Post something about yourself, that would surprise other DUers

NJmaverick

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Mon Sep-01-08 06:07 PM
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Post something about yourself, that would surprise other DUers

I'll go first.

I am a sucker for a romantic comedy movies. I will pick them over action movies.

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Aristus

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Mon Sep-01-08 06:12 PM
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1. I used to hate Shakespeare's writing until about fifteen years ago.

I used to think he was boring. Turns out, the people I saw performing the plays were doing it all wrong. Kenneth Branagh really succeeded in bringing Shakespeare to people who think it is, in Branagh's words "not for them."

I am an official Shakespeare fanatic now...

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NJmaverick

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Tue Sep-02-08 07:25 AM
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33. So what makes Shakespeare great?

does he have a great wit? compelling story teller? Like the rest of the masses, I just don't get his appeal.

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Aristus

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Tue Sep-02-08 09:05 AM
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42. Great wit? Yes. Compelling storyteller? Yes. If you don't get his appeal,

then the performances you have seen (if any) have been BAD performances. If it's done right, Shakespeare can be transformative. And don't expect to "get" Shakespeare by reading the text of the plays. They were never intended to be read. They were written to be performed and listened to.

Don't blame yourself; lots of people have only been exposed to "bad" Shakespeare.

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kentauros

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Mon Sep-01-08 06:20 PM
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2. I consider myself mostly intelligent.

And yet, I write I Dream of Jeannie fanfic :P
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4359698/1/Genie_of_the_Lamp

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lizziegrace

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Mon Sep-01-08 06:31 PM
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3. I changed the carburetor, the starter, sandblasted the trunk of my first car.

Edited on Mon Sep-01-08 06:32 PM by lizziegrace

And until the carburetor was changed, poured gas into it to start the car. I always changed my own oil and plugs too.

(This was in college in the late 70's.)

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Starry Messenger

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Mon Sep-01-08 06:38 PM
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4. What if no one know you? Then it's all kind of a surprise.

LoL.

My fun fact: I once talked to Patty Hearst on the phone while I was babysitting for neighbors.

MPK

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DarkTirade

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Mon Sep-01-08 06:50 PM
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5. I tend to get misty-eyed while watching movies pretty easily.

... and TV shows...
... and cartoons...

... yeah, I'm a sap. I know. :P

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lizziegrace

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Mon Sep-01-08 06:57 PM
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6. Awww...

I'll think of you when I watch Love Actually and While You Were Sleeping...

:hug:

I still buy into the Disney fairy tales. You know, happily ever after and all?

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NJmaverick

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Tue Sep-02-08 07:26 AM
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34. happily ever after, isn't that the ending of pretty much every

romantic comedy?

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lizziegrace

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Tue Sep-02-08 11:56 AM
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51. Yeah...

but it all started for me when I saw Cinderella...

:)

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SPKrazy

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Mon Sep-01-08 06:59 PM
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7. I'm A Romantic At Heart

oh

not surprised?

:shrug:

uhm, I spend too much time alone

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Redstone

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Mon Sep-01-08 07:04 PM
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8. I voted for Nixon.

Redstone

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sniffa

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Mon Sep-01-08 07:14 PM
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11. I voted for Dole

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KitchenWitch

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Mon Sep-01-08 07:05 PM
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9. I have a lot of mean thoughts

I do not act on them, but they are in my brain.

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Mutley

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Mon Sep-01-08 07:20 PM
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13. Me too.

And when they occur to me they make me sad. :(

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Mon Sep-01-08 07:35 PM
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14. I think everybody has those

I get them too. Not acting on them is the key....:hug:

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sniffa

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Mon Sep-01-08 07:13 PM
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10. I'm deaf

Not totally, but none in one ear, and most in the other.

My life's a constant adventure because of it. The things I hear are hilarious compared to what's actually said.

Oh, and most people don't notice despite my constant, "What?s" and my twisting my head to aim my one good ear at the person speaking to me. I rely a lot on lip reading, and if the person has an accent (aside from Boston) I can't communicate.

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SalmonChantedEvening

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Mon Sep-01-08 07:14 PM
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12. I hate using machines to wash dishes.

I washed dishes outta HS for a year, and learned industrial food prep once they realized I wasn't entirely hopeless. When I wash em I know they're clean :D

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sniffa

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Mon Sep-01-08 07:39 PM
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17. This reminds me of, "Stuff Asians Like"

The dishwasher is only used to store clean dishes.

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SalmonChantedEvening

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Mon Sep-01-08 08:28 PM
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18. My disdain predates the intertubes :)

I just never saw the point of running little more than a hot rinse over already mostly clean dishes. :shrug:

Mebbe it's a Luddite thang...

