Tell something about yourself that you have not already revealed here.

[Lil Missy]

Hmmmm ...

I used to be a Republican. Just because I was raised to believe I was. (Fortunately I did not vote then.) After I went to college and developed a mind of my own, I realized I was really a Democrat. Then I started voting.

Another thing, my baby sis, 16 years younger, is the only one who can tear me a new asshole and we still love each other. She's only done it twice, and I deserved it both times. I tell her I really hate it when she is right. Little bitch, LOL!

Edit to add: I also got caught shoplifting as a teen. God, if they only knew how much I got away with before that. No record of it, I was taken in and shown what a jail door sounds like when it slams shut. No charges filed, and my parents were called to come pick me up.

Cured me forever!

[arcadian]

1. I'm posting from a research station orbiting the moon.

n.t

[Lil Missy]

4. You made that up!

:)

[Lost in CT]

5. Link. nt

[arcadian]

8. down link or up link?

[Aristus]

2. I revealed my Repuke past years ago...

Most DU-ers know that I was a tank crewman in the Army. What nobody has known until now is that I was also qualified as a clerk/typist. NOT what I joined the Army for! Thank God I never drove a desk! B-)

[racaulk]

3. I voted for Reagan in 1984.

Of course, I was 9 at the time. :)

My middle school had a mock Presidential election on election day in 1984. I come from a very conservative family, so I heard all of the adults around me saying good things about Reagan and they were always singing his praises. Therefore, he received the very first vote I ever cast for President.

:hi:

[flvegan]

6. I was a HUGE Stryper fan

and considered a career in the clergy when I was younger.

[arcadian]

9. Did you have the hair?

n/t

[flvegan]

11. Sigh. Yes.

I can admit it now.

[racaulk]

13. You must post a picture of that.

Right now.

I promise to try to hold back my laughter.

:rofl:

[flvegan]

14. Never.

I started growing my hair in 6th grade, 1983-ish. By the time I was done, I resembled (hair-wise) Mike Patton.

[arcadian]

60. To fully admit it, you must purge all of you demons from the past

and post a pick. :P

[LeftyMom]

23. You are completely full of shit.

Stryper. :eyes:

Don't make me tell the real story of your misspent youth. :rofl:

[Heidi]

26. Does this untold story of his misspent youth involve

Up With People?

[geardaddy]

46. lol

Shit, now you have me singing that song in my head. :grr: :hi:

[Heidi]

56. Insidious, isn't it?

Somehow, I have a feeling flvegan always has been a bit more realistic than the whole Up With People brand probably allows. :hi:

[DS1]

65. You know Stryper was about 3 steps down from Winger

[Lost in CT]

7. Ann Coulter was once my babysitter. (her folks lived up the street) nt

[Lil Missy]

12. Oh. My. God. Was she just as obnoxious then?

[amitten]

15. Eeeeeeeeeeee! You MUST post details.

What was she like then?

[Taverner]

10. I swam naked in Lake Tahoe during the first snowfall of the year

Fuckall that was cold

[Lil Missy]

16. Did you get "shrinkage"?

[Taverner]

40. I think it reversed directions and I became female for a bit

[Lil Missy]

45. ......

:rofl:

[Arugula Latte]

63. Holy crap. That lake will shrivel your patooties even in late summer.

[Taverner]

67. 40 degrees year round pretty much

Which means it is colder IN the water in the winter than it is outside sometimes

But you'd never know it

[Iggo]

17. I'm an atheist who loves old timey spiritual music.

Like in "O Brother Where Art Thou?"

Or like Elvis here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY_tX4N220I

And some of that catholic church shit, too...like Ave Maria.

[Lil Missy]

21. I'm not especially religious. But "Oh Holy Night" by Jon Sedaka gives me chills.

One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

Edit: That was Jon Sedaca.

[Iggo]

39. Exactly.

I ain't religious, but the people who sing it sure are.

True believers sing with such passion, ya know?

[Deep13]

51. Me too.

Hymns, Christmas carols and stuff.

[MrSlayer]

18. I once opened up for Quiet Riot in a band called Liplash.

I was filling in for the usual drummer who was in jail at the time.

[Iggo]

73. Sweet!

I've only stood in with a couple of bar bands.

[Adsos Letter]

19. I do all of my posting sans clothing...

I find it somehow liberating... :D

[Lil Missy]

22. Not even socks? I'm anal about wearing socks!

[geardaddy]

52. Anal socks?

How do you keep them so white?

:o

[abq e streeter]

20. I've written some amazing songs, but not a single one since I stopped getting stoned

also consider myself an abject failure in life; constantly compare myself to friends who've achieved stunning levels of success in their professions ( best friend in college won a Pulitzer for the NY Times; stuff like that)...

[Iggo]

42. I KNOW, HUH!

What the hell is that about?

[abq e streeter]

71. if you're referring to the writer's block,

people keep telling me there's a way to access the same stuff that came out in those songs without being brain-meltingly high , but I haven't found it yet. Pot just somehow broke down some barriers that I can't seem to get around, over , under...without it. But my body now forcefully rejects having THC in it , so resuming it is not an option ...

