Dwellar Secrets
 

Tell us something cool (or uncool) about you that's awsome and we don't know.

Glatt's "titles" thread is revealing titles we hold but hide, and somewhere else foot3 admitted to an awesome sailing feat3, and there were at least two other interesting admissions recently that I can't pinpoint now.

brag or share quietly. We like hearing about success. We promise not to tap you for a loan.

And we need happy-fun-good stuff.

Were you a Spelling Bee champion? Do you model granny knickers? Has your tweet been twatted?

Here's something about me: I'm as common as common can be. I have a very common face. I've been mistaken for someone else very often. I look like someone they know. When men ask me, "Do I know you from somewhere," it's not a line but a sincere question. I looked like this girl in his chemistry lab class, someone they worked with, etc. My best friend saw triplets of me before, and she swear she almost walked over to say hi. Recently, I was at a department store and this sales person asked if I were from out of town. Said he said I look like this restaurant owner from the city he moved from. Height, I am of average height in my age range if I were to go back to Vietnam. A friend who had recently immigrated from Vietnam said I would not feel tiny at all. My height is average. I have an average intelligence, average humour, average personality. At least I'm not bad. :D

I was a spelling bee champion. I made it to the top ten of my area and was on TV. I lost early amongst this group, misspelling a simple word due to nerves and lack of composure.

I was an ice-skating champion in 7th grade.

I was on a swim team for years.

I took ballet, tap and jazz for years.

I was kind of an athlete - before I started to wear black eyeliner and smoke ciggies in the park before school.

I'm a former President. Of my sophomore class. :rolleyes:

I've jumped out of a plane and have my advanced open water scuba training.

My 2 mile relay team held the school record for 20 years.

I coulda been a contender.

I'm a complete slob, the anti-domestic.

I peaked in high school. President of student council, captain of the wrestling team (junior & senior years) and track & field team.

I peaked in HS too. ;)

I've shared too much already. I don't think I have many secrets anymore.

Did I tell you about the time I was on a hot air balloon crew? I think so, but I'll go into more detail.

My neighbor when I was a teenager was a chiropractor who called himself Doctor in social settings. I was friends with his kid. They were "rich." One day, the Dr. decided he would get into hot air ballooning. So he bought a balloon and got his pilot's license. They had a big back yard that met our back yard in back, and launched the balloon probably 20 times over the course of 3-4 years from that back yard. I hung out with them all the time, and was on the launch and chase crew for most of their launches. I got to go up 3 times. It's a tremendous amount of fun to go for a hot air balloon ride. No wind, because you are traveling with the wind. Very quiet and peaceful. You can hear people talking on the ground, and dogs barking at you when you go over their houses. No sense of movement at all. It's a little scary if you are afraid of heights when the ground drops away. That's not poetic talk. The ground really does drop away when you first go up. You have no sense of motion. You're just standing in the basket watching the world go by.

Here's a picture of me (in the hat) at a balloon fest, and one I took of my house on my first flight from their back yard.

:applause:

Look at you! And there's that VW bus!

My ex and I did a hot air balloon ride once. It was really cool.

My folks lived on the Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory when Western Desert Aboriginal art started to make the transition to its saleable form in the early 70s. They worked closely with and were friends with Geoff Bardon-the guy who was became known as the mid-wife of Aboriginal art (because he assisted the tribes in giving birth to it in its commercial form).

http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/in...load/1425/1729


Unfortunately, mum was very sick when she was pregnant with me and couldn't stay on the settlement as the medical resources to cater for her weren't available.

So, not an experience of mine directly, but the background of Papunya and Yuendemu loom large in the folklore of the nuclear family.

I shook hands with HRH the Princess of Wales (when she still held that title).
I've sung at both the Royal Festival Hall and the Albert Hall.
I've been over the Valley of the Kings in a hot air balloon.

I played Blousey Brown in my school performance of Bugsy Malone.
Occasionally I run into people from school and they still remember me for that.

Despite sometimes saying I have, I did not really appear in a Birdseye Fishfingers advert.

I have audio on my computer of Isaac Hayes saying some really fucked up stuff (like, philosophical things he actually believes, as he was chatting between voice recording sessions.) I also have audio of some prominent baseball announcers that could theoretically get them fired, though probably not, depending on whether the boss doing the firing was a woman.

I got a perfect verbal score on my SATs.

