why aren't you cool?
 

since we were on the subject, here's a side of the story i would like to see...

If I leave my hair down and wear glasses I look like a posterboy for Geek.
I still, on occasion, say w00t.

i guess since it's my topic, i should contribute:
1) i smoke too much
2) i can't go out to eat because i'm allergic to everything
3)i drink too much coffee and then i get bitchy
4) i won't let the bagger or the cashier at the grocery store bag my food because i don't like the way they pack things.
5) i don't pass on to 10 people all of those religious "pray for our soldiers" e-mails i get.
6) i act dramatic and i get bitchy when someone around me is wearing too much perfume (it makes me sick).
7) i won't lend my employee room key to anyone at work because some people forget to give it back, so i lie and say i don't have it.
8) i actually kept a 1 year old stale, flat cigarette with me, just for when somebody tried to BUM a cigarette off of me. i HATE it when people can't support their own friggin habit. it's not my job.
9) i don't like to share.
10)i don't pick up shifts for people unless they've helped me out in the past. i'm good at making fast excuses.

um, and other than that, i'm perfect :)

I once cried at an episode of Antique Road Show on PBS.

In my defense, it was at an 80 year old woman telling the story of her husband's 1938 Martin acoustic guitar. It was worth 50 grand. She said, "Well, it's not for sale, but that's nice to know."

I lost it.

-sm

I am cool!

I have absolutely no sense of fashion and my usual wardrobe consists of a $12 Lands' End T-shirt and black sweats.

land's end isn't bad.

I am not :cool: because I:

- can't park
- panic in front of extremely attractive men
- fall over when I'm not that drunk
- forget the 'think-speak' rule
- pretend to understand words I don't understand

I am not cool because my one designer label top ( Dolce Gabbana, fluorescant orange figure hugging club tshirt) which I adore because it makes me look super fuckin sexxy ...I bought for 50p at a fleamarket.....oh and i have never learned to drive....what else what else? *thinks* Its funny there are so many things which prevent me from ever achieving coolth but its hard to get specific.....bit like when people ask you what you want from your birthday, only totally different.....

Mmm. I like moby.....Ok there I said it now....I dedicated a largish portion of 4 years to a computer game....not very cool...not even remotely big or clever....I taught my dog to gi'me Five!....Thats seriously uncool. I very much enjoyed school dinners, they were scrummy....:joylove: I was the only hippy at the motorway services who had bought a ticket to Glastonbury.....There's just so much. My life is filled with instances of apparent coolness which upon any close inspection turn into the most uncool thing ever..........I once got into to trouble with the police ....and then cried like a little girl so the officer would let me go....

I can't be around people.

Recovering everquest addict?

I would file 5 under cool myself.

As for 6 these can aggravate me too. My mother-in-law used to wear something particularly did not get along with me... I felt like it was seeping under my contacts stright into my eyeballs.

Like UT, I have no fashion sense, but I got for the "office geek" look... khakis and a button-down shirt. (And I do get most of my shirts from Land's End because they're the only place I've found that reliably carries my size.)

i cant think of anything. could someone please help? I'm in danger of starting to think that i actually AM cool.

I only wear pants that will match the black tee shirts that I buy in two-packs at wal-mart.

I'm a stay-at-home mom who drives an suv. 99.9% of my wardrobe is Gap or J.Crew. I'm afraid of bugs. I sell things on eBay. I'm 30something. I fell off the vegetarian wagon over the holidays and can't seem to get back on (because Jim comes in here with those damn rotisserie chickens...). I watch Spongebob Squarepants even when the kids aren't.

You sell crappy German cars and are a firestarter...how's that?

Oh, wait, I got it.....i knew if i thought hard enough i;d think of something. Perth will like this:

I'm currently reading the wheel of time series ( book4) and I'm enjoying it.

I play madden football, and put myself in as a wide out. I make the pro bowl every year. for the cowboys.

plus the one guilty pleasure that we all share: we have "virtual friends"

thank you

I would say that driving a station wagon makes me uncool, but station wagons are apparently making a comeback (Vibe/Matrix, Protege), so my coolness is unscathed.

I watch Spongebob Squarepants even when the kids aren't.

For me, it's the Fairly Odd Parents. And 99.9% of my wardrobe comes from Goodwill, does that make me more or less cool?

Isn't your station wagon an Escort?

yeah, well......i don;t actually SELL the cars. and they are primarily crappy american cars......some have german parts....but i'd think that would add to my coolness, not detract ( germans simply make better cars than we do...i mean would you rather drive a chrysler or a benz?)

as for firestarting, i think it depends on what kind of fire we're talking about.....;)

and an escort wagon is NOT a cool wagon. your coolness is indeed scathed.

No no, much worse, way less cool than that. Recovering UO addict....There is no good reason to spend weeks at a time being an alchemist

I am not cool because of my addiction to the color aqua (yes, it is an addiction.)

I am not cool because of my inability to tolerate the people I work with.

I am not cool because I try hard to use words like "whom" and "who" correctly, but often fail.

