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Bento-Box



Joined: 08 Sep 2009
Posts: 1049
Location: Florida
PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 3:02 pm Reply with quote
Alan45 wrote:
@ Psycho 101

Don't feel bad, I'm retired and I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up. Not growing up still seems the best option now. Very Happy


I'm an adult and I still haven't "grown up". Neither has my mom... And we have a great time! Anime hyper
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A Mystery



Joined: 10 Oct 2010
Posts: 1886
Location: Netherlands
PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:18 pm Reply with quote
Thinking about your future is good, but don't forget to live an awesome life right now.

I don't know what path I'll take in my medical career yet. I was already happy to know that I want to be a doctor, it took some time to make that choice.
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nobahn
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Joined: 14 Dec 2006
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:42 pm Reply with quote
A Mystery--

I try to live in the present by keeping one eye on the past and the other on the future -- I just don't know exactly how well or poorly I've done so.
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MannersSuck



Joined: 03 May 2012
Posts: 4
Location: US
PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2012 10:52 am Reply with quote
Name: can call me Stephen or MannersSuck

Sex: Male

Location: Texas

Marital Status: Single

Age: 18

Ethnicity: Black/African American

Pets: a 2 year old dachshund

Drink/Smoke: Neither

Likes: talking sports, music, video games. movies tv shows/anime

Dislikes: LeBron James...jk....but seriously...

Favorite anime: kind of a newb to anime but i like Cowboy Bebop, DBZ, Gundam (G Gundam's my fav), Samurai Champloo, Yu Yu Hakusho & Megas XLR (if you want to count that)

Favorite game: COD MW1-2, Black Ops, GTA San Andreas (GOAT), F.E.A.R. & Mario Kart

Favorite TV shows: King of Queens, Martin, Steve Harvey Show, Matlock, Boy meets World & its Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Favorite Movies: Any Movie with will ferrell, will smith and most adam sandler movies (happy gilmore, waterboy, billy madison are my favs)

Favorite Sport (to watch):Basketball, Football, Baseball

Favorite Sport (to play): Basketball

Favorite Music: love 90's rap (Nas, Scarface, UGK, Jay z, pac, biggie Wu Tang, Redman ect.)

Job: College Freshman

Hobbies:Surfing the web, Watching tv/sports/anime online, playing games reading every now and then
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P€|\||§_|\/|ast@



Joined: 14 Feb 2006
Posts: 3498
Location: IN your nightmares
PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2012 6:42 pm Reply with quote
nbahn wrote:
A Mystery--

I try to live in the present by keeping one eye on the past and the other on the future -- I just don't know exactly how well or poorly I've done so.
I feel so violated Embarassed
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nobahn
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Joined: 14 Dec 2006
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PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2012 9:34 pm Reply with quote
Past wrote:
nbahn wrote:
A Mystery--

I try to live in the present by keeping one eye on the past and the other on the future -- I just don't know exactly how well or poorly I've done so.
I feel so violated Embarassed

Smile Very Happy Laughing
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Botan24



Joined: 30 Apr 2011
Posts: 684
Location: Northern Michigan
PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 11:11 am Reply with quote
Well, I’ve been here over a year now. So, I figured its about time to introduce myself properly.

Name: Barbara. But my mother made the choice to call me Barbie when I was young. Now and forever, I am known as Barbie to my family. It’s fine though, because I’ve realized it suits me. Smile

Sex: Female

Blood Type: A positive.

Location: Somewhere you’re not. Also - Michigan.

Marital Status: Married.

Age: Timeless, but....I might be 25. I haven’t decided though.

Ethnicity: 1/2 Irish, 1/4 German, and 1/4 Italian.

Religion: Practicing Catholic

Pets: Pets aren’t allowed in our apartment. Instead of a dog or cat, we have a 55 gallon freshwater aquarium.

Drink/Smoke: Affirmative to the drinking. Negative to smoking.

Likes: Spring and summer, weekends, my family, traveling, horses.

Dislikes: People who can’t use common sense aka idiots, winter, and chores! - especially dusting and dishes.

Favorite anime: Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, FMA, FLCL, NANA, BECK, Rurouni Kenshin, Tiger and Bunny, OHSHC, Fruits Basket, Heat Guy J, Soul Eater, Outlaw Star, Paradise Kiss, Read or Die the OVA, Samurai Champloo, School Rumble, xxxholic, Yu Yu Hakusho, Desert Punk.

Favorite Manga: Hot Gimmick, Honey Hunt, House of Five Leaves, NANA, and Ouran High School Host Club.

Favorite Books: the Hercule Poirot mysteries by Agatha Christie, Shel Silverstein’s poetry collections (A Light in the Attic, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and Falling Up), The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Catcher in the Rye, The Onion Field, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, The Maltese Falcon, A Modern Girl’s Guide to Life...and many more. I’m always on the look out for titles that grab my attention. I frequent the bookstore, used bookstore, and library a lot.

Favorite game: Console: Castle Crashers. Board: Trivial Pursuit. I don’t play PC games.

