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Thursday, January 6, 2011
are people getting prettier? every time i turn around, there's more pretty people. where are all the people that said looks aren't important? geez, should I step up my purty? guess I need a haircut....
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It's all subjective.
I will admit I listened to the bangles and wilson philips and ace of base, if you will admit some of your secret bands, deal?
The Bangles looked pretty & their music is fun, but I was never more than a cursory 'fan.' I can't recall anything ace of base recorded, but I'd probably recall a song or two if I bothered to go blip them I really did like the first Wilson Philips album. Their harmonies were fantastic, but the schlocky pop-ness of the songs overshadowed the talent. Also I wasn't very impressed by their actual 'public persona' thing. It was all kinda meta, cuz they were children of celebrities so seemed to behave as if they were expecting similar treatment, while simultaneously feigning humility and not really revealing their true selves. They shunned compliments & recoiled from criticism, so ultimately fans didn't really know how to relate. The Dixie Chicks have suffered a similar faux celebrity fate, although admittedly I found them to be more talented (unlike Wilson Philips, The Dixie Chicks could do more than sing).
Not sure if I understand what you mean by 'secret bands.' In some ways I have a wide range of tastes in music & in other ways I'm very particular, but can't think of any artists that I'm ashamed to admit liking.
I suffer a kind of opposite form of "secret bands." I have a lot of artists I have enjoyed over the years who I wish I could tell the world and convince the world to beat a path to their doors but despite multiple attempts over the years I've never been successful. They're secret only because I tired of talking about them to proverbial deaf ears. Many of these said artists & bands no longer even exist cuz they broke up or left the music scene. So they're so secret I may be the only one who remembers them.
did you eat your vegetables today? (best way to keep up immune system and maintain energy) TAKE CARE, MY FORMSPRING FRIENDS! HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR'S EVE!
i think there was a slice of tomato in my burger. i'm not big on veggies but try to eat bananas as often as possible, for the potassium.
where do you like to hang out to get away from the world for a while? Library, park, bar, friends house, under a table....? have a great Thursday my friends!
I like to hang out at my house. That's where I go to get away from the world for awhile. Whenever I go out with friends, that's not decidedly away from the world, but rather being a part of it.
I'm going to do some self portraits any suggestions? Probably photograph myself to start the project. Scene suggestions....colors..sketch? watercolor? playdoh? silly putty? daytime? night? etc. whatever, I'm open to all comments. Haven't decided yet.
If you're talented in all those media, try doing a self-portrait for each one. Why just pick one if you can do them all?
Saturday, December 18, 2010
would you rather go to the office xmas party or your partners family xmas party?
I don't have a partner so I'd have to say office party.
If you were Santa....would I get a present?
That would depend on The Naughty List. Since I'm not Santa, I can't check to see if you're on it or not.
do you think formspring would be cooler if it let us give props for great answers, and have a comment space?
Those sound like good ideas. I also wish Formspring and Vyou.com could join forces. But then I also think it'd be cool to watch pigs fly. What do i know?
what's your new year's resolutions?
To get new glasses, maybe a better paying job, and to make no new years resolutions.
Do you have a tattoo you regret? why? don't like the subject..don't like the placement....don't like the color....etc..
I don't have any tattoos. I have considered getting a pale blue dot on my left wrist over a faded birthmark. I regret not having already done that.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Bible study is essential part of the Christian experience. I have done it for many years and have come to many conclusions 'outside' of anyone's curricula. But I still believe God is who He says He is. What did you believe about the person of God/Jesus?
I believed that God was the Father of Jesus and the Creator of all things. I believed that God had a personal relationship with each and every part of his creation, and being omniscient and omnipresent, was able to commune regularly with each and every individual on the planet if he so chose simultaneously. I believed he was God, so he could do anything. However, without even questioning the logic of this, I often assumed he would be on my side of any issue, unless I was given evidence otherwise, which was also, often. So over time I observed that what I would want and what I would get were two different things. I'd desire to have my prayers fulfilled but they'd either be ignored or answered in the negative by events that occurred around me. So I became the butt of God's jokes, and I felt I was little more than a victim of his sick sense of humor.
