A true story and an invitation
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firecatSomeone on my friends list made a friends-locked post asking folks to tell something true and outlandish and unguessable about themselves.
I found myself posting this. Probably because I have lots to do and so I am power-procrastinating. I figured I would repost it here.
I accidentally saw the "1984" commercial for the Macintosh the one and only time it was officially aired, during Superbowl 1984.
I saw it on a 12" black and white TV that my grandmother gave me in the 1960s. In the flat I was living at the time, the TV got channel 7 on every channel.
It's amazing that I saw the ad, because I almost never turned the TV on. Once I received one of those "TV diary" survey things in the mail, where you are supposed to record everything you watch for a week and return it. A week later I drew a line through every day in the diary (meaning I hadn't watched TV for the entire week) and returned it.
A few years later, I moved to Montreal for the summer and brought the TV with me. The customs folks at the border freaked out and thought I was either moving to Montreal permanently or bringing a bunch of stuff to sell. They interviewed me for an hour. I finally convinced them I was only there for the summer, and they let me go, giving me a small slip of paper that said "Welcome to Canada. Please take all your belongings with you when you leave."
I left the TV behind.
So tell me something true and outlandish and unguessable about yourself.
I found myself posting this. Probably because I have lots to do and so I am power-procrastinating. I figured I would repost it here.
I accidentally saw the "1984" commercial for the Macintosh the one and only time it was officially aired, during Superbowl 1984.
I saw it on a 12" black and white TV that my grandmother gave me in the 1960s. In the flat I was living at the time, the TV got channel 7 on every channel.
It's amazing that I saw the ad, because I almost never turned the TV on. Once I received one of those "TV diary" survey things in the mail, where you are supposed to record everything you watch for a week and return it. A week later I drew a line through every day in the diary (meaning I hadn't watched TV for the entire week) and returned it.
A few years later, I moved to Montreal for the summer and brought the TV with me. The customs folks at the border freaked out and thought I was either moving to Montreal permanently or bringing a bunch of stuff to sell. They interviewed me for an hour. I finally convinced them I was only there for the summer, and they let me go, giving me a small slip of paper that said "Welcome to Canada. Please take all your belongings with you when you leave."
I left the TV behind.
So tell me something true and outlandish and unguessable about yourself.
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Date: 14 Sep 2004 11:23 am (UTC)I've been apprehended by security several times at places ranging from Madison Square Garden to hotels to my workplace. In each case someone working in Security wanted to say "hi."
My brother had a pet dead fly hanging from the ceiling of his bedroom for seven years. It's name was Jeff.
I used to play guitar in a marching band. I was first string.
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Date: 15 Sep 2004 10:02 am (UTC)