Favorite TV shows/Movies:
TV: Futurama, 30 Rock, Reno 911, and The Office.
Movies: just a few off the top - Star Wars (IV, V, & VI), Pink Panther (the Blake Edwards original), The Great Race, She’s Having a Baby, The Producers, Robing Hood Men in Tights, Horrible Bosses, Pirates of the Caribbean, UP, Beauty and the Beast, The Dark Knight, My Neighbor Totoro.

Favorite Drink: Cherry coke

Favorite Alcoholic Drink: Long Island Ice Tea

Favorite Foods: Chocolate Cake, with chocolate frosting!

Favorite Sites: ANN, FUNimation, crunchyroll, amazon, TRSI, and ebay.

Favorite Sport (to watch): Hockey.

Favorite Sport (to play): Tennis.

Favorite Musical Artists: Franz Ferdinand, JET, the Killers, the Pillows, Panic at the Disco, the White Stripes, the Fratellis, Yoko Kanno, John Williams.

Job: Service industry lackey.

Hobbies: Reading, writing, singing, acting, shopping, horseback riding, fishing, hiking, and camping.

Fun facts about Botan24:
I am left handed.
I subconsciously curl my toes.
My nose is pierced. But, the stud is so small, most people don’t notice it right away.
I’m usually quiet when I first meet new people. However, once I become comfortable then they can’t get me to shut up.

Favorite Quotes:

“Shuddup baby, I know it.” - Bender, Futurama

“Blush is the color of true virtue.” - a billboard

“Oh, you can’t help that. We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad,” the Cheshire Cat, from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

“There’s always money in the banana stand!!!” George Bluth Sr. Arrested Development

“Mokona’s a Mokona!” - black Mokona, xxxholic
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lightdragon72000



Joined: 05 May 2012
Posts: 1
PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 2:07 pm Reply with quote
it's all very nice i'm sure, but is there a form i have to fill or something?
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A Mystery



Joined: 10 Oct 2010
Posts: 1886
Location: Netherlands
PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 5:43 pm Reply with quote
@ Past: Laughing

@lightdragon72000: Yes. We're very strict here, you cannot deviate from the form presented on page one and you have to tell us the truth and nothing but the truth. Otherwise you cannot join the club. Oh, once you've joined, there's no way back.

(You can copy & paste the example others have used, the one on the first page and add your own info... feel free to tell the things YOU want to tell us and personalize it. Welcome on this forum Very Happy! We won't force you to do anything)
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egoist



Joined: 20 Jun 2008
Posts: 7762
PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 6:49 pm Reply with quote
Hey, welcome A Mystery. It's good to see someone interesting for once. In case you're a girl, I need to inform you that I might be a sexist.
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Surrender Artist



Joined: 01 May 2011
Posts: 3264
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 9:02 pm Reply with quote
Botan24 wrote:
Lo
cation:
Somewhere you’re not. Also - Michigan.

You a yooper?

Botan24 wrote:
Favorite anime: Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, FMA, FLCL, NANA, BECK, Rurouni Kenshin, Tiger and Bunny, OHSHC, Fruits Basket, Heat Guy J, Soul Eater, Outlaw Star, Paradise Kiss, Read or Die the OVA, Samurai Champloo, School Rumble, xxxholic, Yu Yu Hakusho, Desert Punk.


There's nothing on that list that I'd complain about watching, although I haven't seen a few of those. I'm surprised to see Heat Guy J there. I liked it too, even if I don't mark it as a favorite, but it's not a widely loved show, so I don't expect to see it. I had forgotten about it myself until the old running gag on ANNCast.

I like the cut of your jib, Botan24, which is strange, because you said nothing about owning a boat.
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Botan24



Joined: 30 Apr 2011
Posts: 684
Location: Northern Michigan
PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2012 10:06 am Reply with quote
Surrender Artist wrote:
Botan24 wrote:
Lo
cation:
Somewhere you’re not. Also - Michigan.

You a yooper?

How does a guy from PA know that term? But, no I'm not a Yooper.
Surrender Artist wrote:
Botan24 wrote:
Favorite anime: Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, FMA, FLCL, NANA, BECK, Rurouni Kenshin, Tiger and Bunny, OHSHC, Fruits Basket, Heat Guy J, Soul Eater, Outlaw Star, Paradise Kiss, Read or Die the OVA, Samurai Champloo, School Rumble, xxxholic, Yu Yu Hakusho, Desert Punk.


There's nothing on that list that I'd complain about watching, although I haven't seen a few of those. I'm surprised to see Heat Guy J there. I liked it too, even if I don't mark it as a favorite, but it's not a widely loved show, so I don't expect to see it. I had forgotten about it myself until the old running gag on ANNCast.

I base my list on a few key criteria. One being re-watchablity. If a story can bring me back for a second helping, then it automatically goes up in my esteem. My other stipulations are more common I believe. They have to do with "did the story reach me?", "were the characters relatable?" and "was the overall experience entertaining (for comedy) or moving (drama) or both?" Heat Guy J falls under these categories, as well as Desert Punk, and Read or Die the OVA. Those three probably strike people as oddest anime on my list. And, I would have never watched Heat Guy J had it not been for the running gag on ANNcast.

