Hello

Vyusher · 02-08-2007, 08:24 PM

I am, as one might surmise from the introduction thread, a new member. Other than this small notation, I am too terrible at introductions to elaborate further without extremely awkward wording I'd rather avoid. If you'd like to know more, asking questions is probably the most likely way to get efficient, properly worded information.

PersephoneX · 02-08-2007, 08:30 PM

1. What do you do? (Hobbies, job)

2. Where are you from?

3. Who is your favorite author?

4. What are your favorite films?

5. What music do you want played at your wedding?

6. At your funeral?

7. This IS a gothic website, so... how do you want to die?

8. What kind of casket would you want?

9. What's your FAVORITE outfit?

10. What's one thing you miss about being a little kid?

11. What's your favorite band?

12. What kind of education do you have? What is/was/will be your major?

13. Why did you join?

14. If the first 13 questions didn't give it away. What is your gender?

And you clearly have an aversion to reading HEADINGS!

Vyusher · 02-08-2007, 09:04 PM

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1. What do you do? (Hobbies, job)

I'm very into martial arts, and am very skilled at Muay Boran and Capoiera. I play guitar well, drums poorly, and sing somewhere in-between. I write more than anything else, and something wherein I can write is my main ambition as a career. Until I reach that goal, I'm working at a Chinese restaurant owned by the friend of a father while I go through school. I do whatever needs doing, washing dishes, serving, et ceteras. Although I really spend more time hitting on the customers than working, I must admit.

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2. Where are you from?

Colorado.

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3. Who is your favorite author?

This is hard to choose. Isaac Aasimov is brilliant, as is a lot of Heinlein. I like William Gibson's writing, but the man is a jerk, so I'd rather not choose him. Isaac Adamson writes fun, unique novels, but not enough for me to have reached a final verdict. Steinback and Camus were both brilliant, although Camus had low points and Seinback could've been so much better. Robert E. Howard made masterworks pop culture butchered throughout all of time since their publication (alas, poor Conan), but I don't know if I'd pick him as a favourite.
This probably reveals the personally facet of chronic indecision I have, eh?

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4. What are your favorite films?

The Grapes of Wrath, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, Seven Samurai/Magnificent Seven, The Boondock Saints, Casablanca, Laurence of Arabia, The Maltese Falcon. Essentially, a mix of anarchist westerns, "classics", pulp-fiction noir movies, and a few science fiction movies that ended up passable, though I can't think of any to name right now.

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5. What music do you want played at your wedding?

I had a list when I thought about getting engaged once, but I don't remember much of it. The Pogues were all over it.

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6. At your funeral?

London Calling, If I Should Fall From Grace With God, some Sisters of Mercy Song, We Are Nowhere and It's Now, and Atlantic City. Probably one other song voted on by those who knew me and are more objective about my life than me.

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7. This IS a gothic website, so... how do you want to die?

With some form of flourish. I don't just want to melt away from existance in a nursing home. Otherwise, I'm apathetic.

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8. What kind of casket would you want?

Cheap one so my money can go to better things than a box I will not be able to see, or if I am, will not care about. If my loved ones just threw me in a lake, I'd be okay with it. I'm not using my body anymore, some fish may as well eat it.

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9. What's your FAVORITE outfit?

There's this zebra-print zoot tux that's pretty impressive. Really anything zebra print. I've been fanatical about it since I was 14 or so.

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10. What's one thing you miss about being a little kid?

Being nice. I was so sweet to everyone when I was kid, from what I remember and hear. I don't know what went wrong. I try to be, but I have a tendancy to say really, really mean things to people if they're true.

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11. What's your favorite band?

It changes frequently, but the Clash, the Pogues, and Sisters of Mercy are always up there, so I'll say them.

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12. What kind of education do you have? What is/was/will be your major?

I'm finishing high school now, I have no idea what I'll majour in. I'd like to go into Law, as it seems one of the most likely ways to make a difference, but the idea of being an anarcho-syndicalist lawyer seems so ridiculous I'm not sure about the course.

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13. Why did you join?

The Music board description. It is official proof that this is the single greatest forum ever.

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14. If the first 13 questions didn't give it away. What is your gender?

Male.

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And you clearly have an aversion to reading HEADINGS!

I don't understand. Is there some form of heading I should put at the top of my post that I forgot? The caps make me feel like I'm really thick and missing some great joke.

PersephoneX · 02-08-2007, 09:10 PM

Uh, there's a thread heading that tells you newbies to read it!
If you had, i wouldnt have had to post the questions FOR you!

Welcome aboard the Pirate-Rabbit hutch...

*have an IcedZoo Biscuit*

Godslayer Jillian · 02-08-2007, 09:32 PM

"Creationists make it sound like a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night."
Yay Isaac!
Welcome.

Pyre · 02-09-2007, 02:06 PM

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Uh, there's a thread heading that tells you newbies to read it!
If you had, i wouldnt have had to post the questions FOR you!

Welcome aboard the Pirate-Rabbit hutch...

*have an IcedZoo Biscuit*

Persephone, you've become a lot more rude since I left. Perhaps you should take a break, just as I did for the exact same reason.

Welcome to the boards, Vyusher. I rather enjoyed your introduction.

HumanePain · 02-09-2007, 02:14 PM

Hmmm, Pyre, do you think it's "burnout"?

Jillian, you have been here longer than just about everyone; have you ever suffered Gnet burnout and taken a break?

Oh, and Welcome Vyusher! Isaac Asimov rules!

Pyre · 02-09-2007, 02:17 PM

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Hmmm, Pyre, do you think it's "burnout"?

