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The second, and then I’ll have her listen to my 5 chosen CD’s (spoiler alert for later question) and she’ll change her tune about not being into music.
lame glenn. vapid doesn't disappear after listening to some cds.
Post by Longtime and Frequent Poster on Oct 21, 2012 21:50:47 GMT -5
What do you miss most about being a kid?
Blissful ignorance. And Super Nintendo. Mega Man X might be the greatest game ever; I miss playing that obsessively for months at a time.
How did you find out santa claus wasn't real? (spoiler alert!)
Don't remember how old I was, but it was Christmas Night and I was putting together a toy race car track with my dad that I received earlier in the day when he decided to tell me. I was young enough to handle it like an entire wuss, in which I ran upstairs sobbing telling my mom, all the while my brother was laughing. The family stereotype couldn't have been more perfect: dad taking the tough job of breaking the news, mom consoling me, older brother laughing.
When was the last time you were nervous?
The last time I was legitimately nervous to the point where I had butterflies and my stomach was turning was probably my interview about 6 months ago. I suppose there's been some other smaller stuff in between, but that's what sticks out the most in recent memory.
Most embarrassing album you ever bought?
I don't know if I technically bought it or if it was free from one of those catalogs, but whatever Savage Garden CD had the "I wanna stand with you on a mountain" song. When I was in 5th grade I legitimately liked that song for whatever reason, and then I found out the girl I had a crush on liked it as well, so obviously in my 10 year old mind that meant that we were soul mates.
Is your handwriting neat or messy?
In between. Probably closer to neat.
3 favorite smells?
Outside on a crisp fall day, freshly made banana bread, and the Mango flavor of Naked Juice, which coincidentally is the greatest tasting thing on Earth.
3 favorite weird/uncommon scents?
Cigar/pipe smoke, fresh tennis ball can, is laundry detergent a weird scent?
[ I'd be an otter. The last time I went to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago I spent at least half an hour watching the River Otters. They always seem so happy and are just fascinating to observe.
one time me and cks saw the otter at the san diego zoo. it was real cute. till it showed us it's wenis and then i was kind of traumatized.
The second, and then I’ll have her listen to my 5 chosen CD’s (spoiler alert for later question) and she’ll change her tune about not being into music.
lame glenn. vapid doesn't disappear after listening to some cds.
Here are my thoughts: I know Tom's initial question said something about my days on the deserted island being plentiful, but I can't imagine it exactly being an ideal situation to build a serious personal/romantic relationship with someone. While I feel like I've had relationships/gone on dates with/etc. with girls who are a little out of my league looks-wise thanks to me being a somewhat nice and smart person, I'll probably never have the opportunity to hook up with a ridiculously attractive girl, so why not on a desert island when there's no future. Although with my track record of talking to cute girls I'm meeting for the first time I'd probably come up with something like "So uh, do you come here often?" Maybe I should switch to the smart/cool/physically unattractive girl.
Post by Longtime and Frequent Poster on Oct 23, 2012 11:08:22 GMT -5
worst sports fanhood memory?
2011 NLCS. My favorite professional sports team losing to my least favorite professional sports team. It's also how the series went: Brewers winning game 1, but then losing 2 and 3 (complete with dumbsh*t Ron Roenicke starting Mark Kotsay in centerfield!) Knowing Randy Wolf was going to be pitching Game 4 in STL I had accepted the fact it wasn't happening. But the Brewers then win Game 4 and suddenly it's tied, Greinke on the mound in Game 5, and coming back to Milwaukee for 6 and 7 (if necessary.) Of course Greinke then doesn't pitch well, it's 3-2 Cards heading back to Milwaukee and the Cards pound Marcum in the first inning effectively ending the game before it started. But wait, the Brewers come back with 4 of their own in the first two innings, they're only down 5-4, they're in this! Just kidding the Cardinals would get like 7 more runs the rest of the way. I hate baseball. Close second and third: Packers vs. Eagles Divisional Round 2003 aka 4th and 26 game, and 2007 NFC Championship game Packers vs. Giants. Both had some solid vintage Favre moments.
best sports fanhood memory?
