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Peter 3.3

My Life As An Astronaut...

About Me

What's to say? Lawyer. Artist. Concierge? Crossing Guard? Dr. Evil impersonator (and I still haven't seen any of the Austin Powers films)?
Je ne sais pas. Je ne sais jamais.
Here, try this:
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Peter
Birthday: I'm told it was a Saturday, around 8:00 a.m...
Birthplace: Darby, PA (Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital)
Current Location: Lovely, downtown Gradyville!
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5' 7.5"
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: 50% Italian + 25% German + 12.5% French + 12.5% English = 100% American
The Shoes You Wore Today: black Vasque boots
Your Weakness: where do I start... strip joints? helping people?
Your Fears: another multiple choice... My top three scary things are: flesh eating bacteria! suffocation! finding a sharp object jutting out of my leg!
Your Perfect Pizza: There was this one with ham, pineapple, onions, hot peppers and bacon. Man, that and a mason jar of Genessee cream ale made for the foundation of a wonderful pizza and beer night at The Brewery at Penn State, 1989-1992.
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: That one's not for public consumption.
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: "Anything good going on?" But then again, it's what I want to know...
Thoughts First Waking Up: "Okay... who's paging me THIS early..."
Your Best Physical Feature: Best? hands; Most remarked about? tongue, of all things...
Your Bedtime: some time before noon
Your Most Missed Memory: missed memory? How would I know that, exactly?
Pepsi or Coke: Diet Vanilla Coke, and keep 'em coming...
MacDonalds or Burger King: McD for the double cheeseburger, King for the artery-clogging TRIPLE Whopper w/cheese . But really, the fun part is when you're at a diner and order a "Royale Wit' Cheese"...AND THEY BRING YOU ONE!
Single or Group Dates: Hey... My weekend is clear. What did you have in mind?
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Black Chai Spice Tea
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla ice cream in a frozen Captain and Coke slushie... (AKA "The Holy Rum Swig" as a vanilla float) Now the corn ice cream at the mexican ice cream joint was good, but that rosemary and sage stuff at Capo Giro is worth the trip into town.
Cappuccino or Coffee: 20-30 oz of espresso, and a krazy straw
Do you Smoke: nope. allergic.
Do you Swear: Only if I know you rather well. Then, it's usually in fourteen-word phrases.
Do you Sing: affirmative. Want to hear some? Here's a little Sinatra number I think you'll like...
Do you Shower Daily: Yup, unless there's some crisis impeding it.
Have you Been in Love: never been "in love"; you're not "in" love unless she loves you back...
Do you want to go to College: Again? That'd be kind of interesting.
Do you want to get Married: At some point
Do you belive in yourself: There's a bit of cognitive disonance. I believe I can do or figure out anything. I'm really, really arrogant, and humble, and confident, and have low self esteem ... all at the same time.
Do you get Motion Sickness: Only when I'm not the driver
Do you think you are Attractive: no
Are you a Health Freak: hardly
Do you get along with your Parents: yep
Do you like Thunderstorms: ABSOLUTELY
Do you play an Instrument: five, but all badly
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Um, trick question? Last one was at 8:45p last night.
In the past month have you Smoked: see 'allergic', above
In the past month have you been on Drugs: only cold medication
In the past month have you gone on a Date: month? how about decade?
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Yes, but not inside
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No, I only had six of them. The rest of the box was someone else...
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: sushi, sashimi, Chinese food and some sort of Thai stuff
In the past month have you been on Stage: I've stood on one; I wasn't, like, performing or anything.
In the past month have you been Dumped: see 'decade', above
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: nope
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: I'm pretty sure I did. It gets to where I can't remember.
Ever been Drunk: affirmative
Ever been called a Tease: not that I know of
Ever been Beaten up: No, but I've been burned a couple of times. The only injury scars I have are from glass, though.
Ever Shoplifted: yep
How do you want to Die: Ain't happening
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: I think I'll be an astronaut
What country would you most like to Visit: get back to the family house in Italy
In a Girl...
Favourite Eye Color: anything like smoke
Favourite Hair Color: dark
Short or Long Hair: long
Height: 4' 8"- 5' 9", but I'm willing to adapt to what's available
Weight: That, I wouldn't know. I'm pretty heavy, so I like the look of skinny girls.
Best Clothing Style: something dangerous, but without sharp edges
Number of Drugs I have taken: like, every percocet? I had a delauded prescription in 2003, that was weird.
Number of CDs I own: commercial ones? I think that may be eight. I've got about thirty I've burned for myself. Mostly, I listen to the radio when driving, some times, but I don't play music at home. Then again, I'm seldom home, anyway.
Number of Piercings: ZERO
Number of Tattoos: ZERO
Number of things in my Past I Regret: I tend to lose count. Probably around fifty.
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!
On the other hand...

