Following are a number of profiles offered up by the MOATies in February 2005. The profiles evolved somwhat on the way through, so some are longer than others:
Marital status: Gloriously divorced
Children: 1 gorgeous little angel - Jamie, a precocious 9 year old girl
Occupation: Glamourous international spy and part-time cartoon character. In my spare time I make signs for operations at the Post Office
Age: 22. I'll be 23 in a bit. (What 9 year old?)
Vital stats: 6 feet tall, sort of a red-head, 44,24,36 (really! I mean it!)
Residence: Sunny, warm, 'Riviera of Canada', happen' hot spot - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Hobbies: getting drunk and kinky in the MOAT on Friday nights. All the rest of the time I crochet (really)
Smoke?: yes, but I quit all the time. Homegrown herbs in the planters don't count.
Music: Head-banger, with frequent forays into jazz.
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Never. Infrequently. Sometimes. Occasionally. OK, often.
Ask me anything. I have no shame.
Posted by: Peri on February 16, 2005 08:48 PM
I copied this from Peri and changed the answers to reflect something not entirely unlike my reality:
Marital status: Gloriously divorced, and gloriously remarried.
Children: 2 teens. 17 (young lady) and 15 (young man)
Step-children: If you can call them that at 26 (female, engaged, 3 girls of her own) and 24 (male, married, 1 girl and 1 step son)
Grandkids: Yep, as you see, I have 5. I say I have 6, though. The three girls are 7, 4, and 1. They have a half-brother who is 8, and I count him too, even though he doesn't live with them. The other guy is 5 (I think) and the girl is 1.
Occupation: Computer programmer *yawn*
Age: 40-ish. I think 40 on the button. I'd have to think about it.
Vital stats: 5'8", topping the scales at a much too high 200 lbs
Residence: Kentucky. Northern Kentucky to be more precise - not far from Cincinnati, OH.
Hobbies: Uh... some crafts, drawing, listening to local bands.
Smoke?: The occasional fine cigar. Would you believe I've never smoked weed?
Music: Rock, singer / songwriter, blues, Americana
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Not since the divorce, pretty much.
Depressed: On meds, but occasionally slip back into the abbyss. Usually reveals itself by my display of lack of self esteem.
Born: Tacoma, WA.
Grew up: Hampton, VA and N. Ky.
Geeky: Enough to get kicked out of the cool club, but I don't care for SciFi, so I get kicked out of the geek club, too.
RL Friends: Used to, but not anymore. Just one or two.
Posted by: «LabSpecimen» on February 17, 2005 12:05 PM
Marital status: Gloriously married to JU for 12 years.
Children: 1 bloglittle, 3.5 years old.
Occupation: Mom, professional bloglit, keyboardist in a band, environmental chemist when employed.
Age: 40-ish. I think 40 on the button. I'd have to think about it.
Vital stats: 5'6", topping the scales at a much too high *cough cough hack* lbs.
Residence: Virginia. Northern Virginia to be more precise - not far from Washington, DC.
Hobbies: Uh... some crafts, playing in a local band, music.
Smoke?: Quit 10 years ago. Would you believe I've never smoked weed? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Music: Rock, New Wave, Alternative, various
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Naaah. But I do occasionally hate "people."
Depressed: On meds, but occasionally slip back into the abbyss. Usually reveals itself by my display of lack of self esteem and lack of posting.
Born: Newark, NJ.
Grew up: Northern NJ.
Geeky: Naah. More like "different."
RL Friends: A few close friends from high school and college.
Posted by: Leetie on February 17, 2005 12:22 PM
Marital status: Gloriously divorced, dating/living with a wonderful man
Children: 2--daughter, a narcissist, who'll be 33 tomorrow, and a son who's 30. 4 wonderful grandchildren, two girls, two boys.
Occupation: Teaching assistant in a high school, with the perk of having my own "personal" laptop. I do with they'd okay my requisition form for a taser, though.
Age: 52 and one-half (age has never bothered me)
Vital stats: 5'9", 160 pounds (that doesn't bother me either; I mean, revealing my weight; I'd like it to be 20 pounds less, but I haven't done much about that)
Residence: Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I'd rather be in Florida.
Hobbies: Knitting, reading, sleeping, blogging
Smoke?: I've never smoked anything. My grandfather's emphysema left a pretty deep impression on me. And now I have asthma. Go figure.
Music: eclectic
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Oh, I can be, believe me.
Depressed: Yes, unfortunately. On meds, still fall apart from time to time. Xanax helps. So does gin.
Born: Hopewell, Virginia. According to my dad, it's the armpit of the state.
Grew up: Hopewell, Sandston, Mt. Jackson, all in Virgnia. If Hopewell is the state's armpit, then Mt. J. is its @sshole.
Geeky: No, I don't think so.
RL Friends: When I was a kid. Now my best friends are my sisters and their daughters.
Posted by: rita on February 17, 2005 12:35 PM
Marital status: Blissfully (?) single
Children: One, has 4 legs, named Mack after the “Mack Truck” mascot who’s a dog, but my Mack is a 20 pound black cat. : ) (Picture soon to be posted on the Y!)
Step-children: 2 – both dogs. George – a German short hair like the one that took the Best in Show, and Hannah an 80 pound Black Lab who thinks she’s still a puppy and wants to be held.
Grandkids: Not possible by my boy – he’s fixed… shhh, don’t tell him. He thinks he still has all his goods to get the ladies.
Occupation: Accounting/Audit support – I’m the right hand to the Partner in charge of the entire Audit division of my region. 200+ people report to me.
Age: 26
Vital stats: 5 foot 7 inches tall (yes, I’m in denial) and breathing.
Residence: Algonquin, Illinois (townhome)
Hobbies: Right now – Moating… blogging.. and sleep in my spare time. Otherwise, work is kicking my butt – too busy to ski, design restaurants, or even get a manicure.
Smoke?: Used to. Not anymore.
Drink?: Red Wines, Malibu & Pineapple or Kettle One Vodka Martini’s, shaken not stirred with 2 olives, thank you.
Music: Everything but metal. Unless it’s the sound of metal being ground or bent, I don’t want to hear it. ICK!
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Grouchy only when woken up at 3am by a drunk dialing friend. Bitchy not usually – I was last night though. Bitter in regards to one person and one situation, otherwise, no.
Depressed: Try not to be. Life’s too short to be sad.
Born: Chicago, Illinois
Grew up: Chicago, Illinois
Geeky: Definitely not – heck I still cant figure out how to do the Italics and Bolding.. not to mention linking….
RL Friends: Do I have any? YES! What kind of a question is that?? Just because I spend all my time here with you guys…. Oh, I see what you mean..
Posted by: Di on February 17, 2005 12:40 PM
Marital status: Married, July 17, 1992
Stepadults: 3 (2 females, one male, all married with kids)
Step grandchildren: 5 (3 girls, 2 boys, age range 3-12 yo)
Pets: the cutest 14.5 yr old mutt in the universe
Occupation: Sitting at my computer, pretending to write helpful Web articles for novice computer users
Age: Old enough for progressive lenses and then some.
Vital stats: 5'10", X-3 lbs.
Residence: Juneau, Alaska
Hobbies: Hanging out with hubby, gardening, outdoor activities (hiking,kayaking) volunteer work
Smoke?: Cigarettes, never. Just some weed in my youth.
Drink?: Plenty of the red wine to keep my heart healthy. And anything else someone hands me.
Music: Mostly jazz, due to being married to jazz musician. Have grown to love it.
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Sure, all of the above. Coffee helps.
Depressed: Borderline the last few years, since I moved to AK. Not medicated. Hoping things are better now.
Born: Chicagoland
Grew up: Chicagoland
Geeky: More than most people. But can relate to non-geeky folks, hence my occupation.
RL Friends: Several, but mostly they live in Seattle, where I lived for 25 years before moving here. Lots of people I know and like here, but few I would hang out with. Almost none. But that's OK.
Posted by: sandy beach on February 17, 2005 12:50 PM
ME TOO! TAMARA WANTS TO PLAY TOO!
*stuffs paperwork into a hamper*
Marital status: Shut up.
Children: 1 girl/prodigy, nearly 4 yrs old
Occupation: Graphic design & office management
Age: If I tell you, you won't ever take me seriously, not that you do or should anyway. Okay! All right! 24! Geez!
Vital stats: blood pressure is 90/60; is that dangerously low? Also, I'm 5'5" and a size "5" (I don't keep a scale, so don't know weight, sorry)
Residence: Georgia, and I miss Texas. (But I'm not Miss Texas.) *ducks flying beer cans*
Hobbies: Reading, reading, reading, pondering the meaning of life, being a mommy
Smoke?: No. I did smoke for a few months after my best friend left for college, and I was all alone--I smoked because I missed his cigarette-smell. Awwww. No weed, ever. Sorry. Told you--I'm a prude!
Drink?: White wines. I'm just discovering alcohol, actually.
Music: Beatles, Matchbox 20, Andre Bocelli
Grouchy?: Shut up.
Depressed: No, surprisingly. I spent most of my life being that way and being raised by people who were that way in spite of their medications, and I'm done with it. You make your own happiness. No meds, just a shrink.
Born: Of course!
Grew up: TX
Geeky: Can be.
RL Friends: All of my RL friends have become cyber friends, as we're all so far apart. *sniffle* But *everybody* likes me. I'm very nice. But not too nice. Just the right amount of nice without being gushy.
Other Pertinent Info: My name is pronounced to rhyme with "camera."
Posted by: Tamara on February 17, 2005 12:55 PM
Marital status: Single. Not desperate (or a real housewife, either) but maybe the single will change sometime.
Children: One, a 12 year old girl.
Step-children: None.
Grandkids: None, and it had better stay that way for a while.
Occupation: News director (HA! The whole news department), announcer, and various other things at a small radio station.
Age: 37
Vital stats: 5 foot 8 inches tall. The weight is more than I really like, but decreasing slowly.
Residence: Cheraw, SC
Hobbies: Reading, cooking, making jewelry, bike riding, playing in the MOAT.
Smoke?: Never did, don't plan to start.
Drink?: No particular favorite, don't tend to drink that much any more. A margarita, a beer, a mixed drink of some kind..depends what's available. Only thing I really don't like is gin.
Music: Depends on my mood...70s and 80s stuff, some metal (the hair bands especially), big band, country sometimes...
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Grouchy sometimes. Bitchy? Not too often. Bitter? No.
Depressed: Now and again. When I get to the gym more often, that helps.
Born: Nazareth, PA. (Ok, tecnically the hospital was in Easton, PA)
Grew up: Moved to Cheraw, SC when I was 9, stayed here ever since.
Geeky: Not really...my sister claims our entire family is rather dorky though.
RL Friends: Don't really have any. Don't have a lot of spare time...and I'm not good at meeting people. I had scads of friends in PA, then moved here, and with a lot of kids making fun of how I talked, my name, I just wasn't used to that and didn't get to know people. Seem to have lost the knack.
Posted by: Susan on February 17, 2005 01:01 PM
Marital status: Blissfully newlywed - October 9, 2004.
Children: None, but stay tuned for updates...
Step-children: Nope.
Grandkids: No chance yet.
Occupation: Project Manager for really large IT company supporting world-wide accounts
Age: 35
Vital stats: 6 foot 3 inches tall, heavy at 246 but dropping...
Residence: Sacramento, CA in a house with wife and cat.
Hobbies: Playing computer games, Dungeons and Dragons (yes, roll your eyes now), reading, travelling, walking.
Smoke?: Smoked some weed in college and the very rare stogie since then.
Drink?: Beer! Preferably Welsh Bitter, but I'll drink almost anything.
Music: Ska, 80's alternative.
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Not usually - quite a happy soul normally.
Bitchy - rarely - I'm much better than I used to be (back when I was dating the Evil One.)
Depressed: Nope, although I do get bored sometimes.
Born: Bassaleg, Wales.
Grew up: (draws deep breath) Wales until I was 6; Malaysia until I was 11; upstate New York (Oswego and Buffalo) through grad school; Charlotte until 2001; Maryland until last year and now Sacto.
Geeky: Hello? Did you read the above? I STILL play D&D! Of course I'm geeky! Was on the chess team in high school (shudder.) Still love sci-fi and fantasy books and games.
RL Friends: Do I have any? Yep - a couple of great ones from high school (fellow D&Ders, one is a manager for Kentucky EPA, the other works in a thinktank for DoD) Have some good friends from college and a few from work.
Auto: 2004 Ford Explorer, silver with grey leather interior. The first new car I ever bought! The last 7 years I was driving a Geo Prizm.
Other fun Higgy facts - I've only broken one bone in my body - and I've broken that twice....
My skull....
Posted by: Higgy on February 17, 2005 01:01 PM
Marital status: Still looking for my own Indiana Jones.
Children: No, thank God.
Occupation: Student, Artist, General Procrastination.