Yeah, tell me about it. I bought my Escort wagon at about the same time my then-boss bought a Toyota Camry. She was dissing me because my station wagon was smaller than her sedan! :haha:

Who cares? How cool is that?

Oh dear that is, there's a whole social scene these days for recovering everquest addicts, very trendy I hear. OU though....

I'll add the fact I can brag that I started playing CounterStrike at beta2 before all the lamers got on board on my not-cool-list as well. Had gun-running back then, those were the days, we had to treck to the terrorist base without armour though the snow, both ways.

Well, thank God I don't have to worry about YOUR opinion!

Steve, don't believe the diss...wagons are so obnoxious that they're cool.

What about a Saturn Wagon? It's nothing special outside, but very nice inside. Leather, power everything, heated seats, etc.

That might make me uncool, but here are a few more:


I read Star Wars books.
I still play with lego (Well, mostly just sort them these days. Maintaining the collection for when mini-me graduates from duplo).
I watch Good Eats religiously, and think the hour long episode about salt may have been the very best ever.

The real question is did you record it to watch later...and if you did, can I borrow it? :D

I can act it out for you, if you like. Otherwise, you're just gonna have to wait until I get around to buying the DVDs. :p

Bog standard stereotypical geek. That's anti-cool almost by definition.

Cool......Not Cool.....
 

Not cool....or cool......Not sure which catagory has more...

Not cool:

Cranky knees, back & hip from to many road marches in the army and years of college football, hockey & rugby......Now if I run a block I'm in the emergency room:worried:

35yo, married, have sex MAYBE 4 times a month:eek:

Still use my PS2:D

Still go out drinking with my childhood buddies, who still have mullets and some still live with mom & dad :rolleyes:

Still listen to heavy metal music :band:


Cool:

Candidate for knee replacement surgery and can become the bionic man

at 35 I still have all my hair and teeth and when me and the little misses DO have sex it's usualy something outrageous and with one or more of her girlfriends

:doit:

Still use my PS2 and still beat the shit out of my teenage nephews at whatever they bring to play..they think it's
cool :thumb:


Still listen ot heavy metal.....yet I listen ot most of the new rock bands also......


good combo of to damn old and still with the times....AH it ain't easy being me......Later :rattat:

Eh, that's not "uncool" (only because I am too!!!) :eek:

Quote:

I'm 30something.

That's not cool?? I guess it would have been more "cool" to have been 30-something during the time the show "30-something" was on. ;)

perth, watching the food network is very cool. i can only eat around 8 different foods because of my multiple food allergies, but i still love to watch the food network.
LJ, how nice of you to remind me of another uncool aspect of myself-outside of work and family members, all of my friends are "virtual"!

Thats Just Cute!!

:cool:

Why Im Not Cool:

I spend 50% of my paid work day here in the Celler with our Virtual Family.

I Tapestry.

Im a day dreamer. When there is something important to be done, Ill proabably be sitting in the backyard, staring into to space or listening to music or playing with the animals.

I am addicted to stationary. i could spend all day in a stationary shop in awe of all the pretty pens and pretty papers with all the pretty patterns and colours and textures and gorgeous things for writing letters and cards and textas and funky paints and stickers...... oh ill think ill have to go at linch time for a fix!! TRust me.. if your MY penpal... you'd think i'm queen of the stationary jungle or something!


:)

Yeah...and? The cool quotient of any car goes up by 35 when I'm driving it. I could make a fucking Daihatsu or Kia cool.

Origami-like tissue paper flowers, or multiple layers of tissue paper folded into a fan, with a twisty-tie in the middle to secure it (taping to a stick optional) and then folding back the tissue paper to make the flower shape? If so, I loved those, made dozens of them as a child, particularly liked doing them in gradient shades of yellow/orange/red. If I'm thinking of the right ones ... do you cut the outer edges of the tissue paper to play with the effects?

And do you have pictures?

Uncool. Yup, that's me...

The first song I downloaded on iTunes was by the Cowsills. (I think I should win the unCool prize just for that).

I drove a VW bug in high school between the time that they were originally cool and when they became cool once more.

I don't even get cool spam.

I suck at playing guitar even tho I practiced for years. I do give myself credit for having the good sense to give up and suck at something different for a while.

I was invited to enter a talent show at one point but couldn't think of anything to do.

I can't finish a video game: I'm still not sure how much further I have to go to finish Half-Life. Damn game goes on forever! Somebody tell Clodfobble to make a 2nd version for people that suck at video games.

I tried WuShu Kung Fu for a while but wasn't graceful enough and could not remember the forms to save my life.

To summarize, I think what really makes me uncool is that I suck at all the stuff I really wish I was good at.

beestie, the cowsills are pretty cool!
barry cowsill, the bass player lives here in newport. last year, when i used to go to open mic every week, he was always there, usually shitfaced, and he'd play guitar and sing. (he liked my version of hounddog:)) arsen and i also partied with him at a house party when we first started dating..the guy was hitting on an 18 year old girl...he paints houses for a living now.

