[dcmacdaddy]

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:
psht... i am technically asian

but f*ck that, the culture annoys me. i consider myself american in the sense i was born here, it's what accurately describes me and what i identify with. i don't care about that whole "indian" fiasco crao back in the 1800s. technically europeans and everybody else are from Africa right? so who decides how far back in time we go? if i could have my way, i'd be a "New Yorker".

Yes, your cultural identity is American, perhaps even more specifically New Yorker, but your ethnicity is Asian.

What Malvolio is trying to get at is a criticism of those individuals who can't/don't/won't separate their biologically derviced ethnic identity from their socially created cultural identity.

[Oisín]

Originally posted by dcmacdaddy:
What Malvolio is trying to get at is a criticism of those individuals who can't/don't/won't separate their biologically derviced ethnic identity from their socially created cultural identity.

Or perhaps a at those who skipped over the questions (menu points) too lightly to notice that it said 'ethnicity' and not 'ancestry' or 'cultural identity'...

[malvolio]

Originally posted by dcmacdaddy:
PS--Props on your spelling of Haudenosaunee? I usually call them Kanhawake but first learned of them as the Mohawks growing up in school. Are you native, by any chance?

No, but I buy my tobacco products from them.

[Lancer409]

First Name: William
Nickname: Bob, Bill, Will, Willie, etc..
MacNN Handle(s): Lancer409
Age: 22 in August
Profession: Library Page / Student
Greatest acheivements: Turning from a 195lb+ Cream Puff into a 132lb jogger (45+ miles per week) then into a 155lb weightlifter who can bench 295lb in sets and max out at over 315.
Fav music: I can and DO listen to nearly anything
Fav music group or person: There is no favorite .. really .. I listen to all sorts in different genre’s and different languages (which I do not understand.
Listening to now: Right now, I’ve been listening to a lot of David Sedaris Audio books.
Fav TV show: Family Guy, Iron Chef … I don’t watch much television…
Fav Movie: Not really sure. I liked bicentennial man, and movies in the Hero/House Of Flying Daggers/Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon genre
Fav food:Sushi! Pho (Vietnamese noodle soup dish) Authentic’ish burrito’s from a taqueria, Chinese food, and I’m a sucker for ice cream.
Fav drink: Cold/Ice water, diet soft drinks.
Fav alcoholic Beverage: Stella Artois and Guiness. I like shooters too though. I liked straight hard liquor around age 14-17 … I’m kinda shifting towards beers now.
Fav book: I liked Dune and the new Dune stuff done by Herbert’s son.
Superman or Batman? Batman (I read a graphic novel done by Jim Lee, god … Batman ****ed up superman… pimpy detective)
Kelly, Ruben or Fantasia: Pfft
Rock star or Billionaire: Billionaire
Believe in aliens: yes
Believe in ghosts: yes, and I AM afraid. I’m not sure who said they weren’t afraid .. (the person I copied and pasted this from - edit: it was APU) but I’m afraid because I can fight a murderer or psycho physically … the same cant be said about ghosts.
Car: to be determined in the near future
Computer: Big Bulky self built gaming pc.
Mac: Powerbook 12inch Rev C.
Deep dark secret: Insomniac
Secret aspiration: I don’t want to be a failure.
Dream Car:Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 7 GSR (Modified) Lamborghini Gallardo, Aston Martin DB9, Honda Insight (yeah .. I know...)
Sexuality:Straight
Kids: hundreds of 'em through the years
Relationship Status: Singo and free to mingo (although I am kinda in something or other right now)
Height:5' 7"
Wheight: 153-156 (fluctuates)
Gender:Male
Religion:Christian (protestant) doesnt matter the denomination
Role Model: Al Bundy, Peter Griffen, and ... realistically .. my best friend.
Yearly income: Enough to support my newfound Apple habits
cat or dog person: Neither (Hate the mess and the hairs) but I like playing with dogs.
outdoor or indoor personality: both .. they each have their place
geek?: yes and no. I like new technology, but have been known to think of certain people as geeks ...
Ethnicity: Chinese
Interesting Fact: ____________
MacNNers on cell phone:1
Disability/Allergies:My vulnerabilities are known to no one but myself.

