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| The Quirks of Being YOU!; Taking this old school | |
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| Mad Mags | Aug 13 2010, 09:19 PM Post #1 |
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This was a topic that Vulcan created many, many moons ago, perhaps a few forums ago. I thought it was a good concept, so I'm bringing sexy back. Guess I'll start it off... **** I have a very unusual speech pattern. For the most part, I speak with an unremarkable Midwestern American dialect, but if you pay attention, you can literally hear how years of TV and movies scarred me as a child. I've incorporated a few bits from other accents into my own, such as a few bits of Southern slang, a bit of Boston-Irish, New York "coffee talk", and the occassional "youse" instead of "you" or "all of you", which I believe is from Chicago. I also use stupid terms like "dat, dey, gonna (usually ponounced goh-naa), nevah. I also tend to roll my Rs, which I got from both Spanish and Japanese studies, and I often attempt to pronounce foreign words in their original dialect, mostly with disasterous results. Despite all of this, my "stage voice" is very clear and sans most of these quirks. **** Also from my movie habit, I tend to drop A LOT of pop culture references in just about every conversation. I'm fairly proficient with my impressions, like Ah-nold and Christopher Walken. I also tend to sing opera-style often. I may also be the King of Inside Jokes, as I tend to create dozens of them within a week, most of them so horribly obscure only the original parties involved will get what I'm saying. **** I have no tattoos of my own, but I'm an admirer of good ink. Not much of a fan of piercings, though. **** I have a deep appreciation of nature. I am the type of guy that will literally stop and smell the roses, catch a toad when ever I see one in my backyard, and sit for hours watching spiders do their thing. I hate hearing about animals being abused, and have dabbled with vegetarianism every now and then, but with no success. **** I am hard of hearing in my right ear due to a motorcycle's engine exploding near where I was standing at a car show a few years ago. My sense of smell and taste are also dilluted due to a botched cauterization when I was younger. Due to the former handicap, I will usually tilt my head down and forward to listen to someone talk to me. I will also sometimes put my hand on their neck to reel them in closer. **** I love food! You may not think so by looking at me, but I have a suprising appetite. I have what my doc calls a "hyper-accellerated metabolism", which is what he came up with when I brought up concerns over my (lack of) weight. Unfortunately, this is a double-edged sword, as its extremely difficult for me to put on healthy weight, meaning I'll likely never have Fabio's physique. **** I was once engaged. The chain of events that brought about the "was" part of that statement still continue to stunt my love life after nearly a decade. As a result, I'm very shy and cautious around women, and I've grown accustomed to my self-label of "single for life". **** I'm not much of a gamer. I play only a handful of games, most of them from my childhood. I typically only buy 1-2 new games a year. **** I'm not very good with money. While I've gotten better at this "saving" thing, I still tend to be very frivolous. Its one of the few aspects of being me that I actually hate. **** Despite having a VERY strong affinity for the so-called Reagan Era of action movies, I have a distinct soft spot for Hayao Miyazaki's work, and for Sophia Coppola's. I also cry at the end of Backdraft everytime. I have no idea why. I guess I'm just so pissed off that Kurt Russell ends up dying because of some government douchebag that I end up cheering one of the fucking Baldwin brothers as he sends that motherfucker to jail. **** I have watched Super Mario Bros: The Movie a grand total of 201 times. The 200th time was shared with the Mechs, and I did a final goodbye to the film with my long-time riffer best friend after that. To this day, I cannot actually produce a decent explaination as to why I did this. The cycle started in the summer of 1996, and ended in September of 2009. **** My knowledge of firearms has almost ruined my movie watching habit. Nothing pisses me off more than inaccurate gunplay on the silver screen! The one exception to this is the relatively unknown Bruce Willis film "Last Man Standing", which features THE most ridiculous pistol action I've ever seen. I mark out for it every time. **** I have a fear of driving at night. I'm usually able to keep it under control, but if I'm driving alone it gets difficult for me. This is due to an accident I had that cost me my favorite car during a dark and foggy night. **** I gave up having a "real" political label earlier this year, realizing that there wasn't one out there that really fit my views. Instead, I now use the term "Outer Havenist" as an ambigious label. Libertarianism is still the closest to my beliefs. **** I'm an avid reader. I read A LOT of comic books as a child, and now I read alot of fiction, philosophy, and theory. I am currently reading Che Gueverra's Guerilla Warfare book. **** Being from the Motor City, I am always on the lookout for cool cars to gawk at. I have a very strong fondness for Shelby Mustangs, new and old. **** I have dark circles around my eyes. Usually, they're quite subdued, but they can get very dark if I miss too much sleep. This comes from my dad's side of the family, as he and his brothers all sport nearly black skin around thier eyes. I incorporated this trait into a number of my characters, most famously on General Cutman. **** My musical taste has a very wide range. I'll basically listen to anything that isn't modern rap. I especially love cheesy snyth rock from the 80s, and late 80s/early 90s rap- when it was fun. I'm also very fond of Mozart. **** My views on cosmic theory are all based on Akira's manga version. **** Like everyone else, I think Tiny Fey is adorable. Scarlette Johansson, on the other hand, is just plain hot. I know I've said I don't like objectifying people, but c'mon. Gotta give props where props are due. **** I'm very nostalgic for the original Extreme Championship Wrestling of the 1990s. **** I think The Dark Knight is one of the best movies ever created...but I skip the goddamned Hong Kong part everytime I watch it. **** I love hot tubs. However, despite the fact that I have regular access to one right outside of this very window, I haven't used that hot tub in close to a decade. The reason? Same as the Super Maro Bros Movie explaination; there is none. **** Centipedes and bees/wasps scare the everloving hell outta me. **** I get VERY paranoid in urban settings. I can't help but peer down every alley and watch out for every potential ambush point. This is due to me being mugged about a decade ago because of my sloppiness. This same incident also helped plant the seeds for my gun and self defense obsession. **** I try to be very curtious to women. Chivalry isn't dead in my book. **** Lastly, I have a keen eye for architecture, and I especially love nice, clean woodwork in buildings. If I ever end up buying a house, I'm definately gonna have at least one room be a wood-themed room. And that's about it for now. Wow, I guess I am pretty strange. |
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| MurkMan | Aug 13 2010, 10:20 PM Post #2 |
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Being someone with Autism, I have a lot of personal quirks that I have tried to outgrow. Nose-picking being among them, and my tendency to become completely fixated on certain things. Turns out there are somethings about Autism that can be outgrown.... and now I am repeating myself. Dang it all. Like Seadragon down there, I am high-functioning Autistic, and have Aspergers Syndrome. ------------------------------- I am not a major movie goer. I tend to stay within the action movie genre, and the occasional comedy, but when it comes to movies, action movies steal my heart first and foremost. ------------------------------- More recently, I have had a tendency to be really foul-mouthed in real life, another habit I am trying to shake. Though I haven't been really successful in that. ------------------------------- For the longest time, I have never truly known what my worst fear is, at first I thought it was clowns, and then later and more recently, I thought it was fire, but nowadays, I am not so sure about that. So to this day I have never figured out what my biggest fear really is. ------------------------------- I have a lot of anger problems, usually I bottle my feelings up or try to forget them, rationalizing that the thoughts are not worth my time. My rage usually builds up over time, and eventually boils over, repeating the cycle. ------------------------------- When my rage explodes, I become like a nearly unstoppable beast, my rage either continues to be vented until it burns out, or is forced to smolder. The latter of which is surely not good for me. Similarly to the characterization of certain, flame-headed bot we all know and love. ------------------------------- When I have one of these rage explosions, my rage somewhere down the line suddenly gives way to a crying fit, not like a tantrum where one stamps one's feet and other shows of immaturity, I just suddenly breakdown and begin crying. These also come with the onset of emotional breakdown's I occasionally have. Sorrowful thoughts get started in my head and for some reason I cannot stop myself from beginning to blubber and cry. ------------------------------- I am a major anime/ manga nut, and try to watch/ read some when I have enough free time sometimes. My favorite genres range from Fantasy, Action and Mecha, to Comedic Ecchi(perverted). The main reason I'll talk about after the next devider. My favorite Anime to date is HeroMan, developed, surprisingly, by Stan Lee of all people. In his second Japanese collaborative production. ------------------------------- I love good stories, I can't get enough of them. Anime and Manga provide me with a lot of these, and the esteemed author Clive Cussler is another favorite of mine with his Dirk Pitt novels. If you know of a good story, that has good characterization and and a good plotline, chances are that I may like it. Cause stories are the main things I love to read and have interest in. ------------------------------- I am a avid artist in doing pencil drawings, but 60% of the time I don't complete my pictures cause I am a perfectionist with it, I want it to be exactly as I picture what I draw in my mind, and more often than not, that does not happen. My drawing style is Manga/Anime, and I have often tried to establish my own style within the genre. ------------------------------- I am an avid gamer, if there is a game that comes out that catches my interest, chances are I would like to either buy or rent it to try it out. The notorious/ famous Strategy RPG, Disgaea, is a good example of this. I have also recently gone back to playing the games I have purchased on the Wii Shop Channel's Virtual Console shop, Final Fantasy II being among them, as well as F-Zero X. ------------------------------- I am an introvert, I dislike going outside unless I feel I can handle the day's weather without feeling extremely hot, extremely cold, or otherwise plain uncomfortable on account of the weather. ------------------------------- On the note of the last one. I am extremely temperature sensitive, meaning things that do not feel very hot to some people will feel very hot to me, and vice versa with cold temperatures, except I am more tolerant of cold temperatures than I am of hot ones. ------------------------------- I do not share a lot of pop culture interests with people. I am not big on music, but I enjoy songs I think sound very good, and make me think, help me relax, or get me pumped. I do not however, enjoy Dirty Rap (Rap music about sex, drugs, etc.) I do however, enjoy clean rap (Rap that doesn't have to do with the aforementioned things). I also LOVE Techno, and can't get enough of it. ------------------------------- I am probably the worst video game critic of all time. I am very passive when it comes to critiquing games, and I often do not address their faults, whether they have it or not. This is because I often play games for the sake of having something to challenge me mentally or occupy me, or because I love a good RPG story. Yet I do not ever address the faults of a game, or let them bother, I just love to enjoy them for what they are. ------------------------------- Like Big Boss, I am courteous to women by nature. Chivalry in the Medieval sense may be dead, but Chivalry in the sense of manners and mannerisms certainly is not. I still however acknowledge women as a half of the human species that is every bit as capable as the male half. Paradoxical, I know, but that is how I roll. ------------------------------- I am extremely loyal to friends and family. I will try to never truly let them down, or disappoint someone. I am also extremely defensive of my friends. My loyalty goes only so far as criminal action. If you plan on doing something criminal, count me out and keep me out of it. ------------------------------- I am almost psychologically incapable of lying to people. The phrase "Honest to a fault" certainly fits me well. Though that is also one of weaknesses as it makes me bad at social diplomacy. ------------------------------- I am usually a very serious person, and oftentimes, I rarely show any other emotion than serious. I need to lighten up, I know, but for some reason I channel that urge to not be serious through the internet with my interactions with other people. ------------------------------- My sense of humor is very rusty, but sometimes I can make a good, if very punny, joke. Like HIGH-BISCUITS, what plant name does that sound like? ------------------------------- I speak in an intelligent manner in real life, and often use words nobody else would use on a regular basis in my vocabulary. I learn many new words from reading, hearing them, or looking them up. ------------------------------- Like Benjamin, I hate loud noises. I can tolerate some loud noises, but if it gets too loud, then I can't stand it and have to leave the area. I can handle concerts if I wear earplugs part of the way in for example, but if it isn't that loud, I can handle it without earplugs. ------------------------------- I learned a bit of Japanese in High School, but I barely use what I learned because I really don't have any opportunity to other than another Japanese class, or heading to Japan. ------------------------------- |