I believed that Jesus died for the sins of all mankind and resided in a special place in my heart and was there for me whenever I needed a shoulder to lean on or an ear to bend. Prayer was like calling up your best friend on a cellphone. This was before there were things like cellphones. I wouldn't have to talk out loud. I could just think and he'd hear my thoughts. Listen to whatever my problem was and say he'd look into it. While God towards the end grew more and more vindictive, Jesus was always my arbiter. I saw these two as both the same guy and separate entities, and it wasn't until later, over time, that the sheer absurdity of that occurred to me. As for The Holy Spirit, after my dabbling in mystic stuff in my youth, I'd decided the Holy Spirit a gift that I returned like a pair of socks. Speaking in tongues can be really scary if you actually believe in it.
Many years later I realized how magic - all magic - doesn't exist. You can't pick and choose. You can't say well there's no such thing as unicorns but some ghosts might be real. You can't dismiss fairies but accept angels. If magic functioned in this universe, subatomic particles would be unnecessary. Everything would be made by mystic energy. Alchemy would have worked. It's all or nothing. Science or Magic. You can't have a reality in which both co-exist.
So when someone feels they've experienced magical events, there is ALWAYS a more rational explanation. I had to face the fact that every time I thought I was communing with ghosts or angels or "guides" or fighting demons on others' behalf, I was really talking to myself. That's sobering. It's a form of insanity, and it's disturbing to me now realizing just how many people walking around every day are as guilty of that as I was. We're talking billions of people worldwide who believe this stuff is real without any actual evidence. They believe because it's what they feel.
The other day I was at a restaurant and witnessed four people quietly hold hands and bow their heads and it made my skin crawl. I used to do that. It's very subtle, but when you see that there's literally nothing to that. That it's just people fooling themselves into believing something that's not real, that's sobering. Leaders of the free world talk to air & think they're communing with the creator of all things. People who operate heavy machinery from cars to airplanes honestly think a god is their copilot. It boggles the mind.
I used to believe all that too. Frankly I'm surprised mankind hasn't metaphorically driven itself off a cliff by now.
I know very few Christians who would say that they feel or even have ever felt, the presence of Jesus (or the Spirit) in their lives. I consider you 'lucky'. When you experienced His presence what were you doing? How did it make you feel? Do you miss it?
It's not luck. You can experience this yourself if you want. At the time I was exploring speaking in tongues and other "gifts" and I was reading up on Edgar Cayce, ESP, meditation, dream interpretation, OBEs, channeling, automatic writing and before me and some friends scared ourselves silly I teetered over the edge of "the dark side" and for a time I had convinced myself I was able to communicate w/spirits by just holding a pencil on a pad of paper and putting myself into a light trance.
This is essentially a trick the mind can play on itself. Multiple personalities and schizophrenia are extreme forms of the mind convincing itself that reality is not as it actually is, but that there's layers delving beyond tangible reality that can be tapped via the unconscious mind. However, for a few years there, this sort of stuff was very real to me and many people around me. Family and friends. I looked into parapsychology and over time became frustrated that at every turn all I found was double talk and inconclusive evidence. Countless sightings but no evidence that scientists would take seriously, and back then I thought the scientists were the villains; that they were either arrogant, ignorant, or in some cases there must be some sort of conspiracy where the truth of this phenomena was being kept from people.
Now I simply see that there's no conclusive evidence, because none of it was real, but it took decades of convincing before I'd relent to that inevitable conclusion.
Throughout history mankind has uncovered ways in which we can alter our perception, and sometimes this is mistaken as touching the divine spark. It's all chemical imbalances and can be scientifically explained. In recent years scientists have been exploring something called The God Helmet which I recommend googling. Fascinating stuff. Drugs can also be easy ways to try triggering an apparent experience w/your god. Some athletes find adrenaline rushes akin to communing with their creator.
