[Byrntrigan]

GOD DAMNIT HE'S A PEOPLE PERSON!

[Outback Frito Pendejo]

What is it that you are about to eat in your facebook picture?

[Spinch]

What is it that you are about to eat in your facebook picture?

The Volcano Nachos from Margaritaville in Orlando. It was the first thing that I had to eat in hours after doing the Universal Studios thing, and they were easily the tastiest thing that the group ordered.

[Byrntrigan]

Is this after the night of super drinking?

Or a different Universal Studios time?

Do you like TNA? if so, did you go to the Impact! Zone?

If you go back, will you please beat the holy hell outta the towel spinning guy? I believe he thinks he's at a Steelers game.

[Spinch]

Is this after the night of super drinking? Or a different Universal Studios time?

This was a day after Super Drinking Night.

Do you like TNA? if so, did you go to the Impact! Zone?

I do enjoy TNA but haven't watched much wrestling lately. I REALLY wanted to go to the Impact! Zone but we were leaving on Monday so I couldn't go. As I checked the internet once I got home, I found out that Destination X was going on while I was at the park and I easily could've gotten into the Zone. Many obscenities were uttered.

If you go back, will you please beat the holy hell outta the towel spinning guy? I believe he thinks he's at a Steelers game.

Done and done.

[Habs]

Favorite swear word?

[Spinch]

Favorite swear word?

"Sonofabitch".

[Habs]

Want happened to the Avalanche this year?

[Spinch]

Want happened to the Avalanche this year?

Tony Freaking Granato happened to the Avs. He was OK in his first tenure as Avalanche coach, but he also had a far better group of players to command. His reigning in the defensemen on offense also undermined the success of the team-- we basically had the same group of guys as we did last year (minus Brunette, who I sorely miss... he was one of my favorite Avs) but we went from going to to the Western Semis to the third pick in the NHL Draft. Sakic hurting his back (and the stupid snowblower incident that followed) definitely did NOT help matters. How do we start rebuilding? We fire our GM but keep Granato on as coach. Pure insanity.

[Byrntrigan]

19. As a youngster, did you ever think you were gay?
20. Ever had a threesome?
21. Ever try to get a girl (not bi) to screw another girl while you watched / participated?
22. Ever screw a drunk chick? Were you drunk as well?

23. Have you ever gotten into a fight?
24. Who won?
25. Did you cry afterwards?
26. Have you studied martial arts? If so, what disciplines?
29. If you could get into a fist fight with anyone in history who would it be?
30. Why?

[Spinch]

As a youngster, did you ever think you were gay?

I can't say that I ever did.

Ever had a threesome?

No. An ex said that she'd be up for it "so long as you didn't touch the other girl below the waist and neither will I". I said "What, you basically just want someone to watch? A fight ensued, which was pretty fucking pointless since the relationship was long-distance anyway.

Ever try to get a girl (not bi) to screw another girl while you watched / participated?

I never had the balls to attempt that.

Ever screw a drunk chick? Were you drunk as well?

Yes and yes.

Have you ever gotten into a fight?

Many in school, particularly junior high.

Who won?

Generally, I did but only because I threw off all pretense of "fighting fair" and used foreign objects / walls / lockers / tile floors and time-honored techniques such as the eardrum pop, eye gouge, rabbit punch, and the ancient Greco-Roman Stomp On The Inner Knee When They're Down to make sure that they never, EVER messed with me again.

Did you cry afterwards

No. Never did.

Have you studied martial arts? If so, what disciplines?

When I was 24, I studied "Shaolin Kenpo" from a local McDojo that my friend's cousin was sensei of (although I was lucky that she actually knew what she was doing). I made yellow belt, she left, our new sensei was less about the art and more about being a slavedriver, and I bailed a week before my orange belt test. I know, I suck. I hope to eventually have the spare time and money to try studying something again.

If you could get into a fist fight with anyone in history who would it be?

Brigham Young.

Why?

Despite being a half-decent political leader (or at least it looked that way), Brigham Young perpetuated the asinine tradition of polygamy within the LDS Church. That and his (denied) involvement in the Mountain Meadows Massacre (for those of you who don't know, a group of people from Arkansas came into southern Utah and started raising hell, the local LDS militia killed all of the men, women, and children minus seventeen kids aged eight and below, Brigham may have been directly involved but definitely covered the incident up). Those are two of the biggest things that made me lose my faith.

