Anatomy of a GameBanshee Forum Member: Describe Yourself

velvetfreak · Post by **velvetfreak** » Fri May 11, 2001 4:04 am

Juuuuuuuuuuuummpin' inn....

On-Topic: Velvet Freak (honest tag - I'm filling the closet w/ velvet)
Sex: Male (can't be bothered with innuendo @ the moment)
Age: In My Prime
Likes: Guitars and challenging ideas
Dislikes: Complacency, cruelty, and opportunism
Alignment: CG - with NG tendencies
Current Crisis: don't have 'em anymore (getting smarter with age)

Off-Topic:

It's fascinating to see the number of people here with psych-study backgrounds. I never had the patience to study Freud - I poked into Jung a bit, but I grew up reading Robert Pirsig (Zen & the Art) at 16, Carlos Casteneda, and recently Stan Grof & Joseph Campbell. It gives me heart to see this stuff getting tossed around on a BG-interest board, that maybe I'm not just roped into a mindless addiction

OK, so I played that one for drama.

Waverly · Post by **Waverly** » Fri May 11, 2001 4:22 am

I never trust a man in velvet.

vixen · Post by **vixen** » Fri May 11, 2001 5:07 am

Originally posted by fable:

I didn't know they allowed more than one of us to exist in the same era, Vix--even my wife enjoys Star Trek. If you're ever near sinful, exotic Philadelphia, let me know. We can consume Indian buffet and rag on pretentious, hammy sci-fi hits until the cows come home.

[ 05-10-2001: Message edited by: fable ]

I'll hold you to that!

Oh and Wave, Feel free to take either me or my surgically enhanced silisone sista on your couch anytime. But be prepared for some unusual discoveries.

Waverly · Post by **Waverly** » Fri May 11, 2001 5:19 am

Originally posted by vixen:
Oh and Wave, Feel free to take either me or my surgically enhanced silisone sista on your couch anytime. But be prepared for some unusual discoveries.

Do I hear you correctly? You are offering the company of both you and your sister on the couch? Hmm.

I really don't see any downside to this offer... as long as the 'unusual discovery' is nothing like finding you have a giant phallus hidden under your skirt... I'm game

vixen · Post by **vixen** » Fri May 11, 2001 5:21 am

No giant phalluses hidden anywhere I'm afraid Wave. But feel free to analyse.

velvetfreak · Post by **velvetfreak** » Fri May 11, 2001 5:22 am

Oooh, how vicarious... watching vixen and fable dance...

Shouldn't you two be PM'ing each other already?

@Waverly: what's wrong with velvet? It was good enough for Jeff Buckley! (my hero)

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Fri May 11, 2001 5:33 am

Waverly's inevitable response:

"@Vix - there will be a giant phallus on you when *I* get there

"

Waverly · Post by **Waverly** » Fri May 11, 2001 5:47 am

@Grunt: couldn't have said it better myself

@Vix: this is going to be so much fun that I am only going to charge you half rate for the session

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Fri May 11, 2001 7:15 am

velvetfreak-Welcome to SYM.I hope you enjoy your stay here

vixen · Post by **vixen** » Sat May 12, 2001 2:28 am

Originally posted by Gruntboy:
Waverly's inevitable response:

"@Vix - there will be a giant phallus on you when *I* get there "

Was that the millionth time you thought about sex today, GB?

*Grunt thinks, 'damn I wish I could watch'*

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Tue May 15, 2001 5:23 pm

Not that you asked, but I've been lurking long enough.

Sex: Male, Happily married (you know, if you go long enough, you just kinda forget about it...)

Age: 39 (My internal vision of myself has me at about 28)

State: The desert.

Appearance: Average height, a bit stouter than usual (broad shoulders), a bit heavier than I need to be, (but its going down!), brown hair, beard (for you Anomen lovers out there), comfortable.

Occupation: Archaeologist - Think in terms of that guy from Stargate ... um, no that's not it. Envision Indiana Jones .. no, not that either. How 'bout one of the guys on Star Trek wearing a red shirt. Yeah, that's gonna be me... (a long time ago I used to be in technical theatre, but we won't go into that.)

Likes: CRPG, lurking, mountains/altitude, my family, currently reading Bernard Cornwell for some odd reason.