| I am the MurkMan! Thats what I am! I am the MurkMan! I've got the Mast-! *Bricked!*-This paraphrs-I mean-singing was brought to you by EggCola. You'll be the E.G.G.M.A.N! | |
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| Byron | Aug 13 2010, 11:42 PM Post #3 |
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Murkman...you share a lot of my personality traits. I'll still try my best, though. ----- First of all, I have been diagnosed with ADD, OCD, and mild Aspergers. This would likely explain why I am a bit of an excentric; some of my many mannerisms include talking to myself, making wierd noises, spontaniously breaking out into creepy laughter, and sighing. I'm trying to work on this. ----- In a strange paradox, I love going to parties and other social events, and yet become very shy and nervious when people talk to me. Face to face conversations are difficult for me as I get nervious, stammer, and fail to make eye contact repeatedly. I'm trying to work on this. ----- I am extremely intelligent acedemically and hold high marks in all of my subjects, with my best course being English. However, listening to me in real life, you'd never know this; my speech tends to be very informal, slightly zoned out, and littered with slang and swear words. I'm trying to work on this as well. ----- The OCD, my own conscience and an obsessive desire to be liked by everybody mean that I have an almost pathilogical need to be a 'good person'. If I think I've done anything wrong I tend to panic and obsess over my actions for weeks on end, often to the point where I can't think of anything else. Again, I'm trying to work on this. ----- I am an avid reader and will reader anything and everything possible, including novels, comics, websites, newspapers, magazines and more. I also aspire to be a writer, although I don't write nearly as much material as I should. ----- I am a hardcore nerd into video games, television, movies and anime. The stranger one of these forms of media is, the more inclined I am to read it. ----- My voice is very loud; it is very easy to pick me out in a crowded room and I don't usually realize how loud I'm talking until someone else points it out to me. It's still unsure where this trait comes from; my mom is convinced that it's because I listen to my iPod with the music on too loudly, while my grandma says its a trait common within my family that she calls the 'Jenkonson voice'. ----- Politically, I describe myself as being in the center with a slight left-wing bias. I don't mind paying taxes for social survices and support government regulation (mainly for business) and services in some areas of society (such as welfare, health care,etc). I also believe that it is important to keep the government as close to the center as possible and that straying to far to the left and right ends of the plotical spectrum only leads to trouble. However, since I'm still young and somewhat ignorant about politics, my viewpoints will likely change over time. ----- For whatever reason, certain tones of voice, repition and music that goes too slow to be a fast song and too fast to be a slow song grate on my nerves to the point where I want to gouge out my own eardrums. ----- Currently, I have a severe fear of death and the uncertainty of what lies beyond the grave. This natural fear of death has got caught up in my OCD, with some rather severe consiquences. ----- I have a very dry sense of humor that gets me into trouble quite often; sometimes I'll make outragious comments intended for comedic effect, but will deliver them in a tone so deadpan that people will think I'm serious and thusly become mortified. ----- I don't normally get into fights with others and could be considered quite pasifistic. This is due to my desire not to hurt anybody and my own fear of getting hurt. However, if I were willing to fight my dad says I'd be excellent at it. ----- At times, I act and speak in a chidlish manner. This seems to have carried over to my forum posts to a certain degree. ----- I like to spend my free time in one of two places; the mall, where I can play game demos, or places where their are a lot of books, such as bookstores (both chain stores like Indigo's and second hand bookstores) and libaries. To say that I have a love of literature is an understatement. ----- Aisde from death, my other greatist fear is hieghts. ----- I am what you would describe as a 'Cloud Cukoolander' and hold a few strange beliefs. For example, we have to go to war with Mars in order to ensure peace on earth, that fictional stories may exist somewhere in the universe (in accordance to 'Meinlong's Jungle'), and that potpuri balls are melovolent intrusions from another dimension (they just appeared in my dresser drawers one day and I still don't know how they got there). ----- I have little interest in drinking and pot, although I would dry a little of both out of curiosity. ----- I'm an avid gamer. My favorite series is the 'Super Mario Bros' series. Other favorite series include Megaman, Pokemon, Kirby, Earthbound and basically anything by Nintendo. ----- That's all I have to say for now. If I can think of anything else I'll let you know. |
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| Alice Vulcan | Aug 14 2010, 11:54 AM Post #4 |
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I own a natural satin Schecter Stiletto Custom 5 String Bass which I named Kiba. This serves as my main weapon. Originally this was purchased to replace my starting bass which literally fell apart after three years of abuse. I'm not a big fan of 5 stringed basses but both my musical partners and my mentor encouraged me to buy it. The extra B string is heavy as balls and it packs a wallop, so I'm quite satisfied. My strap for this bass was carried over from my starter and features a flame design. **** I also own a black Ibanez AEB5E AEB Acoustic Electric which I named Ren. On the body I have an imported Lucky Strike motorcycle racing decal from Japan and a sticker of The Protomen's old logo that I got when I ordered two copies of their limited edition Father Of Death 7'' single. Along the side I have an old promotional Powerman 5000 bumper sticker I got from eBay for the album "Anyone for Doomsday?" which was scrapped and went unreleased (and got leaked, becoming one of my favorite albums). My strings are hot pink and I have a fluffy pink strap that I'm proud of... and now that I think about it, my bass looks like Dr. Seuss took a shit on it. **** My favorite foods are cucumbers and coconuts. Cucumbers are fucking delicious, but coconuts... I can't explain it. The meat is rough as fuck and the shell is a pain in the ass to crack but somehow its still really tasty to me. **** Obviously stated earlier and pretty dramatically, I'm transgendered. But that's not all, for I am also bisexual! I love both men and women, but I do lean more toward favoring feminine characteristics. When it comes to hentai, traps are just incredible. Maybe its selfish admiration and wish fulfillment on my part, but I just love the contradictory nature of a boy who looks and acts so much like a girl that gender is sent into oblivion. **** Hrm... well coming right off from THAT subject, I guess I may as well confess to the fact that I do own some girly clothing. None of it amounts to anything more than cosplay but its something. On one occasion I did casually attend school as a girl to good results, albeit the only major alterations were me wearing stocking and a skirt with arm warmers. I also had my senior yearbook photo taken wearing a sailor fuku and for the Senior Cooking Show where we served the entire school lunch, I donned nekomimi and acted as the catboy maid. These were all good times for me because they really helped to reinforce my feelings that I should have been born a girl. I'm going to miss the comfort and security of being accepted in such a controlled environment but perhaps it is for the best that I'm now alone and must become self-reliant. **** Erm, with all that said I guess I should confess to something else that has been bothering me for a while now. I'm really 19 years old and I've only just graduated from high school. When I first started using forums all over the internet, I was naive and a bit paranoid so being 13 at the time I lied about my age and upped it by three years. I've carried the tradition out of being scared that people would assume that if I falsified my age that it meant I was lying about everything else. But that's childish on my end and also on the other should it come true, so what damage could it possibly do to m now that I've come clean about much more important matters? Still... I'm sorry! Please forgive me! ![]() **** I have Asperger Syndrome, and it's none of that fake shit that all those WebMD chucklefucks will diagnose themselves with and use as an excuse for being a dumbass. It was caught early on in my childhood, long before the autistic spectrum became the new ADD. I don't show it as much as I used to, but that's thanks to being treated and taught to cope with the idiosyncrasies for many years growing up. **** I'm an adopted child, taken in by my aunt and uncle. I have two older brothers and two directly related little sisters. I've only met the older of the two who was adopted by another family, and that was a very recent event (it was one day after Otakon ended). Life really is changing and taking form for me and I can see a bight future should I stick to my guns. **** I'm a metalhead at heart but I still really love soft stuff. Hell, two of my favorite albums of all time that helped get me started with music was by an incredibly obscure band that was called The Hollowbodies. They had a song that was featured on the soundtrack for the Mega Man cartoon (which is also one of my favorite albums since it introduced me to a ton of great bands). YouTube links! The first was on the Mega Man album~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-LCqi3ApaY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b785BzIANS4 **** Lucky Strike is my favorite brand of cigarette by far, but they are extremely expensive going at $8.83 a pack whereas a pack of Marlboro Reds go for only $6.63. In between is my mainstay, the additive-free American Spirits, which are around $7.50 a pack... smoking is an EXPENSIVE hobby. **** I talked about my guitars earlier, but I didn't mention that I also sing and write lyrics! My band is called Bandit Revolver, named after an attack used by Sol Badguy in Guilty Gear. We're still in the formative stages and the summer has been pretty mean to that process, but I'll make it happen. **** My stage name was inspired by the band Alice In Chains. <3 **** My influences as a singer are Spider One from Powerman 5000, Ronnie James Dio, Barney Greenway from Napalm Death, Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains and most definitively, Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden. My favorite female singer is PJ Harvey. As a bassist, my biggest influences are Steve Harris from Iron Maiden, Lemmy from Motorhead, and motherfucking Cliff Burton from Metallica. As a lyricist I admire Richey James Edwards from Manic Street Preachers and Phillip Roebuck from The Hollowbodies. **** I love anime and manga! It would take too long for me to express everything I think about it in here. You'll just have to get to know me to figure out my tastes~~~ Oh! Did I mention that I went to Otakon this year? I might have hinted at it, but I did! Did tons of fun things, like going to the Megaman panel headed by staff from Megaman Network, being followed by hobos at night and going to Cosplay Burlesque which was AWESOME! My first year at Otakon was a blast, I'm going again next year no matter what! **** For some reason, I have a recurring fear of blood. It was halfway conquered by a childhood experience where I stepped on a toy with bare feet, puncturing the bottom of my foot. There was so much blood that I found myself retching violently before I passed out from shock. I'm now unfazed by fictional depictions of gore and can act under pressure if tending a wound, but without distractions a large amount still makes me anemic. **** My other fear is of needles. Combined with my occasional hemophobia, there was an incident where as a child I infamously could not have a blood test performed. No matter how much I tried to stay calm the elastic band tied around my arm would cause me to lash out at the last second. I think that I wound up punching the doctor and being ejected from the clinic :x |
