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Spicy food is delicious, as long as it's not stupidly hot. The spiciness should combine with the other flavours, not overpower them and cause physical distress. I made a smashing stirfry last night, and it had just the right amount of chili bite, balanced with salt, sugar, and garlic. I have some left over and am going to eat it very soon!
TNP gets strange, sudden cravings for food they don't normally eat.
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No, not really. I like what I like and eat what I eat. That said, I like lots of different kinds of stuff.
TNP has had Tex-Thai food (as I did once, in Dallas).
No, that's one I don't think I can speak for.
TNP has eaten raw seal.
I suppose that isn't like food at a Cuban-Chinese restaurant (you know, one half the menu Chinese, one half the menu Cuban food). So, no. That sounds kind of strange, actually -- sounds like fun, though.
TNP appreciates the art of rolling cigars, the more one disassembles them, even though one doesn't smoke cigars. Pretty cool.
Also false. I've smoked 'em before, but I don't much care for cigars or how they're made.
TNP can hear the noise of a construction site somewhere nearby.
Oddly enough, no.
TNP is carrying a pocketknife.
Correct! This one, as a matter of fact: http://www.jaysknives.com/boyscouts/eaglescout.jpg
TNP was involved in Scouting as a kid.
True. I earnt a poetry badge, which obviously made me hardcore.
TNP has an annoying neighbour.
Fortunately false. Although one of the neighboring families has just moved, and we don't yet know who'll be moving in.
TNP has moved in the past six months.
No, thank God. I've moved enough for one lifetime, and mean to die in the house I'm in.
TNP still lives in the community they were born in.
False, but I'm just two hours away from the hospital in which I was born.
TNP has visited someone in the hospital in the past six months.
False. (Touch wood, long may it continue.)
TNP has seen Guardians of the Galaxy.
False, I keep meaning to, which probably means I'll see it in five years time on TV instead.
TNP is currently wishing there was some major thing they could change in their life?
Always.
TNP has had more than ten home addresses in their life.
Home, as in a more-or-less permanent dwelling? False. I haven't moved that much.
TNP now lives within 50 miles of where he or she was born.
No, I guess not. But at the present time within a few hundred miles or so.
TNP has stopped counting things like sexual partners, addresses, LSD trips, and whatever a long time ago, and just figures "eh, plenty, but whatever" is a good approximation.
Depends on what's under discussion, so false, I guess.
TNP has never used LSD.
You are correct,sir.
TNP likes soft serve ice cream better than scoop.
In coffee, yes.
TNP likes frogs.
Yeah, they're kind of cool.
TNP likes trees, forests, frogs, and some lizards, but doesn't much care for the color green outside of nature.
I am fond of the colour green in almost all contexts.
TNP has made a stupid ditzy mistake recently.
Oh yeah, I guess. I helped my mother the other day set up her printer so she could use it over her wireless network, and when I was testing it, didn't realize that the reason I thought it sucked was that the printer was out of paper. There was some flashing light or whatever, like I'm supposed to know that.
TNP agrees with me that computers are total boner-killers.
Generally, yes, but I suppose it depends on what's displayed on your screen!
TNP would never admit to looking at Internet pron.
what? I brag about it to strangers.
speaking of lowlifes tnp has almost figured out something `important`about the way a man who desires conformity in daily decorous action and a society of attention-seeking special fetishists for technicians and clubs can coexist.
No, alas. I still lose sleep over it.
TNP has seen the Atlantic Ocean in the past month.
Not any goddammed ocean. Haven't seen the Atlantic in a while. Filthy shark-infested waters.
TNP thinks the mighty oceans of the world are the great equalizer, and one day they will prevail over the scooters- and golf-cart-obsessed minions of the world, in a triumph over aesthetic incorrectness.
ETA TNP says "Have a nice day and a pleasant evening!"
Nope. "G'night" or "See you tomorrow" are more my style.
TNP went swimming today.
False, haven't been swimming in years.
TNP goes jogging at least once a week.
False. I walk fast, and I swim, but I don't jog.
TNP has actually seen a grinning jogger.
If by "grin" you mean "emaciated rictus," then sure. Seriously, though, I see it, and even am guilty of it. More a dog hanging out a car window-type grin, can't help it. (Right-associative until the last, I guess).
