Day presents


• And I'll post it if she likes

[SOteric]

25. Yes, yes!

:bounce:

Post it please!

[DS1]

26. oooooo

the suspense :evilgrin:

[SOteric]

30. !

Pretty please with Buffalo Sauce on top!

:7

[Briarius]

28. Here's my list

1. I'm convinced that the MENSA puzzle-a-day calender is too easy, there's no way I can keep getting them if their MENSA puzzles
   
2. I'm a total geek (I had to use the ordered list tags, and it bothers me that DU isn't real html)
   
3. I have terrible self confidence
   
4. yet I somehow managed to score with a major DU hottie :evilgrin:
   
5. I have a German Technical Translators certificate, yet my spoken German is pretty bad (now anyway)

[Metta]

38. Took awhile.

1. I'm a really good guitar player, folk and blues, plus I know the history.

2. I'm a good cook. I prefer simple things but I can get involved in a complicated dish.

3. I love my wife more than I know.

4. I love my wife more than she knows.

5. This year will bring unknown changes and benefits for me and those I'm with.

[laheina]

58. Mensa people aren't that smart.

I'm just sayin'. :)

[Briarius]

63. Ok, if you say so...

it just seems like they should be!

[laheina]

65. This is my opinion of Mensa.

I'm not trying to bash them, or anyone else, so I hope nobody gets offended.

But if a person was a genius, what motivation would there be in joining a club where a member wears his or her IQ on a name tag? It just seems like another in-group vs. out-group social exercise. Wouldn't really intelligent people see that kind of thing for what it is?

You wrote: "I'm convinced that the MENSA puzzle-a-day calender is too easy, there's no way I can keep getting them if their MENSA puzzles."

You are probably just as brilliant, or more brilliant, than they are. ;) And I don't think that IQ is a good metric for measuring that anyway.

:hide:

[SOteric]

29. !

Pretty please with Buffalo Sauce on top?

[DS1]

34. okay okay!

:D

[LynneSin]

32. ME

1. first car I learned to drive on was a 1982 Stick Shift Plymouth Horizon.
   
2. First car I bought with my own cash was a brand new 1988 Pontiac Grand Am
   
3. I was given the choice of either that Plymouth Horizon or 5k towards a new car for graduation - obviously I took the cash
   
4. I love playing card games - my favorites are pinochle and canasta
   
5. I tend to draw massive writers block at the strangest times like trying to come up with #5 on these lists
   

[Roland99]

I'll play

1. IANAL and I don't play one on TV either
2. I'm a reformed, former Republican
3. I used to have my own consulting firm
4. I was the first person (somewhat unofficially) to receive a High Definition broadcast from a local TV station here in town and even filmed a commercial for KET (Kentucky's version of PBS) to promote their HDTV offerings
5. I've seen NSYNC in concert 5 times. Um...it was for my oldest daughter...yeah....that's it.

[JanMichael]

35. I have a beard.

That's about it.

[SOteric]

39. Hopefully, not posted by Stephanie.

:hi:

[LeftyMom]

36. -I'm an awesome cook

-I competed at a national level in speech and debate in high school (because I am a dork)
-I have green eyes
-I'm hoping to get my driver's liscence before I'm 25
-I got my first computer- a commedore 64- when I was three. I still have it.

[philosophie_en_rose]

37. Okay. {One of these is not true}.

I'm literate in four languages, though only speak two.

I hate George W. Bush with every bone in my anti-Confederate body.

I first kissed a boy in kindergarten.

I have no body piercings.

I've never had sex.

[Laelth]

67. I am certainly hoping ...

... that it's #5 that's not true. ;)

:dem:

-Laelth

[proud2BlibKansan]

40. 1. I was born 9 months and one day after my parents were married

2. The day I was born one of the most horrific crimes in Kansas City history went down.

http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/greenlease/greenleasenew.htm

Bobby Greenlease, a 6 year old boy from one of the city's wealthiest families, was kidnapped. He was murdered and his kidnappers were put to death within a few months. The FBI never recovered the ransom money.

I grew up hearing this horrific story. There was a newspaper article about this nearly every year on my birthday. Then, when I was 10, the high school where my dad taught dedicated a new school building which was 'A Greenlease Memorial'.

3. The priest who baptized me also gave the last rights to JFK when he was assassinated.

4. My sister is very rich. Stinking rich. She married into one of the wealthiest families in KC.

5. I met Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris when I was a kid. And Len Dawson too.

[UrbScotty]

163. #3 - WOW

Is this world small or what?

[tinfoilinfor2005]

41. OK, but it's boring.

1. I'm from the planet Norixzool. It's not far from here, but I don't go back often because I hate intergalactic space travel. It used to be great, but now the flight attendants are so bitchy and you can't get a decent meal anymore.

2.My two sisters and one brother and five kremlachs live in my body with me. It's a pain at shower time, but we have great sing-alongs.

3. I married a Booblezander and shamed the family, but he was pregnant, so what was a girl to do?

4. I had a boob job last year. The first two turned out but the third was crooked and had to be redone. (boy, was I embarrassed...)

