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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Name: Mike
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA (A.K.A. The Best City In The World)
Hometown: Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
DOB: 8 July 1977
Age: 34
Sex: I'm married, so not very often anymore.
Gender: OH! You meant THAT! I am biologically male and I identify as such.
Occupation: Physician (Pediatrics)
Favorite Food: Sushi
Favorite Colors: Red and Blue
Toys: Poi, Staff, Flags, Glowsticks, Contact Ball, Eating Torches
Hobbies other than the obvious: Cooking, camping, swimming, sailing, skiing, molecular biology, reading, traveling.
Education: B.S. Biological Sciences, Stanford University 2000
M.S. Biological Sciences, Stanford University 2001
M.D. University of Michigan, 2005
Favorite Book(s): The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov
The Revelation Space series by Alastair Reynolds.
Favorite Movies: Baraka, Run Lola Run, The Fifth Element, Snatch, City of God, The Incredibles
Favorite TV shows: I don't really watch TV.
What I want to do when I grow up: At long last, I am DOING it! Yes, I am actually doing my dream job and I'M GETTING PAID WELL TO DO IT!!!
Fun fact: I have had to run from the police. While naked. Twice. And I got away both times.
Boring fact: A 7-day course of oral prednisone at 60mg/day increased esophageal gastric acid contact time in stable adult asthmatics.
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: Trance[]Control, Beethoven, Enigma, Bach, Airbase, Haydn, Astral Projection, Shpongle, Vivaldi, Juno Reactor, Bob Marley, Mozart, Handel.
Favorite beverage: Diet Dr. Pepper
Favorite Incense: Japanese cherry blossom
Number of strange categories I can come up with: infinite
Marmite/Vegemite/Nutella orientation: High Priest of the Holy Church of Nutella.
Ok, so that's me. Now you post something.
EDITED_BY: Doc Lightning (1317185783)
Name: Mike
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA (A.K.A. The Best City In The World)
Hometown: Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
DOB: 8 July 1977
Age: 34
Sex: I'm married, so not very often anymore.
Gender: OH! You meant THAT! I am biologically male and I identify as such.
Occupation: Physician (Pediatrics)
Favorite Food: Sushi
Favorite Colors: Red and Blue
Toys: Poi, Staff, Flags, Glowsticks, Contact Ball, Eating Torches
Hobbies other than the obvious: Cooking, camping, swimming, sailing, skiing, molecular biology, reading, traveling.
Education: B.S. Biological Sciences, Stanford University 2000
M.S. Biological Sciences, Stanford University 2001
M.D. University of Michigan, 2005
Favorite Book(s): The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov
The Revelation Space series by Alastair Reynolds.
Favorite Movies: Baraka, Run Lola Run, The Fifth Element, Snatch, City of God, The Incredibles
Favorite TV shows: I don't really watch TV.
What I want to do when I grow up: At long last, I am DOING it! Yes, I am actually doing my dream job and I'M GETTING PAID WELL TO DO IT!!!
Fun fact: I have had to run from the police. While naked. Twice. And I got away both times.
Boring fact: A 7-day course of oral prednisone at 60mg/day increased esophageal gastric acid contact time in stable adult asthmatics.
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: Trance[]Control, Beethoven, Enigma, Bach, Airbase, Haydn, Astral Projection, Shpongle, Vivaldi, Juno Reactor, Bob Marley, Mozart, Handel.
Favorite beverage: Diet Dr. Pepper
Favorite Incense: Japanese cherry blossom
Number of strange categories I can come up with: infinite
Marmite/Vegemite/Nutella orientation: High Priest of the Holy Church of Nutella.
Ok, so that's me. Now you post something.
EDITED_BY: Doc Lightning (1317185783)
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Actually, I don't know about rabies because we don't have it in this region of the country.
Actually, I don't know about rabies because we don't have it in this region of the country.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
Hot Schtuff
1,032 posts
Location: Stillwater,OK/Wichita Falls,TX
1,032 posts
Location: Stillwater,OK/Wichita Falls,TX
Posted:
Oh
Well that's good! It is baaaad.
Here's a
and I hope your day is great! 
