* I can perform spot-on imitations of almost anyone you could be pained to mention.

* I haven't had a drink in six and a half years.

* I'm proud of my music [plug] [see sig].

* I am in graduate school studying something I enjoy.

* I buy my clothes at thrift stores and Target. Except shoes and jeans.

* I don't care about being cool anymore.

Don wrote:* I in graduate school studying something I enjoy.

English?

instant_zen wrote:*i keep a list of things to do before i die in my wallet. presently it includes: photocopy my ass, play strip poker, write a book, run a marathon, take the Trans-Siberian railroad, go skinny dipping, and make out in a hot tub.
*i once caught a shark off the coast of cuba.

*i have peed for 60 seconds straight.

*i have bowled a score of "1"
*
i am roughly 5% body fat.

*i am a standup comedian.

*the closest i've ever come to meeting someone "famous" was peeing next to Todd Trainer at the Bottom Lounge, and later shaking Steve Albini's hand. don't worry, i washed.

*i once did a shot of Baccardi 151 out of a dreidel. it was hollow and plastic. we took off the top, and did shots out of it.

I'm impressed, especially with the items I took the liberty of emboldening.

-Was an extra in Mallrats.

-Wrote a play that was produced off-Broadway when I was 18, and met Arthur Miller and Trini Alvarado when they came to see it. Most critics liked it, but John Simon of New York magazine called it "a slice of life crying out for butter, cheese, or meat."

-Won a trophy in the 1995 Minnesota State Pinball Championschips.

-Saw Silkworm twice - at the OK Hotel in early 1991 and at the 7th Street Entry a decade later.

-Almost ended up visiting Electrical on Thanksgiving 1999 after having a holiday dinner with The Sadies, but didn't get in a cab at the last minute and ended up there for the first time last Wednesday instead.

kerble wrote:

Don wrote:* I in graduate school studying something I enjoy.

English?

No, but my undergraduate degree is in, yes sir, English.

I had that coming; alas, my proofreading skills could stand some sharpening.

Thanks for the peer edit. I've corrected the original draft.

Don wrote:

instant_zen wrote:*i keep a list of things to do before i die in my wallet. presently it includes: photocopy my ass, play strip poker, write a book, run a marathon, take the Trans-Siberian railroad, go skinny dipping, and make out in a hot tub.
*i once caught a shark off the coast of cuba.

*i have peed for 60 seconds straight.

*i have bowled a score of "1"
*
i am roughly 5% body fat.

*i am a standup comedian.

*the closest i've ever come to meeting someone "famous" was peeing next to Todd Trainer at the Bottom Lounge, and later shaking Steve Albini's hand. don't worry, i washed.

*i once did a shot of Baccardi 151 out of a dreidel. it was hollow and plastic. we took off the top, and did shots out of it.

I'm impressed, especially with the items I took the liberty of emboldening.

the 60-second peeing actually occurred during this charity fast-thing. i wasn't eating, so i was drinking a TON of water. then i went to sleep. when i awoke, i could barely walk. i almost peed for 60 seconds all over myself. but it makes for a rather funny story, and a good pickup line at parties.

for bowling a "1": i figured "anyone can bowl a zero. it takes at least SOME skill to bowl a one." to this day, i am a terrible bowler. my high score is 100 even.

shameless self-promotion: for those of you in the Madison area, you can see me on Thursday, November 3rd at the Comedy Club on State (119 State Street). 8:30 show. this is what i do instead of heroin.

Salut, Instant Zen.

Don't know you personally, but you seem to rule much ass.

hench wrote:

yaledelay wrote:

hench wrote:i get to go on tour for 7 weeks & still keep my health insurance.

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I don't know you, but if this is true I am jealous

it's true.

and you played at my house in urbana...

you had a cool house, I drank way to much that night

I've never been in a "real" band, but I have been in bands that have opened for Admiral / Green Day (at a basement party), Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and Rain Like the Sound of Trains / Hoover (featuring ex-members of Admiral).

instant_zen wrote:for bowling a "1": i figured "anyone can bowl a zero. it takes at least SOME skill to bowl a one." to this day, i am a terrible bowler. my high score is 100 even.

I'm not much better. I think my lowest score is twenty-three. Despite my best efforts, I think my highest score is, oh, 153?

Quite a few years ago, I was in a bowling league with a couple of pals from school. Now, this was not serious bowling: every person at Huntsville Lanes was, for all intents and purposes, embalmed . I had the lowest average in the league; as a result, I had the highest handicap. My handicap allowed our team, the Tuesday Night Texas Tenpin Triple Terror, to take home the league plaque. Hey, that's kinda cool.