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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
Well, since so many people had their intro threads wiped out and are starting new ones, I figure I could use these events to start my own, ultra-untimely intro, seeing as how I've been around HoP for like 3 years.
So then:
Name: Vance
Alias: Van, Vanize, Add, Zaidou (my 'African' name) ... oh, and I almost forgot, Pixie Banger! (don't ask if you don't really want to know).
Age: 34 (35 now)
Location: Potchefstroom, South Africa (WSW of Jo'berg) presently. Grew up in Houston, Texas. Most of my Family lives in Austin, Texas. I'm moving to Berlin, Germany in January for 2 years. (ok, been in Berlin for a year now)
Favourite Toys: sailboats (been sailing 29 years), surfboards (been surfing 19 years), poi (3.5 years) (almost 5 years now)
Occupation: Reasearch scientist (Ph.D. in space physics)
Hobbies: Too many - sailing, surfing, poi, scale models, travelling, collecting stamps and paper money from places I visit, Dungeons & Dragons, SCUBA diving, tropical fish, reading, painting, drawing, getting projects ready for Burningman, ....
Your favourite website/s: www.burningman.com
Music: I'll listen to most anything except modern country music. My favorites are classical (e.g. vivaldi, beethoven), trance, classic rock (led zep, hendrix, beatles), and what used to be called alternative (foo fighters, pixies, whale, ...)
Movies: blade runner (director's cut), strictly ballroom, band of brothers (more like a mini series I guess), amelie, ... er, I know there are more, but I can't think of them just now.
Books: mostly sci-fi, fantasy, and history.
Philosophy: Technological Gaiaism, Quantum Fatalism
Favourite Colour: Burgandy ( sorry Alice!)
Favourite Quote/Saying:
From a movie: "Gentleman, we have a blind date with destiny, and she just ordered the lobster!" - the Shoveler (Mystery Men).
From literature: "The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love" - W. Somerset Maughn
From personal life: "I was just telling Sara K. that I have no particular segway between being stone cold sober and really wasted. Then she kicked her glass of water across the room..." - Zouwera (Christmas day, 2002, west africa)
So that is that. We'll see if it goes anywhere, eh?
EDITED_BY: vanize (1111489303)
Well, since so many people had their intro threads wiped out and are starting new ones, I figure I could use these events to start my own, ultra-untimely intro, seeing as how I've been around HoP for like 3 years.
So then:
Name: Vance
Alias: Van, Vanize, Add, Zaidou (my 'African' name) ... oh, and I almost forgot, Pixie Banger! (don't ask if you don't really want to know).
Age: 34 (35 now)
Location: Potchefstroom, South Africa (WSW of Jo'berg) presently. Grew up in Houston, Texas. Most of my Family lives in Austin, Texas. I'm moving to Berlin, Germany in January for 2 years. (ok, been in Berlin for a year now)
Favourite Toys: sailboats (been sailing 29 years), surfboards (been surfing 19 years), poi (3.5 years) (almost 5 years now)
Occupation: Reasearch scientist (Ph.D. in space physics)
Hobbies: Too many - sailing, surfing, poi, scale models, travelling, collecting stamps and paper money from places I visit, Dungeons & Dragons, SCUBA diving, tropical fish, reading, painting, drawing, getting projects ready for Burningman, ....
Your favourite website/s: www.burningman.com
Music: I'll listen to most anything except modern country music. My favorites are classical (e.g. vivaldi, beethoven), trance, classic rock (led zep, hendrix, beatles), and what used to be called alternative (foo fighters, pixies, whale, ...)
Movies: blade runner (director's cut), strictly ballroom, band of brothers (more like a mini series I guess), amelie, ... er, I know there are more, but I can't think of them just now.
Books: mostly sci-fi, fantasy, and history.
Philosophy: Technological Gaiaism, Quantum Fatalism
Favourite Colour: Burgandy ( sorry Alice!)
Favourite Quote/Saying:
From a movie: "Gentleman, we have a blind date with destiny, and she just ordered the lobster!" - the Shoveler (Mystery Men).
