[Lou]

Hi, you probably don't know me, I'm Lou. Anyhoo I root for the Texas Rangers and I was wondering about your thoughts on Michael Young. And your opinions on the Rangers business dealings in general.

[Lucky]

I think he's an excellent player with a great deal. Just another in a long line of tremendous business decisions by the Rangers.

Jan 16, 2009 19:20:58 GMT -5 Moosehead Jack said:

What was it like being beaten within an inch of your life with a rubber dildo?

Rough?

[Habs]

Do you think we will finally finish this stupid proposal and I'll be able to leave work and start my week-end?

[Byrntrigan]

What questions did you think you were going to be asked?

What is the funniest incident you have been involved with?

Scariest incident?

If you were convicted of treason, how would you want to be killed? It can be ANY way...

What one grammatical / spelling thing I do bothers you the MOST?

[salmonjunkie]

The ice cream truck is coming down the street, and you've got 2 bucks! What ice cream would you get?

Have you met any celebrities?

What are your goals and aspirations for 2009? For the next 5 years?

[Lucky]

My apologies for answering no questions yesterday. Busy day and by the time I sat down at a computer last night my mind was fried. I'm headed back out now but when I get back in the afternoon I'll try and get on it.

[Fire-Babe]

omg, how could i possibly have missed this!!

Hello, World's Best Valet.

Firewoman's basement questions:

1. Dom/Sub/Switch
2. floggers; leather, suede,or vinyl
3. handcuffs: fur-lined, satin-lined, bare
4. safe word?

fetishes you have tried, not tried but would like to, wouldn't try ever.

three articles of clothing you couldn't live without

what do you wear to sleep

I'm in town for a visit. Where do we go, what do we do?

I think that's all of them. if you've already answered any of them, feel free to skip them, and i'll get caught up.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

How do you take your steak?

Best steak you've ever had?

[BTR]

It's your last day alive. None of your family and friends want to see you. But you have an unlimited budget. What do you do?

[Eric O'Mac]

Ketchup or no ketchup?

[Fire-Babe]

Jan 15, 2009 17:15:06 GMT -5 Lucky said:

And yeah, the rough idea was some kind of falling out with Fire, Dev, and their group. But its never been more than casual talk so its never really developed.

VETO!

[Lucky]

Jan 18, 2009 12:54:58 GMT -5 Eric O'Mac said:

Ketchup or no ketchup?

Yes on hamburgers and sometimes hot dogs or chicken nuggets. No on fries, chicken of any other form, and especially steak!

[Lucky]

Jan 18, 2009 12:36:55 GMT -5 BTR said:

It's your last day alive. None of your family and friends want to see you. But you have an unlimited budget. What do you do?

Whores and booze?

Honestly if none of my fiends and family want to see me it seems like the best bet.

[Lucky]

Jan 18, 2009 12:30:33 GMT -5 The Jewish Cunthead said:

How do you take your steak?

Medium, garlic mashed potatoes, carrots. Maybe some onions and mushrooms.

Best steak you've ever had?

Some prime rib at a buddy's wedding. The food was insane and the entre was surf and turf. I'd never had lobster and I don't eat much prime rib but I enjoyed it that night.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Did you ever answer my baseball questions?

Even though the Mets aren't done tinkering yet, how do you see the NL East shaping up this year?

[Lucky]

Jan 18, 2009 12:25:51 GMT -5 Fire-Babe said:

1. Dom/Sub/Switch

Switch, I suppose.

2. floggers; leather, suede,or vinyl

Leather, I guess. Might as well do it right.

3. handcuffs: fur-lined, satin-lined, bare[/quote
Satin? I suspect bare would be uncomfortable and fur might irritate.

4. safe word?

Fahrvergnugen?

fetishes you have tried, not tried but would like to, wouldn't try ever.

I can't say I've ever tried any fetishes. Like most I'd like to enter from the rear but beyond that I'm not sure anything speaks to me. I think its safe to say I'd never do anything involving fecal matter, animals, dead people, or children. I'd probably pee on a girl if she was hot enough but I don't imagine ever wanting it to happen to me. I also don't see doing anything that involves a 2nd penis or anything approaching my ass.

three articles of clothing you couldn't live without

I'm not terribly materialistic but jeans, my leather jacket, and my Yankee cap are probably a safe three.

what do you wear to sleep

Underwear and t-shirt, although sweats the last few nights.

I'm in town for a visit. Where do we go, what do we do?

The City is probably the best bet where there's any variety of options and most anything we could do. But assuming we stay local I think dinner at Duke's steak and seafood followed by a night of "bar hopping" Pearl River makes sense. Pearl River has an awesome block roughly half a mile long that has roughly 25 bars of varying quality on it. Anything from smokey dives to trendy music with kids to a jazz bar to upscale Irish pubs to divey Irish pubs to an oldies playing bar. And at the end of the block is the Saloon which is a common stopping point at the beginning and end of the night for its welcoming atmosphere and large menu of food that it serves until 3 AM (including breakfast).

