I am taking now applications for online boyfriend!

[XemaSab]

Please state why you think you would make a good online boyfriend for me, Xema.



:bounce:

(Oh, and I'll also consider applications from women and gays, 'cause Xema doesn't discriminate :P )

[LaraMN]

1. Can I be on the selection committee?!

Can I?! Can I?! :bounce:

[XemaSab]

2. Sure!

:bounce:

[LaraMN]

7. YEAGHHH!

[billyskank]

3. :(

[ZombieNixon]

6. Sounds like someone's been dumped...

:P

j/k, I'm sure she still loves you. :pals:

[billyskank]

8. She didn't even tell me I was dumped

:cry:

[ZombieNixon]

12. Ooh, worst kind...

my condolences. :pals:

[tjwmason]

20. She was just an ungrateful tart.

You're better off without her.

Let's go out and get pissed....admittedly difficult in your case. :pals:

[XemaSab]

36. I'm sorry

:(

[ZombieNixon]

4. What? The position isn't reserved for billyskank?

He'll be terribly disappointed. :P

[XemaSab]

13. Well *somebody*

couldn't keep his eyes to himself... :eyes:



:(

[ZombieNixon]

17. Hmm?

Must of missed that...was billyskank looking at other women? Shame on him!

-->billyskank :spank: <--XemaSab

[BikeWriter]

25. That's unforgivable!

[ghostsofgiants]

5. Well I already look like a guy you used to date, apparently.

So there's that, I guess, haha.

[XemaSab]

9. And do you consider that a good point or a bad point?

:think:

[ghostsofgiants]

15. Hmmmm...tough call...

Unless the reason you two are no longer together is because you thought he was hideous, then I'm leaning towards good thing.

[XemaSab]

23. I think I'll call it a neutral

:shrug:

What other qualifications do you think you have for this position?

[ghostsofgiants]

26. Honestly, I got nothin'.

:P

[XemaSab]

29. Tragic, tragic...

NEXT!!!!

[ghostsofgiants]

31. Story of my life.

:P

[In_The_Wind]

10. We both love birdwatching!

But I don't qualify physically to be your boyfriend. :shrug:

[XemaSab]

18. Birding is a big plus!

I'm still working on a response to your PM, btw... I haven't forgotten you. :pals:

[In_The_Wind]

30. Hmmm

I'm kinda hard to forget!
I've got several months to figure it out.
I can't decide what I want to drive out there since I'm not doing the trip on 3 wheels.
If I take my pickup truck, I can camp out.
But if I drive my lil convertible it'll cost less in gas.

I'm so confused.

[GOPisEvil]

11. You're "taking now applications"?

;)

[XemaSab]

14. Yes!

:bounce:

[EstimatedProphet]

46. You might have more success with organizations with more men than NOW

[djeseru]

21. My advice?

Start drinking the Bombay...:D

[GOPisEvil]

22. LOL!!!!

I guess it will all make sense after enough Bombay. :bounce:

[tjwmason]

16. I was just about to apply.

Then I saw that you dumped billy because he didn't keep his eyes to himself....given the vast array and number of gorgeous men and women on here, I'd certainly fail that as well.

So I'm going to comfort billy now. :P

[XemaSab]

28. I saw that you called me an "ungrateful tart"

so it's going to be hard for me to stay nice in my response, but why do you have to take sides?

We've both moved on.

Billy is a rolling stone, and I'm not.

We're both better off, you see? I'm really doing him a favor. :shrug:

[tjwmason]

32. That was my "buddy act"

what any man would have said to another man in the circumstances.

But if he's not holding a grudge against you - I can shop for 12 hours straight without stopping, and know a million different ways of telling a person that their -AHEM- looks large in a given garment, all of them discrete and subtle.

[XemaSab]

33. I hate shopping

:(

[tjwmason]

34. I get my application thrown back in my face do I?

What skills should I have?

I probably do have them already, but just need to know which skill-set to pull out for your approval - though looks like you're going to pick holes in them anyway.

[XemaSab]

37. I'm selective...

....is that a crime? :shrug:

I'm looking for someone who won't flirt with everyone else in the Lounge.

Seems simple enough. :shrug:

[khashka]

38. You start "comforting" billy

and you are gonna be in a world of hurt, my love.

I was gonna apply for billy to be Xema's boyfriend. Gorgeous man. Gorgeous woman. Gorgeous couple. I was even going to demand they breed and create gorgeous children (it would certainly improve the race).

But you just can't not cheat on me, can you?

Khash.

[tjwmason]

40. What, me?

Cheat on you?

Surely you jest?

:P

[khashka]

41. I think I might have mentioned this before....

The innocent act just ain't working :)

Khash.

[XemaSab]

42. You really think so, Khash?

:bounce:

[billyskank]

159. More to the point

do YOU think so? ;)

[XemaSab]

162. Do I think Mason's a player?

Oh yes. Oh yes.

Or is that not what you were asking? :P

[billyskank]

165. Mason is certainly a player

That is NOT what I was asking :P :P

[tjwmason]

201. Talking about me behind my back now are we?

Especially spreading such wicked slanders. I really don't know how anybody could possibly think that about me.

Nonetheless, I'm strongly joining the campaign to get you the job. You're obviously sooooooo much better qualified that I, or indeed any of the other men in the Lounge.

[yvr girl]

19. Are we twins or something

I was going to do one of these threads today. Seriously.

[XemaSab]

24. Really?

Do you want to be on my selection committee? :bounce:

[yvr girl]

27. Absolutely

Good to see what's out there.