From literature: "The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love" - W. Somerset Maughn
From personal life: "I was just telling Sara K. that I have no particular segway between being stone cold sober and really wasted. Then she kicked her glass of water across the room..." - Zouwera (Christmas day, 2002, west africa)
So that is that. We'll see if it goes anywhere, eh?
EDITED_BY: vanize (1111489303)
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
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Posted:
Yeah, but can she spin?
Yeah, but can she spin?
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
well, if she can't, I will selflessly volunteer to teach her!
well, if she can't, I will selflessly volunteer to teach her!
-v-
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
And while I may be a virgo, but I am NOT slightly unused!
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Written by: Skulduggery
SUV??
Slightly Unused Virgin?
Hello Vanize
And while I may be a virgo, but I am NOT slightly unused!
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) -v-
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AnonymousPLATINUM Member
Posted:
Slightly Used and Abused?
Slightly Used and Abused?
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
So I guess you are liking "Skinny legs and all"? I see you changed your siggie to be a quote from it.
So I guess you are liking "Skinny legs and all"? I see you changed your siggie to be a quote from it.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
yup - finished it last night - still think "even cowgirls get the blues" is Tom Robbins' best work, but "skinny legs and all" gets second place now, ahead of "another roadside attraction". but I rather liked the quote enough that I would have even changed my sig to it for a while even if I hadn't like the book so much.
yup - finished it last night - still think "even cowgirls get the blues" is Tom Robbins' best work, but "skinny legs and all" gets second place now, ahead of "another roadside attraction". but I rather liked the quote enough that I would have even changed my sig to it for a while even if I hadn't like the book so much.
-v-
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Mand's Girl....and The Not So Shy One
2,723 posts
Location: Calgary, Alberta Canada
Mand's Girl....and The Not So Shy One
2,723 posts
Location: Calgary, Alberta Canada
Posted:
I can't get into "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" to save my life, though I've been told you either love Tom Robbins, or his stuff falls flat. Perhaps he fell flat with me.
I can't get into "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" to save my life, though I've been told you either love Tom Robbins, or his stuff falls flat. Perhaps he fell flat with me.
Solitude sometimes speaks to you, and you should listen.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
actually, I'm in between - I dislike some of his work (villa incognito, still life with woodpecker) and I like others (the ones I mentioned. Although, when I do read him, I ALWAYS skip his paragraph long masterbations with words when he is trying to be all surreal describing something - I always hate that.
and to tell the truth, I didn't like the first part of "even cowgirls...". It takes a while to get into - like half the book, so I can understand you having put it down. the only reaon I got that far after writing off other books from him is that is was the only english language novel I had around at the time. That last part is worth the first part though.
actually, I'm in between - I dislike some of his work (villa incognito, still life with woodpecker) and I like others (the ones I mentioned. Although, when I do read him, I ALWAYS skip his paragraph long masterbations with words when he is trying to be all surreal describing something - I always hate that.
and to tell the truth, I didn't like the first part of "even cowgirls...". It takes a while to get into - like half the book, so I can understand you having put it down. the only reaon I got that far after writing off other books from him is that is was the only english language novel I had around at the time. That last part is worth the first part though.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
actually, now that I think about it, I almost always dislike his writing style and usually think his characters are unrealistic and hard to identify with. I do generally like his stories lines and his philosophy though. it is the books of his that are thin on philosophy that I don't care for.
An interesting thing is, I've read his work pretty much at random, but I can tell which order he wrote them in more or less, since you can see certain philosophical thoughts are developed more in one than in another, etc...
actually, now that I think about it, I almost always dislike his writing style and usually think his characters are unrealistic and hard to identify with. I do generally like his stories lines and his philosophy though. it is the books of his that are thin on philosophy that I don't care for.
An interesting thing is, I've read his work pretty much at random, but I can tell which order he wrote them in more or less, since you can see certain philosophical thoughts are developed more in one than in another, etc...
-v-
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
2000 posts for me!!!
2000 posts for me!!!
-v-
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old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
Posted:
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What is psychology?- Looking for a black cat in a dark room. What is psychoanalysis? Psychoanalysis is looking for a black cat in a dark room -- in which there is no cat -- but finding one anyway.
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old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
Posted:
What is psychology?- Looking for a black cat in a dark room. What is psychoanalysis? Psychoanalysis is looking for a black cat in a dark room -- in which there is no cat -- but finding one anyway.
