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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
Don't mind me . . . I'm just trying to get noticed around here . . .


 

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Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
I'm trying to boycott the other popularity threads around here today, so I'll post in yours. I feel like I'm running for student council in high school again. *sigh* I thought I could escape it, but I guess not.

[edit: trying not to be so whiny. Not succeeding]

[ September 10, 2003, 10:18 PM: Message edited by: Narnia ]
 

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Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
((((Icky))))

I notice you... And I mean no harm with my usage of the cute nickname above. [/disclaimer]
 

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Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :
 
Go being noticed!

 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
Hi Icarus, how are you? I almost had a heart attack when I heard the news about the accident at Disneyland, but by the time I logged on Mama Squirrel had already posted to say you and Cor were safe.

I might not say it often enough, but I'd miss you horribly if you disappeared.

[ September 10, 2003, 10:21 PM: Message edited by: dkw ]
 

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Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
Icarus, what happened?! I didn't even hear about it! What thread is it in? (I'm glad you and Cor are ok too.)
 

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Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
 
Yeah. You better not disappear before you buy me a beer. Otherwise, what are you good for?
 

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Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
 
Oops, sorry I ignored the thread. I never could get that link to work and I just stayed away because I figured whatever was going on in there, I wouldn't understand anyway.
 

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Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 
Icarus, are you new?

Welcome to Hatrack!!!







etc...
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
<--- that ain't my index finger!
 

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Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 
Wow. You better tone it down if you want to fit in around here.

But you're new, so we'll forgive you.
 

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Posted by Damien (Member # 5611) on :
 
Well, you sure grabbed my attention.

**gives attention**
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
Thanks, Narnia, Ryuko, dkw, Eddie, TwoSon, Damien, et. al.

I'm just learning from that Ralphie guy . . . self-promotion is crucial!

[ September 10, 2003, 10:37 PM: Message edited by: Icarus ]
 

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Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
 
I think Icarus is a really cool name. What's it mean?
 

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Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 
Yeah, we should bump the old threads for Icarus so he can familiarize himself with the place.

btw, Icarus. We've already had a lot of topics of homosexuals and marriage. You may want to do a search.


 

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Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
 
I think this is the thread for me.

*looks lonesome*
 

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Posted by Pat (Member # 879) on :
 
**waiting to be noticed in this popularity thread**
 

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Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :
 
...but no one thanks me.
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
Pat, you are mistaken. This is not a popularity thread. This is, simultaneously, a "soothe Icky's self-pity thread" and a "grumble about popularity threads thread."

Kind of a dance just for wallflowers. So all you cool people, go away!


 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
Sorry, nfl! I didn't realize you were addressing me!


 

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Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
 
Jose, dude, what's the matter? Didn't you just have dinner with a bunch of Hatrackers at The Happiest and Most Expensive Place On Earth?
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 

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I think Icarus is a really cool name. What's it mean?

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It means "Guy whose friends never call . . . "


 

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Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
I think I belong here... (mope)
 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
Hey Ryuko, I saw that you posted something about a dorm room. Are you still in the Twin Cities? What school?
 

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Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :
 
That's much better.
 

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Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
Um, Yeah, I'm at Hamline U. In the good ol' capital, St. Paul.
 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
Right across from Wet Paint! I love that store.
 

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Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
(Doesn't know) The only stores I've looked at in the area are the comic stores. The Source Rocks. I utterly <3 that place.
 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
Oh, wait . . . I was thinking of Macalister, Hamline's the one on Snelling.
 

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Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
(patpat) Yep, on Snelling. But I plan on taking courses at Mac. (They didn't accept me.. Lousy rackafrackin... But I forgive them... )
 

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Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
 
*sits down and never budges from thread*
 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
Hi Zotto!

Ryuko, if you ever run into the Director of Church Relations say hi from Dana. She was my Theology of Wesley instructor in seminary.

Sorry to hijack your thread, Icarus.
 

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Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
No problemo. Director of Church relations, got it.
 

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Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
 
Yay! I have been accepted!

dkw:
 

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Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
((((Zot)))) You're always accepted, ya li'l scamp! (noogies)

Edit to add: noogies.

[ September 11, 2003, 01:56 AM: Message edited by: Ryuko ]
 

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Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :
 
Did you know that a blue moon refers to a phenomenon that occurs once every two to three years which is an extra full moon in a single month.
 

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Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
 


I think being President ought to be more than enough recognition.
 

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Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
 
And he has me as his minion, too. What more could a person ask for?
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
Minion: I order you to attend the next CFC gathering!

[ September 11, 2003, 11:36 AM: Message edited by: Icarus ]
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
[/selfpity]

Sorry . . . I'm better now.

A lot of stuff in my life (unrelated to Hatrack) has been going pretty badly lately, and I guess some of my general anxiety creeped out last night. Eventually, I'll get around to starting a thread about the real problem, but I'm not quite ready to yet. Suffice it to say that I've been feeling like a pretty incompetent human being lately, and that was my pathetic way of seeking afffirmation.
 

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Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
pssst, Don't mind Icarus, he's been flying just a weee bit close to the sun recently and more than his wax wings have melted, if you get my drift.
 

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Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
doh,
does my timing on an Icarus insult post suck or what.

Try this for Affirmation.

Take 2 and post in the morning.
 

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Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
 
You're not incompetent, you dweeb, and everybody loves you. You're not still sore about that $500K question, are you?
 

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Posted by Damien (Member # 5611) on :
 
It's okay, Icarus, we're here for you! ^_^ Hang in there, things'll start lookin up for you sooner or later.

(((Icarus)))
 

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Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
 
Sorry, Icarus. Let us know what's going on when you have the time.
 

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Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
 
He's a geek, not a dweeb, thank you very much.

Dude, I don't think the SoCal crew would have come out to meet an incompetent human being, and if we did, we wouldn't have had such a good time.
 

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Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
I just love the title of this thread!!! Icarus, you're one of my favorites...so is Cor.
 

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Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
 
Saxon, a geek is topic-specific. While he certainly is a geek (Disney, for example), he has also earned the all-encompassing title of dweeb.

I admit, part of the confusion is that "geek," with no topic included, has come to mean whichever "geek" topic is currently in the top spot on the list of the people in any given situation or conversation. Thus, I attempt to point these things out to people as ignorant as you, in order that such confusion may eventually abate.

Best Wishes,
Pop
 

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
 
I think you should open an advice column Moose!

[EDIT: Like Dear Abbey only with a heart]
[EDIT: And a brain]

Hobbes

[ September 11, 2003, 01:04 PM: Message edited by: Hobbes ]
 

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Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
Papa Moose is a geek geek.
 

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Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 
Icarus - I only hug if I get to cop a feel.

Otherwise, I hope things smooth out for you, sweetie.
 

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Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
 
First of all, he is not just a geek, he's a Geek. I think your denial of his Geek status is just a ploy to topple the Geek hierarchy, stemming from your jealousy at not even getting a cabinet post. (If you agree to play nice from now on, I might be able to pull some strings and get you appointed head of the new Ministry of Onanism.)

Furthermore, let's examine the word, "dweeb", shall we?

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An even lower form of life than the spod

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Dweebs, unfortunately, are often the cause of ill-will, and may well bring a bad reputation to the system in question.

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