I sold a 1966 Mustang and now drive a 1996 Camry. That is very uncool.

Plus, I'm too fucking nice. And even though I'm nice, you know what I like about people???? Not a God damn thing.

Ah, ok...I'll confess that I am an office supply geek. I could spend days in an Office Depot or Staples...*looks down, shuffles feet..*

When I was in school, and it was time for school shopping for supplies, oh man! I couldn't wait...HA! And I had to have the coolest stuff, so whatever was the newest thing out there in, let's say, pens, I HAD to have it! (so I guess that made me "cool" as far as school supplies). :D

two words:

TRAPPER KEEPER

Trapper Keeper!
http://sp24-7.lambtron.com/grabs/413/trapper89.JPG

i have a thing for pens,too!
i love to go to staples and try out new pens.
i hate writing with regular ballpoints. my favorite for the last few years has been the pilot precise, but i also like the gel pens and the felt tip ones.
did i mention that i collect recipes?

zebra jimminie gels

You *make* tapestries?! I'm sorry, but there's no way to define that in any way except cool. Really, how many people do this, after all?

Uniqueness is a key factor of coolness.

This is not said to in any way denigrate sun_sparkz's hobby, but I think that "tapestry" is Aussie for "needlepoint."

I must confess that I am a pen-a-holic.

I can't stop buying the damn things, all as part of the quest for the perfect pen.

I just got some Pilot Varsity Disposable Fountain pens. OOOOOH the sweetness of them! :) (three pack, one black, one blue, one purple) This, of course, occurred mere days after I resolved not to buy any more damn pens ...

The Parker Jotter is another favorite.

And the Parker Vector Fountain pen ... ahhh ... flows so sweetly. I am generally a big fan of fountain/cartridge pens and will sometimes use a dip pen for caligraphy. I've wanted to try out one of those glass pens for special occasions, but they are just too darn fragile. I know I'd set the thing down on the desk and have it crash to the floor.

I fight over new drug rep pens in the office. Particularly the big, fancy, heavy ones that are intended to be given only to physicians. I prefer a smoothly flowing, traditional ball point to a gel point, although a finepoint marker style is high on my list. The Pilot Precise Ball Pen (poor man's rapidograph) is pretty cool as well, although sometimes I write with too heavy a stroke and bend the nib on those.

Another thing that goes on with me and pens, is that once I start using one, I really MUCH prefer to use it to the bitter end, the last scratchy drops of ink. Losing a pen that still has life remaining is worse for me than losing a disposable lighter before it's ready to be thrown away.

I really better stop talking about this. I'm getting too excited.

I love writing with fountain pens, but I never bother with them because I always lose them. Even the cheapest are $6 or $7, and even that is too much to pay for something I know I'm losing. (Not to mention the fact that the ones I've tried at that price almost always clog.)

My husband learned early on in our relationship that under no circumstances should he take me into Office Max, Office Depot, Staples or Michaels unless he is ready and willing to be there for over an hour and spend $100 or more.

Ahh cool pens , that i can relate to , i like the Pilot Precise Ball Pen, but as Wolf said i tend to bend the tips . I stick to the fine point ( 5mm or less) Pilot Dr Grip pens . And my wife has learned NOT to mess with my pen , i am verry easy going but get BENT if she uses my pen and doesn't put it back . To her a pen is just a pen , but to me , i search out what i like and i take care of what i get , anal i know , but the last pen i had i used untill it literly broke in half .

Hey that's not only uncool, but even sick. Go aay with your pens, you scare me!

My favourite pen in the world is the Papermate Flexgrip Ultra, medium, in blue. Yeah it's ballpoint, but the ink flows fairly smoothly, and I like the roughness of the line anyways. Part of what I like about writing is the tactile feel of pen on paper, and I don't get that as much with pens that move smoothly. Besides, those pens are more expensive, and I've never had a single pen survive long enough to run out of ink anyways. I have one nice pen (in this case, "nice pen" means one that cost more than 5 bucks) but never use it because i feel guilty biting on the cap.

The fact that I took the time to type out all the above? Another reason why I'm not cool.

i caught a scary glimpse into a former salesmans brief case one day. You know how brief cases have two or three folder sized pockets inside the lid? Well, scott had three rows of pens in all different styles and colors lined up from one side to the other. He must carry 75- 100 pens with him in his brief case. Now THAT's uncool.

Perth, that's about as lame a pen as you could pick. GO get yourself a nice cross ballpoint.

Cross pens write like shit and they are too thin to be comfortable enough for long writing sessions.

maybe in your big sausage fingers. :)

ok, wolf, we win the dork award for arguing about wich pens are coolest.

good going

These are pretty good. (Pilot P-500)

No, that's obsessive compulsive.

The guy needs a life. Majorly.

If he ever leaves the briefcase unattended in your office ... rearrange the pens. Only move about five of them. If he freaks out and/or has to put the pens back into the magic order, he's definitely a nutter.