Age: 18
Vital stats: Breathing? 5'7 and a half, 116 lbs, I wear 3-6, and my shoes are 9.5s.
Residence: Orlando (sometimes Miami) Florida
Hobbies: Reading, drawing, blogging wit' da MOATies, watching movies, sometimes act in student film.
Smoke?: Not unless I'm really bored or on a Road Trip.
Drink?: ...Rum will do me in every time.
Music: CCR, Elvis, Jimmy Buffett, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, ZZ Top.
Grouchy?: Oscar.
Depressed: Suppressed chronic, I have no reason so I ignore it.
Born: April 9, haha yup an Aries.
Grew up: Miami!
Geeky: Naturlich.
RL Friends: Lots of acquaintances, a few good friends. Try to keep up with most of them. Have one REAL GOOD friend, and her boyfriend is ok too.
Other Pertinent Info: *blinks* ... I don't like lettuce.
Posted by: Crash on February 17, 2005 01:30 PM
No bio here - I prefer to remain mysterious - anyway, most of what I am is already known:
Former Criminal Defense Attorney (loved it!)
Jewish (love it)
Divorced (love it)
Age - in total denial (learned it from my mother)
Smoker - Yes
Born in New York, live in sunny so.CA
Have dial-up (hate it)
Friends - Cute Guy, Daughter, son and one or 2 others
More friends - everyone on the MOAT and most on the MB
*realizes she gave info, but feels safe among friends*
Posted by: Eleanor on February 17, 2005 01:30 PM
Marital status: Divorced, currently not dating and plan on changing that this year.
Children: 2 daughters; 20 and 23; and one son-in-law, 31
Occupation: Paralegal currently resisting the temptation to go to lawschool 'cause I don't want to be 55 and $100,000 in debt.
Age: 51
Vital stats: 5'2" Weight is a work in progress and showing hope.
Residence: St. Louis, MO.
Hobbies: Reading, writing, blogging, bike riding, roller blading, scuba diving, camping, cooking. Major Cardinal and Rams fan....sort of a Blues Hocky fan. That doesn't kick in until football season is over, and ... you know, this year...well, 'nuff said.
Smoke: Used to, sort of. During my divorce, I got all the way up to a pack a month. I quit several years ago. Weed? Not really. In college, I tried it but didn't inhale. Really! It hurt my throat. However, my roomie smoked it all the time in our room, so I probably had a second hand high my entire freshman year..... which would explain the Fritos.
Drink: Wine, martinins, margueritas, MOATaritas and moatinins
Music: Rock and roller from wayback. Jazz, blues, classical.
Grouchy, Bitchy, Bitter: I have my moments, but few and far between.
Depressed: Nope. I have "down days" which last a few days or so. I'm one of those terminally optimistic types.
Born: Lexington, KY (Di, a-hem!!)
Grew up: Kentucky (not long, thouh) Georgia (Atlanta) and Southern Ill. In adulthood, lived in Chicago (western 'burbs), Southern ILL and for last 10 years, St. Louis (Kirkwood), MO.
Geeky: Family IT person, the poor dears. I know enough to be really dangerous. D&D, I think that came out while I was busy having babies, etc. Not into video games.
RL Friends: Several, including my sisters. I have noticed in the last several years, my circle of friends has shrunk. It kind of coincided with my traveling with work, and then going back to school. Hmmm, gonna hafta work on that.
Auto: Saturn SL. I'm not a car person. Just give me something reliable with a radio, a/c and a heater and I'm happy. The Saturn is perfect for me. I'm in the car for less than an hour, total, every day, so why sink a ton of money into it?
Posted by: slyeyes on February 17, 2005 01:47 PM
Marital status: Yes, in Vegas @ The Excalibur 5 years ago.
Children: One, almost 12 weeks now. Son, Aiden(celtic means Fire) boy, are we in trouble.
Step-children: One, just turned 10. Zack (means me and step-dad get along great, always have.)
Grandkids: No, but if I did, Aiden would be rather advanced for his age, no? And I'd better get ready for the birds and the bees talk with Zack.
Occupation: Sales- Wholesale Drivetrain Components for Lightduty Vehicles (anyone have a clue what that means?) (and part-time volunteer Moatie) Has anyone seen Vol lately?
Age: Just turned 28
Vital stats: 5'11", 170 pounds from soaking with Budweiser(better take my twins advice and switch to Light, looks like I got a few pounds on him)
Residence: Tulsa, Ok.
Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, All Sports (anything physical), (blog didn't like the word that was here, started with an A) boobwatching (OK, I just really like boobs, never actually went out specifically to boobwatch)
Smoke?: Yes please! Not Cigarettes though, quit 5 years ago, but um yes to midnight parfaits, and an occasional cigar.
Drink?: Tequila(in Moataritas)and good beer (Bud for now, babies are expensive!!)
Music: Everything but country. (actually some country, but very little) Currently Listening To: DaveMatthews
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Grouchy, only when hungry or thirsty. Bitchy, no, what's the point? Bitter, no, the choices I've made are my own, so again, no point.
Depressed: Definitely not usually. A little rough in my youth and on occasion, but in general I'm happy to the point of being annoying.
Born: Ada, Ok
Grew up: Nowata, Ok
Geeky: Some what, but more so "different", I was a big jock, so geeky was never a problem, although I was not typical jock material.
RL Friends: A lot. I make friends really easily, but I haven't had any time, because of home remodeling, old house fixed up and sold, and now with the new house.
I filled this out right after reading BrianB's, curious to see how many posts there have been since.
My guess- 11 (or otherwise known as eleventy)
Posted by: Mr.Fishair on February 17, 2005 01:48 PM
Marital status: Single. I have several friends in RL who are trying to fix that, though
Children: none. not unless there's something I missed.
Occupation: Executive director in charge of Jellybeans (that's what my Yahoo profile says.. why would it lie?) oh, and currently a nanny.
Age: 30-ish. I think 30 on the button. Not for much longer, though.
Vital stats: 5'5.5", *deleted for security reasons* lbs,
Residence: Christchurch, New Zealand
Hobbies:some crafts, reading, music, champion cookie-baking
Smoke?: for 3 weeks in high school. Never got the taste for it, so I stopped.
Music: Almost anything. No C & W, rap/hip hop
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: About once a month on average
Depressed: No longer. And I know the signs now and knock it on the head before it gets out of hand.
Born: Christchurch, NZ
Grew up: Christchurch and Wellington
Geeky: Naah. More like "different." (Thanks Leetie... I like that description!) I was a student librarian, but that was more of a "social dork" thing than a geek thing. I wasn't into SF enough for the geeks, although I got along well with a lot of them.
RL Friends: A few close friends, particularly my sister.
Miscellaneous facts: I had one, but I think I lost it.
Car: no car, no license, but am thinking that as I can't drive in a straight line, I might apply for a FLA license
Dessert: Panacotta is amazing... and I have recipe for it now... totally stunning. My Mum's Fudge Pudding is worth the sacrifice too.
Panties... mostly thongs. I have a favourite pair of jeans that I just can't wear thongs with, though so I have a few pairs of bikini panties.
Hat Size... can't wear them, my head's too big. Back in the days when I cycled, I had to get a men's 2XL helmet and that barely fit. I always had helmet hair... gggggrrrrrrr. Not That I'm Bitter, you understand. (From now on, that will be NTIB, because there are A LOT of things I find myself Not Bitter about. Really. Never lasts for long though.)
Best Compliment I Ever Got: most recently from a 4 yr old that I was looking after. We were watching Disney's Sleeping Beauty, who fell asleep after playing with an enchanted spinning wheel on her 16th birthday. 4yo looks at me and says "16!! Wow, that's even older than you!!" She's going to get a great Christmas present.. and she won't even remember why!
Posted by: Kafaleni on February 17, 2005 02:19 PM
Marital status: Divorced, not dating at the moment.
Children: 3- 18 year old son, 16 year old son, 15 year old daughter. They live with their mothers. Yes, mothers plural. Long story.
No grandkids....and there better not be anytime soon.......
Age: 39
Vitals: 6'2" and about 170- 180ish
Occupation: Management for auto manufacturer.
Residence: Near Dearborn, Michigan.
Hobbies: Guitar, music, video games, computer games (EQ), running, and this place. (When I have time)
Smoke: Weed in school, cigarettes until a while ago, but still have a cigarette occasionally when I get drunk.......
Drink: Jim Beam, beer, and a very dry martini.
Music: Everything. BTW, love Andre Bocelli. In a blues kick now, which is a kick all guitar players get into I think.....
Grouchy, bitchy, bitter? Very rarely.
Depressed? Naw.....no time for it...
Born: Columbus Ohio.
Grew up near Cleveland, but lived in Pa. for a few of those years, joined the Marine Corps and traveled to S.C, N.C, Japan, Okinawa, Hong Kong, The Phillipine Islands, Korea, Thialand, Puerto Rico, Ca., Az. and have worked and lived in Delaware, N.J., Maryland, and New York.
Geeky: Hell, yeah....and I try hard at it....
Friends: A handful of very close friends, and a fair amount of other friends.
Posted by: Graz on February 17, 2005 02:27 PM
Marital status: Gloriously divorced, and even more gloriously enjoying single life. Dating just about everyone I can.
Children: None. That I know of...
Step-children: 2 ex step-daughters (22 & 19)
Pets: One aging cat.
Grandkids: Never!
Occupation: Computer programmer *yawn* (Any have the keys to the's gold handcuffs?)
Age: 40-ish. I think 40 on the button. I'd have to think about it. On second thought, I don't want to think about it!
Vital stats: 5'11", around 165 lbs.
Residence: Austin, Texas, Live Music Capital of the World and Home of Late Night Animal Sex.
Hobbies: Music, Karaoke, Movies, NFL, guitar, detective novels, Dave Barry Blog (Duh.), scuba, cooking and bartending (mixology, you know.)
Smoke?: Yep (Sorry Bangi) but only tobacco.
Drink?: 7&7 or Coors light. And keep 'em comin! (or 'ritas or wine or...ok, just about anything.)
Music: All kinds of Rock, very little Country or HipHop. Currently listening to INXS.
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Nope, nope, maybe just a little, but no so you can tell.
Depressed: Just the opposite. Usually radiating postive energy and confidence!
Born: Laredo, Texas (a mile further south and I'd have been a Mexican.)
Grew up: All over Texas and 2 years in Denver. But mostly Houston.
Geeky: Recovering geek. Still like Sci-Fi, but like girls much, much better.
RL Friends: More than I can handle. Something like 70 numbers in my phone and only 6 are family or work related. (Ok, most are female...) No fair not counting bloglits...
Auto: 2002 Jeep Wrangler, named "Yeep!"
Y'all can post this on the Y if you like! The only way I can get more 'out there' is to put a flashing light on head. ;-)
Posted by: Lee ♂ on February 17, 2005 02:33 PM
Marital status: Single but possibly soon to be engaged.
Children: hope not!
Age: 29 (hey, I still have a couple of weeks!)
Vitals: 6' and about 150
Occupation: Systems Architect (no, I don't know what it means either)
Residence: Near Seattle, WA
Hobbies: computers, computer games, porn, this place
Smoke: depends on what day you ask, right now yes
Drink: coffee, Dr. Pepper, beer
Music: most everything
Grouchy, bitchy, bitter? nahh
Depressed? nope
Born and raised: Quincy, IL
Geeky: ohhh yeah. Heck I went to Vancouver to see where William Gibson was from
Friends: A couple of close friends
Posted by: Joshkr on February 17, 2005 03:08 PM
Marital status: Married – Umm… Gloriously or ungloriously depends on the day and my mood and whether he’s done anything that day to piss me off. J
Children: 2 - #1, Trinity Bonham (f) 17 mos & #2, TBD (f), still in the oven
Step-children: Nope. The only man I ever dated that had kids had one (the oldest) that was 2 yrs older than me… needless to say we aren’t still together….
Pets: Fish. Lots of ‘em. We were obsessed before kid #1…. And dreams of an Ibizan hound and a Great Dane. – still about 3 yrs away on getting’ ‘em tho..
Grandkids: HA!! I’ll go with the Fish & Brian’s answer on this one….
Occupation: Paralegal by training, Assistant Director of Development by Paycheck… waiting to stop poppin’ out kids to go to Law School.
Age: 23 on the button, although I’ll be 24 in July!!! (PS Sly- are you my mom??? My hubby is 31… I laughed when I read your post….)
Vital stats: 5'10", Pre-pregnancy I was 155-160 (depending on the time of the month) or a Size 8/9 (however you want to look at it) and that’s all I’m saying!.
Residence: Austin, Texas, Live Music Capital of the World and Home of Late Night Animal Sex. (Although I think its stifling to say the Animal Sex must be limited to Late Night!!!!)
Hobbies: Karaoke Music, Karaoke, Movies/TV, Football/Hockey/Basketball, Piano, Reading, Dave Barry Blog (Duh.), cooking, bartending/barpatronizing, Men, Dancing, gardening, Art, Daydreaming, Traveling, pondering the meaning of life, being a mommy & playin’ w/ my kiddo.. umm… do I have to list them all???
