Oldbies! Post here and introduce yourself!

Then tell us something about yourself that you wish wasn't true.

And I wish that I haven't finished my great graphic novel by now

and I started smoking again and that sucks...

RL

It looks like I'm going to have to have cateract surgery. Now I have to save up money and work up my nerve. The whole thing just freaks me out.

-- Allen

Um, what I wish wasn't true... Once, I was very very clueless when this guy came up to me in Tower Records, asking me which Beatles album I'd recommend. It flew over my head that he was flirting, and I berated him for never having listened to the Beatles. Man, I wish that'd never happened...

Because I had a similar thing happen with a hot hippie goth girl, that probably had Rubber Soul and Abbey Road already.

My fellow fucked up Tower employees (yes quite literally and constantly) clued me in later when one asked me if I had gotten a date. To vindicate myself I asked Kristy Yamaguchi if she'd like to go out sometime the very next day. As she was perusing the classical section no less... It was a great moment and the best refusal I ever had until my dickheaded supervisor Don asked her for an autograph (the 5th one he'd gotten from her at the store!!) as she was still thanking me politely.

Sorry to go so OT but Tower brings back memories like college does for others.

and I wish that I wasn't too lazy to get my ass in the gym

I want the magic pill.

and I have the same problem as Reverend Smitty

And I was 18 when the Beatles' "I want to hold your hand" and "I saw her standing there" topped the charts. And I saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show *live*. Been a hardcore Beatles fan ever since.

to have seen them live, on ed sullivan. that was watching history in the making.

i'm a just a few years younger than you, but have been an avid beatlefan my entire life.

the lyrics, but all the notes as well. I became a Beatles junkie in 1963-64, and it's continued to this day. Still listen to their CD's in the car.

so I can ascribe to that..

I'm not as old as some. I'm more of a middlebie, I guess.

I don't have a girlfriend.

And I have arthritis in my back which is really a pain in the ass (it's the lower back so that's actually true).

I don't know if I am a newbie or an oldbie, but I am posting here anyway.

Something about me that I wish wasn't true...hmmm. I didn't win the Mega Millions the other night. Of course I never play either.

And I wish I just had picked my first name as a username.

And I'm planting seckel pear trees this weekend!

I wish I weren't so lonely, that my best DU bud were still here.

It's freaking COLD here in Chicago...rainy and icky.

Also, at the Chicago DU meetups, I've been one of the few guys who has NOT been kissed by whoisalhedges. :-(

and yer all a bunch of whipper snappers

I remember when DU was the first DU not this new fangled one

here about two years ago. Wow.

:hi:

:hi:

nt

You should probably run it by Doug first, though. ;)

But, I know that he wouldn't have a problem with you giving me a hug. So, I'll take the hugs...anytime you're offering them. :-)

Howdy folks!:hi:

I wish I didn't start smoking cigarettes. A bad habit to kick.

and I really can't bowl well.

FSC

Bowling?

Golf for the Working Class.

I should take up polo instead. Much more classy.

"Avoid the steaming divots, folks!"

FSC

I don't know what that means but it sounds pretentious.

BTW, I never figured out how to bowl myself. If I break 100, I feel like I've accomplished something.

you have to say recherche' a lot.

:D
FSC

by a blogger.

I wish bloggers weren't such stupid and ineffective attention whores.

:evilgrin:

What I wish weren't true about myself?

I can't afford to do even 10% of the travel I dream of doing.

I am neurotic and codependent and a hypochondriac.

On the other hand, I make a mean batch of chili, never fail to deliver when a hit & run is called, and no one gives better cat advice. :hi:

...and I wish I was a tad more organized.

:hi:

It just started raining here...again...it rained almost non-stop from the beginning of October through the end of March. I was so hoping it was over.

:hi: How ya been? (Besides wet)

I can't post pictures.

I've been here for over six months and have over 8000 posts, so I guess I qualify as a new-oldbie.

I too wish I didn't smoke.

You know, if you want. But you'd be wrong.

I am a thirty-year-old virgin.

.....I wish I wasn't at WORK postin' this...or that I have to drive home in rush-hour RAIN!!! x(

...but HEY there stranger...long time no type!!! :hi: :hug:

Yesterday I lost a contact lens and my car broke down.