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| Spark Mandrill | Aug 14 2010, 05:30 PM Post #5 |
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IRL, I'm normally quiet and don't say much. The bigger the crowd I'm hanging out in/got myself sucked into, the less I end up saying. But when I'm by myself, I have the odd habit of thinking out loud almost every single thought that comes to my head. ------------------------------- When I was a kid, I was scared of butterflies. Actually, just the bigger ones, like monarchs and tiger swallowtails. Maybe it was because they were big bugs with weird patterns that set me off. But wolves and coyotes didn’t faze me. Not even when a coyote saw me when I was seven and started howling. ------------------------------- Around that same age, I had a habit of wearing two hats at once. I couldn’t decide which hat I wanted to wear more, so I went with both. But I outgrew that by first grade. ------------------------------- I absolutely hate cereal. It doesn’t matter which brand it is. The taste, the smell of it revolts me. Put a cheerio in front of me, and I might as well be looking at a cockroach or a fat ol’ turd. ------------------------------- I actually beat up most of my bullies from middle school. If and when I was cornered, I was not afraid to fight back, and always escaped. No one was more surprised then they were. Once, I had one bully in a headlock during gym class, and later that year, I threw another in a pile of a mud by their hair after school. Every time I watch Christmas Story, and it gets to the part where Ralphie goes berserk on Scott Farcus, my family and I beam with pride and say, “Oh yeah. I lived that,” ------------------------------- I do not touch anime or mangas. Not one. And when I first arrived here, it kinda showed. For starters, someone actually had to explain to me what a bishounen was. The only time I sat down to watch an anime was when I watched the end of the Frieza saga from DBZ with my roommate. It was painful as hell. ------------------------------- I love fishing. Some of my fondest memories are just floating out in a lake in a float tube with a fly rod. ------------------------------- I see myself as a nature boy, myself. I like to go on walks in woods or along bogs, scoping out the local plantlife. I have a pretty good handle on wildflowers throughout the east portion of the US. Even kept a journal of all the wildflowers I found. What plants I found, where I found it, where it typically grows, and any interesting historical tidbits I could find. I lost count how many I tagged before I stopped updating it. Well over two hundred. ------------------------------- You may not tell at a quick glance, but I have a two, three inch gash along my forehead. One night, when I was doing a study abroad in Fiji, my head was put through a window (don’t ask). I ended up needing seven stitches to close it up, though I would’ve gotten more if I was in the states. Without the bandages on, I looked like a cross between Frankenstein, and then a rhino/unicorn when the wound started to swell. But it’s healed up real good since then. ------------------------------- Everywhere I go, I always wear a leather hat that’d make Indiana Jones proud. Incidentally, I got it from my prof after my head through a window, to help keep the bandages dry when it rained. Guess that incident wasn’t all bad. ------------------------------- My playlist on my MP3 player is very schizophrenic and covers a fairly wide taste in music. It will go from Metallica, to Megaman, to Don Henley, to Weird Al, to Pachelbel, back to Metallica, then to Heart. My dad told me that it’s kind of jarring. ------------------------------- My videogame music collection is ENORMOUS. As in, over 11 gigs. I’m always on the lookout for any good metal remixes I may’ve missed. ------------------------------- When I’m feeling blue and want to unwind or engage in (what passes for) deep thought, I always go to lakes, or waterfalls if I can find any. Something about seeing clear blue, or roaring white water helps me think. But my all time favorite place to unwind was Centralia, PA, the real-life Silent Hill. ------------------------------- I freaking love the Scarecrow from Batman. He is easily the coolest villain in the series by my book. Hell, possibly one of my favorite fictional characters. I’ve gone so far as to cosplay as him at a comicon in Dallas. ------------------------------- When I’m bored, I like to (playfully) pick on my nearest and dearest. Usually, over random things or crap that makes no sense. My favorite victim by far is Avi, since she’s a good sport about it, and because she smells like a rotting musk ox. ------------------------------- I got struck by lightning when I was 14 or 15. Long story short, if you’re watching a thunderstorm, make sure you’re not standing under a tower that attracts lightning. You’ll never know what hit you. I didn’t. ------------------------------- Fans have held a hypnotic hold over me ever since I was a tyke. Whenever I was in stores, I would always watch fans the way other people might watch birds. I even kept a catalog of all the fans I saw in my mind. Hell, my parents would call me to the TV whenever Rain Man was on, and it got to the part where Tom Cruise was driving by the wind farm. And I thought the villain death scene from Terminal Velocity was the coolest thing ever. ------------------------------- When I was growing up, I had a strong attachment to cars, as well. Especially beetles, thanks to Herbie. One of the most traumatic things I saw growing up was seeing the hot rod from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off crash through the window, and seeing the DeLorean from Back to the Future get run over by a train. And don’t get me started on “Worthless” from Brave Little Toaster. ------------------------------- Sometimes, if I realize I’m dreaming, I’ll turn myself into a killer robot and go on a rampage. Usually, this only happens if something’s out to get me, like when an evil Nicole Kidman is trying to trap me in the Moulin Rouge and make me her slave. ------------------------------- In case you haven't noticed, I love adding creepy/unsettling mugshots in my avatar. I don't know why. But I've had a few people PM me with a few requests they wanted to haunt them as they perused the forums. ------------------------------- I have never asked a girl out. Not one. This is a man who has never been to a single high school dance or even to his prom. I couldn’t think of a single girl I felt comfortable asking out, nor one who I thought would wanna get saddled with me. But despite that, I don’t have a fire under my ass to have sex. If anything, life is nice and simple without it. ------------------------------- When I put on a video game, I have a habit of playing the first verse from “For Whom the Bell Tolls” as I wait for the opening credits to get done loading. Chalk it up to Zombieland, I guess. And when I was playing L4D, I put on “The Touch” by Stan Bush as I was on the verge of slaughtering my 53,595th zombie. ------------------------------- And on a similar note, I follow a certain ritual when I play games like Resident Evil or Silent Hill. I don’t play them unless it’s night out, I have all the lights off, and I’m wearing my trusty green army PT jacket. It’s the same kind of jacket James Sunderland from Silent Hill 2 wears (or at least it looks the same jacket). ------------------------------- On a dare, I once jumped out of a moving car. Actually, I didn’t “jump” so much as “stumble”. But I didn’t break a single bone. The worst that happened was that I felt the rear right tire go by my ass. ------------------------------- Normally, I don’t drink, despite whatever Diveman may’ve led you to believe. Booze tastes like detergent to me. Now, I’ve drank enough to get tipsy before, but I didn’t enjoy it. It pissed me off more than anything else. And I don’t touch drugs with a ten foot pole. Besides, between jumping out of cars, putting my head through windows, and getting myself struck by lightning, I’m perfectly capable of destroying myself sober. ------------------------------- I typically don’t drink anything carbonated. Don’t like the fizzing on my tongue or the way it goes down. ------------------------------- I can be a heavy sleeper with a capital H. I’ve slept through people flipping on light switches, people yelling at each other, people trying to wake me up, even burglar alarms. Hell, throwing me out of my bed may not make me flinch. I may just wake up the next morning, wondering what I’m doing lying on the ground. It’s happened before. ------------------------------- I embarrass easily, if I feel I somehow made an ass out of myself. And that's one thing my mind catalogs whether I want it to or not. I could be walking down the street, minding my own business, and then I remember something stupid I said/did ten years ago. It doesn't even have to be something big or something that anyone remembers any more. Just thinking about it will fill me with shame when I least expect it. |
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| Avi | Aug 14 2010, 05:51 PM Post #6 |
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Everyone has some interesting things to share, I see. =) --- Contrary to what SOME PEOPLE SAY, I actually don't smell like an unwashed musk ox. :p Believe it or not, I'm actually a total clean freak, not to mention a germaphobe. GASP --- I am a HUGE animal lover, baby animals especially. <3 Get me around a kitten, and expect a thousand SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEs --- I'm equal half tomboy and girly girl~ --- Classic rock is my favorite kind of music, with mid-sixties to early seventies being the best time period for music, IMO. Although, I do enjoy 90's alternative nearly as much! Along with occasional metal (preferably melodic metal) --- I'm told I wear too many necklaces at once. --- Sunsets are <3333333 --- My hair isn't actually green in real life. Sorry to shatter your hopes and dreams, kiddies! --- I'm a self-proclaimed hippie *holds up the peace sign necklace I have on right now lol* who doesn't understand the bad rep we hippies get. And I don't smoke pot or trip acid or any of that, thank you very much. --- On that note, I refuse to touch any drugs or alcohol EVER. --- I draw a lot of pictures. Most of which I never bother putting online. Sometimes I wonder why since it's my passioooooooon~ o: --- I hate being in the city. It's too rush rush rush and crowded crowded crowded... I prefer relaxing out in nature, thankyou very much. --- I'm shy as hell so don't expect to get much more out of me here, LOL. I do enjoy seeing what everyone else has to say, though! |
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| Hunter_Chameleon | Aug 15 2010, 03:08 PM Post #7 |
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The Communist Merc
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Heh, sounds interesting. *** I have a sort-of low self-esteem, and very prone to self-criticism. *** I've picked up saying "heh" in online chats. Saves trouble when you don't know how to answer (or if there isn' a specific answer to give). I also like using random interjections when opening chats (more or less jokey depending on people), but I tend to use horrible 80s slang as openers (like "What's cooking ?"). *** I'm a HUGE reader (and a fast one, at that). Mostly sci-fi/fantasy right now (BTW, read Terry Pratchett's Discworld). *** When I become a fan of something, I tend to do it full force. Before going and see the first Transformers film, I took a full binge of the Wiki/internet, to the point one of my TF-fan friends told me "Dude, you're overdoing it". *** Relatedly, I'm one of excess and impulses in my hobbies. Money tends not to stay with me when in a shop with stuff I want. Yet, I restrain myself. *** I love shopping in places related to said hobbies - toy stores, Tabletop RPG stores, second-hand bookshops... *** Despite not being the sportsguy type, I like walking. Helps me thinking. *** The two upper facts explain why I do so many flea markets. Gives some exercise, and you never know what you can find. *** I tend to think to myself in English, and talking to m'self by calling me "Hunter". Strange. *** I love 80s cartoons. Like, really. The "watching Thundercats with your brother" kind. *** My writing process tends to go : 1- picture the scene, every action and dialogue 2- spend ages trying (and bothering) to put them on paper *** I avoid getting into drama/arguments, due to some bad experiences in me past. *** I have the uncanny ability to kill threads just by posting in them. Really. *** I couldn't draw to save my life. I got to my (barely average) modeling skills by years of practise. And I think my work is barely okay. *** That said, I love modelling, especially when I can use a whole afternoon to do it. Relaxing, and I lvoe the feeling of a job well done. *** I haven't touched a non-portable game system since years. And I feel fine. *** I'm the guy who won't say a thing when in a crowd, but can be good for a chat when taken individually. If by chat you mean "lecture about the thing I like today". *** I'm a self-proclaimed Commie, but because of another forum's internal joke. I know the system doesn't work IRL, but it has (potentially) good ideas. *** I'm not an animal guy. Too mcuh responsibility, and they seem to hate me personally. *** I'm mostly stuck in the past. 80s cartoon, 80s music (Queen rules), 80s video games, 60s comics (Jack Kirby rules)... but there's good stuff now. *** I'm a Tabletop RPG Gamer. I have that dream of being a GameMaster one day, but I'm too timid for it. That, and I'm sure my ideas won't work/will suck. *** I was thrown in a locker once. By the rest of the class (other "nerds" included). Let me tell ya, French lockers aren't as good as those seen in "Saved by the Bell". They're only half as tall, for once. *** I do neither drugs nor alcohol nor sex nor tobacco nor going to dance clubs et al. I'm an uncharismatic bore (and not even half as cool as Soundwave). *** I have a soft, gooey center. I fall for comics like Yotsuba, and cried during the latest Pixar movies (Wall-E, Up and Toy Story 3). *** Yet, I can be (or rather, appear) jaded and cynical. *** Aaaaand that's all for now. |
