What's this guy's story?

[Renton]

Renton, my mom's a children's librarian in Beaumont, TX. I owe her for my love of fantasy fiction (she got me the Chronicles of Narnia at age 7).

Nice. Narnia was the first "literachaw" i read too, probably at about 8 or 9. Followed soon on by Tolkien.

Trying to get the kids around here to read is like pulling teeth. Too many distractions, I guess. I have a lot more luck getting them hooked on manga and graphic novels. I'm just hoping it's a slippery slope!

Good luck on getting those kids you want.

Thanks! I'm nothing if not dogged in my pursuit of the goal. Which is not to say .... err never mind.

 

[FireLance]

FireLance, you certainly wrote well enough for the Ceramic DM competition.

Thank you. I still haven't managed to win one yet, though. I'll just have to keep trying, I guess.

How was Singapore when you were younger? My latest ex-girlfriend grew up there, and mentioned they had to smuggle in gum, since it was illegal to buy in the country.

I would say that growing up in Singapore was no different from growing up in a family where the parents are strict disciplinarians. The restrictions may seem arbitrary (keep your room clean, no scary movies, no more than one piece of candy), but there are usually good reasons. Of course, since I never wanted to smoke, litter, chew gum, or do anything else that was frowned on by the authorities, I never felt restricted in any way.

To be fair, I think that we do have the tendency to over-regulate because of the inconsiderate actions of a small number of people. For example, the restrictions on chewing gum were put in place because some people would not dispose of them properly, but would spit the chewed gum onto the sidewalk, leave them on the seats of buses and trains, stick them onto sliding doors, etc. It caused a lot of trouble for the cleaners who had to deal with the mess in the course of their work. I guess if you looked at it from this perspective, chewing gum was a privilege, not a right, and the privilege was taken away because it was misused.

 

[Renton]

She wants to move back to Texas, which is where we're from, but I'm not sure I want to deal with Texas weather again. I could sure use some Texas food, though. Mmmm-mmmm!

The weather is not getting any better. If I had my druthers I'd be on the next plane to Alaska.

 

[Renton]

[singing]Hay there Molly, anch't you proud! I hate you one and all![/singing]

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts, and I looked and Behold: a pale horse. And the name that set on him was Teflon Billy. And a bevvy of unnaturally enhanced exotic dancers followed with him.

 

[Old One]

Still deciding if I want to join the party...but you folks are making me feel even more ancient than my avatar...I graduated from high school the same year a bunch of you bozos (that's tongue-in-cheek bozos ) were born (1981) !

Either that, or I am tired since I just finished running 6.2 miles...

~ OO

EDIT: Hey...Post 2,000 for me...on this iteration of the boards, at least.

 

[Psionicist]

An INTP from Sweden who likes photography, programming, Uma Thurman, and tomatoes.

 

[diaglo]

After 33 years, I'm still thinking about what my story is.

I don't think I have a story, so much as a series of poorly-edited interludes meshed together with some BeeGees soundtrack music. Cut to some wacko, cut to me, back to wacko, back to me.

"How deep is your love, how deep is your love?"

joe b.

you need ABBA in the background. might i suggest Dancing Queen.

everything goes better with ABBA.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

everything goes better with ABBA.

*laughing* Thanks for starting off my morning with a laugh, diaglo!

... mind if I put that line in my sig?

 

[MrFilthyIke]

I was born a poor black child...

 

[diaglo]

*laughing* Thanks for starting off my morning with a laugh, diaglo!

... mind if I put that line in my sig?

have at it.

diaglo "who survived the days of disco" Ooi