Just the Basics

[emily655321]

I'm supposed to be gone, but I'm back just for a sec. :D Noting all the confusion over gender lately -- I guess it's all pretty much cleared up, but still -- I thought it might help for all of us just to say "Hi, I'm a girl/boy. I'm __ years old." (Or just general age range, if you're one of those people who doesn't like to tell. :p) Even if you think it's really obvious. Because it still seems like we don't know as much about each other as we thought we did.

Or, if you don't think it's a good idea, you can just let the thread die, too. :D

Anyway, I'm female. I'm going to be 19 in a couple weeks.

[Koa]

well, I thought it was well known about me, but there are a few new faces around...

so...*stands up* Hi, I'm a girl, I'm 22, and I'm a forumholic :D

[Lolita]

Hey! I'm a little girl of just 18!
My name is Becky, by the way!

[papayahed]

I'm a girl, well I'm an old girl of 33.

[GapingStarling]

I am also a girl, and am 20

[verybaddmom]

YAY...im not the oldest one here!
i am a girl and im 30 (and im a libra...hehe....)

[amuse]

i was born in '69 so i'm in my 5th decade at 34. :D :D
and i'm a girl.

[Lara]

Alright, I'm feeling terribly old here. I am a woman, not a girl. Sorry 'chicks' hehe. You are all women. I am 37.

[kilted exile]

male, 22

[ajoe]

girl, 18 (is that the majority of the population or what?)
I'm alcohol free!

[imthefoolonthehill]

I'm a boy. I am 17 years old. Hello Becky!

[simon]

female, 18

[amuse]

Originally posted by Koa
well, I thought it was well known about me, but there are a few new faces around...

so...*stands up* Hi, I'm a girl, I'm 22, and I'm a forumholic :D
oh, how i love this! :D

[ajoe]

Originally posted by imthefoolonthehill
I'm a boy. I am 17 years old. Hello Becky!

Wow, you're younger than me!
But what's up with calling yourself a "boy" and not a "guy"? ;)

[imthefoolonthehill]

it was requested that I use the word boy.

[Isagel]

Hello evryone. I´m a woman, I´m 28 and I just realised I´m addicted to this forum.

Admitting your addiction is the first step, right? :-)

[emily655321]

Addiction? What addiction? Are you saying I have a problem?? :p

Wow, Lara I thought you were in your early twenties! :D

And no offense, VB, but I didn't realize you were so young. :D (I thought you and Az were, like, reversed.)

See, isn't this thread helpful?

[amuse]

rofl :D
so now we've got "reversed" and "ghosty!"
oh, vbm, we really should reopen the character images thread! and just assign one or two word descriptions to everyone! :D

[Shea]

I'm a girl and I'm 23. BTW, my name is pronounced like "hay", for those who don't know. (It's always mispronounced!)

[verybaddmom]

*sniff sniff*
i sound old?
(Not that Az is old. i'll shut up now!)

[amuse]

*laughs some more.
it's all good.
:D

[papayahed]

hey, hey, hey I'm right behind Az, and I AM NOT OLD!!! I'm keeping an eye out for you guys, before you know it you'll have me in a nursing home....(j/k)

[emily655321]

LOL Oh, look at the trouble I've caused. :D

VB -- I guess I automatically add a few years because of the "Mom," since my mother had me when she was 30. :D (But that's not an insult, because almost all her friends are much younger than she is, and she has a very youthful attitude.)

[verybaddmom]

i actually got married when i was 18, and my boy was born nineteen days later. however, i have been happily divorced for more than ten years now, so i only just started living. im YOUNG!
hehe....my son actually said yesterday that i am "the coolest mom ever!!"
although he hates how many piercings i have, as i wont let him get any for another three years

EDIT: my name has Mom in it because i am truly defined by my role as a parent. there is nothing else in my life that affects my every decision as that does. although i am not JUST a parent, and i strive to have a life outside of my offspring, he still rules my world (dont tell him that, ok?)

[emily655321]

LOL aw. When my brother was in 7th grade my mother tried everything to convince him to get his ear pierced, even "All the other boys are doing it." :D He's a very conservative child.