As Charles Dickens once wrote, "there's more gravy than grave to you spirit." Turns out in that fiction, Scrooge was wrong. However, in reality, the ghost of Marlowe really is just something we ate.
Religion does make people afraid. But even Jesus says to question, even question Him. People should always ask questions and seek answers. What was your most pressing question as a believer?
I don't recall Jesus saying to question him. That's certainly not a tenet of any Abrahamic cult of which I'm familiar. Generally knowledge outside accepted dogma is deemed sacrilege. Fear is a tool that leaders in churches use to manipulate and control their flocks. As for the most pressing question? I don't know if this qualifies but perhaps the first question I recall having which stumped the youth director and began to set me apart from others in our Wednesday bible classes was how did Joseph take all this? Mary has a meeting alone with one of God's angels. God himself doesn't even make an appearance. it's one of his angels that appears before Mary and the angel tells her she's gonna have God's son, and she tells Joe this. She's got a baby on the way and Joe knows he had nothing to do with it. How's he supposed to take this? How did Joe know the kid was god's? There are other explanations. That got a laugh in the room that night, but I was seriously curious. I mean how do we know this wasn't some normal human who somehow convinced Mary he was an angel, so she'd sleep with him? Maybe that's how date rapes happened two thousand years ago. I'd think Joe would go on a murdering rampage hunting down any guy hanging out at bars talking up girls about how he's secretly an angel sent from heaven.
Children are indoctrinated into the belief systems of their caregivers. So your experience as a 'christian youth' is typical of humanity. Now that you are an atheist how much of that indoctrination remains in your daily life?
Probably more than I'm consciously aware, but I'm too close to it to really properly diagnose or identify much of it in myself.
Bumming 'girlie smokes' is a funny story. What else did you do because others were doing it? And more importantly, what didn't you do when they were all 'doing it'?
What I didn't do when everyone else was doing it? Well apparently there was a lot more homosexual behavior happening around me in high school and college than I was aware. I found out years later that people were gay and I didn't know. My gaydar is for suck.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
You told me to 'examine the historical evidence.' I agree this is important. But right now, not really relevant. I want to know what happened to you. Before evidentiary expulsion of God occurred. What was your fav bible verse?
John 1:5 "The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has never put it out." It's still my favorite quote, but for different reasons. Now what had been in the shadows is lit also. Religion only works so long as it keeps us afraid to look in the dark.
How deep was the rabbit hole for you? As Christians, we are called to a personal relationship with Christ. Would you say you had that? What was it like?
I went in pretty deep. We referred to ourselves playfully as Jesus Freaks back when I was a teenager. Church every Sunday & Wednesday. It was a social & cultural thing and I was surrounded by like-minded individuals who never questioned our beliefs so it was like we were in a social bottle. Bible study was a natural part of life and I seriously felt JC was like a big brother always there when I needed him, spiritually speaking. It didn't occur to me at the time, but we never really read the bible in any sequential order. The leader of the group would take a passage and we'd discuss just that few verses or just that chapter, and wouldn't delve or venture outside preset plans of the instructor. I started reading on my own and I'd come back with questions but either the instructor wasn't prepared to answer the questions because I was venturing outside the preset curriculum, or the answers they could provide left me with even more questions. And reading the bible just made me uncomfortable. I'd be told I was interpreting from a modern sensibility and should see things more in context, but I distinctly remember reading Paul's letters on my own and coming away from the bible thinking he was a ripe ass bastard, in any time period.
Even after I moved away from that environment to live in others that were less conducive to reinforcing a religious belief structure and lifestyle, I still prayed & felt JC's presence in my life until a few years ago, when I realized that as intense as his presence sometimes felt, there's objectively no difference between that and daydreaming or otherwise using my imagination. It's a lie Believers tell to themselves, but it's very convincing. I didn't choose to stop believing. When objectively confronted with real life, unenforced by constant conditioning, the truth will out. I just woke up one day and realized I could no longer lie to myself. Reality doesn't support the fantasy.