5. I have ten fingers and ten toes. I know. Please don't stare if you see me on the street.

[LynzM]

49. LMAO

Thanks for that, dude, I'm crackin' up over here! :rofl:

[Shine]

42. Here are mine:

* I've lived in CA 30 yrs this coming April
* My 12 yr old son just got straight A's on his report card and I'm extremely proud.
* I am a very fast reader. I read voraciously.
* The most I have ever cycled in one day is 102.3 miles.
* I have a double-jointed elbow that sometimes freaks people out.

[northofdenali]

43. 5 things, hmm? Well,

*I've never spent the night in an igloo; never even seen a real one.
*I am one of the few people who were actually born in Florida; just about everyone there is from somewhere else.
*Both my grandfathers were IRA.
*I'm married to my high school sweetheart.
*Spouse and I have been motorcycle camping together since 1970.

Weird, huh.

[RoyGBiv]

44. This could be dangerous ...

1) I collect historical art (art inspired by history, not from history) and have an affection for striking contrasts. This has caused me to dedicate the walls of my living room to strange combinations of pieces, such as a painting of the 54th Mass assault on Ft. Wagner next to a painting of Pickett's Charge.

2) I have been intentionally celibate for five years after discovering the last woman I was with had also been having sex with an intravenous drug user. (Multiple tests were clean, btw.)

3) I leave my television on even when I'm not watching it because my cat likes to stare at it.

4) I drive a pickup, usually dress like a preppy, have a pony tail, and flaunt my Southern accent.

5) I now possess an item once belonging to a historical figure of some importance that no one currently alive and aware of what it is knows I have. (Huge back-story here. I was given the item by a descendant, but none of the other descendants know I have it and might be very angry if they did, which prevents me from going into more detail in public in the off-chance one of them runs across this.)

[astonamous]

45. Since I don't post much...

y'all don't know anything about me.

1. I spent 8 years in the Air Force.
2. I just painted my son's room and turned it into my office - he moved out 9 months ago.
3. I grew up in Utah.
4. I moved back to Utah...kicking and screaming. If you look hard, you will see the claw marks I made all the way from Maryland.
5. I really had a good time when the Winter Olympics were here in Salt Lake City.

Trudy

[ScreamingMeemie]

46. I knew number 3...so there!

:P


Okay

--I was Phi Beta Kappa all during college (bor-ing...)
--I drive a Chrysler Pacifica(even boring-er...)
--My grandfather was a bar tender/Merchant Marine...and my grandmother (paternal) was a paid flapper and they met in his bar.
--I love to write.
--My daughter was Speller number 107 in the 2002 National Spelling Bee...and yes, I am living my dreams through her...and you can't stop me. ;) :hi:

Hi SOteric! :loveya:

[av8rdave]

47. hmmmm...let's see

1. I took 2 1/2 years of Spanish in HS and college (for all that training, I know how to say "the book is on the table" and "one more beer, please")

2. I'm Swedish descent, but look Italian

3. I stared down Newt Gingrich once (I won!)

4. My son is the top honors Chemistry freshman on his campus

5. My wife is Norweigan descent, so we're not supposed to get along, but we do

[Justpat]

50. Oh, OK I'll try option 3.

1. I am, in truth, a goddess disguised as an old hag.

2. I live in joy and abundance wherever I am.

3. I don't cook. I am a goddess.

4. I am fluent in angel talk and dyslexia.

5. I believe humor is the quickest path to Goddess'heart.
She really likes to laugh. (Kindness is right up there
at the top of the list too.)

[Left Is Write]

51. Let's see if I can think of five...

1. I was born on a Monday.

2. My date for the junior prom left me there.

3. I make really good pie crust.

4. I write some pretty twisted, dark stories (among other things).

5. I dropped out of college.

[Lochloosa]

149. I would love to read some of your stories...

:evilgrin: I love "dark and twisted"

[LynzM]

52. Ok, here are my five:

- I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was 9, but I told my doctor I had it a month before he diagnosed me, and he blew it off

- I think a lot about moving back to Europe, but I'm not 100% sure I could leave my family and friends again

- I often wish that I had more of a sense of style when it comes to clothes, and dressing up, especially

- I used to go hide out in the woods when my parents would argue, or go ride my bike. Running away from situations was my only coping mechanism for a long time, and a bad one.

- I like the point in a camping trip where you're so dirty that you don't really care if you get dirtier, and where the tape to prevent the blisters on your hands from canoeing has kind of molded into your hands :rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

54. Five things ('Three things, Sir')

• I was adopted when I was three days old. I don't know who my biological father is, and neither does my biological mother. And I'm fine with that.

• I live in a mobile home.

• My dad was among the WWII medical corps sent to the death camps at the end of the war to treat the survivors. I didn't learn this until after he died.

• I don't have a degree, yet I've been a newspaper editor. (That says somethin' about the state of the media, huh?)

