(AKA: Mark E. Lodge, USA)
{Editor Marco's Note: Since originally writing this, some of the items have changed.}
Welcome to the 2008 edition of Getting To Know Your Friends. What you are supposed to do is copy the text on this entire note and paste it onto a new note that you'll send out. Change all the answers so they apply to you, and then send this to your friends including the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends, if you did not know them already.
This "Getting To Know You" was sent in by "Marco", Marcophoto Upshaw, writer/editor of "Marco's SL Humor Blog" His rezz day was 8/12/07.
1. What time did you get up this morning? Morning? "Morning" is a state of mind. To me, "morning" is that time of day I arise, be it 8 am, or 10 PM. Yesterday I arose at 12 pm--noon Central standard time which is also 10 am SLT. Today I arose at 7:30 am Central time.
2. Diamonds or pearls? I always give Diamonds to my honey pie.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? What is your favorite TV show? "Cinema?" What is this word? "TV"? What is that word? All I know is "SL"
4. What does the "Busy" statement on your viewer say? "Mr. Casanova has a Cutie Pie in bed with him....you are next. Please wait so I can give her a good time, and then I will show YOU a good time also. Females only. You are male? Please exit the line, thank you. --Marco" I really ought to change that, because I have retired from being a Casanova. I am partnered now, and my girl has tamed the "bad boy." And I am delighted. Nothing beats loving and being committed to one person.
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? It varies, today I had 5 large eggs, with two handfuls of grated cheddar cheese, and half a red onion, diced, plus COFFEE, my usual 1 quart of finely ground French Roast, with cream and sweetner...mmmmmm delicioso! (yeah, I'm a "big guy"... 6' 1", 232 lbs of shimmering testosterone *wink*.)
6. What is your middle name? Edward. My Christian name is Mark. So my folks gave me this horrid name, "Mark Edward", which sounds ok in itself, but in grade school I was tormented by the sounds of my name...."Mark E." or "Marky" or M.E. which is "me". I grew up detesting the sound of my name. Now I am Marco, and I really like the sound of that.
7. What food do you dislike? Dislike food? **Marco looks around the room, very bewildered.**
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? I like all kinds of music, except rap and I especially despise gangsta or outlaw rap.
9. Favorite sandwich? Yes. ALL sandwiches are my favorites. But of course some sandwiches are "more favorite" than others....I suppose the Reuben is my favorite....sliced corned beef piled high on pumperknickel bread with sauerkraut....mmmmmmm.
10. What characteristics do you despise? Oooooo the big 4 for me are Manipulation, Whining, Intolerance and Griefing
It truly is amazing the things that apparently "normal" people will say and do in sl when they get mad at you, for example......
Several months ago while I was working as a security officer at Dance Island, I had to eject a couple for their foul language and for sexually harrassing other guests. Now, fast forward....5 months later, and this couple sees me and a cutie pie out romancing at a local SL park. They plopped down next to us and began saying the most horrendous things to my date...terrible things about her hair and skin and looks in general. I wanted to orbit them but it was a no-push zone. Then somehow they followed me to my home and filled it with giant penises.
ONLY IN SL!! Can you imagine getting in a dispute with someone in RL, following them home, and filling their home with giant penises? "Quick hun, call the dick Doctor, we are overrun with squirters! Halllllp we are drowning!" Penises everywhere...on the roof, in the chimney, sticking out of the windows....the walls of the house bulging outward from all that testosterone building up in one place. What a concept!
Forget nuclear weapons, spy satelites, and star wars defense. Just think! The millitary could launch intercontinental ballistic penises. Our submarines could be filled with cruise penises.....of course that is what they say men on the dance floor really are...cruise penises armed to detonate as soon as they zero in on a a cutie pie. In fact men on the dance floor are very much like minefields in an RL harbor...as soon as a cutie pie cruises within range, "Blam" Off they go, exploding with such erotic come-ons as, "Sorry, I didn't hear you, I was staring at your breasts." and "Hi there, wanna fuck?"
11. Favorite item of clothing? As little as possible....*wink* but other than that, anything that grips Marco's tight, sinewy muscles, and displays them well.
12. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation....... Probably Las Vegas...I've always wanted to go there...with someone special, of course! *wink.
13. What color is your bathroom? Who cares?
14. Do you make friends easily? Ask my 8,987 gal pals, and my 5600 group members.{over 12,000 by feb 09] I am a FORMER Master Flirter, and FORMER President of the Flirters Local #59876. I served a five-year flirting apprenticeship. Now I teach Journeymen flirters down at the union hall. We are a Branch of the International Brotherhood of "Wood Workers."
15. Where would you retire? Somewhere with forests and hills or mountains...and a temperate climate.
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? My last one, when I realized that for a whole year I had miscalculated my age...lol...I thought I was a year older...lol ....So instead of being 55 at my last birthday, I get to be 54 for another year! What a fantastic birthday present!
17. Favorite sport to watch? Football (Favorite sport to participate in? Romancing)
18. How many towns have you lived in? Many.....in Wisconsin, in Nicaragua, in Texas, in Missouri, in Kentucky, and now in the Chicago, Illinois area.
19. How many people do you think will send this back? No clue, but a few I hope.
20. What’s on your bedroom floor right now? magazines and books
21. Favorite saying? "If I told you that you have a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?" (for females only.) Pretty lame, isn't it? Actually this is one of the worst "lines" ever invented by pubescent males, but it is funny as hell.
22. When is your birthday? Dec. 5th
23. Are you a morning person or a night person? Definitely I am a night person, and have to force myself to get up early in the day. Refer to question #1.
