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ss13GOLD Member
stranger
14 posts
Location: Wisconsin, US, USA

Posted:
So I figure I'll just answer these all... tongue2

Name: Irene... better known as DJ.

Location: Tends to be wherever I lay my head at night... usually somewhere in Wisconsin, US. O,o

Hometown: Chicago, IL

Birthday (sign?): 2 - 13 n I'm an Aquarius... smile

Age: 20

Sex: I haven't checked lately, but I'm pretty sure I'm still a girl. O,o

Occupation(s): Janitor. Mainly. I usually hold about 3 jobs at a time, but... the other ones are usually fast food, retail, or something at a theme park...

Favorite Food(s): Cheese.

Favorite Color(s): Gray.

What is the wing speed of an unladen swallow? 27 flaps per second. O,o Really... idfk. lol

Toys: Poi--would be why I'm here, eh? Specifically... I like flow lights... working on getting every color combination available. XD

Hobbies other than the obvious: Writing. Journalism--video included.

Education: HS drop out. frown

Favorite Book(s): Laughing Whitefish and The Great Compromise... older books.

Favorite Movie(s): Grandma's Boy and Road Trip. ^ . ^

Godzilla vs. a Star Wars Star Destroyer. Who wins? Why? The Star Destroyer... I don't know why... I just like the lights. smile

Favorite TV show(s): Don't watch much TV.

Plans for life in general: (i.e. what you want to do when you grow up) Well, I've accomplished most of the goals I set for myself... I tend not to make too many long-term goals... it's hard for me to let them fall apart. I like to take opportunity as it comes. There is no particular thing I want to do... just many thingS. grin

Favorite Music Artists/Composers: I'm too ecclectic for this question. tongue2

Do you think these pants make my butt look too big? I think any pants make your butt look too big. tongue2

Favorie ice cream flavor(s): Cinnamon. XD And apple pie... amazing.

Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella?* Nutella... though I think they're all sick. XP

they call me SPITFIRE

If they fire you, burn you, blast you... Ignite them.

I DO NOT AGREE with a word you say, but I WILL DEFEND TO THE DEATH your RIGHT TO SAY IT.

WoodlandAppleBRONZE Member
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474 posts
Location: Australia

Posted:
Originally Posted By: ss13
Godzilla vs. a Star Wars Star Destroyer. Who wins? Why? The Star Destroyer... I don't know why... I just like the lights. smile



true that, the star destroyer is like a giant poi head in the sky. And when luke blew it up, it was allowed to shine briefly as a fire poi. honestly those that choose Godzilla to destroy the biggest poi ever really show their true nature.


EDITED_BY: WoodlandApple (1262829928)
EDIT_REASON: seaspray was right so deleted staff conotation

sticks and stones my break my bones, but ski patrol will save me.

Seaspraystranger by the day
924 posts
Location: At the Back of the North Wind

Posted:
now... what about Godzilla is related to staffs? (staves? I'm never sure...)

Just a dancer in the dark

Seaspraystranger by the day
924 posts
Location: At the Back of the North Wind

Posted:
Oh, and welcome smile

DJ is a cool name, there a story behind it? tongue2

Just a dancer in the dark

WoodlandAppleBRONZE Member
addict
474 posts
Location: Australia

Posted:
hey seaspray, I thought the poem was


As I was going up the stair
I saw a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
Oh, how I wish he’d go away...

When I came home last night at three
The man was waiting there for me
But when I looked around the hall
I couldn’t see him there at all!
Go away, go away, don’t you come back any more!
Go away, go away, and please don’t slam the door... (slam!)

Last night I saw upon the stair
A little man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away.

oh, and also Welcome ss13!!!!
EDITED_BY: WoodlandApple (1262830763)
EDIT_REASON: rememberng the second verse

sticks and stones my break my bones, but ski patrol will save me.

Seaspraystranger by the day
924 posts
Location: At the Back of the North Wind

Posted:
heh, I can count the number of poems I can reliably quote off of one hand.