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| Alice Vulcan | Aug 15 2010, 03:40 PM Post #8 |
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I updated my last post, for whatever its worth~ |
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| Makenshi | Aug 15 2010, 04:38 PM Post #9 |
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Mr. Prog cosplaying as Donatello
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1) I know for sure that I want to minor in music in college, but I have absolutely no idea what I want to major in. Imagine that. 2) As hinted before, music is a huge part of my life. Unfortunately, I am only mediocre when it comes to playing instruments or singing, but I do love composing music. Having taken a music history class last year, I've come to appreciate all kinds of music that isn't dirty rap. My favorite composer of all time is Beethoven, and my favorite song of all time would be his second movement in Sonata Pathetique. 3) I am an extremely clingy person. In fact, I mention this because right now I'm having issues with my best friend about it. Apparently I'm too much to handle for one person and I'm too strong with my own emotions. Yeah, I'm the type of person you'd put a restraining order on. 4) If you're ever in Manhattan, enter Central Park through 81st street and go southwest into the Ramble. You'll come across a little waterfall that I go to very often when I'm in the city. My favorite spot though is on the west side of the large lake on a rock outcropping. It's clean, flat, has an excellent view, and people hardly go there. I just wish there were spots like these in my hometown. 5) I've been stuck at 120 pounds for 2 years. I've tried working out but that only made me lose weight. Even if I don't eat healthy and gain like 7 pounds if I just stop then my weight will go back to normal in a few days. 6) All my life I've always had trust issues. It hasn't come to the point that I'm a raving, paranoid lunatic, but it still prevents me from getting close to the people I know when I'm always worried about how they really think about me. 7) I like to speak with a British accent around my friends. I dunno, I guess it's some sort of inside joke between us. 8) Speaking of that, inside jokes or very common in my life. Sometimes I have inside jokes with just myself, which sounds really lame but I'm just weird like that. 9) I prefer talking in person or calling over chatting online and texting. Unfortunately, with everyone sending texts it seems like I'm the only one who actually calls people, which makes me seem more clingy apparently. 10) Before I play a video game, I always make sure the story is going to be good. I actually value story and character development over gameplay. 11) Irony loves to play a part in my life, and that's all I have to say about that. 12) Sometimes I just want to get on my bike and ride as far as it will take me. Unfortunately, there are no bike lanes outside of my neighborhood so I'm stuck :/ 13) I am a TERRIBLE driver. My first accident took place in the garage when I somehow didn't remember to open the door and ended up splitting it half, and another two took place trying to get out of a parking spot. 14) Alcohol makes me VERY happy. Even when I feel like complete crap, getting drunk lifts me right up . It hasn't come to a point where I depend on it, but yeah, I think I may be on the road to being an alcoholic :C 15) I love taking naps. I want to change that and be more active though. 16) I am absolutely terrible at sports. Normally I am a very fast learner and can good at things quickly, but if it's anything that involves athleticism my skills are and will always be horrendous. Nevertheless, I enjoy tennis and soccer. 17) I realize that deep down I act and react a lot like one would expect a girl to be like. It may have to do with the fact that I'm homosexual... depending on what you believe. 18) But despite how emotional I can get, it is an extremely rare occurrence for me to cry. 19) I have an extremely odd sense of humor that no one else seems to share. 20) I have the charisma of a rock. |
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| Benjamin | Aug 15 2010, 05:12 PM Post #10 |
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I'll try anything once... or twice as the case may be. * * * I was always a little bit of what one would call a Cloud Cuckoo Lander in that I have a summer home in fantasy land. In fact, I spend more time there than I do the real world. Reality bores me so I often build my own worlds inside my imagination like a crazed god and discard them just as easily. * * * For that reason, it's perhaps unsurprising that I didn't get a video game system until I was nine because I loved playing with my LEGO blocks. * * * There are those days I real like a ten year old boy trapped inside a twenty-six year old man's body, which is why I have a great appreciation for stories concerning Age Regression. Pity that there are too few AR stories that execute the idea well, though there are exceptions. * * * I don't really bother with movies nowadays because the high cost of tickets. However, like Rich, I have an appreciation for Reagan-era action flicks but you can expand my interest into the Bush (Sr.) and Clinton years. Nothing jumps out to me at the moment but I'll get back to you on that. * * * Superhero comics are my life's obsession and a fair chunk of my salary goes to feeding that habit. If you ask me who my favorite superhero is, I would immediately say Firestorm the Nuclear Man for his distinctive design (poofy sleeves and fiery hair FTW!) followed by Green Lantern, Flash, and Superman. I also have a bit of a soft spot for Hawkman and the Atom too but I absolutely detest Aquaman and Batman. Aquaman because he was always lame and even his supporting cast was more interesting than he. Batman because of his fanboys. Oh, and Black Canary is hotter than Wonder Woman. Just saying. * * * As you can see, I'm more a DC fan than Marvel but I do like reading Iron Man and the old-school (read non-Bendis) Avengers as well as Young Avengers and the Mighty Thor. * * * I'm of Norwegian/Irish/British descent so I have a Viking's temper and Irish Guiness but I don't know what my British side brings to the table. * * * With thanks to Animaniacs I can name all fifty state capitals and every president of the United States, despite my Canadian-ness. * * * I think it's a freaking tragedy that John Candy passed away too soon. "Canadian Bacon" has to be one of my favorite comedies of the 90s, if not for a trigger-happy Rhea Perlman. * * * I'm a true neutral so political labels need not apply to me. So you ask me if I'm right or left wing, I'll say I'm the beak. * * * I created the Church of the Magical Platypus in part to thumb at self-righteous, half-witted wanks like Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins in addition to the Evangelicals. I think it's high time Neo-Paganism came into vogue. ALL GLORY TO THE MAGICAL PLATYPUS! * * * My weakness is Noise Crush. No, really (ask any of the Mechs). I hate loud noise, meaning I need to be far, far away or it really agitates me. * * * Richard Donner's Superman (and his cut of Superman II) is absolutely my favorite movie of all time and even the uber-popular "Dark Night" can't even compare in quality. (Though far from bad in my opinion.) Christopher Reeves made me believe that a man can fly. * * * I have a fondness for mythological creatures. Particularly of Dragons and Phoenixes, unsurprisingly. * * * I spend a lot of time staring into the sky, especially at night when I can see the stars. * * * I think this list is already too long so I'll stop here and get myself a Dr. Pepper. * * * Why are you still reading this? Beat it! |
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| Seadragon76 | Aug 15 2010, 08:25 PM Post #11 |
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Just another Megaman clone... A clone with a Boomstick!
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Why the hell not. *** Technically, I do have Autism. But, I have a higher functioning form of it. This means that I can do just about anything a normal person can do. Just because I can't do it doesn't mean I can't... I will, weather they like it or not. *** When I was 2 years old, I was actually told by a doctor (Yes, a real honest to god doctor) that my only hope was a padded room. You see, when I was a baby, the doctors then had little to no clue what Autism was so they thought that was the solution. Needless to say, they were wrong... Dead wrong. *** I have an innate knowledge of the Fighting game genre. I find it fascinating to dig into the genre. Trust me, it sounds so much better then being one of those damn Final Fantasy 'tards (Ugh. Such an overrated series). Currently, the fighter I'm learning upon is BlazBlue, thanks in part to the arrival of Continuum Shift. Too bad I only have a PS2 and a Wii... Could use a PS3 so I can play CS and smoke some fools with anyone (Part of my knowledge is that anyone can be good as long as they know the system. Tiers be damned!) *** I actually grew up in the Pacific Northwest. Born in Washington State, but I have lived in Michigan (Outside of Detroit even) and now I live in Iowa. There isn't much in Iowa, but as long as I have my health and my sanity, I could give a damn less where I live. *** Relationships are something I basically avoid at all costs. This is because of a situation in high school where a girl I knew and had feelings for basically rejected me and since I had no idea how to really deal with rejection, I ended becoming obessive over her. This lead to major conflict. I haven't heard from her since I left high school over eight years ago... And to tell ya the truth, I'm glad. I did have a short fling in college, but I've been single since then. *** I do like Dragons myself, but I tend to go with the Chinese style of dragons. I feel that I fit better with that kind. I am a wise old soul who has seen what life can do to break you. My knowledge of life has given me some wonderful insight into human beings and how they act. I'm never afraid to give advice. *** I don't drink and I don't smoke. That sort of makes me Straight Edge... but not really. I do love my caffeine... Strangely enough, it really has no effect on me. All of these years drinking soda can do that to you. *** Movie wise, I'm a sucker for old fashioned Disney movies. Yeah, I said it... I grew up with most of them and even now, the new crop of Disney/Pixar movies have grown on me. Another genre I like are comedies... Usually the stupid type. Trust me, you'd be surprised how often I tend to pull out the whole 'I Hate Yogurt!' bit from Spaceballs. *** I've grown massively disinterested with modern music because I feel most of them only care about the money and not the actual talent it takes to be a musician. That's why I've turned to Video Game Music. No matter what it is, it's always good music... BTW, Daisuke Ishiwatari is a muscial god. Just thought I'd say that. *** I tend to be good with money... I say tend to because when I do have a opening, I'll spend it on some junk food or something. I've gotten better over the years, but I still try to do that. Shockingly enough, I'm healthy as a horse... Not to mention as big as one. Go figure. |
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| MurkMan | Aug 15 2010, 09:42 PM Post #12 |
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| Avi | Aug 15 2010, 10:06 PM Post #13 |
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You could just place your additions in a new post... saves the trouble of scrolling up and finding where the new ones start, LOL.