Why did you smoke?
I started in college cuz all my friends smoked & I was a stressed out freshman. Smoking calmed me down or so I thought. I started by smoking girly cigs like Virginia Slims cuz I was bumming off girls I was hanging out with until they told me to start buying my own. LOL Never understood Capris. Damn toothpick cigs.
Friday, November 5, 2010
What was the weirdest gift you ever received?
An "IOU one kiss" from a lady friend who soon afterward admitted to herself & our mutual circle of friends that she was a lesbian. I never got to collect on that IOU and have since long lost the scrap of paper.
Would you rather be a vampire or a werewolf?
Depends on which source material we're referring to here. Cuz Twilight vampires are not in my opinion actual vampires they're more like TwinkPyres so I'd prefer to be a Twilight Werewolf. Joss Whedon's vampires were really cool, provided they didn't go toe to toe w/a slayer, unless she thought he was got. Werewolves in Joss' universe spend a lot of time behind bars so I'd have to be a vampire in Joss' universe. If we're talking the Lugosi/Chaney kinda vampire/werewolf, I'd rather be a mad scientist digging up bodies & animating dead tissue cuz that looked more like fun.
Who's the most beautiful person you know?
My opinion of physical beauty is constantly changing, more often than I care to admit to myself. True beauty is more than just good looks, and impossible to properly objectively quantify with a best singular choice.
What kind of music can you just not stand to listen to?
Unimaginative, droning, repetitive drivel. Doesn't matter the genre. I'll listen to any genre if it's creative & inspiring.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
A priest, a pedophile and a hypocrit walk into a bar. What does he order?
A sign reading: "Caution: obstacle in way."
I would like to learn something new. Expand my horizons and enjoy a new habit or hobby. Suggest something for me to try? I
I miss smoking cigarettes, but I don't recommend you start. Hobbies should merge organically out of your own interests. I'm not a fan of someone just taking up rock climbing or stamp collecting if they don't have some interest in that direction. I enjoyed acting in my youth so I still find myself critiquing tv & movies for the cast performances, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend movie critiquing for just anybody. I can't even say I'm good at it. I just enjoy it.
I have been noodling on exactly what I should ask you. And have gone round and round. But it occurred to me I should declare myself first. I am a Christian, though as my Dad would say, I am in rebellion. What do you think of that?
I think you should examine for yourself the historical evidence available outside the bible for your christ, and ask yourself why you believe in what cannot be proven. I am not interested in converting people to atheism, but I am interested in people learning for themselves that they are being swindled and tricked. Science doesn't manipulate, coerce, or condition people. A scientist could care less whether or not you believe. I'm not a scientist. At my heart I'm an artist and a dreamer, but I find a respectful honesty in the arrogance of science.
Como é que o Tarzan conseguia estar sempre barbeado?
Tarzan raspou com a lâmina de Jane. Eu não falo o português. Você fala o inglês? babelfish.yahoo.com
Rebellious or not, I find that my Christian experiences are very hard to deny. They are, regardless of the realness, a very integrated part of me. As such, I find it difficult to understand how you are now an atheist. Can we explore that?
I used to feel that way too. Being christian was, I thought, a part of who I was. That's a misnomer. For many years I clung to what's essentially Pascal's Wager. I was born christian so not being one anymore meant i was no longer me, and what if I'm wrong? I'd be not me in hell burning forever. I didn't like the sound of that. However, I didn't become an atheist overnight, while at the same time I did. It was a laborious process, but one day I realized that not only could I no longer be a christian but I hadn't been one for awhile. While I could theoretically live in a delusion so long as I consciously don't see it, I could no longer live in that delusion after seeing evidence that it was one.
My first question is what, when you were a Christian, did you consider a Christian to be? What made you a Christian?
A christian asked JC into his life. That was pretty much it. Beyond that I tried not to be judgy. If you told me you were a Christian, that's all I assumed it meant. I liked to think added to that was that you at least tried to do the right thing, but one couldn't bank on that.
