I've been visiting this group of people for nigh on 10 years and, well I STILL don't really know any of you - even a little. Yeah sure there is the profile pages but a lot of the time they don't say much.
I don't know half of your REAL names or even what you look like in real life? Maybe some of you prefer that, I don't know - but as a start how about everyone posting their REAL name (first name) and maybe a picture of themselves? Just because there is no regular Trek anymore doesn't mean that this board has to fall into oblivion. It's probably one of the most stable places on the 'net.
Andrew
P.S. Yes, my first name is Andrew. Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Lead the way then, miss Congeniality.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
My name is Alan. And I'm a Trekaholic.
I think there's a photo of me on the profile page with the delicious Shannon McRandle, but perhaps it's no longer there.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
My name is Jose, and I am an alcoholic.
Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :
My name is Dane, and I'm a grassaholic.
Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
Amazingly enough, my name is Jonah, and I've had pics up on here before. I'm still getting caught up online after a good chunk of a year at tremendously low capacity, and several years of significantly reduced capacity before that, but sometime in the next year or so, I should have my web domain finally built and online, where you can GET TO KNOW ME!!
--Jonah
Posted by Chris (Member # 71) on :
My name is Chris. My blog is here. Anything you ever wanted to know is probably there somewhere... Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
My name is Liz, and you cannot have any pictures of me ;-)
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
My name is Mark, and before I got into anime, I used to be white.
Mark
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
My name is Jason. I like Trek, music and building models. No long walks along the beach though- salt water and an open wound is a baaad combo...
I like some anime (only good anime, of course), and if you combine all the mis-typed words in my posts in chronological order, you'll find a code revealing that Jesus' decendant is stuck in a mindless job at the New Jersey DMV, filling out forms in a windowless cubicle.
Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :
My full name is Datshon. It is pronounced just like Datsun. You may call me Dat. Pronounce it Dot. No, I'm a guy. Can I plug my myspace page? Not that any of you would care. Finally, I should go to bed.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
My name..is MISTER Shik.
Or Chris. Whtvr. I have a Livejournal (linked in the profile) because MySpace & Facebook & Friendster & all that is bullshit. I am an internet pimp. I have recently been pinched by the campus ITS gestapo & therefore cannot get online as readily as I used to. I work in a pizza place for a big-nosed Peruvian who looks like a Weeble. I like to have parties occasionally throughout the year, always fro Chinese New Year & then at various other times. These non-New Year parties are invariably referred to as "BreastFests." And yet, I always end up going to bed alone. Hm.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
About my alcoholic comment that was just a joke. You could say I'm addicted to the internets since I spend a lot of my time on the computer. I'm of Puerto Rican decent and I reside in the borough of New York City known as the Bronx. As far as I can tell I'm the only Trek fan in the Bronx. I'm currently attending Fordham University and I hope to become a lawyer or something.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
I posted a pic once, think it was in the thread with that member map from Frapper I think.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Yah. Me too- nothing pornographic or anything though.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
Hi, my name is Jason and I am an alcoholic.
I remember the good ole days, a six pack of 40 ouncers, a fifth of run, a pack or two of smokes, and the behaviour group.
I had a son, a wife, and a decent job in there somewhere once.
The only thing left from that list is the two packs of smokes a day, and I picked up a bit of depression someplace.... I'll give someone here one or the other, your choice. No charge.
Drew, are you sure you should have started this thread????
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
My name is Dan. I'm 25, and I still live in my parents' basement house, although I hope to rectify that as soon as I get off some apartment complex's waiting list in the very near future.
Ritten, I'm sorry to say that I can't take your depression, 'cause I've got my own, and I don't want the smokes. Sorry.
I currently work retail full-time, but it's actually much more fun and less soul-crushing than you might think. (That's only because of the company I work for and the people I work with, not because of my personality or the nature of retail.) Although it has still completely reinforced my opinion of the complete and utter stupidity of 90+% of humanity...