24. What is your shoe size? 10-D (But you, know, it is not the size that matters, but how you use it, *wink*)
25. Pets? I have a cat, and wish I had dogs too, but my current living situation does not allow for dogs. My ex kept our dogs when we divorced in 2004. At that time we had a beautiful full-blooded Border Collie, and a Chow/Akita mix. Beautiful dogs, wonderful companions. I used to go on long walks in the woods with them.
26. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? Well, as a matter of fact, yes, a just that my humor magazine can now be found online at http://marcophotoshumorpage.blogspot.com/
27. What did you want to be when you were little? a "hobo"
28. Which talent would you most like to have? To be coolheaded and levelheaded and way-cool like my SL "Marco". Marcophoto is my "inner stud"
29. Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Hmmmm and mmHmm and "Eh?" It is my Canadian heritage. I grew up in the States, but my father was from Kenora, Ontario in Canada.
30. What is your favorite flower? Whichever one I am giving to my lovely SL partner, Jade.
31. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? It's a secret. shhhhh.
32. What color are your eyes? Brown.
33. What was your favorite toy as a child? I really don't recall.
34. Summer or winter? Neither. Spring and Fall.
35. Hugs or kisses? French Kissing....definitely French Kissing.
36. Chocolate or Vanilla? I like both. I suppose it depends on from where I am licking it off. *wink*
37. Do you want your friends to send this back to you? Sure! Especially if they are really funny, and might make for an interesting blog. Yes!
38. When was the last time you cried? Men don't cry. If they do, the "Guy-cops" come and arrest them.
39. What is under your bed? dust, magazines, and books. Lots of dust.
40. Who ARE the friends you have had the longest in SL? RohanaRaven Zerbino, Evelyn Zehetbauer, JadeHazel Constantine, Deirdre Masala, Anita Koenkamp, VaVaVaaaa Voom, Foxie McCaw, Xenin Jannings, my "niece" Destiny Gregan, my old friend Ashton Merriman, Blase Bracken........Oh god, there are a LOT of close, dear friends, too many to name here....but these are certainly among the longest-running. Deirdre and Anita own/run Dance Island and gave me my first SL job, back in September 07....where I worked for about 6 - 7 months. I will never forget my experiences there, and will always treasure the memories of my friendship with them. I talked with Anita just recently. Tiffany I still talk to regularly, she was a neighbor of mine at my first condo. VaVa.....wow, what a nice gal, and aptly named...Foxie....Ro....all are good friends.
41. What did you do last night? I went to bed early, woke up wide awake at 12:30 am and could not go back to sleep, so I went to work on my blog.....then back to bed at 4:30 am, and up and down and UP and DOWN, and UP and DOWN...sounds like a song I hear in sl clubs quite a bit.
42. Favorite smell? COFFEE, of course, lol.
43. What are you afraid of? Marco fears nothing, and nobody.
44. Plain, sweet, or salted Popcorn? Salted, with extra butter.
45. How many keys on your key ring? A gazillion
46. How many years at your current job? I have been disabled since 1998 with severe fibromyalgia, and on full-time disability since 2000. Fibromyalgia causes one's muscles to not fully relax after tensing, and over time they develop knots deep in the muscle mass. It is very painful, and can be crippling. At one time I could not hold a cup of coffee unless it had a handle to hook my fingers through. With daily stretching exercises I was able to regain many of my abilities, though typing for my blog is still difficult at times.
I must admit, that being on SL, and more specifically, starting my humor blog, "Marco's SL Humor Blog," has brought joy back into my life. Prior to that I was just waiting to die. My wife of 25 years divorced me in 2004, and because I could not work, I had to move back to my parent's home. As you can imagine, being 54 and living with my parent's has been unbearably embarassing to me. But I have made the best of it. I write my blogs from a small office in the basement.
We live independant lives, I pay my own bills, and contribute financially to them. But my hope is to develop the blog into a significant online presence, with books, and hopefully, produce an RL income. As I said, Marcophoto Upshaw is my "inner stud"...he laughs and flirts, and dances freely, all things I long to do! :)
47. Do you have any scars? Oh yeah, inside and out. Sl can be a very hurtful place.
48. Favorite day of the week? None, they are ALL good now, I am writing just about every day, and partnering with the lovely, charming Jade. When I see her, my insides light up.
49. Favorite Dance Clubs? You can usually find me dancing at least once a day at the 6th Element in Gol. But of course I have many favorites, including Dance Island......and of course The Blue Addiction is a favorite.
50. Who are you dating at present? I am partnered to the lovely and charming Jade. She is the great love of my life, and my insides light up when I see her! All that stuff about flirting and "cutie pies in bed with me" are part of a carefully crafted myth. I have retired from being President of the Flirter's Union Local #59876. I still have my memoirs to write about my first year in SL and it will be a doozy. But honestly, I consider being partnered to Jade, and loving her to be the greatest accomplishment of my SL career.
51. How many people will you be sending this to? LOL. Ohhhh, about 12,900, give or take 7.
52. Is there anything else you would like to say? Well sure, just my trademark statement, "I appreciate ALL my Friends." I really do. And if you are reading this and would like to read about the funny and weird side of SL, then please subscribe to my blog, "Marco's SL Humor Blog." Guillotine Parties, Flying Vibrators, Funniest Profiles, Wacky Weddings, Most Outrageous Pickup Lines, SL Follies, Scam Alerts, Weirdest Couplings...and more. Enrollment is Free. Glad to have ya! --Marco
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