Smoke: Used to. Recently quit (for real this time!)
Drink: HA!!! BC (Before Children) I loved Martinis, Margaritas, Malibu (Any rum, really!) Vodka any way but bloody and of course, CHAMPAGNE (*sigh* … I miss that the most!) Now my drinking is limited to a glass or 2 of Red w/ the hubby at dinner oh, every blue moon or so, or a glass of Pinot Grigio w/ a bubble bath. I have been known to drink beer a) On the Lake b) W/ Mexican food or 3) when we go sample the “Live Music” that is so abundant here….
Music: All of the above? It doesn’t get any better than Bruce Robison or U2, I prefer Andrea Bocelli or Josh Groban to unwind, 80’s/early 90’s or Hip-hop those times when I’m getting ready to go out… the only thing I DON’T like is Metal (although I have been known to listen to SOME on occasion)
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: When I don’t want to get up, I’m pregnant – what do you think? And Nope – no reason to be.
Depressed: Ha ha ha!!! You had to go THERE… chronically, but meds mess me up, my shrink gave me more issues than I had to begin with, the only things that “work” are cigs or alcohol… so I usually just “Deal With It” … I’m a Cancer tho, so its part of life, and most people would label me “chronically happy” so I guess I do a good job of getting’ over it…. Beyond that, I’m not gonna say in such a public forum. Email me if you want to know.
Born: Ft. Worth, Texas
Grew up: North Dallas until ’93, Austin since then… I made a brief foray into Arkansas for college, but due to drama w/ my family and issues with the above-mentioned depression, that didn’t last.
I almost moved to China, then WA state, but neither of those ended up happening. So I got married instead. J
Geeky: Closet geek. It’s been a life-long affliction (I blame Frogger!) but most don’t see past my looks to find out – I ended up transferring outta programming in HS (True story: During our “introduction to C+” lesson the 2nd day of class, I couldn’t get my computer to do what it wanted to. I raised my hand to get the teachers attention and this is what followed:
Just Professor X! I can’t get mine to work right! What do I do?
Professor X (not even looking my way) Well, lets see, first you might want to press that button that turns on the computer there!
I promptly got up, went to the Principle, filed a complaint against the teacher, and got transferred out of the class. Oh yeah, did I mention I was the only female in the class?) which saved me from being branded a “Geek”, but the tendencies have always been there….
RL Friends: Used to… my phonebook probably rivaled Lee’s… that’s what happens when ya work in bars for 4 yrs. I had some pretty good ones that I kept up with until I had a kid. Basic lifestyle choices aside, something about them wanting to party when I had to stay home and take care of her just drove us apart. Sigh
Auto: 2003 Suzuki XL-7, champagne colored, just bought it in November… it’s the love of my life. Well, aside from my family. It hurt to get rid of Sandy (my lil’ red sporty car), but this one is working out nicely. She is as yet un-named. We don’t know each other well enough yet.
Other Pertinent Info: I’m told I purrrrrr if you scratch my back just right. ;)
MOATies met: None, yet. *Ditto for me*
Favorite dessert: Chocolate. I'm currently on a Vanilla Hagen Daaz kick, but that could be due to the fact that I'm pregnant. Umm... I also have a penchant for Brulee. I blame that on my husband!
Panties: thongs ... I don't even own the other kind. *I would say Ditto to this one too, alas, Thongs and Pregnancy don't mix. It was a sad day when I had to change....*
Size foot: 10m pre-pregnancy, currently 11 *sob*
Compliment(s) I receive most often: Usually something to do with my Smile... or my eyes. *shrug*
Posted by: Just on February 17, 2005 04:03 PM
Marital status: Eh, A little early for that yet
Children: nope
Age: 18 *he said nonchalantly*
Vitals: last time I checked: 1854.2 mm, about 77,110 grams
Occupation: student
Residence: Central New York
Hobbies: eating, drinking chocolate milk, reading, sleeping, forays into the wilderness, music listening, MOATing
Smoke: Heck no
Drink: like I said, chocolate milk. also Hawaiian Punch and Pink Lemonade are up there on the list (soda not so much anymore). Notice total lack of alcoholic beverages (and it's not just because I'm underage).
Music: right now, all my music is on shuffle mode *changes song from Billy Joel*, so it's Steve Miller with 'Fly Like an Eagle'. I like just about everything except Kenny G and modern rap.
Grouchy, bitchy, bitter? Only when the need arises
Depressed? nah, never was my thing. Kind of goes against my moniker, but I just can't stay sad, cause I don't let things get to me.
Born and raised: Born near Denver, CO and then we up and moved to Rhode Island, but mostly raised here in NY
Geeky: Well, I'm definitely the most technologically inclined person of my immediate family. The only game I play is Halo (1 & 2), and those are also the only games I have for X-box. And, of course, gotta love the laptop. 'Dork' is a more typical attribute.
Friends: *looks up definition* Well, using def. 2, I have hundreds. And we'll leave it at that.
other pertinent information: I've got different colored eyes (one brown, one hazel), and my birthday is 8/6/86, and my initials are PHD (my parents are soooo hilarious).
Auto: blue '94 chevrolet on it's last legs, but with a nice CD player and a Ken (Yes, Barbie's Ken) head on the antenna.
Also, occupation extension: Studying to be a geologist. I was really close to having my blog name be a rock type, but then saw Zaphod posting and remembered that H2G2 would be more widely recognized.
(PS: It would have been 'lazurite')
Posted by: Marvin Paranoid Android on February 17, 2005 05:48 PM
Marital status: Married 34+ years and hoping for many, many more.
Children: no, but nieces and nephews
Occupation: I'm semi-retired from selling secondhand detective fiction, via sales lists and online. I still turn out the occasional list.
Age: 56
Vital stats: 6'1", 175 pounds (at the moment; I was down to 170 for a while but this is as thin as I've been in over 30 years - until this diet I've been in the 190 range)
Residence: Brooklyn, NY; Bay Ridge to be exact (or Fort Hamilton if you prefer)
Hobbies: Reading, travel, baseball, music, the MOAT.
Smoke?: I smoked through my teen years but not a lot and I quit in my early 20s. Grass? At times but not in recent years.
Music: mostly geezer music -- oldies, preferably 1955- early 1970s, with occasional additions. Also some country, lots of blues, some classical, zydeco, etc. I have ecletic taste but mostly listen to the oldies.
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Oh, I can be, believe me. (What Rita said can stand too, but much less recently I hope.)
Depressed: Nope, though I have been at times in the past.
Born: New York, NY - Doctor's Hospital.
Grew up: We lived in Queens until age 10, Brooklyn ever since.
Geeky: Not usually, though I have some geeky interests.
RL Friends: Jackie is first and foremost my best friend and has been for a long time. My last best friend died of cancer two years ago at 52. I have a lot of friends in the mystery field - fans, readers, dealers, authors - and have belonged to one group for more than 25 years.
That was fun.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson on February 17, 2005 07:14 PM
Marital Status: Divorced and enjoying the single life again!
Children: 1 daughter 27 and 1 stepdaughter 32
Age: 47, atleast for the next coupla weeks!
Vitals: 5'11, got no scales, but that tummy seems to get bigger everyday
Occupation:restaurant manager
Residence:Deon was right, but he misspelled it, Jesup, Georgia
Hobbies:Camping, hiking, and of coarse blurking in the MOAT!
Smoke:If anyone invented a Camel Parfait, I would save a lot of time!
Drink: If they quit making Vodka and Pepsi, I would probably die of thirst
Music: anyting but rap!
Born and Raised: Born raised in Jesup, GA, at age 18 swore I would never return and moved to Augusta, GA- Atlanta- Florida- SC- Alabama- AZ, and guess what, I'm back living in the old hometown after 30 yrs
Geeky: Well I was amember of an informal chess club in high school, but since personal computers were still science fiction then, I guess not, but my days off from work are usually spent trying to get friends computers to work better.
Posted by: steven on February 17, 2005 07:21 PM
Marital status: Married 17 years Children: ages 11, almost 10, and 6
Age: 38
Occupation: stay-at-home-mom
Residence: Central Illinois
Hobbies: sing with a band at church, lots of church activities
Drink: Margaritas, occasional beer, but usually only when I’m out with friends
Born and raised: Kansas, and I still miss the wheat fields
Posted by: neophyte on February 17, 2005 07:27 PM
Marital status: Divorced but ”DeFacto” remarried (that is, living in sin with the one woman for long enough that you are treated as being in fact married for legal purposes), 11 years with the Honey. Never got around to actually marrying because of complications with the Catholics about being a divorcee. They don’t mind us living in sin provided we bring the kids up as Catholics, but getting married is a whole different matter.
Children: Three. #1 son was inherited with the Honey, age 18 in June, #2 son, age 10 in September, and #3 son age 8 in June. Wonderful boys. Easy to manage, just throw them a tub of raw meat once a day and apply bandages to the larger scrapes arising from wrestling matches.
(De Facto) Step-children: one, #1 son.
Pets: One cat, aged about 16 but still frisky at times. Three goldfish.
Grandkids: Better not be if #1 son knows what’s good for him!
Occupation: Contract Project Manager in IT. I own and operate my own small contracting company running a few people around the place, working mostly to the Federal Government.
Age: 48 last December. Still have all my own teeth.
Vital stats: 6’3” if I stand up straight. Less most of the time (I get nagged about that a lot). 170 or so pounds, not an ounce of fat on me due to what is apparently a highly effective symbiotic relationship with a bunch of gut parasites, or a low metabolic rate, or something.
Residence: Canberra, Australia. The nation’s capital. Nice place, about 2000 feet up in tablelands about 60 miles from the coast. Just a tad too hot in summer and a tad too cool in winter for my taste, but quite bearable by comparison to what you lot put up with.
Hobbies: Raising children mostly. Some light reading, sailing when I get a chance, which isn’t often since the kids, the odd bit of hobby electronics, zapping aliens in Doom 3 when I can pry the kids off the computer, and of course blogging.
Smoke: ”I am a smoker, I just choose not to smoke today!” Dreadful habit I’ve been battling with for years, and constantly giving up and backsliding. Am currently on giving up jag, with a tad more success this time as the result of using patches AND lozenges, and beating my head against a wall periodically. Was gob-smacked to discover #1 son smokes when he drinks, particularly as he constantly complains about the smell of smoke at other times. Kicking his a$$ around the house about it has helped with my own attempts to give up.
Drink: Mostly dry white whines. The occasional beer on a hot day, or if I’m at a pub. Have largely given up spirits as the result of the after effects of a somewhat wild youth, but still have the odd margarita with a Mexican dinner, or a brandy and orange juice if there is nothing else.
Music: Eclectic tastes. Nora Jones was the most recent foray, but have Santana, Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac, and Sting loaded in the car CD player. Also like Shaun Mullins, Elton John, Jim Croche, most 70’s music. CANNOT abide rap music, which is of course all the #1 son plays.
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Grouchy from time to time, never bitchy, and have felt bitter only a couple of times, but that was long enough ago that I’m over it.
Depressed: Not often, comes and goes a bit with cumulative stress levels, rarely badly, never for more than a few days. Much prefer giggling, and am generally an up and more or less bouncy person.
Grew up: Was born American in Pennsylvania, near Washington DC. Father was American, mum was Australian, naturalised as American just before I was born. Four sisters, one older, three younger. Dad retired when I was just 9, and we bought a big camper/Winnebago type thing. We travelled all around the US and Mexico, then put it on a boat to tour around England and Europe, then back on the boat to Australia. Turned 10 just before we landed in Australia.
The plan was to tour Australia, then back on a boat to the US, but we were forced to come to Canberra to register the left-hand-drive vehicle, and liked the place and stayed. Grew up in Canberra and have lived here ever since, apart from a couple of shortish sojourns to Sydney and Brisbane.
Geeky: I started in computing as a trainee computer operator in 1975, and have been working in IT ever since, so I suppose I’d have to be. Worked as a programmer, then support analyst, business analyst, operations manager and finally project manager. Love the industry and computer wrangling, although my technical skills have slipped somewhat over the last five years or so.
RL Friends: Modest number, just about all from school days, but didn’t get to see them much since the kids were born and have drifted apart over the last 10 years or so. Had a reunion about a year ago and was pleased to see that I appear to be travelling rather better than my cohorts, although the odd grey hair is sneaking in there these days.
Auto: My “baby”, the one indulgence I allow myself. Ford Fairlane Ghia. Electric everything, large tricked up six cylinder with 5 speed auto gearbox, a lovely car to drive and heaps of room for the kids when we travel. Has spoilt me for anything else, although it’s getting a tad long in the tooth now (about 5 five years old).
Other Pertinent Info: My sign is “Slippery When Wet”, and am prone to gursting.
