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No, but it's an interesting name.TPBM thinks that there's nothing un-intellectual about metal music.
I agree wholeheartedly. We all need to get our primal urges out, so why not do it with heavy metal? TPBM actually knows somebody with the first name Wacey.
I can't say I've ever heard of that name. TPBM despises the sizing system of women's clothing.
I don't wear women's clothing, so I wouldn't know. Hehehehe!TPBM enjoys the music of James Blunt despite his high-pitched voice.
Yes. Very true GarrisonTPBM is having a relaxing Memorial Day.
I don't know if I'd call it relaxing, but it's certainly been fun :) TPBM is currently packing for a trip.
I don't have any trips planned until later this month. But I have two friends who have been invited to perform on Broadway and are packing for NY. (Yay for living vicariously)TPBM is frequently amazed at how talented their friends are.
My brother is an awesome drummer and cook. Does that count?TPBM wonders why people use the letter X to pair two things together (examples include an anime show called “Hunter X Hunter”, a videogame called “Street Fighter X Tekken”, and a professional wrestler named “Shelton X Benjamin”).
I have not, but it is an interesting question. I wonder if the answer might be found in Sign After the X, which is all about the letter X and its use. See http://marinaroy.ca/sign_after_the_x....TPBM has actually begun reading an unusual autobiography for the first time in a long time.
It's a long time in between reading sessions, but I'm currently reading "A Lion's Tale" by WWE wrestler Chris Jericho. Good stuff. Funny as hell!TPBM has at least one celebrity that he or she gets compared to (I’ve been compared to John Candy and Louie Anderson).
I've been compared to Sheldon Cooper personality-wise, but not an actor.TPBM has read a book where you're not sure how to pronounce a character's name, so in your head they're pretty much Asdfghjk.
Yes! I do that all the time! It makes it so hard to talk to other people about the book when you can't pronounce any of the character's names.TPBM has a go-to book that they recommend to others purely because a character's death was so well-written that it left them emotionally devastated for days.
If we're talking about death, we have to talk about "The Fault in Our Stars" a.k.a. the book that made my mom cry. Get your tissue box ready. You're going to need it.TPBM once referred to internet baby-talk as “Google-Ga-Ga”.
I have not. But it sounds like the beginning of a song. TPBM enjoys making unusual infusions by combining teas and herbal blends.
It sounds cool, but I don't think I'd have the time or money to make that a hobby. TPBM finished a book this morning.
I guess 12:00 a.m. Is technically morning, so yes! :) TPBM is currently looking for a new job.
Not at the moment. Every time I apply for a job, I always get turned down.TPBM prefers to say “haha” or “hehe” instead of LOL or LMAO.
Yes! I always read 'lol' and 'lmao' phonetically and get really confused, even though I know what they stand for. (La-mow' does't really sound like an expression of hilarity, for some reason) :)TPBM has very strong opinions on living room lighting.
Not particularly. But I certainly have strong opinions on color schemes. TPBM wants to go swimming today.
Not today. Maybe some other time, but I spent a lot of time out in public today, so I need to recharge.TPBM has donated books or movies to a library before.
I never knew you could do that! I usually go for saver's when I'm in a donating mood, but a library would be really awesome... TPBM is generally very aware of their limits of social energy for the day, and will make or change plans accordingly.
Definitely! Most people in my circle of friends, save for a few fellow introverts, are major extraverts. So when I make plans with them, I have to schedule to me between activities to recharge. TPBM has to get an xray.
Nope though I do probably need an examination doctor-wise. I have been worried about my eyes (a car accident that left me with a few things including possibly partially detached retinas as I experience split-second blindness at times) so I hope to really soon see a doc for that......TPBM has medical things to do this week (physical, etc.).
I had to get my vaccinations caught up to date and a TB test for my housing paperwork, but that's about it TPBM sometimes waits years before reading a book because a characters death was so devastating
The most heartbreaking death I've read about was in the memoir "Dewey" by Vicki Myron. The titular library cat got old and had to be put down. The library started to decline afterwards. Having said these things, no, I didn't wait a whole year to read another book after "Dewey".TPBM wants to read Marilyn Manson’s 1999 memoir “The Long Hard Road Out of Hell”.