Either that or we'd intend to do that and the end up playing cards at my friend's house, drag out to the corner dive for a couple of beers and a few games of billiards, and then all go home unsatisfied because a bunch of people bailed and others were too tired to do anything. At least that's how many of my nights seem to go.

[Fire-Babe]

Oh, and btw, glad to know I'm not doing anything horribly awful to you at OOWF. I didn't know others weren't allowed to write you but I typically don't let them do anything terrible if they pitch something to me.

Of course, now you can anticipate leather floggers and satin cuffs...

[Lucky]

Jan 17, 2009 18:08:20 GMT -5 salmonjunkie said:

The ice cream truck is coming down the street, and you've got 2 bucks! What ice cream would you get?

I don't like ice cream so its a safe bet I'll get the one thing I ever enjoyed. A soft vanilla cone.

Have you met any celebrities?

I met John Franco on the subway. I met Ed Koch and Mario Cuomo when I was young. Not quite a celebrity, or at least not when I knew him, but Father Mychal Judge was my childhood priest. He became recognized as chaplain of the NYFD and the first "official" victim of 9/11. I've met a number of random Conservative pundits including Jonah Goldberg, Kate O'Beirne, and Laura Ingraham. I've received drunk IMs from Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh. Tim Robbins used to walk his dog past my high school so we chatted a few times. I feel like I'm missing a celebrity celebrity but I can't think of him or her.

What are your goals and aspirations for 2009? For the next 5 years?

Get a career. Get a serious girl.

[Lucky]

Jan 18, 2009 14:00:50 GMT -5 The Jewish Cunthead said:

Did you ever answer my baseball questions?

No, but I'll get to that before I'm done.

Even though the Mets aren't done tinkering yet, how do you see the NL East shaping up this year?

Mets feel like a better team than the Phillies. The pen was the weak link and they answered that hugely. They can obviously still use a corner OFer but the offense should be ok even without it (and I do expect them to add SOMEONE). Philly doesn't really impress me and they had a horrid offseason where they actually made their team worse. I certainly think K-Rod and Putz are worth the 2 or 3 games the Mets lost the division by. I don't see any of the other teams doing much, although the NL as a whole seems VERY weak to me this season so mediocrity can rise.

[Lucky]

Jan 16, 2009 23:05:55 GMT -5 Habs said:

Do you think we will finally finish this stupid proposal and I'll be able to leave work and start my week-end?

I'm going to assume you're not still at work.

[Lucky]

Jan 17, 2009 13:28:52 GMT -5 Byrntrigan said:

What questions did you think you were going to be asked?

I didn't think I'd get asked them because it seems like no one has, but I was saying in chat the other night how surprised I was by how casual and superficial these spotlights have been. The only ones that have gotten very "personal" seem to be the ones where the spotlighted volunteers info. Meanwhile while we have no problem asking "how old were you your first time?" or sexual perversion questions I don't think I've seen anyone ask something like "What was your first love?" or "How many times have you had your heart broken?" Or for example you ask "funniest story" and "scariest story" but not "saddest" or anything like that. I know that keeping it "light" and superficial is the common way but I figured it would go deeper in this group, and if people didn't want to open up that would just be accepted and moved on. Especially since so early on you seemed to raise the bar by admitting you were a closeted homosexual who was molested as a child.

What is the funniest incident you have been involved with?

The dildo story? I gotta think most everyone has heard this one but might as well retell it. Valentine's Day 2002. Actually the day before. Bunch of friends were throwing a party at the local bar sponsored by the local porno shop, Romantic Depot. That meant a DJ, drink specials, and raffling away sex toys throughout the night. I had to help conduct a radio station meeting that night and even though we tried to tie it up early so everyone could get out to the party we (the staff) were still stuck late. We had some stuff we had to get done on our own, we had to meet with the school administration rep, and we had our faculty adviser visiting us (who wasn't an ACTUAL faculty adviser but was a fairly prominent NYC DJ and it behooved us to kiss some ass and hobnob with him for our eventual careers). So by the time we got done it was after midnight and we headed out to the bar. Me and the other station manager Rich get there and the place is packed and its a great party. Open bar means he's downing Baccardi 151 straight to try and catch up on the night but I'm not really in a chugging mood so I'm just staying cool with beer.

Around 3 AM the bar's emptying out. I'm still sober but having a good time with a little buzz and a flirtation with a girl from class. Rich is blitzed. So I'm flirting with the girl and think I'm getting somewhere when Rich very frantically insists we have to go. I don't really know what his deal is but I figure I'm not hooking up with this girl tonight and I'll see her tomorrow morning in class so no big deal, lets go home. He rushes me around the corner and I have no idea what his problem is but then once we get sufficiently past the bar he reveals a 3 foot double sided dildo from under his shirt. He stole this from a particular big and ghetto girl who won it during the night (and made me feel uncomfortable shoving it in my face). He rushed us out so as not to be caught. So we're doing the 3/4 mile or so walk back to the dorm and my drunken friend will not stop hitting me with his giant dildo. Its very annoying and he's cracking up. So having enough I take the dildo from him and refuse to give it back to him. We walk a bit longer when a car's headlights come down the road. I step aside to get out of the street but I step wrong and twist my ankle BAD. In a TON of pain I take a bad fall and the dildo goes in the air, eventually smacking me in the head to the hilarity of my friend. He's cracking up, I'm in intense pain, and the car stops and backs up. Its the girl I was flirting with and she's got a big smile on her face having witnessed this whole thing. She offers a ride to "all three" of us and I pass, convinced I'm never getting any from her (and I didn't). I get up and limp home completely mortified while my drunk friend whacks me in the head with a giant dildo and tells me how Its the closest I'm ever getting to getting laid again.