[Droopy]

35. I think you're pretty, that's why.

But I'm afraid it would be a tale of the beauty and the beast. ;)

[XemaSab]

39. That's a nice answer!

:D

[flvegan]

43. Any fella would be lucky to be chosen.

I'll only say one word, "yum" and then leave it at that (combined with being a progressive, free-thinking, obviously independent woman, all of which are inCREDibly sexy to trolls like me).

[XemaSab]

52. I had a cheese omelette for breakfast

Is that a deal breaker? :shrug:

[flvegan]

57. Nope.

I don't dictate.

[XemaSab]

62. I'm scared to continue this discussion

I live 2 hours away from a certain braless militant vegan. :scared:

[Botany]

44. # 3 in the thread ..... me and my buddy ..... Stephanie Miller

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=315x8271

I am in the running?

[XemaSab]

53. I don't do botany

:P

[Botany]

59. Oh well, your loss ......

.... give me a minute to get over it ...
:bounce:

guess I am good to go now

[XemaSab]

63. :giggle:

No, really, plants are terra incognita for me. :P

[graywarrior]

45. I don't know about us, but I think our avatars would get it on swell.

Ducks love green brocolli looking upright penises with a smiley face on it's trunk.

[XemaSab]

54. My kittiwakes are scared of the duck

:scared:

[xmas74]

47. Who dumped you this time?

I need to weed through my applications sometime soon.

[XemaSab]

55. billy was flirting with every other woman in the lounge!

And some of the men, too! :cry:

[xmas74]

187. billy will do that.

He's incorrigible.

[XemaSab]

188. So I noticed

:P

[xmas74]

190. Time for me to go to work now.

Damn this day sucks!

Hope yours is better than mine and that you find that new online boyfriend!

[XemaSab]

192. Cheers xmas!

:D

[xmas74]

193. Cheers to you!

[ET Awful]

48. Pick ME . . . 'cuz yer cute, I can cook, and my kitties will LOVE you

:P

[XemaSab]

56. What are some of your favorite foods to cook?

BTW, you have beautiful kitties! :D

[ET Awful]

181. What do you like to eat?

:P

Let's see, Chicken Picatta is one of my favorites.

Then simple stuff like stuffed salmon and the like is also tasty :)

[XemaSab]

191. I don't eat animals and I'm allergic to tomatoes

Can you work with that?

[ET Awful]

265. Sure, I can work within those limitations, just give me a few tries

to adjust my cooking to fit :P

I have my own requirements though, you have to love my kitties!

[XemaSab]

287. I can love me some kitties!

:D

[HEyHEY]

49. If you're just looking for meaningless sex

I'm your man, I have a filthy mind and the will power to carry it all out.

:-)

[XemaSab]

58. Your door is ajar

:o

[HEyHEY]

179. You know it is, baby

[noamnety]

50. You should pick me

I'm a married middle-aged woman, but I think you should pick me anyway to be your online boyfriend.

1. I'm observant. For instance, I see that your photo has excellent color balance - the hair, the arches, and the terracota pot all go nicely together. The plant, the green things you're holding, and the chair all match quite well. And then the sky behind the arches, the shirt, and the table under the potted plant - perfect matches on the shades of blue. So you can be sure that if you log in with a new outfit or a new haircut, I'll notice and make a suitable complimentary comment.

2. I'm independent. If you don't write to me for days on end (or, like, ever), I'll be fine with that. I won't turn into one of those frighteningly insecure stalkerish boyfriends that expects you to spend every waking minute amusing me.

3. I'm learning a new piece on the flute. I'm not sure I'm hitting the high notes in tune. But it's okay, because I'm just an online boyfriend. So you can tell me how lovely it sounds, without actually having to suffer through it. It's a win-win situation.

4. My husband knows lots about cars, so if you have one and it breaks down, I can probably tell him the symptoms and give you an accurate diagnosis. It would be like you're married to one of the car talk guys - but without all the belching and stuff.

[XemaSab]

60. You're a strong contender

A solid aesthetic sense is a big plus! :D

What time zone are you in?

[noamnety]

189. eastern time zone

If you're out west, that gives you lots of time to fool around behind my back while I'm sleeping.

did I mention I would write you lame haikus?

twin towers in hand
moldy sad cactus of death
Mona Lisa smile

[XemaSab]

194. Wirting haikus is cool

even if they're a bit lame. I used to amuse myself at my old job writing haikus, and they were all dreadful.

I would never fool around behind your back. :D

[XemaSab]

215. Writing haikus is cool too!

:hi:

[intheflow]

225. lwfern...

I never knew you could be so funny!! That AND you're a kick-ass photographer! If Xema rejects either of us straight women, I think I'll ask you to be my online boyfriend.

But only if Xema rejects us both. She will always be my first choice for online girlfriend. Luckily I know this won't bother an independent strong heterosexual woman like yourself.

Writing bad haiku
I post this shot as your gift:
"Moody Tree in Fog"

[noamnety]

275. ooooh nice!

you know, I almost messaged you about ben on spin cycle - I teach photography & graphics, and I rotate desktop images regularly so kids who happen to see my computer will be randomly exposed to cool things. I had ben on my computer at school for it a bit, and when I was doing a lecture about photojournalism and Kevin Carter, projecting the slides from my computer, I talked so long at one point the computer timed out and ben flashed on the overhead. It completely derailed our discussion. :)

[intheflow]

278. I was just thinking about Kevin Carter!

Must be working in the disaster zone. But the strange thing is, I didn't know his name. I just remember that photo he took of the child and the vulture. I'm currently writing a sermon about how natural disaster affects us spiritually and psychologically. A hurricane on the Gulf Coast or a draught in Sudan, it's takes its toll on your soul. Kevin Carter was the extreme end of traumatized. :(


...