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RadiationTherapy

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Tue Sep-02-08 10:08 AM
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45. A full dishwasher typically uses less water than typical handwashing.

Edited on Tue Sep-02-08 10:08 AM by RadiationTherapy

http://www.awwa.org/WaterWiser/watch/index.cfm?ArticleID=30

My wife swears SHE uses less because she is SO careful with water.

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SalmonChantedEvening

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Tue Sep-02-08 07:37 PM
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56. Speaking only from my own experience.

More often than not the dishes placed in the diswasher had already been sufficiently washed by hand.

I suspect this to be the case often enough for it not to be seen as an anamoly.

These were the 70' and early 80's, and Consumption was king. :(

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Skittles

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Tue Sep-02-08 01:07 AM
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28. I've never used a dishwasher - ever

I handwash my dishes

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SalmonChantedEvening

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Tue Sep-02-08 07:47 PM
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58. I learned to stand at the back of a Hobart

And clear whatever came out of it without letting it stop. 3 monkey dishes to a handful at 125 degrees. If the machine stopped, you went back to filling bus stations and icing the bar. Scrubland.

Before that, I had to either wash or dry every dinner dish by hand before I could set a foot outside and make Hide-N-Seek history :rofl:

Dear Wonderful Skittles, should I ever use such a machine for no reason, you know what you must do.

:hi: :loveya:

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mcctatas

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Mon Sep-01-08 07:37 PM
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15. I have secret naughty thoughts about...

Tucker Carlson...

:hide:

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Radical Activist

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Tue Sep-02-08 12:10 AM
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22. I can't believe you admitted to that.

I'd take that one to the grave.

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mcctatas

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Tue Sep-02-08 01:07 AM
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29. I can't help it...

I've always had a thing for snarky shitheads, I blame the bow tie.....

geez I miss the bow tie;)

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Xipe Totec

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Mon Sep-01-08 07:38 PM
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16. I just got down from the White Mountains

Got home one hour ago.

I missed youze guys!

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Lavender Brown

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Mon Sep-01-08 08:31 PM
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19. Um... I washed my car with peanut butter today

I guess that is just weird, more than surprising. :shrug:

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NJmaverick

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Tue Sep-02-08 08:06 AM
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39. why and how would you do that?

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Lavender Brown

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Tue Sep-02-08 06:16 PM
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54. It wasn't the whole car

Just the plastic trim around the windows. It had wax stuck to it that wouldn't come off no matter what we tried. I was told PB is the best way to get that out... and it worked. :shrug:

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cwydro

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Mon Sep-01-08 08:51 PM
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20. I spent a lot of time underground in college.

I was a spelunker and actually got paid as an Outdoor Adventure Leader to go crawl around in the mud with bats.

I loved it.

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vard28

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Mon Sep-01-08 11:54 PM
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21. I feel the need

for SPEED! And I guess I'm more redneck than people realize. I did Hot Laps in a Dale Earnhardt, Sr. number 3 car at the, then, Charlotte Motor Speedway several years ago. When I got out of that race car, I told the nice young man driving, "Holy Shit! That was almost better than SEX, and I've had some damn GOOD sex in my life!"

Poor kid was so embarrassed, he didn't know what to say back. Guess he hadn't heard that revelation from many 30-something women before me. :rofl:

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NJmaverick

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Tue Sep-02-08 08:08 AM
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41. I have to confess I thought you were a man

until those last few words.

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vard28

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Tue Sep-02-08 06:13 PM
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52. That's okay

I'm not a real prissy girl, never have been. I love stock car racing, tractor pulling, milking cows; I'm a vocal registered Democrat, and I've been told I'm a great mom and wife. Oh, and I'm a lot of fun to hang out with too! Go figure, huh? :hi:

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ChoralScholar

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Tue Sep-02-08 12:11 AM
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23. I am a big freakin dork - and these things are my hobbies

1 - Meterology, Storm Chasing, etc.
2 - Airports and Airplanes
3 - Roads, Bridges, and Civil Engineering
4 - Video Games (although I suck)

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Solon

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Tue Sep-02-08 12:13 AM
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24. In real life, I'm a Jesuit Priest...

What?!?!

:evilgrin:

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NJmaverick

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Tue Sep-02-08 07:24 AM
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32. Seriously?

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Solon

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Tue Sep-02-08 06:32 PM
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55. Nah, not really...

Its just the first thing that popped up as far as something "surprising" about me. I'm such an open book here, depending on the conversation, that I don't think I have any secrets anymore on DU.

