As the newest Horrorthoner, I realized I know very little (I could end the sentence here and it would be dead-on) about those I spend far too much company-time with. So I have composed a sentence or two about what I know about you, fellow bloggers. Please feel free to contribute information (or more likely sarcastic remarks) about others to fill in some of the blanks. Or ignore the post completely, my therapist says a lack of response on the blog is no indication of my worth, but I think she hates me anyway......
Julie-Professor, long-lost/then found love of Octo, longest pregnancy ever.
Octopunk-Makes little things, like the guy in the Prostate commercials. My link to Horrorthon. When his son is 20, he will be in a home.
Jordan-Wicked good writer.(a little Rhode Island for us)May be dead...
Landshark-Sibling to DCD and Octo, not afraid to be contrarian, has kids and a Wii.
DCD-Eats well, has a cowardly dog, is tired of weddings, lives in the biggest little state in the union.
AC-Perhaps the cheesiest musical taste ever, new proud Wii owner. Attracts drunks.
HandsomeStan-Works in movies, knows JSP, maybe dead.
JPX-Capo di Capo, most prolific blogger amongst us all. Brother to JSP, husband to Whirlygirl, counselor to crazies. Attracts uglier drunks.
Anas Demens Purpurea-lives in Belgium, knows JSP or JPX? Maybe dead.
I'mnotMarcbutmyboyfriendis-lives in CA. Maybe dead.
Whirlygirl-Brother in law is JSP. Student? Saw a movie with the name Whirlygirl on TV the other day (me not her)
Running Freak-married to JSP, wears the pants in the relationship. Runs without being chased by dogs.
Johnny Sweatpants-Lives in CA, loves wine and KISS, hates everything else. Brother to JPX, abuses the homeless.
Miko564-Lives in PA. Therapist hates him.
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to sweatpants i'd add, "plays a fucking killer game of chess."
to octo i'd add, "makes a killer chess set out of legos."
to everyone else, i'd add, "has a chest." but only because it's verifiably true and because it's the only thing i could think of that sounds like "chess."
What about "wears a dress," which could be true of any of us real men.
The only subsidiary facts I would add are that AC and JPX go back to their respective college days, and that Whirlygirl and JPX are not actually married. Then again, neither are me and my babymama, so who am I to talk?
Hey, we have a Wii, too.
Also, all the jokes about my lengthy gestation period are fun. But just to be fair, it's my actual due date is today, according to to the traditional way of counting. We got May 30th from our early ultrasounds, which is apparently the newfangled way of counting. (Plus I knew exactly when the real shit occurred, because I roll like that.) So really, we won't be "overdue" until tomorrow.
But keep the jokes coming, because I wake up every 45 minutes to pee, and I need a laugh.
Prostate commercials?
Excellent post, by the way.
What a funny post! Alas, JPX dates Whirlygirl but they are not married. JPX is divorced with an 8-year old son named Ben. JPX also has a Wii and enjoys 80s music as well.
You're due today and you're still blogging? You're hardcore, baby. Might we expect a post once you pop him out? Octo can rest a keyboard on your stomach. Seriously though, I'm thinking of you guys and I can't wait for the news!
Miko, your post makes me realize that I know very little about you except that you're living in PA and you're a military man who dealt with those horrible spiders.
Great post Miko! I can't believe you remember that my dog (who, incidentally is named Miso) is a coward.
You pretty much got me covered, I would only add that I have two punk kids, ages almost 5 and almost 2 who are alternately awesome and drive me insane.
JPX, not only am I blogging, but I seriously spent ALL DAY yesterday, from 12 noon to 7 p.m., dealing with our home network and some very irritating computer issues. Turns out our new Time Capsule was defective--bad USB port. Anyway, finally got a replacement (okay, I went to the Apple Store at the mall, and it's kind of the only thing I've done myself in a while, but Octo was preoccupied with the boat) and then got us on the internet, backed up, and wirelessly connected to Tivo. I was on the floor and up again several times, wrangling cables. Octo jumped in to help me unplug and replug things.
This all seemed very urgent to me. I had to print something for a manager, and I didn't want to go into labor before I got that resolved. Um, I won a TV writing competition at UCLA, so now people may actually ask me for a script. This means almost nothing, except that it's nice when people ask.
Anyway, now I'm on board with Time Capsule. The internet connection in our apartment is about 10 times faster than it used to be, and I can wirelessly backup my computer every hour. The only thing is that Tivo doesn't work with WPA security, so I had to take it down a notch to WEP, which means if anyone is reading this who has a notion to do so, they should come on over and hack into our network in five minutes flat. They will just get a lot of photos of weird puppets and some half finished scripts. I don't think there's anything, um, "financial" on our network. That's the beauty of having very little money.