I don't know what they are smiling about, exactly, but I think it might be a kind of reflexive action, the grinning. Me, I try to sneak more air through the mouth because I (i) want to starve my lungs of oxygen to get more out of it and (ii) want to look cool like breathing through the nose like it's no big deal. Probably looks like I'm sneering or something, but some of those athletic types are probably really liking the exercise and seem to think that smiling in public is acceptable behavior, as well as needing air, so they kind of combine all that into one gesture.
TNP is still somehow shocked at people just "jogging" on city streets. Thinks it is kind of freaky and bourgeois-individualist to expose the rest of us to one's private hygiene practices and fetishes.
Nah, doesn't bother me at all. I see joggers all the time.
TNP loves to jog!
No, I "love" eating spicy food and doing the dirty hunch. But it can pass the time, if you see a dirt trail uphill, to run up it. In general, though it's for squares and tightpants who want to dress up and show off their toilet, like little fairies at the ball.
TNP is having trouble adhering to a reasonable schedule of pushups every day, starting with the number day one. OR chooser's choice, ETA TNP has had more than one "gluten free beer" recently and is not that upset about it.
Correct. I have too many back problems to regularly do either pushups or situps.
TNP hates Top Ten lists.
Actually, not. They are some of the least offensive bits of that shows they people watch.
TNP really doesn't care for most people's tastes in things and such.
True, each to their own really. It just gets annoying when people insist I have to appreciate them regardless of my tastes.
TNP is on at least one worthwhile mailing list.
Correct, for magazines which interest me.
TNP subscribes to at least three magazines.
No, down to one bi-monthly -- and two others passed on by subscribers. Save a tree, or whatever. Just regular old magazines, not fancy and not academic journals, and not newspaper supplements like Parade or the NY Times Sunday Magazine or the Weekly Shopper or the Monde diplomatique or hippie trash like that.
TNP will name good magazines. Here. In this thread. In the next post. That TNP reads. Every month or two.
Certainly: Time, Naval History, Civil War Times.
TNP didn't know today is my 50th birthday.
True! BTW, happy one I hope. Are you a man yet? 32 is not that old (in hexadecimal).
TNP doesn't like celebrating his own birthday, no matter the year.
Nah, doesn't bother me. Even now that I'm getting old, it's nice to have a little fun as I slowly march towards death.
TNP love New York.
As the cliche goes, yes, to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.
TNP has been in NYC in the last six months.
fine, I'll answer. I was going to give someone else a chance, but too slow, 'mo. No. And judging by the last time I was there, the EV is even more overrun by numbnut little fancy girl-men with "messenger" bags and tailored shirts.
TNP has been overjoyed recently, as I was, by seeing one (of several) witheringly negative omnibus articles/reviews new criterion, whatever, but these two cats were off the hook negative. only in new york!
No, although a well-crafted witheringly-negative review, for something which truly deserves it, can be fun.
TNP would never see a movie which got a bad review from a trusted critic.
That would make me see it more, but I'd try to sneak in for free.
TNP has actually snuck into a movie theater IRL. in my case it was a very small revival house and the old lady sitting on the chair went to the can or something, so free lunch for me. there were probably other times i don't remember
Nah, closest I've come is going to see one movie in a multiplex instead of the one I'd paid for. Still feel kind of guilty about that.
TNP is feeling kind of down about the end of summer.
No more than usual. The book-length essay Mallarme' cribbed off that English guy about the tragedy of the seasons kind of persuaded me a long time ago that whatever.
TNP thinks some technological gadgets (written language, sensible, durable footwear, ethanol production, calculating machines) are better than others (asphalt, computer games, cars, dishwashers).
Yeah, but most of them are pretty good. I admire the toughness of our pre-Industrial Revolution ancestors, but I like what we got.
TNP likes rum.
A sip now and then, sure. But I'm more likely to have whiskey or vodka if I want the harder stuff.
TNP knows someone who's an alcoholic.
Sure, I guess. ETA Holy Fucking Shit. I know one family member who is like a mental patient for the giggle soup. Seriously, I drink a lot -- it's like my hobby -- but this guy can't even split a bottle of whiskey with me without falling down. Seriously, don't do the crime if you can't do the time. At least I don't fall all over the place, I just sit in my chair and become belligerent, most of the time.
TNP thinks buying consumer goods like "group theory 101" or "jane fonda thighbusters" is ethically suspicious. And is not at all concerned as TNP is paying someone to clean his or her teeth in the next few hours. That's fine, because home dentistry is probably a bad idea.
Not "ethically suspicious," but probably financially unwise.
TNP wouldn't mind inheriting $5 million next week.