Dwellar Secrets
Tell us something cool (or uncool) about you that's awsome and we don't know.
Glatt's "titles" thread is revealing titles we hold but hide, and somewhere else foot3 admitted to an awesome sailing feat3, and there were at least two other interesting admissions recently that I can't pinpoint now.
brag or share quietly. We like hearing about success. We promise not to tap you for a loan.
And we need happy-fun-good stuff.
Were you a Spelling Bee champion? Do you model granny knickers? Has your tweet been twatted?
Here's something about me: I'm as common as common can be. I have a very common face. I've been mistaken for someone else very often. I look like someone they know. When men ask me, "Do I know you from somewhere," it's not a line but a sincere question. I looked like this girl in his chemistry lab class, someone they worked with, etc. My best friend saw triplets of me before, and she swear she almost walked over to say hi. Recently, I was at a department store and this sales person asked if I were from out of town. Said he said I look like this restaurant owner from the city he moved from. Height, I am of average height in my age range if I were to go back to Vietnam. A friend who had recently immigrated from Vietnam said I would not feel tiny at all. My height is average. I have an average intelligence, average humour, average personality. At least I'm not bad. :D
I was a spelling bee champion. I made it to the top ten of my area and was on TV. I lost early amongst this group, misspelling a simple word due to nerves and lack of composure.
I was an ice-skating champion in 7th grade.
I was on a swim team for years.
I took ballet, tap and jazz for years.
I was kind of an athlete - before I started to wear black eyeliner and smoke ciggies in the park before school.
I'm a former President. Of my sophomore class. :rolleyes:
I've jumped out of a plane and have my advanced open water scuba training.
My 2 mile relay team held the school record for 20 years.
I coulda been a contender.
I'm a complete slob, the anti-domestic.
I peaked in high school. President of student council, captain of the wrestling team (junior & senior years) and track & field team.
I've shared too much already. I don't think I have many secrets anymore.
Did I tell you about the time I was on a hot air balloon crew? I think so, but I'll go into more detail.
My neighbor when I was a teenager was a chiropractor who called himself Doctor in social settings. I was friends with his kid. They were "rich." One day, the Dr. decided he would get into hot air ballooning. So he bought a balloon and got his pilot's license. They had a big back yard that met our back yard in back, and launched the balloon probably 20 times over the course of 3-4 years from that back yard. I hung out with them all the time, and was on the launch and chase crew for most of their launches. I got to go up 3 times. It's a tremendous amount of fun to go for a hot air balloon ride. No wind, because you are traveling with the wind. Very quiet and peaceful. You can hear people talking on the ground, and dogs barking at you when you go over their houses. No sense of movement at all. It's a little scary if you are afraid of heights when the ground drops away. That's not poetic talk. The ground really does drop away when you first go up. You have no sense of motion. You're just standing in the basket watching the world go by.
Here's a picture of me (in the hat) at a balloon fest, and one I took of my house on my first flight from their back yard.
:applause:
Look at you! And there's that VW bus!
My ex and I did a hot air balloon ride once. It was really cool.
My folks lived on the Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory when Western Desert Aboriginal art started to make the transition to its saleable form in the early 70s. They worked closely with and were friends with Geoff Bardon-the guy who was became known as the mid-wife of Aboriginal art (because he assisted the tribes in giving birth to it in its commercial form).
www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/ras/article/download/1425/1729
Unfortunately, mum was very sick when she was pregnant with me and couldn't stay on the settlement as the medical resources to cater for her weren't available.
So, not an experience of mine directly, but the background of Papunya and Yuendemu loom large in the folklore of the nuclear family.
I shook hands with HRH the Princess of Wales (when she still held that title).
I've sung at both the Royal Festival Hall and the Albert Hall.
I've been over the Valley of the Kings in a hot air balloon.
I played Blousey Brown in my school performance of Bugsy Malone.
Occasionally I run into people from school and they still remember me for that.
Despite sometimes saying I have, I did not really appear in a Birdseye Fishfingers advert.
I have audio on my computer of Isaac Hayes saying some really fucked up stuff (like, philosophical things he actually believes, as he was chatting between voice recording sessions.) I also have audio of some prominent baseball announcers that could theoretically get them fired, though probably not, depending on whether the boss doing the firing was a woman.
I got a perfect verbal score on my SATs.
I went to high school with several famous musicians, the personal aide to Bush when he was President, Bush's twin daughters, and the guy who starred in the TV show The O.C. I was also in a play with that dude, though it was outside of high school, oddly enough.
let me see...
1. i played cello and trombone.
2. i was selected as man of the year for the county i live in.
3. i was mistakenly reported on cnn as being killed in the line of duty after i was shot in a traffic stop in 1989.
4. i was an extra in several movies and tv shows.
5. i have written articles for several hunting and historical publications.
6. a girl i dated in high school later appeared in playboy's girls of the sec.
7. my college roommate hosted a show on tnt and is now an executive with tcm.
i feel like a washed up has been who would have been better off to have passed away 10 years ago while i was at my peak.
That's the nature of telling stories about your life. It's all in the past. At any point in your life, you can be telling stories, and each one of those stories is in the past. You'll certainly have stories that will happen to you in the future, but once they happen, they will be in the past and you'll be a has-been again.
I like to always have plans for a vacation or something else, so I've got something to look forward to. It's important for my mental health. Even if it's a year off.
I'd love a year off! :lol:
I know how Sarge feels (my 'coulda been a contender' comment) but we do tend to play down the things we're doing RFN.
It all shapes who we are today, the good and the bad.
I'd love a year off! :lol:
*snort*
I am glad you brought this up. I know I will feel better once I get this off my conscious. ( off my conscious?) whatever.
Last year I began wearing mens athletic socks. I find them massively superior to womens socks, even women's athletic socks.
Women's socks suck. Holes and piling and shrinking. Men's athletic socks last forever and ever; They hold their shape, they have cushion and arch support. I love them.
I am glad you brought this up. I know I will feel better once I get this off my conscious. ( off my conscious?)
off your chest?
:) Yes...but I get them out of my chest to put them on so.....:p:
kidding
:) Yes...but I get them out of my chest to put them on so.....:p:
kidding
Two words of advice Sky, get yourself a couple of pairs ("two pairs"), then you won't have to get them off your chest and you can still wear that other pair on your feet. Problem solved!:)
1. i used to race motocross and supercross
2. i played the bagpipes from 4th through 7th grade
bagpipes are cool. Do you think you could still play?
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I got a perfect verbal score on my SATs.
--snip
Modest, as always. CF, we've all heard your voice (*swoon*). You would get a perfect verbal score reading the back of the Wheaties box.
bagpipes are cool. Do you think you could still play?
yeah, with a bit of practice i think i could hammer out amazing grace or some others i used to play...
Women's socks suck. Holes and piling and shrinking. Men's athletic socks last forever and ever; They hold their shape, they have cushion and arch support. I love them.
It's because sock magnates know that women love shopping for socks, and think that socks are wonderful gifts! As a service to women, so they don't end up with a huge backlog of unused socks, they make women's socks shoddy. Men will keep wearing a pair of socks until the holes are big enough for the foot to go through, so their socks need to be rugged.
yeah, with a bit of practice i think i could hammer out amazing grace or some others i used to play...
Why don't you film that for us? I would love to see it! :)
If I told you my secrets, they wouldn't be secret anymore, now would they?
Things you don't know about me, on the other hand, might include:
* I rode a motorbike up the pedestrian path to the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. The security guards were yelling at me but I kept going...I was quite the little rebel at age 17.
* I've been scuba diving in the Red Sea.
* I was a catalog model for Sanger Harris many years ago.
* I was raised a vegetarian. I still prefer my veggies over meat.
* I started smoking at age 14. I finally quit after 34 years.
It's because sock magnates know that women love shopping for socks, and think that socks are wonderful gifts! As a service to women, so they don't end up with a huge backlog of unused socks, they make women's socks shoddy. Men will keep wearing a pair of socks until the holes are big enough for the foot to go through, so their socks need to be rugged.
True, True.
I don't like shopping for socks for myself because they are too expensive to have to constantly replace, but I do like giving socks. I am true to form there. Christmas, Valentine's, Halloween especially. :D
@ stormie, I think those are the best secrets I have ever heard almost anywhere!
@ casi, lol
Hmmm secrets...doubt I have any left ;p
I have an autographed copy of The Crucible
I was once invited to become a 'high class prostitute' by a good friend who wanted to set me up in business and be my pimp.