I went to high school with several famous musicians, the personal aide to Bush when he was President, Bush's twin daughters, and the guy who starred in the TV show The O.C. I was also in a play with that dude, though it was outside of high school, oddly enough.

let me see...
1. i played cello and trombone.
2. i was selected as man of the year for the county i live in.
3. i was mistakenly reported on cnn as being killed in the line of duty after i was shot in a traffic stop in 1989.
4. i was an extra in several movies and tv shows.
5. i have written articles for several hunting and historical publications.
6. a girl i dated in high school later appeared in playboy's girls of the sec.
7. my college roommate hosted a show on tnt and is now an executive with tcm.

i feel like a washed up has been who would have been better off to have passed away 10 years ago while i was at my peak.

That's the nature of telling stories about your life. It's all in the past. At any point in your life, you can be telling stories, and each one of those stories is in the past. You'll certainly have stories that will happen to you in the future, but once they happen, they will be in the past and you'll be a has-been again.

I like to always have plans for a vacation or something else, so I've got something to look forward to. It's important for my mental health. Even if it's a year off.

I'd love a year off! :lol:

I know how Sarge feels (my 'coulda been a contender' comment) but we do tend to play down the things we're doing RFN.

It all shapes who we are today, the good and the bad.

*snort*

I am glad you brought this up. I know I will feel better once I get this off my conscious. ( off my conscious?) whatever.

Last year I began wearing mens athletic socks. I find them massively superior to womens socks, even women's athletic socks.

Women's socks suck. Holes and piling and shrinking. Men's athletic socks last forever and ever; They hold their shape, they have cushion and arch support. I love them.

Men's Athletic Socks
 

off your chest?

:) Yes...but I get them out of my chest to put them on so.....:p:

kidding

Two words of advice Sky, get yourself a couple of pairs ("two pairs"), then you won't have to get them off your chest and you can still wear that other pair on your feet. Problem solved!:)

1. i used to race motocross and supercross
2. i played the bagpipes from 4th through 7th grade

bagpipes are cool. Do you think you could still play?

Modest, as always. CF, we've all heard your voice (*swoon*). You would get a perfect verbal score reading the back of the Wheaties box.

yeah, with a bit of practice i think i could hammer out amazing grace or some others i used to play...

It's because sock magnates know that women love shopping for socks, and think that socks are wonderful gifts! As a service to women, so they don't end up with a huge backlog of unused socks, they make women's socks shoddy. Men will keep wearing a pair of socks until the holes are big enough for the foot to go through, so their socks need to be rugged.

Why don't you film that for us? I would love to see it! :)

If I told you my secrets, they wouldn't be secret anymore, now would they?

Things you don't know about me, on the other hand, might include:

* I rode a motorbike up the pedestrian path to the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. The security guards were yelling at me but I kept going...I was quite the little rebel at age 17.

* I've been scuba diving in the Red Sea.

* I was a catalog model for Sanger Harris many years ago.

* I was raised a vegetarian. I still prefer my veggies over meat.

* I started smoking at age 14. I finally quit after 34 years.

True, True.

I don't like shopping for socks for myself because they are too expensive to have to constantly replace, but I do like giving socks. I am true to form there. Christmas, Valentine's, Halloween especially. :D

@ stormie, I think those are the best secrets I have ever heard almost anywhere!

@ casi, lol

Hmmm secrets...doubt I have any left ;p

I have an autographed copy of The Crucible

I was once invited to become a 'high class prostitute' by a good friend who wanted to set me up in business and be my pimp.

I have played with needles.

I got an A grade on my mock exam in French and then got a C on the real thing.

I took my maths o-level a year early, having also missed a year of school and passed.

I once bought a converted 70s ambulance despite the fact I couldn't drive. It was called Lance.

Me, my Mum and my big brother occasionally went ghost/alien spotting late at night when i was a kid.

My great Grandmother's third husband was the son of a Maharajah.

My Grandmother had her Coming Out/Debutante's ball in front of the Viceroy of India.

I used to play MMORPG games and allowed my guildies to believe I was a man for two years.

I played the part of a female sports commenter by the name of Daisy Diamond on a machinima sports special (in Anarchy Online).

I have seen every extant episode of Doctor Who.

I once slept in a derelict shop.

I am officially requesting pictures of this.

Alas I have none *cries*

The camera with all the pics of Lance, as well as all the pics of our 1991 Glastonbury trip went missing before I had a chance to get them developed.

It was so cute as well. Had the little medical compartments still in there and everything.

What my mother doesn't know:
My uncle is selling me a motorcycle this spring/summer

What you guys don't know:
Its the one from Top Gun. Literally. My uncle has been a rabid motorcycle collector for years, and he bought two of those Kawasaki's when they were first available. Only a couple were in the US at the time. Since it was THE hot bike of the time, the producers had to have it for the movie. So they bought them from him, used them, then he bought them back.
Here's the receipt from the sale of the one bike to Paramount:

Holy shit. Bullitt just won this thread lol.

