Dwellar Casting Call

Clodfobble • Sep 10, 2006 12:49 pm
Who in your real life do the other Dwellars constantly remind you of?

Believe it or not, tw's written persona is the spittin' image of my father. My father is much more straight-ticket conservative than tw, but the mannerisms and the style of rhetoric are eerily similar.

Time and again, glatt reminds me of my husband, especially in the specific political/social areas we agree and disagree on. Plus, based on the one kinda-distant photo glatt once posted of himself, my husband looks roughly similar to him, same build and whatnot, and they both do some casual woodworking.

Ignoring gender, Elspode is often reminiscent of my mom. (How's that for an image, Els and tw married to each other? No wonder my parents got divorced.)

Sadly, Crimson Ghost has on occasion reminded me of my abusive ex-stepfather. Don't worry Els, she left him too. :)

Speaking of stepparents, Jacquelita looks just like my stepmom. I don't really know her well enough to say whether her personality is similar too, but nothing's she's posted has ever been completely out-of-character.

Brianna and staceyv have at different times reminded me of my best friend from childhood, and jinx reminds me of my best friend now. Not surprisingly, lumberjim reminds me of her husband, too.

And if I had to pick someone to play the role of me, it would be Beestie. I don't flatter myself that I'm as eloquent as he is, but I can't recall a time I've ever disagreed with anything he said. Well, okay, he didn't like a few of my CMEP music choices, but I maintain they would grow on him if he gave them a chance. ;)
bluecuracao • Sep 10, 2006 9:17 pm
Wolf seems to be the female version of my uncle--he is also no-nonsense, gun-totin', not too loud, but always gets his point across. Yet, like wolf with Hello Kitty, my uncle has a fondness for something completely unexpected--his favorite movie is Xanadu, and he's had a crush on Olivia Newton-John ever since I can remember.
Beestie • Sep 10, 2006 9:48 pm
Clodfobble wrote:
Well, okay, he didn't like a few of my CMEP music choices, but I maintain they would grow on him if he gave them a chance. ;)
Ohhhh, I remember that. In retrospect, if the charbroil stripe scars I bear to this day from the CMEP reviews I got are any indication of my ability distinguish between good music and not so good music, then you should consider the review I gave you quite a compliment. :D

And thanks. The feeling is mutual.
footfootfoot • Sep 10, 2006 10:06 pm
I don't understand one iota of what you jsut posted, but it still made me laugh.
Undertoad • Sep 10, 2006 10:28 pm
There was, at one time, a Cellar Music Exchange Project in which we US-Mailed CDs to each other. The project survived about 8 rounds of reviews before it collapsed under its own weight, because it required about 17 people to actively participate, which meant listening to an hour's worth of music in a week and sending the CD along, and if one didn't participate it gummed up the works. 8 rounds in such a situation is optimistic...

Beestie's entry was if I recall trance/house music in its entirety and overwhelmed most people including myself. I only respected him more for it, even though I admitted defeat.
footfootfoot • Sep 10, 2006 10:51 pm
It keeps getting more hilarious.

I love some trance music. maybe you all wouldn't have bogged down as much if you had the appropriate cigarettes to go with the music.
Clodfobble • Sep 10, 2006 11:15 pm
Undertoad wrote:
Beestie's entry was if I recall trance/house music in its entirety and overwhelmed most people including myself. I only respected him more for it, even though I admitted defeat.


My submission, on the other hand, was all foreign music, with a decent representation of overly-hyper Japanese pop songs. Not an easy thing to appreciate, I realize.
Beestie • Sep 11, 2006 12:22 am
Clodfobble wrote:
My submission, on the other hand, was all foreign music, with a decent representation of overly-hyper Japanese pop songs. Not an easy thing to appreciate, I realize.
I actually thought some of your stuff was pretty good but you should probably consider the source. :3eye:

That was a fun project. I had mixed up a fresh batch of tunage in anticipation of CMEP II but alas, it gathereth dust...
Hugo Zorilla • Sep 11, 2006 5:30 pm
Clodfobble wrote:
Who in your real life do the other Dwellars constantly remind you of?

Sadly, Crimson Ghost has on occasion reminded me of my abusive ex-stepfather. Don't worry Els, she left him too. :)


Oh, that's not good.
I hope CG straghtens himself out soon.
Now that I think of it, where is he?

EDIT: Elspode is with CG? I need to pay more attention....
glatt • Sep 11, 2006 5:39 pm
Crimson lost me when he started relating his "funny" jokes that he plays on people.

btw, I'm honored to be in the casting call at all.
Trilby • Sep 11, 2006 5:51 pm
Clodfobble, I am honored, too. I guess your childhood friend was consumed with neurosis and anxiety? :)
Clodfobble • Sep 11, 2006 7:45 pm
Brianna wrote:
I guess your childhood friend was consumed with neurosis and anxiety?


And yet insanely witty--pretty much, yeah. :) It's totally not a popularity thing though, you guys genuinely remind me of these people I know in real life. The rest of you are just too unique I guess. Probably deep down I'm deliberately searching for archetypes to associate you with, because it's hard to personalize text.
JayMcGee • Sep 11, 2006 7:53 pm
mmmm..... I see you left me out of your list.....

Not that I'm one to hold a grudge.......

but does Freddie Kruger ring any bells?
Elspode • Sep 12, 2006 1:49 pm
I for one am not surprised that CF finds something female in my online manner. I was pretty much exclusively raised by women, at least, in my most formative years. After that, the men I was most often around were pretty much hick motorhead losers, so I'm afraid I absorbed some of that as well, especially the occasional lack of sensitivity problem.

My mother used to flatly state that she fully expected me to grow up gay because of it, and she was somewhat surprised when I did not. Maybe even disappointed...I don't know.
Clodfobble • Sep 12, 2006 2:22 pm
Ha! I've always suspected my mother was a tiny bit disappointed I didn't turn out to be a lesbian.
KinkyVixen • Sep 12, 2006 3:08 pm
lmao....that's good stuff!
wolf • Sep 13, 2006 2:51 am
Elspode wrote:
I for one am not surprised that CF finds something female in my online manner.


It's just your sensitive new age guy vibe.
footfootfoot • Sep 13, 2006 8:28 am
glatt wrote:
Crimson lost me when he started relating his "funny" jokes that he plays on people.

btw, I'm honored to be in the casting call at all.

I missed those. Can you give me a for instance? Or would I rather not know?
glatt • Sep 13, 2006 9:25 am
footfootfoot wrote:
I missed those. Can you give me a for instance? Or would I rather not know?


It was his comment in the Curtain Rods thread about leaving his turds in toolboxes and shop vacs at Sears so customers would have nasty surprises when they got the merchandise home. Maybe I'm uptight, but I was unimpressed.
dar512 • Sep 13, 2006 9:50 am
I suspect he's thinking of this.

*edit*
Ooops too late.
footfootfoot • Sep 13, 2006 11:04 am
Hmm, I missed that. It should be listed as another anti social behaviour, a la this thread:
maggiel wrote:
Yes, I'm certain that in the UK, action would be taken under the "Anti-Social Behaviour" laws.

No, I'm not kidding.
Crimson Ghost • Sep 19, 2006 1:57 am
Yeah, whatever.