Posted by: ¿wysiwyg? (MBE-LP) on February 17, 2005 08:11 PM
Marital status: Separated for 3 years.
Children: One. Daughter. Miracle angel. After tests, drugs, operations, many visits to fertility clinic, we were told we had "no chance" of having children. 7 years later....surprise!! What a joy she's been every day since she was conceived. She is 6 now.
Pets: Two cats (Oliver & Quinton). One fish.
Occupation: Accounting
Age: 37...still
Vital stats: 5 ft 2 inches.
Residence: Manitoba, Canada
Hobbies: Puzzles, reading, blogging, playing with daughter.
Smoke: Pack a day for 12 years. Quit when I started trying to get pregnant. Never tried anything other than tobacco.
Drink: Used to. Loved it. A little too much. Nothing alcoholic for 18 years and counting.
Music: Everything except rap.
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Nope. Not really in my nature. I get really mad and then I'm completely over it about 5 minutes later!
Depressed: Not any more. Medication is a wonderful thing.
Grew up: Manitoba, Canada
Geeky: Not really
RL Friends: A few really good friends. (Feel fortunate to be able to count Peri as one of them).
Auto: Neon. Twice someone has attempted to steal it. First time the neighbor scared them off and this time I don't know what happened but the lock was completely gone and the handle all vandalised but the car was still there. Thank goodness. Still waiting for parts to come in before it can be fixed. I have to open it from the passenger side right now. What a pain!
Posted by: Zoodle on February 18, 2005 12:57 AM
At last... here's my bio. I'm very late so I'll try and make it brief:
Marital status: Single (not by choice!)
Children: No but hopefully will have one day
Pets: None
Occupation: SAP HR consultant in IT company
Age: 33
Vital stats: 5 feet 4 inches if I did the conversion right (for non-US people, 1m62cm)
Residence: Paris, France
Hobbies: reading, running, dancing, blogging, going to restaurants with friends
Smoke: this is the dark secret I unveiled to Higgy, I smoke 1 to 2 packs a week (used to smoke much more before) but I'm confident I'll quit one day!
Weed: a bit when I was at university
Drink: wine and margaritas, maybe 1 glass a week
Music: Disco, funk, 80s, R&B, jazz... listening to Jill Scott right now... musics I really don't like: country and metal
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter? no, no, rarely
Depressed: no, but anxiety yes (inherited that from my mother)
Born and grew up: near Geneva, Switzerland
Geeky: I still can't do bold or link!
Car: don't have one, don't need one thanks to excellent subway network here. My first (and last) car was a black Opel Corsa, I loved it.
RL friends: quite a lot, mostly females, many are single too.Number of bloglits I've met: 1!!!
Posted by: Marie on February 18, 2005 06:58 PM
Marital status: Single (but seriously attached to a certain weasel)
Children: love them but none of my own yetPets: 1 cat that is the size of 3Occupation: VirologistAge: 30Vital stats: 5 feet 7 inches weight is a work in progressResidence: southern california at the momentHobbies: reading, blogging, tickling weaselSmoke: never Weed: twice at universityDrink: wine, whiskey, scotch, margaritas, Music: Jazz, alternative, anything funkyGrouchy? Bitchy? Bitter? no, sometimes, only about my degreeDepressed: not most daysBorn and grew up: Chester, Virginia - have since lived in Miami and AtlantaGeeky: yes is that a bad thing?Car: red toyota corolla sport modelRL friends: yes lots all over the countryNumber of bloglits I've met: DJTonyB, Deon, Jeff, Jamester, and of course Weasel as well as Dave and Judi.
Posted by: Mad "about Weasel" Scientist on February 18, 2005 07:11 PM
All right, here's my "Stalker Profile." Identity thieves, be careful...you don't know what you're getting yourself into here!
Marital status: Single. How do I feel about it? See grouchy/bitchy/bitter/depressed section.
Children: None. (Someday, I hope; Let me worry about finding Ms. Right first)
Occupation: Graduate student, teacher, theater dramatug/producer/whatever
Age: 27
Vital stats: Height: 6'1". Weight: Ask me after another couple months of the New Year's gym membershp.
Residence: Long Island, New York
Hobbies: Well, the MOAT is starting to move out of the "hobby" category and into "second job" or "obsession." Reading, Internet, board/trivia games, Theater/Comedy can be a job or a hobby depending on circumstance, Canoeing and hiking in warmer months, tarot cards when the moon is right, scuba diving on vacation.
Drink: Yes. Higher-end beer and cider, wine- did a study abroad in France and developed a taste for Bordeaux. Don't go for the hard stuff much.
Smoke?: Tobacco: No. Weed: On rare occassions in college.
Music: Eclectic. For example, the mix cd playing now includes Willie Nelson, Billy Joel, James Taylor, Rufus Wainwright, Sarah Brightman, the Corrs, Rockapella, Dar Williams, and several muppets.
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Grouchy: only when I throw the alarm clock across the room in the morning. Bitchy: Never. I bottle it up rather than spew negativity at others. Bitter: My quote from Monday- "Welcome to the Angst Coffeehouse, where the brew is as black as the depths of your soul."
Depressed: Long history. Been better for the last three years, holidays were rough this year. Put a lot of energy into climbing out of that hole again in the last month.
Born: Cleveland, Ohio
Grew up: Ohio and the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.
Geeky: I know what a Heisenberg compensator does. Let's leave it at that.
Seriously? Yes. I'm several sorts of techie, like science fiction, spend a lot of time online. However, I bathe, dress myself, and can pass for normal in polite company. *winks*
RL Friends: Scattered. Few from HS, more from college, though few in the New York area.
MOATies met: Just Blogchik, who is a super-good real life friend and hauled me in here. Upset that I can't make it to Memphis.
Posted by: Wurm42 on February 18, 2005 11:04 PM
Marital status: Single.
How do I feel about it? I miss being in love.
Children: None that I know of
Want them: With the right man, yes.
Occupation: Director of Finance and Human Resources for an Architect Firm.
Age: 31 ... turning 32 this year.
Vital stats: Height: 5'6"
Weight: Ha! You're smoking crack if you think I'm answering that one.
Residence: New Haven, CT
Hobbies: Music, Movies, Hiking, Running, DB Blog and MOAT and being on the water.
Drink: Yes, please. A Dirty Martini is my current fav.
Smoke?: Tobacco: Nope. I tried it in the 6th grade ... didn't take to it ... I much prefer the hard stuff. I kid.
Weed: Not anymore.
Music: I listen to everything from ABBA to Zeppelin. Seriously ... I have an ecclectic collection of CDs ...
Grouchy?: Mornings for me, too. And when I haven't been fed.
Bitchy?: Seldom ... if ever.
Bitter?: No. I play a little bitter on the blog for fun ... but in real life I'm not at all ... I think everything happens for a reason and I trust that things will always work out.
Depressed: Sometimes ... I really want to be in love ... I'm at my best when I'm in love. I have so much to give, it kinds of seems a shame to not have someone with whom to share it.
Born: May 10, 1973 in Hartford, CT
Grew up: In Connecticut. I'm first-generation American ... both my parents are from Portugal.
Geeky: No, not really. But I am quirky.
RL Friends: My closest friends I've known since kindergarten. I've always been blessed with an incredible group of friends ...
MOATies met: None, yet.
Favorite dessert: Cognac Pumpkin Cheesecake. Oatmeal cookies rock, too.
Panties: thongs ... I don't even own the other kind.
Size foot: 8
Compliment(s) I receive most often: That I give the world's best hugs.
Any other questions I can answer ... I ain't shy. :)
Posted by: punky brewster on February 19, 2005 08:41 PM
Marital status: Single.
How do I feel about it? Content.
Children: *shudders*
Want them: Didn't really enjoy them when I was a child.
Occupation: DJ/Lighting Director/Consultant.
Age: 37.
Vital stats: Height: 5'6"
Weight: Ahem... 190ish, but I'm trying to diet.
Residence: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hobbies: Music, The Blog, Wine, Cooking.
Drink: Of Choice - Stoli Ohranj & Soda, and of course the occasional MOATarita.
Smoke?: Really honestly trying to quit, about 1/2 pack a day.
Weed: Very rarely, and only at home with proper DVD's available.
Music: Everything!
Grouchy?: Mornings, until I've had a chance to wake up.
Bitchy?: Usually, but only amongst friends ;-)
Bitter?: Nah, no reason to be.
Depressed: Not at all, always looking for the bright side of things!
Born: July 8, 1967 in Charleston, SC
Grew up: In Templeton, Massachusetts. (very small New England town - Church on the Common, know all your neighbors, always leave the door unlocked kinda community)
Geeky: As much as I need to be to get the job done ;)
RL Friends: A close group that I have known for 10 years or more, even though we're separated by distance - mostly DJ's and other people I have worked with in the music/nightclub industry.
MOATies met: Mike Weasel, Mad Scientist.
Favorite dessert: Creme Brulee.
Panties: Commando :D
Size foot: 9
Compliment(s) I receive most often: I can't believe you knew the answer to (insert obscure trivia question here).
Posted by: djtonyb on February 19, 2005 09:14 PM
Name: Upoma Simky Haq, Bangladeshi_gurl, Bangi etcMade In BangladeshBrought up-- Cleveland Ohio, Montreal Canada, Dhaka Bangladesh.Currently living in : DhakaDating Status: currently 'dating' a guy who is living in Toronto. No, Im not sure how that happened either. 4 year relationship coming this March.Job: Full time student at Institute of Business Administration ( BBA ). Part time tutor to kids/brats/anamolies. Part time writer at a magazine whr i get to write articles on relationships and home decor. :-P
Hobbies: Getting flooded...kidding.Panties: u mean ppl actually wear'em on a regular basis? ;) teehee... im not sure what type they r.
Depressed: yes, butt i'm gonna get better as soon as im happy.
Bitchy: never. Grouchy often.
Loves this Moat Because: People here are very generous with their love and understanding. very intelligent. very funny. Very Sexy
Misses dearly : Punky, Eadn, Mel, Con and lots of others.
Is often late to reply to Jeff Meyerson ( hope Jackie's ok!).( and have fun in Florida).
Hates: having to go off to study...
Posted by: Bangi on February 21, 2005 02:33 PM
Marital Status: Married 8 yrs.
Children:3 newfies, a whippet, and a beagle
Grandkids: Two litters
Age:46
Vitals: 6' and a skooch. 250 lbs.
Occupation:Software support for Panasonic distribution Whse.
Residence:Buckley, WA. 10 miles east of Tacoma
Hobbies:Golf, Gardening, DIY, Dog Obedience, Beer brewing
Smoke:Way too much weed in college. Cigarettes never. Mom died of Lung Cancer from her habit.
Drink:Beer, the occasional shot of TequilaMusic:Most everything, Favorites include Jimmy Buffett, Talking Heads
Grouchy, Bitchy,Bitter: Grouchy when dinner is late, or when people make me late. Bitchy or bitter not so much.
Depressed:In high school and college a self esteem thing that I grew out of
Born:El Paso Texas
Grew up: Not yet. Actually Army brat, Lived in El Paso, Abilene, Tx, Killeen Tx, Lake George NY.
Geeky: Probably. But not really something I am aware of.
Friends: My good friends are spread around, Calgary, Maine and Rochester. But I actually Married my best friend so it all works out.Auto:1999 Jeep Wrangler
Bloglits met:Joshkr and Tina Also met Dave
Posted by: kingw MBE LP on February 24, 2005 07:50 PM
Marital status: Happily engaged... imminent marriage on August 13
Children: I've gotten mail addressed to my daughter before...
Step-children: I prefer to use a ladder myself.
Pets: A couple of failed plants. A mold culture at "that awkward age"
Grandkids: Funny you should ask; there was this accident with a time machine and a contraceptive.
Occupation: student. soon to be grad student.
Age: Zweiundzwanzig
Vital stats: 5'11.99999" been within 5 lbs of 150 for several years straight now
Residence: Lawrence, KS, though I often pine for the Northern realm of MN where I grew up
Hobbies: reading, watching sports, occasionally being active, INTERNET
Smoke?:nevar
Drink?: BEER, by all measures. My favorite: Gold Ochsen, from Ulm, Germany. (If anyone can get me a bottle of that over here, I would pay millions)
Music: Badly Drawn Boy, other Brit-rock, Cake, classical (Vivaldi, etc.), Celtic, some American folk, Zydeco, Quebecois, the odd one-hit-wonder from the 90's, RHCP, cinematic scores
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Rarely
Depressed: Not so much, no.
Born: Rochester, MN
Grew up: 10 miles away
Geeky: I'd say more nerdy... I'm computer literate, but not especially adept; I never got into Star Trek; I played D&D on occasion
RL Friends:Erin, many not-that-close-but-still-cool-acquaintances
Auto: red 1990 Toyota Corolla
Bloglits met: Joshkr, Slyeyes
Posted by: Bismuth on March 8, 2005 01:55 AM
Marital status: Gloriously divorced
Children: 1 gorgeous little angel - Jamie, a precocious 9 year old girl
Occupation: Glamourous international spy and part-time cartoon character. In my spare time I make signs for operations at the Post Office
Age: 22. I'll be 23 in a bit. (What 9 year old?)