I have played with needles.
I got an A grade on my mock exam in French and then got a C on the real thing.
I took my maths o-level a year early, having also missed a year of school and passed.
I once bought a converted 70s ambulance despite the fact I couldn't drive. It was called Lance.
Me, my Mum and my big brother occasionally went ghost/alien spotting late at night when i was a kid.
My great Grandmother's third husband was the son of a Maharajah.
My Grandmother had her Coming Out/Debutante's ball in front of the Viceroy of India.
I used to play MMORPG games and allowed my guildies to believe I was a man for two years.
I played the part of a female sports commenter by the name of Daisy Diamond on a machinima sports special (in Anarchy Online).
I have seen every extant episode of Doctor Who.
I once slept in a derelict shop.
I once bought a converted 70s ambulance despite the fact I couldn't drive. It was called Lance.
I am officially requesting pictures of this.
Alas I have none *cries*
The camera with all the pics of Lance, as well as all the pics of our 1991 Glastonbury trip went missing before I had a chance to get them developed.
It was so cute as well. Had the little medical compartments still in there and everything.
What my mother doesn't know:
My uncle is selling me a motorcycle this spring/summer
What you guys don't know:
Its the one from Top Gun. Literally. My uncle has been a rabid motorcycle collector for years, and he bought two of those Kawasaki's when they were first available. Only a couple were in the US at the time. Since it was THE hot bike of the time, the producers had to have it for the movie. So they bought them from him, used them, then he bought them back.
Here's the receipt from the sale of the one bike to Paramount:
Holy shit. Bullitt just won this thread lol.
His name is Chris Dolan, well known in the motorcycle circles of San Diego for a long time.
This is him with the bike back then.
That is a very beautiful machine.
The twins together during production:
It's not a done deal yet, fingers crossed it works out though.
I was once invited to become a 'high class prostitute' by a good friend who wanted to set me up in business and be my pimp.
I briefly dated a girl in high school who a couple years later moved to Vegas to be a prostitute. Typical family divorced problems from a young age, daddy issues, etc. She was on some website too for the escort service. It was like Edmunds lol. She provided pictures and a bio/what she would and wouldn't do, and customers could leave reviews and a rating. Me and my friends all got a big kick out of it when we found out. Passed the website around to everyone we went to high school with. She later moved to PA, dated some radio DJ, then word got out that he was dating an ex-prostitute and he got crucified for it.
I was a spelling bee champion. I made it to the top ten of my area and was on TV. I lost early amongst this group, misspelling a simple word due to nerves and lack of composure.
Doppelganger!!!
My word was SMOOTH who couldn't spell that! :)
I sang in the Sydney Opera House when I was in the Australian National Youth Choir.
I spent a period of time in my early twenties tripping on acid.
I used to be a bit of a wild child.
I played trumpet and clarinet in high school and was studying for 7th grade piano when I quit.
I have had an abortion and an ectopic pregnancy. I've also had an early term miscarriage.
Secrets!
I graduated from High School at 16.
I played the Viola
I was Miss Nude Indiana
I have audio on my computer of Isaac Hayes saying some really fucked up stuff (like, philosophical things he actually believes, as he was chatting between voice recording sessions.)
Ever hear this, from my man-crush Carolla: Isaac Hayes becomes highly inarticulate and confused during a morning radio interview. He's had a stroke or mini-stroke and it gets embarrassing for him.
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I also have audio of some prominent baseball announcers that could theoretically get them fired, though probably not, depending on whether the boss doing the firing was a woman.
That brings to mind this:
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Ever look back on your life and consider yourself pretty much a failure? I know I often do
Ever look back on your life and consider yourself pretty much a failure? I know I often do
This comment is really sad Sarge. I hope you don't honestly believe that.
So many people during the course of this thread have shared things that they are great at, but everyone has stuff they've failed miserably at too. That's just the way life seems to work.
I think a lot of people just don't like to share the bad stuff because they don't want to be judged for it.
I thought about this thread for a while before I posted and decided to put good and bad stuff (depending on the readers perception) because I think that these 'secret' make up a big part of me and the way I interact with the world.
Do I think I could have achieved more in my life? Most definitely, but circumstances have led me to where I am now, and I'm am grateful for the good things in my life.
In the end, plaques on the wall don't mean much at all. It's all the other stuff you've learned that makes you a good person, and I'm pretty sure you're a pretty awesome person. ;)
I am glad you brought this up. I know I will feel better once I get this off my conscious. ( off my conscious?) whatever.
Last year I began wearing mens athletic socks. I find them massively superior to womens socks, even women's athletic socks.
Women's socks suck. Holes and piling and shrinking. Men's athletic socks last forever and ever; They hold their shape, they have cushion and arch support. I love them.
I will definitly check this out! I hate all them holes on my socks. :neutral: What's wrong with wearing men's socks anyways. :D
Hmm letsee...
I've gained 40lbs in the last year.
I once licked a pussy (would maybe do it again).
I graduated 6th in my HS class but just barely got my associates after 5years.
I am extremely afraid of roaches and rape.
when you get your thyroid fixed, i'm sure you'll drop the weight. the last photos i saw of you really looked nice.
licked a pussy? geez now you've got all these images raising through my mind. sigh, if i was only 25 years younger and a lot better looking....
Wow, I've been out all day -this sure took off!
I'm pretty sure I've already bragged all I have, but here goes....
I was on BBC World Radio saying "salt and vinegar" in an item on edible chip cones.
I've done two parachutejumps and one bungee jump.
I can still do the splits from cold (I mentioned this a short while back then it occurred to me I hadn't for a while, and I've gained a couple pounds, so I tried at Figure Skating this morning and did. and yes, I can still walk)
Why don't you film that for us? I would love to see it! :)
i would but i don't own a set of pipes anymore. wish i did.
Secrets!
I was Miss Nude Indiana
PICS or it DIDN'T happen!
nirvana - pics sure would be nice ;)
When I was in year five, a short story I wrote was read out on the radio.
When I was in year six I won the cross country run at sports day by strategically pacing myself and sprinting the finish.
I killed my first hobo at 15.
Children should learn hobo killing at a young age, it's so much easier for them to absorb when they're like 4 or 5.
Oh, I did two TV shows for local cable access: one was a kid's fishing derby and the other was interviewing a blind man. Wish I could find tapes of them. They wanted me to do more but I had a hard time getting over the shyness, but apparently I was pretty good.
I had a story published in the college literary magazine.
And I'm still a complete slob. ;)
I will definitly check this out! I hate all them holes on my socks. :neutral: What's wrong with wearing men's socks anyways. :D
Who can tell anyway?! I just made sure I found a three pack I could visually see the size. The ones I found ran small. They are anklets and look like any other sock. No body can see the dirty little secret. heh heh :p:
I am sure there are some good high quality women's athletic, like Keen but I don't want to pay $15. dollars for a pair. They are good looking socks though.
Wow, this has to be one of the most interesting threads I have read in a long time.
Wow, this has to be one of the most interesting threads I have read in a long time.
Lie! :)
no really...
maybe I should have said "IMHO" as a qualifier.
oookay. I believe you.
So do you have a secret merc? ..besides liking this thread so much.
I just don't know if I should. I suspect it would just be used against me when I disagree with someone over something stupid like politics or current events or whatever.
And boom.
Don't worry about it, monster.
If anyone says anything negative about merc his bulldogs will go after them. All he has to do is let them off the chain and it's GRRRRRRRRRRRRR time!
Let's see. I've been here so long, it's hard to thin of any secrets not already known, but I'll try.
I am certified for both sky and SCUBA diving.
I once won the AAUW creative writing award for a poem that I plagarized directly from The Lord of the Rings. I've felt guilty ever since.
I was interviewed on Philly After Midnight, an episode watched by at least five people.
As of today, I am an officially transitioning transsexual. I answer to Pamela.
I would write more but I am going to allow everyone to recover their composure first. :)
As of today, I am an officially transitioning transsexual. I answer to Pamela.
yes, but what's your new name?
I just don't know if I should. I suspect it would just be used against me when I disagree with someone over something stupid like politics or current events or whatever.
'If I told you, I'd have to kill you' would work too, :yeldead:
It's the Hellko Kitty boxers isn't it. ;)
I grew my beard in my first year of college, 8 months before I met Monster, and have never ever been clean shaven since.
I used to SCUBA when I was at school, but never kept it up on going to college, I have still have all my gear in the basement :rolleyes:
As of today, I am an officially transitioning transsexual. I answer to Pamela.