Posted by Zefram (Member # 1568) on :
My name is James. I'm 27 and live in Idaho with my wife and two kids. I received my Masters in mechanical engineering in 2005 and currently work as an engineer in the nuclear field. Apparently I'm also the most right-leaning person here as well as a religious nut.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Hobbes: I posted a pic once, think it was in the thread with that member map from Frapper I think.
I had never been to your site before - or at least the ?revamped? version. It is really really cool!
I love the design section. Interesting about the Akira design - there is no denying that it is Sovereign Class - era instead of pre-TNG to fit with the 5xxxx registry number. I like the sketch from behind of the shuttle bays. I also like the idea of it being able to seperate!
Andrew
Posted by The Ginger Beacon (Member # 1585) on :
I'm social, honest!
Ich bin James also, but I'm not German. I am not an alcoholic, and am begining to wonder if Flare can drive people to drink, of if drink drives people to Flare.
I like to do the Telegraph crossword, and in my spare time I do the 3rd year bit of a biology BSc. I'm 6 foot something and have very auburn hair. I am drinking coffee, and like 45 speed singles.
I find Kiera Knightly irritating, drive a blue '95 reg. Nissan Sunny and write this on a laptop. I am not a super hero, and do not own any spandex.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
quote:Originally posted by AndrewR:
quote:Originally posted by Hobbes: I posted a pic once, think it was in the thread with that member map from Frapper I think.
I had never been to your site before - or at least the ?revamped? version. It is really really cool!
I love the design section. Interesting about the Akira design - there is no denying that it is Sovereign Class - era instead of pre-TNG to fit with the 5xxxx registry number. I like the sketch from behind of the shuttle bays. I also like the idea of it being able to seperate!
Andrew
Thanks. It was redesigned earlier this year. I haven't worked on it really since then. Maybe due in part to a lack of new Trek and my job does suck the life out of me. But yep, had that site since 1998, may not be the most popular or well known Trek site, but I'm proud of my work.
And since we're trying to be more social I will show my room well part of it anyway, the part I spend most of my time anyway. In a perfect world I would spend more time in the other part with my bed and Jessica Alba.
But as it is, I spend most of my non-work time driving my most favorite toy, a 2006 Subaru Impreza 2.5i.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by Zefram: My name is James. I'm 27 and live in Idaho with my wife and two kids. I received my Masters in mechanical engineering in 2005 and currently work as an engineer in the nuclear field. Apparently I'm also the most right-leaning person here as well as a religious nut.
You're too hard on yourself- I sometimes thought of you as a "religious testicle", but never a nut. Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
As long as your religion is Cappsism it's ok.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
I'm now erm... 28 (on the 3rd of December). I've been posting here or it's various incarnations since 1998 (I think - possibly 1997).
I'm a postgrad PhD student in physiology.
I got a new computer recently - but have been very busy that I haven't had a chance to do too much with it. It has a sexy 24" widescreen monitor.
I live in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
I like Star Trek obviously. At the moment like a lot of you here I'm in love with Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, Battlestar Galactica, Lost and Dr. Who.
I'm yet to catch up on Atlantis, BSG and Lost as I've been busy. Haven't watched Torchwood yet either.
Music wise I like lots but I'll give a few ideas:
Tori Amos Bj�rk PJ Harvey Radiohead The Smashing Pumpkins Sarah McLachlan Imogen Heap Regina Spektor Kate Bush Loreena McKennitt
to name but a few.
I procrastinate a lot. As can be seen by not replying to this thread sooner. Having said that I'm ringing up now about my computer - the left speaker buzzes at certain frequencies. Grr.
Andrew
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
quote:Originally posted by Zefram: Apparently I'm also the most right-leaning person here...
Maybe, maybe not. I just don't like talking politics much, especially around here.
I'm 32, have a wife and two kids, and am working as an aerospace structural design engineer in Huntsville, AL (aka Rocket City). And my real name is actually B.J.