Haha, I know exactly how you feel there. It's little more than a slight social impairment once you learn to cope with things... or just a different way one sees the world compared to the majority, whichever. Yes, I have it too, but I didn't feel it worth mentioning for these very reasons. ;) |
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| Spark Mandrill | Aug 15 2010, 11:26 PM Post #14 |
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I have never asked a girl out. Not one. This is a man who has never been to a single high school dance or even to his prom. I couldn’t think of a single girl I felt comfortable asking out, nor one who I thought would wanna get saddled with me. But despite that, I don’t have a fire under my ass to have sex. If anything, life is nice and simple without it. ------------------------------- When I put on a video game, I have a habit of playing the first verse from “For Whom the Bell Tolls” as I wait for the opening credits to get done loading. Chalk it up to Zombieland, I guess. And when I was playing L4D, I put on “The Touch” by Stan Bush as I was on the verge of slaughtering my 53,595th zombie. ------------------------------- And on a similar note, I follow a certain ritual when I play games like Resident Evil or Silent Hill. I don’t play them unless it’s night out, I have all the lights off, and I’m wearing my trusty green army PT jacket. It’s the same kind of jacket James Sunderland from Silent Hill 2 wears (or at least it looks the same jacket). ------------------------------- On a dare, I once jumped out of a moving car. Actually, I didn’t “jump” so much as “stumble”. But I didn’t break a single bone. The worst that happened was that I felt the rear right tire go by my ass. ------------------------------- Normally, I don’t drink, despite whatever Diveman may’ve led you to believe. Booze tastes like detergent to me. Now, I’ve drank enough to get tipsy before, but I didn’t enjoy it. It pissed me off more than anything else. And I don’t touch drugs with a ten foot pole. Besides, between jumping out of cars, putting my head through windows, and getting myself struck by lightning, I’m perfectly capable of destroying myself sober. ------------------------------- I typically don’t drink anything carbonated. Don’t like the fizzing on my tongue or the way it goes down. ------------------------------- I can be a heavy sleeper with a capital H. I’ve slept through people flipping on light switches, people yelling at each other, people trying to wake me up, even burglar alarms. Hell, throwing me out of my bed may not make me flinch. I may just wake up the next morning, wondering what I’m doing lying on the ground. It’s happened before. ------------------------------- I embarrass easily, if I feel I somehow made an ass out of myself. And that's one thing my mind catalogs whether I want it to or not. I could be walking down the street, minding my own business, and then I remember something stupid I said/did ten years ago. It doesn't even have to be something big or something that anyone remembers any more. Just thinking about it will fill me with shame when I least expect it. |
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| Saturn Ballad | Aug 17 2010, 07:06 PM Post #15 |
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Oh boy, it's my turn! *spaz* I do like some new-age games (Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, Animal Crossing... XD), but I will always stop and play something from the old days. Spyro the Dragon, Crash Bandicoot, StarFox 64, and Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask are among my favorite older ones. -------------------------- I am VERY opinionated. You ask me about World War II or Kurt Cobain's apparent suicide, and I WILL tell you what I think about it all. Like how America was unfair for bombing Japan with TWO BOMBS ten times the power of the one they dropped on us. And how I seriously don't think someone both drunk and hyped up on heroin shot himself at the angle the bullet got him. -------------------------- I don't cry. Actually, I lied, I RARELY do it. Just about as much as a lawyer or a politician tells the truth. Last time I cried was a few days ago when I was talking to one of my friends about... Issues. And the last time before that was almost a year before. The reason I don't cry is because my father would tell me to keep quiet whenever I hurt myself. He would basically say that crying was weakness. -------------------------- I love hooking my MP3 player up to my friend's X-Box when we play Left 4 Dead. I have a very strange little playlist going on. It can go from Alice in Chains to TF2 music to Metallica to A Flock of Seagulls to Fleetwood Mac... And it's funny to slay zombies while "You Spin me Right Round" by Dead or Alive starts playing. XD-------------------------- I'm a metalhead, but you can sometimes find me listening to older, calmer bands. Like the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac (as stated above). -------------------------- I've been declared mentally unstable by some of my doctors. Fun... -------------------------- Drawing is my drug. Seriously, it keeps me going. Believe it or not, it actually HAS gotten better over the last few months. :0 ... Rich, you TOTALLY win. I LOVE the Super Mario Brothers Movie! We have it recorded on a VHS somewhere, and it's still good. |
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| Mad Mags | Aug 17 2010, 08:19 PM Post #16 |
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MOAR QUIRKS. **** Despite what you may think, I'm actually a lousy shot. I don't hit the range nearly as much as I'd like to, so my techniques are woefully underdeveloped. My best record so far has been a 2 inch group at 15 yards with my Colt 1911 .45, slow fire. That's really pathetic. **** I'm cross-dominant. I'm right-handed, but my left eye is the stronger of the two. This means I have to crane my head into an awkward position when I use my usual Weaver stance while shooting. To combat my tendancy to get double vision due to this, I often wear a patch over my right eye while shooting... **** I rarely carry weapons, contrary to my "prepardness" philosophy. Most of the time, its just a hassle I can do without. I typically only carry when I know I'm headed into a "danger zone", or if I know I'll be doing any driving at night. **** I hate computers. I can work with them fairly well and have a solid technical knowledge foundation, but I don't have the patience to deal with a comp that's on the fritz. **** I'm not fond of visiting movie theatres. This is mostly due to bad experiences with fellow movie goers in my town, as well as the point that many of the theatres around me are high auto theft areas, meaning I'd always be worrying about my car instead of the film. **** I abstain from sodas. In the last year, I've only had two, both of them during the most recent Mechs Meet. **** I once spent an entire year eating almost nothing but Tyson chicken fingers, peanut butter sandwiches, coffee, and ramen noodles 90% of the time. My weight stayed exactly the same during that year. However, I felt like shit all the time. **** I have an absurd fear of spoiled dairy products due to getting food poisoning from a slightly expired carton of milk years ago. Since then, I'm very cautious about expiration dates, and will not drink anything that is within a day of expiration, even if its still "good". **** I have a pronounced fear of needles. I cannot watch a movie or TV show that shows injections of any kind- I have to look away. **** I'm also very paranoid about anything touching my eyes. I have a very over-active blink reflex, so I can't even wear contacts, despite hating my glasses. Like the needle phobia, I cannot watch anything that has realistic eye injuries. **** I'm a fairly messy person. **** I've been accused of going bald, but the fact is that my hairline has always been really high up. Pictures of me from ten years ago as a teenager verify this. **** I have a huge fondness for ice cream. I'm a fiend for Cold Stone. However, they don't have my personal favorite; Blue Moon. **** I was within hours of buying a Tommy Gun a few months ago. I ended up buying a Colt 1911 instead. I was also considering buying an AR-15 or an AK-47. **** I absolutely HATE seafood! Even tuna. **** I'm a passive Straight Edge follower. I don't ram my philosophy down anyone's throat, even though I have on multiple occassions almost come to blows while initially refusing to drink. I guess some people can't accept that not everyone needs to drown their mind in alcohol on a nightly basis to "escape the pain". **** I do have one vice. I need a little bit of caffine/sugar to properly start my day. I always have one cup of coffee in the morning. If I go without it, I tend to be a really awful person to be around later in the day. **** I hate John Wayne. Always have. Most overrated actor that has ever lived. Period. **** I broke a kid's jaw during a fight in elementary school. I can't remember what it was over, but he tried to start the fight with a low tackle. I just rammed my knee upwards into his chin while hammering my fist downwards into his skull. He dropped like a sack of shit, his pals picked him up, and I went home. I'm guessing he never told his parents what happened, because after a few days off he came back to school with his head all bandaged up and I never was confronted by anyone about it. We never talked to each other again. **** I may or may not be indirectly responsible for initiating a depressive spiral in another former classmate that I had issue with. The rumor is he ended up nearly overdosing on LSD and pretty much jacked up his mind for good. That's the rumor, anyways. **** Since the Mechs Meet this year, I have had "Angry Johnny" stuck on permanant loop in my head. Damn youse, Needle! I have had worse songs stuck in my head, no thanks to fucking Muzak. **** I'm seriously contemplating starting a militia, but I doubt I'd get many people interested in it. Therefore, I may just end up being some crazy guy who lives in the woods and shoots things. |
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| Rareitor | Aug 17 2010, 09:24 PM Post #17 |
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Aren't you like, 70% that already? This is also taking into account the recent brain-rotting readings. |
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| Mad Mags | Aug 17 2010, 09:27 PM Post #18 |
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Rumors of my brain-rotting have been greatly exaggerated. |
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| Avi | Aug 17 2010, 09:28 PM Post #19 |
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...if those are now considered "old," I myself must be REALLY old. ;o; lol. |
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| Strider Zero | Aug 18 2010, 09:12 AM Post #20 |
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I feel old when people say anything from the PS1/N64/Saturn/Dream Cast Days are "old". I have a fear of water. I nearly drowned when I was 10. Never wnet back near water or swam again. I am someone who enjoys B-Movies. I guess it's a guilty pleasure of mine. I do not speak much in real life. I hardly speak at all. I am not "shy". I just don't like speaking much. I guess there is a better tearm for one who hardly speaks. I have a thing for World War II things. Do not ask. I guess it's because I had a few realitives in that war and be being huge on it. I am also huge on airplanes, aircrafts and Helicopters. One of my favourite Aircrafts is the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. I dunno, I guess I like Kamikaze pilots. I detest anime. I do like some animes like Ranma 1/2 and the old Fatal Fury Movies. I guess I never got into the anime phase growing up. I also HATE when people throw in random Japanese in their english. Someone who likes the Super Mario Bros Movie is a friend of mine! Guilty Pleasure movie! Along with Kazaam. I have a foundness for Tex Avery Cartoons. I detest words such as emo and any other label. back in my Freshman years, I beat up a kid, due to he was bothering me and I didn't feel that well. I was suspended for one day. Despite a minor allergy to nuts and legumes, I have a foundness for peanut butter. Crucnhy Peanut butter that is. You may think I like Indiana Jones, due to the name. My favourite Indiana Jones characters would be Short Round and Henry Sr. I do not like Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I have a huge collection of Wolf statues and Native American type things. I have two Dream Catchers in my room. One above my bed, another on my door. Wolf pictures are on my walls, aside from a Hancock poster that is on my wall. I even have a Wolf Blanket. I am an huge old school gamer and I also like pirated video games. I have seen such crazy pirates such as a FF7 and FF4 Famicom Pirate. I hate fanfiction. End of story. I am somewhat soicalble. It depends on the person, I guess. English is my thrid. I am learning Chinese currently. Speaking of. I have a fondness for Hot dishes. I love hotsauce. You know those bottles of Hotsauce you see in Chinese places? With the rooster on it? That is the sauce I adore. Frank Welker is one of my favourite voice actors. Speaking of voicing.. I tend to make sound effects of random things in real life. |
I once killed an alien, his pelt made a nice jacket for a street hobo.
