From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #567 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Tuesday, July 6 1999 Volume 03 : Number 567 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: We are getting very picky these days ["Cameron Ross" ] Re: "Thornhill" release date (fwd) [Lynne ] re: we are all getting very picky lately [srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori M] re: we are all getting very picky lately [Bridget ] The AMMF Profile [CheesemonkeyGem ] Re: Ocean City/Atlantic City [srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin)] Re: OT: in defense of ohio (was re: Getting Newbies Hooked) ["R. Christo] Re: "Thornhill" release date (fwd) ["R. Christopher Andrew Bailey" ] July's Album? [David Blazier ] Re: July's Album? ["KatieWow" ] Re: "Thornhill" release date (fwd) [srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin)] Re: "Thornhill" release date (fwd) [Chad Maloney ] Re: We are getting very picky these days. ["A.J. LoCicero" Subject: Re: We are getting very picky these days Patrick, it's messages like these that cause you to be disliked. > I feel singly singled out. I think the "peace and love" on the > board is a total sham. When approached with an idea that wasn't > related to Jian's body odor, I think a lot of people on this > board are very close-minded. Ok no Patrick, let's take a deep breath and check something out here... in this digest alone there are around 7-10 topics, none of them have anything to do with Jian's body odour. A number of them are off topic. > I've posted (mostly) on topic. Yeah, my first few posts were rude. > I apologize(d) for that. I *still* have a problem with some of the > self-important fans that think they *own* the newsgroup and the band. > But I've never taken it personally. Or, I've tried not to. In return, > I've gotten *slammed* with insults. Peace and love and handbaskets, > yeah, right. Mostly all of the posts I have seen of yours has been insulting both to the band, and to members of this community, whether specific and general... that usually isn't a way to start of a lot of friendships. Usually people need to prove that they deserve to be disrepected, but with your entrance it's almost like you need to prove that you deserve respect. The fact that you had some of your info wrong didn't help either. - --00-- Life101 --00-- Still wondering how songs about Royalty in Spain can be considered cheap gimicks "It must be raining, cause a man ain't supposed to cry" -They Might Be Giants - -=( www.globalserve.net/~life101 | ICQ#39307347)=- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 21:08:09 GMT From: Lynne Subject: re: we are all getting very picky lately Hmm, I totally forgot to mention Lori and Heather as having amazing good thoughts and opinions! :) cheers! ummm.. whats OTOH mean? - -lynne, who's listening but hasn't changed her opinion ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 20:39:36 GMT From: Lynne Subject: Re: "Thornhill" release date (fwd) Hey.. my bday is the 12th, too.. cool - -lynne Sara R said: I was looking forward to an early b-day present (my b-day being Aug 12 for all you keeping track!). Now I'll just have to wait... ------------------------------ Date: 06 Jul 1999 21:06:38 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin) Subject: re: we are all getting very picky lately Lynne wondered: >ummm.. whats OTOH mean? on the other hand .... >-lynne, who's listening but hasn't changed her opinion and no one said you should. :) - -- Lori ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 21:15:10 GMT From: Bridget Subject: re: we are all getting very picky lately > ummm.. whats OTOH mean? on the other hand... === over 'n' out xoxoxo bridget "Dave Matheson's banjo, Mike Ford's artwork... and Murray's a great guy!!" ~Jian, 6/16/99 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 21:20:11 GMT From: CheesemonkeyGem Subject: The AMMF Profile genna dannete said... >>colour:green, blue or teal (but you spelled color wrong ::ducks::) ack! its the Canadian spelling! - -jen, who likes the theatRE, graduated with honoUrs, has many favoUrite things, and who likes lots of different coloUrs :) === ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Behold