So I can see how ben could derail that!

[noamnety]

279. I wish the documentary about him was in my area already

(It's a short - 27 minutes)

http://www.kevincarterfilm.com/index.html

are you in New Orleans? I'm going for the vets gulf march.

[intheflow]

289. Hey, my boyfriend is joining that march!

I'm in Biloxi, and he's going to join the march in this area. I'm going to try to hook you all up with a volunteer project while you're passing through. My boyfriend is DUer usedtobesick (he used to be a Republican), and we've hooked up with DUer merh down here, so maybe we can do the mini-est of meetups when you vets pass through.

[noamnety]

290. I'd love a mini-meetup and volunteer thing!

Hey, neither me nor my daughter has been in that area before. Is it super flat? If you were walking a long long way along the coast there, would you encounter hills, dunes, anything like that?

[intheflow]

292. No, it's flat, flat, flat.

Hills start to kind of appear 15-20 miles inland. usedtobesick says you'll be walking along Route 90. As far as I can tell the only hills you might encounter will be bridges walking north to I-10 because the route 90 bridges are out. But he thinks you might be bussed around those parts, anyway.

[Deja Q]

51. Because I love intelligent women with beautiful eyes?

:shrug:

I may be eccentric, but I am loyal and a quick learner.

[XemaSab]

61. I'm quite flattered

But I read your screed against people with stringent dating standards and I was reminded of a thread I posted last year about whether I was being too picky not dating the guy who worked at Starbucks. I don't remember if you responded to that thread, but I'd hate for you to think of me as a purveyor of "old-school reaganomics-type thinking." :(

[Deja Q]

186. LOL. Times change, people change...

That or I'm a flip-flopper who just wants to fit in on every turn because I've always looked in from the outside of society. :(

[XemaSab]

195. I know how you feel

:pals:

[WCGreen]

64. 'Cause I'll do what ever it takes.....

[XemaSab]

67. What ever, eh?

You want to dig up a hydrangea?

[WCGreen]

77. And transplant it.....

Been there done that....

[XemaSab]

80. I'd just chuck it in the green waste container

Did it today, as a matter of fact!

1 down, 2 to go...

So are you game? :D

[WCGreen]

83. I love to pluck flowers....

And to trim the bush away....

[XemaSab]

90. We know you're a perv...

So what about the other 2 hydrangeas?

And can you transplant 12 tea roses while you're at it?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

65. Well, I'm, uh...

Hold on, I'll think of something.

[XemaSab]

68. I'm waiting

:hi:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

76. I'll never go bald.

If that's your thing. :)

[XemaSab]

82. I'm slightly scared at the assurance with which you post this

What gives you that confidence?

And BTW, bald can be VERY sexy! :D

[Starbucks Anarchist]

89. Confidence?

:rofl:

I have none.

But my hirsute qualities are my best ones. ;)

[XemaSab]

96. Do you routinely

shave numbers and/or team logos into your back when attending sporting events? :scared:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

99. I don't even watch sports.

I'm one of them "readers."

[XemaSab]

102. A reader?

:scared:

What are the 15 closest books to you as we speak?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

104. Okay...

Operation Hollywood
The Sorrows of Empire
Perfectly Legal
Fast Food Nation
In Cold Blood
Jennifer Government
Reefer Madness
Stanley Kubrick: A Visual Analysis
Film Noir Reader
Reason
Catch-22
Fahrenheit 451
1984
A Clockwork Orange
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[XemaSab]

105. Not a shabby list at all!

I've got

Sunset's Western Landscaping
Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
Goode's World Atlas
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Peterson's Mexican Birds
Woodpeckers: An Identification Guide to Woodpeckers of the World
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix :woohoo:
Natty Geo's Field Guide to the Birds of North America (4th ed.)
Birds of Europe
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Spanish in 30 Days
Hard Truth (Nevada Barr mystery)

and last but not least:

Millie's Book. As dictated to Barbara Bush.

Only 13, but all either on my bed or on my bedside table! Oh yeah!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

106. I'm gonna take a wild guess here:

Ya like birds? :)

[XemaSab]

110. Oh yeah.

And Harry Potter. :D

You?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

111. Never read Harry Potter.

And I'm an indoor person, but I have nothing against birds.

Actually, I think watching a hummingbird in motion is one of life's little treats. :)

[XemaSab]

115. How would you define an "indoor person?"

And for the bonus, where in Cali are you? North, South, East, West, Central? :shrug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

118. Los Angeles--soon to be in NYC, though.

An indoor person--someone who spends most of their time indoors and only comes outside for essential things or when it's raining.

[XemaSab]

119. So you live in LA

and you only go out when it's raining?

You must be very pale. :P

Why are you moving to New York?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

121. LMAO, pale?

I'm almost the shade of burnt toast. :)

Why NYC? Friends there, better access to everything, actual weather, normal people, vibrant culture (especially for jazz fans like me) and many more reasons.

[XemaSab]

124. So you're a pale person of color

:shrug:

/gauche faux pas

Are you from New York?

And hey, 85 degrees and sunny IS actual weather. :D

[Starbucks Anarchist]

126. I was born in Brooklyn.

But my parents and I moved (to Mississippi!) soon after.

Okay, 85 and sunny may be weather, but LA has no seasons. :)

[XemaSab]

128. I'll buy that

Brooklyn to Missisippi to... somewhere... to LA.