And I wish I wasn't a former rabid conservative. Yes, at one time I was as radical as the repukes, but hey - at least I saw the light. And now, I'm as passionate a liberal as I used to be a wing nut. Maybe that's why I hate them so much - I see what I used to be. And I don't like it one bit. And now that I've confessed, I hope I don't get banned from D.U. 'cuz I luvs this place.

It's great to have you here too!

P.S. - Flush Rush

Glad you saw the light. :bounce:

'Cuz I can tell you from experience, those people are frickin' bonkers. They try to get you to hate gay people you don't even know, while people are out of work, lack health insurance, and our service men and women are being killed and maimed in an illegal war. And then they turn young enlisted people into torturers, and when they get busted, throw them to the dogs. While the top rankers who ordered/instigated the atrocities, come out smelling like a rose. As I've said before, Clinton looks like a Boy Scout compared to Bushco. Fuck those bastards. And one other thing that made me change my views, is how can you call yourself a Christian, and be so full of hate? What's wrong with this picture?

I was 100% in favor of bombing the hell out of Afghanistan at the time, because it was held that Bin Laden was operating out of that country. But I also followed developments in Iraq, and it was obvious to me that something wasn't right. Iraq had nothing to do with 911, I'm convinced that was nothing but a set up for an oil grab. And the revelations about Gitmo, and Abu Ghraib, the deaths of civilians in Iraq, when nothing was being done to capture Osama. It went on and on, and I realized I was backing the wrong horse. Not to mention all of the gay bashing. I'm not gay, but with this country going to hell in a hand basket, I'll be damned if they'll get me to hate people I don't even know because of a sexual preference I may not agree with. There are more important things going on in the world. Also, see my other post, # 65 I think it was. Have a good day.

Ah, I feel better now - confession is good for the soul, as they say. :)

discussions. :hi:

:spray: :hi:

:hi:

... but not online.

see Richardo spit. :hi:

...to coin a phrase. :evilgrin:

I'm u4ic, and I haven't had chocolate for 3 days.

I've now got the :scared:

:hi:

Went without chocolate nigh on to four days - they died in 10 minutes. (Just kidding).

and I'm hooked on phonics.

Tom Kitten. Been a member since July 2003.
I suffer from low peer group ratings.

who exists on a day to day basis as Mary. And Monday, I'm one birthday closer to doom. Who said it's better than the alternative?

I don't quite feel new anymore. :D

And I'm obsessively interested in things for about 3 years tops and then I cease to care completely. I really want to work on a hobby that I can develop over a lifetime and at which I can really become skilled.

I'm wryter2000, and I still have my day job.

Member since winter 2001.

I wish it wasn't true, but...I'm going to be in Boston this weekend, but I'm going to miss the get-together because I have to be a good little $%#@%&* daughter-in-law.

I'm rene moon and have been a member since 2001. I finally hit over 1,000 posts this week, and it took years to do so.

How sad!

Like me.

wow, someone who posts even less often than I do. It took me about 15 - 18 months to make 1000, and I thought that was a long time.

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S ! ! ! on 1000+

:bounce: :party: :toast: :party: :bounce:

:hi:

I think I'm on about the same pace as you...about 730 posts since mid-2002. :-)

As for something I wish wasn't true, I was busted for drugs when I was 20.

Tikki is actually two folks; the Mr. and me....
We picked the name Tikki because that is the name of our doggie (A call out to Mitzi)....and we figured we wouldn't forget our user name that way.

We have been DU members for over two years now...

We have been noticing more of the oldbies back posting on DU...excellent!!
And we welcome all the Newbie posters....thanks for taking the time to share your
thoughts and interests and ideas...

The Tikkis

Been a member of DU since October of 2001 but lurked a long time before that.

Because the triplets have been sick...one after the other....I haven't seen them in almost four weeks. The good news is...that will change tomorrow when they come to visit.

:D

I usually spend my DU time in the down and dirty political forums, but haven't visited much for the last couple of months.

What do I wish wasn't true? That I've felt so burned out on politics since Chimpy's coronation.

Since spring of 2002.