In this case I think I never encountered the full poem, or if I did I was about a 1/3 of my current height when I did tongue2

I just remember the poem being creepy wordplay

Just a dancer in the dark

WoodlandAppleBRONZE Member
addict
474 posts
Location: Australia

Posted:
I admit the only reason why I know it was that it was graffitied across the wall of a hut I stuck in for a while.

sticks and stones my break my bones, but ski patrol will save me.

81LLBRONZE Member
pant crafting
97 posts
Location: Ireland

Posted:
ive wondered if i had gone to HS in the U.S. would i also have dropped out...

...but you have 3 jobs. i have a degree and no jobs, so your blue sadface is unwarranted!

hi and welcome! grin

No air drumming - Bruford could change the timing up so fast you could snap your wrist!

ss13GOLD Member
stranger
14 posts
Location: Wisconsin, US, USA

Posted:
OMG! I know that poem Wood! And yeah... that "poi" analogy/metaphor -- whichever it technically is lol--is exactly what I was thinking... Plus, I just don't like monkeys... and the star destroyer... it was just bad arse. XD lol
Sea: There most definitely is. I used to help DJ raves--thus the "poi" interest starting (funny: I got a friend involved n she started when I stopped... then got me re-involved! ^ . ^ smile. I was young at the time... thus earning me the name "DJ"--first guy I worked with was amazed. I thought I did kinda crappy. O,o lol ...but whatever the case... it just stuck through time as my online alias... (that and Spitfire) o.o ...although, in life, I don't really hang around the people that used to refer to me as such anymore... but then, I don't hang around many people anymore. frown
which leads me to...
81LL: I almost wish I was in your shoes. lol Too much work... and pressure to stick to it all. smirk Friggin economy, eh? But I guess it's better than no house. XD

Thanks for the warm welcome and the amusing thread. ^ . ^

they call me SPITFIRE

If they fire you, burn you, blast you... Ignite them.

I DO NOT AGREE with a word you say, but I WILL DEFEND TO THE DEATH your RIGHT TO SAY IT.

WoodlandAppleBRONZE Member
addict
474 posts
Location: Australia

Posted:
Originally Posted By: ss13OMG! I know that poem Wood! And yeah... that "poi" analogy/metaphor -- whichever it technically is lol--is exactly what I was thinking... Plus, I just don't like monkeys...

teeheehee, your thinking of King Kong arent you! laugh3 ubbrollsmile laugh3

Cause Godzilla is that Japanese monster. You know the big arse dinosaur thingy. Not a Monkey at all!!! laugh3 ubbrollsmile laugh3

sticks and stones my break my bones, but ski patrol will save me.

ss13GOLD Member
stranger
14 posts
Location: Wisconsin, US, USA

Posted:
Haha... you know... I was... but really... I don't like them, either. lmao

wink

they call me SPITFIRE

If they fire you, burn you, blast you... Ignite them.

I DO NOT AGREE with a word you say, but I WILL DEFEND TO THE DEATH your RIGHT TO SAY IT.

ss13GOLD Member
stranger
14 posts
Location: Wisconsin, US, USA

Posted:
How's Australia, by the way? I want to live there. O,o Is it as nice as it seems? lol

they call me SPITFIRE

If they fire you, burn you, blast you... Ignite them.

I DO NOT AGREE with a word you say, but I WILL DEFEND TO THE DEATH your RIGHT TO SAY IT.

WoodlandAppleBRONZE Member
addict
474 posts
Location: Australia

Posted:
Originally Posted By: ss13How's Australia, by the way? I want to live there. O,o Is it as nice as it seems? lol
well, see for yourself: (both Youtube links)

Australian Tourism add
A local song.

(on the first one those with a keen climbing eye, Aston and others, might notice a crag at 0.15. This is Arapiles and shows the bluffs Bard buttress with the Organ pipes in the background - This is where I spend my weekends!)

sticks and stones my break my bones, but ski patrol will save me.

ss13GOLD Member
stranger
14 posts
Location: Wisconsin, US, USA

Posted:
Better to die someplace you enjoy than someplace you can't stand. tongue2
Really, though... regarding ENVIRONMENT only... tongue2 ...is it nice, or is it more populated than made to appear? O,o

--me--

they call me SPITFIRE

If they fire you, burn you, blast you... Ignite them.