You're very well travelled. Why did they move from New York to Mississippi? And did you like it there?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

134. My dad works for the VA.

He and my mother are currently in Texas, which is where we moved to after Mississippi. I was just a kid when we were in Mississippi, so pretty much everything impressed me at that age. :)

[XemaSab]

137. And of all the places you've lived

you liked New York the best?

I've never been to the city of New York. Seems like it would be a bit busy for me.

What's the story behind your name?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

144. Actually, we moved from NYC when I was a few months old.

But I've been back there many times since.

And my screenname is based on a conversation with a friend. He was telling me about a friend of his (a yuppie-type) who said to him that he fancies himself as an anarchist.

My friend laughed and said to the guy he was more like a "coffee-table book anarchist," and then I said, "Starbucks Anarchist" to modify it.

What does XemaSab mean?

[XemaSab]

147. XemaSab is short for Xema sabini

which is the Latin name for the Sabine's gull. It works for me. :shrug:

So do you think that you yourself are a Starbucks Anarchist, 'cause I know the type. :P

[Starbucks Anarchist]

148. I am, and it's a contradiction in terms, much like myself.

If you applied it to politics, I'm not the marching/protesting type. It's more like I'll write a letter to the editor and call it a day. :)

[XemaSab]

151. I don't know what I'd be

I've volunteered for campaigns, but that's about my limit.

But you're right, it is a contradiction in terms.

What would the letter to the editor typically be about?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

153. Well, I haven't written any yet.

:)

But it could be about any one of the billion ways we've been screwed by this administration.

[XemaSab]

160. Sounds perfect!

I'm personally thinking there are more than a billion, but that's just me. ;)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

167. What can I say? I'm lazy.

;)

[XemaSab]

169. It's not a crime.

;)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

171. Good, because I would be serving a life sentence.

;)

[WhollyHeretic]

66. Because I'm using lawn furniture at my computer right now too?

I also love fantasy novels. Though I do have a fear of broccoli :scared: so that might disqualify me. :(

[XemaSab]

69. I was in college, and the chair was free

I now have a laptop in addition to the iMac, and I've moved on.

I'm now tucked up in bed. :D

[WhollyHeretic]

72. My cat destroyed my old chair so now I'm using a What-A-Chair

Don't let the innocent look fool you, she is a very mischievous and destructive kitty.

[XemaSab]

74. Is her tail curved in this picture?

Or is it a club tail? :shrug:

[WhollyHeretic]

78. She has a full tail, it's just curved around in that picture.

[XemaSab]

86. She's a cute one...

I wonder how she'd get along with the puppy? :hide:

[WhollyHeretic]

103. She likes to crouch on tables or chairs and pounce on the backs of dogs

She's very sweet but loves to play.

[XemaSab]

107. Excellent!

Is she an only cat?

[WhollyHeretic]

113. Depends who you ask. I'm pretty sure I have another cat

but most of my friends tell me he's a figment of my imagination since he never comes out when other people are around. :shrug:

[XemaSab]

117. I had a cat like that

What does he look like?

Does he pee when you try to pick him up? :shrug:

[WhollyHeretic]

125. Thankfully no. He does freak out when you try to pick him up

Even if he climbs on my lap to be pet he still freaks out if I try to pick him up.

[XemaSab]

129. This is my kitty

She died though. :(

[WhollyHeretic]

184. That's a cute kitty

I'm sorry you lost her :-(

[Crazy Guggenheim]

70. ........

"Please state why you think you would make a good online boyfriend for me, Xema."

I don't have any reasons. So I guess it won't work ........

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[XemaSab]

71. You live in Marin, you crack my shit up,

and you taught me how to properly use the popcorn smilie.

:loveya:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

73. That's ok. Don't worry about it.

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[XemaSab]

75. Trust me. I'm not.

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[mdmc]

97. well

I post neat threads about pataphysics, juxtapositions, and cosplay http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4786651 / and I am sensitive http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4801781#4802130 and know a man's place.

Besides, I'm just as good as the rest of these saps! Peace and low stress!

ps- I know I'm on the east coast, but perhaps I only need a reason to check in here late night, early morn. :kick:

[XemaSab]

100. That was an interesting and unusual thread....

I learned things in that thread I did not know. Are those your hobbies?

And can you elaborate on "a man's place?"

[mdmc]

109. learning is my hobby

Regarding 'a man's place', I was referring to my post in that later link (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4801781#4804958).
I think that I might have been the only guy to respond to that thread.

If someone described you as interesting and unusual, would you consider it a compliment?:kick:

[XemaSab]

112. I would consider it a compliment, yes

Would you? :shrug:

And yes, you're right, you do know a man's place. :D

[mdmc]

123. yes ... it is a rather nice way of being viewed.

[XemaSab]

131. What would you say are your more unique traits?

:shrug:

[mdmc]

138. thank you for asking

peace and low stress are my signature traits. I OWN these things (and that is why there is never enough of them out there for the rest of the USA)!

[XemaSab]

141. Has anyone ever told you

"Don't bogart the peace and low stress, man?"

:shrug:

[mdmc]

143. terrible

goodnight.:)

[XemaSab]

145. I'm terrible?

What a sad thing to say... :(

[mdmc]

183. I mean

:hi:

[Richard Steele]

79. My resumé reads like a police blotter, but the photo's GREAT:

BTW, what the heck are you holding in that pic?

[XemaSab]

84. Um... I think I'll pass

Sorry, I've done the criminal thing too many times...

And it's a cactus! :D

A dying, moldy, sunburned, half-eaten cactus at this stage in the game. Life has been cruel. :(

[Richard Steele]

92. Cactus was my first guess! But then, the longer I looked at it...

...the less it looked like ANYTHING.