• The first wedding I ever photographed was that of a minor-league baseball player. He and his bride got married on the field prior to a game in 1987. He's done pretty well since then. http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060116&content_id=1296223&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl

[WritingIsMyReligion]

55. Okie-dokie....

1. I'm all of fourteen years old...BUT YOU ALL SHOULD KNOW THAT BY NOW! :D
2. I'm madly in love with the piano and--you'll NEVER guess it--writing.
3. I've lived in the same house my entire life.
4. I scored a 720 out of 800 on the Verbal portion of the old SATs as an eighth grader in January of 2005
5. I have wavy brown hair that was just cut and hi-lighted, and hazel eyes, and I'm a giant at 5' exactly. :D :D

[GalleryGod]

74. AND you're Da' Bomb, Kiddo

Here's lookin' at YOU,Sweetie!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

92. .....

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Magrittes Pipe]

56. .

-I am currently nude.
-I'm watching Dave Chapelle on that loathsome "Actor's Studio" show.
-I had a shitty fucking day.
-My wife is totally awesome, and she's taking care of me after my shitty fucking day.
-I think hearts are dumb.

[misternormal]

57. Let's see...

1. Adopted in Germany as a baby by Americans
2. Raised in CA live in AR
3. Not a Christian
4. Love sports cars
5. Hate Modern Rock music

[yellowdogmi]

59. Ok here goes

I was born and raised in Michigan and now live in Illinois.
I spent a year doing my dream job on WBXX in Battle Creek MI.
I have a fabulous fourteen year old daughter.
I am kind of lost right now.
That is nothing new.

[Initech]

60. OK, here goes:

- I work in the family business (my dad's engineering firm, but I do all the odd jobs around the place)

- I'm Italian (and a rather hardcore one at that)

- I have a massive CD library which covers 108 different bands and 26 genres of music

- My favorite TV show is Arrested Development

- I once participated in an anti Gulf War protest when I was 12 (so I guess you could say I'm a life-long Dem).

[robbedvoter]

61. I'll mix and match:

English is not my first language (hey, I need to blend in here)
I love picking mushrooms - it's how I met Mr Robbedvoter
I am an alien and I don't want to go back - living under rocks was the pits!
I was going insane before discovering DU - not sure how much of that process has been slowed down/reversed
I sometimes get very grouchy - oh, wait, things you don't know about me - underneath it all, I am really mean!

[Montagnard]

62. Believe me (or not)

I think Going Up Country by Canned Heat is the greatest song ever written

I think the last paragraph from the Great Gatsby is the greatest paragraph every written

I have stood in center of the bullring of Rondo, Spain

I can drink more tequila and still be able to outline Russian history than anyone alive or dead.

[av8rdave]

87. Love the last of Great Gatsby, however.....

Last page of "A River Runs Through It" is also some of the best writing in history.

[Montagnard]

89. Oh yes

that was good. I am haunted by waters.

[Wapsie B]

64. Ok here's some of mine:

1. I've lived in the Midwest all my life,being an Iowa native.

2. I've worked in healthcare for almost 25 years and am ready for a more creative line of work. I find myself sick of making $$$ for doctors and hospitals and would like to make my own way through life, along with making a few other changes in life. Part of this stems from being 49 and wanting a do-over in life.

3. I rarely feel lonely by myself. I can feel quite lonely in larger groups of people where I don't see any way of fitting in, kinda like going to the prom without a date.

4. I've never had a relationship where I loved a woman and she loved me. As a result I find myself extremely cynical about attraction and relationships. I've been a rescuer for too long.

5. I enjoy music of all kinds, classical, jazz, country & western, blues, rock & roll, some hip hop and heavy metal. I didn't learn that appreciation in Music School though. But I did find my love of the Arts there, playing clarinet, sometimes practicing 7-8 hours a day. That love of the Arts wants me to find something connecting what I know with what I love.

[swag]

66. !

In 1966, I won a free cheeseburger at McDonalds for saying on Madison, Wisconsin TV channel 3's Circus 3, featuring Howie Olsen and Cowboy Eddie, that my favorite time of the day was lunch time.

Last time I voted for a Republican was in the 1972 classroom vote for US President.

I was 21 before I finally quit believing in Jesus.

I'm not a very good ice skater, compared to some of these broads on television.

My favorite part of a Swanson TV dinner is the peas.

[tigereye]

148. OMG

you voted for Nixon! :rofl:

(well if it's true) ;)

[swag]

156. Yeah, I know.

I was 10. And it wasn't until I was 12, watching the Senate Watergate hearings (instead of playing baseball with the rest of the town's knuckledragging little bastards) that I started thinking that that Nixon had probably been a poor choice on my part.

[tigereye]

157. I seem to remember carrying around a Rockefeller sign

at some point... I suspect a neighbor gave it to me, since my parents were Democrats.

I watched the Watergate hearings from the hospital where I had to go to have my broken thumb surgically repaired. There wasn't anything else to do there - otherwise I might not have seen them!

Nixon, ironically, looks quite moderate from this distance.... compared to the current crop.