I DO NOT AGREE with a word you say, but I WILL DEFEND TO THE DEATH your RIGHT TO SAY IT.

WoodlandAppleBRONZE Member
addict
474 posts
Location: Australia

Posted:
Originally Posted By: ss13Really, though... regarding ENVIRONMENT only... tongue2 ...is it nice, or is it more populated than made to appear? O,o--me--

Im not really sure what you mean, most places on the first vid is right, its not like there is a horde of people sitting behind the camera waiting for the shoot to end so they can go on their way. But again, I spend a lot of time out and around, so its not like noone is there.

I know people who live on cattle stations where you have to drive for a few days before they get to their neigbours, but atm im staying in a capital city where all I have to do is put my arm through the wall next to me to pat my neighbour on the head. SO it depends on where exactly you mean.

When you ditch Alaska, Australia is roughly the same size as USA, but we only have 21mill population when compared to the like 300mill that USA has, so that would mean that it is not as populated as you would be accustomed to. However our population is like 99% situated along the coastline and in particular only in like 9 areas along the coast (around major cities) so its buisy as all hell in the city when compared to the 1% that live inland.

Arapiles, the place I mentioned at 0.15, has around 50 people staying their during spring ( a lot of them are school groups) and Easter sees the people camping swell to around 300. But other times there may only be like 7 people. Another place I climb at regulalrywhich is just as spectacular - if there is 7 people there its crowed, usually its just you and your partner for miles in any direction. But you do get the tour helicopters that fly in real close to give their wealthy but lazy clients some real life thrillseeking! and to scare the living begeebeers out out of you while your like dangling 300metres above the ground. Which is NOT funny.

Im not sure if this answer helped, I tried to make it as complicated as I could.

sticks and stones my break my bones, but ski patrol will save me.

astonSILVER Member
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa

Posted:
*glares at Apple*

Stop tormenting me!

Anyway, welcome to HoP ss13! Enjoy your stay but beware the squirrels.

'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

WoodlandAppleBRONZE Member
addict
474 posts
Location: Australia

Posted:
Originally Posted By: aston*glares at Apple*

Stop tormenting me!


ubbangel whistle ubbangel
also, it doesnt show it to scale, that crag, the bluffs, sits ontop of Brad buttress so you have to climb 100 metres just to get there!
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sticks and stones my break my bones, but ski patrol will save me.

Sister ElevenGOLD Member
owner of the group property
1,277 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA

Posted:
Originally Posted By: 81LLive wondered if i had gone to HS in the U.S. would i also have dropped out...

...but you have 3 jobs. i have a degree and no jobs, so your blue sadface is unwarranted!

hi and welcome! grin

As someone who graduated from one, I can safely say that American secondary schooling is pretty worthless. Dropping out is pretty much the only sane response to a constant tedium effectively designed to make stupider those who don't manage to realize in time what a sham it is.

And fwiw, I have a BA and work in a grocery store, so it's not like five years and $50,000 put me that far ahead of the game.

p|.q|r:|::s|.s|s:|:.s|q.|:p|s.|.p|s

ss13GOLD Member
stranger
14 posts
Location: Wisconsin, US, USA

Posted:
Haha... Wood, it answered it perfectly. I wanna get the hell out of this overly populated area and live somewhere where I can actually breathe, if that makes sense. lol
And Sister, thank you for stating--well--a point I have tried so hard to explain to all my friends who are wasting away in college attempting to get ahead, all the while, looking down on me for dropping out and not pursuing any form of schooling at the moment. It is, in fact, a sham, and it's never about what you know, but WHO you know. wink Especially with the economic crisis we've been settling into. XD
And thanks again to all who have welcomed me. smile

--me--
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they call me SPITFIRE

If they fire you, burn you, blast you... Ignite them.

I DO NOT AGREE with a word you say, but I WILL DEFEND TO THE DEATH your RIGHT TO SAY IT.

Zephyre PhoenixFamiliar stranger giving out popcorn. (formerly Ascilith)
1,264 posts
Location: Lawrence, KS

Posted:
Welcome to HoP!