Cactus are pretty resilient; I hope that guy makes a full recovery.

[XemaSab]

95. He's been a severed stem section for 6 years

I threw him behind the garage to get him away from the other cactuses and he started pupping, but when I put him back in a pot he started doing poorly again. :shrug:

[LSK]

81. well....

Im probably to lazy for the job and get distracted with other things....

:popcorn:

[XemaSab]

85. Like what?

:bounce:

[LSK]

87. GD

:popcorn:

[XemaSab]

88. GDP or straight GD?

What about GD: Alito and GD: Fitzmas?

[LSK]

91. GD:Fitzmas was fun

Normally straight GD with an occasional joint into GDP for some flavor and DLC bashing..

:popcorn:

[XemaSab]

93. And you're saying that you're worried that you'd be too distracted

to properly pay attention to me?

[LSK]

94. yes

Afterall, Fitzmas II can happen at any time!

:popcorn:

[XemaSab]

98. This is true

I still have blackberry cordial from Fitzmas I. :bounce:

Did you do anything special for Fitzmas? :shrug:

[LSK]

101. isnt GD:Fitzmas special enough?

What more could anyone want? :shrug:

[XemaSab]

108. Life, love, and a really huge

bird list.

No?

[Vektor]

114. I'm married, but we can do another lunch date...

Maybe Friday after I get out of school?

[XemaSab]

120. Sounds terrific!

You ever been to either of the Thai places in the morass of streets around Cypress, Churn Creek, Hartnell, and Hilltop?

(Those streets still all look alike to me... I am SUCH a n00b!)

[Vektor]

127. I will PM you...n/t

[RagingInMiami]

116. Does that include online sex?

[XemaSab]

122. No, no it does not

:yoiks:

[LincolnMcGrath]

130. Your Musical Tastes?

[XemaSab]

132. I don't have any

I'm musically tasteless.

I listen to a LOT of Radiohead, Modest Mouse, and NIN.

What are YOUR musical tastes?

[LincolnMcGrath]

136. Similar to yours

[XemaSab]

139. So did I pass?

:shrug:

[LincolnMcGrath]

140. With flying colors!

:loveya:

[XemaSab]

142. Suweet

So uh, come by this place often? :shrug:

[LincolnMcGrath]

150. Why yes. I am a lounge Lizard from way back.

[XemaSab]

154. Righton.

[LincolnMcGrath]

158. Question?

Are the girls really warm in NorCal?

Or were the Beach Boys trying desperately to make a few bucks of the back of true surf guitar legends like Dick Dale?

[XemaSab]

161. Some of them are

but the closer you get to the coast the less likely you'll find that to be.

When I lived on the coast I was cold all the time. :(

[LincolnMcGrath]

163. That's cool. lol (pun intended)

How do you feel about Jeep drivers?

[XemaSab]

164. I like my jeeps mint green

Is yours?

[LincolnMcGrath]

166. Last Wrangler=Blue

Current Jeep=Maroon

Am I still in the race?

[XemaSab]

168. And where do you like to take your jeep?

:shrug:

[LincolnMcGrath]

170. Well, since they can go anywhere,

I like to occasionally trek off the beaten path and kick back and listen to Prairie Home Companion.

(Going muddin' for sh*ts and giggles wastes fuel and can be hard on the environment.)

[XemaSab]

172. You haven't lived

until you have gunned it through a puddle and doused your field crew with a rancid mix of mud and cow shit.

:D

[LincolnMcGrath]

174. Been there.

Central Florida 2001-2002

Only, it was Gator poo!

[XemaSab]

177. But did you get the whole field crew?

:shrug:

And what were you doing there?

[LincolnMcGrath]

185. Yes

I was living and working down there.

[XemaSab]

196. What were you doing there?

Are you a biologist?

[Lethe]

133. what is that black cylindrical object ?

do you beat your online boyfriends with Mag-Lights?

[XemaSab]

135. I totally do!

I have since graduated to keeping a headlamp handy.

The mag-light makes me feel like a badass, but the headlamp's more stealthy, ya know?

Like the difference between a SWAT team and an elite ninja force.

Any other questions? :shrug:

[Lethe]

157. there's something you should know

i have been a very naughty boy, and you may deal with me as you like

:spank:

[billyskank]

146. Did you find a suitable applicant yet?

[XemaSab]

149. I'm still interviewing

But you've been shortlisted. :D

I see you've decided to talk to me...

[billyskank]

152. I wasn't upset with you

just the game was getting too much for me.

[XemaSab]

155. Oh, I was worried you were!

:(

[billyskank]

156. ...

:hug:

[Montauk6]

173. Well, I'm spoken for but a quick observation

Anyone ever mention that you look a bit like New Zealand actress-extraordinaire Kerry Fox?

[XemaSab]

176. No way!

She stars in my most favorite film EVER!

Shallow Grave! :bounce:

(You really think so?)

[Montauk6]

244. WAY!

I first discovered her in the not-well-enough known Jane Campion film "Angel At My Table."

[XemaSab]

245. To make a guilty confession

the "Interview" montage from Shallow Grave has been lurking in the back of my brain throughout this thread.

I've never seen anything else with her in it, but I was thinking about it last night and you know, she could certainly be a close relative of mine, lookswise. :D

[gmoney]

175. Does this mean I'm fired?

Another victim of downsizing... or is it outsourcing?