Vital stats: 6 feet tall, sort of a red-head, 44,24,36 (really! I mean it!)
Residence: Sunny, warm, 'Riviera of Canada', happen' hot spot - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Hobbies: getting drunk and kinky in the MOAT on Friday nights. All the rest of the time I crochet (really)
Smoke?: yes, but I quit all the time. Homegrown herbs in the planters don't count.
Music: Head-banger, with frequent forays into jazz.
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Never. Infrequently. Sometimes. Occasionally. OK, often.
Ask me anything. I have no shame.
Posted by: Peri on February 16, 2005 08:48 PM
I copied this from Peri and changed the answers to reflect something not entirely unlike my reality:
Marital status: Gloriously divorced, and gloriously remarried.
Children: 2 teens. 17 (young lady) and 15 (young man)
Step-children: If you can call them that at 26 (female, engaged, 3 girls of her own) and 24 (male, married, 1 girl and 1 step son)
Grandkids: Yep, as you see, I have 5. I say I have 6, though. The three girls are 7, 4, and 1. They have a half-brother who is 8, and I count him too, even though he doesn't live with them. The other guy is 5 (I think) and the girl is 1.
Occupation: Computer programmer *yawn*
Age: 40-ish. I think 40 on the button. I'd have to think about it.
Vital stats: 5'8", topping the scales at a much too high 200 lbs
Residence: Kentucky. Northern Kentucky to be more precise - not far from Cincinnati, OH.
Hobbies: Uh... some crafts, drawing, listening to local bands.
Smoke?: The occasional fine cigar. Would you believe I've never smoked weed?
Music: Rock, singer / songwriter, blues, Americana
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Not since the divorce, pretty much.
Depressed: On meds, but occasionally slip back into the abbyss. Usually reveals itself by my display of lack of self esteem.
Born: Tacoma, WA.
Grew up: Hampton, VA and N. Ky.
Geeky: Enough to get kicked out of the cool club, but I don't care for SciFi, so I get kicked out of the geek club, too.
RL Friends: Used to, but not anymore. Just one or two.
Posted by: «LabSpecimen» on February 17, 2005 12:05 PM
Marital status: Gloriously married to JU for 12 years.
Children: 1 bloglittle, 3.5 years old.
Occupation: Mom, professional bloglit, keyboardist in a band, environmental chemist when employed.
Age: 40-ish. I think 40 on the button. I'd have to think about it.
Vital stats: 5'6", topping the scales at a much too high *cough cough hack* lbs.
Residence: Virginia. Northern Virginia to be more precise - not far from Washington, DC.
Hobbies: Uh... some crafts, playing in a local band, music.
Smoke?: Quit 10 years ago. Would you believe I've never smoked weed? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Music: Rock, New Wave, Alternative, various
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Naaah. But I do occasionally hate "people."
Depressed: On meds, but occasionally slip back into the abbyss. Usually reveals itself by my display of lack of self esteem and lack of posting.
Born: Newark, NJ.
Grew up: Northern NJ.
Geeky: Naah. More like "different."
RL Friends: A few close friends from high school and college.
Posted by: Leetie on February 17, 2005 12:22 PM
Marital status: Gloriously divorced, dating/living with a wonderful man
Children: 2--daughter, a narcissist, who'll be 33 tomorrow, and a son who's 30. 4 wonderful grandchildren, two girls, two boys.
Occupation: Teaching assistant in a high school, with the perk of having my own "personal" laptop. I do with they'd okay my requisition form for a taser, though.
Age: 52 and one-half (age has never bothered me)
Vital stats: 5'9", 160 pounds (that doesn't bother me either; I mean, revealing my weight; I'd like it to be 20 pounds less, but I haven't done much about that)
Residence: Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I'd rather be in Florida.
Hobbies: Knitting, reading, sleeping, blogging
Smoke?: I've never smoked anything. My grandfather's emphysema left a pretty deep impression on me. And now I have asthma. Go figure.
Music: eclectic
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Oh, I can be, believe me.
Depressed: Yes, unfortunately. On meds, still fall apart from time to time. Xanax helps. So does gin.
Born: Hopewell, Virginia. According to my dad, it's the armpit of the state.
Grew up: Hopewell, Sandston, Mt. Jackson, all in Virgnia. If Hopewell is the state's armpit, then Mt. J. is its @sshole.
Geeky: No, I don't think so.
RL Friends: When I was a kid. Now my best friends are my sisters and their daughters.
Posted by: rita on February 17, 2005 12:35 PM
Marital status: Blissfully (?) single
Children: One, has 4 legs, named Mack after the “Mack Truck” mascot who’s a dog, but my Mack is a 20 pound black cat. : ) (Picture soon to be posted on the Y!)
Step-children: 2 – both dogs. George – a German short hair like the one that took the Best in Show, and Hannah an 80 pound Black Lab who thinks she’s still a puppy and wants to be held.
Grandkids: Not possible by my boy – he’s fixed… shhh, don’t tell him. He thinks he still has all his goods to get the ladies.
Occupation: Accounting/Audit support – I’m the right hand to the Partner in charge of the entire Audit division of my region. 200+ people report to me.
Age: 26
Vital stats: 5 foot 7 inches tall (yes, I’m in denial) and breathing.
Residence: Algonquin, Illinois (townhome)
Hobbies: Right now – Moating… blogging.. and sleep in my spare time. Otherwise, work is kicking my butt – too busy to ski, design restaurants, or even get a manicure.
Smoke?: Used to. Not anymore.
Drink?: Red Wines, Malibu & Pineapple or Kettle One Vodka Martini’s, shaken not stirred with 2 olives, thank you.
Music: Everything but metal. Unless it’s the sound of metal being ground or bent, I don’t want to hear it. ICK!
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Grouchy only when woken up at 3am by a drunk dialing friend. Bitchy not usually – I was last night though. Bitter in regards to one person and one situation, otherwise, no.
Depressed: Try not to be. Life’s too short to be sad.
Born: Chicago, Illinois
Grew up: Chicago, Illinois
Geeky: Definitely not – heck I still cant figure out how to do the Italics and Bolding.. not to mention linking….
RL Friends: Do I have any? YES! What kind of a question is that?? Just because I spend all my time here with you guys…. Oh, I see what you mean..
Posted by: Di on February 17, 2005 12:40 PM
Marital status: Married, July 17, 1992
Stepadults: 3 (2 females, one male, all married with kids)
Step grandchildren: 5 (3 girls, 2 boys, age range 3-12 yo)
Pets: the cutest 14.5 yr old mutt in the universe
Occupation: Sitting at my computer, pretending to write helpful Web articles for novice computer users
Age: Old enough for progressive lenses and then some.
Vital stats: 5'10", X-3 lbs.
Residence: Juneau, Alaska
Hobbies: Hanging out with hubby, gardening, outdoor activities (hiking,kayaking) volunteer work
Smoke?: Cigarettes, never. Just some weed in my youth.
Drink?: Plenty of the red wine to keep my heart healthy. And anything else someone hands me.
Music: Mostly jazz, due to being married to jazz musician. Have grown to love it.
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Sure, all of the above. Coffee helps.
Depressed: Borderline the last few years, since I moved to AK. Not medicated. Hoping things are better now.
Born: Chicagoland
Grew up: Chicagoland
Geeky: More than most people. But can relate to non-geeky folks, hence my occupation.
RL Friends: Several, but mostly they live in Seattle, where I lived for 25 years before moving here. Lots of people I know and like here, but few I would hang out with. Almost none. But that's OK.
Posted by: sandy beach on February 17, 2005 12:50 PM
ME TOO! TAMARA WANTS TO PLAY TOO!
*stuffs paperwork into a hamper*
Marital status: Shut up.
Children: 1 girl/prodigy, nearly 4 yrs old
Occupation: Graphic design & office management
Age: If I tell you, you won't ever take me seriously, not that you do or should anyway. Okay! All right! 24! Geez!
Vital stats: blood pressure is 90/60; is that dangerously low? Also, I'm 5'5" and a size "5" (I don't keep a scale, so don't know weight, sorry)
Residence: Georgia, and I miss Texas. (But I'm not Miss Texas.) *ducks flying beer cans*
Hobbies: Reading, reading, reading, pondering the meaning of life, being a mommy
Smoke?: No. I did smoke for a few months after my best friend left for college, and I was all alone--I smoked because I missed his cigarette-smell. Awwww. No weed, ever. Sorry. Told you--I'm a prude!
Drink?: White wines. I'm just discovering alcohol, actually.
Music: Beatles, Matchbox 20, Andre Bocelli
Grouchy?: Shut up.
Depressed: No, surprisingly. I spent most of my life being that way and being raised by people who were that way in spite of their medications, and I'm done with it. You make your own happiness. No meds, just a shrink.
Born: Of course!
Grew up: TX
Geeky: Can be.
RL Friends: All of my RL friends have become cyber friends, as we're all so far apart. *sniffle* But *everybody* likes me. I'm very nice. But not too nice. Just the right amount of nice without being gushy.
Other Pertinent Info: My name is pronounced to rhyme with "camera."
Posted by: Tamara on February 17, 2005 12:55 PM
Marital status: Single. Not desperate (or a real housewife, either) but maybe the single will change sometime.
Children: One, a 12 year old girl.
Step-children: None.
Grandkids: None, and it had better stay that way for a while.
Occupation: News director (HA! The whole news department), announcer, and various other things at a small radio station.
Age: 37
Vital stats: 5 foot 8 inches tall. The weight is more than I really like, but decreasing slowly.
Residence: Cheraw, SC
Hobbies: Reading, cooking, making jewelry, bike riding, playing in the MOAT.
Smoke?: Never did, don't plan to start.
Drink?: No particular favorite, don't tend to drink that much any more. A margarita, a beer, a mixed drink of some kind..depends what's available. Only thing I really don't like is gin.
Music: Depends on my mood...70s and 80s stuff, some metal (the hair bands especially), big band, country sometimes...
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Grouchy sometimes. Bitchy? Not too often. Bitter? No.
Depressed: Now and again. When I get to the gym more often, that helps.
Born: Nazareth, PA. (Ok, tecnically the hospital was in Easton, PA)
Grew up: Moved to Cheraw, SC when I was 9, stayed here ever since.
Geeky: Not really...my sister claims our entire family is rather dorky though.
RL Friends: Don't really have any. Don't have a lot of spare time...and I'm not good at meeting people. I had scads of friends in PA, then moved here, and with a lot of kids making fun of how I talked, my name, I just wasn't used to that and didn't get to know people. Seem to have lost the knack.
Posted by: Susan on February 17, 2005 01:01 PM
Marital status: Blissfully newlywed - October 9, 2004.
Children: None, but stay tuned for updates...
Step-children: Nope.
Grandkids: No chance yet.
Occupation: Project Manager for really large IT company supporting world-wide accounts
Age: 35
Vital stats: 6 foot 3 inches tall, heavy at 246 but dropping...
Residence: Sacramento, CA in a house with wife and cat.
Hobbies: Playing computer games, Dungeons and Dragons (yes, roll your eyes now), reading, travelling, walking.
Smoke?: Smoked some weed in college and the very rare stogie since then.
Drink?: Beer! Preferably Welsh Bitter, but I'll drink almost anything.
Music: Ska, 80's alternative.
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Not usually - quite a happy soul normally.
Bitchy - rarely - I'm much better than I used to be (back when I was dating the Evil One.)
Depressed: Nope, although I do get bored sometimes.
Born: Bassaleg, Wales.
Grew up: (draws deep breath) Wales until I was 6; Malaysia until I was 11; upstate New York (Oswego and Buffalo) through grad school; Charlotte until 2001; Maryland until last year and now Sacto.
Geeky: Hello? Did you read the above? I STILL play D&D! Of course I'm geeky! Was on the chess team in high school (shudder.) Still love sci-fi and fantasy books and games.
RL Friends: Do I have any? Yep - a couple of great ones from high school (fellow D&Ders, one is a manager for Kentucky EPA, the other works in a thinktank for DoD) Have some good friends from college and a few from work.
Auto: 2004 Ford Explorer, silver with grey leather interior. The first new car I ever bought! The last 7 years I was driving a Geo Prizm.
Other fun Higgy facts - I've only broken one bone in my body - and I've broken that twice....
My skull....
Posted by: Higgy on February 17, 2005 01:01 PM
Marital status: Still looking for my own Indiana Jones.
Children: No, thank God.
Occupation: Student, Artist, General Procrastination.
Age: 18
Vital stats: Breathing? 5'7 and a half, 116 lbs, I wear 3-6, and my shoes are 9.5s.