Enjoy the lunatics, don't drink the kerosine, and watch your definition of normal... aaaahh censored it

In godzilla's defense, he breathes fire constantly and can catch just about anything on fire for large pretty bonfires where star destroyers only blow things up and let them shine rather briefly... so in a sense, godzilla makes worlds into big, long burning balls of poi where star destroyers makes em pretty for a lil while.

Never take candy from strangers...... But popcorn is okay!

WoodlandAppleBRONZE Member
addict
474 posts
Location: Australia

Posted:
Originally Posted By: ss13
And Sister, thank you for stating--well--a point I have tried so hard to explain to all my friends who are wasting away in college attempting to get ahead,
--me--

gee. THanks for informing me that the last 2 years and future 2 more are a waste of time and $50,000 frown I have it all wrong. Now I realise I should have stayed at work instead of moving 1000 km and deliberatly living underneath the poverty line. fancy thinking education was going to better myself; silly me. Perhaps I can find the happiness I seek at the bottom of an empty bottle instead...

sticks and stones my break my bones, but ski patrol will save me.

Seaspraystranger by the day
924 posts
Location: At the Back of the North Wind

Posted:
eh, I rationalise the fact that I'm gonna put myself in that position later this year by thinking the outside world is scary and it's fun learning obscure things no-one else knows or needs to tongue2

Just a dancer in the dark

ss13GOLD Member
stranger
14 posts
Location: Wisconsin, US, USA

Posted:
Haha... don't off yourself Wood... I'm not saying it's pointless... Just not for everyone. It doesn't make a person better or worse...
Around where I live, I'm a loser because I haven't gone to school and because I decide to make money instead of wasting on a life path I either a) probably will change my mind about in the future, or b) probably won't make as much money as I do now with. XD
It's not so much a matter of whether education helps or not... but really, it's who you know--where you are. Right place, right time kind of thing. Plus, you're not schooling in the US, where the economy is collapsing by the day. For instance: I came here the other day to buy some flow lights, and they were $150 and some odd cents for all of them... Just 24 hours later, I come back to obsess over what I can't yet afford, and already they're about $5 more expensive. Doesn't seem like too much of a jump, sure, but... really, imagine what'll happen to the value of our dollar after just another week. Sure, could be inflation... what goes up must come down... but question is: when.
So yeah... I think I'd rather save money than "waste" it on something that could essentially fail in the next few years. Who knows if our government will even be there in 4 years... I hope it is--to a degree--but whether it is or not, it's still almost insignificant at this point as to whether or not you went to college. It helps you, but barely, in finding work... other than that, it is, essentially, a waste in money for those of us (like myself) who aren't even sure what we would like to choose as a lifelong career.
*sigh* I ramble... but ANYWHO... my point is it's not right or wrong, good or bad... I'm just saying it doesn't make someone a no one for choosing not to go. smirk

they call me SPITFIRE

If they fire you, burn you, blast you... Ignite them.

I DO NOT AGREE with a word you say, but I WILL DEFEND TO THE DEATH your RIGHT TO SAY IT.

WoodlandAppleBRONZE Member
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474 posts
Location: Australia

Posted:
I know, I was just stirring.

To be honest, I left a management job in the Outdoor industry to study Outdoor education. When I finish my degree, I will be underqualified for the job that I left (not including my experience) So this degree is not going to land me my dream job; I left my dream job to study! But Im learning things about my industry that I never had the time to look at whilst working so Im very happy with my decision.

sticks and stones my break my bones, but ski patrol will save me.

WoodlandAppleBRONZE Member
addict
474 posts
Location: Australia

Posted:
also, In Australia we pay for Uni through a thing called Hecs; which is essentially a govt loan with no interest that I only have to pay off, through my tax return (a bit more complicated than that) IF I earn over a certain amount each year. SO If I earn under $35k a year I dont have to pay it back EVER, or if I go overseas I dont have to pay it back! (My children would have to when I die - but Ill be dead so it wouldnt matter to me)

sticks and stones my break my bones, but ski patrol will save me.


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