I am an old man but it is fun being an old man. I guess. More recently I learned I was a doormat! Oh, woe is me.

180

and I hate the highlights that I had put in my hair last week. :hi:

I survived the primary wars on DU and I'm still here. :)

I wish I hadn't lost my faith in the political process of our country. I've become so damned cynical it seems it doesn't matter what party a politician belongs to anymore. None of them care about the little guy and what they need from their government to have a good life.

which I keep under control. I have the kind of temper that doesn't result in any shouting...I will calmly and with no hesitation just tear someone apart with words...sometimes in a mocking tone... I have been known to make people cry when I get in a really pissy mood.

There are people who are literally afraid of me, including some politicians who have seen me in action.

Here on DU I try to behave myself.

I have been here since the beginning (early 2001) when my mom called me to tell me about this site.

And if it wasn't for that horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college....

Love Lewis Black too

And I'm broke.:(

Don't get in debt though. Credit cards are horrible. They make things worse.

and I wish I didn't have to make a really tough job decision this month.

I've been here since 2001. I wish I was more outgoing in social situations, something I'm working on.

And I'm actually a shared sockpuppet account that the admins take turns using to work out their frustrations.

I wish I was a real boy!

;-)

I've been on this damned site since either right before or just after that thing that happened in 2001.

I'm a lefty who has turned into a hard lefty who will probably become a serious lefty as time goes on.

I do planning type stuff for cities.

Stephanie is the best thing that's ever happened to me and she's asleep right now:-)

Mistress of Evil, Dark Lord of the Sith, and all-around sweetheart and I've been here since day one. I miss sex threads. I fight with all comers about sexist language. And I'm stupid enough to periodically wander into GD and ask everyone to play nice. I've been accused of being Will Pitt's number 1 groupie (I neither confirm nor deny). I've also been accused of being the 2nd biggest Lounge slut behind short bus. :P

I wish I wasn't stuck in Austin while everyone else is in Boston. :(

haven't shut up since. :D Came here as a Conservative DLC Dem and now am one of the "Way Leftie" Progressives and don't support any Candidate yet for 2008. :hi:

Been a member since way back when. And I wish I didn't have to face my first official meeting with work this coming Tuesday! I know there is going to be fights between several of the guards.

and I fucking rule. That is all. Oh. And I just got back from the pre-DU gathering in Boston. :P

here. I'm up late because my fuckin' back is killing me. I wish that wasn't true.

I've only been here since Feb. 2005.
My name really is Peggy, and I like that...The thing I don't like about me is that I'm about 20 pounds overweight and I can't seem to get them OFF!

:silly:

And I think I qualify as an oldbie (member since Oct. '01). One thing I wish wasn't true about myself is that I am really shy. I'm actually the most talkative one when I hang out with my closest friends, but I take way too long before I'm comfortable enough around people to be who I really am.

And you are not the last Texas Dem. I assure you. :)

What did I miss? If you're Loretta, can I be Ruby?

I write a lot more posts than I submit. At the last moment I think 'eh' and delete it. This one post represents about 20 you'll never read. Consider yourself lucky.

What I wish wasn't true - I really wish I could have made it to Boston, but I made commitments with my family and a volunteer event with AIDSDelaware.

:shrug:

wish I wasn't so shy at times.

Been around since early August of 01. Been a moderator off and on since early 02.

Married DUer Haele, although we were already sorta dating when she joined DU. We were the first DU wedding, though. Webcast and everything!

Then tell us something about yourself that you wish wasn't true.

I wish I wasn't disabled.

I've been here since Octoberish 2001, and I wish...

I wish...

mmm I wish Hamhose wasn't my ultimate role model.

There, that'll give y'all something to think about.

:D

:hi:

Also a liberal with a little dog. What I wish wasn't true? Hard question. I wish that I was younger, more optimistic and not so damn scared of the future. The more I hear, the more scared I become. And things just seem to become worse.