Congratulations on your decision. May I ask, what led to the choice of the name Pamela? I've only ever known two transsexuals, and one of them called herself Pamela. I'm just wondering if there's some in-culture reference I'm missing.
A fair number of SCUBA divers here.
I did my open water dive in Long Island Sound to get SCUBA certified after taking a course in college. Only marine life I saw was a flounder. Lots of bottles and a couple tires too.
Then I did a dive in St. Thomas with my dad. It was fun, but overall, I prefer snorkeling. Less to think and worry about. And the dry tank air gave me nose bleeds both times I dove.
Thank you. I chose the name because I liked it and it was not a feminization of my birth name. I was torn between Pam and Tia and chose Pam because it was less exotic and I liked it better.
Now, you know THREE transsexuals!
There is no in-culture reference.
:)
Congratulations on your decision. May I ask, what led to the choice of the name Pamela? I've only ever known two transsexuals, and one of them called herself Pamela. I'm just wondering if there's some in-culture reference I'm missing.
BrianR/Pamela, you win the thread!
Pardon my ignorance, but didn't you just get married a couple years ago?
Hey, congrats Pamela.
I talk to a transitioning transexual in my supermarket.
I think she thought I was trustworthy because I had pink hair :)
She changed her uniform from trousers to skirts just last year, and is far happier to have it out in the open. Not meant in a rude way! She really makes an effort with her image - for a supermarket employee she's quite glamourous. I feel quite shabby next to her. Then again, I am! I usually shop without makeup and in my ubiquitous jogging bottoms.
I have still have all my gear in the basement :rolleyes:
that's what you think....
I have pics somewhere and trophies too. I was also Miss Nude Illinois.
Great April Fool's BrianR
[COLOR="LemonChiffon"]will be very embarrassed if its not a joke[/COLOR]
I recently found out a woman I dated a few years back (when split from Mrs L) is now an escort and porn chick (not really a star).
But it's not April 1st in America yet. Or is that another "holiday" you guys stretch for a week?
Maybe Brian R posted in the DNSFW thread. Then I stand corrected and I have to say way to go Pamela! :)
But it's not April 1st in America yet. Or is that another "holiday" you guys stretch for a week?
I've noticed a trend in the last few years of starting the rumor/joke in the several days leading up to April 1st, and revealing that it was a hoax on the day itself. This seems to be necessary to actually catch anyone off guard, because everyone's too alert for pranks on the holiday itself.
I have to say, Nirvana's post did make me slap my forehead. It's hard to say though--Brian's been a transgender advocate in the past. I'm torn. No offense either way, Brian. :)
I do wonder why we hate to be fooled? If it is in a harmless way maybe we should relax enjoy a giggle? It's such a knee jerk reaction to put up one's guard.
knee jerk reactions save lives.
I do wonder why we hate to be fooled? If it is in a harmless way maybe we should relax enjoy a giggle? It's such a knee jerk reaction to put up one's guard.
Strange isn't it? Maybe it's something we learn as kids? Not wanting to be the butt of the playground joke.
Bramela, May I ask Questions? Good.
Where does your wife fit in to this?
Are you still driving trucks?
Are you planning surgery or just wishing to live as a woman?
What was your role in the pron movies you made, or did I remember that incorrectly?
You have beautiful long hair, do you feel the decision to have long hair was a precursor to this or unrelated?
Why today? Officialy?
What color eyeshadow do you prefer, or do you not wear make-up?
BrianR. What are your parents thoughts on your transgenderedness? How did it effect them or do you care?
Bramela, May I ask Questions? Good.
Where does your wife fit in to this?
She fits in right next to me.
Are you still driving trucks?
No, not as of the end of January.
Are you planning surgery or just wishing to live as a woman?
One step at a time.
What was your role in the pron movies you made, or did I remember that incorrectly?
Mostly an extra. Never the "star/starlet"
You have beautiful long hair, do you feel the decision to have long hair was a precursor to this or unrelated?
It is definitely a precursor.
Why today? Officialy?
It's been a long time coming. This is one of the last places on the list. Somehow, I never found the right way to say it. Also, I've lost several long time friends by telling them. I never know how people are going to take it and I didn't want to create a huge stir in this, my favorite of all online places.
What color eyeshadow do you prefer, or do you not wear make-up?
I tend to go with purples/pinks depending on the look I want and the occasion/outfit.
BrianR. What are your parents thoughts on your transgenderedness? How did it effect them or do you care?
I dunno, get out the Ouiji board and ask them. They died in 1995/96.
Also, this is not some hoax that I will unmask tomorrow. This is for real. Some of us already knew but said nothing as per my wishes. Thank you, all three of you!
Thanks, and best wishes to you. I applaud the purple! :)
I love purple. I hate pink. But the few m>f transexuals I know have blue/green eyeshadow fixations and it's truly not a good color to be applied so lavishly. Their tastes match the twenty-nothing college sluts half their age. They all make anime look human, but it's an especially poor look on an older face.
oh and re the pic, I'd like to see a little more dark liner on the lower lids. The bangs are fabulous, totally make the look work.
I think those colors only work on a naturally blonde person. The blues bring out the blues in their eyes but as my eyes are hazel, that doesn't work. Yes, I tried it and didn't like it.
I must admit, that picture had some help. I was taking lessons from a professional makeup consultant since my own efforts only produced the bastard offspring of Ronald McDonald and Bozo the Clown. Now I know that it is possible to look quite good with the right makeup and the right technique. And a set of $100 brushes. :)
Re: the pic... I try for the minimalist look. You know, less is more?
I am always open to suggestions but other than in person, I find that the internet is not a good teacher to me. I've seen every makeup tutorial on YouTube and none have helped. But a professional in person? Fab! I have never had a female friend sit down and help me however. That might be fun!
Clodfobble? I know you're listening. ;)
Now I need to go make friends with the MAC consultant over at the mall.
I think those colors only work on a naturally blonde person.
I think they look worst on blondes. Browns and purples work well with hazel eyes imo. But good blending is really the key to good make-up. And time. That's why I rarely bother :lol:
one does need make-up lessons. Girls get them from moms and friends -where is a boy to turn? Beest and I both wore blankets of make-up in college, but one of the first things I did when we met was show him how to apply it properly.
Re: the pic... I try for the minimalist look. You know, less is more?
I am always open to suggestions but other than in person, I find that the internet is not a good teacher to me. I've seen every makeup tutorial on YouTube and none have helped. But a professional in person? Fab! I have never had a female friend sit down and help me however. That might be fun!
Clodfobble? I know you're listening. ;)
Now I need to go make friends with the MAC consultant over at the mall.
rather you than me! :lol: Re less is more, I'd tone down the lip gloss. -the color is great but the shine is too much. but that's just my personal pref. And I'd still like a little more liner on the lower lids ;)
But hell, I hate to put the stuff on, it's war paint to me. i'd like to, but I just don't have the time or patience. i only bother when i'm going out in public and feel the need to make an impression/intimidate.
Thank you. I chose the name because I liked it and it was not a feminization of my birth name. I was torn between Pam and Tia and chose Pam because it was less exotic and I liked it better.
Now, you know THREE transsexuals!
There is no in-culture reference.
:)
steeeeeeeeep awaaaaaay from the truck man! transWHAT? saltgrass? remember that?
methinks I could knock Fred over with one of those feathers! LOL
Someone get that man a strong drink! STAT!
Oh, and for the record, I wasn't wearing lip gloss. That is a combination of the lighting, the camera flash and no editing. The photographer is a makeup artist, not a professional photographer!
Also I was wearing the wrong foundation shade that time. He was out of the one I need and this was closest in tone. I know it looks a bit off, compared to the rest of me but it was the best we could do.
That pic is circa 2005.
I hate foundation. 2005? You still look young for your age in that shot. It must agree with you
2005? just before salt grass then. that was what? 2006?
Brian, I don't know if this is PC or not. I'll be buggered if I can figure it out, but I just wanted to say that you make a pretty attractive woman. I've never seen you as a man, so I can't comment on that.
Let's see. I've been here so long, it's hard to thin of any secrets not already known, but I'll try.
I am certified for both sky and SCUBA diving.
I once won the AAUW creative writing award for a poem that I plagarized directly from The Lord of the Rings. I've felt guilty ever since.
I was interviewed on Philly After Midnight, an episode watched by at least five people.
As of today, I am an officially transitioning transsexual. I answer to Pamela.
