1. You are to date the only person who has ever accused (if that is the word for it...) me of using a "75 cent word."
2. Say Anything
3. Pineapple
4. I was going through my closet the other day and I came across an ancient, yellowed letter dated 1861. It was from a James Cheatham. It reads, "Greetings from Bull Run. Wish you were here."
5. The first: You remarked, "He learns quickly," after a first turn Mountain + Lightning Bolt to Mr. Rettberg.
6. Mongoose
7. Do you embrace your fate as it has come to you, or do you take your fate as you would have it?
7. This question reminds me, loosely, of a lengthy conversation we once had about moral relativism vs. moral absolutism.
To answer this question...I think I tend to take fate as it comes to me, and then occasionally attempt to make it into what I would have it be.
If I may make a baseball analogy--I may on occasion swing at a pitch that is well out of the strike zone, and during such occasions, I might go yard on it.
It's Beil. And it's better than either of those other spellings. : )
Also, I'm just glad somebody remembers Grassman fondly.
The nipple thing...hmmm...yeah I don't really know. I guess I always liked nipples and couldn't grab chicks' without getting in trouble. So I grabbed the next best things. Plus, I got a titty twister when I was sixteen or so, and ever since I've thought they should be treated gently. But my days as Nipple Warrior have pretty much come and gone. Grabbing office nipples is pretty much a no-no, and in general, they're pretty crusty to the touch anyway.
1. You and Rand both used to say "Eat at Joe's" all the frickin' time. I still don't get that.
2. Office Space
3. Schlager
4. That waitress at Rock Bottom sucked, but the steak was unbelievable, no?
5. After Rand introduced us all, you just sorta kept showing up. I think you were one of the first Honorary Carr Ground members.
6. Some kind of cat.
7. Where in the world does your near-sociopathic aversion to homosexual men come from? It seems so completely at odds with the rest of your personality as I understand it that I can't really put it together.
NOTE TO EVERYONE ELSE: I only want to hear from Joe on #7, and I want NO other commentary from anyone else. All such commentary will be deleted the moment I see it.
4. You once tried to kill me with an alarm clock. Failing that, you once tried to kill me with a potted plant.
5. You called me the summer before we got to school to decide who was bringing what, and you said you had an "Amiga." I thought to myself, "What the fuck is an Amiga?!"
6. A bear, for your tendency to hibernate and occasionally return to the wild.
7. Do you miss Germany? Or perhaps more to the point, where do you think of as "home?"
Hard to say - my parents' town in Germany, Champaign, and Seattle all feel like "home" in a way when I'm there, like they're the place relative to which the rest of my life is measured.
I sometimes fantasize about what it would be like to live in the same town all your life...
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2. Say Anything
3. Pineapple
4. I was going through my closet the other day and I came across an ancient, yellowed letter dated 1861. It was from a James Cheatham. It reads, "Greetings from Bull Run. Wish you were here."
5. The first: You remarked, "He learns quickly," after a first turn Mountain + Lightning Bolt to Mr. Rettberg.
6. Mongoose
7. Do you embrace your fate as it has come to you, or do you take your fate as you would have it?
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To answer this question...I think I tend to take fate as it comes to me, and then occasionally attempt to make it into what I would have it be.
If I may make a baseball analogy--I may on occasion swing at a pitch that is well out of the strike zone, and during such occasions, I might go yard on it.
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2. Particle Man
3. Mmmm. Cider.
4. Orland Park may be convenient, but Mokena wins for natural beauty.
5. Grassman!!
6. Hyena. Because you're always laughing and ready to tear someone's nipples off at a moment's notice.
7. When did the whole nipple thing start? And why do you spell your last name wrong?[2]
[1] For the curious, this is actually a mole on my left calf that I've had for as long as I can remember.
[2] "Biel" as opposed to "Beal." I'm just kidding anyway. :)
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Also, I'm just glad somebody remembers Grassman fondly.
The nipple thing...hmmm...yeah I don't really know. I guess I always liked nipples and couldn't grab chicks' without getting in trouble. So I grabbed the next best things. Plus, I got a titty twister when I was sixteen or so, and ever since I've thought they should be treated gently. But my days as Nipple Warrior have pretty much come and gone. Grabbing office nipples is pretty much a no-no, and in general, they're pretty crusty to the touch anyway.
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2. Office Space
3. Schlager
4. That waitress at Rock Bottom sucked, but the steak was unbelievable, no?
5. After Rand introduced us all, you just sorta kept showing up. I think you were one of the first Honorary Carr Ground members.
6. Some kind of cat.
7. Where in the world does your near-sociopathic aversion to homosexual men come from? It seems so completely at odds with the rest of your personality as I understand it that I can't really put it together.
NOTE TO EVERYONE ELSE: I only want to hear from Joe on #7, and I want NO other commentary from anyone else. All such commentary will be deleted the moment I see it.
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2. B5, of course. (Meh...TV, movie, whatever)
3. Cordon Blow
4. You once tried to kill me with an alarm clock. Failing that, you once tried to kill me with a potted plant.
5. You called me the summer before we got to school to decide who was bringing what, and you said you had an "Amiga." I thought to myself, "What the fuck is an Amiga?!"
6. A bear, for your tendency to hibernate and occasionally return to the wild.
7. Do you miss Germany? Or perhaps more to the point, where do you think of as "home?"
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I sometimes fantasize about what it would be like to live in the same town all your life...
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