Packers over Steelers Super Bowl 45. Runner-ups would be Wisconsin's run to the Final Four in 2000 as an 8 seed playing an ungodly boring brand of basketball, and the Brewers 2008 season; specifically the last few games of the year, culminating with Braun's go ahead home run in the 8th against the Cubs on the last day followed up by the Marlins officially knocking out the Mets like 20 minutes later thus handing the Brewers the Wild Card.
related: top 5 sporting event/games you've been to (could be magnitude of game, could be events that transpired.)
1. Ron Dayne breaking the all time NCAA rushing record in the last regular season game of 1999 in which Wisconsin demolished Iowa and sealed their second consecutive Rose Bowl berth. 2. 2011 NLDS Game 1. First time going to a Brewers playoff game, and it was an awesome pitching match-up between Gallardo and Ian Kennedy. All around fantastic atmosphere. 3. Wisconsin vs. Richmond in the first round of the 2004 NCAA Tournament in Milwaukee. Wisconsin was a legitimate top 6 or 7 team in the country and got boned with a 6 seed because they were playing at "home" the first two rounds. Wisconsin was down double digits early and came storming back. I'd never and still have never been to a basketball game that was more electric. Of course then they had to play #3 seed Pittsburgh in the next round, which should've been an Elite 8 game, and lost in a close/tough game. 4. Final regular season game of 1998 season when Wisconsin beat Penn State to clinch a Rose Bowl berth. I remember walking out of the stadium with the Penn State team bus driving past and everyone chanting "Alamo Bowl", although in retrospect Jerry Sandusky was very likely on that bus which just creeps me the fuck out. 5. Can't really think of anything that stacks up with the top 4, so I'll just say random baseball games: Cubs vs. Braves in like '05ish at Wrigley. The Braves hit 8 home runs AND Aramis Ramirez missed an easy popup that bounced off his head. I was also at a White Sox-Royals game in '08 in which the White Sox hit four consecutive home runs, so that was pretty neat to see.
5 CD's. Now what they'd be is an extremely difficult question to answer.
What are the 5 CDs?
Beatles-Abbey Road Bon Iver-For Emma, Forever Ago Explosions in the Sky-Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever Arcade Fire-Funeral Talking Heads-Talking Heads 77
The only one I feel good about is Abbey Road. I could probably think of about 40 other albums to slot in #2-5 (those aren't in order btw.)
Never had a Bagel Bite, so I guess Pizza Rolls by default.
My freshman year in the dorms my hall had Pizza Rolls at the front desk every Thursday night, something like 10 for $1. I can't tell you how many times I drunkenly scalded my tongue.
Talking Heads '77. Although maybe not as much as I thought cause Rolling Stone does have it at 290 on their top 500 list. Obviously Psycho Killer is great, but Tentative Decisions and Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town are two of my favorite TH songs.
When politics comes up at work. I have to bite my tongue often cause I think talking politics at work is even dumber than doing so on Facebook. I'm sure I could come up with something better but this is a good recent example.
I do and I'm quite honored. Just have to get out a big report this morning. Plus, as some of you may be aware, I can be, erm, verbose - so I'm trying to mentally trim some of my answers before posting.
And without further ado, your November Board Member of the Month is one of Inforoo's coolest dads, toml30!
Thanks, glennron!
How annoyed were you when the Bullets changed their names to the Wizards?
I was pretty annoyed. I understood the reasoning, but to change it from a word that connotes violence to a word that connotes a leadership position in the KKK didn't seem particularly smart to me. I'm not as affected by words as some, but the name, the logo and the colors are all horrible. It is better than the other choices that were offered though - Sea Dogs, Express, and Stallions.
Mrs. toml30 has a wicked recipe for some kind of teriyaki wings with pineapple juice, beer, brown sugar, and a bunch of other stuff. Me and the boys can eat dozens of them, hot or cold.
If you were to have your own festival, what would you call it? Who would play? What cool things would you add?