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Posted:
Congrats on the post count!
Congrats on the post count!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
Heh! everyone who knows Cassandra (well at least her real name and where she is from) should go look in her intro thread at what I just posted there!
Heh! everyone who knows Cassandra (well at least her real name and where she is from) should go look in her intro thread at what I just posted there!
-v-
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AnonymousPLATINUM Member
Posted:
Pretty funny!
Pretty funny!
AnonymousPLATINUM Member
Posted:
Nice new title and avatar! What are you reading now?
Nice new title and avatar! What are you reading now?
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
YAY Vanize joined the merry band of pirates! So shiver-me-timbers and buckle-me-swash. Another Pirate on HoP ! YAY!
YAY Vanize joined the merry band of pirates! So shiver-me-timbers and buckle-me-swash. Another Pirate on HoP ! YAY!
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
Avast Ye, Matey!
er... actually, I am reading "Middlesex" by Jeffery Eugenides - which is an increadibly good book about incest and a hermophrodite. It really doesn't have anything to do with pirates I'm afraid. (I'm not kidding though, the book is brilliant).
Actually, it was inspired by looking at my shoes, which happen to be a pair of vans with checkered jolly rogers on them.
Avast Ye, Matey!
er... actually, I am reading "Middlesex" by Jeffery Eugenides - which is an increadibly good book about incest and a hermophrodite. It really doesn't have anything to do with pirates I'm afraid. (I'm not kidding though, the book is brilliant).
Actually, it was inspired by looking at my shoes, which happen to be a pair of vans with checkered jolly rogers on them.
-v-
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AnonymousPLATINUM Member
Posted:
Interesting! I've just finished "Grift Sense" by James Swain. And part way through "The Kasidah of Haji Abdul El Yezdi", translated by Sir Richard Burton.
Nice shoes!
Interesting! I've just finished "Grift Sense" by James Swain. And part way through "The Kasidah of Haji Abdul El Yezdi", translated by Sir Richard Burton.
Nice shoes!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
if you go to ww.vans.com, you can actually orderyourself a custom-designed set of old-schools with the jolly rodger (in black and white or pink and white!), pot leaves, etc. they are a reasonable price too.
if you go to ww.vans.com, you can actually orderyourself a custom-designed set of old-schools with the jolly rodger (in black and white or pink and white!), pot leaves, etc. they are a reasonable price too.
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
Would you be interested in reading other non Sci-fi books if I sent them to ya?
Would you be interested in reading other non Sci-fi books if I sent them to ya?
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
I just got new bright pink vans..... they had the skull and crossbone ones in the shop but I was swayed by the pink...... I guess I'm more girly than I thought!
oh and of course I had to have the plat side stripe for the added height (I'm short! What can I say?!?!)
I just got new bright pink vans..... they had the skull and crossbone ones in the shop but I was swayed by the pink...... I guess I'm more girly than I thought!
oh and of course I had to have the plat side stripe for the added height (I'm short! What can I say?!?!) Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
Posted:
cool that you like the book
cool that you like the book
What is psychology?- Looking for a black cat in a dark room. What is psychoanalysis? Psychoanalysis is looking for a black cat in a dark room -- in which there is no cat -- but finding one anyway.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
well, you can also get the skull and crossbones in pink from the website!
And spritie - send all the books you care too!
Written by: Skulduggery
I just got new bright pink vans..... they had the skull and crossbone ones in the shop but I was swayed by the pink...... I guess I'm more girly than I thought!
well, you can also get the skull and crossbones in pink from the website!
And spritie - send all the books you care too!
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
AnonymousPLATINUM Member
Posted:
Sweet website! Thanks!
Sweet website! Thanks!
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
OOOooooooooo pink Skull and crossbones!!! They might go on my christmas wishes list!
OOOooooooooo pink Skull and crossbones!!! They might go on my christmas wishes list!
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
I brought you some beef stroganoff. Figured you could use some of these too...
I brought you some beef stroganoff. Figured you could use some of these too...
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.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
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Location: brizvegas, Australia
.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
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Location: brizvegas, Australia
Posted:
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
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