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| Avi | Aug 18 2010, 02:59 PM Post #21 |
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Ranked Navi
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| IcyRose | Aug 19 2010, 10:02 AM Post #22 |
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Rose & Blossom
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I am of Vietnamese descent, but despite the fact both my parents were Vietnamese and spoke Vietnamese all the time, I do not speak a word of it since I was primarily taught English when I was a child and for some reason never picked up Vietnamese at all, I can't even understand it most of the time. --- When I was a child, I had a very keen interest in cars, so much so I could identify any car model from a single glance, but then all of a sudden I just forgot about them, my interest in cars disappeared and with it, my knowledge. --- I have a fondness towards weaponry, primarily swords, but I also like handguns. In fact, I own an actual sword modelled after the ones used in 300, which was given to me as a Christmas present from a friend when he visited the US. That said, I am very much a pacifist and would probably never use a real weapon as I am not properly trained to use one and am terrified of screwing up and causing more harm to myself and those around me if I did. My weapons are for looking but not for touching. --- In terms of gaming, I was a real Sega fan having owned the Master System and Mega Drive/Genesis in my early years but I actually never played the Sega Saturn or Dreamcast. Because honestly, gaming technology moved too fast for my wallet to catch up and when I think about it, I tended to play the consoles my friends had and by that point it was all the Playstation. --- I basically missed out on most of the games for the N64 because my N64 was a gift from my Uncle in the US and is therefore an NTSC model. Since I live in NZ the games were PAL region and converters didn't work like we had hoped. As a result I missed out on playing Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time and Perfect Dark and therefore never cared about either franchise and haven't really bothered to backtrack on it. I did however get to play Mario Kart and Goldeneye, so not all was lost. --- I am an avid cosplayer. This is my 4th year cosplaying and it has essentially taken over a good portion of my life although I do not consider myself in any way good in comparison to my peers. Unfortunately, I can't sew very well so I tend to focus more on the crafts side of the making process. Currently I am part of a cosplay duo I formed called Rose & Blossom which consists of my girlfriend and I --- Naturally, I'm quite a fan of anime, In fact, I've been running an anime club for the past 6 years through the local university, although unofficially since we never affiliated with them. However, over the past years, my interest in it has been declining as more and more shows seem to be drowning in a sea of mediocrity, fanservice and moe. I admit there are still some diamonds in the rough, but they are getting rarer and rarer. --- Every Friday, I wear chinese clothes for fun. No other reason other than I like chinese suits and I had a tendancy to wear them on Fridays so when a classmate of mine at uni pointed out my habit, I actively soughted to wear chinese clothes on Fridays. It became that thing that I do. --- I used to be very introverted in high school and tended to kill my emotions because I got picked on a bit in intermediate. Ironically, all it did was just turn me into an angsty bitter kid with a tenacity to snap and prod people with a sharp compass. It wasn't until my last year of high school where I eventually decided to come out of my shell and be happy with who I was, which in turn actually made me very sociable and basically changed my entire life for the better. --- Mainly due to cosplay, I tend to have a lot more female friends than I do male since the community itself is predominantly female. Because of this, my friends used to joke that I was somewhat of a ladies man since when ever my friends and I roadtripped to conventions, I seemed to know every girl there. Ironically it was the opposite case in high school, girls didn't really like me at all on a grand scale, however part of that may be due to my unapproachable personality back then... and the fact I went to an all boys school. That said, I was infamous for being the guy who gave a ride home to the hot foreign exchange student from the all-girls school next door after drama practice. --- I am a terrible driver... or rather I still haven't really learned much outside basic steering of the car. I do have that one memorable accident of getting my Mum's car on top of another car, however I did actually take lessons after that and got better at driving, but I just didn't really care enough to follow through with it despite the fact I will need the skill in life. However, I tend to live in a place where I am within walking distance to everything or have easy access to public transport. --- I am open to eating anything as long as it is edible. I have a policy of trying anything at least once because you never know until you try. Because of this I tend to eat things that normally gross other people out, most notably I love Balut which grosses pretty much everyone out. I will leave it up to you to wiki it if you want to know what it is. --- I LOVE spicy foods, so much so that I usually order special chilli sauces made from Bhut Jolokias to use in my food since no other chilli seems to affect me that much... at least in sauce form. I always like to push my limits when it comes to eating anything spicy. --- I cannot hold my liquor at ALL. I have no tolerance at all and tend to get sick at even the slightest drink of alcohol regardless of how much I have eaten beforehand. 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| REX Barron | Aug 20 2010, 04:18 AM Post #23 |
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Hipster Heel
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Eh, what the hell. - If you knew me in real life, you'd probably think I'm a bit crazy for constantly "thinking out loud." I'm trying to cut down on this habit, but I've actually thought it helps to voice what I'm thinking to myself to really absorb it... I only do this under my breath when others MIGHT be in earshot, but keep it to a minimum then (I'll admit I often do this at a regular volume when totally alone, actually). Like I said, trying to kick the habit... - I'm sometimes worried about speaking like an expert on a certain topic when in reality I'm not— Transformers is a prime example (it didn't help that I set up a minor RP board based on the series, but I got some of the most knowledgeable Transfans I know to help me out if that excuses it ^^; ). - My mother was adopted at a young age, and while I'm close to my adoptive aunt and cousins on her side and I don't want to change that in any way— or overstep my mother's wishes to keep her family history a secret from herself— I'd still like to make a big discovery about my background if it's possible. - Iga is hands down my best bud for music discussion, and I'm sure that's partly because at least 95% of the music I listen to is heavy metal— usually thrash by Metallica, Slayer or my favorite band, Megadeth. Other favorites include Danzig, Nightwish, Orphaned Land, Lacuna Coil, Godsmack, Death and even foreign-language bands (typically German) such as Megaherz and Eisbrecher. My dream is to launch a long-lasting thrash/death metal band, contributing at least vocals and lyrics— I'm trying to learn bass and drums during different parts of the year, and while I realize that isn't the best strategy, I figure something has to stick. (And if that isn't enough, I sometimes reference song lyrics in conversation... although I try not to quote anything TOO obscure.) - I went into college with 12 credits from Advanced Placement classes I took in high school, and 9 credits from dual enrollment with a local community college in my hometown. Thanks to all that, I'm going to start in on what's technically my FOURTH semester of college rather than my third. Thanks everyone for the pep talk way back when; I think it helped to some extent~ - I have a knack for foreign languages, and can replicate a number of non-English sounds to make myself sound more authentic. I have trouble remembering grammar and such when speaking, but I still like to think I'm the go-to guy around here for at least German (my major in college), if nothing else. - As for my English... I actually watched so much TV as a kid that I grew up speaking what I think is very close to Standard American English. There were traces of Bostonian heritage in there, but I'm actually trying to play up a few speech patterns (such as ADDING R's rather than subtracting them, i.e.: "I have no idea{r}") to make it a bit more noticeable without sounding forced. - I swear like a sailor, but I don't really go too far out of the way to catch myself unless there's children under the age of... let's say 10 as a rule of thumb. I learned all the cuss words at age 10 anyway, so why wouldn't they learn them even sooner? - As far as I'm concerned, chivalry is just a form of sexism in women's favor. Nineteenth-century women didn't campaign for special treatment, but for EQUAL treatment. I WOULD hit a girl if she were seriously asking for it, but wouldn't it be best to be equally courteous to people of both genders anyway? - You're not alone, Lennon: I don't have a license either. :P For the longest time I was mortally afraid of driving, and I still am— I know it's an essential skill, and the controls aren't a problem, but I think there's more to take into account at any given moment than I can handle. - I don't even think I have a sleep schedule anymore. I've completely lost all sense of sleep patterns lately— including tonight, seeing as I typed all this at 5 in the morning— and while I'm naturally a night person, I wish I were more of a morning person. Apparently my Asperger Syndrome (which I don't like to cite for mental issues rather than somatic ones) is linked to my difficulty with falling asleep, although when I finally fall asleep, it's not easy to wake me up. - Sad as it is, I'm thanatophobic: mortally afraid of my own mortality. I'm not really an atheist, but more agnostic, and this is the real reason I'm afraid of dying— it might be inevitable, but what proof does anyone have of anything they say will happen after death? I want to believe in something, but what if I commit myself to one religion and its beliefs... and what awaits me is the negative consequence for worshipping the wrong deities? What if no judgment exists at all (which wouldn't satisfy me in the least)? - Relatively minor fears include needles and similarly piercing objects, although hypodermic needles for vaccinations are the one kind that don't scare me anymore. Otherwise, I want to overcome other aspects of this phobia by trying to get a tattoo at some point. I'll probably save it for after I get a band off the ground, though, since I can't think of anything I'd want to wear on my skin for the rest of my life other than a logo or symbol relating to a band I end up in for a while... - The first video game I ever played was (I'm 99% sure) Mega Man 5 for the NES, and I still consider the game my favorite in the Classic series even though I'll admit it might not be the best (strange distinction to make, but still). On the other hand, I completely missed out on the SNES and N64, with only the PS1 and handhelds in between, and only the GameCube, PS2 and PS3 since. - If anybody here has seen RL pictures of myself, the aviators I wore for the longest time might have been the biggest standout. I abandoned them altogether during my first semester of college since I didn't want to use them to look apathetic— if anything, nowadays I'd rather use a visible facial expression for that. - I was suspended from middle school once, and from high school three times. Three out of these four occurrences were because of violent outbursts (and in fact, one of my earliest memories is me, in preschool, punching out a fellow classmate without a reason I can remember), but the last one was a week-long suspension because of underage drinking... although this was in Austria (and later also in Germany), where it's legal for anyone over the age of 16, it was during a school-sanctioned trip to these countries. I haven't been an active drinker or partier since, although I can see myself turning that around once I hit 21... within reason, of course. - I didn't go into my senior prom with a date, but ended up dancing with fourteen different chicks that night. - Like Rich, I have an overactive blink reflex but want to drop the glasses altogether. How much does laser eye surgery cost, exactly? :P |
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| Proto Stryker | Aug 20 2010, 09:57 AM Post #24 |
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Chargin' mah Strykerz
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I just wanted to point out real quick that your story of your first video game sounds exactly like mine. My favorite video game ever also happens to be Mega Man 5 (chargeman lulz) and was more than likely the first one I ever really picked up on. I'll also note that it was the first game I ever completely beat as well. (As a result, I can buster-duel all of the Masters with little trouble except for Wave Man. Cheap bastard.) So, hooray MM5! |
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| Raijin | Aug 23 2010, 11:22 PM Post #25 |