Do you believe in serendipity? And if so have you had a 'serendipitous experience'? What was it?
Isn't she a stripper? I never dated Serendipity but I know a guy who did and she was nothin' but a gold digger. I steer clear of those. Mostly cuz I can't afford 'em.
How do I get rid of a raccoon out of my attic? I think he is a she and is making a winter nest in all my insulation!
Insist it pays rent. That'll git rid of it.
How come the smallest toes have the uglies toe nails?
Ugliness is subjective. I think my big toes are ugly too.
I need a real cure for insomnia. Do you have any ideas I might try?
Benedryl works for me. Whether I want to sleep or not.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
What happens when the condoms run out? Or is it a magical bottomless box?
When the condoms run out we get rescued.
Friday, October 8, 2010
You can be any kind of animal for a day. What would you choose? And why?
Human, cuz I have more experience with those.
What's your favorite book?
Failure Is Not An Option, by Gene Kranz - nonfiction memoir of NASA's early days that reads like a scifi novel. The works of Douglas Adams run a close second.
Your on a desert island, what 3 things do you take?
A fully furnished yacht. A beautiful woman who can captain a boat, fish and finds me sexually attractive. A box of condoms.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Just because you can't be heard above the wind doesn't mean you shouldn't scream. Screaming has nothing to do with being heard. A mute scream can open the door to release, whatever that might be. Have you ever screamed quietly? Why? Was it cathartic?
occasionally at the crapper i'll have a silent scream. Some might define the experience as cathartic. I should probably drink more prune juice.
I would like to ask you a series of questions about your past Christian life. In part because I am curious (nosy too). In part because I think you have some insights I might benefit from.. Would it be okay to pry? Is there anything I shouldn't ask?
You can ask. I'll probably answer. I won't know if what you ask pisses me off until after you ask it but (so far as i know) i don't get easily pissed off so no worries.
Friday, October 1, 2010
You just jumped out of an airplane and realized your parachute isn't going to open. You have 15 seconds before you hit the ground. What do you scream out loud?
At terminal velocity, you can't even hear yourself screaming over the wind. I generally avoid airplanes anyway. I have no faith in parachutes.
You're given the opportunity to run one Fortune 500 company for one year. Which one do you pick and why?
It doesn't matter. I'd either purposefully or accidentally run it into the ground inside of six months. I'm not exactly corporate oligarchy material.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Cher, Madonna, or Lady Gaga? Why?
I've followed Cher's career since my childhood, and my parents met her when she filmed Silkwood with Meryl Streep. So of these three talented ladies I'd have to choose Cher. However, I am impressed by Lady Gaga's recent combination of publicity stunts and philanthopy, bringing attention to Don't Ask Don't Tell and individuality and the like. I admire her spunk. Madonna used to espouse amoral philandering which I begrudgingly respected, until she became a real mother, at which point she got religion and turned into a hypocritical waste of phlegm.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
She is your significant other, friend w/benefits. U *CARE* about her. She is crying uncontrollably. You don't yet know why. 1) How do you feel when you *FIRST* realize she is crying? 2) What is the *FIRST* thing you think to do? 3)What do u actually do?
1) "oh great NOW what?" 2) ask her what's wrong. 3) ask her what's wrong.
do you think formspring should tell you who your followers are? If so,forward this question to all your friends on formspringer <----lol
I think formspring should tell me when I have questions. These have been sitting here for three weeks. Or maybe I should go here more often. I'd totally forgotten this was here.
IF I were male, I think I would be quite different as my parents would've raised me differently. Unfettered male, bane of every virgin, holy terror & probably dead by 30.Have you ever wondered how your life would be different if you were the opposite sex?
If I were the opposite sex, I'd probably be a lesbian, so I doubt I'd be getting any more or less sex than I am right now.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
What was your favorite year?
1985 was a good year for movies, but I like to think in terms of my life, the best is yet to come. Here's hoping I haven't experienced my favorite year yet.