[XemaSab]

178. You haven't been around

Your job was outsourced to Britain. :P

[Starbucks Anarchist]

180. So am I on the short list?

;)

[XemaSab]

197. Sure!

:D

[Starbucks Anarchist]

203. Sweet!

:)

[Guava Jelly]

182. I am quite the catch

I snore love to drink wine,Broke most of the time.
do you like to cyber cuddle after cyber $@@.
Oh and i am lousy in cyber bed i type to quick..lol
i am also a card and should be dealt with.

[XemaSab]

199. OIC

:D

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

198. Criteria, please!

[XemaSab]

216. You're quite the demanding one

Tell me about yourself and I'll tell you what the criteria are.

[u4ic]

200. Pick me! Pick me!

billy does funny (and unpronounceable) things anyway...:silly:

I'M

a great dancer

clean

romantic

affectionate

a great kisser

and just enough of this to make it interesting

And best of all. I am Canadian!

[XemaSab]

217. Canada's cool

and good dental hygiene is cooler!

:D

How do you feel about birds?

[u4ic]

227. I LOVE birdies!

I've owned - or rather, they have owned ME - a couple of cockatiels and a Moustached Parakeet: (aren't they the coolest looking parrot?!)





Not just parrots, though...I think all birds are gorgeous! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[XemaSab]

229. That's quite a bird!

Are they originally African? :shrug:

[u4ic]

232. Nepal, I believe

India and Indonesia. They're in the same family as Indian Ringnecks.

He was hilarious. I named him Rev, after Reverend Jim on Taxi. He was a rescue bird. He loved to hang upside down in his cage, swing back and forth, and mutter to himself. :rofl:

edit: also found in southern China and Burma

[XemaSab]

233. Ah yes

I got myself a bunch of world field guides for Christmas. I've always been really awful at parrots, though. :P

[u4ic]

235. They're my speciality!

We complement each other perfectly! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[XemaSab]

236. How are they your specialty?

'Cause I have to say, I'm not only totally ignorant about parrots, I'm also totally ignorant about virtually every tropical and old world endemic group.

:P

[u4ic]

239. I know EXACTLY

how to prepare them just right...in a lovely wild mushroom sauce...;)

:P

I am very good at identifying parrots. :hi:

[XemaSab]

240. It's an age old classic:

Eating your study animals.

I've heard on authority that those feral cats know what's up: songbirds DO taste good! :D

And swans are good eatin' too! :D :D

[u4ic]

241. Errr...

what if you're a student...of human nature? :scared: :scared: :scared:

[XemaSab]

242. .

:scared:

well, uh, usually humans aren't stuffed... :hide:

[u4ic]

243. But they're often full of it!

:rofl:

[Lochloosa]

202. You should see my fingers dance on the keyboards....

Orgasmic!

[bertha katzenengel]

204. I want your avocados.

Nice starter plant in the pot behind you. ;)

[XemaSab]

218. I have sad news

That's the avocado tree that the puppy trashed last week.

But being able to ID an avocado gets mega bonus points!

Sorry I couldn't make it down for your visit. How was your trip?

edit: spelling

[bertha katzenengel]

223. Nothing to make it down for...

Meetup cancelled for lack of interest. Mine. :( If anyone wants to sue, bring it on. I have a great penny collection in an old uncola glass.

So sorry your puppy trashed it! I grew up trying to grow avocado trees. :hi:

The trip was good. Read more if you see my thread, "I just flew in from the West Coast, and boy are my arms tired." Sigh.

:hi:

edited to say, it is not that I am uninterested in meeting DUers -- on the contrary. I just could not separate myself from my family for those few precious hours. I had only a week. :(

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

205. Me too. APPLY HERE FOR MY LOVE.

APPLY!

[ghostsofgiants]

206. Maybe YOU won't coldheartedly reject me like Xema did.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

207. I might, I might not!

you have to list your qualifications though!

[ghostsofgiants]

209. You already know I have none!

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

210. bullshit!

:)

[ghostsofgiants]

211. Alright, fine...umm...

I make pretty good lemonade. And my odour isn't the most offensive thing you'll ever smell.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

212. you win!

:*

[ghostsofgiants]

214. HAHA! TAKE THAT, XEMASAB!

[XemaSab]

219. Shit!

[ghostsofgiants]

220. Yeah, that's right, sulk away.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

251. psssh.

XemaSab doesn't know what she's missing!

[ghostsofgiants]

252. Haha, her loss.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

253. So true

:mwah:

[intheflow]

208. Nobody gives good gull like I do!

:P I would be in the lesbian/gay category of applicants. Not that I am normally, but I'm just saying, in case you look at my profile, I'm actually not genderless. You and I share gender. Yet another thing in common!





Oh, and did I mention I also give good Potter? :P

[XemaSab]

221. Laughing gulls!

I have a laughing gull on my porch! :loveya:

I also had my first ever Harry Potter dream last night. Good times, good times!

In addition to taking kickass gull photos and reading Harry Potter, what do you do with your free time?

[intheflow]

224. Not much.

I like to hike, take photos (obviously), cook Mexican and Italian food, read DU obsessively, work long-term hurricane relief in Mississippi, and generally try to save the down-trodden/the nation/the planet from the forces of evil.

I'm also a babe (again, just like you!):



And of course I'd be very good to you, I'd make you laugh, I'd positively shower you with respect and love. And flowers, of course. (Well, pictures of flowers anyway, like this one taken at a hummingbird garden in Arizona.)



I'd shower you with jewels, but saving the down-trodden and fighting forces of evil just doesn't pay very well. (Sorry.)

[XemaSab]

228. Where in Arizona is the Hummingbird garden?

I've been to Southeast Arizona three times. I've had most but not all of the specialties there.