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Probably shouldn't have waited so long to read all this at once. Oh well, it helped me think of some things to say about myself, which I normally don't do. It helps that I see a lot of quirks similar to my own in here. * * * -When I was young, the school counselors all said I had a low self-esteem. I didn't understand what that meant at the time, even when explained to me. I thought that I was pretty full of myself, actually. Apparently I could be self-centered in addition to having a low self-esteem. Well I definitely recognize the effects these days. I've been shy and introverted non-stop my whole life, resulting in a pretty stunted social life, and even worse self-esteem as I dwell on my failure to fix it any sooner. Though despite the bouts of loneliness, depression, and self-loathing, I never feel like giving it all up. I remember that there are tons of people that are worse off, I'm always thinking of ways to improve, and clinging to hope that things will turn around eventually. Could be I'm just a glutton for punishment though. * * * -I've always been pretty healthy, albeit scrawny. I'm nearsighted and that's about it. No allergies, mental conditions, surgeries, past serious injuries, or anything like that. Oddly enough, I used to get envious of people that did since it made their lives more interesting. My medical history is so boring. * * * -My tastes in food have grown and changed over the years, but if there's one thing I've always hated since the first day I tasted it, it's tomatoes. Since tomatoes are in so many things, my insistence on refusing them everywhere I go almost feels like the allergy I don't have. * * * -I'm pretty damn addicted to Dr Pepper. It's practically the only thing I drink besides water and milk. I believe I could quit whenever I want, but for the last several years I've rarely gone more than a day without tasting it. This was only a health concern a couple of summers ago when I was drinking about two 591ml bottles a day in a misguided bout to win their sweepstakes contest at the time. I hadn't made the connection between that habit and my increasing stomach size until the Mech's Meet, where Needle pointed out that yes, soft drinks can indeed make you fat. I've since cut down to half a 710ml bottle a day and it's working better for my wallet as well as my belt. I still think I should just quit carbonated beverages entirely someday like Rich. All I got from that contest was a lousy T-shirt anyway, and it wasn't even a shirt that said "and all I got was this lousy T-shirt". * * * -I'm accustomed to being alone and often seek isolation for comfort's sake. Although I don't really like it, ironically. I'm always looking forward to the one time of the year I see my real friends. And despite never having a girlfriend, I've gotten close enough to that point before to know how great close female companionship feels, and I want that more than the comfort of isolation. Breaking out of that comfort-zone is always a challenge though, and I guess I'm not desperate enough yet. I'm always keeping my eyes peeled for opportunities to meet people, but have yet to actually do anything about it. * * * -I try to avoid conflict more and more these days, which usually means steering clear of heated topics like anything on Rich's board. I appreciate the purpose behind heated topics, but prefer to leave the strong words to somebody else. I'm actually not really proud of this. I really ought to speak my mind more. * * * -Lots of people here naming their worst fears, but I find myself hard-pressed to pick mine. It might be that I've always tried to challenge my fears by forcibly exposing myself to them. I guess I take the "face your fears" moral to heart, even when I don't need to. Not to say I'm fearless by any means, maybe just fear-resistant. I guess the most crippling fear in my life right now is social anxiety (as described in the points above), and I'm trying to challenge that too so who knows how long that will last. * * * -When I was younger, I had a thing for climbing and jumping from high places. I figure it stems from the previous point in that I was trying to challenge a fear of heights, and ended up taking it a little too far. I spent a good deal of time every day up in the tree in my backyard looking down across the neighbourhood, I was the first kid to brave the 5m diving tower when my class went to the big swimming pool, and I had a close call nearly slipping from the side of a steep cliff in the badlands I'd decided to climb during a field trip when nobody else was watching. This all came to a head one day after marching band practice when a lot of kids were climbing around on the scaffolding platform the directors used to watch our formations. I made the dumb decison to jump off the second-storey level and the dirt wasn't as soft as I expected. I didn't break anything, but the landing still put way too much pressure on my ankles, so I was walking with a limp for a few weeks. I didn't want the experience to dampen my climbing spirit, but with my feet in that condition I couldn't do any climbing anyway, and by the time they'd healed up I'd lost the passion for it. These days when I find myself up high, I get cautious. I'm not sure if it's because the scaffolding incident really did put some fear of heights back into me, or if my acrobat's sense has decayed from lack of use. * * * -In contrast to Mandrill, I thrive on cereal. I'm lazy when it comes to food preparation and cereal is something I mastered early on. Aside from having it every day for breakfast, I'll have some at any time throughout the day when I need a snack. Sometimes I'll have trouble getting to sleep because I'm hungry so I'll go pour myself a quick bowl of cereal at 3AM just to help me doze off. * * * -Like Rich, I grew up with a good metabolism, allowing me to eat like a pig while being stuck with a body like a twig. It's started to slow down in recent years though, and my own dedication to a healthy lifestyle has gradually increased in kind. I've cut down on junk food, learned to enjoy taking the stairs instead of the elevator (initially more because the elevators in my office building are terribly slow), started walking more than driving for short distances, and most recently started doing exercises in the morning before going to work. I'm still not in much better shape than I've always been, but at least it's not any worse. * * * -I make my short-term goals based on my own definition of productivity, which is to do something that results in the enjoyment of someone else. All the stuff we do for the site, no matter how small the audience may be, as long as there's somebody out there to get a kick out of it, it's worth my time to work on it. Even something that could be seen as unproductive, like hanging out with friends. As long as they enjoyed my company, that's productivity to me. The only activities I consider unproductive would be purely for my own entertainment, like watching TV or playing video games alone. Of course I still do these things, but I feel guilty when I do them. Gotta get things done that are worth getting done. * * * -I have a high fascination with languages and would like to one day pursue a career that involves translation. Unfortunately, I have a long way to go before I'm good enough for that. I've studied French, German, Latin, Greek, and Japanese, but I can't yet hold a conversation with any one of them. * * * -I have a reputation as the quiet guy at work, but every now and then I open my mouth to say something funny, and it usually hits home quite well, eliciting much more laughter than I would have expected for a simple joke. My co-workers have noted that my comments sound funnier because I'm so quiet most of the time and my delivery is so calculated and deadpan. "You don't say much, but when you do, you know what you're saying." I still don't realize it when I do it, but I must be doing something right. * * * -I have always detested and avoided emoticons, with one exception. :P It's weird, because it doesn't correspond to any face I make in real life, but I've found it useful nonetheless. Whenever I'm about to post something sarcastic or in jest but I can tell the text has a potentially sincere reading that someone could take offense to, I'll hit three keys to employ this goofy, slack-tongued emoticon at the end rather than go back and rework the entire paragraph into something more obviously lighthearted. It tends to work well. Who says sarcasm is difficult to communicate over the internet? :P * * * -When I recall an embarrassing memory, I have the tendency to involuntarily blurt out random unrelated words and phrases. It's like my subconscious way of trying to change the subject. * * * -Like many here worrying about their mental health because of it, I frequently talk to myself. I wouldn't soften it by calling it "thinking out loud" either. No, I talk to myself in the second person and respond, often arguing. Only when nobody else is in earshot of course. I find it cathartic for some reason, and have come to appreciate it more recently as the amount of time I have alone has diminished. I ride with my mom to work every morning, spend the day in a crowded office, and in the evening take the bus home where my parents arrive at about the same time. It gets to the point that when I drive myself to orchestra practice once a week, after shutting the car door on myself, I end up saying right out loud "Well hello there, it's been a while since we got to hash things out, hasn't it? Now why haven't you been so productive this week?" I realize that's a bad habit, but I figure as long as I'm sane enough to know it's crazy, then I have nothing to really worry about. * * * -While I have a fairly wide range of tastes in music, I'm somewhat limited in my musical experiences since I never listen to the radio or watch music videos or go to concerts or hear artists in whatever other ways people normally do it. So the whole of my music library is either from video games, TV, movies, or pieces I've played with band or orchestra (I play trombone). This naturally includes very little singing. Used to be I outright disapproved of singing (the Snakeman bio mentioned this. I've toned it down since then). I appreciate singing more these days, but still have very little of it in my collection. This turned out to be a big problem for me on the Mechs Meet karaoke night. |
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| Proto Stryker | Aug 26 2010, 06:09 PM Post #26 |
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Chargin' mah Strykerz
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I procrastinate pretty regularly. Which is why it took so long to do this. ~~~~~~~~~~ Carbonated drinks. I have one, maybe two, in a normal month. On vacation that's pretty much all there is to drink, however, so I can't really boast any of the records the rest of you have on that one. ~~~~~~~~~~ On that note, I loves me some water. I drink water all the time, day and night, no matter what. I will often substitute it for milk at breakfast, but that's it. ~~~~~~~~~~ I moved out of my parents' house last April. Shenanigans and whatnot, but I am living happily with my fiancée, Nikki, now and we've successfully managed to write them out of our lives for the better. We still get crap from them, which is why I posted that YouTube video. Thanks to that, they've been more careful about choosing their words in recent contact. ~~~~~~~~~~ I have never broken a single bone in my body. ~~~~~~~~~~ My wrist may have something wrong with it, though. ~~~~~~~~~~ I have smoked only one cigarette. I was four years old. Pawpaw gave me plenty of chewing tobacco as well. ~~~~~~~~~~ I'm not against drinking, but I hardly ever actually drink. When I do, which I still do every now and then, it's fruity drinks like margaritas. Can't stand alcohol. ~~~~~~~~~~ Love video games to death. Don't have time for them. The most interaction I've had lately with them is watching Nikki play Bioshock 2. ~~~~~~~~~~ In relation to that: Nikki loves video games. Part of the reason we got along so well from the beginning. We love to co-op, but we get sooo competitive in versus games. (Team Fortress 2) ~~~~~~~~~~ I flunked out my first year of college at Georgia Tech. I say flunked out - I mean I did so poorly I had to transfer to a community college for a year to fix my GPA. Now I'm back in the HOPE program with a 3.36 GPA at West Georgia and don't plan on making anything less than an A ever again. ~~~~~~~~~~ I don't have any diagnosed conditions. Of course, I've never been to a doctor about my mental health, either. My only contact with a psychologist was my high school counselor, but there was never much time to talk about stuff going on in my life. In all honesty, though, I don't feel I really need to talk over my life with anyone. I'll just bury any issues until they resurface when I'm 40. ;D ~~~~~~~~~~ I don't own any guns, but as a kid, I'd go hunting often. It's not a bad "sport", but I think I'm done with killing animals that aren't bugs. I do plan on owning another gun eventually, when Nikki and I own our own apartment at the latest. ~~~~~~~~~~ As for music, I'm all over the place. I listen to game tunes, some JPop/Rock (if anyone has some good recommendations, shoot them my way), techno (same), tons of Rock, and some random other stuff thrown in (bit of broadway, for example). ~~~~~~~~~~ At midnight tonight, I will be 20 years old. Finally. ~~~~~~~~~~ This took me a week to finish. I'm so lazy these days.