I would write more but I am going to allow everyone to recover their composure first. :)
If you thought announcing your new identity was going to distract me from the fact that you're a plagiarist, you've got another think coming!
:rant:
Actually I'm more amused that nobody noticed you plagiarised LotR. Which poem was it?
Oh yeah and congratulations on the Pamela stuff.
Wow. Awesome pic. You look so striking. Beautiful. And congrats on such a major decision.
That's a great dress or is it a feather boa?
I'm fluent in Turkish. Oh yeah, and I'm also new to this forum. :)
I'd like to see a little more dark liner on the lower lids.
After a "certain age" dark liner on the lower lids makes the face/eyes look older - it draws
down - upper lid liner draws UP.
:D
After a "certain age" dark liner on the lower lids makes the face/eyes look older - it draws down - upper lid liner draws UP.
:D
y'see, I know that's the school of thought, but I still like to see some. Just more on the upper.
Brian, Thanks for trusting everyone here.
As always, I am curious about several things ...
- why on earth would you CHOOSE to wear pantyhose and high heels (yes, I know that flats are more likely for you, but that spoils my question)?
- will you lose the ability to parallel park and repair automobiles?
- nice glamor shot.
I am jealous Brian. Since you are in the middle of the transformation you can still use both sexes to your advantage depending on the situation.
Ah the years I spent helping girls and guys look glamorous. :)
[I ran an entertainment service, striptease] I don't miss my 7 inch high heels ;)
Pamela, you have the most gorgeous hair.
BrianR is your user title. Do you want us to call you Brian, BrianR, or Pamela? Or Pam?
Are you going to change your profile picture and ask for a changed user name?
Each day, do you dress as a woman? Have you thrown away your men's clothes? I'm curious how it works, this transition. Is it gradual, where you go back and forth between identities as the mood strikes you, or have you said goodbye to Brian and you're now Pam?
Are you still driving trucks?
No, not as of the end of January.
Does it have anything to do with this decision?
I hate foundation. 2005? You still look young for your age in that shot. It must agree with you
I hate foundation too. Unfortunately, I need it to cover the beard shadow.
2005? just before salt grass then. that was what? 2006?
Salt grass? The restaurant chain or Distichlis spicata?
Brian, I don't know if this is PC or not. I'll be buggered if I can figure it out, but I just wanted to say that you make a pretty attractive woman. I've never seen you as a man, so I can't comment on that.
I'm definitely not a PC-person so go ahead. Thank you very much. For a man pic, try my profile. Just click on my name.
If you thought announcing your new identity was going to distract me from the fact that you're a plagiarist, you've got another think coming!
:rant:
Actually I'm more amused that nobody noticed you plagiarised LotR. Which poem was it?
I forget now. It was one of the very short ones taken from just after Gandalf fell in the Mines of Moria. I'd have to get the books out to see the exact one. It all goes to show that no one really read those poems or "songs" except us LotR geeks.
That's a great dress or is it a feather boa?
It is only a boa.
Brian, Thanks for trusting everyone here.
As always, I am curious about several things ...
- why on earth would you CHOOSE to wear pantyhose and high heels (yes, I know that flats are more likely for you, but that spoils my question)?
I choose NOT to wear those! I prefer stockings and garters for the sexy feelings on the unusual occasions that I wear them at all. I'm a leggings or skirt kind of gurl.
(I do have a pair of F*** me heels tho ;) )
- will you lose the ability to parallel park and repair automobiles?
no, but I will gain the ability to get someone else to do it for me!
I'm practicing my "helpless female" image for flat tires! :lol:
- nice glamor shot.
Thank you.
Pamela, you have the most gorgeous hair.
Thanks, but that's a wig, not my real hair. My real hair is much thinner and finer. I hail from Scotland mind. :)
BrianR is your user title. Do you want us to call you Brian, BrianR, or Pamela? Or Pam?
Are you going to change your profile picture and ask for a changed user name?
Well, you can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay.... as long as you don't call me late for supper! :D [/obscure joke] Seriously, I will answer to both until I get my official name change sometime next year. Until then, whatever makes you comfortable. I prefer Pamela (or just Pam to my friends) but no pressure. And I wouldn't be even a little upset if UT were to change my user name to Pamela.
Each day, do you dress as a woman? Have you thrown away your men's clothes? I'm curious how it works, this transition. Is it gradual, where you go back and forth between identities as the mood strikes you, or have you said goodbye to Brian and you're now Pam?
I tend to dress male still, partly because clothes cost more for women, it's tougher to find things that fit me (either too tight/small or too large and FORGET shoes!). Also, remember that I live in Redneck, Texas. The land of pick em up trucks, guns and beer. Some people know about me and most have been accepting (surprisingly). Of course, that acceptance only goes so far.
The changes are gradual, I won't sprout boobage overnight (darn!) nor will I suddenly dress in full drag queen mode (ever!) And no, my sexual preference won't change!
The transition is different for each of us. Some just change overnight and others barely change at all. It's mostly a comfort thing. I know of gurls who planned their coming out as if it were a debutante ball, complete with guests, a gown and a buffet, strolled in, made the announcement that they will henceforth be known as XXXXX etc etc. And never look back. Others stay in stealth mode, perhaps in fear for their lives (murder happens) or jobs (it's legal to fire us in 38 states) or other reasons.
I am playing this by ear, adding clothes to my wardrobe as I find them (and like them). There will be many ups and downs on this roller coaster ride and this is only the beginning. Please bear with me.
I welcome any and all respectful questions. One may wish to look up Calpernia Addam's YouTube video "Bad questions to ask a Transsexual" (Director's Cut is the better of them). So far, no one has insulted or offended me and I don't expect anyone to do so. I know you all pretty well and I understand that your questions are posited in the desire to understand, not to offend.
Thank you all for your patience!
Pam
Does it have anything to do with this decision?
No. It has to do with a major accident in January which totalled the truck. My company blackballed me for that. I am basically finished driving trucks for a living unless I buy my own and hustle my own loads.
In this biz, the deck is stacked against the drivers. If you have an accident, it goes on a big database which is accessed by all potential employers. If they don't like what they see, you don't get hired.
Accidents are reportable for three years on an application. After that, you don't have to list them. So it follows that I just stay clean for three years and my slate is wiped clean, right? Nope! The database keeps records for TEN years. And if you wait more than a year or so to work, you have another whammy to contend with. In order to get hired, you must have RECENT over the road tractor trailer experience. If I took a job hauling hay from fields to market locally or driving an oil tanker for Halliburton every day, that would NOT COUNT as it is not over the road driving and I still wouldn't get hired.
I'm going to find a better field to get into. Possibly go to college first and get a degree in something interesting to me.
Y'know what I find most interesting?
That no one has pointed out the delicious irony in my .sig yet!
Legal to fire? Damn, that's awful.
A good friend of mine is currently trying to get a place as a PhD student and having problems. Mainly because she did her degree and Masters before she transitioned. She doesn't want her old Uni to know about the change, because she was a military historian and suspects her former tutors and colleagues would be less than understanding. But her PhD proposal sounds really interesting. She is looking at the history of transgender 'treatment' in the UK.
We are somewhat behind much of the civilised world in this country in how we define transgender. It is still defined as a psychiatric condition here and in order to access the necessary counselling, treatment and operations 'patients' have to go through the pychiatric system. She's campaigning to try and get that changed, and our council scrutiny panel are supporting her campaign. We are still working from definitions that were set down decades ago. Other countries have updated their definitions several times since the last time we looked at it in any depth over here.
Unfortunately, there's a whole school of psychiatry devoted to this 'psychiatric condition' so theres rather a lot of vested interest in it remaining this way.
No. It has to do with a major accident in January which totalled the truck. My company blackballed me for that. I am basically finished driving trucks for a living unless I buy my own and hustle my own loads.
In this biz, the deck is stacked against the drivers. If you have an accident, it goes on a big database which is accessed by all potential employers. If they don't like what they see, you don't get hired.
That sucks. Fuck The Man!
Brian, I don't know if this is PC or not. I'll be buggered if I can figure it out, but I just wanted to say that you make a pretty attractive woman. I've never seen you as a man, so I can't comment on that.
Hey Ali--
Like you, I don't know if this is PC or not, but I'll preface it by saying any offense is born of my ignorance, not my malice. I have plenty of the former, and none of the latter.
Pamela, ... wow. You're beautiful.
Aaaaand, I have met BrianR in person. I went back and reviewed the pictures of our meeting and while there is a unmistakable resemblance, this is an entirely new look. By the way, my previous offer still stands. If you're ever back in the neighborhood, please contact me (email is best these days) and we'll have dinner or something. I'd be happy to have you as my guest.
Salt grass? The restaurant chain or Distichlis spicata?
the restaurant you me and crazy bitch went to on I-10.
and by the way, to quote spock:
i have been and always shall be your friend. [/spock]
Thanks, but that's a wig, not my real hair. My real hair is much thinner and finer. I hail from Scotland mind. :)
Is it right to glory in the fact that someone else does not have shampoo-commercial-level hair?
You know what, fuck gender, I'm really evilly glad that was a wig.
Now I just need to get Jinx to admit she has very expensive hair extensions and my nasty side will be satisfied.
I have had those, too. I wish I had the money to put them back in and maintain them. I loved them!
Even if I did have to make a few adjustments here and there to accomodate them.
the restaurant you me and crazy bitch went to on I-10.
and by the way, to quote spock:
i have been and always shall be your friend. [/spock]
Oh yes. I remember now. And I never doubted your friendship.
Even if I did have to make a few adjustments here and there to accomodate them.
Serves you right for having them put below the knicker line.
Brian/ Pamela - are you okay with all the questions?
I only know you online, but you seem pretty robust.
It's just Ibram's recent posts have made me question my usual reactions...
I'm not old-school Dwellar. So I really hope I'm not being intrusive.
I really respect your admission of transition, and your willingness to engage with those of us with limited experience of your situation.
More recent pics would be lovely.
I do not mind the questions in the least. If anyone gets rude or offensive or too personal, I will let them know. You in particular are not offending me at all.
I know that a lot of people know little or nothing about transsexuals. I know that you have lots of questions. I don't mind answering them, if only to bring a little more enlightenment into the world.
Feel free to ask away!
Oh, and more recent pictures will have to wait. So far, I have only approved my glam shots from yesteryear for public display. Rest assured, I am taking pictures weekly to document my transition. Someday, I will post them all in order so that friends can see the changes better.
I have never had a female friend sit down and help me however. That might be fun! Clodfobble? I know you're listening.
I hope you're not suggesting I know
anything about applying makeup! :lol: However, that said, I do have a small suggestion that comes from my stage days more than anything: regardless of what foundation you do use, you'll want to blend it all the way down your neck and chest. And I agree with monster, the purple eyeshadow is subtle and very nice!
actually, on the eyes, I checked.
I used three different colors. Krisp on the inside, Digit in the middle and Intoxicate on the outside. All of these are by Mac. My lipstick is Plumful and my eyeliner is Macroviolet Fluidline. Yes, I keep records! There are also different shades of foundation, concealer, highlighter and blush. Mostly plum in color.
I'm glad you're comfortable sharing with us. Are there any health implications for you in your change?
All this make up talk is making me feel unfeminine and dumpy :(
I only wear it 2-3xs a year and always feel like a clown (and yes I do know what looks good and how to do it ect but it still takes me an hour or so b/c my hands are so shaky I often have to restart with the eyes).
Hmf!
Pam, I'm sure you have checked, but what about online clothing stores target towards the transgendered? Also, "plus size" specialty stores (what a stupid term IMHO - most plus sized clothing is not that far from average. Instead of having plus sized clothing in special store/section they ought to do that with the tiny clothes) might have more things that would fit your frame.
All women have issues finding affordable/flattering clothing.
I think I have applied make-up about 4 times in the last 18 months :p
My secret: I don't have big toenails...they've both been removed due to ingrown issues. Been gone since HS.
Pretty fucking boring, I know.
I usually paint the areas anyway.
I would paint the remaining 8 and glue googly eyes on those two.
:lol: [COLOR="White"].[/COLOR]
I'm glad you're comfortable sharing with us. Are there any health implications for you in your change?
Yes there are. But I have preexisting issues. My doctor is working on the big ones first, then the smaller ones. So we're getting me on the right meds to control my wildly out of control thyroid first and foremost.
Then, the vitamin deficiencies will be addressed.
My hormones fit in the middle somewhere.
The basic transition without the complications can be dangerous if you are allergic to any of the drugs, if you don't follow the directions exactly or don't get your blood checked frequently.
But mostly there is little real risk if I do what I'm told.
I can elaborate if you wish but that should answer the question. I hope.
Yes there are. But I have preexisting issues. My doctor is working on the big ones first, then the smaller ones. So we're getting me on the right meds to control my wildly out of control thyroid first and foremost.
Then, the vitamin deficiencies will be addressed.
My hormones fit in the middle somewhere.
The basic transition without the complications can be dangerous if you are allergic to any of the drugs, if you don't follow the directions exactly or don't get your blood checked frequently.
But mostly there is little real risk if I do what I'm told.
I can elaborate if you wish but that should answer the question. I hope.
Fuck out of control thyroids...blech. We should start a club!
I think I have applied make-up about 4 times in the last 18 months :p
Technically some1 else put mine on me at least 2 of the most recent times. Sister's wedding - pro, Halloween - a friend.
Pam, I'm sure you have checked, but what about online clothing stores target towards the transgendered? Also, "plus size" specialty stores (what a stupid term IMHO - most plus sized clothing is not that far from average. Instead of having plus sized clothing in special store/section they ought to do that with the tiny clothes) might have more things that would fit your frame.
All women have issues finding affordable/flattering clothing.
Yes mtp, I have. And I do buy some things online but I prefer to try them on. I just hate the gamble of guessing my size, waiting for it to arrive, trying it on then returning it for exchange. It takes forever just to buy a blouse! I do NOT understand female sizing at all!
The plus sizes still don't really fit until I get to 2X or 3X but then while my shoulders and chest fit, the rest is way too loose. I sometimes take something I otherwise love to a seamstress and have her resize it to fit me but that is spendy!
I have threatened to parade around in maternity wear to see what happens but haven't quite had the nerve yet!
why even bother with make up? most of you are so pretty without it, the make up serves as a distraction.
(As a general comment and not because I count myself in the category described by Sarge).
I don't wear very much makeup at all but putting on at least a layer of foundation and powder has become like getting dressed or brushing my hair or my teeth. If you leave the house without doing these things, you feel uncomfortable. Stupid, I know, but it's a habit.
I also think of the chapter in Almost French where the writer is about to go to the bakery in her tracksuit pants as she would in Australia and her French partner begs her not to go without getting dressed 'properly' (as the French do). When she asks why, his answer is "it's not fair to the baker".
Yes mtp, I have. And I do buy some things online but I prefer to try them on. I just hate the gamble of guessing my size, waiting for it to arrive, trying it on then returning it for exchange. It takes forever just to buy a blouse! I do NOT understand female sizing at all!
The plus sizes still don't really fit until I get to 2X or 3X but then while my shoulders and chest fit, the rest is way too loose. I sometimes take something I otherwise love to a seamstress and have her resize it to fit me but that is spendy!
I have threatened to parade around in maternity wear to see what happens but haven't quite had the nerve yet!
Yeah that is one of the major issues with online buying. NO ONE understands female sizing because it does not make sense.
Hmm, learn to sew? You did say you needed another direction to go. Maybe you could get into fashion design, and you would have a unique perspective.
I have seriously considered maternity wear also...my tummy likes to grow and shrink without the rest of me.
Female clothes sizing is a joke. Every fecking shop does their own thing. I go into NewLook and the jeans that fit me are a size 10 (8 US). I go into Matalan and I need a size 12. Some shops I have to get size 14. That can be on the same day, so it isn't that I have been size shifting in the meantime.
Same with the 'long fit' and 'normal fit'. Some shops the 'normal fit' barely reaches my ankles. Other shops the 'long fit' is long enough to trip me up.
On the wearing make-up: I think it's one of those things that once you get into the habit of it, you don't feel quite right without it. I have had very brief periods of wearing make-up. But I just dom't like it. I don't like the feel of it on my face. I like the look of it, when I do wear make-up, but it's only in a blue moon that i do it. And when I do, I don't wear foundation/base or anything like that. Usually, if I am doing make-up it's just a little brown/black mascara, having first removed most of the stuff from the brush onto a piece of tissue, to it's barely there. A little onto my eyebrows, again barely there. And some lipstick. Very occasionally, I'll add a little eyeshadow.
Perhaps, but for me, makeup is usually the difference between man in a skirt and female. If you forego makeup and someone notices, it won't change your gender in their eyes. I truly have to "put on my face" when I go out.
However, there is as ray of hope. Eventually, as the estrogen does it's thing and my body changes over, the male will be less noticable and I might get away with much less makeup. Getting rid of the beard is a huge plus in this. That gets rid of layers of warpaint right there. Eventually, I will have most of the makeup/no makeup options available to most women.
Now, all I need is six to eight thousand bucks to get rid of the beard. :(
I tried make up & I didn't like it. With my Lupus, I sometimes get the butterfly mask effect on my face. The Army had a cosmetologist (they also provide make up for burn patients or others with heavy scarring) teach me and they even gave me the make up. I couldn't stand the feel. At first, I wouldn't leave the post when I had an outbreak because of the stares & embarassment. Now I've learned to accept it. When someone stares, I simply smile & wave. Little kids can be the most fun because I'll stick out my tongue or make a funny face. It usually gets a laugh and breaks the ice.
What I'm trying to say is, don't dress or wear things for others. Learn to be comfortable with yourself & screw what others think
I stopped wearing mascara because I nearly always rub my eyes during the day and ended up with panda eyes which take ages to remove.
Panda eyes? Hmmm....I use to have this fantasy about being lost in a bamboo jungle and then there was a cute little female panda wearing a...
Actually, I revealed a secret of sorts in my newest blog post, which might surprise you long-term Dwellars that actually know me:
http://thebosque.us/?p=327I'mma make a guess that this is Infinite Monkey making the point that the anonymous account is used more than it should be.
:eyebrow:
Like Superman, I am. ;)
I am annoyed.
Hello.. my ass.
This is what I mean. I'm done. Someone is using it to troll. Let's exalt that for some reason: it could very well be one of the favorite ass-suckers.
Nobody is using it to troll. Not today. Not yesterday. I have this account for the "Who am I" thread.
So just use it for that, dickhead.
I do, when a decent board like the cellar is turned into a pile of shit by people too gutless to use their own names when they feel the need to troll and wank in public.
You wank in public all the time. So what.
And you fail to get even that simple point. I don't hide behind anon. Congrats on trashing another thread with your idiocy :)
The POINT is nobody is hiding or trolling.' Trashing',' wanking',' dickhead'. You project a lot don't you.
Oh, I just love crazy females. NOT
You're trying to tell me what my point is? All that unnecessary jabbering from anon is trolling. Your personal attack was trashing. Not that I give a shit what you "think", but if you want to parse this fucker to death, so be it. If the cap fits, wear it. I'll go back to ignoring you now.
I have only used the anonymous account in one particular thread. Based upon my keen insight, I realize there were at least 2 different individuals using this account in the past 24 hours
I do, when a decent board like the cellar is turned into a pile of shit by people too gutless to use their own names when they feel the need to troll and wank in public.
Wow! Talk about an overnight change! This place was OK when I was lurking around here yesterday. Today it's a pile of shit? :thepain:
Heh! I've been more effective than I thought!
Cock
I shall now force this thread back on track, but instead of sharing secrets that make me awesome, I will now share embarrassing secrets.
1.) I have had recurring plantar's warts on my feet for years. Dr. Scholl's bandaids fix 'em up good though.
2.) Last night I slammed my own head in a door. It was like this: open pantry door with left hand, bend inside to toss something on the floor of pantry, close door quickly and emphatically but fail to stand up fast enough. Just slammed the fucker right on my noggin. Got a modest lump now, too.
You guys will never believe this one: I have imperfections. I know, I know. Screws me up sometimes too.
Also, back in aught 5, I killed a family of 37 mormons. They were at the movies eating popcorn and talking, and they pissed me off. WTF does a bunch of mormons want with seeing The Wedding Crashers, anyway?
I think that's all.
not secret as much as factoidal:
By the time I was 30 I had moved over 40 times. Since then, I've moved 12 more times.
I had 7 different jobs in 2006. Taxes were a bitch in 2007.
When I was fourteen, I lived across the road from a Mennonite family that had 15 kids.
They had a small farm that they worked, only enough farm to give the kids chores and keep them busy.
The father worked for Harrisburg Dairies, and every day he would drive home with his station wagon full of expired cartons of milk and such.
It was the kids' job to open up all the cartons and pour the milk into the trough for the pigs.
Sometimes I would help because it was so amazing. The pigs loved the stuff. Sometimes he would come home with eggnog, and I would reserve a pint of that for myself. Too good for the pigs.
The kids were not allowed to listen to radio or watch TV. They could only read the newspaper.
Their mom and dad were very nice folks though, and were thankful to me for being a friend to their lot, especially when I gave them all the little soccer balls and footballs I didn't need when I moved away after a year and a half.
not secret as much as factoidal:
By the time I was 30 I had moved over 40 times. Since then, I've moved 12 more times.
I've heard it's a rough life living on the lam.
I've heard it's a rough life living on the lam.
Yaa-aaa-aaaaah, it is.
And if he'd stay away from the lambs he wouldn't have to move so much [/groucho impression]
I've heard it's a rough life living on the lam.
"I don't know but I've been told it's hard to run with the weight of gold.
On the other hand, I've heard it said it's just as hard with the weight of lead...
One way or another this darkness has got to give."
Yaa-aaa-aaaaah, it is.
And if he'd stay away from the lambs he wouldn't have to move so much [/groucho impression]
It would seem I am knowledgeable, if not expert
Farmer Wilson walks over to Farmer Jones' place and says
"Jones, I got me a problem and I gotta to go to court - I need a lawyer, do you know any?" Farmer Jones replies, "yeah, I know a couple of those guys. One is a hell of a trial lawyer, great guy but expensive as hell; the other, not so great, but the guy sure knows how to pick a jury and he's a lot cheaper." Wilson thanks his buddy and moves on thinking to himself, well I don't have a lot of money so I guess I know what I have to do.
Wilson's day in court finally comes and the first witness called to the stand is his neighbor Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Smith is sworn in and the prosecuter asks her, "Mrs. Smith, would you please tell the court what you saw on the day in question. "Why yes I can", she says, "I was doing my dishes, looking out my window over the sink when I saw Farmer Wilson come out from behind his barn and grab one of his goats". Yes mam, and then what did you see? "Well after he grabbed that goat he proceeded to drop his pants and fornicate with that there goat!" Is that all mam? "Well no, after it seemed like he had his way with that goat, the goat turned around and proceeded to lick him clean!"
It was at this point of the testimony that one man on the jury turns to another man on the jury and says "you know, a good goat will do that"..
I am annoyed.
Hello.. my ass.
and your anon ass should be in the dweller nsfw thread. imo. don't like it? dial the freakin number i had in my sig. line before i was grounded by the FAA.
I have seriously considered maternity wear also....
I'd say go for it, particularly if you locate a good shop assistant who will be able to pick out suitable pieces for you.
A good friend of mine's mother-in-law had a high-end maternity label for many years a while ago. A lot of the clothing was beautiful and I bought quite a few pieces which worked irrespective of whether a person was pregnant or not. I still have a skirt and a coat which gets compliments often, so obviously no-one notices and I have never been asked ever if I'm pregnant.
I'll see if I can find a pic or two. You won't be able to tell.
1.) I have had recurring plantar's warts on my feet for years. Dr. Scholl's bandaids fix 'em up good though.
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Brits call 'em verrucas. That's why the name is so funny in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. My pediatrician is married to a Brit, so never corrected/edumacated me, and it wasn't until one of Hebe's got so bad it needed freezing off and I had to make an appointment with the receptionist that I learned that Americans don't call them that.
Oh verrucas! Yeah. I have one on each foot, right in the centre of the front pad of the foot. Been there for years. Can't bear the idea of a chiropadist mauling with my feet so I use the plasters.
So is that the deal, the salicylic acid bandaids aren't really enough to kill it and they keep coming back in the same spot until they've been professionally frozen off? I have several that rotate so I haven't really noticed if they're coming back in the exact same spots or not. It's my own damn fault for going barefoot everywhere for years on end.
If it doesn't bother you, there's no need to get it frozen off, but if it's painful and won't go away, then you should. Dani, it no longer hurts like it used to when we were kids, they don't hack at them any more. A quick blast of freeze spray and they leave the dead skin to grow out in it's own time like a scab. At least that was Hebe's experience. You can even buy the freezy spray over the counter here if you're brave enough.
I got one and my doctor said adults don't usually get them because you eventually become immune, but when you have young children and take them swimming/to other places where barefoot is de rigeur, then your body gets assaulted by it and you sometimes get a relapse. I haven't had one for at least 5/6 years, now.