[swag]

158. Yeah, no kidding.

He would probably even be called a flaming liberal by today's right-wing nutjobs.

I love the thought of you toting around a Rockefeller sign. Were you six or seven or something? Great story.

[tigereye]

159. yeah that would be about right

I think there's a pic somewhere in the parental files.... I need a pic of my kid carrying a political sign of some sort!

what's up? Kid and I are sitting around while he looks up cheat codes for his various games. The kid is obsessed with cheat codes...

[swag]

160. Me, I'm just going to go catch the bus home.

I hope to finish reading When Genius Failed tonight, about the fall of Long Term Capital Management. It's a ripping yarn of hubris, it is.

I'll PM you soon.


Enjoy them cheat-codes.

[NMMNG]

68. 5 things you don't already know about me

1. Although I was born and raised in New England, I do not have a "New England Accent" (or any accent for that matter).
2. I have two sisters (from my mother) and three brothers (from my father), all of whom are younger than me.
3. When I was in high school my career aspiration was to be a lawyer, but I changed my mind in my early college years.
4. When I was a child I dreamed of being a famous novelist and even wrote a few stories.
5. I once spent a week in Las Vegas, had an amazing time, put only $1 into the slot machines, and got 55 cents of that back.

[Call Me Wesley]

69. Boring, but here:

1. I'm a Swiss/Italian mutt with blonde hair and gray-blue eyes. There are other ethnic groups involved in the Italian part, though.
2. I was 14 years old when my first poems were published in a German anthology.
3. I was a member of the Swiss Social-Democratic Party's (SP) education board.
4. I knew all old communists in Zurich and their life stories.
5. And since my Italian heritage includes also nobility, my political nickname was 'Red Baron.' ;)

[Midlodemocrat]

70. Here's mine.

1. I am on my fifth completely different career.
2. I only recently started to tell my friends that I have a doctorate.
3. My eyes are so green, they look like I am wearing contacts.
4. I am fluent in French.
5. I aspire to be a great cook.

[kick-ass-bob]

71. All right......

1. I never finished Grad school
2. I have been in this job about 4 years too long
3. I ride the bus to work every day.
4. I spun out on the Raleigh beltline with my daughter in the back seat
5. That was scary as shit (we both walked away unharmed)

:D

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

75. ::drools:: mmmm... pale skinned northern Italian women.... ::drools::

-- I almost went to school for engineering because I had a full-ride to some great schools, but decided to go into politics instead.

-- I hold a lot of responsible for starting this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/jul...

-- I am a closet geek that plays Magic the Gathering and D&D.

-- I made my varsity football team in 8th grade, and we won the state championship that year.

-- I definitely love pale skinned women. :-) (That one was just for you.)

[SOteric]

86. Your charmingly orchestrated flirtation is duly noted

and appreciated. :loveya: :7 :loveya:

[Heidi]

76. My 5:

- I was taught American Sign Language before I was taught to read or write.
- I'm adopted.
- I can walk to Italy from my home.
- I have a slight southern accent.
- I can't draw.

[GalleryGod]

80. AND you would throw it all away for a house..right HERE!

[Heidi]

81. You're an evil, evil man.

:cry:

[Patiod]

77. Wow, I'm boring compared to you guys

- I've always lived in the same state (either confusion or Pennsylvania)

- I've never had cable TV - we just pull broadcast out of the air for free (God I dread all the nonsense coming down the pike with converter boxes and whatnot)

- For 13 years, I was props mistress for the longest continuously running Gilbert & Sullivan repertory company in the world. I made props for all 13 G&S operettas, and then watched the warehouse containing them burn to the ground. I am the QUEEN of props, and can cheaply make or find large quantities of anything quickly and cheaply, a skill with remarkably little value in the "real world".

- I'm almost 6' and klutzy, but am a damned good ice skater

- Before having an ear problem, I used to wreck dive off the Jersey coast with my scuba club. A doctor who also dove examined the ear and offered to, and I quote: "ream out my ear". No way in hell is anyone reaming out ANYTHING on me for the sake of a hobby.

[GalleryGod]

79. Wow! Can you make "Props-On-Demand"..special order..

[swag]

112. From now on, I'll think of you as Little Buttercup.

[Patiod]

133. Very funny, swag....

Not exactly a compliment if you know the show....
:hi:

[swag]

141. No insult intended.

I was a sailor in a Jr. High production. "Ahoy, Ahoy, the balls whistle free," and all that.

For the record, Buttercup in our production was one of the sweetest people you would want to know.

[GalleryGod]

78. And...A-WAY We Go.............

1. I spend a great deal of off time sitting-in (studio)with my buddy,
while he does his SportsTalk Show in Philly.

2. I escorted Catherine Oxenberg to the Premiere of "Hoffa".

3. I lived for 3 years in Coconut Grove district of Miami, during the
the height of the "Miami Vice Mania".

4. I saw a UFO land in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1967.

5. I'm 110% BI-COASTAL (homage to Peter Allen) I adore NYC and L.A. !

[Patiod]

83. Not that I would know, but who is your Sports Talk buddy?

I'm more of an NPR girl myself, and only listen to WIP after Phillies games.

