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Login/Join to ParticipateCarpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
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)
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veteran
1,459 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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sunflowersa friend of mine had her whole room filled with sunflowers when she was giving birth to her daughter
yeh, a couple of tons of sand and some water is a great idea, and a grassy spot over there -> for people like me who don't want sand getting everywhere.....
My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely 
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
fresh ones are really nice. I got to see fields and fields of them one summer in Italy and that was uber cool.
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
well, berlin does have these "beach bars" where you can go sit on the bank of the River Spree where someone has dumed a few tons of sand and build sand castles...
... I could bring along some sunflowers for good measure.
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Would work for me, as long as they put all of their outdoor heaters right around us so we would be all nice and toasty warm. We wouldn't get sticky from the salt water either that way.
Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
*dances in*
HI!!!!!
*dances out*
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
well hello...
get your itinerary worked out?
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Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
pfft! not really! I'm planning it out roughly in my head though, which i suppose is a start!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
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.
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
-v-
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
YAY! you are coming to Falmouth! I've decided! You and Babajaga are flying into Bristol on the Thursday and coming with all of us! Don't argue or I'll have to bite you both!!
Oooooooo I'll get to see the legs in real life! :swoons:
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
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.
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
very well then.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Ok everyone - I'm off to greece until the new year, so everyone have some very happy holidays!!!
may all your new year's resolutions last as long as you wish them to.
-v-
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Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Lol, have a great trip... hope it's warm
Getting to the other side 
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
dito o.. i get used to your present
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.
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Stay warm Vanize.
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.
Gidg
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
I know you won't see this for a bit but.........
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope you had a fantabulous trip!
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
well, it is my last day of travel - right now I am on the greek isle of Mykanos. It is eirily quiet here actually. In a few hours it is time to take a plane back to Berlin. Frankly I'll be glad to get home, as the weather as been rainy rainy rainy till yesterday, and my travel partner and I are not getting along well. It has been a nice trip regardless - but could have been much better given better weather and company!
till tomorrow!
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Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Maybe your next trip will be better.
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.
Gidg
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
Happy New Year !!!
thanks for all!!!
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.
Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
I'm wearing an anklet and two bracelets that have fine bells on them, and whenever I move they tinkle, and they remind me of two things; the nursery rhyme "ride a cock horse to bambury cross"....and YOUR signature!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Written by:
nursery rhyme "ride a cock horse to bambury cross"....
hmmm...I don't think we have that one in the states. What is it about, and what is a cock horse?
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
yeah, that is what I'd like to know...
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Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross
To see a fine lady upon a white horse
With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
She shall have music wherever she goes
Ride a cock horse - English history origins
The lyrics of this nursery rhyme relate to Queen Elizabeth I of England (the fine lady) who travelled to Banbury (a town in England) to see the new huge stone cross which had just been erected.
The lyrics 'With rings on her fingers' obviously relates to the fine jewellery which would adorn a Queen. The words 'And bells on her toes' refers to the fashion of attaching bells to the end of the pointed toes of each shoe!
Banbury was situated at the top of a steep hill and in order to help carriages up the steep incline a white cock horse (a large stallion) was made available to help with this task. When the Queen's carriage attempted to go up the hill a wheel broke and the Queen chose to mount the cock horse to reach the Banbury cross.
Her visit was so important that the people of the town had decorated the cock horse with ribbons and bells and provided minstrels to accompany her - "she shall have music wherever she goes".
The big cross at Banbury was later destroyed by anti - Catholics.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
hehehe... Queen Elizabeth the first mounted a cock horse... hehehe....
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Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
what is it with queens and mounting horses?
Love is the law.
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
oh god lads
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Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
i thought that writing "cock horse" would turn this tread a bit bad...but i thought "no, we are nice wholesome people here...."
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
I've just honestly never heard that expression before, so was clueless on all fronts. I figured it had to be honorable, but I did know whose thread you posted it in after all, so... Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
GRRRR.... I hate european locks!
I let the door to my flat accidently shut this morning and figured it was no big deal since I had enough clothes to go to work on and could just get the building superintendant to let me in - but no, he has no spare key for my particular apartment.
so now I have to spend the night at someone else's house, get a locksmith in the morning, wait all friggin day for him to show up, and then pay him a ridiculous amount of money (services like that are hanously expensive in germany).
blah!
-v-
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