I woke up on 9/11. I had a dentist appointment. I knew something really terrible had happened, but I always run late, so I knew few details. And I sat there, hostage in the dentist's chair, for what seemed like forever, seeing that second plane, on the TV, hitting the North Tower, over and over and over. I was weak in the knees by the time I walked out of my dentist's office, into a lovely September day, believing that the world was about to end. I had voted Democrat, starting with my hero, Jimmy Carter, but I was determined, since that terrifying day, to learn what was really going on in this country and the world. And I have and I'm more scared than ever. So now I'm here and grateful to have found kindred spirits, but just do not get why the entire country is not condemning an administration, asleep at the switch, who could allow this to happen, and the horrible acts that they've perpetrated, ever since.*sigh*

been posting since last november and it is so great.

I wish I had not have quit grad school.

Yes, DU is just the best. I sure wouldn't have survived the last election without it. I almost didn't, anyway.:-(

I wish that you hadn't quit grad school, either, since it seems to me that this is where your heart and interest lie. Could you go back? Or go back, studying a less intense subject? This is what you must decide, what you feel and what you have to do to be happy. And I'm here, anytime, if you want to talk.:hug:

if it all works out, but not at the school I dropped out of.

The last election just made my depression and anxiety worse, so it was hard to concentrate on my work the weeks before and after. :cry:

Thank you Rhiannon :hug: Thank you, DU :grouphug:

I think that this will work out well for you. Just take it one step at a time.:-)

And I certainly understand about the election. No wonder you got off-track. I was totally blindsided and shocked and felt like I had been kicked in the stomach. I would not have survived, if it hadn't been for DU. I don't know if you were here, but they had two forums, I forget the exact names, but I think they were "help and support" and "anger and vitriol." I constantly accessed the former, but also had friends who were suffering. We all had such hopes. So I completely understand.;(

I thank DU for being here, as well. It's the best place on the web. And I'm so glad you found us, as well. And that we managed to cross paths.:-)

Rhiannon:hug:

:hug: Grad course is called "The Writings of C.S. Lewis."

If you would enjoy it, then do it. Wish I could join you.

Rhi:hug:

:hug:

Well, maybe I'd consider it, if you held my hand the entire time. What you're planning does sound like a good program, a toe back into the water.:-)

It might benefit me to return to school, since I never did find a real vocation, but I have attended 10 schools in my life, five in my first five years of school, and it was rough. Either my parents had me change schools, from private to public, and back again, or we moved. Not a great experience for a kid. So I preferred working to grad school, like I planned.:shrug:

But you seem much happier in school, and should do it, if you feel you're ready. What I meant was that we both have to take life one step at a time.:hug:

:hug:

Seeing if I like this grad school... But I am liking working.

But going back to school would be much more intimidating, to me, than working. And isn't that the ultimate goal of school, anyway, to find a rewarding job? But only you can know what will make you happy. If you're more comfortable in school, by all means, return. You have time to decide on your vocation. Maybe you could just do each, part-time, if you can find the right match-up, without stressing yourself.:shrug:

Still want to hold your hand! :loveya:

And I thank you. I'm here, for you, as well. Let me know what you decide and how it's going.:pals:

:pals:

Get some rest and relaxation over the weekend!:pals:

A toast to Rhi :toast:

And the same back to you, and best wishes for an easier work week.:pals:

:) :pals:

I saw my Devil and I saw my deep blue sea

I may be in this range..can you give me a post? I'm 45..

Nice to meet you, arwalden and all. I'm Heidi, American living in Switzerland.

I wish it weren't true that I once was married to a diehard Republican. On the other hand, I learned a lot from the experience. :hi:

I found DU through a link at madkane.com.

I once owned a bottle of High Karate.

:hi:

Any Stagger Lee song will do.

I was first introduced to the legend by the Grateful Dead song.

The Nick Cave one is damn wicked.

I'm DemItAll, here only a year, so more newbie than oldhead. I respect my elders :)

:hi:
and I wish I would have chosen another username. Maybe there will be a chance again to do that.

I'm the guy with the crazed look in his eye running around telling people they need to turn their life over to reason. :hi:

I wish the invisible pandas would stop tracking me down every six months.

I wish I could take more than two steps before I fall on my face. Anyway I'm getting more and more militant and pissed off with each passing day.
Shocked and disbelieving at the shit that comes down with each day, and I'm afraid that when the revolution finally does get here, I'll be to infirm to do anything.
If you made this far down the thread here I am

Hang in there!

confrontation... and I love the new pope. :D :hi:



:sarcasm:

I'm married to Bertha Katzenengel, formerly Bertha Venation.