the power of cheese" - -American Dairy Association's slogan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: 06 Jul 1999 21:31:07 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin) Subject: Re: Ocean City/Atlantic City Mocksie said: >I don't know *exactly* how far, but i know that you can see A.C. very clearly >from the boardwalk's Ferris wheel! I'd say a couple of miles. Go for it! Ocean City, in my estimate, is about a 20-minute drive south of Atlantic City. - -- Lori ******************************* Lori's Strange and Wonderful World: http://members.aol.com/srm9988n/index.html Früvous/amm-f factoids galore (courtesy of Colleen Campbell): http://www.fruvous.com/news/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 17:26:24 -0700 From: "R. Christopher Andrew Bailey" Subject: Re: OT: in defense of ohio (was re: Getting Newbies Hooked) I'm from DC and I hadn't even heard of Cinnatti Chili until I started attending school in Athens, OH - -- _______________________________________ R. Christopher A. Bailey (aka: Andy, Bart) http://www.geocities.com/soho/studios/1124 http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/ftwd "The less intelligent readers will have stopped reading by now because their lips are tired." -Tim Browse ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 17:25:00 -0700 From: "R. Christopher Andrew Bailey" Subject: Re: "Thornhill" release date (fwd) hello, I just started subscribing to this newsgroup and didn't get the earlier part of this thread... are you saying that the new album is being postponed until the 12th... cause it has to come out on the 10th because that's MY birthday!! :) - -- _______________________________________ R. Christopher A. Bailey (aka: Andy, Bart) http://www.geocities.com/soho/studios/1124 http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/ftwd "The less intelligent readers will have stopped reading by now because their lips are tired." -Tim Browse ------------------------------ Date: 06 Jul 1999 21:16:58 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin) Subject: Re: We are getting very picky these days. A.J., after viciously maligning Chad: >So if someone--Chad say (since he is so notoriously exclusionary and >clicquish.)--were to tell you that you don't know crap about Murray's latest >base-line since you weren't at the special 4 course dinner that the band >threw for >its REAL fans last week, just ignore him. He is not the arbiter of who can >be a fan, >and probably is more "out" than you are, (whatever that means) since he is >trying so >hard to be "in." [1] pretended all this could be excused with: >[1] Note this is a fictitious Chad we are talking about here--used for the >sake of >argument. Any similarity to any acutal Chads or chads living or deceased is >purely >coincidental. We need IMAGINARY Cchads now? Honestly, A.J., couldn't you have called this imaginary cliquish so-out-he's-in (or v.v.) person something else? Like maybe ... I don't know, Enrique? Or how about Lisa? We certainly don't have enough of those yet . - -- Lori ------------------------------ Date: 07 Jul 1999 01:01:18 GMT From: luckydabed@aol.complexity (maria) Subject: Re: The AMMF Profile >-----------------The AMMF >Profile---------------------- > >>Profile for: Me (maria) >>Nickname/Alias//Secret Identity: mariua, amaria, marai, whatever happens to be my misspelling at the moment >>Place you call home: Ioway >># of Frushows attended: two > > >__Favs...______________________________________________ > >>colour: Um, shades of blue or purple..but 'specially periwinkle >>bands: whatever happens to strike me at the moment..they constantly change (cept for fruvous) >>fru-songs: Ack! Almost all of 'em. It would take me forever to figure that out..so I'm not gonna try >>other song: again: whatever happens to strike me at the moment..or whatever happens to be stuck in my head >>tv show: um, Drew Carey and um, ER, and I've really stopped watching TV this year >>movies: Um, That Thing You Do, and then I found out it was cheesy, but I still like it...and I don't know... >>actor: Um, Tom Hanks I 'spose...I'd rather see a movie for the plot >>actress: Um, I really have no clue >>book: The Golden Compass and Matilda (so what if they're children's books? They still rule) >>sports team: Uhhhh I don't really care >>food: I dunno. pasta, garlic >>drink: Water..I drink that stuff way too much >>alcoholic drink: Ick, I don't even like seeing other people drink >>candy: Dum-dums..or any kind of lollipops for that matter >>kind of cheese: hmmm, parmesean (sp?) or mozzerella (sp?) > > >__Stuffus...