I had plantar warts a few years ago. Hurt like a mother.
I never go barefoot anymore. If it's farther that the bedroom to the bathroom, I put on flip-flops at least.
Verruca? That sounds like an oddball houseplant.
Verruca? That sounds like an oddball houseplant.
Reminds me of salt
Oh verrucas! Yeah. I have one on each foot, right in the centre of the front pad of the foot. Been there for years. Can't bear the idea of a chiropadist mauling with my feet so I use the plasters.
I had one in the same spot and it finally went away after I was running on a stony beach and landed on a sharp pointy rock directly in the center of the wart. It was one of the most painful things I've ever felt. Two days later the wart just fell out and never returned. I highly recommend running barefoot on stony beaches as an effective treatment modality.
This thread has become almost as gross as the Period Cup thread.
I wonder if you could use a period cup to treat a verruca?
oh, btw, most effective is to put duct tape on 'em. they need air. no air, they die. we combine the acid and duct tape very effectively for the sprogs' footal afflictions.
Wait till we get to the part about the pus
Mine always hurt terribly, but that's okay because after I figured out what they were, now I can tell one is developing before it's even truly a wart. I have to get my foot all the way up in my face to see the tiny little circle so I know where to put the salicylic acid dot. It kills the skin down to maybe a millimeter below the surface, and I can pick the whole thing off.
Then another one shows up 3 weeks later. They're worse in the spring, but I don't know if that's because the virus (it's a virus, right?) thrives better in the spring, or just because I'm more likely to go outside barefoot in the spring.
I used to have warts growing up. My dad always had liquid nitrogen around his lab, so we'd go up there and dip q-tips in the liquid nitrogen and then hold them against the warts. It was fun watching the skin freeze.
After I moved away, I'd invert a can of Dust Off and freeze the warts by spraying 'em with that. I seem to have outgrown warts. I have a couple tiny bumps where warts used to be, but I don't get big ones.
It's a virus.
Like herpes?
Does anyone have any secrets involving, like, buttered popcorn or rainbows or puppies or sumpin'?
;)
Does anyone have any secrets involving, like, buttered popcorn or rainbows or puppies or sumpin'?
Oh sure, we always rubbed Orville Redenbacher's popcorn on new born puppies and put them in the microwave to see what would pop first! And if you looked inside when the puppies popped they looked just like RAINBOWS! It was awesome!.....
Oh sure, we always rubbed Orville Redenbacher's popcorn on new born puppies and put them in the microwave to see what would pop first! And if you looked inside when the puppies popped they looked just like RAINBOWS! It was awesome!.....
Great.
Now I'm hungry.
Gives a new meaning to 'puppy chow'...
Here's one about puppies.
My parents used to breed hunting dogs when I was kid. It was nothing for there to be up to 30 puppies in the yard at times.
Just so no one gets any puppy farm fantasies going, we had half an acre yard and the dogs and pups had free reign. They were always fat and had lots of love. Mainly from me, but Mum used to spend a lot of time with them too.
Here's one about puppies.
My parents used to breed hunting dogs when I was kid. It was nothing for there to be up to 30 puppies in the yard at times.
Just so no one gets any puppy farm fantasies going, we had half an acre yard and the dogs and pups had free reign. They were always fat and had lots of love. Mainly from me, but Mum used to spend a lot of time with them too.
Awwwwwwwwwwww. I love the way puppies play vigorously and then in the space of a second go to sleep with no inbetween stage.
Oh sure, we always rubbed Orville Redenbacher's popcorn on new born puppies and put them in the microwave to see what would pop first! And if you looked inside when the puppies popped they looked just like RAINBOWS! It was awesome!.....
But that's not a
secret. ;)
Maternity Wear.
The file is way too big, but it does show the detail of the skirt which I really like. Unfortunately, this particular brand is no more. The waist line dips to accommodate stomach or lack thereof. With a shirt that covers the waistline, no-one would ever be able to tell the difference.
I've got a closeup of the waistband but need to make the image smaller...haven't quite managed that yet. Soon, very soon.
No, the post was the result of something that MTP posted about maternity wear....in short, a lot of the stuff that is made now will accommodate anyone. The reason I have a couple of pieces is a friend's mother in law had a label so when they brought out a new range, the friend would let people know. She was a brilliant clothing selector so would select pieces that suited and quite often there would be a discount to go with it. I adore this skirt and when it wears out will probably have a copy made. Unless you look at the waistband, you would never know.
I also have a coat from the same label which evokes similar feelings (i.e. a perfect piece of clothing). Unfortunately, it's back in Oz in a box in the shed though as I didn't think I would have any cause to make use of it in the tropics.
I went to middle school with "Ke$ha".
Barf.
No, the post was the result of something that MTP posted about maternity wear....in short, a lot of the stuff that is made now will accommodate anyone. The reason I have a couple of pieces is a friend's mother in law had a label so when they brought out a new range, the friend would let people know. She was a brilliant clothing selector so would select pieces that suited and quite often there would be a discount to go with it. I adore this skirt and when it wears out will probably have a copy made. Unless you look at the waistband, you would never know.
I also have a coat from the same label which evokes similar feelings (i.e. a perfect piece of clothing). Unfortunately, it's back in Oz in a box in the shed though as I didn't think I would have any cause to make use of it in the tropics.
Maybe if I had a friend somehow involved I'd be brave enough to go. Regular shopping is a harrowing experience enough without a stranger helping me. Those maternity shops tend to be small, too intimate, I'm afraid the staff would be stalking me if I turned down their help.
There's always places like Babies 'R Us or Target (not all Targets carry maternity wear, but the big ones do.) Another place to go is kids' clothing resale stores. Most of them have a maternity section as well.
I will second the notion that good maternity pants are so comfortable, though I found that a lot of them didn't stay up on my hips very well.
I'm still wearing stuff that I bought from maternity shops and it's been two years since Max was born. They are just so comfortable, and still look good.
If you're embarrassed about going to a maternity shop, just lie and tell them you're only a few months in. Otherwise yeah, go to any major department store and they should have a maternity section.
....snip....And if he'd stay away from the lambs he wouldn't have to move so much [/groucho impression]
if he used the rubber boots then they
can't get away! or use the cliff method too. that works just as well!
My secret?
i really, really hate Behind Blue Eyes.
it's just... whiney shit on par with Wonderwall or the like. Nobody knows what it's like? fuck you, sure they do.
Agree... a moment of thought about it, and it seems like the singer is simply a dick. And by the end of the song he's making demands. I thought you blamed ME for your sorry feelings. Get your own coat, you dick.
I'm changing the Cellar tag line.
I'm changing the Cellar tag line.
To a line from Wonderwall? :p:
separated at birth? The one on the right.
Bloody hell. You're not wrong mate.
I have that album. Lordy..
2of5 dated my mother years ago. Now I am married to him. Momma had a fit when we started dating but everything is ok now
so.. this whole ... of 5 business.
elucidate?
My uncle (on my mother's side) is also my second cousin (on my father's side).
i can turn my legs around backwards. at the knees.
i can turn my legs around backwards. at the knees.
:confused: :3_eyes: pix!
I had a verruca.
It was treated at school in those days. The chiropodist came round weekly.
I was gutted that the one lesson it took me out of was English Lit. Why not Maths or Geography?!
I had to ask him to stop telling me what he was doing.
He was trying to reassure me, but as soon as I saw the scalpel I felt like retching. I was a delicate flower in those days. Matron spent half the appointments worried I was going to faint.
Four years later and my brother had to go to an evening clinic for his.
Guess it wasn't cost effective.
Talking secrets - although I may have said this before - I once stuck a love-rival's ring (jewellery) up my arse (ring). And the handle of her hairbrush. I laughed for ages about whether she would wonder what the faint whiff was. Served her right for leaving them in his bedroom.
Talking secrets - although I may have said this before - I once stuck a love-rival's ring (jewellery) up my arse (ring). And the handle of her hairbrush. I laughed for ages about whether she would wonder what the faint whiff was. Served her right for leaving them in his bedroom.
:lol: I'm sat in the entrance hall at school hawking scrip and reading the cellar between sales. I'm not reading some stuff, just in case. I think I shouldn't have read that. I snorted so loudly and it was just when the there was a lull in the talking from the group working on anatomy right near me. My belly's still jiggling with the aftershocks
"Will snorted again. He had intended to keep his thoughts to himself throughout
this conversation, but they kept escaping through his nose."