[Jack Quinn]

So you were Mormon? How old were you when you decided it wasn't what you wanted? Did you ever consider going on mission? Do you think you would have lasted? (I sure as hell know I wouldn't) Should I be allowed to see the Temple before I convert? Wouldn't that be more of a selling point?

[Spinch]

So you were Mormon?

I was, and not only that I was a rarity in Utah-- someone who wasn't raised Mormon (both my parents were but they opted not to force any religion on me) but converted at the age of 11, rather than the customary age of 8. It was a Big Deal™ in my neighborhood.

How old were you when you decided it wasn't what you wanted?

I was 17. Between growing discontent about the above two things, the role of women in the church, some of the things that Joseph Smith and Brigham Young had done, and the fact that my bishop (the equivalent of a local pastor) made me feel guilty for the fact that I had somehow failed to get my parents and younger brother back into The Church, I had enough. I don't think that the modern Church is necessarily a bad thing (minus the massive amount of support against gay marriage) and they do a lot of good-- I just don't have the faith that I did at one point. I still believe in some of the things that I learned... I just don't believe that absolutely everything in ANY religion is 100% truthful, or that there is "one true religion". I guess all it boils down to is that I think that as long as you're not a complete douchebag, things can't be all bad.

Did you ever consider going on mission?

I briefly did, but not seriously. College was more important than spending two years of my life in a white dress shirt and black slacks.

Do you think you would have lasted? (I sure as hell know I wouldn't)

I know I could've made it... from what most of my friends said, you get used to it after a few months (especially if you're based in an English-speaking area).

Should I be allowed to see the Temple before I convert? Wouldn't that be more of a selling point?

That one I'm torn on... on the one hand, it definitely would be a great selling point, but on the other hand, it is something that they consider to be sacred. There is actually a way that you can see the temple as a non-member, though... or at least one of the temples. If a new temple is being constructed in your neck of the woods and is near completion but not yet dedicated / blessed / whatever, the LDS Church holds an "open house" where anyone can tour the interior. Honestly, that's the only way that I've seen certain areas in the temple-- a new one opened near my home and I was able to serve as a guide for people in wheelchairs.

[Habs]

OK, why would I want to visit the temple? Is it spectacular or something? The architecture? the richness, or simply you usually don't get to see it?

(Just curious here)

[Fire-Babe]

I keep forgetting this one in the dungeon portion.

Ice cubes or hot wax?

Fetishes tried?
Not tried, but sure!
Not tried and not ever!

(and don't wuss out like Attitude Adjuster did)

[Spinch]

OK, why would I want to visit the temple? Is it spectacular or something? The architecture? the richness, or simply you usually don't get to see it?

(Just curious here)

The architecture and the artwork, mainly.

Ice cubes or hot wax?

Ice cubes. They won't leave me looking like a Man-O-Lantern if they get used on me. In the interest of full disclosure, though... I have not tried the wax, so I can't knock it.

Fetishes tried?

Blindfolds, light bondage, slight morphophilia, and . Oh, and once a landscape guy saw me having sex with my girlfriend, but I didn't know. My girlfriend did. I don't know if that counts for anything.

Not tried, but sure!

Possibly exhibitionism. Maybe some BDSM.

Not tried and not ever!

Anything involving bodily fluids other than the ones traditionally swapped, anything involving animals, and anything that'll put me in jail.

[Byrntrigan]

32. What's the one defining moment in your life when you look back thus far?
33. Why?
34. Do you regret anything in your life thus far?
35. Would you change your action looking back?

[Habs]

OK Spinch, now is your time to come up with great advice!

I'm taking this girl out on Friday for her birthday. We are going out for sushi and who knows what else. She gave me the "I'm just coming out of a relationship" speech a few weeks back, played that one cool saying sure you're nice and all and I would be intreseted but hey no worries. But we keep texting and chatting almost on a daily basis. So hot shot, how do I play my cards on Friday?

[Spinch]

What's the one defining moment in your life when you look back thus far?

Deciding to pull up my roots and move to Georgia.

Why?

Before I moved out here I'd never been further than a few hundred miles from my parents and always was close to extended family. Moving to Georgia proved that I am capable of living on my own and that I'm officially a (semi-)Responsible Adult™.

Do you regret anything in your life thus far?