___________________________________________ > >>Do you collect anything? What? Junk, crap, anything I happen to find that I like. Oh, and vintage 50's ceramic poodles. No matter how ugly people say they are, I will still think they are cute. >>Do you play an instrument? What? Well, the flute, if you can even call that playing. But I play a mean kazoo (how can you *not* play that thing?) >>Have you ever won anything? What? Yeah, my school goes berzerk on awards. Get this, I got an award for getting school service on my schedule. But, I really am not good at games and such, so none of those winnings. >>Bad habits you will admit to: Being sarcastic way too often...over-analyzing >>Can you stomach tofu? i had it once, so, yeah. >>The Question: pepsi or coke? Ew, pepsi. I like coke. >>Any brushes with fame? The fru-lads? i was on TV in kindergarten...my teacher is the head of the teacher's union...my mom was on Oprah >>Who/what do you feel is way too overrated? any famous republican, some famous democrats, republican flyers..annoying commercials that everybody thinks is funny (i.e. "It's the SAME thing" guy) >>...underrated? lotsa stuff, but it's too underrated for me to remember >>Actor/actress you MOST feel should pack it in, spare > us the torture and never do another movie again: I don't really care, everybody makes some good movie...anyway it's their decision >>Obscure talent you have: I can babble very well, my train of thought is wacky, I can type horribly--thant kinda stuff >>Obscure talent you wish you had: I dunno, who cares, I don't have it, so I don't have it > > >__Complete these >sentences...__________________________ > >>All I really want is: not really anything, I'm content with the way things are >>All I really need is: water. to learn >>I can't live without: water >>I would REALLY rather live without: um, my brother? He can move out any time now. >>The sexiest man alive is: My mom reads this ng >>The sexiest woman alive is: I have not a clue >>I'm ashamed to admit I used to like: I'm usually not ashamed >>I'm ashamed to admit I still like: I dunno, um, I'd have to think about that, because, again, I really am not ashamed about stuff > > >__Preferences..._______________________________________ > >>Coffee/tea (or me)- mmmm,coffee >>Intense heat (ie, like NOW) or being too cold> what? I'd rather be cold than hot, if that's what you mean >>Adam Sandler/Denis Leary- ew, and ew...icky icky boo boo >>Skeet Ulrich/Skeet shooting- who?/ what? >>Letterman/Leno- Leno >>Going to a movie/renting one- Which movie is it? >>Pie/cake- I dunno...pie i guess..or cake. >>Toaster Strudel/Pop Tarts- Toaster Strudel...of course you could get both 'cause Pop Tarts have original Pop Tarts and imitation Toaster Strudels out too >>Britney Spears/kick in the head- People are gonna think I'm crazy, but I'd much rather listen to some Britney Spears song than get a concussion (sp?) > >__Would You >Ever...____________________________________ > >>... randomly kiss someone for 50 bucks? Nope >>...shave your head for 500 bucks? Hehe, I've already been contemplaiting that, w/o the money >>...sign up to be a guinea pig for medical testing for > $4000? (you can actually get this done, and these two > guys I know are considering it) Well, it depends what kinda testing it is and how desperate I am for the money >>...flash someone on a dare? No >>...blackmail someone? Well, yeah, I've done it *cowers* >>...get up and sing in front of 1000 people? What's wrong w/doing that? >>...bungee jump? Aieee, no >>...skydive? NO >>...pretend to be someone else? (I think that's what > highschool is for) Hehe, yeah, it's fun > > >5 words to describe yourself: I have not a clue > >******************************************************* > maria wrote way too much for such simple questions ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v "We'll finish with the last song because that's normally what we do"-- some performer guy ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^ "Mommy, I know what kumbayah means. It means I'm camping and I'm cold" --Christine Lavin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 00:46:53 GMT From: Snow In Summer Subject: Re: The AMMF Profile - -----------------The AMMF Profile---------------------- Profile for: Amy Brunner Nickname/Alias//Secret Identity: Snow In Summer Place you call home: Slippery Rock, PA (but i'm in Buffalo for now) # of Frushows attended: 12 __Favs...