Residence: Orlando (sometimes Miami) Florida
Hobbies: Reading, drawing, blogging wit' da MOATies, watching movies, sometimes act in student film.
Smoke?: Not unless I'm really bored or on a Road Trip.
Drink?: ...Rum will do me in every time.
Music: CCR, Elvis, Jimmy Buffett, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, ZZ Top.
Grouchy?: Oscar.
Depressed: Suppressed chronic, I have no reason so I ignore it.
Born: April 9, haha yup an Aries.
Grew up: Miami!
Geeky: Naturlich.
RL Friends: Lots of acquaintances, a few good friends. Try to keep up with most of them. Have one REAL GOOD friend, and her boyfriend is ok too.
Other Pertinent Info: *blinks* ... I don't like lettuce.
Posted by: Crash on February 17, 2005 01:30 PM
No bio here - I prefer to remain mysterious - anyway, most of what I am is already known:
Former Criminal Defense Attorney (loved it!)
Jewish (love it)
Divorced (love it)
Age - in total denial (learned it from my mother)
Smoker - Yes
Born in New York, live in sunny so.CA
Have dial-up (hate it)
Friends - Cute Guy, Daughter, son and one or 2 others
More friends - everyone on the MOAT and most on the MB
*realizes she gave info, but feels safe among friends*
Posted by: Eleanor on February 17, 2005 01:30 PM
Marital status: Divorced, currently not dating and plan on changing that this year.
Children: 2 daughters; 20 and 23; and one son-in-law, 31
Occupation: Paralegal currently resisting the temptation to go to lawschool 'cause I don't want to be 55 and $100,000 in debt.
Age: 51
Vital stats: 5'2" Weight is a work in progress and showing hope.
Residence: St. Louis, MO.
Hobbies: Reading, writing, blogging, bike riding, roller blading, scuba diving, camping, cooking. Major Cardinal and Rams fan....sort of a Blues Hocky fan. That doesn't kick in until football season is over, and ... you know, this year...well, 'nuff said.
Smoke: Used to, sort of. During my divorce, I got all the way up to a pack a month. I quit several years ago. Weed? Not really. In college, I tried it but didn't inhale. Really! It hurt my throat. However, my roomie smoked it all the time in our room, so I probably had a second hand high my entire freshman year..... which would explain the Fritos.
Drink: Wine, martinins, margueritas, MOATaritas and moatinins
Music: Rock and roller from wayback. Jazz, blues, classical.
Grouchy, Bitchy, Bitter: I have my moments, but few and far between.
Depressed: Nope. I have "down days" which last a few days or so. I'm one of those terminally optimistic types.
Born: Lexington, KY (Di, a-hem!!)
Grew up: Kentucky (not long, thouh) Georgia (Atlanta) and Southern Ill. In adulthood, lived in Chicago (western 'burbs), Southern ILL and for last 10 years, St. Louis (Kirkwood), MO.
Geeky: Family IT person, the poor dears. I know enough to be really dangerous. D&D, I think that came out while I was busy having babies, etc. Not into video games.
RL Friends: Several, including my sisters. I have noticed in the last several years, my circle of friends has shrunk. It kind of coincided with my traveling with work, and then going back to school. Hmmm, gonna hafta work on that.
Auto: Saturn SL. I'm not a car person. Just give me something reliable with a radio, a/c and a heater and I'm happy. The Saturn is perfect for me. I'm in the car for less than an hour, total, every day, so why sink a ton of money into it?
Posted by: slyeyes on February 17, 2005 01:47 PM
Marital status: Yes, in Vegas @ The Excalibur 5 years ago.
Children: One, almost 12 weeks now. Son, Aiden(celtic means Fire) boy, are we in trouble.
Step-children: One, just turned 10. Zack (means me and step-dad get along great, always have.)
Grandkids: No, but if I did, Aiden would be rather advanced for his age, no? And I'd better get ready for the birds and the bees talk with Zack.
Occupation: Sales- Wholesale Drivetrain Components for Lightduty Vehicles (anyone have a clue what that means?) (and part-time volunteer Moatie) Has anyone seen Vol lately?
Age: Just turned 28
Vital stats: 5'11", 170 pounds from soaking with Budweiser(better take my twins advice and switch to Light, looks like I got a few pounds on him)
Residence: Tulsa, Ok.
Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, All Sports (anything physical), (blog didn't like the word that was here, started with an A) boobwatching (OK, I just really like boobs, never actually went out specifically to boobwatch)
Smoke?: Yes please! Not Cigarettes though, quit 5 years ago, but um yes to midnight parfaits, and an occasional cigar.
Drink?: Tequila(in Moataritas)and good beer (Bud for now, babies are expensive!!)
Music: Everything but country. (actually some country, but very little) Currently Listening To: DaveMatthews
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Grouchy, only when hungry or thirsty. Bitchy, no, what's the point? Bitter, no, the choices I've made are my own, so again, no point.
Depressed: Definitely not usually. A little rough in my youth and on occasion, but in general I'm happy to the point of being annoying.
Born: Ada, Ok
Grew up: Nowata, Ok
Geeky: Some what, but more so "different", I was a big jock, so geeky was never a problem, although I was not typical jock material.
RL Friends: A lot. I make friends really easily, but I haven't had any time, because of home remodeling, old house fixed up and sold, and now with the new house.
I filled this out right after reading BrianB's, curious to see how many posts there have been since.
My guess- 11 (or otherwise known as eleventy)
Posted by: Mr.Fishair on February 17, 2005 01:48 PM
Marital status: Single. I have several friends in RL who are trying to fix that, though
Children: none. not unless there's something I missed.
Occupation: Executive director in charge of Jellybeans (that's what my Yahoo profile says.. why would it lie?) oh, and currently a nanny.
Age: 30-ish. I think 30 on the button. Not for much longer, though.
Vital stats: 5'5.5", *deleted for security reasons* lbs,
Residence: Christchurch, New Zealand
Hobbies:some crafts, reading, music, champion cookie-baking
Smoke?: for 3 weeks in high school. Never got the taste for it, so I stopped.
Music: Almost anything. No C & W, rap/hip hop
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: About once a month on average
Depressed: No longer. And I know the signs now and knock it on the head before it gets out of hand.
Born: Christchurch, NZ
Grew up: Christchurch and Wellington
Geeky: Naah. More like "different." (Thanks Leetie... I like that description!) I was a student librarian, but that was more of a "social dork" thing than a geek thing. I wasn't into SF enough for the geeks, although I got along well with a lot of them.
RL Friends: A few close friends, particularly my sister.
Miscellaneous facts: I had one, but I think I lost it.
Car: no car, no license, but am thinking that as I can't drive in a straight line, I might apply for a FLA license
Dessert: Panacotta is amazing... and I have recipe for it now... totally stunning. My Mum's Fudge Pudding is worth the sacrifice too.
Panties... mostly thongs. I have a favourite pair of jeans that I just can't wear thongs with, though so I have a few pairs of bikini panties.
Hat Size... can't wear them, my head's too big. Back in the days when I cycled, I had to get a men's 2XL helmet and that barely fit. I always had helmet hair... gggggrrrrrrr. Not That I'm Bitter, you understand. (From now on, that will be NTIB, because there are A LOT of things I find myself Not Bitter about. Really. Never lasts for long though.)
Best Compliment I Ever Got: most recently from a 4 yr old that I was looking after. We were watching Disney's Sleeping Beauty, who fell asleep after playing with an enchanted spinning wheel on her 16th birthday. 4yo looks at me and says "16!! Wow, that's even older than you!!" She's going to get a great Christmas present.. and she won't even remember why!
Posted by: Kafaleni on February 17, 2005 02:19 PM
Marital status: Divorced, not dating at the moment.
Children: 3- 18 year old son, 16 year old son, 15 year old daughter. They live with their mothers. Yes, mothers plural. Long story.
No grandkids....and there better not be anytime soon.......
Age: 39
Vitals: 6'2" and about 170- 180ish
Occupation: Management for auto manufacturer.
Residence: Near Dearborn, Michigan.
Hobbies: Guitar, music, video games, computer games (EQ), running, and this place. (When I have time)
Smoke: Weed in school, cigarettes until a while ago, but still have a cigarette occasionally when I get drunk.......
Drink: Jim Beam, beer, and a very dry martini.
Music: Everything. BTW, love Andre Bocelli. In a blues kick now, which is a kick all guitar players get into I think.....
Grouchy, bitchy, bitter? Very rarely.
Depressed? Naw.....no time for it...
Born: Columbus Ohio.
Grew up near Cleveland, but lived in Pa. for a few of those years, joined the Marine Corps and traveled to S.C, N.C, Japan, Okinawa, Hong Kong, The Phillipine Islands, Korea, Thialand, Puerto Rico, Ca., Az. and have worked and lived in Delaware, N.J., Maryland, and New York.
Geeky: Hell, yeah....and I try hard at it....
Friends: A handful of very close friends, and a fair amount of other friends.
Posted by: Graz on February 17, 2005 02:27 PM
Marital status: Gloriously divorced, and even more gloriously enjoying single life. Dating just about everyone I can.
Children: None. That I know of...
Step-children: 2 ex step-daughters (22 & 19)
Pets: One aging cat.
Grandkids: Never!
Occupation: Computer programmer *yawn* (Any have the keys to the's gold handcuffs?)
Age: 40-ish. I think 40 on the button. I'd have to think about it. On second thought, I don't want to think about it!
Vital stats: 5'11", around 165 lbs.
Residence: Austin, Texas, Live Music Capital of the World and Home of Late Night Animal Sex.
Hobbies: Music, Karaoke, Movies, NFL, guitar, detective novels, Dave Barry Blog (Duh.), scuba, cooking and bartending (mixology, you know.)
Smoke?: Yep (Sorry Bangi) but only tobacco.
Drink?: 7&7 or Coors light. And keep 'em comin! (or 'ritas or wine or...ok, just about anything.)
Music: All kinds of Rock, very little Country or HipHop. Currently listening to INXS.
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Nope, nope, maybe just a little, but no so you can tell.
Depressed: Just the opposite. Usually radiating postive energy and confidence!
Born: Laredo, Texas (a mile further south and I'd have been a Mexican.)
Grew up: All over Texas and 2 years in Denver. But mostly Houston.
Geeky: Recovering geek. Still like Sci-Fi, but like girls much, much better.
RL Friends: More than I can handle. Something like 70 numbers in my phone and only 6 are family or work related. (Ok, most are female...) No fair not counting bloglits...
Auto: 2002 Jeep Wrangler, named "Yeep!"
Y'all can post this on the Y if you like! The only way I can get more 'out there' is to put a flashing light on head. ;-)
Posted by: Lee ♂ on February 17, 2005 02:33 PM
Marital status: Single but possibly soon to be engaged.
Children: hope not!
Age: 29 (hey, I still have a couple of weeks!)
Vitals: 6' and about 150
Occupation: Systems Architect (no, I don't know what it means either)
Residence: Near Seattle, WA
Hobbies: computers, computer games, porn, this place
Smoke: depends on what day you ask, right now yes
Drink: coffee, Dr. Pepper, beer
Music: most everything
Grouchy, bitchy, bitter? nahh
Depressed? nope
Born and raised: Quincy, IL
Geeky: ohhh yeah. Heck I went to Vancouver to see where William Gibson was from
Friends: A couple of close friends
Posted by: Joshkr on February 17, 2005 03:08 PM
Marital status: Married – Umm… Gloriously or ungloriously depends on the day and my mood and whether he’s done anything that day to piss me off. J
Children: 2 - #1, Trinity Bonham (f) 17 mos & #2, TBD (f), still in the oven
Step-children: Nope. The only man I ever dated that had kids had one (the oldest) that was 2 yrs older than me… needless to say we aren’t still together….
Pets: Fish. Lots of ‘em. We were obsessed before kid #1…. And dreams of an Ibizan hound and a Great Dane. – still about 3 yrs away on getting’ ‘em tho..
Grandkids: HA!! I’ll go with the Fish & Brian’s answer on this one….
Occupation: Paralegal by training, Assistant Director of Development by Paycheck… waiting to stop poppin’ out kids to go to Law School.
Age: 23 on the button, although I’ll be 24 in July!!! (PS Sly- are you my mom??? My hubby is 31… I laughed when I read your post….)
Vital stats: 5'10", Pre-pregnancy I was 155-160 (depending on the time of the month) or a Size 8/9 (however you want to look at it) and that’s all I’m saying!.
Residence: Austin, Texas, Live Music Capital of the World and Home of Late Night Animal Sex. (Although I think its stifling to say the Animal Sex must be limited to Late Night!!!!)
Hobbies: Karaoke Music, Karaoke, Movies/TV, Football/Hockey/Basketball, Piano, Reading, Dave Barry Blog (Duh.), cooking, bartending/barpatronizing, Men, Dancing, gardening, Art, Daydreaming, Traveling, pondering the meaning of life, being a mommy & playin’ w/ my kiddo.. umm… do I have to list them all???