You're not into butterflies at all, are you?

If you are, so far my best sighting is a Lustrous Copper up by Tioga Pass in Yosemite!

Who are you working with for the hurricane relief? And do they need help? :bounce:

[intheflow]

250. You've eaten rattlesnake?

I'm pretty sure that's a Southeast Arizona specialty. But perhaps that was one you missed. (Good call in my book.) Anyway, that photo was taken at Boyce Thompson Arboretum.

Butterflies are very nice, though they haven't captured my imagination quite as vividly as birds and dragonflies. Probably because they mostly refuse to sit still for my camera! Still, I do appreciate the the pollination they provide to the plum tree in my yard. That, and transformative symbolism inherent in the butterfly. Here's one I saw in DC last September while marching to transform the current pResident's war machine:



I'm working with Hands On Network in Biloxi, and yes, they need help--but not during the month of March! It's not that the coast doesn't need the help, but volunteer lodging is stretched thin. Just our group will have 650 volunteers marching through during March. We normally have about 150 people which feels just about right for our space. It's going to be a madhouse here. And I work with volunteer housing issues (in part), so I know every agency is experiencing the same thing, from Texas to Alabama. :crazy:


*On edit: spell-check is my friend!

[XemaSab]

256. I've eaten mud snake

but that was in South Carolina, not Arizona. I haven't eaten rattlesnake, but mud snake is like really chewy chicken. :shrug:

The deal with photographing butterflies is you have to be patient and move slowly. If you can manage to do both, you can sometimes get REALLY close. I used to net them in order to ID them, but after accidentally killing two, I found you can often get excellent looks just by sneaking up when they're nectaring.

It's raining here right now. For a week or so it was hot and sunny and I saw a few, but I think they're not going to be out in any numbers for a while.

I'm hoping to get the yard landscaped for butterflies. Sadly, I don't think the milkweed plants survived the winter, but I've got a bunch of other stuff that's looking like it might do really well for attracting butterflies.

That's a nice picture! :)

[intheflow]

276. Ugh. No wonder you don't eat meat now.

I've had alligator. It tasted like rubber. Never again!

With shooting butterflies, I have tried patience... and it tried me. :P The problem is, as a photo freak, I want to get a macro lens up to the butterfly wing. Without killing such beauty, of course. Butterflies really don't like humans putting macro lenses in their antennae, and who can blame them? It's very rude.

I hope someday to get another house where I can plant, plant, plant! I had one once, but just as t started to take off, I had to move. Very sad, but such is life. Anyway, I planted butterfly/hummingbird flowers all over the yard. My favorite was a red bee balm. By the fourth year one plant had spread to a small garden and was attracting both butterflies and the only hummingbird I ever saw in Massachusetts. As a bonus, when you dry bee balm, it smells heavenly, like orange and spice. I don't know if it'll grow in Northern California, but I highly suggest trying it. Another good flower is the one in my photos, a yellow coreopsis.

I'm sorry to hear it's raining. It's just another day in paradise here:

This is about 5 blocks down from where I work. :(

Not such a pretty picture. No one I work with can even identify this building. I like to imagine it was a fine Italian restaurant.

[XemaSab]

283. I love coreopsis

We're getting that, yarrow, butterfly bush (with the big purple flowers), milkweed... a whole bunch of stuff. Hopefully we'll get a diversity of butterflies. Usually all we get are Pipevine Swallowtails.

This is my friend's website:

www.martinreid.com

He's a meganerd when it comes to gulls, but he's got some nice bird and butterfly photos, among others. And he took me to the ranch where I saw the Rufous-Capped Warbler featured on the front page!



He also took me to the dump in Corpus where I had this bird:



Lesser Black Backed Gull. Never go to the dump with a devout gull fiend. It was really the grossest smell ever. Seriously. I was ready to go after about an hour, even though there were a lot of birds.

[usregimechange]

213. Can't submit resume due to being married, but your cute...

[XemaSab]

222. Thanks!

:hi:

[Fox Mulder]

226. Is it too late for me to apply?

:)

[XemaSab]

230. I was hoping you would show up!

So tell me about yourself. You know something about soil taxonomy, which is a big plus.

Are you any good at rock and mineral ID? :shrug:

[Fox Mulder]

231. I covered soil taxonomy briefly in my geomorphology class...

in the fall of 2004, so I'm not very good at it.

I am good at rock and mineral ID'ing, though. :)

[XemaSab]

234. Good, good!

Rocks and minerals were always my weak areas... well, that and botany, but I bet if you asked the lounge at large if they know anything about soil tax, you'd get 2 yesses and the rest noes.

Sounds like a poll... should I do it? :shrug:

[Fox Mulder]

237. I bet...

you'd get two yesses and the rest noes.

Just a guess...;)

[XemaSab]

238. Done

:D

[Porcupine]

246. Hmm, Late but....We share the same NPR station and weather

so we can celebrate equinoxes and curse soltices together as is proper. Seriously I would like to be added to the list for offline boyfriend consideration if that's really you.

Me, I can cook, catch babies, fix your back, throw a pot, build a kiln, fire it, build a boat, a house or help build a community, turn yuck into compost and tomatoes and melons, espalier a cherry tree and fix anything homewise. I don't watch sports but I do watch critters. I'm like that guy in Rosenkranz and Guilderstein are dead. (except not dead)

You can think, you can write and YOWZAA!! You have officially beat Jeanine Garafalo as my Liberal Fantasy Woman.



(picking jaw up off floor)

[XemaSab]

247. You live in Chico?

Tell me about yourself.

