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Dale

A bad world full of evil...

About Me

I am a 27 year old security guard/musician from Grand Rapids, MI. Until the communist purge, I wrote for Music Revue, a GR Music publication. I love all of ye who support your local music scene, and have little patience for those who whine about the bands in it. Now I do security at GE Aviation. Or at least I will until they realize that I'm incompetant. I give them until next Friday. They seem pretty smart over there. They're engineers, after all.
My hobbies are collecting old NES games and writing poetry that I am for the most part too shy to show people. The exploits of my band are detailed at daughtervice.com. I love my guitar and hate my radio.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Dale Heywood Wicks
Birthday: 4/18/81. You're not get my soc number next, though.
Birthplace: Grandville, MI
Current Location: EastTown, GR
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Scanty
Height: 6'4" - 6'5," depending on the time of day. People shrink in the evenenings. Yes, they do.
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right handed. I used to possibly be a lefty as a youth, but it was stamped out of me at an early age. Watching righty teachers and playing baseball with my father's glove are to blame.
Your Heritage: English and Irish, with little bits of Scottish and German
The Shoes You Wore Today: Sketchers. Black ones. I worked.
Your Weakness: My achilles heel is in my beer gut
Your Fears: Inadequacy
Your Perfect Pizza: Eaten
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: I already achieved it.
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: None. I don't use netspeak, even when it's inconvient not to.
Thoughts First Waking Up: Dammit!
Your Best Physical Feature: A thick, sleek pelt of fur. My winter coat is coming in nicely.
Your Bedtime: I usually sleep four hour chunks whenever I can grab one.
Your Most Missed Memory: We all have our secrets.
Pepsi or Coke: Coke. Though I really prefer Mountain Dew
MacDonalds or Burger King: I refuse to choose. It depends on the mood I'm in.
Single or Group Dates: Single. Hard to get anything important across in a group. Though after a few single dates, group dates can liven things up socially. Doesn't seem like a date, though.
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: I don't drink iced tea. Only hot tea.
Chocolate or Vanilla: If I can only have one, I'm going...aw, crud. Chocolate, I guess.
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee. Black. I prefer to get my empty calories elsewhere.
Do you Smoke: Not usually.
Do you Swear: Frequently. I'm just worried some of my SailorSpeak is going to pop out around my nephews and new neice. Which would not fly one bit.
Do you Sing: I do alright. Myspace.com/dalewicks, if you're interested.
Do you Shower Daily: Sha. No. I showered YESTERdaily, though.
Have you Been in Love: Betimes. Not now. Though I am firmly "in like."
Do you want to go to College: Been there, done that.
Do you want to get Married: These things are possible.
Do you belive in yourself: I believe that there are both good and bad things in myself.
Do you get Motion Sickness: No.
Do you think you are Attractive: Well, I'd change a coupla things. Namely, I'd put less fur on my chest and more on my head, but it could be much worse.
Are you a Health Freak: Not really. I like to stay in shape, though.
Do you get along with your Parents: Yeah, mostly. Sometimes things are difficult with my mom, but not when I don't see her regularly.
Do you like Thunderstorms: When indoors.
Do you play an Instrument: Several. I'm learning the harmonica, too. I ought to practice more, really.
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: I believe that drinking alcohol is a sin, and getting drunk is a personal insult to every cosmic entity that ever existed in the history of mankind. So yes.
In the past month have you Smoked:
In the past month have you been on Drugs: No.
In the past month have you gone on a Date: I have perhaps BEEN on a date. Haven't smoked any, though.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: No...wait, yes. Damn you, Halloween USA.
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: I haven't had a single orea in the past year.
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: No, surprisingly. I hadn't realized. I'm getting some tomorrow, stat!
In the past month have you been on Stage: Yup. Open mic at Billy's.
In the past month have you been Dumped: No. Now don't jinx it, dummy!
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: I guess it would be better than fat dipping. But no. Haven't been skinny dipping recently.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: I steals phat rhymes from Kool Mo Dee, but otherwise no.
Ever been Drunk: On Thursday, I was so all-the-way in the bag that I nearly poked a hole in the bottom and fell out.
Ever been called a Tease: I think so.
Ever been Beaten up: I don't think so. And that's the BADASS "I don't think so," not the GEE, LET ME THINK "I don't think so." So there.
Ever Shoplifted: Never.
How do you want to Die: Completely.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: 24.
What country would you most like to Visit: A USA that has never heard of Bush.
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: blue
Favourite Hair Color: brown
Short or Long Hair: long
Height: 7'1"
Weight: Between 100 and 400 lbs.
Best Clothing Style: Off
Number of Drugs I have taken: 2
Number of CDs I own: Numerous
Number of Piercings: 0
Number of Tattoos: 0
Number of things in my Past I Regret: Not getting a piercing or a tatoo while I was still young and stupid enough for it to be okay.
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My Interests

