Imago said:

DanceWme said:

Then why don't you come more often

...and show me where these "cute guys" are, cause I didn't see any

thekidsgirl said:

i'm gonna be down there soon. i promise.

and uh. i past a few sexies on H Street i believe it was
i wanted to take him back to ny with me

DanceWme said:

if you saw a cutie, then you must leave him here
NYC already has more than it's fair share of hot guys...let the DC/Baltimore area have something!

The AUGUST 2009 QUESTIONAIRE
1. Have you ever gotten into a heated debate/argument over a musician or musical group IN REAL LIFE? Do tell ? Not as an adult, I don’t think. I’m sure I had a few silly little arguments with my sisters over their absurd taste in music when I was a teenager.


2. How much time in a day or week do you spend listening to music? How much of it is new and how much of it is stuff you've owned a while ? I generally always have music playing except during office hours. These days I generally just play music I’ve known for years: I stopped following new music closely about two years ago when my job really took over my life.

3. Do you like to share your love a band or do you prefer to be unique in your group of friends? Not generally: I’ve pretty much made my peace with the fact that nobody I know likes things that I like. Once in a while I’ll make one of my staff listen to one of the weirder albums I keep in my office, like Sun City Girls or Scott Walker’s Tilt. Those records are totally foreign and outside anything most people have encountered, & I like seeing their reactions.

4. Which orger(s) (if you know) would you say have similar musical tastes to yours ? I think I share a lot of common ground with MendesCity & Shapeshifter. I don’t think I have much in common with Tron, Sextonseven, Anxiety or Moonbeam, but I think we have similar DNA coding when it comes to music if that makes any sense.

9. What songs remind you of really good times ? I’m not a big fan of the band anymore, but every time I hear The Cure’s Close To Me I’m reminded of a really fun, uniquely enjoyable night I had with a few high school friends post-graduation.

11. When you don't post, do you generally lurk or just have other things to do besides orging ? I lurk in the music: non-prince forum almost every day, but I don’t seem to have much to add to the conversations anymore.

12. Where/what were you doing the day MJ died ? It was a normal work day. The only thing unusual about it was that I was given a ride home by a co-worker that day (I usually walk) & was in his car when we heard a report come over the radio. Everything was still rumours & conjecture at that point. I remember being a little shocked for a second, then thinking that this wasn’t really surprising news in the least.

13. Has it ever snowed in April where you live ? Yes – In fact I believe we had snow in May about 12 years ago.

17. What is the most thoughtful gift someone has given you recently ? Not a gift as such, but one of my employees recently said “my family & I really appreciate everything you’ve done for me” when I allowed her to take some time off at our period end to go to an out-of-town wedding, and I found that incredibly gratifying.

18. How did you arrive at your religious beliefs (whether you're a believer or not) ? Once I got out of the Santa/Easter Bunny phase of my life, the notion of god seemed like a complete non-starter. I couldn’t accept the mechanics of it at all, and I still can’t. I think I’ve coloured in the details in my views since then, but the fundamental reasons I hold those views are the same now as they were when I was ten.
[Edited 8/8/09 9:16am]

omg these feel like tests I have to write. I'm playin org hooky

1. Have you ever gotten into a heated debate/argument over a musician or musical group IN REAL LIFE? Do tell ?
Heated? Not that I recall. Passionate? When I was younger, yeah.

2. How much time in a day or week do you spend listening to music? How much of it is new and how much of it is stuff you've owned a while ?
Very little. I don't really follow new music anymore, so almost all of it would be old.

3. Do you like to share your love a band or do you prefer to be unique in your group of friends? ?
I try desperately to seem to unique in the hopes that I will truly have as much loser-aura attached to me as stink on a monkey.

4. Which orger(s) (if you know) would you say have similar musical tastes to yours ?
Anxiety, to some degree.

5. Which orger's threads do you tend to migrate to, by choice or despite your best intentions? ?
There's a bunch. No sense in listing them and potentially hurting feelings.

6. (POPULARITY QUESTION): Who are the funniest orgers ?
McMeekle; LleeLlee; Anx; Imago; JustErin...other folk I'm forgetting.

7. (POPULARITY QUESTION): Which orgers say things which you tend to find very insightful ?


8. Are there any objects in your house that remind you of bad times ?
No.

9. What songs remind you of really good times ?
The Great American Nightmare
Purple Rain
Sex in the Summer
First Love
A Solid Bond in Your Heart
My Ever Changing Moods
Be Thankful for What You Got
Jam of the Year
Frolic
Fall of Troy
Don't Stop
First Glimmer
Everybody Knows
Borderline
Waiting on a Friend
Happy, Baby
Better Days
Ramrod
I Go Crazy
I Wanna Be Your Lush
Invitation to the Blues
Little Queenie
Love Train
Malibu
Maps
Movin' Out
Nobody Knows Me
Manhole Inspector
Peach
Your Love is King
You're the Best Thing
Soak Up the Sun
Somebody's Baby
Summer Days
Straight
Summer Wind
Super Duper Love
Sphinx
Take It Easy
If God Would Send His Angels
Once Around the Weekend
Time (Clock of the Heart)
I Want Candy
Vampire Girl
Vaseline
Watching the Wheels
What Would Willie Do?
What's Been Goin' On
You Learn
Tell Me Why
You're the One

10. Which orgers that you've met surprised you the most? If you haven't met any, which ones surprised you on threads/in chat/other communications ?


11. When you don't post, do you generally lurk or just have other things to do besides orging ?
Latter.

12. Where/what were you doing the day MJ died ?
At work.

13. Has it ever snowed in April where you live ?
Yes.

14. Other than the city in which you live, what is your favorite city and why ?
London. English broads.

15. The Witches of ORGwick - Scurge of the org or delightful fun…or what the hell are you talking about, Dan ?
Door #3.

16. What is the hardest that you've laughed recently? ?
Keyboard Cat playing off Pinky.

17. What is the most thoughtful gift someone has given you recently ?


18. How did you arrive at your religious beliefs (whether you're a believer or not) ?
Reason.

The AUGUST 2009 QUESTIONAIRE
1. Have you ever gotten into a heated debate/argument over a musician or musical group IN REAL LIFE? Do tell ? Yes, quite often. Discussing Prince with a Prince fan when I was not that much of a fan anymore. He used to be one of my closets friends.


2. How much time in a day or week do you spend listening to music? How much of it is new and how much of it is stuff you've owned a while ? I don't listen to music a lot anymore.


3. Do you like to share your love a band or do you prefer to be unique in your group of friends? I do like to hook them to the music I love.

4. Which orger(s) (if you know) would you say have similar musical tastes to yours?
My ex-bf who's an orger, but hardly ever goes here is probably the one person on earth who has nearly the same taste in music I have. I cannot think of any other orger. One myspace/facebook friend of mine is so close to my taste too that it is almost scary.

5. Which orger's threads do you tend to migrate to, by choice or despite your best intentions? ?
None I think

6. (POPULARITY QUESTION): Who are the funniest orgers ?
JuliePurplehead, DanceWme

8. Are there any objects in your house that remind you of bad times ?
Nothing comes to mind

9. What songs remind you of really good times ?
Some reggae songs and some songs by TTD even though in both cases really good times is not totally accurate.

10. Which orgers that you've met surprised you the most? If you haven't met any, which ones surprised you on threads/in chat/other communications ?
The ones I met did not surprise me.

11. When you don't post, do you generally lurk or just have other things to do besides orging ? I hardly ever lurk and never did.

12. Where/what were you doing the day MJ died ? I was on the computer. I found out on the org I think .

13. Has it ever snowed in April where you live ? Yes, I am pretty sure quite often

14. Other than the city in which you live, what is your favorite city and why ?
Still London I suppose. I just feel a special connection to it every time I am there. Close second is Berlin.

15. The Witches of ORGwick - Scurge of the org or delightful fun…or what the hell are you talking about, Dan ?
I don't even know what you are talking about

16. What is the hardest that you've laughed recently?
Probably something I saw on TV. I don't laugh a lot anymore.

17. What is the most thoughtful gift someone has given you recently ? Can't think of any. I hardly get any gifts in my life anymore .

18. How did you arrive at your religious beliefs (whether you're a believer or not) ? I was raised like that
[Edited 8/8/09 11:06am]

chocolate1 said:

Serious said:

1. Why is your friend not one of your closest friends now? I have a friend who cut me out of facebook and myspace. I've known this girl since she was 19 and I was 20. We used to sleep together even when there was no sex involved--just to be together with company. And about 3 years ago she became a right-wing ideologue--like out of the blue. She kept sending me propaganda that was all based on silly lies and whatnot, and when I finally asked her to stop sending politically related stuff to me, I thought that was the end of that. I mean, I have friends who are VERY different from me in my views of the world, but we don't argue over politics and respect each other's space. Apparently, this was too much for her, and she hasn't spoken to me since.


2. You had an org boyfriend? . Did you meet here on the org? Is the fact he doesn't come here anymore a relief, disappointing, or of no consequence to you?

Imago said:

1. Because of these discussions about Prince and because of other stupid discussions . We were both really stubborn and brought out the very worst of ourselves. After having met my bf he (my bf) usually was with us when we were meeting (while his gf hardly ever joined us) and my bf was the one who we wanted to be the judge who is right . The situation got worse, so we more or less stopped seeing each other before we would no longer like each other. We were really close for many years, he was like an older brother for me, very protective. I need to call him one day and keep him updated on my current crazy life I guess .

2. No we did not meet here, he was the one who introduced me to this place. He hardly ever came here ever, so nothing has changed. He used to post frequently on the PML and PPML, but kinda lost interest when the org started. He came here most of the time only when I told him to . But since he never reads anything here anymore if I don't send him a link to it and since we are no longer together I don't worry what he might think about my posts anymore.

Serious said:

I know it's not funny but


I think the situation is different between me and my friend. We're so radically different now than we were in our 20s that we could possibly be acquaintances who reminisced about old times, but I'd be like a space alien to her now--it just would be too awkward.
Plus I don't like knowing what's going on in their lives once we part--it just wierds me out. My only regret is she got really upset over something I didn't mean to offend her with. So her version of our departing will always be laced with something 'awful' that I said.

I just have nightmare visions of hearing that she's converted to an angelical Christian (she lives 15 minutes from their headquaters) and I'd rather live in ignorance than know what's going on in her life that way.

The worst part is that we share really really close friends.


Hey, I know this is irrelevant, but when you met Phil and Val, did Phil seem really gay to you?

Imago said:

I have a message for you Dan.

Imago said:

Your situation is different. And yes it is both crazy and sad. But it came to a point when we were both afraid to go for dinner as we knew we would have these stupid discussions. We get along really fine if we meet, but it is strange as we were really close once .

I should ask my ex-bf if he approached him. They spent some time together alone "taking pictures" ? Val and I tried to reach them as we were freezing, but they didn't answer the phone ! They pretended that there was no connection on that mountain and that they had been looking for us, but now that I recall that day.....!

Have you ever gotten into a heated debate/argument over a musician or musical group IN REAL LIFE? Do tell?
Maybe back in middle or high school over musician crushes, but it wasn't that serious. It was funny in retrospect.

2. How much time in a day or week do you spend listening to music? How much of it is new and how much of it is stuff you've owned a while ?
It's mostly music I've owned for awhile with some new sprinkled in. I probably have music on 50-70% of the day.

3. Do you like to share your love a band or do you prefer to be unique in your group of friends? I used to, but not anymore. I've always been the one with the unique taste amongst friends.

4. Which orger(s) (if you know) would you say have similar musical tastes to yours ? I don't know. Anybody who loves music from the 70's-80's with a hodge podge of disco, funk, pop, new wave, freestyle, and R&B.

5. Which orger's threads do you tend to migrate to, by choice or despite your best intentions? Nobody

6. (POPULARITY QUESTION): Who are the funniest orgers ? I have no idea.

7. (POPULARITY QUESTION): Which orgers say things which you tend to find very insightful? There are quite a few especially in P&R.

8. Are there any objects in your house that remind you of bad times ? Probably pictures

9. What songs remind you of really good times?
Anything from the mid 70's - mid 80's would remind of good times and when things were just chill and innocent.

10. Which orgers that you've met surprised you the most? If you haven't met any, which ones surprised you on threads/in chat/other communications ?
Nobody has surprised me really.

11. When you don't post, do you generally lurk or just have other things to do besides orging? I lurk alot, reading blogs, or spazzing out on applications on Facebook, and then there's just living life.
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12. Where/what were you doing the day MJ died ? I had just cleaning and I was contemplating what to eat for lunch. I turned on the radio to KGO and it was announced that he was in the hospital, but there were no other details. Then I turned on the tv to CNN and went online for updates and watched as everything unfolded. An hour later was when his death was confirmed. I was basically in shock the rest of the day and watched the news coverage and was on the computer as texting folks.

13. Has it ever snowed in April where you live ? No

14. Other than the city in which you live, what is your favorite city and why ? Chicago - always gave me a good vibe everytime I visited.
Paris - a place I've romanticized and would love to go back and really experience for a week or two.

15. The Witches of ORGwick - Scurge of the org or delightful fun…or what the hell are you talking about, Dan ? I don't get it.

16. What is the hardest that you've laughed recently? A youtube video that was posted on the org of a guy falling on the treadmill and sliding off and his shoes flew off his feet. It made me laugh so hard that I started to cry.

17. What is the most thoughtful gift someone has given you recently? When I left my internship, I was given flowers, homemade breakfast, and other goodies. It was a touching end to a wonderful experience.

18. How did you arrive at your religious beliefs (whether you're a believer or not)? I'm a church gal from conception. My views and beliefs have taken shape over the years and continues to grow. Living life has been greatest experience in learning how to stay steadfast in my beliefs in God and not allow the pressure of the world and human imperfections to affect that.

1. Have you ever gotten into a heated debate/argument over a musician or musical group IN REAL LIFE? Do tell ?
Occasionally, but usually with my younger brother, who insists on saying I'm pretentious whenever I say I like something other than the stuff he likes.

2. How much time in a day or week do you spend listening to music? How much of it is new and how much of it is stuff you've owned a while ?
Usually about five hours a day now. Most of it is stuff I've had a while but I try to introduce myself to at least one new album (or one I haven't heard in a while) a week. Last week it was four.

3. Do you like to share your love a band or do you prefer to be unique in your group of friends? ?
I like to share with people.

4. Which orger(s) (if you know) would you say have similar musical tastes to yours ?
Alej and Myle and I like some of the same stuff. I can't really say that anyone else on here has similar music tastes to mine, though I admire some peoples' tastes.

5. Which orger's threads do you tend to migrate to, by choice or despite your best intentions? ?
The funny people. Also, any thread titled in all caps.

6. (POPULARITY QUESTION): Who are the funniest orgers ?
Ohmygaw. I wish I could find the list I made before but just off the top of my head: Fauxie, Myle, Imago, Anxiety, johnart, PunkMistress, JustErin, Christopher, Dancewme, and on and on.

7. (POPULARITY QUESTION): Which orgers say things which you tend to find very insightful ?
Tame has taught me a lot more than I knew before about abnormal psychology. Other than that I'm too lazy to answer this one.

8. Are there any objects in your house that remind you of bad times ?
A lighter and a duffel bag. Don't even ask.

9. What songs remind you of really good times ?
Ave Maria and anything by Queen.

10. Which orgers that you've met surprised you the most? If you haven't met any, which ones surprised you on threads/in chat/other communications ?
No one has really ever surprised me, except a couple of people who I assumed would find me completely ridiculous and we later turned out to be friends.

11. When you don't post, do you generally lurk or just have other things to do besides orging ?
Usually I have other things to do. Nine times out of ten it's moving. The rest of the time I've just decided I need a break from the internet/socialization in general.

12. Where/what were you doing the day MJ died ?
Packing some boxes.

13. Has it ever snowed in April where you live ?
Not that I know of. It has in some places I used to live.

14. Other than the city in which you live, what is your favorite city and why ?
No idea. I liked Columbus in a way; I definitely miss it there. I don't travel a lot for leisure, so I don't really know. I guess I liked Orlando.

15. The Witches of ORGwick - Scurge of the org or delightful fun…or what the hell are you talking about, Dan ?
Delightful.

16. What is the hardest that you've laughed recently? ?
I drew a stupid ass picture and I couldn't quit laughing at the result.

17. What is the most thoughtful gift someone has given you recently ?
A book. I love books.

18. How did you arrive at your religious beliefs (whether you're a believer or not) ?
Growing up listening to people and observing as much as I could. When I was about ten, I paid much attention to the religion that my mother wanted to be part of and I decided I wanted nothing to do with it. That caused me to start thinking about what I did and didn't believe, and that was all.

Protege said:

[Edited 8/8/09 16:38pm]

Protege said:

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[Edited 8/8/09 16:49pm]

PunkMistress said:

Not much to tell really. It was a few months back and Mon was being naughty, going out to do stuff in the daytime and ending up at Khao San Road, not coming home 'til late. I'd had a couple of beers myself and I threw the picture off the balcony after she came back and we argued. The frame's all chipped and scratched and there's one relatively small rip in the picture. Could've been a lot worse! I think we'll replace the frame at some point since they're pretty cheap, and probably just leave the picture the way it is. Can always get another print too.

1. Have you ever gotten into a heated debate/argument over a musician or musical group IN REAL LIFE? Do tell ? No

2. How much time in a day or week do you spend listening to music? How much of it is new and how much of it is stuff you've owned a while ? I spend about 3-4 hours a day listening to music. Most of it I have had awhile,don't really care for most of the crap that is out there today.

3. Do you like to share your love a band or do you prefer to be unique in your group of friends? I don't really have any friends. lol

4. Which orger(s) (if you know) would you say have similar musical tastes to yours ? not sure.

5. Which orger's threads do you tend to migrate to, by choice or despite your best intentions? Nobody in perticular,I just click on ones that look like they could be interesting.

6. (POPULARITY QUESTION): Who are the funniest orgers ? To many to remember

7. (POPULARITY QUESTION): Which orgers say things which you tend to find very insightful? Same as above

8. Are there any objects in your house that remind you of bad times? My penny jar.

9. What songs remind you of really good times? To many

10. Which orgers that you've met surprised you the most? If you haven't met any, which ones surprised you on threads/in chat/other communications ? None

11. When you don't post, do you generally lurk or just have other things to do besides orging ? Other things to do

12. Where/what were you doing the day MJ died? I was at home,turned on my computer,and there was a picture of him with a link that said "Michael Jackson hospitalized". I clicked on it to see why,and the page that came up said "Michael Jackson Dead At 50",I just sat there repeately saying "Holy Shit".


13. Has it ever snowed in April where you live ? No

14. Other than the city in which you live, what is your favorite city and why? San Francisco. They have museums,and Amoeba music store,and it's just a different setting.

15. The Witches of ORGwick - Scurge of the org or delightful fun…or what the hell are you talking about, Dan?

16. What is the hardest that you've laughed recently? I was in tears

17. What is the most thoughtful gift someone has given you recently? My Mom bought me some groceries.

18. How did you arrive at your religious beliefs (whether you're a believer or not)? Not sure. I just came to have a belief that works for me. Not really any specific religion,just a belief.

.

damosuzuki said:

ZombieKitten said:

What age were you when you left Sweden? And did you move directly to Australia?

Ace said:

I was 2 when we left, and we lived 5 years in Luzern Switzerland (but spending our summers back home) before coming to Australia. It was 15 years before I went back "home", and I've only been back 3 times in total. It has a profound effect on me, probably less from the reality than my fantasy of this place.

Imago said:

[Edited 8/8/09 20:26pm]

ZombieKitten said:

I can't remember: you have an Australian accent, though, right?

Ace said:

yes, I do, though an australian may pick up a hint of the swedish, but usually nobody notices

http://www.youtube.com/wa...CeFhXf9FSk
the pool guy at 0.40

Fauxie said:

That's hot.

1. Have you ever gotten into a heated debate/argument over a musician or musical group IN REAL LIFE? Do tell?

Maybe with my sister a few times.

2. How much time in a day or week do you spend listening to music? How much of it is new and how much of it is stuff you've owned a while?

Quite a bit, but I'm pretty bad at getting new stuff...I tend to really love what I have and listen to it way too much.

3. Do you like to share your love a band or do you prefer to be unique in your group of friends?

Share!! It annoys me when I can't get friends into the music I love.

4. Which orger(s) (if you know) would you say have similar musical tastes to yours ?



5. Which orger's threads do you tend to migrate to, by choice or despite your best intentions?

Boooring

6. (POPULARITY QUESTION): Who are the funniest orgers?

Boooring

7. (POPULARITY QUESTION): Which orgers say things which you tend to find very insightful ?

Boooring

8. Are there any objects in your house that remind you of bad times?

Certain items of clothing. But I still wear them.

9. What songs remind you of really good times?

Congratulations smack & katy - reggie and the full effect

10. Which orgers that you've met surprised you the most? If you haven't met any, which ones surprised you on threads/in chat/other communications?

Dan's voice.

11. When you don't post, do you generally lurk or just have other things to do besides orging?

If I'm not posting, I'm not here.

12. Where/what were you doing the day MJ died?

I was at work, & found out a few minutes after learning that my best friend's baby is going to be a girl. My goddaughter So it was kinda weird to hear about MJ right after.

13. Has it ever snowed in April where you live?

Yup

14. Other than the city in which you live, what is your favorite city and why?

London. Love the look, feel, people, culture, everything. I'm pretty sure it's where I'm supposed to be.

15. The Witches of ORGwick - Scurge of the org or delightful fun…or what the hell are you talking about, Dan?

AMESSING. Anyone who doesn't like em needs the stick removed from their ass

16. What is the hardest that you've laughed recently?

Last night at the laugh factory in hollywood

17. What is the most thoughtful gift someone has given you recently?

Can't recall.

18. How did you arrive at your religious beliefs (whether you're a believer or not)?



I'm agnostic/borderline atheist, & I never remember honestly completely believing in any real spiritual power/being/etc. My parents raised me methodist, and then catholic. I remember being genuinely confused as a really little kid in sunday school because I thought everyone treated the bible/christianity the same way as greco-roman mythology.

Alej said:

So have they got anything to do with you, protege and that "clique"? Sorry my English isn't good enough to get everything that's going on on the org .

1. Have you ever gotten into a heated debate/argument over a musician or musical group IN REAL LIFE? Do tell ? I once got into a heated debate with a dude who SWORE the Beastie Boys were black... I won...

2. How much time in a day or week do you spend listening to music? How much of it is new and how much of it is stuff you've owned a while ? Usually 3-4hours a day and there's just so little new music out there that I like so it's about 90% favs.

3. Do you like to share your love a band or do you prefer to be unique in your group of friends? ? I share...

4. Which orger(s) (if you know) would you say have similar musical tastes to yours ? Haven't a clue...

5. Which orger's threads do you tend to migrate to, by choice or despite your best intentions? ? I pay more attention to the titles.

6. (POPULARITY QUESTION): Who are the funniest orgers ? Imago, Fauxie, Mdiver (MIA), SCNDLS, Bboy, oh there's lots...

7. (POPULARITY QUESTION): Which orgers say things which you tend to find very insightful ? SirPsycho is pretty deep at times...

8. Are there any objects in your house that remind you of bad times ? No

9. What songs remind you of really good times ? Most Prince songs, Pink Floyd...

10. Which orgers that you've met surprised you the most? If you haven't met any, which ones surprised you on threads/in chat/other communications ? Haven't met any that surprised me but the ones I have met are all pretty fuckin' awesome!

11. When you don't post, do you generally lurk or just have other things to do besides orging ? I'm usually busy, what's the point in lurking it's more fun to post!

12. Where/what were you doing the day MJ died ? I was working and I immediatley called my wife and then my friend in Germany who is MJ's biggest fan (snuck through security twice to shake MJ's hand!)


13. Has it ever snowed in April where you live ? No, never...

14. Other than the city in which you live, what is your favorite city and why ? Koelle!!! My second home, I met and married my wife there, I have hella friends there and they have the best Karnaval! Koelle Alaaf!!!

15. The Witches of ORGwick - Scurge of the org or delightful fun…or what the hell are you talking about, Dan ? Whaaa??

16. What is the hardest that you've laughed recently? ? Watching the GOP house of cards come tumbling down...

17. What is the most thoughtful gift someone has given you recently ? Certain elf accessories come to mind and I know a LOT of thought went in to getting those!

18. How did you arrive at your religious beliefs (whether you're a believer or not) ? By watching the religious over-believers...