Cats or Dogs?
When married, I reluctantly became a dog person for the sake of my wife, but I currently do not own any pets nor do I wish to do so. I have allergies that pet dander sets off. If I must be one or the other, I dislike dogs less than I do cats, but that's a slim matter of degrees.
Do you believe in ghosts?
No, but that's a cheap answer. I no longer believe in anything. I have come to the conclusion based on experiential and anecdotal evidence that "belief" and "faith" are dangers of The Human Condition and am experimenting with a lifestyle that doesn't involve belief or faith. There's no proof to the concept of souls, or an afterlife, or anything supernatural or paranormal, which rules out ghosts as even remotely possible.
What music are you listening to today?
Listened @JedWhedon and @TSFMusic past couple weeks and am seriously considering buying their latest albums soon as I get some disposable income. Woke up this morn w/Men At Work in my head. Haven't listened to much music today. Was mostly watching tv shows on @Hulu. Come to think of it, I did karaoke to a couple Billy Joel songs in the privacy of my home (no audience) and watched a YouTube video of XTC's "Dear God" a few hours ago.
Whiskey with a beer chaser or straight up?
I'll just take the beer. Not a whiskey man. Prefer fruit vodka drinks if I'm going to do hard liquor, but I generally don't mix beer & spirits. If I start w/vodka I don't then chase it down w/beer. That'd just make me sick.
If you were a Star Trek [or Star Wars] character, which one would it be?
I would be a new character, loosely based on myself, in that particular universe. I couldn't play Jabba The Hut or Wil Riker, but I could imagine someone like me in those fantastical settings. Contemplations beyond that would lead to unpopular fanfic. Look up "Mary Sue" for more enlightenment on that idea.
what is the riskiest decision you ever made in your life?
Not committing suicide some twenty years ago. It's still far riskier to live than it would have been to give up so easily.
He dropped 3 stones on my stomach. One settled into the hollow of belly button. They were rubies, dark, uncut, valuable. "To help you along the way" he said. I've never sold them. What's the most precious thing given to you? By whom? Do you still have it?
The most precious thing I can recall as a gift was when my dad bought me my first computer. I no longer have it, but he did so at some cost back then, and the education I got from having it in my possession has since served me well.
Does your significant other wear a perfume/scent of some sort? What is it called, if you know? Do you like it? if not, what would you prefer?
I'm happily divorced, and don't have a significant other currently. I prefer a woman who smells like she has bathed recently. Aside from that, I'm not particular. I don't memorize scents. In fact I have allergies so some strong perfumes on a lady of interest might backfire if she used such things to attract me like I was a bee or something.
I saw a gorgeous engagement ring. It was 3 square cut diamonds, mounted in a platinum band. Truly expensive, but beautiful &I really wanted it. My girlfriend said I should buy it towear on my right hand.What do you think about me buying it? Would you?
IMNSHO any encouragement of the use of diamonds for sale or trade perpetuates the blood money practices that involve a lot of precious jewels. Perhaps one can single out a particular diamond and say that one has nothing to do w/such practices, but its the principle of the thing. People die senselessly over the greed & vanity of diamond currency. I do not recommend ever participating in the diamond trade, but to each his/her own.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
If you were to run into a random person about whom you knew absolutely nothing and could only give them one piece of advice before you both went your separate ways and to live your separate lives, what would you say?
Same thing I say to any random person I just met & will probably never see again: "take care."
Sunday, August 8, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ln6fmjAN8I
I liked it. Wish the sound quality was better. I think these guys should go on America's Got Talent next year.
Opps! Sorry about the double post before (I am permanently distracted). So I grant you the gift of immortality and the deep and mysterious power of the vampire to entrance, coerce, influence and control (no you don't need to suck blood) What do you do?