Thanks for the pics - my 4 Top Favorites!

Believe me, if I could make a Chase Utley gollum myself, I certainly would. Sadly, my creativity was limited to things like fairy wands, trunks full of magician's props, medieval weaponry made from luan, banners, flower garlands, musical instruments (luan and/or PVC pipe), flower crowns that lit up and jesters sticks, rather than attractive second basemen.

[GalleryGod]

84. The Cuz.

Antonio Gargano of South Philly, and Washinton Township NJ

[MissMillie]

82. Sure, here it goes

1. I still have 2 baby teeth in my mouth.

2. Neither one of my parents graduated from high school. They were married when my dad was 19, my mom was 16, and they were 4 months pregnant. They have been married 56 years this year, and they still hold hands.

3. I go to the gym 5 days a week.

4. I'm an identical twin. My twin sister and I have the same first name--different middle names. This has caused all kinds of problems from credit rating to voter registration.

5. My favorite color is yellow.

[dolo amber]

88. I, too, had 14 years of ballet

And I have the knee injuries to prove it. x(

I have a leftover-from-toddlerhood trait wherein I think if I'm not around, people can't think or talk about me. Sort of a vestigal "if I cover my eyes, I'm invisible" thing. It always freaks me out when friends say "Oh yeah, me and so-and-so were talking about you the other day..." cause I'm like "How is this POSSIBLE! I wasn't even there! :o"

I own a CCCP (Soviet) training jacket, and I wear it constantly. It's one of my favorite things in the world. Not because I'm partial to Communism or anything, it just looks cool. B-)

My oldest daughter got her name from the show Soap, which I watched every night at 3 in the morning while I was pregnant because I couldn't sleep.

I prefer cold coffee. Not like iced (although that's swell) but like been sitting around for an hour. :D

[SOteric]

90. You were

pregnant because you couldn't sleep?!???

OMG, you are not going to believe the story they told me about how people get pregnant.

[Call Me Wesley]

96. LMAO!

:hi:

[dolo amber]

105. Now see, to me that sentence makes perfect sense

Perhaps I should have added in my list "Occasionally indulges in poor sentence structure." :D

[AllegroRondo]

91. Some odd, some not

- I've visited 7 Olympic stadiums, but never while the Olympics was being held.
- I've camped on a glacier, in August.
- I've never had a broken bone.
- I got a license to drive a motorcylce before I could drive a car.
- I had my picture appear in Playboy magazine.

[billyskank]

93. Everyone knows EVERYTHING about me already

so there's nothing to tell! :P

[SOteric]

95. So, - make something up!

Tell us about how you represented the UK in the Olympic Sofa Surfing competition and were robbed of the Gold in a freak kitty-claw related incident.

[Tikki]

94. 5 and....

We are raising our grandchild....age 3
We own two Studebakers
We have lived in the same home 30 years
We have seen the Sonics, Paul Revere and the Raiders, the Kingsmen.... at different times..... and they all sang "Louie, Louie".
Our given names are androgynous and people will ,often, call me by my husband's first name and ,sometimes, call him by mine.


The Tikkis

[no name no slogan]

100. LOVE the Raiders version of "Louie Louie"

IIRC it's on one of the double-disk "greatest hits" of theirs that came out a few years back, too. Paul Revere and the Raiders are one of those great unsung heroes of American Rock and Roll. Most people don't realize how utterly cool they really were. :hi:

[Tikki]

102. We were in.....

Washington State....we grew up in a small community kinda in-between Portland, Boise and Seattle....
Paul Revere and the Raiders were like our local band.

I remember them coming into town to play the civic center building...pulling a little trailer with their
equipment....... behind a golden Valiant.


Tikki

[cfield]

97. Let's see,

Hmmm,





Okay, here goes


I rented Saw II to watch tonight even though it's gross and I told my husband there's no way we're spending Valentine's Day watching such a horrid movie.

I can't wear cool earrings; they have to be nickel free and the ones I like most are usually sterling silver which makes my ears itch like a mofo.

My husband can tell whether I've spent the day in the Lounge or in GD by my mood when I get home, and he doesn't let me watch G Dub speeches because I get too angry and he can't calm me down.

Food is my biggest weakness when I'm trying to diet. Duh :eyes:

If I have a daughter, I want to name her Kaiden Gabrielle.

[Liberalynn]

98. I had

a poem read on E-Entertainment TV's show about Soaps read by Ken Taylor, years back. The show is no longer on but I thought that was kind of cool. I also had up to about 15 letters to the editor published in various soap and entertaiment magazines over the years.

It took me years and years but I finally got a 4.0 in my last semester of college. I had gone back to add a paralegal certificate to my History degree and achieved my life time academic goal, finally. For once I wanted to achieve something that no one could find fault with.

I'm an addicted to Nora Robert's books.