I am interested in my writing. I hope that one day others will be, too. I enjoy playing guitar, watching anime, and collecting NES games. My collection has topped 100 games now. I love writing nice things about local musicians, too, but I realize that it isn't always possible. In those cases, I try not to be overly critical.

I'd like to meet:

Sting, Billy Corgan, and Tori Amos. I'd also like to meet Conor Oberst, but only so I can give him the beating he so richly deserves.

Music:

Ryan Adams, Kid Brother Collective, Toad the Wet Sprocket, The Police, Failure, The Jane Anchor, Mineral, Smashing Pumpkins, The Breeders, Sarge, Splitsville, The Gin Blossoms, Iron and Wine, Boy Sets Fire, Chris Isaak, The Pixies, Jimmy Eat World, Mum, Lovedrug. The Cranes, The White Stripes, CCR, The Caulfields, and Sunny Day Real Estate

As far as local bands, I like Hell or Highwater, Lowlight, Dendura, Tentacle, and Ginger Fig. I also like Sylvia Trench, even though Tina and Ginger don't and put them on the shit list on their fridge. But that's just Tina and Ginger for you. Go figure.

Movies:

Monty Python's Holy Grail, Spaceballs, A Fish Called Wanda, Sin City, The Incredibles, Far and Away, Four Weddings and a Funeral, That Thing You Do, Backbeat, Pride and Prejudice

Television:

I don't like television, but I do sort of like Family Guy and the Office, either the US or UK ones. America's Next Top Model is pretty okay with me, surprisingly. I blame Amber.

Books:

The Passion by Jeanette Winterson, Perfume by Patrick Suskind, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike. I also really like Broken Muisc by Sting, but I like most things by Sting.

Heroes:

I don't really have that many, except for artists, I guess. I'd like to be my own hero.

My Blog

If this doesn't work, I will find whoever wrote this survey and kill their legs.

Sixty-Nine Odd QuestionsAre your parents married or divorced?:married.  My dad just had his 54th birthday today.  I think they've been married longer than they've been alive now. Are you a v...
Posted by Dale on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:33:00 PST

Yes/No Quiz

RULES: 1. You can only say Yes or No! 2. You are NOT ALLOWED to explain ANYTHING unless someone messages you and asks! Kissed someone on your top 8/16/24? yes Danced in front of your mirror...
Posted by Dale on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:26:00 PST

Crocodile Hunter, Rest in Peace

As many of you know, Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, died early this morning.  He was stung in the chest by a stingray and went into cardiac arrest.  I'm not making any jokes about this, ...
Posted by Dale on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:23:00 PST

Bushwacking

Today, an aide informed George W Bush that Three Brazilian troops were killed in Iraq today.  He covered his face in grief for several moments.  Then he looked up and asked "how many are in ...
Posted by Dale on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:44:00 PST

Toad the Wet Sprocket Wants to be my friend!

I was sort of taken by surprise when I opened up my friends request folder after a long myspace absense, only to find a friend request from Toad the Wet Sprocket, one of my favorite bands.  This ...
Posted by Dale on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 01:35:00 PST

Babylon

I've been feeling pretty morose.  Just not like working at anything, except for music.  Which also feels a bit like too much work.  I'm not at all excited about finals, nor about studyi...
Posted by Dale on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 07:44:00 PST

Is this thing on?

Typically I post all of my boring crap in LiveJournal, but I figured I'd give this a go.  So welcome to "A bad world filled with evil."  Which, for all ye NES fans, is what Dracula wants to ...
Posted by Dale on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 07:18:00 PST