[edit] my mother was 19 when she got married, but my dad said he didn't want kids so they didn't have them...till my mom was 26 and cried every time she saw a baby. :D

[verybaddmom]

oh...well...he's got his ear pierced, just one and just once mind you. but i have my nose done, five in my ears, my um....pointy part, mid chest... and i am getting my tongue done at the end of June (have to wait for bf to go out of town for a training exercise for um....aftercare reasons..) so he's jealous. hehehe

[emily655321]

Haha! Wise decision. Well, your son is damn lucky. :D My mother isn't very fond of the multiple-piercing/tattoo look (which I find to be g-o-r-g-e-o-u-s :D), so she made a rule long ago that anything besides my ears would have to wait till I could sign for it myself. But now I can, and I have no moneyyy! *whine, sob, tantrum*

[verybaddmom]

oh dear...poor Em. may i recommend though that one waits till one can afford to have professional holes poked. i got frustrated on holiday season when i was going back to my home town for a visit and wanted my nose pierced. there was no one open that was able to do it for less than my right arm, so i bought some apholstery needles and went home and did it myself (in front of my son, we both learned something that day)

[emily655321]

Ooch. Yai. No, no plans to do that. I fear passing out even if a professional does it. When I get money it shall go 1) hair dye 2) piercing (libret) 3) CD's 4) clothing 5) laptop 6) digital camera 7) piercing (eyebrow) 8) webcam
Such priorities. I'm guessing I won't get very far on my list before 2nd semester. :p

[crisaor]

Hi there. I'm a 22 years old guy.
That's all. Have a nice day.

[Koa]

See, I thought crisaor was a bit older (not much though).

I think there are younger people around that haven't seen this thread, so you 18-year-old (said with envy ;)) watch out! :p

Oh I like piercings only in ears... I have 3 on the left and 2 on the right and I'm perfectly satisfied :D

[verybaddmom]

oh..cool labrette piercings are so cool when done right! personally i would move the webcam up the priority list though Em. there is a whole new dimension to this world of computers to be seen in 3D. ask As :D

[emily655321]

Oooh I've seen some of that online dimension already. Unpleasant.

I just want to phone home with it. I want my parents to get one too so I can see my kitties while I'm at school.

[papayahed]

I really like the labrette piercings, sadly I can't get one. Before I went on vacation last year I asked my boss and VP what would happen if somebody came back with an eyebrow piercing they both said it was fine not think I would do it..... Ha!! I showed them. When I told the VP of my labrette plan he said I was done in the piercing dept.:mad:

[emily655321]

Ah! What a mean boss. Poor Papaya. What kind of job do you have?

[papayahed]

I'm a plant engineer at a chemical manufacturer. I also handle all the government reporting, health and safety.

[emily655321]

Exciting. :D I just wondered what your boss had against piercings. What could the government find more representative of health and safety than jabbing metal rods through your flesh?

[verybaddmom]

That's pretty funny Em. hilarious. ha ha
no, seriously, i wanted my bf to get his tongue pierced but he's totally not allowed to. safety in the field issues. bah, i say its your body, do what you want with it. i guess i understand the health issues, but so many employers are against it because of aesthetics and i find that a form of discrimination. i know when i was looking for work, i had numerous comments on my nose ring and tooth stud (i have a diamond stud in an eye tooth), not all of them positive. i still managed to find work, but i had to mainly apply at the more contemporary places, NOT convervative. hmph.
when i first pierced my nose, i was already working, but was on holidays. when i came back my boss thought it was a joke, like one of those stick on studs or something. he was horrified when he realized it was real. i pointed out that if one is already working and has a good record of being responsible, reliable and competent, then there is little that can be done to dictate how one may or may not look, as long as one doesnt violate any dress code policy. he came around...eventually (two years?)

[emily655321]

Yikes. I was just being facetious. :D I hate discrimination like that too. But honestly, I think I'd choose a crappy job over a boss who doesn't allow body mod.

Oh, and I checked out your site. Funky hair. :D

[verybaddmom]

LOL...thanks. you mean the purple? I wonder if we are really anything like others expect us to be.
*must reopen character images thread*

[papayahed]

I know, I'm a tweener, I'm an engineer that likes reading and lit. enough so that I don't really fit in with other engineers and I like lit and reading but not enough to really fit in with the lit people.

The only reason i was able to keep my piercing to begin with was that fact that I had already proven myself highly capable and very good at my job. It's kinda fun actually, everybody I work with is used to it but when we have customers come in i ususally get looks from them, the industry I work in still has that "good ol' boy" mentality.

Another aspect is that when we get audited one of the first places they come is my department, if it seems like I don't have my act together the auditors are more apt to dig deeper into my records and as we all know piercings in society aren't viewed as "responsible or organized"

[emily655321]

Oy! I can't send an attachment in PM's? Sucky. Oh well, so everyone else can see my crappy picture too. :D (It's the only one I have. Must get that digital cam.)

[verybaddmom]

awwww. you look like you are trying so hard to look rebellious, and yet to me you look sweet. i like.