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| CrystalGirl | Aug 26 2010, 06:31 PM Post #27 |
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小阴影
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Let's see if I can get the courage to actually post this! --- 1. I have been overweight my entire life. Apparently, even when I was born, I weighed more than I was expected to. I don't even know how that works, but yeah. 2. I've never had an allergy in my life, but I apparently recently developed an inability to drink milk. Like, one day I went to drink a glass of milk, and about ten minutes later it was making its way back up. I still eat dairy products (which my body probably hates me for), but I still can't drink straight milk. 3. I have always loved spinach, especially when it's fresh. Even as a little kid. I still like it more than lettuce, too. 4. I occasionally start remembering random things I've said and done in the past. I'll just be walking along, or drawing, or whatever, and then suddenly I'm thinking of a PM or letter I wrote, or something I said out loud like three years ago. And it's always something either ridiculously stupid, or unintentionally mean. And then I kinda hate myself for an hour over something I said/wrote years ago. 5. I'm terrified of driving. 20 years old, and I still don't even have my permit, because every time I try to get behind the wheel, I freeze up and start panicking. I have /no/ idea where the fear stems from. It's kinda pathetic. 6. In real life, I am either the loudest person in a group, or the quietest person. Either way, I'm still annoying as hell. I will run my mouth with some friends, and obsess over things they don't care about, etc. Or I will be so damn quiet that they can't even hear when I respond to something they say. This may be why I only have one friend IRL. 7. I'm actually really intimidated by the Mechs forum, especially the mods, and my various teammates. I get really nervous when I'm considering posting here, and when team members IM me, it takes me a fairly long time to work up the courage to respond. 8. I was diagnosed with depression in my Sophmore year of High School. I don't take pills for it or anything, and most people can't tell, but it becomes really, really obvious that I'm depressed at night. My mood does a complete 180 in the span of about five minutes. I hate it, but there's not much I can do. 9. I used to hate the X-Men as a kid. I thought they were stupid and annoying, and Batman was way cooler than all of them combined. These days it's the opposite. Weird how that happens. |
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| Nijubu | Aug 26 2010, 09:29 PM Post #28 |
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Bugged Out
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What the hell. I'm 5’11 and around 110 pounds. I've always been bony, and I've been the same weight since junior high. I have a terrible habit of prioritizing computer time and the such over actually eating meals. Even then, I don't eat many fruits, and I hate vegetables aside from the odd Caesar salad, guacamole dip, salsa, or onion rings. --- Half a dozen years ago a neurologist finally diagnosed me with severe lifelong ADHD. It explains so many situations from my childhood and adolescence. My parents were strongly against me seeking any kind of medical help for mental problems, and today they still ask if I'm growing out of it yet. I don't take my medication as often as I should, since it messes with my stomach and my sleep schedule if I don't take it at the right time, on a full stomach. --- Procrastination has always been my biggest problem. I think about doing things constantly, but never seem to get around to doing them. I really need to clean my apartment. And start writing for AXE again. And eat something today. I wanted to get out of the apartment sometime today, and now it's nighttime and I have yet to do so. --- Early on, my mother instilled in me a deep-seated fear of cockroaches. I’ve gotten some semblance of control over it recently, but I’ve always loved most other insects. At work recently a huge locust was flying around the lobby, and even the manager was afraid to go near it. I picked it up in my hand and brought it outside to the bushes. Being Cajun, I naturally love crustaceans, especially the kind you can eat. I had pet hermit crabs when I was little. Crush Crawfish is my favorite Maverick. Obviously. --- I went on my first date last year. First kiss, first sex, etc. I try to remain friends will all of the guys I've dated since, since they‘re the only real-life friends I have. I go out to movies often with my closest ex and his boyfriend. Though I’ve never had a serious boyfriend, I have a bad habit of referring to guys I’ve dated as “exes.” --- To expand upon the above notes, twelve years of Catholic school ruined my life. It made me more of a shut-in than I already was, and years of self-hatred and doubt probably worsened my ADHD and procrastination. Religion is for some, but not for me. --- I've flunked out of three colleges. Prestigious scholars', local university, and technical college. I wind up not going to class or doing much work, which apparently makes a large contribution to college failure rates. I’ll go back eventually. --- I'm an extremely atypical faggot. I grew up listening to glam metal and classic rock. I love heavy metal, especially power metal, nearly to the exclusion of all other genres. Rob Halford is my god. I wear black cotton wristbands literally everywhere I go. On first dates and special occasions I usually wear my spiked dog collar I got from a pet store. I loathe girly gay guys. --- I'm very self-conscious about my hair. I tend to freak out if someone touches it, especially if I have it fixed just right. I’m still a faggot after all. --- I'm a huge World of Warcraft addict. I'm in a raiding guild, know all the regulars by name, and text the guild leader on occasion. We call each other “Sexy,” though he’s straight. In any sort of MMO or team-like game, I love playing the support classes. Healers in WoW, Mesmer in Guild Wars, Medic and Engineer in TF2, etc. Being as self-conscious as I am, it’s a huge confidence boost when I do a good job assisting others. --- A couple of years ago I was a big DDR player. I still play at the mall on occasion, but I’m not as good as I was. I could AA Bag on heavy, if that’s worth anything. --- I’ve always been a writer at heart, and have been composing stories since early childhood. Several times a day I will think about a scene or storyline for AXE, or think up new characters and superheroes and stories and worlds, but as mentioned previously, I usually don’t put it into words. --- I was born with a crooked middle finger on my left hand. The tendons are too tight, and I can't straighten it all the way. I had surgery on my hand when I was little, and now I have a long lightning-shaped scar running down my palm. I'm extremely proud of it. On the downside, I can only flip people off with my right hand. |
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| Floofie | Aug 28 2010, 11:38 AM Post #29 |
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Hungry
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Ohoho~! Now this sounds like it'll be interesting~! - I'm the type of person who has trouble continuing what he starts - I start off strong, then end up bored and give up pretty quickly. There are rare cases when I do want to finish something I've started. - I get bored of one thing easily, and move onto something new. So sometimes I'll play one game, suddenly stop and play another. - I, like a few other people here, have a form of aspergers syndrome or whatever it's called these days. It's nothing serious, but it has effected me of course. - I still have a bad aftertaste from my school days, but recently I've been able to change from being a negative, depressed person to a much more upbeat and childish person in real life~ - I have a really big sweet tooth, so I really enjoy things like ice cream, cookies, candies, cake, and so on. I have a built in radar of sorts, so I search around the house to see if there's any hidden from me, since they all know I'll eat it all. XD - I have really bad allergies, which get incredibly annoying during the summer... A lot of things tend to upset my nose... - I've always wanted to try cross dressing. I do have some feminine features that could complement it. - I love robots, I mean hey, I like Megaman after all. I love Super Robot shows, along with robot related games and I'm really into the Super Robot Wars/Taisen series a lot. - I'm a pretty diverse person in terms of the games I play, as well as being pretty lenient on games and even taking the time to play some games people consider "bad" or "mediocre". I enjoy games ranging from cutesy stuff like Kirby, Starfy, and Ristar to name a few, to much more violent games like No More Heroes, Bayonetta, God of War, Dead Space, and Resident Evil. I also like various game genres as well. I really don't like to limit myself and I play many games openly. Heck, I even managed to play Sonic 06 of my own free will... XD - I have a very low "idiot" tolerance level... I'm pretty sure that's self-explanatory. Basically when someone does something clearly stupid, I feel the strong urge to want to punch them. XD - I hate whiners... Especially people in the gaming community who THINK they're gamers, but really they're just retards who will listen to any "professional" reviewers biased bull and buy games that are overrated or hyped at E3, deeming anything that isn't a main name game as "trash" That kind of crap burns me up. - I'm a pretty... Naughty person. I like playing... If you know what I mean~ X3 - I'm an artist, but I don't really take my artwork seriously or try to improve. - I've always wanted to play the violin actually. - I'm also into the Yu-Gi-Oh TCG, thanks to my boyfriend Scott. XD - I have an interest in monster-girls. That's all I can say there X3 - I'm a little teacup short and stout~ Here is my handle... Erm... Nevermind... |
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| Seadragon76 | Aug 29 2010, 12:32 PM Post #30 |
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Just another Megaman clone... A clone with a Boomstick!
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More quirks of mine... -Odd as it sounds, I tend to be freaked out when I see blood. It's not like the whole girly scream thing, but it's not a good thing. Yet, I don't mind seeing in the games that I play. It sounds odd, but I've learned pretty quickly that what happens in video games don't translate to real life (Seriously. Who is actually capable of ripping someone's head AND spine out? Who??) -I like cheese. Sometimes, the side effects do rear their ugly head and I get all plugged up. It sucks, but it hasn't made my love for cheese any weaker. -I loathe doing housework. Trust me, you would have better luck fighting an angry mother bear while covered in honey then getting me to do housework. I'll eventually do it, but that doesn't mean it'll get done now. -I'm pretty liberal in political views. I support same sex marriage. I support abortion for worst case scenarios (Rapes, mother's life is in danger, etc). What I don't get is all the fighting between the two parties. It's crazy how one side is seen as the wrong side in an arguement when the other side's idea might be as bad or worst then the first side's idea. Sometimes you got to agree to disagree... Too bad there are WAY too many idiots that cannot grasp that concept. |
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