Something I wish wasn't true -- I have arthritis, and it is quite annoying.

Bleeding liberal driven further to the left by the idiocy, lunacy, ignorance and instransigence of the present cacique (term for Latin American strong man in power.) I love DU even lately with all the stupidity taking place in GD. We seem to be attracting more freeper lurkers everyday but I guess that is okay because it means they are getting scared.

About me...well I am an educator and administrator in a major school district outside of Dallas. I detest NCLB. I live now for one thing, my family. I am a cancer survivor and a typical type A personality trying to become less so. It's difficult. I jog at least 3 times a week and I am trying to lose 20 pounds the old fashioned way, less input, more output. :)

I don't post much, but I've been here for quite a while. I miss how DU used to be...although I guess even though DU has changed a lot, the core is still good. I guess I'm just sick of all the crap in GD and of some people who need to be the center of attention :(

I'm older now than when I joined Du in 2001.

Oh and I'm starting to notice some gray hair :cry:

and I approved this message. ;)

And I wish I didn't have a malfunctioning endocrine system.

(I know I have a low post count, but I've been here a long time....)

that I lost my mom a few months ago. :(

...and I have a bunch of chores to do....

And I wish I wasn't sick all of the time. :-(

BTW, I was a lurker since 9/11 and joined just after New Year's 2002.

I wish sometimes I hadn't taken the path I took.

Cryptic enough for you?

Nobody's going to read this anyway, so...

I am ready to just kick back and welcome the end of existence ... unless you come clean, right now." Dogma

I feel like an oldbie, of sorts, but I do not remember most of these other oldbies. Where is Gump anyway?

I'm Rob.

I wish I didn't live in the 'burbs.

Formerly mkuhl.

Joined some time in 2002, shortly after Susang.

And I'm extremely Attention Deficit.

Me too!

:rofl:

Been around since 12/2002-1/2003.

What I wish weren't true about me:
I wish I could shake the horrible feeling that this country is done for. It's been overrun by right-wing fanatics, "me-firsters" and religious zealots who were once a laughingstock, but they now hold the reins. And they aren't about to let go.

*Every* time I think about the state of things, and the probabilities for the future, I get very depressed and angry. Sadly, I think that that's an appropriate response to what's going on, but I do not like feeling that way. I have the nagging feeling that I will be battling this until the day I die -- that I will not live long enough to see this country free again.

well, once i shot a man in reno just to watch him die.

Something about me that I wish wasn't true? Well, I'm loathe to admit it, but I was a rape victim at 19.

The story has a happy ending, though: I got the help I needed and the perpetrator was put behind bars.

I'm a Maine Dem. :) But here I'm THE MaineDem.

I really really really wish we didn't have this President and the scummy GOP leadership. That's why I'm working my butt off to see a change in every election, starting with Boards of Selectmen and School Boards. It's my life now!

I don't post often in the Lounge now but that may change. I was fortunate to meet a number of DUers last year...exactly one year ago today...at the Women's March in DC. I love the information and the shared values we exchange here. Keep up the great work!

I've been on DU since July, '01. I spent too much time career surfing in my twenties and early thirties instead of getting back into school and in the classroom, where I am now.

And I wish I had chosen a different college. I don't feel like my college was right for me - plus, it was quite expensive. Perhaps I'd have a clearer direction if I hadn't chosen Ursinus College. Anyway, I just might get back into the classroom like uly! We'll see.

I got here right about the time Uly did back in 2001. I've always had a closet thing for him but never admitted it publicly until now.

I filed official harassment charges against my boss last Friday and today is my birthday. I'm not terribly thrilled about either of those things.


Laura

What would kevsand and Ms Uly say? :D

:loveya: Happy Birthday!

But that doesn't preclude my long distance admiration!

__________

I dunno about Mrs Uly, but kevsand does NOT share well with others. I'm thinking you most CERTAINLY put up the right response on THAT one! ;)


Laura

have I been married for almost 12 years. :D

I am Beware the Beast Man. Hello. :hi:

Wait, this isn't Free Republic...