____________________________ colour: black bands: short list: MF, Cure, DM, U2, Rusted Root, GBS, the Clarks fru-songs: Splatter Splatter, Misplaced, Nuits, La Complainte other song: anything by the above bands or by Tori Amos tv show: um, does the IRC nick snow_XF mean anything? movies: cheesy '80s flicks & Kevin Smith's Jersey Trilogy actor: John Cusack actress: Gillian Anderson book: On the Road - Kerouac sports team: Pittsburgh Penguins (yeah, i know... but it's called *loyalty*) food: KD drink: raspberry iced tea alcoholic drink: sloe gin fizz candy: coffee crisps kind of cheese: provolone __Stuffus...__________________________ Do you collect anything? What? dust, lint, Cdn Pennies (ha! you thought you were the only one who couldn't get rid of them!) Do you play an instrument? What? i used to play the baritone... when i was in 5th grade. now, i just sing (badly) Have you ever won anything? What? a free Canadian sprite Bad habits you will admit to: smoking Can you stomach tofu? never tried it (bad vegetarian!) The Question: pepsi or coke? coke Any brushes with fame? i was *this* close to being on Jeopardy when i was in Grade 11 Who/what do you feel is way too overrated? Courtney Love, Star Wars, Barenaked Ladies ...underrated? Canadians, cuddling, cuddling w/ Canadians Actor/actress you MOST feel should pack it in, spare us the torture and never do another movie again: Adam Sandler - it's just not funny anymore, man! Obscure talent you have: can finish complete strangers' sentences Obscure talent you wish you had: perfect pitch __Complete these sentences..._____________________ >>All I really want is: a job in Montreal where i don't have to be bilingual >>All I really need is: to get the &^%# out of Buffalo >>I can't live without: knowing that Jeff loves me :-) >>I would REALLY rather live without: ex-boyfriends... aren't they supposed to fall into some pit off the face of the earth, not still bother you? >>The sexiest man alive is: Jeff Dallien (a certain frulad residing in my basement is 2nd) >>The sexiest woman alive is: Ani DiFranco >>I'm ashamed to admit I used to like: cheesy '80s hair metal >>I'm ashamed to admit I still like: the cheesy 80s > > >__Preferences..._______________________________________ > >>Coffee/tea (or me)- tea >>Intense heat (ie, like NOW) or being too cold: too cold, you can always warm up >>Adam Sandler/Denis Leary- Denis Leary >>Skeet Ulrich/Skeet shooting- can the 2 be combined? ;-) (Skeet, Johnny Depp called... he wants his DNA back) >>Letterman/Leno- Maher (if i must pick) >>Going to a movie/renting one- drive in! >>Pie/cake- "no kitty! tha's mah pie!" >>Toaster Strudel/Pop Tarts- both >>Britney Spears/kick in the head- can the 2 be combined? ;-) > > >__Would You >Ever...____________________________________ > >>... randomly kiss someone for 50 bucks? nope >>...shave your head for 500 bucks? in this weather, yup >>...sign up to be a guinea pig for medical testing for > $4000? (you can actually get this done, and these two > guys I know are considering it) define medical testing. >>...flash someone on a dare? no >>...blackmail someone? of course! >>...get up and sing in front of 1000 people? sure! >>...bungee jump? from a bridge or at the fair? >>...skydive? nope... >>...pretend to be someone else? (I think that's what > highschool is for) no > > >5 words to describe yourself: > 32 flavours and then some > *obligatory .sig* Snow In Summer mka Amy Brunner "You're quasi-evil Scott. You're semi-evil. You're the margarine of evil. You're the Diet Coke of evil. Just one calorie, not evil enough." -Dr. Evil, AP: TSWSM ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 18:55:02 -0400 From: David Blazier Subject: July's Album? Hi to all my fellow fruheads out there! Can anyone enlighten me as to when the new album is due out....i am anxiously awaiting but have heard no word. Thanks!!! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 18:48:32 -0400 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: July's Album? according to the almighty FDC (www.fruvous.com): August 10th in the US August 24th in Canada ~~kate - -- Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu katiewow@frumail.org **************************************************** "You're not going to Canada unless that room's clean!" - --My Dad, 6.27.99 **************************************************** David Blazier wrote in message <37828945.FAEF68ED@ic3.ithaca.edu>... >Hi to all my fellow fruheads out there! Can anyone enlighten me as to when >the new album is due out....i am anxiously awaiting but have heard no >word. Thanks!!! > ------------------------------ Date: 06 Jul 1999 21:40:51 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin) Subject: Re: "Thornhill" release date (fwd) Andy Bailey introduced himself and said: >hello, I just started subscribing to this newsgroup and didn't get the >earlier part of this thread... Welcome Andy! Glad to have you in this monkey-mash-house that is amm-f! Go read all of http://www.fruvous.com if you haven't already! Yes there will be a quiz! :) >are you saying that the new album is being >postponed until the 12th... cause it has to come out on the 10th because >that's MY birthday!! :) Depends on what country you're in, Andy. If you're in the US, Happy Birthday! If you're in Canada, could you postpone your birthday two weeks? It would work out much better that way. - -- Lori, who expects she, Lynne and Sara ALL will be getting Thornhill for their birthdays. Quite a busy week for the cake-and-candles crew in amm-f-land, isn't it? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 16:55:41 -0500 From: Chad Maloney Subject: Re: "Thornhill" release date (fwd) "R. Christopher Andrew Bailey" wrote: > > hello, I just started subscribing to this newsgroup and didn't get the > earlier part of this thread... are you saying that the new album is being > postponed until the 12th... cause it has to come out on the 10th because > that's MY birthday!! :) Greetings Andy Bart Chris! According to FDC (http://www.fruvous.com - Fruvous Dot Com, the best place to go for all your Fruvous informational needs because Chris knows[1] Vika and I've heard tell Vika cooks very well. And we all know a well fed webmaster is a happy webmaster), the US release date for Thornhill is August 10th and the Canadian release is August 24th. So, no need to move your Birthday just yet. - Chad [1] "Knows" *wink wink* ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 23:49:15 GMT From: "A.J. LoCicero" Subject: Re: We are getting very picky these days. Lori Martin wrote: > > We need IMAGINARY Cchads now? > Honestly, A.J., couldn't you have called this imaginary cliquish so-out-he's-in > (or v.v.) person something else? > > Like maybe ... I don't know, Enrique? What have you got against Enrique? Actually I needed to pick Chad so I could make the baseline comment. (I suppose I could have picked Chris T. But she's less of a moving target. Besides she's one of MY people. I can't pick on them. That might fracture the clique. :) > Or how about Lisa? We certainly don't have enough of those yet . You don't have to LIVE with a Lisa. We are NOT going to go there! A.J. - -- Mariaweb last updated 5/13/99. See Maria Louise in all her... erm... Glory? Visit MariaWeb at http://members.aol.com/marilou99/ _____ _ / ____(_) | | _ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |/ __/ _ \ '__/ _ \ | |____| | (_| __/ | | (_) | \_____|_|\___\___|_| \___/ @wwnet.com ICQ#: 13117113 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 23:41:11 GMT From: "A.J. LoCicero" Subject: Re: We are getting very picky these days In a perfect example of careless posting Cameron Ross wrote: > > Patrick, it's messages like these that cause you to be disliked. > > > I feel singly singled out. I think the "peace and love" on the > > board is a total sham. When approached with an idea that wasn't > > related to Jian's body odor, I