[emily655321]

LOL thanks. I was all sunburned and exhausted, too. :p My friend and I had just got back from the March 20 peace march in NYC.

[simon]

I agree with mom, I think it's the glasses. I envy your appearance at the peace march.

[emily655321]

Hard to be a rebel with specs. :p
So glad we were able to go. Several of our initial plans got shot down, then purely by chance I found a post for a bus to the rally -- that left from the front gate of my friend's college! Truly serendipitous.

[simon]

I really wanted to go, but of course having no money to travel across the country didn't help. Not to mention that I was "banned" from any sort of rallies by my parents.

[ajoe]

Wow, em, gone is the image of a sweet, innocent-looking girl with curly blonde (golden?) hair. :p

[emily655321]

LOL so now it's a sweet, innocent girl with straight brown hair. :D

[simon]

Of course, no one would think otherwise with those ripped black sleeves.

[ajoe]

^ has simon gone ghosty too? :eek:

[simon]

I don't think so, am I wafty and see through?

[emily655321]

Yes you have. Nothing but forummy ectoplasm.

[simon]

I seem to have died without knowing it. How did that happen?

[emily655321]

I don't know. The main page says there's 5 members and 3 guests, but it only shows Becky and my names. It's screwy.

[simon]

I must have been murdered!

[emily655321]

LMAO just as I have murdered this thread of mine. I am incapable of staying on topic for more than a page! :D

[ajoe]

^ That's interesting. Until I found this forum all the posts remained on-topic!

[simon]

emily is the only one i can see, you must be my worldly connection, prepare to be haunted

[ajoe]

edit: whoops, wrong thread

[Koa]

aaaaah i saw emily!!!:D

all the opposite of what I imagined of course.
I cant help thinking of 'emily' as a blonde looking name...

[ajoe]

^ See? I wasn't the only one... ;)

[crisaor]

Originally posted by Koa
See, I thought crisaor was a bit older (not much though).
Hey, thanks for that one. I feel much older than that, if it counts. :) But thruth is, according to people, I look younger than my age (which is gonna prove useful in a couple of years. At the present it's somewhat annoying).

[Koa]

LOL same here... last Xmas a distant relative of my mum's was shocked hearing I was 21, cos he thought I was 15!!! :mad: Just because I don't usually wear make-up and posh clothes! I really hate that, but yes I'm sure one day I'll like it.

Mentally, I feel 86.

[emily655321]

When I was younger, people always thought I was about three years older than I was. When I was nine they thought I was 12, and when I was 13 they started asking if I had graduated high school yet! But sinced I turned 18 (the same week I actually graduated), people have started to think I'm about 16.

The world is just screwing with me. I'm in the Truman Show or something.

[amuse]

at 15 i was asked did i want an irish whiskey at the grand canyon. but now people think i'm somewhere between 23 and 28. at 29 years i was carded going into a bar with friends (no, i didn't suddenly drink).
it's very weird when someone my age tries to treat me like an inferior; i know it's an age thing and i find it ridiculous. and they're always rather taken aback when i open my mouth - at that point i speak rather formally. :rolleyes: :D

[amuse]

btw, em, you look like that one girl on "days." of course i don't know her name.

[emily655321]

OMFG, whenever I go to get blood drawn the nurse -- any one of them -- calls another and says, "Look, it's Chloe!" I think that's it. I don't watch soap operas. I've never seen this person. But I'm going to take the word of the entire female population on this one. :p

[amuse]

ah, the wonders of google! ;) Nadia Bjorlin is her name. and here we are:
http://www.nadia-bjorlin.com/main.shtml

when i first saw her as "Chloe" a couple of years ago at dad's - stepmom has watched "days" since the 70's - she wore glasses. voila! your doppelganger, em. :p

[emily655321]

I think she looks more like Carmen Electra, certainly a whole lot prettier than me. But I guess I can see what you mean, around the chin and eyebrows. I guess I should be flattered. :D

[ajoe]

That's weird that people think you guys are older than you are. I'm almost 19 but I can still pass as 16!

[simon]

Its always pleasant to have guys eyes sweep over you and land on the older more sofistocated appearing girls, due to a 15 or 16 yr old appearance.

[ajoe]

Why am I happy about looking young, though?

[simon]

we don't have to an excuse to have fun

[amuse]

Its always pleasant to have guys eyes sweep over you and land on the older more sofistocated appearing girls, due to a 15 or 16 yr old appearance.
Oh. :(

it's also weird to have the same experience, but have the guys eyes land on me cause i look young. :confused:

cliche alert: looks are so deceiving. :rolleyes:

[simon]

Hence part of this forums appeal.