-Nick Hornby
One time, instead of killing the hobo, I bought him a cheeseburger.
He smelled, but I felt sorry for him.
I was a waitress at IHOP at the time and I was feeling the need for redemption of some sort.
I like that
Check: non-hostile comment.
"Will snorted again. He had intended to keep his thoughts to himself throughout
this conversation, but they kept escaping through his nose."
-Nick Hornby
So many quotable quotes in this book-if I had my copy on hand, I quote a larger portion of it to give the full context. My favourite one is "he knew it, but he couldn't feel it" in reference to Will having to sit through Marcus and his mother singing killing me softly and wishing desperately it would end.
I believe Gravdigr has a crush on Monster. He has problems expressing his emotions it matters pertaining to her
shhhh... it's a dwellar seekrit...
:lol: someone should tell him I respond well to being called monnie and being treated like a laydeeeeee ;)
So like Monnie and Gravdigr have a love child? Is she Pensive Pam?
I've read great things about Monster's children.
Only one is female and nothing I've read suggests she is a deaf Eastern European bisexual stalker with an alcohol problem.
Still, I've been wrong before.
nothing I've read suggests she is a deaf
Well... she
does say "pasta" as if it rhymes with "master." But that's probably just shoddy upbringing. ;)
Has monster given us a voice sample like Sundae girl has? When I read her posts, in my mind, I don't hear a british accent.
WTF? Monster & Gravdigr are together? I go away for just a bit and see what happens. It's a sign of the apocalypse
monster has a beautiful british accent!
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I did post something about how to say roof. But I hate the sound of my voice recorded. And I hate video of me even more.
Well... she does say "pasta" as if it rhymes with "master." But that's probably just shoddy upbringing. ;)
Dana says pasta to rhyme with master.
I don't :) We've had this before - depends how you say master!
I say pass-ta and mars-ter.
This evening, I promise, I will resurrect the wishlist of spoken word requests, and put it on YouTube. As I remember, there were lots of rudies on there, so I have to wait til the 'rents are firmly ensconced in Coronation Street.
But the post made me laugh for naughtier reasons. Clod, your truncated quote made it look like I called PP A Deaf. Like A Gay, or An Eppie. Can I carry on calling her a deaf? Given that I only believe one word in twenty she posts and those are usually connectives...?
a deaf? lol
I can't remember how Monster sounded. I wuold like to hear if there's any hint of Manc :p
Mine was never really true Manc, it was more Bolton, which has slightly more of a brogue to it. Though...I do sometimes slip into Manc (the accent of my older cousins when growing up and therefore intrinsically 'cool' ;p) if I am excited about something. I suspect now it's all got a little mingled in with Yorkshire as I am surrounded by that.
I don't think I have a very strong accent. At least not all the time. It waxes and wanes depending on mood and company.
What I absolutely do not have, however, is a beautiful, sexy, purring voice like Sundae :p I think that pretty much requires southern vowels *smiles* Along with the super-sexy purring vocal chords gene of course :P
i like to sleep nude
Is that a statement Sarge, or a request for SG to say that in her sexxy voice?
that got me to thinking. are there laws against international phone sex? not that i ever would indulge in such. imagine being tried in the hague for jerking off while listening to a brit say naughty things.
hawtest courtroom transcription ever
Sarge: nope, no laws against it at all. And I would know.
I guess it would depend on the country. USA/ Britain, should be ok ... USA / Saudi Arabia .... they'll probably chop something off.
What is a P-mate? Primate? Golden shower buddy? I'm confused
Back to secrets that don't involve being pensive or having a bann.
I sleep with a big old mouth guard (sorta like the ones my brothers had for football, where you had to boil it then bite into it and VOILA...mouth shaped rubbery plastic, without the thing that attaches to a helmet. I do not yet need to sleep in a helmet.)
I have to due to teeth grinding: to save my dental work and to save my jaw bones.
Yes, it's very very very attractive. Sorry MTP, I know this will bring all the boys to my yard. :lol:
I got 24/7 metal brackets and wires on my teeth, and to up the sexiness at night I put on rubber bands. No boys can resist my lovely lady lumps!
Puh. Been there done that, girl. Braces for 2 and a half years. Off for a year. On again another year.
You let me know when you've been halfway around the block. :lol:
(I luvz me some mtp...we's just funnin')
The Army has been issuing similar devices to deployed female soldiers for years. It takes some getting used to for the guys. Here we are lined up on the side of the road peeing and all of a sudden a gal steps up...
that got me to thinking. are there laws against international phone sex?
I remember thinking the same thing when stationed in KSA all those years ago. They use sharpie to cover inch of woman in the magazines and books, and hit them with sticks if they aren't completely covered in the city...what would they say about an enlisted guy having the phone sex from riyadh?
I am not a Muslim.
Everyone around me assumes that I am either Hispanic or, if they know where I am from, a Muslim. While the Muslim assumption has led to some (very few) displays of ignorant behavior from bigots, mostly it leads to the some of my fellow students kissing my ass to show how progressive they are.
I would rather deal with the blatant bigots. They merely make me angry. The others make me feel disgusted. They are bigots, too, because they act that everything about my culture must be perfect. I am the token Muslim, much as I am told that White Americans in the late 1950s used to invite one (and only one) Black person to their parties, to show how progressive they were. And they, like these fellow students of mine, would spend all night patronizing the Black guest.
And I'm not even Muslim. It makes me crazy.
... I am the token Muslim ... And I'm not even Muslim. It makes me crazy.
We now have a vacancy for a token Crazy.
Sarge, that post was a little out of sequence. How does wearing braces help a girl pee standing up?
Uday, grin and bear it. Maybe in about 50 years time a non-Muslim might become president.
In the 70s and 80s there was a fad amongst well-to-do socialites in my country where they would include a working-class northerner on their guest list. Preferably an angry working-class poet or playwright.
*shrugs* showing their progressive streak :p
Total drift here, but I recall this one time (...at band camp, obviously) I went for an interview at Christ Church College, in Canterbury, in the South. It as an open day and interviews for potential new students. I was 17, so this would have been around 1989. Out of the 60 or 70 youngsters at the open day for the School of English, I was one of maybe 5 northerners. I was certainly one of the very few whose parents weren't at least nominally loaded.
I felt like a I had a sudden insight into what it must be like for that one black kid in class, or that one Asian family on the block. The southern kids were asking the most ridiculous questions about 'life in the north'. About what food we ate, and whether or not we had indoor toilets. And it was probably two parts mockery to one part curiosity, but I remember feeling a little like some strange zoo exhibit. Like they were faintly surprised that i didn't wear clogs and work in t'mills. Most of them referenced 'Coronation Street' and wanted to know if that was what our lives were like. They kept asking me to say particular words and then falling about laughing at the sound of them.
They expressed surprise that both my Mother and Father were in work. Angry tv programmes and plays had convinced them that everyone in the North was either unemployed or well on the way to being unemployed.
A very peculiar feeling to find oneself feeling foreign in one's own country.
That's why you enjoyed this so much.
It is about your people.
In't t' Naaaaarth.
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Hahahaha. Outstanding. Legs Akimbo fucking rocks.
It's probably one of the reasons my accent gets a little stronger and more definately northern, the further South I go :p
[eta] Fuck a duck!
To clear ZenGum's confusion:
I want a P-mate
What is a P-mate? Primate? Golden shower buddy? I'm confused
google it...sorry mate
The Army has been issuing similar devices to deployed female soldiers for years. It takes some getting used to for the guys. Here we are lined up on the side of the road peeing and all of a sudden a gal steps up...
We now have a vacancy for a token Crazy.
I will do my best, but I fear I have a rather large straitjacket to fill.
I am not a Muslim.
Everyone around me assumes that I am either Hispanic or, if they know where I am from, a Muslim. While the Muslim assumption has led to some (very few) displays of ignorant behavior from bigots, mostly it leads to the some of my fellow students kissing my ass to show how progressive they are.
I would rather deal with the blatant bigots. They merely make me angry. The others make me feel disgusted. They are bigots, too, because they act that everything about my culture must be perfect. I am the token Muslim, much as I am told that White Americans in the late 1950s used to invite one (and only one) Black person to their parties, to show how progressive they were. And they, like these fellow students of mine, would spend all night patronizing the Black guest.
And I'm not even Muslim. It makes me crazy.
I don't care what you are. I like you and think you are a good egg who brings a whole new perspective on things. Stay around.