[sek929]

First Name: Sean
Nickname: Skennedy, sked, shaniatwain, seanathan
MacNN Handle(s): same since 99' beeyotch
Age: 22 in Sept.
Profession: Carpenter / Drinker
Greatest acheivements: Help build a massive post office, 3 mil. dollar summer home, and took a 40 foot tree down with the front of my car.
Fav music: Metal
Fav music group or person: Primus
Listening to now: The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Fav TV show: Simpsons (seasons 3-11)
Fav Movie: Tie Requiem for a Dream / The Shining
Fav food: Chicken Chow Mein (Fall River style)
Fav drink: Hawaiin Punch, Apple Juice
Fav alcoholic Beverage: Bass Ale, Corona, Jack Daniels
Superman or Batman? Batman
Kelly, Ruben or Fantasia: I'll pick a slow and horrible death.
Rock star or Billionaire: Billionare
Believe in aliens: Yeah, but not the green kind with big heads.
Believe in ghosts: Slightly
Car: 1995 Dodge Intrepid
Computer: g4
Mac: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver 733
Deep dark secret: Violently tickleish to the point of flailing.
Secret aspiration: Directing and producing independent films. Already made a handful of half-assed shorts.

[Oisín]

Originally posted by sek929:
Nickname: shaniatwain

Explain.

And welcome back

[KeriVit]

First Name: Keri
Nickname: Vit
Age: 34
Profession: Graphic Designer/Prepress Manager
Greatest achievements: Being an honorable sister to my 16 yo & 8 yo brothers.
Fav music: Everything honestly- I love music
Fav music group or person: Heart
Listening to now: Eminem and watching tv
Fav TV show: Sopranos and/or Deadwood
Fav Movie: Nightmare Before Christmas / The Godfather
Fav food: Anything with peanut butter
Fav drink: Diet Dr. Pepper
Fav alcoholic Beverage: tanq and tonic or Wine (Meridian)
Fav book: Black Boy by Richard Wright
Superman or Batman? Batman- definitely.
Kelly, Ruben or Fantasia: Kelly- cuz I don’t know what Ruben is up to.
Rock star or Billionaire: Rock star since I have to choose. Don’t wanna be either ideally.
Believe in aliens: not really but I don’t deny what others believe
Believe in ghosts: yes and guardian angels
Car: 2003 Honda Accord EXV6- soon Mazda 3
Computer: PB 17- Dual G4 at work
Deep dark secret: I love Kris Kristofferson
Secret aspiration: Educational Excellence
Dream Car: Convertible BMW
Sexuality: gay
Height: 5’7”
Weight: 140
Gender: female
Religion: Keri-ism. I have faith, but there are too many different flavors out there.
cat or dog person: DOG
outdoor or indoor personality: outdoor
do u consider yourself a geek? No.
Etnicity: 2nd Gen Italian- so, Italian American
Interesting Fact: despite my posts, I am actually a very intelligent woman
Disability: blind in one eye. Raised my deaf parent- (though I consider this an honor, not a disability.)

[sek929]

Originally posted by Oisín:
Explain.

And welcome back

Its good to be back. Hopefully soon I will have DSL at my house but until then I use it at my rent's house.

Heres the explanation. On a 24 hour trip to Florida last year everyone got a little stir crazy and my nickname morphed from seanathan to seaniathan and finally to shaniatwain. Yes my friends are tapped, I know.

[Apple Pro Underwear]

Originally posted by sek929:
Heres the explanation. On a 24 hour trip to Florida last year everyone got a little stir crazy and my nickname morphed from seanathan to seaniathan and finally to shaniatwain. Yes my friends are tapped, I know.

I assumed it was your cross-dressing and karaoke prowess but this sounds somewhat plausible...

[Kilbey]