His name is Chris Dolan, well known in the motorcycle circles of San Diego for a long time.
This is him with the bike back then.
http://mikandersen.dk/Ninja_Crew.jpg

That is a very beautiful machine.

The twins together during production:
http://mikandersen.dk/2Ninja_s_Makeup.jpg

It's not a done deal yet, fingers crossed it works out though.

Very cool.

I briefly dated a girl in high school who a couple years later moved to Vegas to be a prostitute. Typical family divorced problems from a young age, daddy issues, etc. She was on some website too for the escort service. It was like Edmunds lol. She provided pictures and a bio/what she would and wouldn't do, and customers could leave reviews and a rating. Me and my friends all got a big kick out of it when we found out. Passed the website around to everyone we went to high school with. She later moved to PA, dated some radio DJ, then word got out that he was dating an ex-prostitute and he got crucified for it.

Doppelganger!!!

My word was SMOOTH who couldn't spell that! :)

I sang in the Sydney Opera House when I was in the Australian National Youth Choir.

I spent a period of time in my early twenties tripping on acid.

I used to be a bit of a wild child.

I played trumpet and clarinet in high school and was studying for 7th grade piano when I quit.

I have had an abortion and an ectopic pregnancy. I've also had an early term miscarriage.

Secrets!

I graduated from High School at 16.
I played the Viola
I was Miss Nude Indiana

Ever hear this, from my man-crush Carolla: Isaac Hayes becomes highly inarticulate and confused during a morning radio interview. He's had a stroke or mini-stroke and it gets embarrassing for him.



That brings to mind this:

Ever look back on your life and consider yourself pretty much a failure? I know I often do

This comment is really sad Sarge. I hope you don't honestly believe that.

So many people during the course of this thread have shared things that they are great at, but everyone has stuff they've failed miserably at too. That's just the way life seems to work.

I think a lot of people just don't like to share the bad stuff because they don't want to be judged for it.

I thought about this thread for a while before I posted and decided to put good and bad stuff (depending on the readers perception) because I think that these 'secret' make up a big part of me and the way I interact with the world.

Do I think I could have achieved more in my life? Most definitely, but circumstances have led me to where I am now, and I'm am grateful for the good things in my life.

In the end, plaques on the wall don't mean much at all. It's all the other stuff you've learned that makes you a good person, and I'm pretty sure you're a pretty awesome person. ;)

I will definitly check this out! I hate all them holes on my socks. :neutral: What's wrong with wearing men's socks anyways. :D

Hmm letsee...
I've gained 40lbs in the last year.

I once licked a pussy (would maybe do it again).

I graduated 6th in my HS class but just barely got my associates after 5years.

I am extremely afraid of roaches and rape.

when you get your thyroid fixed, i'm sure you'll drop the weight. the last photos i saw of you really looked nice.
licked a pussy? geez now you've got all these images raising through my mind. sigh, if i was only 25 years younger and a lot better looking....

Wow, I've been out all day -this sure took off!

I'm pretty sure I've already bragged all I have, but here goes....

I was on BBC World Radio saying "salt and vinegar" in an item on edible chip cones.
I've done two parachutejumps and one bungee jump.
I can still do the splits from cold (I mentioned this a short while back then it occurred to me I hadn't for a while, and I've gained a couple pounds, so I tried at Figure Skating this morning and did. and yes, I can still walk)

i would but i don't own a set of pipes anymore. wish i did.

PICS or it DIDN'T happen!

nirvana - pics sure would be nice ;)

When I was in year five, a short story I wrote was read out on the radio.

When I was in year six I won the cross country run at sports day by strategically pacing myself and sprinting the finish.

I killed my first hobo at 15.

Children should learn hobo killing at a young age, it's so much easier for them to absorb when they're like 4 or 5.

Oh, I did two TV shows for local cable access: one was a kid's fishing derby and the other was interviewing a blind man. Wish I could find tapes of them. They wanted me to do more but I had a hard time getting over the shyness, but apparently I was pretty good.

I had a story published in the college literary magazine.

And I'm still a complete slob. ;)

Who can tell anyway?! I just made sure I found a three pack I could visually see the size. The ones I found ran small. They are anklets and look like any other sock. No body can see the dirty little secret. heh heh :p:

I am sure there are some good high quality women's athletic, like Keen but I don't want to pay $15. dollars for a pair. They are good looking socks though.

Wow, this has to be one of the most interesting threads I have read in a long time.

Lie! :)

no really...

maybe I should have said "IMHO" as a qualifier.

oookay. I believe you.

So do you have a secret merc? ..besides liking this thread so much.

I just don't know if I should. I suspect it would just be used against me when I disagree with someone over something stupid like politics or current events or whatever.