Friday 5

From Morgaine,

Who are the five people from your past you would most like to be able to see, speak to or simply communicate with, by whatever means? Why did you lost touch? What would you tell them if only you had the chance - without fear of major repercussions, especially if that's why you haven't been in touch already!

Wow, see here is the thing. I am pretty good at keeping in contact with people. Even when they are trying to avoid me. I am very bad about doing it on a regular basis, but I know where my friends are and track them down every few months or so to exchange at least cursory life updates. That being said...

1. Chris Nixon. The head counselor at the Austin Nature Center camp where I worked for many summers. A great guy. A Good Old Boy in every good sense of the word and none of the bad. Lost track with him after my two year Wichita Falls stint.

2. Kathy (who the heck knows). My best buddy in Elementary school. We used to run around the playground pretending to be detectives in incredibly elaborate mysteries. We lost track after I moved to a new area and went to a new school. The fact that I do not know her name is a large setback for me tracking her down.

3. Colin Stokes, a buddy from way back. I hear tales that he is acting somewhere, but I would love to know more specifics.

4. Scooter (who the heck knows). Scooter and I were buds for the two weeks we spent at Prude Ranch every summer. (Sure mock the camp name, but it is a great summer camp, run by the Prude Family). Scooter and I owned that place the last few years we were there together.

5. Mio (Who the heck knows) - The Japanese foreign exchange student who actually made out with me for the drive from Dallas to San Antonio, ending what was almost a completely necking free few years for William. She left for Japan two days later and I never heard from her again. But she made out with me in front of witnesses, for which I am eternally grateful. God Bless any culture that idolizes Sumo Wrestlers.


Other F5 participants are: Melissa, Adam, Merideth, Will, Chris, Gina, Gord, Adrienne, Nanette, Marvin, Rob, Laura, Jon, Ritu, Julie, Morgaine, Rik, Fionna, Ray, Roganda, Spidra and Mojave Sixty-Six.

My Friends, I Feel Your Pain...

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Not sure how I feel about this one

You are

Jonathan

"Gentlemen . . . crime is our wormhole."

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Friday 5

From Julie:

While thinking about what to introduce as a topic for this week's Friday 5, I got stuck on two ideas: sex and cars. The first, because it's such a huge part of human existence, as well as being something that everyone thinks about at least a few times per day. Cars are much the same way, in that there's no one who's never been in one at least, no one who has NOT been dependent on the gas-guzzling machines at some point in their lives.

And I think there's something to my train of thought.

So I didn't want to ask people to write about their 5 favorite sexual positions, or ask people who have maybe never even owned a car to describe their five favorite vehicles.

Instead, I want to know what your five best vehicular experiences have been. This encompasses every aspect of automotive existence, not just the sexual. :)

Of course, naturally, I would love to regale you with tales of sauciness in the backseat, but sadly, none exist. My car however, has seen plenty, as I often drove other couples around as they made out in the backseat of my car. (High school was an odd time for me). But, I am sure I can dig up a few non-nookie related car moments.

1. My father's favorite was Christmas break my freshman year in college. I had had my Bronco II only a few months, and it was a manual, which I had never driven before. I spent a late night visiting with friends, and at about 1 AM, we got a call from my father. Apparently, my car, which was parked on a hill, had rolled down the hill and landed in someone's front yard. Policemen came by and found the car and called my parents, as it was their name on the car ownership, telling them that the car was found abandoned in someone's front yard, and that I could not be found. My father called around until he found me, and all was well. But it scared the hell out of them for about 30 minutes.

2. Bachelor Trips. My friend Dave refused to have naked woman dance on his lap like every other normal person about to get married, so instead, he organized a bachelor trip with 3 friends to Yellowstone Park. It was amazing. We goofed off for days, as only we could goof off. A fantastic week. My friend Brian then followed suit with a bachelor trip of his own, although I am always highly guilty when I ponder this trip, which I happened to be terribly ill, and dragged everyone down a bit. But that trip was fun as well, especially the UFO museum at Roswell, NM. There is one bachelor left in our little group, and he lives in Thailand, so that Bachelor trip could be really cool, if he just gets off his ass and finds a lady. I did not have a bachelor trip, having elected to watch naked ladies like a normal person.