So I have immortality, mind control, but I don't need to suck blood. Do I twinkle in sunlight? I must not disintegrate by fire in sunlight because if I did then I'm not very immortal, am I? If I twinkle then I'm a Twilight TwinkPyre and will be chased around creation by crowds of willing teenage females which quite frankly is the last thing I want. That never goes well. I've seen reruns of The Monkees. Do I get to brood a lot? That looks like fun. Oh. What do I do? I would pull the mental whammy on Miracle Laurie until she is helplessly devoted to me, and then force her to teach me Hawaiian dance techniques.
There was a guy named Jimmy. He once cracked some corn and according to lore, no one cares. Why is there a song about it?
To be more specific, the individual who wrote the song did not care. However, he obviously felt that others would. Whether or not anyone actually did is lost in the obscurities of time, of which there are three.
"The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of all true art and science. "from @antallan. On days when you are 'present' do you experience this emotion?
Uh.. "the mysterious" is not an emotion. One cannot feel mysterious. One can arouse curiosity and wonder in others by being mysterious to them, but one does not then feel mysterious when doing so. So calling "the mysterious" a "fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of all true art and science" is a statement that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. We walk up to this alleged cradle and look around and we wouldn't find anything. So whether the mysterious is present or not, what you're experiencing is last night's dinner disagreeing with today's digestive constitution. There's more gravy than grave to this spirit. I hope that answers your question.
I was alone, in front of a store. waiting 4 friends . A woman drove by (40ish red hair)&screamed 'you fucking cunt whore' at me. I don't know why. It made me perplexed. If this happened 2 u & u saw the person again what would you do/say to them?
"...CALL ME!" or "..I LOVE YOU TOO!" or "..YOU HAVE ME CONFUSED WITH SOMEONE ELSE MADAM!" or "..WHAT'S THE AIR SPEED VELOCITY OF AN UNLADEN SPARROW!?"
I stand in the full length mirror, naked, undone. I examen everything w/ a critical eye. Suddenly, I can see it all so clearly: hair, eyes, skin, soul. It is beautiful. When you look in the mirror, what do you see?
What do I see? I see that if I jump up and down, parts of me wobble like jelly while other parts remain perfectly still, defying the laws of physics. It's fascinating. I could do that for hours.
Monday, August 2, 2010
If you were God, and yes I mean that literally (omniscient, all powerful, eternal and infallible)' what three things in humanity, creation (all things that exist) or time would you change? Why?
Hypothetically speaking of course, the first thing I'd do is write a much better book. It wouldn't be a sciency book per se but it would have a little science in it tho not so much as to scare off the dummies. It would encourage the little humans to seek knowledge and treat each other far nicer than they do now.
Secondly I'd turn off my omniscience, cuz I imagine that'd get really annoying fast. I'd keep the all powerful, eternal & infallible things tho cuz I bet they'd come in handy. Actually I'd like to use that omni thing now and then. I'd have like a light switch that follows me around & when I'm bored I'd turn that on. Probably mostly to watch porn.
That way, as god, I'd be fully within my rights to check in on Christina Hendricks as she's bathing, but I could only do it when I'm omniscient, so I'd probably be quickly distracted by stuff that threatened the universe again. I'd go fix that, then come back only to find Ms. Hendricks was now done bathing and wearing way too many clothes again. She should wear less clothes. I'd be tempted to appear before Christina Hendricks as she prayed and ask her to start a nudist colony to honor the One True Dude Who Made Her So Perfect and then maybe after that I'd have the nerves to ask her out on a date. I mean, I would be god after all. Can't gods get chicks whenever they want? Then again, maybe I should aim a little lower than Christina Hendricks.
The truth of the matter is, being god, and omniscient, I'd know that Christina Hendricks is secretly gay. And that I made her that way which makes her being gay totally okay cuz I'm god and I'm perfect and stuff.
Third, I'd wish for more wishes. That way I could continue being god as much as I wanted despite the fact it's a totally absurd concept. Maybe Janeane Garofalo would be impressed if I showed up while she was bathing and announced I was god... No, she'd probably reach for a can of mace and kick my ass. Maybe I should try lusting after women who couldn't kick my godlike ass.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Are crepes yummy, gay, or just French?