I have a website in my profile, but you'll rarely see any pics of myself there since I'm the one usually behind the camera, so it's mostly the kids in the pics.
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
*crap. double post*
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
B.J. are your ignitials or it is your first name??
Hmmm a friend of a friend works on rocket stuff - I'm sure you all know each other. He came to the University of Queensland to work on the scramjet. He's gone back to the states now.
Got replacement speakers! Just have to check them out! Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
bX has been up here in the Pacific Northwest for Christmas with relatives, and he just left after spending a good chunk of the day over here at my parents' place. Next, we're going to try to get together a bit more frequently than every three years. *heh*
--Jonah
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
YAY! Flare meetups! Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :
Wow... I feel like I'm in a 12 Step meeting. Here's my story:
I'm 24 years old and came to the United States back on January 22, 1990 in Los Angeles. I'm Filipino but most assume I'm Filipino-American because I sound like every gay valley boy there is. Yes... I'm gay, a homo, a meat stick smoker, a pansy with a pair of 5 inch gogo boots. I have two younger sisters so my house is full of estrogen. Just look at them since they are in my top 8 buddy list on Myspace (the link is in my Flare profile).
I'm a senior political science major at Cal State Northridge and I work for GoTV Networks, a mobile content firm in Sherman Oaks, Ca that creates original video conent (www.gotvnetworks.com) as the Quality Assurance Lead. Yes, it doesn't jive with my major but I'm a huge tech geek and its paying me to geek out everyday.
I've been involved with leadership positions since I started watching Star Trek: TNG when I was 9... hence my involvement with the US Democratic Party. I currently sit on the Stonewall Young Democrats Executive Board as Secretary and represent the group within the Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley's Executive Board as the club rep. I plan on running as 2nd Vice Chair for DPSFV in Feb 2007 where if I win, I'll be the youngest officer of a club that represents 5% of the Democrats in California.
Aside from school, work, and politics, I am a Trekkie with a preference for TNG, DS9, TOS, VOY, and a fe ENT episodes. I like Windows and Mac, prefer Sony Ericsson phones with some visual attachment to Motorola handsets, like warm weather, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf with Peet's Coffee over Starbucks, Corollas and Civics over BMW's, and a good long fuck or two during the day.
My name is Michael btw...
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Hmmm - California is too easy - you should try and "represent" in Alabama or Kentucky! Posted by Johnny (Member # 878) on :
Well it'll be no great surprise that my name's John. I'm a 22 year old studying Graphic Design at Westminster Uni here in London. I'm an all-round scifi fan. Star Trek's always been my fav show, but that interest has waned in the last few years. Now I have my fingers in many science fictiony pies, BSG, Stargate and Doctor Who being at the top of my list.
Away from TV shows I'm in to photography, drawing, architecture and the odd bit of CG work.
There are some fairly recent pics of me on my crappy Myspace page.
Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :
Yeah... like California doesn't have its own colorful set...
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: B.J. are your ignitials or it is your first name??
It's my initials, stands for Bernard Jr., but I've never gone by anything but B.J.!
Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :
Kewl. I can't put mine in initials... too long.
Example: MNMTC expands into something way too long. Hence the nickname CoffeeAddictMike. It's like a brand... of a coffee addicted, Star Trek loving, geeky flashy techie guy.
Posted by Timo (Member # 245) on :
For the past decade and a half, I've successfully nurtured the clever impression that the name found at the end of each of my posts is my own.
I'm 34, something of a crossbreed between inorganic chemist and semiconductor engineer, usually a baritone but currently experimenting on infrasounds due to a holiday-long flu. I'm interested in well-constructed alternate realities and generally fictitious approaches to life, and freakishly omnipresent according to some, yet physically detached from the civilized world by the Baltic Sea. I have no homepage or other traceable net presence to speak of.
I love the world in all its myriad little details and delightful perversions, and generally am not cruel to animals (but I do like the outdoors). I'm still searching for a fashionable ailment I could parade here. Like apparently so many others here, I do have a massive alcohol problem, but I'm managing the inflow by donating to as many as I can. I'm also very territory-minded, staking out cities and counties with unhealthily long bike trips. I swim, too, having last year discovered the joys of the monofin.
Umm, that's probably about it. Except that I dig flying but tend to get motion sickness up there; riding, but am mortally allergic to equines; and outer space, but was born a century too early. My favorite color is the particular kind of golden white found in the contrails of the last flight for the evening, and my favorite taste is ripe avocado. As for religion, I prefer Freefall.
And yes, I type English the way a modestly important Indian civil servant speaks it. You really don't want to hear my accent.
Timo Saloniemi
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Interesting rabbit you got there.
Posted by Timo (Member # 245) on :
That's actually a hare. You get a rabbit when you attach the ankles to the thighs with short hobbles. But they are too easy to shoot, then.
Timo Saloniemi
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mikey T: Example: MNMTC expands into something way too long. Hence the nickname CoffeeAddictMike.
What ever happened to Captain Mike?
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
OMG Timo - LOL Your errr paintballing pic...
You always seemed a bastion of straight-lacedness and I see that - It's shattered all my mental images!
P.S. Who applied the pegs?
Posted by Timo (Member # 245) on :
Hmh? You should just see me laced straight, then. I can do 22-inch waists and 8-inch heels.
The pegs are for losing the first round. Some 500m x 800m of suitably forested playground, 5 minutes lead time, 15 minutes playtime. Remember your goggles, and hers, and it's quite safe. Although not particularly sane.
(The bambi version is a bit more interesting, but not rated for general audiences. And yes, I'd already been doing this for quite some time when that Las Vegas bunch did their silly fake kiddie video. This is what the markers were REALLY invented for. )
Timo Saloniemi
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
quote:Topic: This Board needs to get more social!!
Are you still sure about that?
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Bad Idea Buddy.
Posted by bX (Member # 419) on :
I'm evidently not meeting the right women.
My name is... well see, I have a thing about directly using my real name on the intartubes, but it's bX where I can get away with it and Orlando Furioso (a hold-over from playing in bands) elsewheres. In addition to playing the saxophone, I'm probably taller than you and it's very likely that I weigh more. So it's not like a threatening thing. If you really wanted to, you could find me on MySpace where you could discover through pictures that I look more like a fat Philip Seymour Hoffman than a fat Cary Elwes.
In Silicon Valley, CA where I live, I inhabit what Snay would call an awesome space, but in reality is a rather cold and smelly warehouse. Which at the moment is over-cluttered with a variety of detritus from various projects, chief among them shooting my original sci-fi series on the pittance left over from my rent.
I did indeed have a rather enjoyable geek-out session with Peregrinus a few days back and some years back had beers with the elusive bearded one. If things work out and I can get to Australia next Xmas, I might have to look up one AndrewR for similar beer'n'trek fare.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
BX: I want to see more photos! I do love that space. It's very unique.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by bX: I might have to look up one AndrewR for similar beer'n'trek fare.
That'd be great! The only two other regular Australians on here (posting regular not bowels regular people get your mind out of the gutter) were Darius Ayden SP? from Melbourne and Dax from Perth. Haven't seen them post in a very long time.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Malnurtured Snay: BX: I want to see more photos! I do love that space. It's very unique.
There is this photo Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :
Wow, more Myspace friends!!!
And I want to see photos of that wherehouse.
Posted by Johnny (Member # 878) on :
Don't you have like 400 already? Talk about a myspace whore! Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :
I have only 275! And how would you know?
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
From the last time someone (probably me) attempted such a thread, you all know about me already.
Posted by Toadkiller (Member # 425) on :
Congratulations!
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
Cool! Hopefully your son will take to his new little sister a little better than mine did. He was three when she was born, and of course feels a bit jealous of the decline in attention.
Posted by Toadkiller (Member # 425) on :
Yeah, my son is seven and while there is some of that he's so much older that he's got quite a bit of independence. We're having grandparents cycle through on visits so he's getting a bunch of "big kid" attention as well as everybody playing with the baby.
Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
quote:Originally posted by LOA: My name is Liz, and you cannot have any pictures of me ;-)
I do!!!!
Accually I don't think I have them anymore. They were on my old computer at work, and the hard drive was deleted when it was surplused.
Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
quote: Darius Ayden
Ardan, mor Arden.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kosh:
quote:Originally posted by LOA: My name is Liz, and you cannot have any pictures of me ;-)
I do!!!!
Accually I don't think I have them anymore. They were on my old computer at work, and the hard drive was deleted when it was surplused.
Is that code for *confiscated by the authorities*? Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Incidentally, this is what takes up most of my time. . .
Sine I haven't posted any photos recently. She's evil, I tell you - evil!
Posted by Toadkiller (Member # 425) on :
You can tell by the sweet look, that's always a bad sign. My son is holding a wooden sword with my name on it.
Smoke me a kipper....
Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
She's adorable, Lee -- looks like someone who'll grow up to be a companion for an eccentric gentleman with an affinity for blue police boxes...
--Jonah
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lee: Incidentally, this is what takes up most of my time. . .
Sine I haven't posted any photos recently. She's evil, I tell you - evil!
VERY cute Lee!
Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :
Aww... cute daughter. Now buy a shotgun and keep it handy when she starts uttering the words "dating" and "boys".
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
At the way her vocabulary (and grammar!) are increasing, that'll be sometime next week. She's not quite two but she can already construct basic sentences (or at least statements). And after two weeks of holiday season-disruption, she's finally prepared to go to bed and stay there all night. We were on the nerge of getting her cot out of storage. . .
Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :
Lol, She looks like my little cousin. Although my cousin already developing some wierd habits. She can't stand open doors and has some kind of obsessive compulsive need to close them while saying "There we go".
Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :
At least she's not singing Spice Girls songs... I can't keep my mom off my iPod and the stupid iKaraoke acccessory my sister got her.
Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :
Worse, she sings with that Barbie concert set thing.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
When does she get her feathers & ridges, Lee?
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Why do I envision a large caliber pistol in her hands just out of frame? "Daddy better take a nice picture this time..."
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
quote:Originally posted by Shik: When does she get her feathers & ridges, Lee?
We do not discuss that with outsiders.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
Congrats Tk.
Posted by RAMA4 (Member # 1229) on :
quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: Hey everybody.
I've been visiting this group of people for nigh on 10 years and, well I STILL don't really know any of you - even a little. Yeah sure there is the profile pages but a lot of the time they don't say much.
I don't know half of your REAL names or even what you look like in real life? Maybe some of you prefer that, I don't know - but as a start how about everyone posting their REAL name (first name) and maybe a picture of themselves? Just because there is no regular Trek anymore doesn't mean that this board has to fall into oblivion. It's probably one of the most stable places on the 'net.
Andrew
P.S. Yes, my first name is Andrew.
This board is much more "closed" than some. I'm RAMA hear me roar. Myspace:
Hey RAMA - I'm gathering you are the same RAMA that used to (or may even still) frequent the Trekweb webboard at least 10 years ago? Hi! I'm still "AndrewR".
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
I dunno, this board seems more open to me than some. YMMV, I guess.
Anyway, something to brighten your day:
My father-in-law took this picture, and didn't realize he had it until weeks later. We're pretty sure my son was just trying to scratch his nose, but it's still pretty funny!
Posted by RAMA4 (Member # 1229) on :
quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: Hey RAMA - I'm gathering you are the same RAMA that used to (or may even still) frequent the Trekweb webboard at least 10 years ago? Hi! I'm still "AndrewR".
I mainly go to the trekbbs these days. I remember you Andrew!
RAMA
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Hey RAMA.
I can't believe I've been on the 'net for a decade.
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