My first job other than baby sitting was collecting admission fees to enter a beach by the lake.

I'm a day dreamer.

[hippiechick]

99. not particularly notable, but ...

1. FishNFla & I knew each other from high school but lost track, and got reacquainted with each other after 20 years, on the 'My Name Is' DU thread after the 2004 election. :)

2. Despite my screen name, I've never smoked pot.

3. I can't ride a bike or swim.

4. I have dreams in German.

5. I really and truly DID want to be a speedskater when I was little because all my brothers played hockey but women weren't allowed yet, and I was too tall/solid to be a figure skater.


:hippie:

[Patiod]

134. Where did you grow up that you can't ride a bike or swim?

My S.O. is a city boy, raised in a rowhouse -- his bikes kept getting stolen and there wasn't a pool in his neighborhood, so he can't ride or swim, either. But you're one up on him, because he can't ice skate, either.

[hippiechick]

136. I ... uhh ...

... I was just too chicken. :blush:

[Patiod]

139. It's never too late!

S.O. got on a horse for the first time ever this summer - the first time he'd been near one (other than city police horses or carriage ride horses) in 43 years! He ended up being WAY braver and more adept at it than me, who had lessons as a kid!

He said he's going to take a stab at the swimming thing this year. You can go through life okay without riding a bike or horse, but not swimming prevents you from doing some amazingly fun things, like kayaking or white-water rafting.

[hippiechick]

143. I tried to bike last summer ...

... my legs were covered in bruises and 'road rash' and I severely injured my knee from smashing down on it 4 times.

I was in a bad car accident several years back, broke my left leg in 3 places and apparently my balance never came completely back. I can't stand on one foot without falling over. Comically, though ... whenever I do tip over, its to the LEFT...(gives new meaning to the term 'left leaning). :)

Regarding swimming ... I am uber phobic about putting my head under water. Always have been.

:hi:

[slide to the left]

101. My high five

1. I married my TA from college
2. The only useful things I learned in college, I learned in my sorority
3. I am reformed Christian zealot and reformed republican
4. I can read and write Arabic, even thogh I am though I am very white
5. I am studying to be a Social Studies teacher so that I can teach government in my very right area, I feel it my civic duty to educate the masses on the Constitution

[Patiod]

135. What sorority?

I was an ASA (one of the smallest nationals). So much fun it shouldn't be legal.

The only TA I got to know was the Canadian who taught an advanced Psych class and who offered, on our first "date" (we went out to get a slice of pizza after the last class of the semester) to pour ameretto on me and lick it off, which I politely declined. My friend said I should have told him I was allergic to almonds - I'll always regret not coming up with that line myself.

[slide to the left]

140. thats awesome, nt

[no name no slogan]

104. Five time for me

Here's mine, in no particular order:

• Although I've lived in the US nearly all my life, I lived and worked in the UK for awhile after I got out of college
  


• When I lived in the UK, I was once almost arrested for public indecency.
  


• I survived being in a tornado when I was about 2 years old. I got a fractured skull and a major concussion when a tree fell on me. This is also my earliest memory.
  


• I have a "natural" ear for music. I have perfect pitch, and play several musical instruments (all self-taught)-- although I can't sight-read to save my life on most of them.
  


• According to my parents, I was supposed to be a girl. They had planned on a girl (this is the days before amneocentisis) and were suprised when I came out.

[skygazer]

106. Five things, huh?

Okay....

1. I'm a high school dropout (though I later took my GED and attended college)
2. I'm afraid of the water. :blush:
3. I'm allergic to eggs.
4. My name's not really skygazer.
5. I'm directly descended (through about 8 brazillion generations) from King John of England (you know, the one everyone hated).

[randr]

108. 5 separate things over a span of time

I grew up in a city half the year and at the beach the other half.
I am just as comfortable in NYC, SF, or NO as I am at home in the mountains.
I loved playing baseball.
My favorite sports are skiing in the winter and rafting in the summer. I always imagine on the same water.
I have a herd of llamas.

[imperial jedi]

109. 5 things

1. I am 51 years old

2. I am goth (minimalist goth)

3. I write Star Wars fan fiction ( from the imperial point of view)

4. I live in the armpit of America (Reno nv)

5. I have 2 cats.

[laheina]

111. Why is Reno the armpit of America?

I live in Sacramento, and that's not far away. :P

Welcome to DU imperial jedi! :hi:

That was interesting.

[imperial jedi]

113. I take it you've never been to Reno.

There is only 3 reasons to be in Reno.

1. The Truckee River ( I live right on the river)

2. Street Vibrations ( I love it when the bikers roll into town )

3. My favorite illusionist lives in the area

other than that this place is boring, too cold, depressing, ugly etc.

[laheina]

114. Silly.

I've been to Reno. It's not that bad, but look where I'm comparing it to. :P

[imperial jedi]

126. Maybe so.

but at least you don't live here. every thing except the casinos, bars and clubs close by 9:00. If you can't afford a lot of gambling or aren't into the abysmal club scene there is little to do. I wish we'd move to Vegas at least it doesn't close and there are more things to do.

