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Name: Ronnie
Country: United States
State: Missouri
Metro: St. Charles
Birthday: 7/20/1984
Gender: Male
Interests: I'm kind of a movie buff, only not as big as alot of other movie buffs. Same with music. I love music, but only the good kind. I'm not a musician, but if I was, I'd be awesome. I just don't have the talent for it.
Expertise: The ladies... wait... no... I lied...
Occupation: Searching
Industry: Other
Message: message meEmail: email me
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AIM:  friggingenius1
MSN: rcobb3@hotmail.com
Yahoo:  bandmidget
Member Since:
8/16/2003
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| So I complained enough about lack of questions that some of you popped up with almost too many questions. I was considering only answering a few now and splitting it into 2 or 3 weeks worth, since I'm sure after this I won't get many more for awhile, until I start complaining again, but I figure I'll just see what I can do with what I've been given.
Starting off with a whole series from Rob that reminds me of a survey I'd see on Facebook or Myspace, but oh well. In fact, I think I'm going to just rush through them survey style. Here we go::
Rob:
Boxers or briefs? Boxers
Paper or Plastic? Plastic
Jesus Or Muhammad? Tolerance and acceptance.
Precious or New Moon? I don't know what this means
Do you shave your legs? No, because it would itch too much.
Is it the size, or the motion in the ocean? The motion, I hear.
Too many commas or not enough commas? How about the exact right amount. Too many or not enough are both wrong either way.
Thrash metal? Um... no.
Ashlee Simpson as an actress or Cuba Gooding Jr. as an actor? I haven't been disappointed with Cuba
Too many cross dressing black comedians in fat suits? One is too many, so yes.
Too many comedians period? Too many bad ones, but the good ones make it worth it.
Bull Moose Party? Sounds fun.
Katie Pyatt:
What is your biggest fear? Finding myself years from now not having accomplished anything.
What really pisses you off? People who don't know how to live for themselves, and who can't handle other people being different.
Did your life turn out like you thought it would 10 years ago, and why? Heck no. When I was 15, I was expecting to be rich and/or famous by now. First one in my family to go to college, I thought I'd have an amazing job right out of school, and none of that happened.
What is your biggest regret? Most of my first few years of college. I was a complete downer, and acted like a doucher to most people, mostly to myself. I hated life and I regret not doing something positive to fix it.
Skye Peters:
If you chose to wear a costume around town for a day, what costume would it be and why? What would you say to people who talked to you or watched you go by? I think it'd be cool to wear my Riddler costume around (if I got a better hat and mask). It's a lot of fun to be the Riddler, and when people talked to me, I'd just ask them riddles, and if they got them wrong, I'd yell at them or something, just for fun. Another idea would be to wear my full Black Mage costume, especially because it hides most of my face. I'd be all mysterious and people would probably think I'm some kind of monk. When they talked to me, I'd act all mysterious and talk about how I'm on a mission.
Do you think it's better to die slowly (6 months or more), die quickly (5 months or less), or to die instantly with no warning? Why? I think slowly would be better, just because I'd have the time to spend with my family and friends. I'd spend the last of my time doing everything I ever wanted to do in life, especially the stuff I was too scared to do. I'd know the end is near, and I'd live every second celebrating life, not looking towards death.
Tony Minghi:
What is the best color for a car to be painted? Lime green with blue interior. That's my personal dream car.
Joey Rackovan:
What's the best name for a monkey? If I had a monkey, I'd name him Donkey.
Okay... so um... that was actually pretty boring, in my opinion. I guess in answering 20 questions at once, it is almost too survey like, and less interview. I did skip a couple of the best questions, because I wanted to do them on their own later. I guess this will hold you all over until I can do something proper. I almost don't want to post this, but I guess I will, since I spent all this time doing it (15 minutes, if that). Whatever, I'm giving you something, at least. I think I'd prefer responses to questions rather than more questions, really. I don't know if people are really reading this, or if they are just asking me stuff because I said to. Oh well, it's naptime.
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| Seriously, you all suck at this game (except Tassy and Tony). Once again, I wait weeks for another question (even got a tease of "I'd ask, but I'm bad at it,"), and I just get one question. I almost wonder who it is I'm blogging for anymore. Why don't I have friends who are more inquisitive? Anyway, I'll jump right into it, because this is yet another very important question.
