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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)
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
401 posts
Location: Tucson USA
duuuuuuuuuuuh
In my hands I hold your smile and in my heart it runs so wild You are the one you are unique I'm so in love you make me weak And the reason that I feel is like a shadow from a light so if you have the chance to be with me be my shadow in the night
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
ok , that's it! Right here, right now, shadow! this is an oil wrestling throwdown! you, me, the vinyl kidde pool, and two quarts of baby oil, right now!
you wanna be a cabana boy in my thread? Then prove it!!!
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) -v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
940 posts
::cheers:: Now, that's the attitude I've been waiting for! Get those limbs flailing! Whoo!
E pluribus unum, baby.
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
**pulls up a chair for front row seats**
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
ok, where did he go?
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
401 posts
Location: Tucson USA
im right behind you
and im a cabana man! In my hands I hold your smile and in my heart it runs so wild You are the one you are unique I'm so in love you make me weak And the reason that I feel is like a shadow from a light so if you have the chance to be with me be my shadow in the night
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Quote:
im right behind you
oh really? then i must have the wrong idea about you!
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
401 posts
Location: Tucson USA
oh like you didnt know
In my hands I hold your smile and in my heart it runs so wild You are the one you are unique I'm so in love you make me weak And the reason that I feel is like a shadow from a light so if you have the chance to be with me be my shadow in the night
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
hahahahahahahahahaha
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
veteran
1,389 posts
Location: Guelph, ON, Canada
C'mon c'mon! enough talk! more wrestling!!! *sits down at Pounce's feet exciteedly*
Vanize, thankies for the info on orange!! ^_^ I love it so!
~ Bobo
wie weit, wie weit noch?
fragst mich, wo wir gewesen sind...
du fehlst hier
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Quote:
Well, Shadow still doesn't have a serious rival for the cabana boy position. If one doesn't show up soon before the beach bar is complete, it looks like he'll win by default.
I can be a cabana boy. But I'm gay. Is that going to be a problem? I still give really good back rubs and can even do some simple vertebral adjustments.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
of course it's not a problem! as long as you give a good back massage, i got no objections!
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
BTW, shouldn't we have to send in pictures for the position?
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
940 posts
Lightning, sweetie, I think you'd make a wonderful cabana boy! You have the training, you know how all the muscles work, so I bet you give incredible massages.
I've got no problem with you being gay. I just expect you to be cuddly, too.
E pluribus unum, baby.
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
I don't care if the cabana boy is gay. The question is, are you willing to oil wrestle shadow for the position? I was going to wrestle him for lack of any other contenders, but that was just to make the ladies happy.
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
you can all wrestle. we don't mind
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
*randomly runs in with
's 's for Vanize 
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
you want a free for all, or an organized match with me taking on the winner of the other match?
-v-
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
So you want me to oil-wrestle with a hot guy?
Um...fine. Twist my arm, why dontcha.
Besides, I either predict that Shadow will freak out and run away because I seem to be way too excited about this.
OR he'll stay and I'll beat him.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Oh, good work Alice!
that'll throw my oponents off for sure!
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Quote:
So you want me to oil-wrestle with a hot guy?
I have no idea what shadow looks like!
but I will twist your arm - just before I throw you out of the wading pool!
-v-
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
How you gonna twist my arm when I have you pinned down?
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
940 posts
pounce seems to think shadow is hot.
I've seen photos of vanize, so I know he's hot.
And Lightning is too cool to not be hot.
to all the contenders. E pluribus unum, baby.
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
ever tried to pin someone down while they are covered with baby oil? I doubt it, since you seem to think it is even possible.
besides, this is more like sumo wrestling - the point is to get the opponent out of the inflatable wading pool.Pinning an opponent is pointless.
Hey! why am I giving you pointers ahead of time???
I have to say, oil wrestling is one of the funniest things for spectators to watch, and one of the most frustrating things the actual participants will ever do. trust me on this one...
-v-
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Out of curiosity, when did you try oil wrestling?
And how does one twist someone's arm when it's covered in oil?
And how long does it take to get the oil off of you?
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
veteran
1,389 posts
Location: Guelph, ON, Canada
Okay, oil wrestling also on the list of things to do before I die.... *writes down*
~ Bobo
wie weit, wie weit noch?
fragst mich, wo wir gewesen sind...
du fehlst hier
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
uhm... oil wrestling is a common event at gatherings for the texas burningman community. it is how we solve all our civil disputes (say someone shows up wearing the same hat as you or some such thing)...
I referree more often than not though.
twisting the oil covered arm ain't easy, but if you can manage to... hey! why am I giving you pointers ahead of time???
it takes forever to get fully degreased unless you have diswashing soap around.
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
940 posts
I think that I must at the very least see this in real life, if not participate. I'll even help with the degreasing.
E pluribus unum, baby.
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Quote:
Lightning - I'm going to give you three stories about Pixie Banger. One and a half is true - guess which:
Ok, theory 3 has to be completely true because there's no way you could have made it up.
And theory 1 probably has a half-truth to it, although if you actually took advantage of an innocent (or not-so-innocent for that matter) 17-year-old, I'm never letting you live it down, either.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
i can vouch for shadow being hot. most definately. and lightening....threatening to beat shadow won't get him to run...i have a feeling it'll make him stay
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
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