My Interests


You Are The Hermit
You posses a great deal of wisdom and the ability to see people for who they are.
You are always looking ahead at the future, developing visions.
A loner, you tend to travel by yourself through life, seeking your own truth.
You don't crave material things or fancy titles. You have no baggage.

Your fortune:

It's possible that there is a unknown guiding figure in your life, ready to help you.
All you have to do is find this person and seek their advice.
It's also possible that you need to start seeking the meaning of your own life.
Either way, there's some deep thinking you need to undertake, and it needs to be done soon. What Tarot Card Are You?

You Are The Chariot
You represent a difficult battle, and a well-deserved victory.
You tend to struggle to get what you want, both internally and externally.
You excel at controlling opposing forces, getting down the same path.
In the end, you bring glory and success - using pure will to move forward.

Your fortune:

There is great conflict in your life right now, either with yourself or others.
You must find a solution to this conflict, which is likely to be a "middle road" between the two forces.
You posses the skills to triumph over these struggles, as long as your will is strong.
You are transforming your inner self, building a better foundation for future successes. What Tarot Card Are You?

You Are The Fool
You are a fascinating person who is way beyond the concerns of this world.
Young at heart, you are blissfully unaware of any dangers ahead.
You are a true wanderer - it has be difficult finding your place in this world.
Full of confidence, you are likely to take a leap of faith.

Your fortune:

You are about to embark on a new phase in your life.
This may mean changing locations, jobs, friends, or love status.
You are open about what the future will bring, and free of worry.
You have made your peace with fate, and you're ready to start down your new path. What Tarot Card Are You?

For the really late night, seven days a week...LoungeOneTwoFive

I'd like to meet:

More friends, and women (especially those who can qualify under both)

I have plenty of acquaintences, some people I look at as friends who I'm pretty sure don't have that same degree of concern back in my direction and four friends that I've had since around 1985.

I'm looking to meet people: printers, photographers, riverboat pilots, nuclear medicine technicians, butchers, bakers, gelato makers, tic tac toe experts, kids who know how to throw knives, etc. If you know a good source for cheap repair and replacement parts for a 1977 Corvette (350, automatic transmission, needs bodywork, an intake manifold, exhaust headers, better pistons, rods and cam, overdrive and positraction rear), that's a plus.

So, that's friends. Women? The problem is, I've already met a good number of the women I want to meet. They just ain't available, and I'm not the sort to try to break in.

A little more flotsam, which helps illustrate the issue:

how jedi are you? :: by lawrie malen

It's been a few months, and I'm still mulling over criteria. I over-analyze things, so even now, in just incomplete consideration, I can throw a number of bits and pieces out, in case you're interested.

And if you're not interested, then move on...

So, physically, I'm looking for a woman around my height. I'm 5' 7.5", so, +/- 3" would be good.

Like the survey says, smoke colored eyes, which is more a matter of texture than color, but that's what gets my attention.

I want to meet an athlete. So what if it's unrealistic, this is about desire, not realism.

I'm looking for someone who is either a hero or a villain, not just some bystander. I'd like to meet someone smart, artistic, kind, graceful and funny. I'd also like her to know how to fight, literally and figuratively.

There's more, too, but it's getting late and I'm not even sure I really want to add more here. Like I wrote before, I've already run across a number of women like that... all unavailable for some reason or other. Maybe unavailable is a criterion, too, but I'd rather not address that just now, either.

Okay, that's the women issue.

Movies:

I heard Benicio Del Toro was good as Oscar Acosta in the Johnny Depp Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, but man, Peter Boyle as Carl Lazlo, Esquire, in Where the Buffalo Roam was just so...perfect.

P.S.: I think it was Ashe who said, "Klaatu Barada Nicto, Baby..." I don't know whether that's entirely accurate; I just hear that line in Bruce Campbell's voice.