Surrender Artist wrote:
I like the cut of your jib, Botan24, which is strange, because you said nothing about owning a boat.

The jib is the little sail right? The one you trim or whatever? I've always wanted to learn how to sail, but I'm much to lazy. Anyway, thanks!
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Surrender Artist



Joined: 01 May 2011
Posts: 3264
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 12:10 am Reply with quote
Botan24 wrote:
Surrender Artist wrote:
Botan24 wrote:
Lo
cation:
Somewhere you’re not. Also - Michigan.

You a yooper?

How does a guy from PA know that term? But, no I'm not a Yooper.


Well, I'm a very strange person who's spent too much time reading WikiPedia. It was probably during burst of interest in either secession movement, especially the 'State of Superior', or urbanism, which usually leads me to ponder Detroit. (Not always gloomily, there's Augustus Woodward's fascinating hexagonal grid plan for the city)

Botan24 wrote:
Surrender Artist wrote:
I like the cut of your jib, Botan24, which is strange, because you said nothing about owning a boat.

The jib is the little sail right? The one you trim or whatever? I've always wanted to learn how to sail, but I'm much to lazy. Anyway, thanks!


I think it is, but I wouldn't really know. The last time I was on a boat is was the kind powered by oars and it was when I hadn't figured out that I hated fishing. I spent most of the time trying to untangle my line. Oh well, that's better than the one time I tried fly fishing; I caught my own foot.
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tocahan



Joined: 24 Apr 2012
Posts: 36
Location: Iowa
PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 12:11 am Reply with quote
Here ya go:
Name: tocahan

Sex: Male

Blood Type: don't know, probably ought to.

Location: Iowa (corn, not potatoes)

Marital Status: Single

Age: My brain thinks I'm still about 30, but my body is increasingly reminding me that it actually almost 50

Ethnicity:Irish/North European melange

Religion: Ambivalent

Pets: 2 cats

Drink/Smoke: rarely/not anymore

Likes: Long walks in the rain, nights by the fireplace.

Dislikes: hypocrisy, asshats, general rudeness

Favorite anime: Akira, Bubblegum Crisis, Dominion Tank Police (you will pry my VHS copies from my cold dead fingers), Gunsmith Cats, Giant Robo, Ghost in the Shell, Eva, FLCL, Bebop, Pani Poni Dash, Black Lagoon, Baccano, Nichijou

Favorite Manga (Light novels): I don't really read much manga. I do have all of Shirow Masamune's work. Baccano! (no, I don't read Japanese, there are some nice fantrans out there)

Favorite Books: Well written history, Raymond Chandler, Cordwainer Smith, Philip K Dick, Steven Erikson, Charles Stross

Favorite game: Not a gamer

Favorite TV shows/Movies:
TV shows: Deadwood (Best. TV Show. Ever.), Buffy, the original Jonny Quest, Monty Python
Movies: The Big Sleep, Them!, Rio Bravo, Casino Royale (1967 version), Star Wars (it will always be Star Wars to me, no matter what GL wants to call it), Buckaroo Banzai, Repo Man, Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Linda Linda Linda, 13th Warrior (yeah, I know it's terrible and yet I own it on both VHS & DVD and have watched it at least once a year since it came out)

Favorite Drink: a nice Armagnac.

Non-Alcoholic Drink: iced tea, cafe suada (Vietnamese iced coffee)

Favorite Foods: Chocolate.

Favorite Sites: the Guardian, Whatever, Charlie's Diary, Retronaut, ANN

Favorite Sport (to watch):NFL

Favorite Sport (to play):Does fantasy football count?

Favorite Music: I'll listen to pretty much anything, it all depends on my mood. My favorite song is Howlin' Wolf's Smokestack Lightnin'. Favorite artist would be Kristin Hersh in all her incarnations. Favorite Japanese artist is Supercar. Favorite anime soundtrack is Pani Poni Dash.

Job: Manager at an independent bookstore.

Hobbies: reading, listening to music, watching movies, talking about the preceding

Fun facts about tocahan:
I am usually wearing pants while posting. Usually.
I once ordered a half-ton Hershey's candy for a store I worked at.
I tend to be a smart ass, which doesn't always work so well on the internets.

Favorite Quotes:
"If sorry were enough, we wouldn't need seppuku"- Tae Shimura
"All of this is a dream. Still, test it with a few experiments." - Michael Faraday
"Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent" - Wittgenstein
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Botan24



Joined: 30 Apr 2011
Posts: 684
Location: Northern Michigan
PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 8:18 am Reply with quote
@Surrender Artist
Don't talk to me about that hexagon death trap! Driving around Detroit is a nightmare! Every other city is a normal square (or rectangle) but they just had to be different. I avoid Detroit for the most part. Though, for more obvious reasons then the city's design.

Laughing You caught your own foot? Well, I can't really josh you too much. I've only fished with a rod, and haven't caught anything. Although, I've only fished like twice. Most times, I accompany my husband. He does the fishing, and I read.
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