These are all good questions. Hard, but good. I would call my festival Inclusive. It would have all types of music with a lot of crossover. There would be a dedicated jazz tent and a hardcore/metal stage as well as the world music tent and others like at Bonnaroo. I would avoid a lot of what we consider "headliner" material and really focus on comebacks, reunions, and weird combinations of artists. I would add a giant people mover that encircled the whole festival area with quick stops at each tent or stage area. Imagine the savings on feet if you just had that little bit of time to stop walking while going to the next show. And it would also make more space in the center of the festival, for anyone who didn't want/need to use the people mover.
If you had a vendor tent at Bonnaroo, it was free of charge as was anything you wanted to give away, what would you give to other Rooers?
I'd have the "Cooler Tent" and I'd give away CamelBak water bottles, water packs and all of these things:
The greatest threat to a good festival experience (except maybe blisters), is staying cool and hydrated. Those Frogg Togg towels were amazing for us last Bonnaroo.
Favorite festival? Favorite show at a festival?
This is really hard, but I'd have to say Bonnaroo '11. It wasn't my favorite top to bottom lineup, but it was the first one where we took all three boys, and all five of us got to see acts we liked - it's one of our favorite family adventures.
If I had to pick one, I'd say Pearl Jam at Lollapalooza '92. I've seen others since then that were probably more awesome (Wilco at VirginFest '08, MMJ at various), but I was young and impressionable, it was my first festival and I was a PJ freak.
I'll answer the other two in a separate post to break up everyone's boredom and monotony...
Well I don't get embarrassed very often, but I have three minor embarrassments all surrounding the same event. A few years ago I was on Jeopardy. I had a friend come out with me and some friends from LA and San Diego also came to the taping. When my name was called to take the stage, I was put in the middle position between two women. They were both taller than me, and they literally had to get a stepstool for me to stand on behind the podium so we'd all look the same height. So before it even started, I could hear my buddies roaring in the audience when this happened.
Then, what luck! a music category in the first round. I was rocking through the whole category and then an answer came up about an REM song about Andy Kaufman. And I froze - all I could think of was Moon Man, and I knew that wasn't right. So I definitely got embarrassed and my friends could not stop joking about Mr. Music Man not knowing an REM song and I think they called me Moon Man for about a year.
Finally, when the show finally aired my wife, a bunch of friends, family, and workmates threw a viewing party at a restaurant. I forgot until it finally came on, that my "story" for talking to Alex was about how I won a beauty contest in drag as an alter ego who sang "Natural Woman" for my talent portion. My friends and family already knew the story but my workmates never quite looked at me the same after that.
I can think of two - a couple of years ago, my oldest boy and I were at a Nationals game with pretty good seats. At one point, Aramis Ramirez hit a screaming foul shot. It was right on track with my son's face and I stuck my hand right in front of his face and snared it. It hurt like heck, but I held on. It was one of those where everyone cheers and the crowd was going crazy. A few rows up, a man with binoculars turned to my son, handed him the binoculars and said "Hey kid, the president of the United States is cheering for your dad." Sure enough I looked over and there was W. in his suite standing and clapping in my direction. The look of awe that my son gave me for the rest of the game was so special and I would pay a shit-ton of money to get that look all the time.
The second happened when we took the boys to China. On our fourth night in Beijing, the phone rang in the middle of the night. Some guy was screaming at me in Chinese - I assumed it was a wrong number and hung up. Couple minutes later, the phone rang again. Same Chinese voice, same screaming. I hung up again. But this time, I noticed a weird smell. I got up and saw smoke pouring into our room from under the door, jumped up grabbed the boys, went back to get my wife, and opened the door. Smoke started pouring in the room and had already filled the hallway. The kids started panicking as we were looking for the exit. Two of them ran right past the stairway for the elevators, so I pushed my wife and the littlest one into the stairwell, ran down the other two, grabbed them, back to the stairwell. Finally a fireman came and was yelling at us to do something, but we couldn't understand anything - he handed us two wet rags which we kept alternating over the boys faces. I kept pushing the two older boys down the stairs and then running back up and dragging my wife, who was carrying the little guy. Back and forth for 12 flights and all I kept thinking was "this is China, if the fire door at the bottom of these stairs is locked, we're finished." Thankfully, the door opened out into an alley and we poured out puking and falling into the street. After about 15 minutes, we were all sitting on the curb trying to get our shit together and figure out what to do next, and a paramedic came over and spoke a little English. He asked what we needed, and my middle boy said, "we don't need anything - daddy saved us." I think I peaked early on proud moments with that one.