Fucking around near the end of high school. I had high ACT scores, I was an honor student, and dicked around for the latter half of my Junior and almost all of my Senior year. I squeaked out of school (two weeks after everyone else graduated) and instead of getting the scholarships that I was capable of getting ended up moving with friends to southern Utah to go to a (mostly) two-year school (Dixie State College). I ended up leaving after one semester due to lack of job and finding the friends weren't the greatest roommates in the world.

Would you change your action looking back?

I know I'm supposed to say "No, everything happens for a reason" here but I'd go back and kick my ass if I could. I see myself as a failure living an unfulfilled life because of this and even though I need to convince myself that it's in the past and can't be changed, I still dwell on it.

I'm taking this girl out on Friday for her birthday. We are going out for sushi and who knows what else. She gave me the "I'm just coming out of a relationship" speech a few weeks back, played that one cool saying sure you're nice and all and I would be intreseted but hey no worries. But we keep texting and chatting almost on a daily basis. So hot shot, how do I play my cards on Friday?

I'll open this with a warning: I'm terrible when it comes to matters relating to dating, and that last time I told someone to follow their gut they spilled their heart about about how they felt to a girl and she responded by kicking him in the jimmy. Fair warning. Oh, and good call on the sushi.

I would suggest playing things casual on Friday, but not TOO casual... you two have been communicating regularly enough that I figure there has to be some kind of interest on her part. She did put up a warning flag with the "I'm coming out of a relationship" talk but you did the best thing possible with that. You might want to test the waters by offering to buy her a drink along with the meal-- maybe a decent sake or plum wine (if she's not the sake type)-- and see how she reacts. Keep the talk casual and look for eye contact and a relaxed posture. If you catch enough hints after dinner, suggest drinks at a later date.

[Habs]

May 6, 2009 15:52:10 GMT -5 Spinch said:

I know I'm supposed to say "No, everything happens for a reason" here but I'd go back and kick my ass if I could. I see myself as a failure living an unfulfilled life because of this and even though I need to convince myself that it's in the past and can't be changed, I still dwell on it.

You can always kick your ass now! The past can't be changed but you don't have to let it be status quo.

[Spinch]

(Last post edited to add the answer for GoHabsGo)

[Byrntrigan]

37. What's the weidest place you have had sex?
38. Has there been anything sexual that a partner has asked you to do, and you refused? Why?


40. How old were you when you lost your virginity?
41. Any funny story associated with it?

[Habs]

That sounds like good advice. I'll keep you posted on the results.

[Spinch]

What's the weidest place you have had sex?

Wisconsin. Fucking Wisconsin. In all seriousness, though... I haven't really had sex anywhere weird yet, although I might be able to change that this weekend when my girlfriend and I go camping in Tennessee.

Uh... I hope my girlfriend isn't reading this now.

Has there been anything sexual that a partner has asked you to do, and you refused? Why?

Honestly, there never has been. If I'm game for what they want, the ladies in question have been game for what I want.

How old were you when you lost your virginity?

21. (NERD ALERT!)

Any funny story associated with it?

I met the girl in August of 2004 right after I moved to Vegas with my parents (hopefully to go to UNLV). We met online and actually met in real life at a Ren Faire (in my defense, it was the first one I'd ever been to). I found out that she was a former stripper and ex-Army, spent her spare time playing World of Warcraft, and had two cats. She was dating some other guy who treated her like shit but I knew she was off limits. We hung out a few more times and became friends. I moved back to Utah in November of the same year (after a carjacking attempt and an offer from my old company to move back both happened on the same day... coincidence?) and we continued talking. Her guy moved back to Georgia (I know, weird now in retrospect) and we made plans to meet up in Vegas for New Year's. We spend a great day together, ring in the new year at The Melting Pot, make out for a few hours, and then go to her place. The inevitable happens, we fall asleep, and get roused from bed by a call from her ex, where she proceeds to tell him that she was still devoted to him and that even though I was there that "nothing at all happened, it's not like I fucked him or anything."

Awwwwwwkward.

I leave, spend the next day wondering what the fuck I had just done, she came back that night pleading forgiveness, and even though the warning signs were there I took her back. Big mistake... but that's a story for another time.

That sounds like good advice. I'll keep you posted on the results.

Fingers are crossed for you!

[Byrntrigan]

RedDog. What is the most surprising thing you've learned from the 10 months of PH's Q&A with James Lipton?
4. Favorite swear word other then sonofabitch?
R. I'm paying for a tattoo of any size anywhere on your body from my artist. What do you get and where?