[Iggo]

72. The extended creativity interruption.

Ever since I put down the pipe (all three) the mojo just don't flow no mo'.

[malta blue]

24. I cheated on my Little MB's dad.

There were many reasons why I left our marriage, but I am ashamed of what I did...

[Lil Missy]

25. Does Mr MB know that?

If not, I wouldn't tell him now.

[malta blue]

30. He found out

And was devastated. It is only now, with the dissolution of my remarriage that he treats me with civility and respect. I guess my getting the shaft this time made him feel sorry for me:shrug:

[Bertha Venation]

27. I have killed four fish.

:cry:

[taterguy]

28. I don't actually ride a bike. I just make up those posts to fuck with people

[Lil Missy]

31. Liar!

:D

[Danger Mouse]

29. I'm losing my hair at a young age...

and quite self-conscious about it.
In fact, it's probably the easiest way to piss me off, is to make fun of it. :P

[Lil Missy]

33. Awww, I'd still lurve you if you were bald.

:*

[Aristus]

44. Just accept it with equanimity, my friend. You don't have to become one of those

obnoxiously cheerful guys who tells all those "God made a few perfect heads in this world; the rest he just covered with hair!" jokes. But grow bald with dignity and no one will bug you about it.

This is a pic of a happy bald guy:

[Midlodemocrat]

32. I have green eyes. Almost spookily green.

[Lil Missy]

34. Uh oh!

:scared:

[Chan790]

35. I'm deathly afraid of bees, ants, snakes, bats, rats, roaches, slugs and leeches.

I even realize these fears are absurd for the most part (I am very-allergic to bees and ants. Not just the stings and bites...the creatures themselves.), but there they are.

I used to live during school summers on my grandparent's working dairy farm so I was surrounded by these creepy-crawlers too.

[Inchworm]

36. I'm a freakin genius

well, if 140 is teh cutoff and 1 in 3 tests count :D

:hi:

[av8rdave]

37. Another hair revelation

I once had hair down to the middle of my back. Hey, it was the 70s. It all went away in a matter of seconds when I went into the Air Force in '76.

[ScreamingMeemie]

38. I used to do Demolition Derby.

And I liked it a lot.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

41. I knew that

[DS1]

43. The formerly posted list of people I can't stand on DU is actually missing one secret entry

[Lil Missy]

55. I think you should update your list.

[lightningandsnow]

47. I used to lie a lot.

This is when I was very young - it stopped when I was about 12 or so. I never even lied to get out of trouble - I'd just make up ridiculous stories all the time. I don't know what it was about - to get attention, or keep myself entertained by pretending interesting things happened, or whatever.

[old mark]

48. I used to have hair halfway down to my ass.

Now I have more hair on my ass than on my head.

Thinking about letting my earhairs grow and doing a combover....



mark

[Lil Missy]

57. I will kick your ass.

;-)

[old mark]

74. Not with them toenails, you won't.....nt

[tanngrisnir3]

49. I juggle.

[tabbycat31]

50. hmm

in my first presidential election, I voted for a candidate because he shares my birthday (in retropsect I voted for the right candidate)

[geardaddy]

53. I used to play the bagpipes.

I competed a lot when I was in high school and did fairly well.

[Eyerish]

54. I ate fire once...

ahhh, the things we do whilst intoxicated...:beer:

[Z_I_Peevey]

58. I have an aunt who was a high-dollar call girl in Atlanta.

She's retired now.

[MrPerson]

59. I've been a bankruptcy debtor's attorney for 25 years.

[TZ]

61. I once partcipated in a dance competiton...

A "Jack n Jill" West Coast Swing (Jack n Jill is where you are randomly paired up with someone you don't know..its a true test of lead and follow)

[Lil Missy]

62. I always thought you were just a pervert.

Kidding! :hug:

[TZ]

66. actually you should look up West Coast Swing on youtube

sometime. Its a sexy, even somewhat pevvish dance! :)

[Lil Missy]

69. I will!

Some other time. :-(

[DS1]

64. I'll feel better after this

I hate internet surveys.

I think most people have figured that out, because I'm never tagged in one. Don't bother. If you do bother, and you're teetering on the edge of being deleted, that will be your fuck off point.

If I want to know something about you, I'll ask. Random things are random because nobody cares, and they're not really random anyway since it's just the trivial shit people choose to type about themselves.

I don't want any "Ghetto Snacks", "water balloons", "80's toys", Valentines chocolates, or any of that frilly facebook crap.

I don't know why half the people on facebook I went to high school with asked to be my friend, considering I never talked to them there either.

I hate working for a republican douchebag who's such a clumsy fuck he's actually China in a bull shop.

First Blood is a great movie.

[LeftyFingerPop]

68. I don't know if I said this here yet or not...I may have, but...

I have worked under ungodly conditions of sleep deprivation, under untold stress, on several projects for the US Government.

I have been put in the hospital to recuperate for a few 2 week periods because of this.