think a lot of people on this > > board are very close-minded. Cameron, it is posts like yours above that are truly likely to get someone disliked. Patrick is not disliked. He is disputed, certainly, but not disliked. For someone to be disliked they would have to get over 50 % of the people here to dislike them. Go ahead and take a poll. See if you come up with numbers like that for Patrick, or anyone else for that matter. I doubt it. I by no means wish to single you out here. We all put things in dumb ways at one time or another. It is just that your post happened to cross my screen whilst I was thinking about this subject The following exhortation really applies to us all: If you wish to reply to one of Patrick's statements, then BRAVO! Have at it, but don't go slinging personal attacks like "This is why you are disliked" around. It is part of the problem we are trying to address here. A.J. > Ok no Patrick, let's take a deep breath and check something out here... in > this digest alone there are around 7-10 topics, none of them have anything > to do with Jian's body odour. A number of them are off topic. > > > I've posted (mostly) on topic. Yeah, my first few posts were rude. > > I apologize(d) for that. I *still* have a problem with some of the > > self-important fans that think they *own* the newsgroup and the band. > > But I've never taken it personally. Or, I've tried not to. In return, > > I've gotten *slammed* with insults. Peace and love and handbaskets, > > yeah, right. > > Mostly all of the posts I have seen of yours has been insulting both to the > band, and to members of this community, whether specific and general... that > usually isn't a way to start of a lot of friendships. Usually people need > to prove that they deserve to be disrepected, but with your entrance it's > almost like you need to prove that you deserve respect. The fact that you > had some of your info wrong didn't help either. > > --00-- Life101 --00-- Still wondering how songs about Royalty in Spain can > be considered cheap gimicks > "It must be raining, cause a man ain't supposed to cry" > -They Might Be Giants > > -=( www.globalserve.net/~life101 | ICQ#39307347)=- - -- Mariaweb last updated 5/13/99. See Maria Louise in all her... erm... Glory? Visit MariaWeb at http://members.aol.com/marilou99/ _____ _ / ____(_) | | _ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |/ __/ _ \ '__/ _ \ | |____| | (_| __/ | | (_) | \_____|_|\___\___|_| \___/ @wwnet.com ICQ#: 13117113 ------------------------------ Date: 07 Jul 1999 00:16:35 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: re: AMMF Profile Okay, I'm in ... Profile for: Lisa Winston Nickname/Alias/Secret Identity: Queen Lisa, QL, FruMommy, Puff Mommy, "Dana's Mom" (I swear the idiot coach of her Little League team called me that all season); Guru of All Things Minor League. Place you call home: Montgomery Village, Md, now; midtown Manhattan for the first 25 years of my life which explains a lot # of Frushows attended: 3, will be 4 after Rams Head __Favs...______________________________________________ Colo(u)r: Purple Bands: Fruvous, Todd Rundgren/Utopia, Beatles, NRBQ, Stackridge, TMBG, Fountains of Wayne, early BNL (so far, that's all I know but I detest the two current trendy singles) Fru-songs: Gulf War, Fly, Tureen, Spiderman, Boss, Bittersweet and a lot of the new stuff but I hardly know it yet. Other songs: Definitely too many to name but off top of head, "Indian Prayer" by Richie Havens, "Highway Song" by Aztec Two-Step, "Coast of Marseilles" done by both Jimmy Buffett and Keith Sykes (who wrote it), and most recently "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" by BNL and "They'll Need a Crane" by TMBG ... TV shows: Can't think of one, really ... don't watch that much TV. Movies: Schindler's List, Smile, That Thing You Do! Actor: Don Cheadle. Is there anything he wasn't incredible in? Actress: No one offhand right now. One day it will be Mindy (FruChild) Sports team: The Puff Mommies (my roto baseball team) Food: Papaya King hot dogs (86th Street and 3rd Avenue in NYC) Drink: Snapple Mint Iced Tea, Ocean Spray Island Guava juice, coke float with chocolate ice cream (only on rare occasion when I feel thin) Alcoholic drink: Strawberry margarita if I feel festive, chilled dry white wine most of the time, rum and coke if I want to get drunk without getting sloppy Candy: Go. Di. Va. Kind of cheese: Manchego _Stuffus...