I don't always appear on Jeopardy, but when I do, I casually talk about winning a beauty pageant in drag.
Okay, that made me laugh out loud. In the interest of full disclosure, it was all for charity. Which I was trying to impress upon Alex, but he was genuinely interested in what kind of dress I wore and whether or not I shaved my legs.
I can think of two - a couple of years ago, my oldest boy and I were at a Nationals game with pretty good seats. At one point, Aramis Ramirez hit a screaming foul shot. It was right on track with my son's face and I stuck my hand right in front of his face and snared it. It hurt like heck, but I held on. It was one of those where everyone cheers and the crowd was going crazy. A few rows up, a man with binoculars turned to my son, handed him the binoculars and said "Hey kid, the president of the United States is cheering for your dad." Sure enough I looked over and there was W. in his suite standing and clapping in my direction. The look of awe that my son gave me for the rest of the game was so special and I would pay a shit-ton of money to get that look all the time.
The second happened when we took the boys to China. On our fourth night in Beijing, the phone rang in the middle of the night. Some guy was screaming at me in Chinese - I assumed it was a wrong number and hung up. Couple minutes later, the phone rang again. Same Chinese voice, same screaming. I hung up again. But this time, I noticed a weird smell. I got up and saw smoke pouring into our room from under the door, jumped up grabbed the boys, went back to get my wife, and opened the door. Smoke started pouring in the room and had already filled the hallway. The kids started panicking as we were looking for the exit. Two of them ran right past the stairway for the elevators, so I pushed my wife and the littlest one into the stairwell, ran down the other two, grabbed them, back to the stairwell. Finally a fireman came and was yelling at us to do something, but we couldn't understand anything - he handed us two wet rags which we kept alternating over the boys faces. I kept pushing the two older boys down the stairs and then running back up and dragging my wife, who was carrying the little guy. Back and forth for 12 flights and all I kept thinking was "this is China, if the fire door at the bottom of these stairs is locked, we're finished." Thankfully, the door opened out into an alley and we poured out puking and falling into the street. After about 15 minutes, we were all sitting on the curb trying to get our shiz together and figure out what to do next, and a paramedic came over and spoke a little English. He asked what we needed, and my middle boy said, "we don't need anything - daddy saved us." I think I peaked early on proud moments with that one.
If you could spend the day with 5 people, dead or alive, famous or not, who would they be? Why them?
This is tough. Okay:
5/William Shakespeare - I'd love to know if he really wrote everything attributed to him - and get the scoop on where he learned some of the things he wrote about. 4/Louis CK - Just because I think he'd make me laugh all day, but in a way that kinda depresses me at the same time and makes me think about stuff. 3/My dad's dad - never really got to know him and he seemed like an interesting guy. He was really into music and instruments, but I wasn't old enough to appreciate it before he died. 2/Galileo - most of the stuff would be over my head, but I'd love to hear him talk about his inventions and troubles with the church and other leading thinkers of the time. 1/Jimi Hendrix - he just seems like an interesting cat, and I have no idea what he was really like.
What do you think the greatest invention has been?
If you could know the answer to any question, besides “What is the meaning of life?”, what would it be?
What really happened on those thee days around Easter time, 2,000 years ago?
If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?
Easy - play guitar or piano really well.
What is the first thing you would do if you won the lottery?
Quit my job. Seriously, I know everyone likes to say they'll keep working for a while blah blah blah. Not this guy, definitely quit the job first.
If you were immortal for a day, what would you do?
Lots of bungee jumping and skydiving. Things involving falling from great heights.