3. The city of Georgetown hates my driving, as three times over the course of one semester in College, I was pulled over by the Georgetown police for suspicion of Drunk Driving. I was stone cold sober, so everyone felt a little silly by the end of the Field Sobriety test. (Although, one cop looked very disappointed I was sober).

4. The Drive back to Austin from Chicago after I popped the question to Merideth. We bought wedding magazines for the trip and were both elated the whole drive.

5. Another road trip, this one to New Orleans, and was really the last big event I did with my high school buddies. We drove to New Orleans, and I got inebriated for the first time. I also become enraptured with an Arena Football Cheerleader, who also worked at Hooters. Don't ask me what I was dong at an Arena Football game. But I went with the flow. The cheerleader of course did not return my affections or even glance my way, but that is ok, as, let's face it, she worked at Hooters.

Other F5 participants are: Melissa, Adam, Merideth, Will, Chris, Gina, Gord, Adrienne,Marvin, Rob, Laura, Jon, Ritu, >, Morgaine, Rik, and Ray.

Rapture Letters

So, You are walking along and suddenly Jesus appears to you and says "Hey, Rapture time. Let's Go." And your final thought as you drift upwards to heaven to the warm embrace of a loving God is "Man, I wish I could rub my pagan friends fae in it right about now." But of course, you are already heaven bound, there is no way to contact your pagan friends for a "Told You So" moment.

Or is there?

Introducing, Rapture Letters, personalized emails that will be automatically sent to every email you tell it to, the Friday after Rapture.

Here is how I want mine to read.

Dear Unrepentant Unbeliever,

Sucks to be you.

Love, William.

I wonder if this test grants citizenship?

Britain


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Friday Five

This morning from Fionna

I've just finished reading a book about Arctic Exploration from the 1860s to 1926, and have started another one about the truth behind the myths about pirates. What both these books have in common is that I get to relive some of the adventure stories I used to love as a child, whilst still pretending I'm being all scholarly and grown up. So my Friday 5 question is:

Given an unlimited budget, the ability to travel through space and time, and a guarantee that you would return in the full of your health, which 5 adventures would you like to join in? They can be real adventures, from fiction, on other worlds, or a time and place you would really like to witness first hand.

Wow, with the guarantees of a healthy return, there are about 8 billion adventures I'd like to try, so shifting through five of them...

1. I would love to bounce around fictional worlds with The Gay Deceiver in Heinlein's Number of the Beast. The book suggests that every fictional world someone creates comes into existence in an alternate dimension. The clearer the artist's vision, the clearer the reality of that dimension. The Gay Deceiver is the ship that can pass from one dimension to another. They visit Oz, John Carter's Barsoon, and have a brief glimpse of a Lovecraft world. It also means we are all someone else's idea of a good book, which to me is a comforting thought.

2. Into Space. I want to do this one anyway, risks be damned. I am hoping that in 25 years or so, I can afford to be a space tourist. I will settle for a space station, but the Moon would be better. Either way, the instant they let me, I'm going. Knowing I could return from the adventure unscathed, I would enter a Black Hole and land on a comet. For fictional adventures, I would dive bomb the Death Star. I could be the guy in the Y-Wing...

3. I would love to have joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition. To see that much of America untouched and unspoiled. Sure, the Lewis and Clark Expedition was phase one of spoiling that countryside, but at least I would have gotten to see it first.

4. Running for President would be an adventure I would relish. Traveling the country, meeting people, debating opponents, making speeches, crafting stategy over Krispy Kreme at 3 AM. I would love all of it. And believe me, I feel your pain.

5. I would like to travel with Ibn Batuta. This guy was the Arab equivalent of Marco Polo, traveling all over the place and writing about his findings. Although he ventured a lot more miles that Marco did. In 29 years he covered 7,500 miles and reached as far as China in the east, now Spain in the west, Timbuctu in the South and to Russia in the north.

Other F5 participants are: Melissa, Adam, Merideth, Will, Chris, Gina, Craig, Gord, Adrienne, Nanette, Marvin, Rob, Laura, Jon, Ritu, Julie, Morgaine, Rik, and Ray.

Hurray and Huzzah!!

My early college years centered around going to the Gigs of a band called Those Who Dig.

And now, they have released a re-mixed and re-mastered CD of their best songs, and for only $12.

Go Here.

Hurry. Fly. Fly.

Mitocondria is on this album.

It is the best scientific song of all time.

My CD is on the way.