Alright, a question for a real man:
If you're seeing a girl's underwear for the first time, and it has Care Bears on it, how would that make you feel?
- Tassy with the big picture, as always.
Okay, first of all, if I'm seeing a girl's underwear, I'm already in pretty good shape, so I'd have to gauge what I was doing to get into this position, and just keep doing that. I may be the coolest person any of you know, but I'll admit that I'm rarely in the position of underwear-seeing these days (or most days in the past, for that matter...). Anyway, if I'm seeing underwear, it doesn't matter what I think, because I'm already ready to end the night and call it a success.
But to keep on topic, if said rare underwear sighting were to occur with underwear that has Care Bears on it, I'd think it's awesome, especially if Grumpy Bear is represented (he's my favorite). I love the Care Bears, so if a girl feels like she needs to show her love of the Care Bears on her underwears, then she is probably the right girl for me. However, if I look closely and it turns out not to be the real Care Bears, but just the Care Bear Cousins, I will be a little upset. The Care Bear Cousins are a part of the Care Bear universe, but they are not Care Bears, and therefore should not have their own underwear line. They are fine as supporting characters, but they are lesser beings of Care-a-Lot, and should know their place. They can be on socks, or maybe a t-shirt, but the underwear is just too important of a garment for the Care Bear Cousins to tread.
EDIT: Bonus question! That's right, folks, while I was typing this, I was asked another question (because I was talking about this blog, and she wanted in on it). So even though the title says ONE question, here is question number two:
Zombies started taking over the world and you have to stock up on food and drinks. What do you choose?
- Carolina
Very good question. Normally, when people think of the upcoming zombie apocalypse, people think where they are going to hide, and what kinds of weapons they will need. Usually people just add the fact that they need food at the end of the list, not specifying what they'd get. Anyway, for the sake of this blog, I will put myself in the position of having a fortified base already established, and weapons enough to last. This blog is all about food.
First of all, it's pretty obvious canned foods and dried foods are the best to stockpile. They last a lot longer on the shelf, so they'd be great to have in the back of the pantry. One thing I know most people won't think of right away is bread. I don't mean just loaves of bread from the store, but the supplies to make bread. Yeast, flour, sugar, salt, stuff like that, all should be stored and ready to use. Most people may think, "what about eggs?" I know typically, you use eggs to make bread, but it's not necessary. It may not taste as good, but it's still bread, and it's better than nothing.
This brings me to water. I'd store as much water as I could possibly store. I'm thinking upwards of 100 gallons of water per person. We may not need it all, but it's always better to be safe, especially if we don't have access to a water source.
So that's the basics, sure, but it's boring. I'd have an entire extra closet devoted to snack cakes (Twinkies, just in case someone wants one THAT bad), Kool-Aid mix (water alone would get old), and other foods that may not be good for you, but will make time in the post-apocalypse a bit more enjoyable. Rule 32, right? Potato chips, candy bars, gum, soda (it stays good for a long time if unopened. Just ask Surge fans).
So yeah, I'd be smart and get the basics down, but I'd need to be able to have something as a bonus every now and then, or there'd be no point in living.
That's all this time. If you, my adoring fans, do better, then I will do better next time.
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| That's right, the title is singular. Indeed, I will answer ONE question, because that's all I got this time. You have failed me, loyal readers... I waited extra time for more, but all I got was a single question. Of course, it is probably one of the most important questions anyone has ever asked me, so I guess everyone was just waiting so intently on the answer that they didn't want to try to take away from it by making me answer, say, TWO questions. Hopefully you all have more by next week. Until then, here is the question for this week:
Becoming a real man: Mustaches or Beards?
- Tony Minghi
I must admit, I have been mulling over how to answer this nonstop since I read it for the first time. There are so many factors to go into, and as you all know, facial hair is something I very much advocate. I think, in short, mustaches make you a man, but beards make you manly. Define as you wish the term "real man" to get your own personal answer.