I wish I didn't have a stupid sinus infection.

Tucker

:D

Hope your sinus infection improves soon! Those suck. Get some antibiotics! :hi:

I've been here since 2002, but spent the first year and a half as populistmom, a more quiet version of me, though still me. I wish I were already done with school, but that's something else all together. I'd like for many long overdue things to take place in my life soon, but otherwise I'm rather content with who I am. I am my own woman who marches to the beat of my own paradoxical drum. :7

:hi: I've been here since March or April of 2001 so I am certainly one of the oldbies. I'm pretty shy and I don't like to be confrontational not here and not in real life either. :hide:

I come from old democratic union labor stock!

I wish I had an attention span longer than 5 seconds. I wish I were not sick all the time (Long term after effects of cancer treatment suck). I wish the world I am leaving to my kids was better than the world my parents left me. I wish my cat had not passed away two weeks ago.

I try to remain optimistic.

I have been known on occasion to...............lose my temper :o

...formerly JDWalley. I've been around since the first few days of DU.

And I have to admit it...I voted for Nader. :-(

Of course, that was in 1996, not 2000. ;-)

Yes.

Then stop slapping me!

I signed on for the first time in February 2001. So, i've been around for almost the whole time.

The think i wish weren't true is that i have MS. But, i endeavor to persevere.
The Professor

I got here about a week after the inauguration for Selection 2k.

"Then tell us something about yourself that you wish wasn't true."

Ok, I look like Droopy the Dog.

and I wish my leylands would grow faster, so they could block my neighbor's bright-ass spotlights, that blind me every night when I'm on the deck chillin'.

Oh, and that other thing too.

Arwalden, one of my favorites.

I'm Bouncy Ball. I post here.

:hi:

I wish I weren't an insomniac!

I wish it was easier to think of just a few things I wish were not true about me....I could go on and on....

:hi:

of the underworld, but that is not the right line.
It should be "please allow me to introduce myself" or "I am the god of Hellfire and I bring you ..."

I'm female.

But, but, but.....

The girls are usually smarter, prettier and more fun to be with than the boys!

(and I'm a fag so I don't have that straight boy bias)

Khash.

I think I may be ts/tg so that is why I said that. I played with tonka trucks, and played baseball, basketball, soccer, and anything else that involved bouncing balls when I was little and climbed trees. I'm attracted to women, but I don't look at it the same way many other lesbians see it, so it does make me wonder. I do have <some> female like qualities physically, but all my interests are usually associated with men's hobbies and I think more like men on a lot of levels.

Jama

You may be TG or maybe you are just one of those really cool masculine lesbians. Only you will ever know.

I'm not particularly femme but I never used the word "man" to describe myself until recently and I'm almost 40. I spent a lot of years thinking I might be TG , even sometimes hoping I was, but I'm not. (I'd still love trying to be a woman, if I could switch back when I wanted to.)

Gender is such bullshit! (But fun if you treat it like a game or a sex toy.)

Read Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein - a man who became a woman - it's very enlightening. Or some of Patrick Califia's more recent books - a woman who became a man - he speaks intelligently about his life and his transition from dyke to gay man.

There are alternatives - Della Grace for example. A wonderful photographer. She eventually chose somewhere in between male and female. She hasn't spoken a lot about it, but her art changed with her change.

Anyway, whatever your ultimate decision you are among friends - there are a surprising number of TG and TG-positive people here.

And don't worry if you don't match every other lesbian in the world - why should you? You are you, unique!

Do what is right for you, Jama, and makes you happy.


Khash.

So what I wish wasn't true? I tend to shoot my mouth off before thinking about it and end up looking like a complete ass.

But, hey, it's all among friends, right? You guys will forgive me. Right? Right?..... um, sometimes? please?


Khash.

If you'll forgive me, I'll forgive you. We'll get along just fine. :pals:

The only things I can think of that I wish weren't true about myself are that I'm fat and am having a hard time getting pregnant.

I wish I weren't unemployed, homeless and mentally ill. :hi:

I live in Seattle. Allen & his partner have met me. (Just in case there was, you know, any question.):hi: