foglefar
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Reged: 03/09/05
Posts: 1975
Loc: Brisbane, Australia
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Sounds like you've got the important things in life sorted there Smokey. Welcome mate.
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Zmilin
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Reged: 03/02/07
Posts: 5109
Loc: Sammamish, Washington - USA
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I was born in SoCal and grew up in the South Bay of So Cal (only a couple cities away from Dwight) in a city called San Pedro. Life seemed like it was going to keep me in that town where I would be a longshoreman, married, kids a BIG suv and well...Im glad it didn't.
I worked for a drug store chain for a few years and was working my way up in management but that all ended one day when I dropped my keys on the GMs desk to go pursue an interest in car audio. That little gig led me to another company that led to an even better company that I have worked for for over 15 years now.
While working for that company I applied for a position (three times) and finally got it. Thing is the last time I applied I did it for exposure so I could get the job the guy that was supposed to get it had. NOT! I got it and I moved to Oregon sight unseen.
Now, I skipped a few things...I had lived in No Cal for a year in Santa Rosa and realized how much I liked trees and friendly people. I wound up back in So Cal but dreaded every waking second of it so the Oregon thing was a shock but once I got there and realized what Northwest life was like I had no issues. I had found home.
Well...a few years later I moved to So Cal AGAIN. This was short lived and almost a year to the date I was give the opportunity to move back to the Northwest only a bit further north this time to the Seattle area.
Id still rather live in Oregon but Ill take Seattle. Especially since Im now a homeowner here.
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locopony
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Reged: 09/01/10
Posts: 4307
Loc: Texas, Houston
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I love the Question "who are you?". its funny to me how people answer with what they do for a living, where they live, how many kids they have, etc..........and etc. Is who you are or is there something that you are that goes beyond the ability to express with words. Because what if you change jobs or you get divorced... Does who you are change then? Or are you the same person in different circumstances?
Well most of you know I live in Houston, Texas. I live here because I choose to. Argueably the best city, in the best state, in the best country in the world (Thats my opinion and am entitled to it).
As for who I am. I don't think any one gives a rats ass, and the affore mentioned conundrum keeps me from saying.
I will go on to say that each person who contributed their story here ...Thanks alot for the very interesting insights to your lives.
(this is not sarcasm but an earnest statement).
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Edited by locopony (03/11/11 12:50 PM)
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ljpm
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Reged: 12/02/07
Posts: 523
Loc: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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I love the Question "who are you?". its funny to me how people answer with what they do for a living, where they live, how many kids they have, etc..........and etc.
Simply put, who I am is the sum total of my experience. That pretty much means I am where I live, how many kids I have etc.
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locopony
Loquacious
Reged: 09/01/10
Posts: 4307
Loc: Texas, Houston
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I guess my question is. Are you the sum of your experiences or are you something more shaped by your experiences?
Don't think I am disrespecting the answers given by others. I admire the ability to answer at all. I know the answers they give are at least insight to who they are, and may be all well can know of each other.
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http://locoponys.com/
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Soren
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Reged: 01/12/05
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Loc: Beaverton, OR
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I guess my question is. Are you the sum of your experiences or are you something more shaped by your experiences?
Good question. I don't know. or maybe a combination of both.
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foglefar
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Reged: 03/09/05
Posts: 1975
Loc: Brisbane, Australia
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I agree with your conclusion: "What you do does not define who you are." But it has taken me a long time to learn that. And I think most blokes are the same. I used to say "I'm a Creative Director" or "I'm a muso" etc as a definition of who I am, or what I own can be a similar misleading definition. But when those things are gone (for whatever reason) we can go through a crisis.
I no longer care what I do for a job (cab driving got that outta me). Instead, I think that character, integrity and relationships rate pretty high on the list of importance.
Probably a better phrasing of the question would be:
"Where do you live and what's your story?"
The object of this thread (I think) is to get to know each other a bit better. So Loco - how about it?
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locopony
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Reged: 09/01/10
Posts: 4307
Loc: Texas, Houston
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I'll have to put more thought into it.
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BCarnage
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Reged: 11/03/07
Posts: 1472
Loc: Portland, Oregon
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I know I am a fat, punk rock (yep, I am), horror movie loving, mortician, musician.
I am also a husband and father.
I live in Portland, OR and this was my third time landing here. I'm from Grants Pass, OR in the southern part of the state, not far from the California border. It was a great place to be from (but I wouldn't want to live there). Most of my immediate family still live there. I have lived in Portland, Seattle, Eugene, Sacramento, Santa Cruz, and San Francisco. Never to terribly far from home, but not close enough from them to just drop in.
I've been playing in punk rock bands since I was 19. I've traveled DIY style through most of the US in $1000 or cheaper vans for a few drink tickets, and hopefully enough gas to get you to the next show. I've been in my current band (Muddy River Nightmare Band) for 11 years. We have all now been tatted with the bands initials, so now were just going for longevity. We have traveled the US and Japan (hoping to go again next year)
I have an awesome two year old daughter named Stella, she loves to see her Papa, play rock and roll. I knew she was mine when recently she brought me a toy wolfman and said, "Papa, this is my favorite wolfman." I think I teared up. I teach her the bad stuff, she loves to say, "hockaloogie" and "why's your hair green? Snot!" She has a little Triumph balance bike (looks like a Daytona) that she is just a little too small for so far, but she does love Papa's motorsickle, "It's loud", she says.
I have a way smarter, and better looking than me wife, who put's up with all my stuff, and really keeps our household in order. Even encourages me to go on rides or go have some beers with the guys. Maybe, she just wants me out of the house.
My job is as a Mortician, but I'm looking for something new? I'm not a salesman, so I'm looking to get out after many years. At least I have a job, 'cause I know many who do not, so for that I am grateful.
I'm always on the watch for the next terrible B Movie (especially if it has motorcycles). I can't get enough Monsters and Zombies, Man.
whew...and that's just a little.
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ljpm
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Reged: 12/02/07
Posts: 523
Loc: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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I guess my question is. Are you the sum of your experiences or are you something more shaped by your experiences?
It is hard to say if the "something more" is shaped by our experience or if our experience is shaped by our "something more.
If you consider natural talents and abilities, what would they amount to without our experiences to hone and shape them? Consider a person with the potential to become a great guitar player but never picked up a guitar. Is he a guitar player? The question to ask is, does our experiences dictate which talents we express? I think there is a little of both. I guess it is a little like 'does your actions dictate who you are or is who you are dictated by your actions', or, "what came first the chicken or the egg?". Consider the case of the guitar player above, his natural talents would likely lead him to music and eventually a guitar.
I am the sum of my experiences. Is there more to me? Perhaps, but unexpressed if not acted upon. Once acted upon then part of the sum of my experiences.
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