In my experience, a mustache is something that teen boys everywhere brag about and groom to show off to their friends (and impress all the high school girls). In this manner, growing the mustache is one step into manhood, one step above the rest of the class. Once you can grow a mustache, you are respected, you are admired, you are revered among the prepubescent masses. The first mustache in the class gets the first real girlfriend. There is a common saying where I come from: "First mustache gets you to first base."
Beards, on the other hand (or chin), show true manliness. Once you and your group of peers reach the middle of your teen years, ANYONE can grow a mustache, so it's not as impressive. Sure, if you can grow it out Wyatt Earp style, the ladies will still be pouring in, but the average teen grows something a lot thinner and less impressive. Once you hit this period in your life, it's time to man up and to beard up.
While mustaches attract the ladies (think Clark Gable), the beard is what they all want. They see the mustache as a beginning, and if you can't deliver with a rockin' beard, they will surely leave you for a homeless man who can grow one. The beard outlines the face, bringing out the intensity of all of your features. The beard is a symbol of pure ferocity. A beard gives you the spirit of the noble lion. A true beard shows that you mean business. You don't mess with a man with a beard. There's a common saying where I come from: "A beard is to be feared."
So rock the beard and show your true manliness today! You don't see any ladies with beards, do you? I thought not! The beard is the very SYMBOL of manhood! Now, who wants to come admire my rockin' beard?
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| Not a great turnout, but at least a few people responded, so I'll take it. My original plan was to update yesterday, but I slept later than expected, then I was just flat out lazy until I left for the radio show (I'm on every Sunday from 6-9. The Itch on 89.1 FM The Wood). Afterward, I just got distracted surfing the net (as I usually do). Anyway, I got two good responses... and then Scotti... I guess that'll do for part one of... hmm... I need to think of some awesome name for answering questions... Maybe some of you can help for next time. Anyway, here we go:
If you had unlimited resources to start a new collection or flesh out an existing one, what would you invest in and why?
- Tassy
That's actually a pretty good question. One part of me knows my addiction with buying movies, and that part says I'd want to buy as many movies as possible, and a giant room filled with shelves to put them all in. Of course, I always feel like crap because I see my stacks of unwatched movies, so if I walked into that room, it'd be pretty overwhelming, knowing that 90% of the movies in the room were still unopened and unwatched.
I think a better answer for me would be something like costumes or masks or crazy stuff to wear on occasions that demand it. Especially for conventions or theme nights at clubs (and even more especially for Halloween [more especially?]), it'd be nice to have a large selection of something awesome and unique to choose from. I'm thinking like, a closet that would put Lady Gaga to shame (oh my god, what am I saying?).
Semi-related to that, I sometimes get kind of obsessed with looking at suits of armor, and different wartime apparel from the past. I'd be the type who would totally throw on a suit of armor and go out into public, if the occasion fit. I've spent hours looking up suits of armor online, and separate pieces of armor, thinking "if only I had the money, I'd have a room full of this stuff." An offshoot of that, of course, is that I'd like a nice sword collection to match the armor. Of course, taking live swords into public is not exactly... um... smiled upon, to say the least, but it doesn't mean I shouldn't have them.
I could probably think of a handful of other collections I'd like to have (I get online sometimes and stumble across awesomeness all the time, and end up spending hours investigating), but for now, I'll just leave it at that. Now, onto question two:
1. What's your life goal (i.e. job, and hobbies you want to continue with)
2. Vamps or wizards (Twilight v Harry Potter)
3. What's the latest book you've read? Did you like it?
- Carolina
My life goal, I'd say, is to find a way to have fun, and to support myself in doing so. That's a very vague goal, but I say, if you're not having a good time in life, what's the point in it all? I mean, it'd be nice having an awesome job where all I do is have fun, but more than that, I just want a job that allows me the time (and spares me the energy) to go out and have a good time when I'm not on the clock. I'd take a boring office job that pays well if it meant I could go out on the weekends with my friends. I know I'm an adult now, two years out of college, but I missed out on the party scene when I was in my prime, so it'd be nice to be able to balance in a social life. I just finally stumbled into it the past couple years, and I'm not ready to let it go, yet.
