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The Back Room => The Diner => Topic started by: Papageno on September 03, 2009, 03:40:12 PM

Title: You!
Post by: Papageno on September 03, 2009, 03:40:12 PM
Tell us a little about yourself, who are you, what do you do, how is your life...
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Dr. Dread on September 03, 2009, 03:55:53 PM
I like sleeping in my burrow and eating grass, seeds, leaves, flowers, fruit, eggs, and some insects. Life is pretty good when there are no wolves around.
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Tapkaara on September 03, 2009, 04:13:17 PM
I'm Erik. I'll be 31 in November. I live in Lakeside, CA. I love music.
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Post by: greg on September 03, 2009, 07:13:31 PM
My dream is to be able to walk the countryside of Japan while listening to Mahler on an iPod. Then I can die happily.
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Dana on September 03, 2009, 07:41:27 PM
Wouldn't Austria be more fitting?
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Post by: owlice on September 03, 2009, 07:48:28 PM
I love to ride my bicycle, and though my life has its challenges, it also has many joys and rewards.
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Mozart on September 03, 2009, 08:05:44 PM
I use 3% hydrogen peroxide as a moutwash.
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Renfield on September 03, 2009, 08:08:31 PM
I think therefore I am. 8)
Title: Re: You!
Post by: drogulus on September 03, 2009, 09:23:25 PM

   
Quote from: Renfield on September 03, 2009, 08:08:31 PM
I think therefore I am. 8)

   No, I think therefore I am! >:( (What nerve!)
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Anne on September 03, 2009, 11:17:24 PM
Cogito ergo sum.  ;D
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Renfield on September 03, 2009, 11:35:24 PM
Quote from: drogulus on September 03, 2009, 09:23:25 PM
   
   No, I think therefore I am! >:( (What nerve!)

I think not! >:(

>:D
Title: Re: You!
Post by: canninator on September 03, 2009, 11:57:30 PM
I eat pies in the park and talk to squirrels.
Title: Re: You!
Post by: drogulus on September 04, 2009, 12:19:13 AM
Quote from: Renfield on September 03, 2009, 11:35:24 PM
I think not! >:(

>:D

    That's more like it. >:D :P

Quote from: Il Furioso on September 03, 2009, 11:57:30 PM
I eat pies in the park and talk to squirrels.

    Just so long as you don't eat squirrels in the park and talk to pies. That makes people nervous.
Title: Re: You!
Post by: drogulus on September 04, 2009, 12:25:25 AM

    Why is there a thread about You? Why isn't there a thread about Me? Me is more interesting than You is.  0:)

     
Quote from: Greg on September 03, 2009, 07:13:31 PM
My dream is to be able to walk the countryside of Japan while listening to Mahler on an iPod. Then I can die happily.

     Sometimes I dream that space creatures are attacking the Earth. That's kind of Japanese.

     (http://www.freewebs.com/doomsdaymonsters/Mogera.jpg)
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Papageno on September 04, 2009, 01:44:01 AM
You guys are a bit... pathetic, aren't you?  ::)
Title: Re: You!
Post by: DavidW on September 04, 2009, 03:30:39 AM
Quote from: owlice on September 03, 2009, 07:48:28 PM
I love to ride my bicycle, and though my life has its challenges, it also has many joys and rewards.

Owlice's constant fight for balance! :)
Title: Re: You!
Post by: DavidW on September 04, 2009, 03:32:19 AM
Quote from: Papageno on September 04, 2009, 01:44:01 AM
You guys are a bit... pathetic, aren't you?  ::)

Hey they can't help it that you didn't know that we had an entire room just to introduce ourselves.  That's not voluntary either, Rob set it up so that you have to before you post in the serious music rooms.  Just saying, your thread is a bit redundant. :)
Title: Re: You!
Post by: DavidW on September 04, 2009, 03:36:15 AM
Quote from: drogulus on September 04, 2009, 12:25:25 AM
   
     Sometimes I dream that space creatures are attacking the Earth. That's kind of Japanese.

     (http://www.freewebs.com/doomsdaymonsters/Mogera.jpg)

Oh no!

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_21c2sfFKqC0/Slh4H7BVLgI/AAAAAAAABWc/8TAJnCl8maw/s400/ramtur_mars_attacks.jpg)

Run for the hills Martha!