This is the truth, and it is a major factor on why I am a little fucked up today.

[Lil Missy]

70. Gawd, I know. They are blood suckers, I got very sick, and disabled. Maybe I was lucky.

[LanternWaste]

75. I used to be an atheist, but I got better...

I used to be an atheist, but I got better... :evilgrin:

[Lil Missy]

76. Sounds like something preverted to me.

That's what I like about you! :P

[LanternWaste]

79. You sweet talker you...

You sweet talker you... :smoke:

[Deep13]

80. Really? So what convinced you that god is real?

Or did you skip over that part because you like the idea of belief?

Just wondering.

[LanternWaste]

81. Now, back to our regularly scheduled, light-hearted lounge thread...

"...Or did you skip over that part because you like the idea of belief?"

And for just a moment, after reading merely the title of the response, I thought the question was asked out of sincerity rather than simply a good, old-fashioned back-handed compliment.

Now... assuming for just a moment your question was actually sincere, I could give you a wonderful reading list of authors and books that have led me to where I am today. Authors that will express my own sentiments much more eloquently, concisely and efficiently than I ever could.

But I have some doubts that's what you're actually fishing for.



Now, back to our regularly scheduled, light-hearted lounge thread...

[Deep13]

82. I asked because I wanted to know.

Obviously I'm skeptical. And I know for a fact that many arguments in suspport of religion tend to gloss over the whole question of existence and focus on the purported benefits.

If you don't want to answer, that is your perogative.

And I am not asking for a list. One author is enough if s/he's right.

[LanternWaste]

86. thumbnails rarely do justice to a person's beliefs.

"One author is enough if s/he's right."
Albert Schweitzer; Civilization and Ethics (1923)

However one will never know either way if a person is right or wrong on the matters of religion or philosophies or any other man-made constructs. We all simply rely on trust in that in which we do not have full knowledge (faith)-- something we apply to all facets of our life everyday.

Who knows which philosophies or religions are "right"? Certainly not me.



Jeez-- it's not that I don't want to answer, but the question is so broad as to be almost unanswerable in one post, and thumbnails rarely do justice to a person's beliefs.

[Deep13]

89. Well, thanks for the thoughtful response.

I'm sure I've heard of Schweitzer. And you're right, not everthing can be answered ina sound bite.

[Lil Missy]

85. Oh, FFS! This is the Lounge!

Christ!

Is there no sanctuary left that a person can go to without being delivered a ration of brain fuck? Sheesh!

[Deep13]

90. He brought it up.

I'm just asking. Why is that so wrong? I didn't mean any offense and if just asking is offensive you might want to ask yourself why you find it so.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

94. yeah, its the lounge. there is no reason to be so unpleasant because someone asked a question. nt

[Lil Missy]

98. Indeed. n/t

[LanternWaste]

102. it simply illustrates that we all have sacred cows...

'Gotcha' questions are a popular hobby these days-- yet very entertaining when a sacred cow decides it wants a nice steak dinner too... :)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

84. you became a strident atheist? cos thats the only improvement an atheist needs

:)

[LanternWaste]

88. I like my sacred cow well done

I like my Sacred Cow well done with a side of Stuffed Shirts. :P

[no name no slogan]

77. I used to be apathetic

But now, I just don't care.

[Xipe Totec]

78. I can safely reveal now...

That I have not revealed anything about myself on this thread.

That's a switch...

[Deep13]

83. I have a revolting fugal infection under my toenail.

Sorry, but you asked.

[Lil Missy]

91. Sorry to hear that. Does it interfere with smegma?

Just asking. :shrug:

[Deep13]

92. Toenail.

That has nothing to do with smegma. Obviously, you know that. And my earlier question was made in good faith curiosity, not sarcasm. I hold my convictions as dearly as you hold yours, so stop pretending that I'm some kind of robot who is just out to piss people off.

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any cure for it. The doc told me that the anti-fungal pills can cause liver damage which is SLIGHTLY worse than fungus. So, I begged off. I don't see why they can't just remove the nail.

People here know most of my significant characteristics. They already know I'm fat, skeptical, a lawyer, married, from MA, living in OH. Nothing else came to mind.

[Lil Missy]

95. I apologize, sincerely.

I thought you were joking. My mistake.

I am truly sorry that I offended you. :hug:

[Deep13]

97. I have some fake teeth too.

:pals:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

99. a lot of us also know you are generous and principled. which is more than we can say about

most people.

i for one adore you.

[Deep13]

100. Why thank you!

I would call you a sweetie, except that is the name I reserve for my wife. So I have to settle for really appreciating you and your support.
:pals:

[azmouse]

87. I have to shave my big toes

because they have too much hair on them. Gross.

[Deep13]

93. Frodo?

:evilgrin:

[Arugula Latte]

96. My real name is "Piyush."

Oh, and I'm a compulsive liar.

:evilgrin:

[RushIsRot]

101. I was likely the youngest ever life member of The Thoreau Society

having joined for life at the tender age of 19.