As for the second question, I think I prefer real vampires (i.e. not Twilight), but wizards are awesome because I'm a big fan of magic (another collection I'd like to assemble). I think it'd be hard to decide between the two, because it really depends on the situations. There are a lot of good vampire movies out there, so they seem to be a lot more entertaining. I think it's because the stories behind the origins and such can be so interesting. Wizards are good as characters, but there really is no great origin of wizardry, no interesting lore that people build books and movies around. In that, I say that despite Twilight, I'd choose vampires for entertainment, but I'd rather BE a wizard.
The last book I read... was a long time ago... I've kind of been slacking on reading as of late. I have a stack of books I need to read, but always seem to distracted to do so. The last book I specifically remember reading was World War Z, all the way last summer. For some reason, I'm thinking I read something else since then, but I can't think of what it could be (not including books like my Bathroom Readers, where they are just a series of articles or the Bro Code, which is essentially just a list). Anyway, World War Z was pretty good. It's a series of interviews documenting the great zombie war. It's great, because it used a lot of realism, describing exactly how the zombie uprising started, how the humans coped with it, how they fought back, and how they ultimately won the war. It was almost like a history book of the war with the zombies. I felt like I was reading what actually happened. I'd recommend it to any zombie enthusiast. I'd recommend reading the Zombie Survival Guide first, though, because World War Z does make a few references to the guide itself (and is written by the same guy).
Next up on my book-reading agenda, sitting on my desk right now are the first three books in the Wicked series (Wicked, Son of a Witch, and A Lion Among Men). I plan on reading them eventually. I know once I pick them up, they'll fly right by. I'm a moderately fast reader, so I could probably hammer out an entire book in less than a week if I just put aside a bit of time every night, or maybe read during my lunches at work.
And now for the final question:
Why am I so awesome?
- Scotti
Well Scotti, there are many things that make me awesome. I mean, I have a rockin' beard. I listen to awesome music. I have great taste in movies. I've been told I'm like, the hottest guy alive. You know, the usual stuff that makes someone awesome. I've got it all. I'm the ultimate package of awesome, right here. I mean, can you really explain what makes a man, such as myself, so awesome? I think, while your question is a valid concern, nobody can truly answer it sufficiently. Science has not come up with a formula, yet, to describe how and why I am this way.
So thanks for all of the questions, everyone (all three of you). Submit more and I'll be sure to answer again. I think a weekly article would work, if I get a couple of questions a week. This went much longer than I was expecting, but that's what my fans want, so I didn't cut it down. I need plenty of material to keep you all satisfied until I return. For now, though, I'm going to put my socks in the dryer and watch Jeopardy while eating ramen. Fun times!
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| So as I'm sure you all have noticed (all 4 of you), I'm not a very good blogger. Instead of taking responsibility for this on myself, as a grown adult should, I'm going to blame all of you! Isn't that exciting? No, I'm not really blaming you, but I am reaching out to all of my devoted readers to help me out. My life is random and I rarely even remember to blog, because I have nothing specific to say. I need any and all of my readers to give suggestions, ask questions, give my hypothetical situations to ponder, and so on. If I get a couple of good suggestions, heck, even one a week, I could probably start updating WAY more than I have been.
Originally, this idea came from some friends who started a video blog, where they answered questions their friends gave them on video and cut it together and made a fairly entertaining video. They, like me, haven't updated in forever, though (struck down after only one entry?). I was planning on asking people for questions and suggestions for my own video blog, but with my computer sucking so freaking hardcore, editing video on here would most likely crash the entire thing. Maybe if I get a new computer, I'll video blog. I mean, technically, I could just do it in one take, but really, there'd probably be a lot of dead air and me saying "um..." every five seconds. You all know how I speak. It's not pretty. Of course, it's worse now, with my annual sore throat. I hate the cold, just because I always get a sore throat when it starts coming. My voice is probably 2 octaves lower (which I guess some might find kinda hot... right?).
So for now, this blog is still my random "hey, this is what's going on" blather, but if some of you can help me out, I think this blog could turn into something great! I could win awards, and when I go up on stage, I'll thank all of you, by name (since there are only like two and a half of you left).
In closing, I totally got my fedora signed by MC Chris. I'm that awesome. He then followed me out to my van (because he was parked on the other side of the fence I was parked in front of) and talked to us as we were standing there. I reiterate, I am that awesome.
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