Friday Fives
1. Were you a good student in elementary school?
Yeah, I think so. First grade was troubling. I am pretty dyslexic and the teacher wanted to hold me back a year, but my mother vetoed the idea. I always had to go to special ed classes for hand writing but all of my other experiences I was a pretty good scholar.
2. What are some of the most overrated albums of all-time?
Milli Vanilli? Anything by Garth Brooks? And going back and relistening, The Doors, anything they recorded was over rated. Really. They just suck.
3. Discussion: What’s your weirdest or worst public-transit story?
Worst: Passing out on the train in Stuttgart and waking up at the end of the line at 2:30 am and not having a way at to get back to my Army barracks. I slept under a park bench and took the first morning train. My brush with hobo-dom. Weirdest – crazy bus guy on the 15 who kept asking us if we were leprechauns. He was convince our group of post Great American Beer Fest revelers had joined him in appreciating the wee people. He was such an odd guy.
4. What is the closest thing you’ve done to becoming a stalker
I used to know where Pat Schroeder’s house in Denver was. That is about it, really. And more of a joke than a stalking escapade.
5. If animals could talk, what would they say to you?
Whats the deal with the showers, man? Don’t you know that gets you all wet? And really, dude, you could feed me a little more and it wouldn’t kill ya.
1. I was a good student – until I fell out of a swing, suffered a brain injury and had petit mal seizures for all of 1st grade. Once they figured out I wasn’t falling asleep at my desk, my folks had me tested and diagnosed, I went on meds for a year and everything was back to normal.
2. Anything the Grateful Dead ever released. Hand me a barf bag.
3. The cab ride in Rome from our hotel to the terminal was hair-raising. This cabbie was driving on RAILROAD tracks at about 35 mph, dodging people and things like something out of a flight simulator. Oh and he looked like Yanni. Maybe it WAS Yanni.
4. I’d have to say our early days of Slim Stalking deserve a mention here…
5. “What’s with this lite food nonsense? I will SO shit in your shoe if things don’t change around here.”
1. Were you a good student in elementary school?
Straight A’s through the fifth grade. Definitely a good student. But rather uptight, surprisingly.
2. What are some of the most overrated albums of all-time?
The collected works of that Springsteen fella. Anything by Hank Williams Junior.
3. Discussion: What’s your weirdest or worst public-transit story?
Nothing specific comes to mind. I’ve had bad flights, bad cabbies, bad train rides, etc., but nothing really stands out. Probably because I have such a positive outlook. I make lemonade out of lemons!!! : -)
4. What is the closest thing you’ve done to becoming a stalker
I’m stalking you now. And you didn’t even notice.
5. If animals could talk, what would they say to you?
“Dude. Do you have a light?”
1. Were you a good student in elementary school?
I moved from Ohio to Colorado when I was 9. It was almost like a different culture. I was in the “in crowd” when I left Ohio and had to adjust to being the new kid. I had a rough start but I settled in to my groove after while.
2. What are some of the most overrated albums of all-time?
Anything by Counting Crows. Just stop the whining.
3. Discussion: What’s your weirdest or worst public-transit story?
I was on the light rail when the train hit a truck. Not very weird, but it was interesting. I had to stay and give a statement and I was late for work.
4. What is the closest thing you’ve done to becoming a stalker?
A friend told me the he thought my girlfriend at the time might be “straying” with another friend of mine so I drove by her house a couple of times to see if his car was there. It was. “Your Cheatin’ Heart…”
5. If animals could talk, what would they say to you?
“Dude, that burger looks mighty tasty”
i find two entries in need of immediate attention.
SAAAAGE YOU FELL ON YOUR HEAD???? if you could have brought that to our attention o say FIVE YEARS AGO, we could all just nod knowingly whenever you “act up” instead of having to call “the people” every 10 minutes. JESUS!
ROY, the doors do not suck. to even mention those other pigs in the same PARAGRAPH is upsetting. to say the least. .
The Doors suck. They suck. They are incredibly over rated. I just don’t get it all.
1. Were you a good student in elementary school?
Aside from getting suspended from pre-school twiceÂ….I think soÂ…..
2. What are some of the most overrated albums of all-time?
Anything by the Grateful Dead, Phish, String Cheese Incident and the like. Yuck.
3. Discussion: What’s your weirdest or worst public-transit story?
Worst: seeing someone get knifed on the #15 bus. Terrifying.
4. What is the closest thing you’ve done to becoming a stalker?
Stalking my English professors in college to make sure they accepted my perpetually late papers
5. If animals could talk, what would they say to you?
[Zoe] ”say, that bed looks awful comfortable ~ mind if I PEE on it?”