I think they are all 3 not that there's anything wrong w/dat.
if you had a motto, what would it be?
I have a motto. "Head in clouds Heart on sleeve Foot in mouth." I should probably convert it into Latin someday.
Friday, July 16, 2010
You strike me a serious. If on the second date you expect her 'to laugh at my jokes', what kind of jokes do you tell? That is to say, is there a formula? Or can you do 'random funny'?
I say stuff that I think is funny, but other ppl don't, so if a lady wants a 2nd date w/me, it helps if she knows instinctively when I say something that I think is funny, and responds accordingly. I think that matters more to me than the size of her breasts. I'm pretty sure.
Who's the sexiest man alive?
The guy who currently gets more sex than any other man w/o dying of a heart attack. It's a guy too busy having sex to get his picture taken for the cover of magazines.
DAMN RIGHT HAN SHOT FIRST! Are there people out there who actually accept Greedo shot first? What is this world coming to? Anarchy! Blasphemy! There is NO GOD! well... we knew that.
I honestly don't get what George Lucas was thinking, unless he purposefully intended to stir up controversy so that he could sell more retreads of that movie. It was probably a marketing ploy.
On a scale of 1-10, rate your parallel-parking skills.
Zero. When I had a car, I rarely if ever parallel parked. Sometimes going out of my way to avoid it. Nowadays I take the bus, which removes the dilemma quite nicely. Let someone else deal w/the headache of traffic.
Monday, July 12, 2010
What was your favorite movie as a child?
The original Star Wars before George Lucas went back and "finished" it. Yes I'm one of the geeks who insists that Han Shot First. Star Wars was number one on my list for a long time and it's still in my personal top ten. Since then though, Citizen Kane, Ghostbusters & Princess Bride have beaten it.
What's one food you'll never eat again?
The few times I ate at Jack In The Box led to an unhappy tummy. However, when it comes to food I don't make a habit of saying never again.
What YouTube video made you laugh recently?
I enjoy @AskCarrieLee's funny and also Greg Benson of @MediocreFilms. MarkDayComedy comes to mind. There's really too many to name here. This is a partial list I threw together until I got bored.
http://www.youtube.com/AskCarrieLee
http://www.youtube.com/MediocreFilms
http://www.youtube.com/MarkDayComedy
http://www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers
http://www.youtube.com/RoosterTeeth
http://www.youtube.com/PuzzlingEvidenceTV
http://www.youtube.com/kilplixism
http://www.youtube.com/ijustine
being an ex-Christian urself, how long did it take u 2 quit anthropomorphizing what might/might not be & wondering, even when ur not positive if it exists, if it is good (all accepting) or bad (eternal punishment4not believing in it correctly enough
I'm sorry. I've read this several times, Christi and I just don't get what you're trying to ask. I was never equating what might be to animals. How long did what take? It took me literally decades to realize I was atheist, but I had abandoned first the Baptist denomination in my teens, then literal interpretations of the bible in my twenties, then I was more of a deist by the time I was 30 but still held to the trappings of being saved and having Jesus in my heart and all that stuff. Then about a year and a half ago I had an operation that led me to realize there just isn't a god, and since there isn't a god, none of that other stuff is real either. So it's taken my whole life to get to this point. Some people realize they're being conned faster than others. I fell for the whole religious thing because it had been fed to me from birth. I had no reason not to believe, until I observed reality and it just didn't mesh with what religion insists it should be. So either reality is wrong or religion is, and I got tired of accusing reality of being wrong. Cuz it's not. Man invented religion, and man is very fallible. Reality just is, whether we perceive it as it is or not. I hope that answers your question.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
what is your favorite Led Zeppelin song?
"Stairway To Heaven" is the obvious answer. I wanted a slightly less obvious answer: "Misty Mountain Hop." Here's a cover by Virtual Led Zeppelin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVbC_XBKn2E..this is the real reason why the Internet exists.
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