First Name: Thomas
Nickname: Tom
Age: 33
Place of birth: Flint, MI, USA
Profession: Skilled Tradesman, Machine Repair Machinist Journeyman
Marital status: Married 7 years
Kids: 1 and one on the way
Role Model: My Grandfather Francis Johnson
Yearly income: according to the media I am rich, but I hardly feel like it.
Greatest achievements: Fasted pin record in my High School's wrestling history
Fav music: alt/rock/mellow/punk.
Fav music group or person: Tied between Heather Nova and Jennifer Knapp
Listening to now: The hum of my eMac
Fav TV show: Deadwood or CSI:NY
Fav Movie: Momento
Fav food: Kettle Chips
Fav drink: Coke
Fav alcoholic Beverage: Bell's Best Brown Ale
Fav book: Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follet
Superman or Batman? Superman
Kelly, Ruben or Fantasia: Not my style
Rock star or Billionaire: Billionaire (donate 99% of it)
Believe in aliens: Nope
Believe in ghosts: Nope
Car: 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier (BOO-YA)
Computer: eMac
Deep dark secret: I have a piece of glass imbedded in my foot.
Secret aspiration: Teach fine woodworking
Dream Car: '71 vette
Sexuality: straight
Height: 5’10”
Weight: too much 280 lbs.
Gender: manly
Religion: Fundamentalist Evangelical Christian.
cat or dog person: Dog
outdoor or indoor personality: outdoor
do u consider yourself a geek? No.
Etnicity: 1/2 Hispanic 1/2 European (mostly Irish)
Interesting Fact: I have no feeling in my right knee due to an injury when I was young
Disability: Sleep Apnea and allergy to mold.
MacNNers on cell phone: 0

[Detrius]

First Name: William
Nickname: Hank
Age: 25
Place of birth: Asheville, NC, USA -- One of the few natives!
Profession: Macintosh technician
Marital status: re-married 2.5 years
Kids: none
Role Model: none. I try to be myself.
Yearly income: It's going to go up here in a month or so...
Greatest achievements: I left my first wife
Fav music: girly chick music
Fav music group or person: Edwin McCain
Listening to now: Motorcycle 'As The Rush Comes'
Fav TV show: watch absolutely no TV
Fav Movie: The Matrix
Fav food: I don't have one any more
Fav drink: Sweet Tea
Fav alcoholic Beverage: Tequilla
Fav book: 1984
Superman or Batman? Batman
Kelly, Ruben or Fantasia: Kelly, since she's on the radio
Rock star or Billionaire: Rock star
Believe in aliens: the jury is still out
Believe in ghosts: the jury is still out
Car: Just bought a 2003 Honda CR-V EX two days ago
Computer: G4 Digital Audio
Deep dark secret: I'm a preacher's kid
Secret aspiration: to liberate everyone from the evil clutches of christianity
Dream Car: Honda Insight
Sexuality: straight
Height: 5’12”
Weight: Far more than I look
Gender: male
Religion: is the opium of the masses; see "Viruses of the Mind" by Richard Dawkins
cat or dog person: I'm allergic to cats, so this isn't fair
outdoor or indoor personality: indoor
do u consider yourself a geek? yes.
Etnicity: hillbilly... eighth generation Western NC
Interesting Fact: I have a really freaking high IQ http://www.highiqsociety.org/
Disability: Lactose intolerant as of this past year... hence the lack of a favorite food
MacNNers on cell phone: 0

[E's Lil Theorem]

Originally posted by Detrius:
...Listening to now: Motorcycle 'As The Rush Comes'...

I love that song; it goes really well with another one of my favorites, Andain's Beautiful Things.

[Deimos]

First Name: See below
Nickname: See above (got you lookin' though)
Age: 34
Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland
Profession: Writer
Marital status: Seeing someone
Kids: Zero
Role Model: Muhammed
Yearly income: Taxman took £120,000 out of a recent cheque, so I'll let you all work it out
Greatest achievements: Starting a pub fight, and beating up 3 US sailors who thought it was funny to racially abuse, and attempt to fight my Sri Lankan friend for no reason at all
Fav music: Anything that is good on the ears
Fav music group or person: I change my mind daily
Listening to now: Badly Drawn Boy
Fav TV show: Lost
Fav Movie: Kind Hearts & Coronets
Fav food: Bacon roll
Fav drink: Coffee
Fav alcoholic Beverage: Vodka
Fav book: Too many
Superman or Batman? Both wear panties, nuff' said.
Kelly, Ruben or Fantasia: ???
Rock star or Billionaire: Billionaire, and give most of it to Africa and the Palestinians
Believe in aliens: Yes
Believe in ghosts: Yes (whether they are actual spirits, astral bodies, or just echos of the past, I don't know)
Car: None
Computer: Powerbook, PC.
Deep dark secret: I like Windows XP
Secret aspiration: Revolutionary, like Che
Sexuality: straight
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: Hmm, not sure. Athletic
Gender: Bloke
Sexuality: Straight
Religion: None
cat or dog person: Kitty
Outdoor or indoor personality: In-between
Do you consider yourself a geek? Yeah
Ethnicity: Celtic
Interesting Fact: I smoke, also, my cousin is Keira Knightley
Disability: Ciggies
MacNNers on cell phone: 0