And thanks for the flattery! :blush:

[Porcupine]

248. Where to start........

Books, Terry Prachet is closest. "Color of Magic" but I'm looking at two editions of the Whole Earth Catalog, a Pathophysiology text, the Barefoot Doctors Manual of Chinese Medicine and a terra cotta reproduction of a chinese warrior. I helped set up the Chico Cohousing community where several members of my family, (Mom, Godmother, ex, and daughters <9 and 12> live.

Listening to the space hour now. Queensland Heeler sleeping by my side. Kids asleep in next room after nightly poetry reading (Shel Silverstein). Oh I'm 40, single and just a bit padded. Ballroom dance classes Monday and Weds., farmers market EVERY saturday especially in a storm.

Ok......I take the unique thing a bit far but I can't make it stop so I go with it.

[XemaSab]

254. I have a dog who's half heeler

Do you call your dog "dingo" ever?

[Porcupine]

269. Nah, She's a classic Blue Merle.

and smarter than smart. We have to spell three syllable words that mean w-a-l-k and o-u-t. You can see the dingo in them though.

[XemaSab]

271. My dog's really smart

and yeah, she KNOWS. She knows the words "Mary Lake," "vet," and "Domingo Springs."

As soon as she sees me put my shoes on she gets really excited.

The problem is she's a big dog and she knows we can't MAKE her do anything. She also gets really hyper sometimes and so she needs lots of time-outs.

[Porcupine]

273. Clicker Training. All reward, no punishment, works great.

Because Queenslands do not understand pain. I've seen a Queenie take a full kick from a horse, fly ten feet, shake himself off and go back to herding it.

Mine refused all orders until they were associated with rewards. Now she won't take a hot dog from a toddlers hand unless it's pushed into her mouth. That, and she teaches preschoolers how to play fetch.

Back to work, I will return to pitch woo later. Sigh.

[XemaSab]

274. Well, the real kicker with my dog is that she

doesn't care about food at all.

We're going for clicker training with the puppy, but how do you motivate a dog when you put down a piece of steak and she walks over, sniffs it, and turns away?

[Porcupine]

277. Every dog has a weakness. Fetch, walkies, bellly rubs.

My dog lives to fetch. She will drop sticks at the feet of any standing human. Get three clicks I'll throw the stick. Works great.

Your dog CAN be bought.

[XemaSab]

280. She's never really understood the concept of fetch

She begrudgingly allows me to pet her.

She LOVES walks but I can't exactly take her for a walk every time she sits. :shrug:

[Porcupine]

249. My favorite rose.......

As a child we had a Climbing Cecil Brunner that my father planted next to our entry. An Anna's hummingbird, or several would nest in it and dive bomb us as we came and went. The rose and the bird between them did their best to take over the house but we just loved them both and it didn't work.

[XemaSab]

255. Some people think hummers are sweet and dainty

but if they were the size of sparrows we'd have reasons to fear for our lives!

[Porcupine]

270. They like their nesting material um, fresh from the source......

They would pluck hair right off our heads as we walked by. The things have no fear.

[TheBaldyMan]

257. WDA seeks BSW

(trans: Walking Disaster Area seeks Blind Stupid Woman)

thats my standard Personals ad, still waiting for an answer.

[XemaSab]

258. I'm reaching for the aforementioned

Goode's world atlas to see where Wirral is....

And it's not in the atlas... so where is it???

[TheBaldyMan]

260. Just across the River Mersey from Liverpool,

'the Wirral' is the sticky-out bit West of Liverpool

[XemaSab]

261. Gotcha

Now that's in the atlas.

Do you like it there?

[TheBaldyMan]

262. it's OK for a small town,

a bit dull at times but I can always go across the water to the big bad city if I need some excitement.

[XemaSab]

263. Exactly

What do you do for a living?

[TheBaldyMan]

264. Normally I work in IT

but right now I'm recovering from surgery :(

still got another few months before I'm fully fit, I've been climbing the walls with boredom for the last year!

Still it could be worse, the UK has universal health care :)

[u4ic]

281. To Upper Parliament Street?

:rofl:




At least, I think that's the reference I needed. :blush:

[TheBaldyMan]

282. or 'down the Ibo'

I have to admit Liverpool is a great place for a night out. I can even remember some of them!

It's become a bit 'gentrified' in the last few years, too many damn yuppies. But it's still great for live music and clubbing, although I'm a bit past it now.

[u4ic]

285. When he went back for his mum's funeral

a few years ago, he said some of the new homes there (in Liverpool) rivalled the ones here. Considering the monstrosities here, I was quite surprised. I didn't think there was any room to put them!

You can remember some of those nights out? I don't know if that's impressive, or sad. ;-)

[u4ic]

266. My ex's mum used to live in Wirral

He himself is a transplanted Scouse. :hi:

[TheBaldyMan]

267. A'right girl!

and greetings from Birkenhead :hi:

[u4ic]

268. HA!!!

Didn't I hear that enough!! :rofl:

I LOVE Scouse accents! :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

A'right there!!!!!!! Greetings from an Albertan on a similar latitude!!:hi:

[Porcupine]

272. Try florally inclined seeks beauty with garden to share.......

send picture of garden.

[TheBaldyMan]

286. but that would be dishonest

besides I am the kiss of death to any plant life, I just haven't got a green thumb :(

anyway I think I've scared XemaSab off already ! :cry:

[LSK]

259. did you decide who the lucky stiff is going to be yet?

:popcorn:

[XemaSab]

284. Still working on it

You applying?

[Fox Mulder]

288. Did you get one yet?

:P

[Wcross]

291. I have a realy large....

....hard drive.