Smoke: Used to. Recently quit (for real this time!)
Drink: HA!!! BC (Before Children) I loved Martinis, Margaritas, Malibu (Any rum, really!) Vodka any way but bloody and of course, CHAMPAGNE (*sigh* … I miss that the most!) Now my drinking is limited to a glass or 2 of Red w/ the hubby at dinner oh, every blue moon or so, or a glass of Pinot Grigio w/ a bubble bath. I have been known to drink beer a) On the Lake b) W/ Mexican food or 3) when we go sample the “Live Music” that is so abundant here….
Music: All of the above? It doesn’t get any better than Bruce Robison or U2, I prefer Andrea Bocelli or Josh Groban to unwind, 80’s/early 90’s or Hip-hop those times when I’m getting ready to go out… the only thing I DON’T like is Metal (although I have been known to listen to SOME on occasion)
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: When I don’t want to get up, I’m pregnant – what do you think? And Nope – no reason to be.
Depressed: Ha ha ha!!! You had to go THERE… chronically, but meds mess me up, my shrink gave me more issues than I had to begin with, the only things that “work” are cigs or alcohol… so I usually just “Deal With It” … I’m a Cancer tho, so its part of life, and most people would label me “chronically happy” so I guess I do a good job of getting’ over it…. Beyond that, I’m not gonna say in such a public forum. Email me if you want to know.
Born: Ft. Worth, Texas
Grew up: North Dallas until ’93, Austin since then… I made a brief foray into Arkansas for college, but due to drama w/ my family and issues with the above-mentioned depression, that didn’t last.
I almost moved to China, then WA state, but neither of those ended up happening. So I got married instead. J
Geeky: Closet geek. It’s been a life-long affliction (I blame Frogger!) but most don’t see past my looks to find out – I ended up transferring outta programming in HS (True story: During our “introduction to C+” lesson the 2nd day of class, I couldn’t get my computer to do what it wanted to. I raised my hand to get the teachers attention and this is what followed:
Just Professor X! I can’t get mine to work right! What do I do?
Professor X (not even looking my way) Well, lets see, first you might want to press that button that turns on the computer there!
I promptly got up, went to the Principle, filed a complaint against the teacher, and got transferred out of the class. Oh yeah, did I mention I was the only female in the class?) which saved me from being branded a “Geek”, but the tendencies have always been there….
RL Friends: Used to… my phonebook probably rivaled Lee’s… that’s what happens when ya work in bars for 4 yrs. I had some pretty good ones that I kept up with until I had a kid. Basic lifestyle choices aside, something about them wanting to party when I had to stay home and take care of her just drove us apart. Sigh
Auto: 2003 Suzuki XL-7, champagne colored, just bought it in November… it’s the love of my life. Well, aside from my family. It hurt to get rid of Sandy (my lil’ red sporty car), but this one is working out nicely. She is as yet un-named. We don’t know each other well enough yet.
Other Pertinent Info: I’m told I purrrrrr if you scratch my back just right. ;)
MOATies met: None, yet. *Ditto for me*
Favorite dessert: Chocolate. I'm currently on a Vanilla Hagen Daaz kick, but that could be due to the fact that I'm pregnant. Umm... I also have a penchant for Brulee. I blame that on my husband!
Panties: thongs ... I don't even own the other kind. *I would say Ditto to this one too, alas, Thongs and Pregnancy don't mix. It was a sad day when I had to change....*
Size foot: 10m pre-pregnancy, currently 11 *sob*
Compliment(s) I receive most often: Usually something to do with my Smile... or my eyes. *shrug*
Posted by: Just on February 17, 2005 04:03 PM
Marital status: Eh, A little early for that yet
Children: nope
Age: 18 *he said nonchalantly*
Vitals: last time I checked: 1854.2 mm, about 77,110 grams
Occupation: student
Residence: Central New York
Hobbies: eating, drinking chocolate milk, reading, sleeping, forays into the wilderness, music listening, MOATing
Smoke: Heck no
Drink: like I said, chocolate milk. also Hawaiian Punch and Pink Lemonade are up there on the list (soda not so much anymore). Notice total lack of alcoholic beverages (and it's not just because I'm underage).
Music: right now, all my music is on shuffle mode *changes song from Billy Joel*, so it's Steve Miller with 'Fly Like an Eagle'. I like just about everything except Kenny G and modern rap.
Grouchy, bitchy, bitter? Only when the need arises
Depressed? nah, never was my thing. Kind of goes against my moniker, but I just can't stay sad, cause I don't let things get to me.
Born and raised: Born near Denver, CO and then we up and moved to Rhode Island, but mostly raised here in NY
Geeky: Well, I'm definitely the most technologically inclined person of my immediate family. The only game I play is Halo (1 & 2), and those are also the only games I have for X-box. And, of course, gotta love the laptop. 'Dork' is a more typical attribute.
Friends: *looks up definition* Well, using def. 2, I have hundreds. And we'll leave it at that.
other pertinent information: I've got different colored eyes (one brown, one hazel), and my birthday is 8/6/86, and my initials are PHD (my parents are soooo hilarious).
Auto: blue '94 chevrolet on it's last legs, but with a nice CD player and a Ken (Yes, Barbie's Ken) head on the antenna.
Also, occupation extension: Studying to be a geologist. I was really close to having my blog name be a rock type, but then saw Zaphod posting and remembered that H2G2 would be more widely recognized.
(PS: It would have been 'lazurite')
Posted by: Marvin Paranoid Android on February 17, 2005 05:48 PM
Marital status: Married 34+ years and hoping for many, many more.
Children: no, but nieces and nephews
Occupation: I'm semi-retired from selling secondhand detective fiction, via sales lists and online. I still turn out the occasional list.
Age: 56
Vital stats: 6'1", 175 pounds (at the moment; I was down to 170 for a while but this is as thin as I've been in over 30 years - until this diet I've been in the 190 range)
Residence: Brooklyn, NY; Bay Ridge to be exact (or Fort Hamilton if you prefer)
Hobbies: Reading, travel, baseball, music, the MOAT.
Smoke?: I smoked through my teen years but not a lot and I quit in my early 20s. Grass? At times but not in recent years.
Music: mostly geezer music -- oldies, preferably 1955- early 1970s, with occasional additions. Also some country, lots of blues, some classical, zydeco, etc. I have ecletic taste but mostly listen to the oldies.
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Oh, I can be, believe me. (What Rita said can stand too, but much less recently I hope.)
Depressed: Nope, though I have been at times in the past.
Born: New York, NY - Doctor's Hospital.
Grew up: We lived in Queens until age 10, Brooklyn ever since.
Geeky: Not usually, though I have some geeky interests.
RL Friends: Jackie is first and foremost my best friend and has been for a long time. My last best friend died of cancer two years ago at 52. I have a lot of friends in the mystery field - fans, readers, dealers, authors - and have belonged to one group for more than 25 years.
That was fun.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson on February 17, 2005 07:14 PM
Marital Status: Divorced and enjoying the single life again!
Children: 1 daughter 27 and 1 stepdaughter 32
Age: 47, atleast for the next coupla weeks!
Vitals: 5'11, got no scales, but that tummy seems to get bigger everyday
Occupation:restaurant manager
Residence:Deon was right, but he misspelled it, Jesup, Georgia
Hobbies:Camping, hiking, and of coarse blurking in the MOAT!
Smoke:If anyone invented a Camel Parfait, I would save a lot of time!
Drink: If they quit making Vodka and Pepsi, I would probably die of thirst
Music: anyting but rap!
Born and Raised: Born raised in Jesup, GA, at age 18 swore I would never return and moved to Augusta, GA- Atlanta- Florida- SC- Alabama- AZ, and guess what, I'm back living in the old hometown after 30 yrs
Geeky: Well I was amember of an informal chess club in high school, but since personal computers were still science fiction then, I guess not, but my days off from work are usually spent trying to get friends computers to work better.
Posted by: steven on February 17, 2005 07:21 PM
Marital status: Married 17 years Children: ages 11, almost 10, and 6
Age: 38
Occupation: stay-at-home-mom
Residence: Central Illinois
Hobbies: sing with a band at church, lots of church activities
Drink: Margaritas, occasional beer, but usually only when I’m out with friends
Born and raised: Kansas, and I still miss the wheat fields
Posted by: neophyte on February 17, 2005 07:27 PM
Marital status: Divorced but ”DeFacto” remarried (that is, living in sin with the one woman for long enough that you are treated as being in fact married for legal purposes), 11 years with the Honey. Never got around to actually marrying because of complications with the Catholics about being a divorcee. They don’t mind us living in sin provided we bring the kids up as Catholics, but getting married is a whole different matter.
Children: Three. #1 son was inherited with the Honey, age 18 in June, #2 son, age 10 in September, and #3 son age 8 in June. Wonderful boys. Easy to manage, just throw them a tub of raw meat once a day and apply bandages to the larger scrapes arising from wrestling matches.
(De Facto) Step-children: one, #1 son.
Pets: One cat, aged about 16 but still frisky at times. Three goldfish.
Grandkids: Better not be if #1 son knows what’s good for him!
Occupation: Contract Project Manager in IT. I own and operate my own small contracting company running a few people around the place, working mostly to the Federal Government.
Age: 48 last December. Still have all my own teeth.
Vital stats: 6’3” if I stand up straight. Less most of the time (I get nagged about that a lot). 170 or so pounds, not an ounce of fat on me due to what is apparently a highly effective symbiotic relationship with a bunch of gut parasites, or a low metabolic rate, or something.
Residence: Canberra, Australia. The nation’s capital. Nice place, about 2000 feet up in tablelands about 60 miles from the coast. Just a tad too hot in summer and a tad too cool in winter for my taste, but quite bearable by comparison to what you lot put up with.
Hobbies: Raising children mostly. Some light reading, sailing when I get a chance, which isn’t often since the kids, the odd bit of hobby electronics, zapping aliens in Doom 3 when I can pry the kids off the computer, and of course blogging.
Smoke: ”I am a smoker, I just choose not to smoke today!” Dreadful habit I’ve been battling with for years, and constantly giving up and backsliding. Am currently on giving up jag, with a tad more success this time as the result of using patches AND lozenges, and beating my head against a wall periodically. Was gob-smacked to discover #1 son smokes when he drinks, particularly as he constantly complains about the smell of smoke at other times. Kicking his a$$ around the house about it has helped with my own attempts to give up.
Drink: Mostly dry white whines. The occasional beer on a hot day, or if I’m at a pub. Have largely given up spirits as the result of the after effects of a somewhat wild youth, but still have the odd margarita with a Mexican dinner, or a brandy and orange juice if there is nothing else.
Music: Eclectic tastes. Nora Jones was the most recent foray, but have Santana, Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac, and Sting loaded in the car CD player. Also like Shaun Mullins, Elton John, Jim Croche, most 70’s music. CANNOT abide rap music, which is of course all the #1 son plays.
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Grouchy from time to time, never bitchy, and have felt bitter only a couple of times, but that was long enough ago that I’m over it.
Depressed: Not often, comes and goes a bit with cumulative stress levels, rarely badly, never for more than a few days. Much prefer giggling, and am generally an up and more or less bouncy person.
Grew up: Was born American in Pennsylvania, near Washington DC. Father was American, mum was Australian, naturalised as American just before I was born. Four sisters, one older, three younger. Dad retired when I was just 9, and we bought a big camper/Winnebago type thing. We travelled all around the US and Mexico, then put it on a boat to tour around England and Europe, then back on the boat to Australia. Turned 10 just before we landed in Australia.
The plan was to tour Australia, then back on a boat to the US, but we were forced to come to Canberra to register the left-hand-drive vehicle, and liked the place and stayed. Grew up in Canberra and have lived here ever since, apart from a couple of shortish sojourns to Sydney and Brisbane.
Geeky: I started in computing as a trainee computer operator in 1975, and have been working in IT ever since, so I suppose I’d have to be. Worked as a programmer, then support analyst, business analyst, operations manager and finally project manager. Love the industry and computer wrangling, although my technical skills have slipped somewhat over the last five years or so.
RL Friends: Modest number, just about all from school days, but didn’t get to see them much since the kids were born and have drifted apart over the last 10 years or so. Had a reunion about a year ago and was pleased to see that I appear to be travelling rather better than my cohorts, although the odd grey hair is sneaking in there these days.
Auto: My “baby”, the one indulgence I allow myself. Ford Fairlane Ghia. Electric everything, large tricked up six cylinder with 5 speed auto gearbox, a lovely car to drive and heaps of room for the kids when we travel. Has spoilt me for anything else, although it’s getting a tad long in the tooth now (about 5 five years old).
Other Pertinent Info: My sign is “Slippery When Wet”, and am prone to gursting.
Posted by: ¿wysiwyg? (MBE-LP) on February 17, 2005 08:11 PM
Marital status: Separated for 3 years.