Oh
Well that's good! It is baaaad.
Here's a
and I hope your day is great!
RISK: Do not follow the common path; Go where there is no path and leave a trail.
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Ugh. That's all I have to say this morning. I need this cold to disappear completely by this evening.
Ugh. That's all I have to say this morning. I need this cold to disappear completely by this evening.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Thanks, Spanner! I'm feeling better already! But I won't hug you until I'm all better.
Thanks, Spanner! I'm feeling better already! But I won't hug you until I'm all better.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
I have these delicious Indian cold cure sweeties (that's candies to you) for only 1 rupee each....
I have these delicious Indian cold cure sweeties (that's candies to you) for only 1 rupee each....
Meh
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Oh my god! C@ntus!!!
So good to see you again!
Oh my god! C@ntus!!!
So good to see you again!
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Hey! What's my post doing on the second page?
Hey! What's my post doing on the second page?
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
search me! I didn't put it there, honest!
search me! I didn't put it there, honest!
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
So I was thinking.
When I was 16 (which, amazingly, was 10 years ago) was a very different person. I was a very stiff, straight-laced, golden-boy. I had never touched drugs, tobacco, or alcoho (and thought they were evil), I had had sex once or twice (well, I was trying to have sex with girls, which was part of the problem), I was on the swim team at school, president of the Spanish club, member of the National Honor Society, and an Eagle Scout. I'd never been to a rave, I'd never spun poi, and I loved to eat meat.
Yet, in many ways, I was the same guy. I had this awe and wonder at the universe around me. I loved to read books by Carl Sagan about the universe. I read voraciously about science in general, in fact. I was wonderstruck by how it all worked. And I did not believe that any being as simple as a god could have put it all together.
That summer (1994), my parents took me to New Zealand. We rented a car in Auckland and drove all the way down to Duneden and then back up to Christchurch. (Too bad it would be 7 more years before I would first find out about a wonderful man named Malcolm Crawshay who lived there, but that's neither here nor there.)
At one point, we were staying in a bed-and-breakfast that was outside of some small town of less than 1,000 people. It's the sort of town where basically all the lights turn off after about 10PM. And we were miles away from it on a huge farm out in the middle of nowhere. So that night, I went for a walk.
It was a cloudless, moonless night. There was no light pollution anywhere. It was just me and my flashlight. And at some point, it occurred to me that I might be able to do some stargazing, so I turned off my flashlight, stared at the blackness that was the ground for a minute and then looked up.
For the first time in my life, I saw the stars! There were so many more than I'd ever seen before! They were different colors, some were brighter than others, there was the haze of the Milky Way, and it was obvious to me that some were closer than others.
I must have stood there with my neck craned at the sky for an hour, not moving, just tripping my brain out. At once I felt enormous and tiny. I realized that I was not just looking at the sky, but I was suspended in the sky, just a resident of a planet circling one of those stars. And that I wasn't just looking up, I was looking out. And I was looking backwards in time. I realized that the universe was above me, below me, and on all sides and that there is no boundary between Earth and Sky because we are all suspended in the heavens on our world. I realized that I was made of the same stuff as the rocks under my feet, the stars in space, and the worlds and their occupants that circle those stars.
Here I was, looking at this universe and yet I was a part of it. And I wanted to go out there, to explore the stars, to see who else might have been staring back at me, to see wonders yet undreamed!
That was the first night I truly experienced awe. That night changed me.
So I was thinking.
When I was 16 (which, amazingly, was 10 years ago) was a very different person. I was a very stiff, straight-laced, golden-boy. I had never touched drugs, tobacco, or alcoho (and thought they were evil), I had had sex once or twice (well, I was trying to have sex with girls, which was part of the problem), I was on the swim team at school, president of the Spanish club, member of the National Honor Society, and an Eagle Scout. I'd never been to a rave, I'd never spun poi, and I loved to eat meat.
Yet, in many ways, I was the same guy. I had this awe and wonder at the universe around me. I loved to read books by Carl Sagan about the universe. I read voraciously about science in general, in fact. I was wonderstruck by how it all worked. And I did not believe that any being as simple as a god could have put it all together.
That summer (1994), my parents took me to New Zealand. We rented a car in Auckland and drove all the way down to Duneden and then back up to Christchurch. (Too bad it would be 7 more years before I would first find out about a wonderful man named Malcolm Crawshay who lived there, but that's neither here nor there.)
At one point, we were staying in a bed-and-breakfast that was outside of some small town of less than 1,000 people. It's the sort of town where basically all the lights turn off after about 10PM. And we were miles away from it on a huge farm out in the middle of nowhere. So that night, I went for a walk.
It was a cloudless, moonless night. There was no light pollution anywhere. It was just me and my flashlight. And at some point, it occurred to me that I might be able to do some stargazing, so I turned off my flashlight, stared at the blackness that was the ground for a minute and then looked up.
For the first time in my life, I saw the stars! There were so many more than I'd ever seen before! They were different colors, some were brighter than others, there was the haze of the Milky Way, and it was obvious to me that some were closer than others.
I must have stood there with my neck craned at the sky for an hour, not moving, just tripping my brain out. At once I felt enormous and tiny. I realized that I was not just looking at the sky, but I was suspended in the sky, just a resident of a planet circling one of those stars. And that I wasn't just looking up, I was looking out. And I was looking backwards in time. I realized that the universe was above me, below me, and on all sides and that there is no boundary between Earth and Sky because we are all suspended in the heavens on our world. I realized that I was made of the same stuff as the rocks under my feet, the stars in space, and the worlds and their occupants that circle those stars.
Here I was, looking at this universe and yet I was a part of it. And I wanted to go out there, to explore the stars, to see who else might have been staring back at me, to see wonders yet undreamed!
That was the first night I truly experienced awe. That night changed me.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
you and I need to have a long chat face to face some day Lightning - about life, the universe, and everything.
you and I need to have a long chat face to face some day Lightning - about life, the universe, and everything.
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Posted:
me too!
actually with both of you! (meaning vanize too, not that there's two of lightning)
me too!
actually with both of you! (meaning vanize too, not that there's two of lightning
) 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**
I don't want a title.
940 posts
940 posts
Posted:
::wants in::
::wants in::
E pluribus unum, baby.
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Posted:
ooh ooh ya!
me thinks we need a big HOP pow-wow or think-tank or fishbowl or whatever.
OOOOH! we'll just all have to get together for burningman!!!!
ooh ooh ya!
me thinks we need a big HOP pow-wow or think-tank or fishbowl or whatever.
OOOOH! we'll just all have to get together for burningman!!!! 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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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
Hmmm.. someones never been to burningman obviously.
Nothing you plan to do ever actually happens out there. something more intersting always hijacks it. and personal conversations just fall out of the sky at the oddest moments, but one you mean to have will never get said.
At regional burns, connecting with someone you mean to connect to is much easier.
Hmmm.. someones never been to burningman obviously.
Nothing you plan to do ever actually happens out there. something more intersting always hijacks it. and personal conversations just fall out of the sky at the oddest moments, but one you mean to have will never get said.
At regional burns, connecting with someone you mean to connect to is much easier.
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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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:
*smiles* I've had a moment like that. I was a bit older when it truly hit me...
I was on a geology field trip to death valley. We stayed in a small town, but it got really dark at night as there were no street lights.
Off to the east, I could see the glow from Las Vegas, about an hour or so away, but overhead held an even better light show.
I felt truly small in that moment when I made the connection you made, Lightening. Small, and humble, but incredibly greatful.
*smiles* I've had a moment like that. I was a bit older when it truly hit me...
I was on a geology field trip to death valley. We stayed in a small town, but it got really dark at night as there were no street lights.
Off to the east, I could see the glow from Las Vegas, about an hour or so away, but overhead held an even better light show.
I felt truly small in that moment when I made the connection you made, Lightening. Small, and humble, but incredibly greatful.
Solitude sometimes speaks to you, and you should listen.
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Posted:
is that a hint? i'm still gonna try to make it!!!!
is that a hint?
i'm still gonna try to make it!!!! 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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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Posted:
heh, i had a moment like that while at death valley too, but mine happened on top of a sand dune, sitting by myself watching the wind brush lightly against the sand.
actually i've had millions of those moments you've talked about lightning. i think i tend to have eyes like a child, always looking at things like i've never seen them before, with a sense of bewilderment and awe. those are the moments that keep me living, truly living.
heh, i had a moment like that while at death valley too, but mine happened on top of a sand dune, sitting by myself watching the wind brush lightly against the sand.
actually i've had millions of those moments you've talked about lightning. i think i tend to have eyes like a child, always looking at things like i've never seen them before, with a sense of bewilderment and awe. those are the moments that keep me living, truly living.
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**
I don't want a title.
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940 posts
Posted:
Or we could just meet up somewhere random some weekend. ^^ Pick a state, any state! Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, where none of us have ever been.
I remember when I first saw the milky way... I was 16 and in Israel. I was with a youth group, and we'd just spent the day hiking through the Negev, and we spent the night in Bedouin tents.. I, along with two guys named Matt, dragged a mattress away from the lights and lay on our backs to stare at the stars... just silence, and their noise in the distance, and one of the Matts chanting "I once dated a girl named Moesha"
Or we could just meet up somewhere random some weekend. ^^ Pick a state, any state! Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, where none of us have ever been.
I remember when I first saw the milky way... I was 16 and in Israel. I was with a youth group, and we'd just spent the day hiking through the Negev, and we spent the night in Bedouin tents.. I, along with two guys named Matt, dragged a mattress away from the lights and lay on our backs to stare at the stars... just silence, and their noise in the distance, and one of the Matts chanting "I once dated a girl named Moesha"
E pluribus unum, baby.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Posted:
A HoP pow wow- think tank........
wouldnt that be the best....
A HoP pow wow- think tank........
wouldnt that be the best....
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
How about Germany? It isn't exactly in the middle of nowhere though... but you all would certainly be welcome to come visit me in Berlin!
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Pick a state, any state! Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, where none of us have ever been.
How about Germany? It isn't exactly in the middle of nowhere though... but you all would certainly be welcome to come visit me in Berlin!
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Posted:
LOL, not exactly a state either! i'm voting colorado (don't ask me why, i just picked it at random 
)
Quote:
Quote:
Pick a state, any state! Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, where none of us have ever been.
How about Germany? It isn't exactly in the middle of nowhere though... but you all would certainly be welcome to come visit me in Berlin!
LOL, not exactly a state either!
i'm voting colorado (don't ask me why, i just picked it at random ) 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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Insert Champagne Here
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Location: without class distinction, Australia
Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Posted:
ill vote germany! i want to run away to germany! the plan to run away to iceland with my cousin seems to have fallen thru...so germany it is!
ill vote germany! i want to run away to germany! the plan to run away to iceland with my cousin seems to have fallen thru...so germany it is!
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...
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Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Posted:
Hey
You are in Germany now. Man you get around heaps.
I like the waist wrap photo...nice angle..
Hey
You are in Germany now. Man you get around heaps
.I like the waist wrap photo...nice angle..
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
I think that these conversations never are planned. They have to come from somewhere in the natural flow of a conversation. There needs to be segue into it and then it flows. Forced conversations don't happen.
And, Van...if we're in the same camp...
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Nothing you plan to do ever actually happens out there. something more intersting always hijacks it. and personal conversations just fall out of the sky at the oddest moments, but one you mean to have will never get said.
I think that these conversations never are planned. They have to come from somewhere in the natural flow of a conversation. There needs to be segue into it and then it flows. Forced conversations don't happen.
And, Van...if we're in the same camp...
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
I'd like that very much, Van. I'd like it very much.
You too, pounce, and Regyt.
And it's happened since then. The first time I ever held a test tube full of DNA. The first time I smoked pot. The first time I tripped on shrooms. The first time I ever saw a protein structure in 3D. The first time I ever learned about electron transfer in enzyme active sites. The first time I ever dissected a human body. The first time I ever saw an operation. The first time I delivered a baby. The other night when I watched that man die.
But the craziest one was the time I was at our medical school's memorial service for the cadavers and I swear I ran into my cadaver's daughter (the families were invited). I saw her from a distance and I thought "I have seen that face before." She was the right age, right ethnicity (Asian), and she was there. It must have been her daughter.
And the thoughts about life and death and the linearity and simultaneous circularity of it all started flooding in. It all hit me so hard and so fast that I actually saw double and had to grab a nearby tree for support.
I live for these moments, but they're never scheduled. They happen at the strangest times.
But when they do (and I don't mean this lightly), they're far better than sex.
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you and I need to have a long chat face to face some day Lightning - about life, the universe, and everything.
I'd like that very much, Van. I'd like it very much.
You too, pounce, and Regyt.
And it's happened since then. The first time I ever held a test tube full of DNA. The first time I smoked pot. The first time I tripped on shrooms. The first time I ever saw a protein structure in 3D. The first time I ever learned about electron transfer in enzyme active sites. The first time I ever dissected a human body. The first time I ever saw an operation. The first time I delivered a baby. The other night when I watched that man die.
But the craziest one was the time I was at our medical school's memorial service for the cadavers and I swear I ran into my cadaver's daughter (the families were invited). I saw her from a distance and I thought "I have seen that face before." She was the right age, right ethnicity (Asian), and she was there. It must have been her daughter.
And the thoughts about life and death and the linearity and simultaneous circularity of it all started flooding in. It all hit me so hard and so fast that I actually saw double and had to grab a nearby tree for support.
I live for these moments, but they're never scheduled. They happen at the strangest times.
But when they do (and I don't mean this lightly), they're far better than sex.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
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Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
Yup, even if you are in the same camp...people's schedules can be very different and when you are in the mood to talk to one campmate doesn't mean they are home, or in a state to have any sort of discussion...Strange, but true...
It does mean you will probably see each other at meal times if you are doing any sort of communal food though.
Of course, this is just about burningman. The regional burns are much smaller and it is much easier to have a conversation with someone in particular.
Yup, even if you are in the same camp...people's schedules can be very different and when you are in the mood to talk to one campmate doesn't mean they are home, or in a state to have any sort of discussion...Strange, but true...
It does mean you will probably see each other at meal times if you are doing any sort of communal food though.
Of course, this is just about burningman. The regional burns are much smaller and it is much easier to have a conversation with someone in particular.
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Yeah, yeah, I know...
Quote:
Yup, even if you are in the same camp...people's schedules can be very different and when you are in the mood to talk to one campmate doesn't mean they are home, or in a state to have any sort of discussion...Strange, but true...
Yeah, yeah, I know...
-Mike
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A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Posted:
Not in Germany till January. The photo was taken from a balcony during my gigasecond party (you turn 1 billion seconds old when you are 31.5 years old - great excuse to have a blow-out party!)
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Hey
You are in Germany now. Man you get around heaps
I like the waist wrap photo...nice angle..
Not in Germany till January. The photo was taken from a balcony during my gigasecond party (you turn 1 billion seconds old when you are 31.5 years old - great excuse to have a blow-out party!)
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well, you'll have a place to crash for as long as you like in Berlin for the next couple of years, starting in February or so (once I find a good flat). I love having visitors!
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ill vote germany! i want to run away to germany! the plan to run away to iceland with my cousin seems to have fallen thru...so germany it is!
well, you'll have a place to crash for as long as you like in Berlin for the next couple of years, starting in February or so (once I find a good flat). I love having visitors!
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it is too! ergo:
Main Entry: 1state
Pronunciation: 'stAt
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English stat, from Old French & Latin; Old French estat, from Latin status, from stare to stand -- more at STAND
Date: 13th century
5 a : a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory; especially : one that is sovereign b : the political organization of such a body of people c : a government or politically organized society having a particular character
egotistical americans!
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How about Germany? It isn't exactly in the middle of nowhere though... but you all would certainly be welcome to come visit me in Berlin!
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LOL, not exactly a state either!
it is too! ergo:
Main Entry: 1state
Pronunciation: 'stAt
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English stat, from Old French & Latin; Old French estat, from Latin status, from stare to stand -- more at STAND
Date: 13th century
5 a : a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory; especially : one that is sovereign b : the political organization of such a body of people c : a government or politically organized society having a particular character
egotistical americans!
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