[Ron Mexico]

152. The armpit of America is

Paterson, NJ. I would never let anyone I care about set foot in that place.

[laheina]

110. 5 things

I have always thought that jewelry and flowers were silly presents. But I will take chocolates--Leonidas, preferably.

I just turned 30, but I look a lot younger.

I wanted to be an astrophysicist (cosmologist), but at present I print and sell t-shirts for a living.:shrug:

When I was up for homecoming queen in high school, my mom had had to go on welfare. I didn't have money to buy a dress or the fabric for her to make me one, so I rode in the car in my cheer uniform. One of my friends from another school, had come to the game. She went home and got me her prom dress to wear for the dance and pictures. I'm 5' 10", so I'm lucky it fit. :)

I cry whenever I hear the "Star Spangled Banner."


Are those personal, yet interesting, enough?

[graywarrior]

115. I'm a psychopathic liar about things no one cares about

That's all you need to know.

[book lady]

116. For what it's worth.....

I have never been west of the Mississippi River.
I have been married to my "first date" for 35 years.
I walked through Miller's Cornfield at Antietam/Sharpsburg with tears in my eyes.
I don't post much but since joining DU last September, I have visited DU almost
every day and immensely enjoy the wit, passion and strength of the people on DU.
I was married before I ate my first McDonald's.

[Patiod]

137. We thought the Bloody Lane at Antietam was haunting

As was the the bridge



.

[book lady]

144. Yes, they both were...

Standing at the Stone Wall at Fredericksburg was pretty emotional for me as well.

[Patiod]

145. All I could think of was those poor Union soldiers

dying under the Northern Lights (which NEVER appear that far south, but appeared in the sky after the first battle of Fredericksburg).

[NoSheep]

117. Five-five -five -five-how many is five?

I cried when someone asked me to eat crawfish
I dislike the color I painted my bedroom and it took a month to choose it
I really don't want to know my neighbors
I want to go to Cuba
I forgot how to cook last week and it scared me

[BreweryYardRat]

118. All right...

I can't manage a complete sentence in any language besides English, but I can swear in Spanish, German, Russian and Japanese.

I can bend both of my pinkies and my left thumb back until they touch my wrist, and my right thumb is double-jointed.

I have a very short temper.

I read like it's going out of style.

I can't post #5 because a: it'll get my post deleted, and b: it would make other guys sad/jealous.

[laheina]

127. :D nt

[Lorien]

119. OK

* I was raised by extremely liberal atheist hippies.One is now a Baptist.

* I went to a private school run by other liberal atheist hippies in the early '70's. Classes were sometimes held in a barn, a cave, or a forest, and yes, we actually sang Kumbiya (sp?).

* I was once in a Donny Osmond video.

* have a number of film credits. One of the films got an Oscar nomination for best picture.

* I have a nasty case of adult ADD. I'm trying to fix it.


My life hasn't been very eventful. If I were my stepsister Shelia (we're the same age) I could say this:


* I've studied Blue Whale in the Pacific as a marine biologist

* I've worked at a bicycle factory in India

* I went to film school in New Zealand. I also was an exchange student in Sweden.

* I was named "the lobster queen" of Broome, Australia, where I had a crocodile farm. My ex-husband was a bush pilot.

*I currently live in a home owned by Jane Goodall in Africa, who shares it with me sometimes. I teach children in a village that doesn't have electricity.

[Patiod]

138. And you have some of the coolest-looking cats on DU

That's way more impressive than hanging with Jane...

[sarahinmexico]

121. It's all new as I'm new to DU

1. I never anticipated speaking Spanish.
2. I am a collegiate athlete.
3. I can't imagine defining myself as something. I am always amazed by those that can.
4. I enjoy good beer.
5. I enjoy delicious coffee.

[SmileyBoy]

122. You might or might not believe these:

1) I'm a Turkish Citizen
2) I'm a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Shorei-Ryu Karate
3) I have listened to every single song ever recorded by Nirvana
4) I have a juvenile criminal record (Some shit happened in the past that I'd like to leave behind)
5) Remember the Comedy Central show "Let's Bowl" from 2001-2002?? About 25 episodes were aired. Anyway, a good friend of mine was the star of that show.

[XemaSab]

124. Heeeeeere's Xema!

I considered a career in opera before settling on whatever it is I'm doing with my life now.

I have a pet snake (I had two, but one of them escaped! :scared:)

I've lived many places in California. (Oakland, Mill Valley, Sacramento, LA, Arcata, Redding, and Oakhurst.)

I was there at the Dean Scream (YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEARGH!)