(http://symonsez.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/war_worlds_pal_8_x1.jpg)

No wait I think the first picture needs to go on the what does Knight look like thread. ;D
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Szykneij on September 04, 2009, 04:10:09 AM
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not ...
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Title: Re: You!
Post by: The new erato on September 04, 2009, 04:18:41 AM
(http://www.jenniferanistonwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/holiday-armadillo.jpg)
Title: Re: You!
Post by: karlhenning on September 04, 2009, 04:31:03 AM
QuoteBut enough about me . . . .
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Dr. Dread on September 04, 2009, 04:34:07 AM
Name: Shropshire Slasher
Occupation: Shropshire Slasher
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Szykneij on September 04, 2009, 04:39:03 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on September 04, 2009, 04:34:07 AM
Name: Shropshire Slasher
Occupation: Shropshire Slasher

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X0rydiYynbM/SSwOF15cKBI/AAAAAAAAAQo/oPRbzUd5WL4/s400/deduce4.bmp)
Title: Re: You!
Post by: karlhenning on September 04, 2009, 04:42:07 AM
Quote from: SantaIs that an armadillo costume you're wearing, or are you just happy to see me?
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Szykneij on September 04, 2009, 05:00:40 AM
Quote from: ' on September 04, 2009, 04:58:00 AM
Grumbleworthy rebus?
'

Ewe got it.
Title: Re: You!
Post by: karlhenning on September 04, 2009, 05:01:33 AM
Bus and rebus
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Post by: Szykneij on September 04, 2009, 05:05:51 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 04, 2009, 05:01:33 AM
Bus and rebus

Yew can say that again.
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Harpo on September 04, 2009, 05:11:20 AM
Relaxing at home with SonicMan

(http://www.crainium.net/jdjArchives/OldCouple.jpg)

Title: Re: You!
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 04, 2009, 05:25:31 AM
Quote from: Papageno on September 04, 2009, 01:44:01 AM
You guys are a bit... pathetic, aren't you?  ::)

And now we know a little about you, to wit: you have absolutely no sense of humor. Tell us more please  :)

Sarge
Title: Re: You!
Post by: DavidW on September 04, 2009, 05:28:15 AM
Quote from: Harpo on September 04, 2009, 05:11:20 AM
Relaxing at home with SonicMan

(http://www.crainium.net/jdjArchives/OldCouple.jpg)



Indigestion from the crab stuffed salmon? ;D
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Dana on September 04, 2009, 06:03:36 AM
I sort of think, therefor I sort of am...
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Szykneij on September 04, 2009, 07:27:13 AM
Of course you are my bright little star,
                I've miles
                 And miles
                  Of files
              Pretty files of your forefather's fruit
                                     and now to suit our
                                       great computer,
             You're magnetic ink.
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Harpo on September 04, 2009, 10:41:43 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 04, 2009, 05:28:15 AM
Indigestion from the crab stuffed salmon? ;D

Nope. We were watching reruns of Seinfeld.
Title: Re: You!
Post by: greg on September 04, 2009, 11:12:49 AM
Quote from: Dana on September 03, 2009, 07:41:27 PM
Wouldn't Austria be more fitting?
umm... yeah, i'll get to that.
Title: Re: You!
Post by: CD on September 04, 2009, 11:20:10 AM
I am... aware that this thread is a thinly veiled attempt to draw attention to you.
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Papy Oli on September 04, 2009, 11:41:13 AM
Quote from: Papageno on September 03, 2009, 03:40:12 PM
Tell us a little about yourself, who are you, what do you do, how is your life...

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together....

Title: Re: You!
Post by: Dana on September 04, 2009, 11:48:24 AM
      My name is Dana! I'm an on-again/off-again forumite for the past several years who is currently on-again. I first picked up a violin at age four, switched to viola at around age 11, and am currently working on my masters degree at the Eastman School of Music (undergraduate degree earned from the University of Michigan, where I also took courses/lessons in conducting and voice [I'm a bass]). My teachers include Yizhak Schotten, George Taylor, Carmen Pelton, and Stephen West. In my spare time, I enjoy racquetball, reading, and video games. Thank you! :)
Title: Re: You!
Post by: DavidW on September 04, 2009, 11:51:37 AM
Quote from: Dana on September 04, 2009, 11:48:24 AM
      My name is Dana! I'm an on-again/off-again forumite for the past several years who is currently on-again. I first picked up a violin at age four, switched to viola at around age 11, and am currently working on my masters degree at the Eastman School of Music (undergraduate degree earned from the University of Michigan, where I also took courses/lessons in conducting and voice [I'm a bass]). My teachers include Yizhak Schotten, George Taylor, Carmen Pelton, and Stephen West. In my spare time, I enjoy racquetball, reading, and video games. Thank you! :)

Do you like long walks on the beach? ;D
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Diletante on September 04, 2009, 01:38:05 PM
I'm a 22-year-old Bolivian guy. I started listening to classical about 2 years ago. I'm finishing a major in Commerce. I like sushi, pasta and chocolate.
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Dana on September 04, 2009, 02:31:05 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 04, 2009, 11:51:37 AMDo you like long walks on the beach? ;D