"The beautiful people! The beautiful people! It's all relative to the size of your steeple!" Yeah, that sounds about right. Hehe!TPBM was introduced to Pink Floyd’s music by his or her parents.
No, I don't listen to them. Pink Floyd, I mean. I listen to my parents.TPBM either likes to read only one book at a time, or is always reading at least two.
The only time I read multiple books simultaneously is when I agree to do an honest review for an author friend while still having a book that I read for strictly pleasure. I once had to read three books at the same time. TPBM once read a novel based on a videogame.
No, though I've heard that the 'Gears of War' novels are pretty good, so I'm considering reading them :) TPBM enjoys learning about the stories and lore of video games, but doesn't actually play them.
I guess so? But probably only because some of my friends are really into video games.TPBM has exercised at least once this week.
In the form of walking.TPBM agrees that checking the time on your phone in the middle of the night is like suddenly staring into the face of an angry sun god.
Actually, my days have been peaceful and quiet, just the way I like them. :)TPBM lives in a town or city with a lot of traffic jams.
The closest thing to a traffic jam we ever have is when a slow tractor decides to hog the road for a while... :) TPBM finds the idea of living in a small apartment vaguely fun or romantic.
I used to think that until I found out that I couldn't play my music without other tenants hearing it.TPBM enjoys the song “You Can Call Me Al” by Paul Simon.
I thoroughly enjoy You can call me Al! And the CD it is on, Graceland.TPBM enjoyed the follow-up album to Graceland, called The Rhythm of the Saints even more then Graceland.
So far, so good! Paul Simon is truly a wonderful musician. Plus, I love the capoeira sequence at the beginning of the video for "Obvious Child". Capoeira is such an underappreciated martial art. Plus, it makes good creative fuel for my dark fantasy stories. :)TPBM once thought about working for a newspaper or magazine publisher.
No but my mom has. I wish she would get to do it again for the local news since she has a degree and feels like she has nothing to offer in life. I keep encouraging her to get back to it!TPBM thinks of their self as a freelance writer.
Absolutely. I'm not bound by a publishing company, so I pretty much write my own rules when it comes to my craft.TPBM once considered using a combination of his or her first and middle name as a pseudonym for writing (if I did this my penname would be Garrison David).
When I first joined the WSS, that actually is what I did. I signed all my stories off as Angie Dueñas.TPBM has more than 3 names.
I do. My real life name is Garrison David Haines-Temons. TPBM actually knows somebody with the first name Zell aside from the “Final Fantasy VIII” character.
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Oops, Adrian posted before mine.
Yes I agree wholeheartedly about paper-cuts. Yee-ouch!!!
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TPBM wished they met a person who would cosplay as Sephiroth ("FF VII").
I'd love to dress like Sephiroth, but I don't have the clothes or sewing skills to pull it off. If I wanted to accurately cosplay someone, it would be a Calcobrena doll from Final Fantasy IV now that I got my head shaved.TPBM has been called “cuddle-bear” before.
Lol! Not even close, albeit other sillier names.TPBM hashad some unexpected free time tonight because an event was canceled at the last minute.
Maybe not tonight, but on Saturday my Slipknot X Marilyn Manson concert was moved to August due to Corey Taylor (Slipknot's lead singer) having spinal surgery. I got a lot of stuff done that night.TPBM once gave an erotic novel to someone for a Valentine’s Day present.
If I've ever even seen one in person, I didn't notice.TPBM behaves almost germaphobically towards people they don't like but gets coughed on by friends and doesn't care.
I'm usually whatever the exact opposite of a germaphobe, whoever I'm with. I really hate being touched by people I don't like, though :) TPBM often has strangers come up to them and start talking for no apparent reason.
Yes, but I usually assume that they're just extroverts. TPBM is an introvert who enjoys being around extroverts.
As long as I don't have to engage in too much small talk, yes, that would be fine.TPBM wants to see the Angry Birds movie.
There's a movie? I really put Patrick Star to shame!TPBM has a published piece of writing.
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TPBM actually knows somebody with the last name Gallows.