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[JohnSmithXTREME]

First Name: Henry
Nickname: John*Smith
Age: 19
Profession: Student
Greatest acheivements: got stoned for days once
Fav music: Rock
Fav music group or person: dunno
Listening to now: Ashes to ashes - David Bowie
Fav TV show: OC
Fav Movie: dunno
Fav food: steak
Fav drink: pepsi
Fav alcoholic Beverage: stella
Fav book: illiterate
Superman or Batman? neither
Kelly, Ruben or Fantasia: Ruben Studdard
Rock star or Billionaire: Billionaire
Believe in aliens: no
Believe in ghosts: no
Car: shoeleather express
Computer: mac
Deep dark secret: yes
Secret aspiration: Choreographer
Dream Car: can fly
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 80kg
Gender: male
cat or dog person: dog
outdoor or indoor personality: indoors

[JohnSmithXTREME]

Originally posted by ryaxnb:

Age: 11
TV shows: SpongeBob
Sex: Male

Do you want to come play at my ranch?

[tavilach]

Originally posted by ryaxnb:
Age: 11
Birthday: October 12, 1993

I'm only 18, but I get really freaked out when people say that they were born in the nineties. I mean...that's like...weird. People were born when I was already in elementary school, and now they're old enough to talk. Okay, I know you all know what that's like, but give me a break...I'm new to this stuff .

On a side now, wow. It wasn't until 7th grade that I learned how to make a new folder in Windows 98, and 9th grade that I learned how to use HTML. I was already 14 by then...which, in retrospect, is a hell of a lot older than 11.

</derail>

Note: I'm aware that I quoted almost the same text as the poster above me .

[Oisín]

Originally posted by Deimos:
Greatest achievements: Starting a pub fight, and beating up 3 US sailors who thought it was funny to racially abuse, and attempt to fight my Sri Lankan friend for no reason at all

Greatest achievement starting a fight... Yup, you definitely are Scottish

Interesting Fact: I smoke, also, my cousin is Keira Knightley

I don't think that was a wise thing to say. Prepare for hundreds of PM's begging you to set her up with various MacNN'ers with various degrees of geekiness to boast...

[Deimos]

Originally posted by Oisín:
Greatest achievement starting a fight... Yup, you definitely are Scottish

Lol, damn right, I wake up looking for a fight. Actually, my greatest achievement is probably not the fight, but something else.

Well, about the fight, we didn't start it, but as the saying goes, we finished it. What happened, though, was that I was out with a bunch of mates one evening. As usual, we just sat down having a laugh and my friend went up to the bar to get a few more. Next thing I hear, are two guys who start shouting out from their table towards the bar. I look round and see about seven guys at this table hurling racial abuse at my mate. It was awful, and I was shocked to be hearing this. Then one of them went up to my fried, followed by another, and started telling him to go home, and calling him all sorts, then pushing him. A soon as I saw this (happened so quickly) I jumped up, along with my others pals, and told the guys to shut up, apologies, and go.

At this point they started saying crap about who they were, and they'd beat our asses, etc. So I said, "So, you're not going to apologise and go away?". Then they started pushing my mate, then they tried it with me, so I floored that one, then the next who tried to attack me, and then the rest of them came out of their chairs to start laying in to us. My mates got the rest and I held the third one down until he could calm down, see sense, and apologise.

The place looked a bit of a mess afterwards, not because we were fighting everywhere, but for some bizarre reason, the sailors thought it was rather cool to kick tables over, smash glasses, etc before they even came up to us.

To be honest, I am not violent, or anything like that. But, I know how to look after myself and all that.

I don't think that was a wise thing to say. Prepare for hundreds of PM's begging you to set her up with various MacNN'ers with various degrees of geekiness to boast...

Probably, lol. I mentioned it once before to someone else on here, who has her in his sig with the words,"I'd hit it". I thought it was funny and sent an e-mail to her to have a look.

[d4nth3m4n]

now THAT is pretty damn cool.