Epilogue is my ankle was FUCKED UP. Bitch swelled up like crazy and turned BLACK! I limped to class the next day using a broom handle or something as a cane and when I arrived there I was met with the realization that the female lead of our story had shared the hilarious story with the class. The rest of the day (and weeks) were spent with people asking me about the dildo story and me recounting the details (trying to convince people I was sober). I spent Valentine's Day held up in my house hiding from dildo questions and judgmental eyes and nursing a scary ankle injury. I never went to the doctor and to this day my ankle is pretty fucked up.

Scariest incident?

Scariest... hmm... This one time the mob had a "conversation" with me. It was absurd. I had a deal with my roommate. One semester I took the top bunk, the next he did. Semester came and went and he refused to take the top. So one day me and my 3rd roommate lock him out of the room and in the span of a minute or two as he's banging on the door we switch the beds. He's pissed off and throwing a huge tantrum. We're friends but he could be a baby and was for the next week or so. So one night his "uncle Pete" comes by to visit. Uncle Pete is not his uncle. Uncle Pete is clearly "family." This "family" connection was never a secret to us and we had heard of "Uncle Pete" before and met "Cousin" Pete, his son. So Uncle and Cousin Pete come to visit and... ask me to go outside to talk. I look around at a couple of my roommates and THOSE FUCKERS PRETEND THEY'RE ASLEEP! So I go for a walk with them and Uncle Pete starts to explain to me why he'd REALLY like me to be more considerate to my roommate. I of course would like to argue the logics of this and agreement we made but... I'M BEING THREATENED BY THE MOB! And please don't think I'm exaggerating. These guys WERE mob and they WERE threatening me in no uncertain terms. So I agreed to be more considerate, went back in the dorm, and had a couple of shots of scotch. Once I pulled myself together I switched the beds and spent the night cursing my roommates off for abandoning me (even as they admitted they totally watched from the window and were convinced I was going to get beat up). Assholes. So there it is. I was threatened by the mob over bunk beds.

Another equally scary moment was one time up in bum fuck NY. The scary backwoods places Moose likes where there's no minorities and when I asked what people do for fun I was told of an awesome game where you get on a skateboard pulled by a truck and ride into mailboxes drunk. So one late evening we're heading up to someone's house because someone agreed to feed a dog or something. Because this is Bum Fuck NY and not civilization this person of course lives like 30 minutes away on a ride that takes us through 20 minutes of dirt road through the woods. In the 21st Century. So we're going through the woods and we get to the house and we travel through 20 feet of snow or whatever and feed the dog. And we're heading back through the woods and its getting dark when we see a van ahead of us on the road. The van is moving slow and we slow down to keep pace. But after a couple of miles the van stops and shifts ever so slightly as to block this narrow wooded road. So black tinted windows on the mysterious van in the woods at night has blocked our path and I'm getting a little spooked. My fellow passengers aren't as spooked as I but they do admit this is a little disheartening. We wait a few minutes as I make clear that every instinct in my body says NOT to go up to that van when one of the girls in the car decides to go up to the van. So I curse and chivalry kicks in so I get out of the car and catch up with her, scared I'm about to die but knowing I shouldn't let the girl die alone.

It was a couple of drunk teenagers who yelled "BOO!" when we walked up to their door. But I swear, I thought my ass was going to die in those woods where no one would hear me scream.

If you were convicted of treason, how would you want to be killed? It can be ANY way...

Snu-snu?

What one grammatical / spelling thing I do bothers you the MOST?

Nothing comes to mind. I'm prone to them myself. Mostly its when I notice one person do it over and over again that it gets to me. Especially if it just seems like laziness. Like I said, I'm guilty of the stuff too but when my tendency to misspell "definite" was pointed out to me it became something I tried to fix. And now that I've noticed I often switch "think" and "thing" for some reason I'm trying to correct that.

I'm not a grammar nazi or anything, I just figure if we're communication through the written word than its just lazy and inconsiderate to not try and do it correctly.

I do DESPISE the whole text speak of abbreviations and crap.

[Byrntrigan]

YAY!

Snu-snu!

[Byrntrigan]

Recount the story of your first love?

How about the first time you thought you were with the woman you'd be with for the rest of your life?

Do you believe in romantic love?

[BTR]

Lucky, please go in depth into your vulnerabilities and insecurities.

[Eric O'Mac]

What are your long term goals as it pertains to your career?

When you were my age (22) where did you think you would be in life (career, relationships, etc.) at the present time?