Strange Facts About Me
Submitted by JohnnyW on Mon, 03/07/2005 - 05:16
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- I was homeschooled from the 4th through the 12th grades. In 1984, when I was nine, my parents were charged with violating the truancy laws of the state of Texas and had a trial in criminal court. I still remember seeing my parents on the local news every night, which I thought was cool. My mom didn't agree. They were found guilty but only fined $50 by the sympathetic judge...
- I love conspiracy theories, and I beleive in my heart of hearts that Bigfoot must exist...
- I worked as a telemarketer one summer, and had to quit because I started talking back to people who were rude...
- I once sat in the EXACT booth where Elvis sat at a little diner in Waco called The Elite Cafe...
- I have accidentally driven into a tornado...
- When I was in High School, I played bass in a garage band called Whirling Dervishes. We had our one and only gig at the Church Youth Group Valentine's Banquet. The music didn't quite fit the occasion...
- I made my dad cry once when I told him I had grown long hair. He said now I would look like all the protestors that he had seen when he returned from Vietnam...
- I love black olives...
- I often have nightmares that bees, wasps, ants, spiders, snakes, or scorpions are swarming all over me...
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My eyes are wide open, although the critter nightmare did make me want to close them for a second!
I love olives! Black are the best, but I still dig green as well...
But you wouldn't know that, now , would you, you long-haired bass player! :)
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Olives are delicious! I often have the same dream, I walk across Lake Michigan, towards Chicago, and when I get there Chicago has been firebombed, and everyone is dying, and "Summertime" by Big Brother And The Holding Company is playing through loudspeakers, and Jesus tells me the meaning of life, though I can never remember it when I wake up, which is strange, because I don't even know if I believe it Jesus. Jesus looks like Al Pachino from "Dog Day Afternoon".
I believe there could be some similarities between Pacino and JC; I mean, come on, The Passion of the Christ could also be titled Dog Day Afternoon, right? (OK, was that blasphemous?)
Johnny Waco
Hahhahaha, it's just that whenever I think of Jesus, I see Al Pacino from Dog Day Afternoon..........
And no, it wasn't blasphamous...... God probably likes us having a laugh, even if it is at His own expense......
Man, just last week, for a snack I opened up a can of black olives (no green!) and just dug right in...
Not that I'm against green olives, mind you. One question I've always had: why do green olives come in jars, and black olives in cans? You don't really see an overlap. In fact, black olives seem to be the only kind of olive to come in cans. Hmmm.
Boy, with you as a thug, and me as a longhair, we could really freak some people out on a darkened street!
Johnny Waco
I already freak plenty of people out on streets in the day time, which is kind of sad, because I'm only 14......
Alright, you, me, and lbangs in a dark alley. We so have to do it!
Johnny Waco
Hahhahaha
Just give me a few minutes to dig out my leather vest.
Actually, perhaps that could explain both of the misconceptions people often have about me... ;)
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Actually, that reminds of the infamous Al Pacino (him again!) film Cruising, in which Pacino goes undercover into the gay/leather scene in NY to catch a killer. He is pure hetero when he starts, but when the case is over, he's trying to make love to his girlfriend, and he looks over at his leather jacket and handcuffs and gets this sort of wistful look in his eyes. One of the best "bad" movies I've ever seen!
Johnny Waco
To bring this conversation full circle... er .... no.
I won't.
:)
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Is Al Pacino gay or bisexual? Because he's in so many movies where he has homoerotic scenes......
You drove into a tornado and lived to tell about it?
Yeah, fortunately the interstate I was on (I-85 going into Montgomery, AL) was lower by 15-20 ft. than the land flanking either side. It was very dark, and raining so hard I could barely see the road. Suddenly a transformer blew up ahead and the rain started going up! All the other cars around began slamming on their brakes and we were all stuck there while smaller trees in the median were splintered off and tossed about, and the car rocked like crazy. Before I could even think of what to do, it began abating; the whole thing probably only lasted a minute or so. Fortunately it seems we were sheltered by the high embankments and we only got the edge of the storm. Still pretty terrifying.
Johnny Waco
Cool. So much for the conventional wisdom that you should never, ever stay in your car in a tornado.
JohnnyW, I'm a big fan, and I am quite honored to be posting on your listology page. Black olives are not a favorite of mine, but I certainly love mushrooms.
The honor is all mine. The good thing about mushrooms is that there are several different kinds, all good (and that's not even counting the poisonous ones!).
Johnny Waco