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auntAgonist

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Tue Sep-02-08 12:16 AM
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25. some say I have a morbid curiousity

I like to watch tapes of autopsies, I find it all very fascinating. My dream was to become a full fledged funeral director but I didn't manage to get into school so I never got licensed. I worked in 2 funeral homes though and gained a lot of experience. I have such compassion for bereaved families and find it an honourable job to look after the deceased. I started too late in life I guess. Maybe next time around :shrug:

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Kali

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Tue Sep-02-08 12:18 AM
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26. I don't really know what other DUers know about me that would enable me to

pick something surprising. A few replies have led me to realize some think I am a guy. I'm not.

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Radical Activist

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Tue Sep-02-08 12:22 AM
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27. At least half the women I've dated have had girlfriends at one time.

I don't mean they made out with another girl in a bar to impress guys. I mean they were actually bi.

Not something I planned but something I often wonder about in my narcissistic navel gazing moments.

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LeftyFingerPop

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Tue Sep-02-08 01:12 AM
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30. All I was ever good at is lovin'. n/t

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Lil Missy

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Tue Sep-02-08 01:41 AM
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31. In my youth, I was in the Army Reserve.

My dad was retired military, and talked me into it.

I was especially distressed at the insistence about where I placed my socks and underwear, for God's sakes. And that we were not allowed to read or watch news.

Not to mention the sexism was rampant in that unit. They got tapped to serve in the first Gulf War, and I was plenty glad I was long gone.

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Tue Sep-02-08 07:29 AM
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35. I have a relative who is a VP of a small lobbying firm in DC.

And another relative who works for Pew research and whose best friend has been on the Daily Show AND the Colbert Report....Yeah, my relatives are those dreaded Washington insiders...:)

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NJmaverick

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Tue Sep-02-08 07:37 AM
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36. So where's all the inside dirt?

:evilgrin:

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Tue Sep-02-08 08:03 AM
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38. You have NO idea what I hear..OMG

Really--most of which I really can't share. I digs me some Capitol Hill dirt.....:evilgrin:
Although I do have a great story about my Lobbyist relative working for a firm that was Lobbying for the Marxist govt of Angola..They had protesters chaining themselves to the railings of the building they worked in....
Or the Lobbyist sharing this story on TV about Lobbyists and their image..when my older sister found out she was a Lobbyist she said "But I thought she was a NICE person"...:rofl:

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1gobluedem

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Tue Sep-02-08 07:57 AM
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37. I used to think NPR was pompous and pretentious

Then I got a job at an affiliate and now I can't imagine my day without it. :blush:

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auntAgonist

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Tue Sep-02-08 09:57 AM
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43. You would not fit in

to a pompous and pretentious situation :)

:hug:

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bertha katzenengel

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Tue Sep-02-08 08:08 AM
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40. I'm lazy. n/t

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MilesColtrane

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Tue Sep-02-08 09:59 AM
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44. I'm probably mentally ill.

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NJmaverick

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Tue Sep-02-08 10:11 AM
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46. If you don't mind my asking, why do you say that?

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MilesColtrane

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Tue Sep-02-08 10:25 AM
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47. Armchair diagnosis from perusing DSM-IV.

Lack of health insurance and fear of having to take drugs for the rest of my life have kept me away from doctors.

However, I'm not currently suicidal, and certainly not dangerous to anyone else, so I got that going for me.

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Tommy_Carcetti

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Tue Sep-02-08 10:28 AM
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48. I eschew abortion politics at all costs.

Both the "pro-life" and the "pro-choice" camps annoy me to no end. Their very names annoy me. They are more interested in printing bumper stickers than actually engage in rational debate.

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BlueIris

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Tue Sep-02-08 10:28 AM
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49. I'm actually quite pretty.

I post on a message board about Dems and progressives because I want to, not because I have no other opportunities for socialization.

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NJmaverick

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Tue Sep-02-08 11:53 AM
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50. Now you have to post a picture

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Sub Atomic

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Tue Sep-02-08 06:16 PM
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53. I skydive.

In fact, I just got back from jumping in Maine.

Ask me anything!

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lady raven

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Tue Sep-02-08 07:41 PM
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57. I was a Young Republican

When I was 14, I joined my high school's Young Republicans. Once I figured out who I am and that my beliefs were pretty much exactly the opposite of theirs, I quit. When I was old enough to register, I registered Democrat.

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ghostsofgiants

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Tue Sep-02-08 07:58 PM
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59. I went to a Pentecostal school and church until I was a teenager.

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