Jillian, you have been here longer than just about everyone; have you ever suffered Gnet burnout and taken a break?

Quite possibly. I spent a lot of time on these forums, and so I started getting really agitated by some of the ignorance I saw in some. It still exists, but I don't feel a need to lash out at people for it (right now).

Jillian's always a sweetie. I don't think he could manage ever getting such a burnout.

HumanePain · 02-09-2007, 02:19 PM

Hmmm maybe that's my problem with Tha Duckman. I should have planned Hawaii for now instead of May.

Pyre · 02-09-2007, 02:41 PM

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Hmmm maybe that's my problem with Tha Duckman. I should have planned Hawaii for now instead of May.

No. There is no excuse for Tha Duckman. He is a nuisance regardless of the situation. I wouldn't mind him if he stopped whoring out senseless posts.

Tha Duckman · 02-09-2007, 02:50 PM

You mean like this one?

Biscuits.

That was the post right there.

DarkHeartedDemoness · 02-09-2007, 03:11 PM

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Hmmm, Pyre, do you think it's "burnout"?

Jillian, you have been here longer than just about everyone; have you ever suffered Gnet burnout and taken a break?

Oh, and Welcome Vyusher! Isaac Asimov rules!

Actually, I flamed Jilli when he first joined. I've been around for about 5 years now. 4? I don't remember.

Most of us take a break from one time to another, but as most of us can also attest, Gnet's addictive.

HumanePain · 02-09-2007, 03:23 PM

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No. There is no excuse for Tha Duckman. He is a nuisance regardless of the situation. I wouldn't mind him if he stopped whoring out senseless posts.

It is reassuring to see my sentiment validated, especially by you Pyre. I was beginning to think I was acting old again with being the only one around Gnet who didn't like his cluttering up Gnet. Those posts will scare away potential members who are looking for a truely creative outlet, thinking Gnet is a literary site in name only.

Tha Duckman · 02-09-2007, 04:15 PM

As it happens, I'm a free writer. While unconventional, it is fun.

Pyre · 02-09-2007, 04:19 PM

There is a difference between being a free writer and a troll.

When I want to do free writing I throw it in the random section. Why? Because free writing usually is something random, not something that deserves to be posted in a thread intended for conversation.

Godslayer Jillian · 02-09-2007, 04:57 PM

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Jillian, you have been here longer than just about everyone; have you ever suffered Gnet burnout and taken a break?

Well. When I entered, first I was flamed by Xng because of my use of this color.:P
Then, Santarea (Beckyslater) and I hit a wall in ideas and began arguing, but we reconciled ourselves that same day (I was cute and she told me I made her feel like the fucking Grinch when his heart grew ^^)
I have never felt the need to leave, though. If I have the tiniest of free time, there's always a computer around, so it's easy to log on.

Circle V · 02-09-2007, 05:09 PM

Welcome. You sound like you're using more sophisticated language than you're comfortable with. It's awkward and forced. It hurts my mind.

That said, I think I like you.

Pyre · 02-09-2007, 05:23 PM

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Welcome. You sound like you're using more sophisticated language than you're comfortable with. It's awkward and forced. It hurts my mind.

That said, I think I like you.

At least you didn't say he is stupid for his use of vocabulary. I cannot count the number of times I have been called stupid for using words that surpassed "common" vocabulary, and such words were not obscure, nor were they difficult for the average person. Not to mention I have a rather different style of writing.

Circle V · 02-09-2007, 05:32 PM

I must mention that he did address my concern in his first post.

It wasn't that he used big words, but that he used them where common words would do just fine, or better. He wrote with a voice other than his own.

Vyvian Blackthorne · 02-09-2007, 05:38 PM

I am new as well.

Circle V · 02-09-2007, 05:45 PM

Please make your own thread, just like this one, and answer the same questions as this fellow has.

Pyre · 02-09-2007, 05:49 PM

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I must mention that he did address my concern in his first post.

It wasn't that he used big words, but that he used them where common words would do just fine, or better. He wrote with a voice other than his own.

Exactly. I do the same sometimes. It just comes and goes whimsically. Though, he may genuinely use such English regularly.

Vyusher · 02-10-2007, 04:04 PM

To address the way I type:
As I said, I'm terrible with introductions. Such things would sound forced in whatever diction I used.

Much of what I read is very old, or written quite formally, yet I do not speak this way whatsoever. Sometimes I write with incredibly antiquated and "obsolete" language. My vocabulary is a bizarre amalgamation of slang, profanity, and formal older English words. When written, I err more to the side of formality, when speaking, more to the side of common, modern language. It leads to funny shit, though, oftentimes; I have used both "verily" and "motherfucker" in the same sentence, not as a joke, but as the normal way I speak.

Persephone: Sorry, I missed it. It would seem that I do avoid headings, I suppose.

HumanePain · 02-10-2007, 04:12 PM

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Actually, I flamed Jilli when he first joined. I've been around for about 5 years now. 4? I don't remember.

Most of us take a break from one time to another, but as most of us can also attest, Gnet's addictive.

Ah yes, I forget you are the Revered and Mysterious Xnguela in disguise! A true Elder Goth of Gnet and Elsewhere. (bows in humble homage) Sorry I had forgotten your seniority here, I am but a senile old man.

jacquelinetm · 02-10-2007, 06:39 PM

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Persephone, you've become a lot more rude since I left. Perhaps you should take a break, just as I did for the exact same reason.

Welcome to the boards, Vyusher. I rather enjoyed your introduction.

There are rules. PersephoneX isn't the only one to jump in when someone doesn't start off with the "introduction questions". I haven't, but that's just me. It may have come across as "rude", but I've seen people flamed over not answering the questions first.