___________________________________________ Do you collect anything? What? I scrap ... don't know if that counts. Do you play an instrument? What? I sing some and can play some piano. Always wanted to play clarinet. Have you ever won anything? What? Sixth grade spelling championship in local school competition; karaoke contest at my company with my daughter in a duet (the cute factor ruled); probably other stuff that I've forgotten about in raffles and stuff like that. Nothing life-changing. Bad habits you will admit to: Reading trashy women's magazines in bubble baths; buying makeup that I never wear; letting my daughter watch "South Park" (actually we have what we call the "South Park" rule: she can watch it but if she doesn't get something she's not allowed to ask what it means because it means she's not supposed to get it). Can you stomach tofu? ECH The Question: pepsi or coke? Pepsi Any brushes with fame? Aside from all my baseball players and meeting Paul McCartney in the supermarket when I was 8 (shared that already with the NG) ... several I suppose but no one offhand that I can think of that would be interesting enough to mention. Who/what do you feel is way too overrated? All-nighters ...underrated? Sleep Actor/actress you MOST feel should pack it in, spare us the torture and never do another movie again:Jim Carrey (sorry, I know he's popular but he just makes my skin crawl) Obscure talent you have: Semi-photographic memory (I can't look at the phone book and recite the first 100 pages but I have almost embarrassing recall of way too much that I've ever read or seen (I can reel off the phone numbers of almost everyone in my kindergarten class and I'll be 40 in October). Helps a lot in my work because it makes me look a lot smarter and knowledgeable than I probably am) Obscure talent you wish you had: Wish I could dance. Wish I could lose 5 pounds in 2 days. __Complete these sentences...__________________________ All I really want is: To be a good mom All I really need is: 30 hours in a day I can't live without: French Market coffee I would REALLY rather live without: Conservative Republicans trying to run my life The sexiest man alive is: Happy to go with popular answers such as Jian and/or Murray. They're both damned close, anyway ... I will add that the hottest baseball player in the majors is currently wearing Yankee pinstripes but it's not Derek Jeter. And I'll leave it at that before I look like a complete idiot. The sexiest woman alive is: I am absolutely drawing a blank on this. I'm ashamed to admit I used to like: The Osmond Brothers (I was 12, gimme a break) I'm ashamed to admit I still like: NSync. . __Preferences..._______________________________________ Coffee/tea (or me)- As I said before, can't live without French Market. Adam Sandler/Denis Leary- Neither Skeet Ulrich/Skeet shooting- Huh? (Just kidding, I know who Skeet Ulrich is) Letterman/Leno- Leno ONLY FOR HEADLINES Going to a movie/renting one- Has to be renting, I don't have time to go to movies Pie/cake- Pie. Fruity ones. Toaster Strudel/PopTarts- Toaster strudel, the cheesy hot ones. Britney Spears/kick in the head- Definitely take the kick __Would You Ever...____________________________________ ... randomly kiss someone for 50 bucks? Depends who it was Shave your head for 500 bucks? No ...Sign up to be a guinea pig for medical testing for $4000? Depends on the test -- would I know in advance what it would be? ...flash someone on a dare? Once again, depends on who the person was and I would have to be assured they wouldn't laugh at me. ...blackmail someone? Never ...get up and sing in front of 1000 people? Definitely ...bungee jump? No way ... ...skydive? ... in hell ...pretend to be someone else? Depends who I get to be ... and why ... and for how long .. I was a drama major in college so I guess I've been there and done that to an extent 5 words to describe yourself: Not that bad. Really. Honest! ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #567 ********************************************