I'm also a tall surfer dude. With a deep tan (they have those, don't they?).
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Papageno on September 04, 2009, 03:16:11 PM
I'm a 50 year-old guy who cherishes his past days...
Title: Re: You!
Post by: DFO on September 04, 2009, 03:59:20 PM
I'm a 67 years old guy who cherishes his next years. ::)
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Szykneij on September 04, 2009, 05:54:26 PM
Quote from: ' on September 04, 2009, 12:54:25 PM
T Then U

U Than T
'

Ah, yes! Secretary-General of the "You" N.
Title: Re: You!
Post by: drogulus on September 05, 2009, 04:29:34 PM


    I want to protest the trend towards serious and thoughtful posting that threatens to appear from time to time. Yes, I know it hasn't happened yet but it might. There's a very real danger that petty frivolity and cosmic narcissism will be displaced entirely by a mature consideration of important subjects, some even related to the ostensible purpose of the board, which I understand has something to do with old music. If we band together now we can prevent this disaster in the making.

                                                                         Sincerely,

                                                                         Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-OlĂ©-Biscuitbarrel
                                                                                   
Title: Re: You!
Post by: Harpo on September 09, 2009, 05:34:41 PM
Quote from: DFO on September 04, 2009, 03:59:20 PM
I'm a 67 years old guy who cherishes his next years. ::)

I'm with "you." I'm in your age range, having fun and looking forward to more of it.

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Title: Re: You!
Post by: greg on September 09, 2009, 06:36:28 PM
If you're retired, I could imagine why.
By the time I'm that age, if I am retired, have enough money, and healthy, 65+ plus sounds like some of the best years of my life.
But all 3 of those at the same time actually happening... :-\
(can't let myself get optimistic now  :P )
Title: Re: You!
Post by: (poco) Sforzando on September 09, 2009, 07:28:48 PM
Quote from: Greg on September 03, 2009, 07:13:31 PM
My dream is to be able to walk the countryside of Japan while listening to Mahler on an iPod. Then I can die happily.

China would be more appropriate for listening to Das Lied von der Erde.
Title: Re: You!
Post by: (poco) Sforzando on September 09, 2009, 07:41:06 PM
Ten facts about Sforzando (in no particular order):

1. As a teenager I had fantasies of becoming a composer, and I was in fact accepted at two major American conservatories to major in musical composition. (I abandoned the fantasy, however, after one year of study at Oberlin in 1966-67).
2. At one point in the 1980s I decided to try composing again, and I wrote some piano music as well as a full-length opera for which I used as a libretto an excellent translation of the Japanese Noh play "Momijigari."
3. For a couple of years now, I have been working on a stage play about the demise of a classical radio station.  
4. I take a great interest in almost all the arts except film.
5. The composer who matters to me above all is Beethoven.
6. I have a modest collection of original contemporary art, though I doubt any of the artists I've bought would be known to anyone here.
7. I am a decent cook when I set my mind to it, and I tend to concentrate on Indian, Italian, and Spanish food.
VIII. I weigh much too much, and this fact weighs on me.
9. I will be 61 on 9/11 of this year. On the real 9/11, I had just landed in Rome, Italy, for a spur-of-the-moment trip, one of about a dozen I've made to Europe over the years.
10. My real name is not Sforzando. It is Poco.
Title: Re: You!
Post by: greg on September 09, 2009, 07:41:32 PM
Quote from: Sforzando on September 09, 2009, 07:28:48 PM
China would be more appropriate for listening to Das Lied von der Erde.
Sure, but I don't listen to that one very often. The only one I actually like is the Farewell- especially the ending. Maybe one day, though.
Title: Re: You!
Post by: greg on September 09, 2009, 07:42:50 PM
Quote from: Sforzando on September 09, 2009, 07:41:06 PM
Ten facts about Sforzando (in no particular order):

1. As a teenager I had fantasies of becoming a composer, and I was in fact accepted at two major American conservatories to major in musical composition. (I abandoned the fantasy, however, after one year of study at Oberlin in 1966-67).
2. At one point in the 1980s I decided to try composing again, and I wrote some piano music as well as a full-length opera for which I used as a libretto an excellent translation of the Japanese Noh play "Momijigari."
3. For a couple of years now, I have been working on a stage play about the demise of a classical radio station.  
4. I take a great interest in almost all the arts except film.
5. The composer who matters to me above all is Beethoven.
6. I have a modest collection of original contemporary art, though I doubt any of the artists I've bought would be known to anyone here.
7. I am a decent cook when I set my mind to it, and I tend to concentrate on Indian, Italian, and Spanish food.
VIII. I weigh much too much, and this fact weighs on me.
9. I will be 61 on 9/11 of this year. On the real 9/11, I had just landed in Rome, Italy, for a spur-of-the-moment trip, one of about a dozen I've made to Europe over the years.
10. My real name is not Sforzando. It is Poco.
Are you sure you're not Larry Rinkel?  ???