I've seen all the regular North American woodpeckers except Ivory Billed. (22 species)

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

129. Okay, you asked for it:

I was a lobbyist in D.C. at age 14 :shrug:

I lost two Major League baseball home teams before I was 12 :cry: and was thrown out of the Catholic Church (for heresy!) at age 14. :party:

My intro to Washington State politics was being punched out in Seattle on Election Day (about three weeks after arriving from K.C.) by a member of the S.W.P., when I asked him if he didn't think they should wait for Carter to be elected before trying to have him impeached! (I've lived here ever since.) :evilgrin:

I'm 5'3" on a good day, and totally enamored of tall (5'10"+) women! If they're redheads (or Queen Latifah), even better! :woohoo:

I'm hopelessly in love with a space alien; :loveya:

Anything else? Oh yeah... I'd love to get together with some of the other Ecotopians in DU...

[Oeditpus Rex]

130. The Senators and the A's?

Just guessin'.

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

161. Dodgers and Senators...

... I was also in D.C. when the second Senators left for exas, but I was post-ado then, so not the same pain factor :evilfrown:

[laylah]

131. Five of many:

*I met my first husband when he picked me up hitchiking in a snow storm in Blackhawk, CO in 11/79. We separated in 07/02 :cry:
*I graduated college, with honors, 6 weeks before my 50th b'day :party:
*I lived on a commune in Missouri 1974 - 1975 :hippie:
*I hitchhiked every state west of the Mississippi, with the exception of Montana
*I am an avid (rabid?) children's advocate

Jenn

[LaurenG]

132. OK

I was made in Germany but born in California. (Army father)

I work for a fairly large specialty physician - medical practice.

I left home at 15 and never lived at home since.

I have a 12 year old granddaughter and an 8 year old grandson and I will have a new grandchild (a boy) in about 3 weeks, :loveya:

I appreciate the kindness of people I have never met and take great joy in watching others practice kindness. I also just love the sense of humor in those who share theirs here. :hug:

[REDKING]

142. Greetings....

1.Blue is my favourite colour but my name means red.
2.Was on local tv once singing in the first band I was in.
3.Have a thing for green eyes...dony know why.
4.Believe that peace and truth are possible.
5.Think Sandra Bullock is the most attractive woman on the planet apart from the first girl I
fell in love with.

[azmouse]

146. 5 things

I used to be blonde, now I'm a redhead and I love it!
My fingernails are thin and break easily.
I own a Corvette Z06.
I painted my entire house... inside and outside.
I love to crochet.

[tigereye]

150. I lived in Canada as a baby

I belonged to a sorority in college ( if you met me, you would think that I would be the last person to ever join a sorority!)
I played Academic Games in high school and was quite the geek
I played drums in a post-punk band for years
When we met, I thought my husband looked like a really tall Abbie Hoffman

[Ron Mexico]

151. Nothing exciting here, but...

I was raised as a ward of New York State and have never known exactly where I was born (I'm not even so sure about my actual birthday)

Unlike so many people who make this claim, I actually WAS at the 1980 Olympic hockey game in which we beat the USSR.

I have scored 25/25 in skeet well over a hundred times.

I have been trying for years and have never once successfully seen the picture in any of those goddamned "Magic Eye" things.

The only times I have cried since reaching adulthood were at funerals and the day I learned that Los Angeles was going to lose the Rams.

[progmom]

153. 5

1) I could exist on good bread, cheese and dark chocolate and be very very happy
2) I went to high school in the Netherlands
3) Progdad and I are getting divorced but remain good friends
4) Miles Davis once told me to "go away"
5) I like to cook but am not particularly good at it :)

[Shakespeare]

154. Five things.

1. Many old-timers know me from my previous DU nick (no, I wasn't banned); although I'm still a Very Angry Woman, I'm much nicer online and no longer chew up freepers with rusty nails and ground glass (and that's only partly because Skinner bans 'em too fast now).

2. I once caught a fish with my bare hands.

3. I was a contestant on Jeopardy.

4. I met my husband on DU.

5. I can do or make anything, as long as it comes with directions or can be read about in a book (built my own computer, taught myself to knit, capable of assemling just about anything, etc.).

[suzbaby]

155. I don't have many posts, so I'll share a bit about myself

1. I was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska and the craziest thing I ever heard someone say to me about Alaska was, “It must be nice for you to be able to walk over to Hawaii whenever you are tired of being cold.” If you’re confused right now (as I was when I heard this) think of a map showing all 50 of the United States…now what do they do with Alaska and Hawaii to include them in the picture? That’s right, some people think that’s where those states actually are.

2. I have a purple birthmark on my right ankle that is completely unlike any birthmark I have seen on another human being.

3. I was a baton twirler for 8 years.

4. My grandfather was a sailor on the USS Arizona. He finished his service shortly before Pearl Harbor and was thus spared the battle but lost a number of friends on the ship. He was so angry that he tried to rejoin the Navy, they wouldn’t take him and told him to go to the Army.

5. I married a man with the same last name as me (no, we’re not cousins). So I didn’t have to change anything after I got married!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

162. I used to play the trombone, many years ago

I've never seen American Idol, Desperate Housewives, or Sex in the City

I have an irrational fear of wasps and hornets (no problem with bees)

When I hear spring peepers, my heart sings. (Does that mean I was a frog in a past life?)

My favorite flower is the dandelion.