Children: One. Daughter. Miracle angel. After tests, drugs, operations, many visits to fertility clinic, we were told we had "no chance" of having children. 7 years later....surprise!! What a joy she's been every day since she was conceived. She is 6 now.
Pets: Two cats (Oliver & Quinton). One fish.
Occupation: Accounting
Age: 37...still
Vital stats: 5 ft 2 inches.
Residence: Manitoba, Canada
Hobbies: Puzzles, reading, blogging, playing with daughter.
Smoke: Pack a day for 12 years. Quit when I started trying to get pregnant. Never tried anything other than tobacco.
Drink: Used to. Loved it. A little too much. Nothing alcoholic for 18 years and counting.
Music: Everything except rap.
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Nope. Not really in my nature. I get really mad and then I'm completely over it about 5 minutes later!
Depressed: Not any more. Medication is a wonderful thing.
Grew up: Manitoba, Canada
Geeky: Not really
RL Friends: A few really good friends. (Feel fortunate to be able to count Peri as one of them).
Auto: Neon. Twice someone has attempted to steal it. First time the neighbor scared them off and this time I don't know what happened but the lock was completely gone and the handle all vandalised but the car was still there. Thank goodness. Still waiting for parts to come in before it can be fixed. I have to open it from the passenger side right now. What a pain!
Posted by: Zoodle on February 18, 2005 12:57 AM
At last... here's my bio. I'm very late so I'll try and make it brief:
Marital status: Single (not by choice!)
Children: No but hopefully will have one day
Pets: None
Occupation: SAP HR consultant in IT company
Age: 33
Vital stats: 5 feet 4 inches if I did the conversion right (for non-US people, 1m62cm)
Residence: Paris, France
Hobbies: reading, running, dancing, blogging, going to restaurants with friends
Smoke: this is the dark secret I unveiled to Higgy, I smoke 1 to 2 packs a week (used to smoke much more before) but I'm confident I'll quit one day!
Weed: a bit when I was at university
Drink: wine and margaritas, maybe 1 glass a week
Music: Disco, funk, 80s, R&B, jazz... listening to Jill Scott right now... musics I really don't like: country and metal
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter? no, no, rarely
Depressed: no, but anxiety yes (inherited that from my mother)
Born and grew up: near Geneva, Switzerland
Geeky: I still can't do bold or link!
Car: don't have one, don't need one thanks to excellent subway network here. My first (and last) car was a black Opel Corsa, I loved it.
RL friends: quite a lot, mostly females, many are single too.Number of bloglits I've met: 1!!!
Posted by: Marie on February 18, 2005 06:58 PM
Marital status: Single (but seriously attached to a certain weasel)
Children: love them but none of my own yetPets: 1 cat that is the size of 3Occupation: VirologistAge: 30Vital stats: 5 feet 7 inches weight is a work in progressResidence: southern california at the momentHobbies: reading, blogging, tickling weaselSmoke: never Weed: twice at universityDrink: wine, whiskey, scotch, margaritas, Music: Jazz, alternative, anything funkyGrouchy? Bitchy? Bitter? no, sometimes, only about my degreeDepressed: not most daysBorn and grew up: Chester, Virginia - have since lived in Miami and AtlantaGeeky: yes is that a bad thing?Car: red toyota corolla sport modelRL friends: yes lots all over the countryNumber of bloglits I've met: DJTonyB, Deon, Jeff, Jamester, and of course Weasel as well as Dave and Judi.
Posted by: Mad "about Weasel" Scientist on February 18, 2005 07:11 PM
All right, here's my "Stalker Profile." Identity thieves, be careful...you don't know what you're getting yourself into here!
Marital status: Single. How do I feel about it? See grouchy/bitchy/bitter/depressed section.
Children: None. (Someday, I hope; Let me worry about finding Ms. Right first)
Occupation: Graduate student, teacher, theater dramatug/producer/whatever
Age: 27
Vital stats: Height: 6'1". Weight: Ask me after another couple months of the New Year's gym membershp.
Residence: Long Island, New York
Hobbies: Well, the MOAT is starting to move out of the "hobby" category and into "second job" or "obsession." Reading, Internet, board/trivia games, Theater/Comedy can be a job or a hobby depending on circumstance, Canoeing and hiking in warmer months, tarot cards when the moon is right, scuba diving on vacation.
Drink: Yes. Higher-end beer and cider, wine- did a study abroad in France and developed a taste for Bordeaux. Don't go for the hard stuff much.
Smoke?: Tobacco: No. Weed: On rare occassions in college.
Music: Eclectic. For example, the mix cd playing now includes Willie Nelson, Billy Joel, James Taylor, Rufus Wainwright, Sarah Brightman, the Corrs, Rockapella, Dar Williams, and several muppets.
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Grouchy: only when I throw the alarm clock across the room in the morning. Bitchy: Never. I bottle it up rather than spew negativity at others. Bitter: My quote from Monday- "Welcome to the Angst Coffeehouse, where the brew is as black as the depths of your soul."
Depressed: Long history. Been better for the last three years, holidays were rough this year. Put a lot of energy into climbing out of that hole again in the last month.
Born: Cleveland, Ohio
Grew up: Ohio and the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.
Geeky: I know what a Heisenberg compensator does. Let's leave it at that.
Seriously? Yes. I'm several sorts of techie, like science fiction, spend a lot of time online. However, I bathe, dress myself, and can pass for normal in polite company. *winks*
RL Friends: Scattered. Few from HS, more from college, though few in the New York area.
MOATies met: Just Blogchik, who is a super-good real life friend and hauled me in here. Upset that I can't make it to Memphis.
Posted by: Wurm42 on February 18, 2005 11:04 PM
Marital status: Single.
How do I feel about it? I miss being in love.
Children: None that I know of
Want them: With the right man, yes.
Occupation: Director of Finance and Human Resources for an Architect Firm.
Age: 31 ... turning 32 this year.
Vital stats: Height: 5'6"
Weight: Ha! You're smoking crack if you think I'm answering that one.
Residence: New Haven, CT
Hobbies: Music, Movies, Hiking, Running, DB Blog and MOAT and being on the water.
Drink: Yes, please. A Dirty Martini is my current fav.
Smoke?: Tobacco: Nope. I tried it in the 6th grade ... didn't take to it ... I much prefer the hard stuff. I kid.
Weed: Not anymore.
Music: I listen to everything from ABBA to Zeppelin. Seriously ... I have an ecclectic collection of CDs ...
Grouchy?: Mornings for me, too. And when I haven't been fed.
Bitchy?: Seldom ... if ever.
Bitter?: No. I play a little bitter on the blog for fun ... but in real life I'm not at all ... I think everything happens for a reason and I trust that things will always work out.
Depressed: Sometimes ... I really want to be in love ... I'm at my best when I'm in love. I have so much to give, it kinds of seems a shame to not have someone with whom to share it.
Born: May 10, 1973 in Hartford, CT
Grew up: In Connecticut. I'm first-generation American ... both my parents are from Portugal.
Geeky: No, not really. But I am quirky.
RL Friends: My closest friends I've known since kindergarten. I've always been blessed with an incredible group of friends ...
MOATies met: None, yet.
Favorite dessert: Cognac Pumpkin Cheesecake. Oatmeal cookies rock, too.
Panties: thongs ... I don't even own the other kind.
Size foot: 8
Compliment(s) I receive most often: That I give the world's best hugs.
Any other questions I can answer ... I ain't shy. :)
Posted by: punky brewster on February 19, 2005 08:41 PM
Marital status: Single.
How do I feel about it? Content.
Children: *shudders*
Want them: Didn't really enjoy them when I was a child.
Occupation: DJ/Lighting Director/Consultant.
Age: 37.
Vital stats: Height: 5'6"
Weight: Ahem... 190ish, but I'm trying to diet.
Residence: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hobbies: Music, The Blog, Wine, Cooking.
Drink: Of Choice - Stoli Ohranj & Soda, and of course the occasional MOATarita.
Smoke?: Really honestly trying to quit, about 1/2 pack a day.
Weed: Very rarely, and only at home with proper DVD's available.
Music: Everything!
Grouchy?: Mornings, until I've had a chance to wake up.
Bitchy?: Usually, but only amongst friends ;-)
Bitter?: Nah, no reason to be.
Depressed: Not at all, always looking for the bright side of things!
Born: July 8, 1967 in Charleston, SC
Grew up: In Templeton, Massachusetts. (very small New England town - Church on the Common, know all your neighbors, always leave the door unlocked kinda community)
Geeky: As much as I need to be to get the job done ;)
RL Friends: A close group that I have known for 10 years or more, even though we're separated by distance - mostly DJ's and other people I have worked with in the music/nightclub industry.
MOATies met: Mike Weasel, Mad Scientist.
Favorite dessert: Creme Brulee.
Panties: Commando :D
Size foot: 9
Compliment(s) I receive most often: I can't believe you knew the answer to (insert obscure trivia question here).
Posted by: djtonyb on February 19, 2005 09:14 PM
Name: Upoma Simky Haq, Bangladeshi_gurl, Bangi etcMade In BangladeshBrought up-- Cleveland Ohio, Montreal Canada, Dhaka Bangladesh.Currently living in : DhakaDating Status: currently 'dating' a guy who is living in Toronto. No, Im not sure how that happened either. 4 year relationship coming this March.Job: Full time student at Institute of Business Administration ( BBA ). Part time tutor to kids/brats/anamolies. Part time writer at a magazine whr i get to write articles on relationships and home decor. :-P
Hobbies: Getting flooded...kidding.Panties: u mean ppl actually wear'em on a regular basis? ;) teehee... im not sure what type they r.
Depressed: yes, butt i'm gonna get better as soon as im happy.
Bitchy: never. Grouchy often.
Loves this Moat Because: People here are very generous with their love and understanding. very intelligent. very funny. Very Sexy
Misses dearly : Punky, Eadn, Mel, Con and lots of others.
Is often late to reply to Jeff Meyerson ( hope Jackie's ok!).( and have fun in Florida).
Hates: having to go off to study...
Posted by: Bangi on February 21, 2005 02:33 PM
Marital Status: Married 8 yrs.
Children:3 newfies, a whippet, and a beagle
Grandkids: Two litters
Age:46
Vitals: 6' and a skooch. 250 lbs.
Occupation:Software support for Panasonic distribution Whse.
Residence:Buckley, WA. 10 miles east of Tacoma
Hobbies:Golf, Gardening, DIY, Dog Obedience, Beer brewing
Smoke:Way too much weed in college. Cigarettes never. Mom died of Lung Cancer from her habit.
Drink:Beer, the occasional shot of TequilaMusic:Most everything, Favorites include Jimmy Buffett, Talking Heads
Grouchy, Bitchy,Bitter: Grouchy when dinner is late, or when people make me late. Bitchy or bitter not so much.
Depressed:In high school and college a self esteem thing that I grew out of
Born:El Paso Texas
Grew up: Not yet. Actually Army brat, Lived in El Paso, Abilene, Tx, Killeen Tx, Lake George NY.
Geeky: Probably. But not really something I am aware of.
Friends: My good friends are spread around, Calgary, Maine and Rochester. But I actually Married my best friend so it all works out.Auto:1999 Jeep Wrangler
Bloglits met:Joshkr and Tina Also met Dave
Posted by: kingw MBE LP on February 24, 2005 07:50 PM
Marital status: Happily engaged... imminent marriage on August 13
Children: I've gotten mail addressed to my daughter before...
Step-children: I prefer to use a ladder myself.
Pets: A couple of failed plants. A mold culture at "that awkward age"
Grandkids: Funny you should ask; there was this accident with a time machine and a contraceptive.
Occupation: student. soon to be grad student.
Age: Zweiundzwanzig
Vital stats: 5'11.99999" been within 5 lbs of 150 for several years straight now
Residence: Lawrence, KS, though I often pine for the Northern realm of MN where I grew up
Hobbies: reading, watching sports, occasionally being active, INTERNET
Smoke?:nevar
Drink?: BEER, by all measures. My favorite: Gold Ochsen, from Ulm, Germany. (If anyone can get me a bottle of that over here, I would pay millions)
Music: Badly Drawn Boy, other Brit-rock, Cake, classical (Vivaldi, etc.), Celtic, some American folk, Zydeco, Quebecois, the odd one-hit-wonder from the 90's, RHCP, cinematic scores
Grouchy? Bitchy? Bitter?: Rarely
Depressed: Not so much, no.
Born: Rochester, MN
Grew up: 10 miles away
Geeky: I'd say more nerdy... I'm computer literate, but not especially adept; I never got into Star Trek; I played D&D on occasion
RL Friends:Erin, many not-that-close-but-still-cool-acquaintances
Auto: red 1990 Toyota Corolla
Bloglits met: Joshkr, Slyeyes
Posted by: Bismuth on March 8, 2005 01:55 AM