This pretty much sums up the different types of geekiness going on over here. While I was swearing at technology all day, Octo was busting out his Legos, both of us sitting in our little office area of the living room at our respective desks.
Yes, Julie's the wirehead while my expertise involves unplugging and replugging things. Fortunately, that's what needs to happen about 90% of the time.
For those who don't know, Miko's bio should also include the fact that we were on the debate team together in high school. We go way back.
I can only imagine the conversation,
Julie: "Stop playing with those fucking Legos and come help me!"
OCTO: "Uh, yeah, just a minute babe, I'm almost done. I'm just looking for a gold brick..."
Julie: "The house is on fire!'
OCTO: "Ah, there you are! Finished! Is the internet up yet, I want to post pictures of my 5th Element ship on the blog.
Julie: [in tears] "I think I'm in labor!"
OCTO: "Cool. So, the internet, did you fix it?"
Yup, you pretty much nailed me and Running Freak there Miko! And just yesterday she signed up for a 100 mile race in July. A 100. Mile. Race.
I met Marc through Octo when we moved to California. He's one of my only friends out here but now the bastard is moving back to LA. (My theory is that it's to be closer to Octo though he'll tell you it's to go back to school.) He's a kickass guitar player.
Handsome Stan and I are childhood friends from Barrington. He works like a crazy man and is currently in Rome with Julia Roberts and Clive Owen working on some movie by the Michael Clayton guy.
You should also be warned that JPX and AC are both psychologists who diagnose every last one of us with personality disorders that we never knew existed based on our blog comments.
That makes me sad JSP, Stan is "currently in Rome with Julia Roberts and Clive Owen working on some movie by the Michael Clayton guy" which is why he isn't posting. Me, when I am off the blog it's because one of the kids has been puking for 5 days straight. Stan is my hero.
DCD, that's a little weird about Miso...Miko564 is my tribute to the greatest dog of all time, Miko. I got her in 95, and she went to "live on a farm" last Nov., which is why I remembered your dog story (it was around then).
JPX, me huh. Probably the most conservative blogger here (still gonna vote for a Democrat though), agnostic instead of atheist. Travel the NE all the time with the job. Self-described "gun nut", which is fine here in PA.
Octo has been the bestest during the last few weeks. And sure, it's kinda funny that half our living room is devoted to Legos, but what's a girl to do? I'm in love with a freak, that's all.
ooh, horrothonner fun facts! sorry i've missed all this good stuff. questions and comments:
miko, what horrible spiders? did i miss a post?
what high school debate team, octo/miko? surely not barrington high? i was on that debate team as a freshman and sophomore.
miko, roughly where in pa do you live? i went to college outside of philly. i loved it though i had no gun.
jpx and i met in grad school not college.
i'm agnostic not atheistic.
glad to see i'mnotmarc isn't dead. how 'bout the rest of the horrorthon mia?
AC, indeed it was BHS. Wow, debate, haven't though about that in a loooooooooong time.
We were in Bucks County until last month, just bought a place on the border of Montgomery, Lehigh Counties.
Camel Spiders, lovely denizens of the deserts of the MidEast. JPX got it half right, friends dealt with them, I missed the Kuwait deployment by one day.
Since we use no names, what year did you leave the halls of ole' Barrington AC?
Octo, there is a commercial about a Prostate Medication that shrinks 'em. The dude in the commercial makes minatures for the movies....get it?! He shrinks things but his prostate is growing...those clever bastards on Madison Ave. It makes me think of you, I think for the minatures not the prostate.
i left barrington in 1981 and was transplanted to woodbridge connecticut for my final 2 years of high school. we probably didn't overlap at all since i'm about three years older than jpx and octo.
i am now imagining an alternate universe in which i stayed in barrington and met some of you when we were all youngsters.
i just google-imaged camel spiders. since i treat phobias it is always good to know about such things.
my stepbrother is in the navy and just got back from the middle east (for good let's hope). i must interrogate him about these spiders when i have a chance.
do they bite? anyone?
Anything that hideous must bite!
Octo killed a black widow today in our driveway. They are beautiful but so scary. And they are everywhere around here! Can't stand 'em.
Yeah, poison sorta trumps beauty, it's gotta die.
Wow, AC! I had no idea you ever went to BHS. Were you around for any of the Mrs. Duley years, or did you just experience her successor Mrs. Fagan? Do the names John Rumpler or Dan Hillman mean anything to you?
I didn't get to BHS until fall of '83. Miko was a year after that.
octo, yes to mrs. duley, not sure about hillman and rumpler. my memories for that era are a tad hazy.
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