Heroes:

You can have the day. Carpe noctem, indeed.
Okay. I stole this off of Kimitha's blog, in the hope that you may well get the point:
The Men That Don't Fit In
By Robert Service (1907)
There's a race of men that don't fit in
A race that can't sit still;
So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
and roam the world at will
They range the field and rove the hood,
And they climb the mountains crest.
Theirs is the curse of the gypsy blood,
And they don't know how to rest.
If they just went straight they might go far;
They are strong and brave and true;
But they're always tired of the things that are,
and they want the stong and the new.
They say, "Could I find my proper groove,
what a deep mark I would make!"
So they Chop and Change, and each fresh move
is only a fresh mistake.
And each forgets, as he strips and runs
with a brilliant, fitful pace,
It is the steady, quiet, plodding ones
who win in the lifelong race.
And each forgets that his youth had fled
forgets that his prime is past,
till He stands one day, with a hope that's dead
in the flare of the truth at last
He has failed,He has failed, He has missed his chance;
He has just done things by half
Life's been a jolly good joke on him
And now is the time to Laugh
HA, HA! He is one of the legions lost;
He was never meant to win;
He's a rolling stone, and it bred in the bone;
He's a man who won't fit in
I want to be the hero. The Grendel Prime from Matt Wagner's comic books.
Heroes are the people who get it right--even if only in fiction.
John Steakley wrote, "You are...What you do...When it counts."
Another good line is from the movie, Independence Day, when Jeff Goldblum's character remarks, "You know how I'm always trying to save the world? ...Here's my chance."
Try this on for size:
Buckaroo Banzai, M.D., Ph.D.: BANZAI INSTITUTE

My Blog

I feel cheated

I thought I could at least rely upon my opponents.  This week started upon a concession.  A forfeiture.Where is my carefully constructed failure?  The self-destruction to which my soul ...
Posted by Peter 3.3 on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:26:00 PST

More song lyrics: Sadeness

This one is for Sadeness, by Enigma, because I, too, want to know who the girl is in the video.  And yes, it is Sadeness.  Something to do with the Marquis.Anyhow:(Curly M.C./F.Gregorian/Dav...
Posted by Peter 3.3 on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:35:00 PST

Firefly

Your results:You are Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic)..>..> ..> ..> ..>..> ..> ..> Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) 85% Derrial Book (Shepherd) 70% Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) 65% Malcolm Reynol...
Posted by Peter 3.3 on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:30:00 PST

Something disturbing

I don't know what it is that's going on.  Maybe it's because I've been drinking more lately (thought not in concentration).  Maybe it's the hours I'm keeping.Lately, I've been able to rememb...
Posted by Peter 3.3 on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:45:00 PST

Since ’m tossing songs around--Oye Como Va

I stole this from Szadoska Dieppe's blog, so if you like it, credit her. Anyhow: As posted:All this time I never knew what these words meant! I always loved the sound of them and the amazing beat...
Posted by Peter 3.3 on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:17:00 PST

Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting

Kung Fu Fighting Carl Douglas Oh-oh-oh-oh...Everybody was kung-fu fightingThose cats were fast as lightningIn fact it was a little bit frightningBut they fought with expert timingThey were funky Ch...
Posted by Peter 3.3 on Thu, 31 May 2007 06:47:00 PST

Things are getting too weird

I can't even post the details, but some stuff just got really, really complicated.  And I'm being ignored by the people I want to hear from.Darn it all.Darn it straight to heck.==============Sept...
Posted by Peter 3.3 on Wed, 09 May 2007 06:00:00 PST

No details

April 28, 2007.  7:45 p.m. EDT   There was some strange music channel playing.  Not the radio, though.  And I don't remember which song.I'm considering incrementing the versi...
Posted by Peter 3.3 on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:37:00 PST

Jabberwocky, for them's that are interested

If you want the fullest effect, go to: http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html Otherwise: JABBERWOCKYLewis Carroll(from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872)`T...
Posted by Peter 3.3 on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:47:00 PST

On my mind

A dayA dayAnother dayA weekA monthA yearI keep looking, but I can't find itMy soul has walked awayI remember whole days of joyNow I only get fleeting glimpsesA dayA dayAnother dayA weekA monthA yearTh...
Posted by Peter 3.3 on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:54:00 PST