Dislikes: snoring, certain current politicians, bad drivers, bad movies/television.

Alignment: I vacillate between LN and CG.

Crisis: During my last month of lurking on this forum and in BG2, my productivity at work has sunk dramatically. No help for me. Fortunately, my bosses haven't caught on.

Thanks to all of you for some very entertaining and thought-provoking literature!

jennabard · Post by **jennabard** » Tue May 15, 2001 5:58 pm

sex- female

age- 25

marital status- married

state- arizona

waaahhhhh! i want to go back to japan

appearance- asian face with italian body

likes- good cinema, classic literature, poetry, all kinds of music except country, art, ancient history, traveling the world, rpgs, chianti, italian and korean food, silk, white oxford shirts w/o the bottons on the collars, green tea, believing that magic still exisits in our mundane world, ice cream.

dislikes- tv, teenyboopers, bullies, bland food, having no money, arizona, idiots, not having a clue

alignment- between lawful neutral to neutral good

crisis- i'm 25 years old with no college degree (but next month i'm going to school

)

jeff buckely, listening to 'lover, you should have come over' with head phones on while making love...sigh

waverly, don't discount the feel of velvet. it may help your endeavors with the couch.

i want to thank you all for making this a wonderful place to visit. it is the first forum i've actually stuck to. most of the time i read what i need and leave, but you are all so intriguing.

[ 05-15-2001: Message edited by: jennabard ]

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Tue May 15, 2001 8:16 pm

Hmm Arizona has had a proportionally high number of posters..unfortunately the other 3 don't really post anymore. Gwalchmai..hi from a fellow Tucsonian

Jennabard sorry you don't like our state.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Tue May 15, 2001 9:35 pm

Originally posted by T'lainya:
Hmm Arizona has had a proportionally high number of posters..unfortunately the other 3 don't really post anymore. Gwalchmai..hi from a fellow Tucsonian Jennabard sorry you don't like our state.

Yes where is Alienbob at?? Did he get abducted by Aliens

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Tue May 15, 2001 11:16 pm

he's probably still trying to pay th repair bill for his flying triangle

After *someone* wrecked it

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Wed May 16, 2001 9:01 am

@Jennabard - I COMPLETELY understand your desire to leave Arizona. I've never been to Japan (my wife was born there, is that close enough?), but I often pine for my sweet Colorado home. I am a seasonal Southern Arizona hater - when the tempurature is over 100 (i.e. today) I complain bitterly. However, there are times, like camping alone in the winter desert, the stars so bright and close you can just touch them... It's hard to beat. Still, I am mystified that everyone wants to retire here. I'm even more mystified that there was such a large prehistoric population. Go figure. What are you planning on studying?

@T'lainya: Thanks for the welcome. Tucson is a great place to be, of all the southern AZ cities. Best food, best archaeology, best spring training. (Okay, I'm an admitted Rockies fan) BTW, where is "T'lainya" derived?

@Weasel: Can you describe the monkey? What species?

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Wed May 16, 2001 10:21 am

@ Gwalchmai, I used my middle nam as a basis

I just added and changed a few letters

I have to admit I was griping about the heat too..it's too hot for this time of year. I much prefer Tucson to the Phoenix area, I don't much like the valley of the eternal traffic jam. How ;ong have you been here in AZ?

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Wed May 16, 2001 2:40 pm

@T'lainya: Cool. I used a Baby Names book...

This time, I've been here for six years, but I was also here in 1988 digging on a site in the middle of summer during a record 117 heat wave. Its weird, when you're out in the heat all day, it doesn't feel so hot. But when you walk out of the air-conditioning and get slammed in the face by the AZ heat, you feel like you were just teleported to the surface of Mars (or maybe to the inside fo Vixen's backpack, according to Gruntboy

).

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Wed May 16, 2001 2:45 pm

Originally posted by T'lainya:
he's probably still trying to pay th repair bill for his flying triangle After *someone* wrecked it

I hate it when someone borrows something and breaks it

@Gwalchmai ...Hello and welcome

I believe the orgin of the monkey is the New York area....Foulsquare

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Wed May 16, 2001 2:52 pm

@ Gwalchmai..I know it's like getting hit in the face with a furnace

@ Weasel..that would explain the umm..err..bond between them