Post by verpetas on Jun 3, 2005 0:12:29 GMT -5
verpetas: There's always something a little unnerving about conducting an interview, wouldn't you say?
Wo0tus: i couldn't say, i've never conducted one myself
verpetas: Well. Fair enough. Let's just dive right in, then. How did you first become involved in CLASP?
Wo0tus: hmm, i signed up a while back, but never actually started posting regularly till after some stuff happened at another message board, and [K]enna asked me if i would post there more often
Wo0tus: so it's her fault i harrass everyone with snarky remarks
verpetas: Duly noted. So. Other message boards, eh? Do you spend a lot of time online? Or are you a recreational poster?
Wo0tus: i spend a lot more time online now then i used to, though i only frequent 2 other (small) message boards other than clasp... i tend to read an excessive amount of time reading webcomics and dicking around on livejournal
verpetas: You said "snarky". Is that how you would characterize your style?
Wo0tus: hmm, at times, i more or less used it because it seems to be teh word of teh night
verpetas: Aha. I promise to use it no fewer than six times.
verpetas: So... CLASPCON. Thoughts?
Wo0tus: i'm stoked, a bti nervous, but i really don't have any reason to be, anyone i've talked to on clasp is super cool... maybe i just don't wanna make an ass outta myself, though now that i thiknk of it, i do a prety good job of that online
verpetas: Is there anyone whom you're really looking forward to meeting?
Wo0tus: i would have really liked to have met saddy at this, so i'm a bit sad that she cannot attend, though i'm rather excited to meet teh mythos that is [d]eus, since i've known him online since back in teh prospero days it'd be nice to meet kenna as well, but i'm not sure if she's gonna be able to make it or not
verpetas: Yeah. If I make it out, I would really like to shake teh hand of teh man that brought teh DToC to teh light of day. I'm bummed that Saddy won't be there, but there's always next year. How about Austin? Will it be easy for you to make it?
Wo0tus: i hope so, i just moved here at teh end of feb
verpetas: Ha. I forget that there are like three people in TX. How's teh Lone Star state treating you?
Wo0tus: austin is a beautiful city, i can't say much for teh rest of tx just yet, but i don't have high hopes for teh rest of teh state
verpetas: How are teh people? Texans have quite a reputation, Austiners doubly so.
Wo0tus: people are people, no matter where ya go there's gonna be nice people and assholes, but most everyone is pretty friendly here, what sort of reputation do austinites have exactly?
verpetas: Well, Austin is teh town where men are men, women are women, and small fuzzy animals are small fuzzy animals.
Wo0tus: isn't that how it is in anyother town?
verpetas: I take it you've not spent a lot of time in Seattle.
Wo0tus: no, i haven't, so teh fuzzy critters in seattle are sea monster there, sounds like a fun place
verpetas: Sea monsters with bad teeth.
verpetas: So, tell us more about teh wo0t. What sort of threads attract your attention?
Wo0tus: on clasp, i typically wind up reading a bit of everything, well other than atact...
Wo0tus: too much back story for me to even try to catch up on
verpetas: I hear you. Are there any users in particular that you like posting with?
Wo0tus: no, i'm pretty fond of everyone that posts at clasp, well at least currently, everyone is real cool
verpetas: Right on. If you're comfortable answering teh question, what do you do for a living?
Wo0tus: i sit at a desk as a night clerk for a hotel currently, so i spend most of my time at work online too
verpetas: No kidding! I've done more than my fair share of hotel work. I used to be on teh maintenance staff of Paradise Inn at Mt. Rainier. Any good customer stories?
Wo0tus: nothing just yet, though i guess we have a couple of hookers staying as extended stay customers, so i'm sure something interesting is bound to pop up
Wo0tus: no pun intended
verpetas: Ha ha ha. How about relationship status? Is WoOtus gonna be lookin' for wuv August 5-7?
Wo0tus: no, i don't particularly have anything surrently in mind for that weekend, but it's gonna be a crazy weekend, so anything is bound to happen
verpetas: Well, you're teh local. I expect that you will be taking us to all teh local points of interest (read: strip joints and dive bars)
Wo0tus: after teh 25th this month i'll be doing plenty of research, but as of yet, i really don't have any idea where good places are other than teh imfamous 6th street
verpetas: 6th street, eh? Infamous, eh? Research, eh?
Wo0tus: 6th is just were all teh bars are...
Wo0tus: and i can't do research til then, cause that's when i turn 21
verpetas: Aha. Got it.
verpetas: So, this work computer of yours. Is it worth teh plastic it's injection molded from? Or is it like all teh other work computers most of us have come to know and loathe?
Wo0tus: yea it's an emachine, so it's junk... but it does what i want it to, so i'm not gonna bitch about it... that and i can print stuff off while i'm there if i want
verpetas: How about at home? What are you working with there?
Wo0tus: i'm sorry what do ya mean?
Wo0tus: my puter
Wo0tus: it's crap
Wo0tus: stuff i've schlept together over that i've accumulated over time
verpetas: Dial up?
Wo0tus: hahahah, that's funny... i am never gonna tolerate that again if i don't hafta
verpetas: I hafta use dial-up when I go visit my wife on teh mountain. You don't realize how good a cable connection is until you're forced to regress.
verpetas: How about hobbies? Is there anything you like to do other than post on internet message boards?
Wo0tus: music is a bit of a hobby of mine, i'm wanting to get couple peices of equiptment and start making music again, but for teh time i think i'm just gonna hafta settle for watching live music.
Wo0tus: i also tend to play my fair share of video games
Wo0tus: and do a bit of skateboarding here and there
verpetas: What kind of music do you like?
Wo0tus: it honestly all depends on teh day ya ask... though a good cover all would be alternative
Wo0tus: indie, rock, synth-pop, some hip-hop...
Wo0tus: teh list goes on
verpetas: Top five bands--right now.
Wo0tus: Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Ratatat (recently added), Tweaker (chris vrenna's solo work), Mindless self indulgence
verpetas: Nice picks... Greatest song ever written?
Wo0tus: street spirit (fade out)
verpetas: Fair enough. Video games... What's your console du jour?
Wo0tus: currently have an N64, PS2 and a gamecube, i'm fixing to get a gameboy advance SP sometime here eventually... though if i had to pick one company, i'd hafta say nintendo
verpetas: Aha. Do you ever go for teh old school SNES games?
Wo0tus: i wuv SNES, i still have a couple games, but no console to bust 'em out on, though i usually tend to have an emulator that i can play when i get teh itch
verpetas: I used to wuv playing Metroid II, whatever it was actually called. That, and Chrono Trigger and FFIII. Those were teh days. *shakes head*. So, what are you playing now? I'm working on Dynasty Warriors V.
Wo0tus: just rented god of war, which is a great game, though i'm struggling with donkey kong jungle beat on and off
verpetas: I heard God of War pwns. It'll probably be my next game.
verpetas: Okay, time for teh obligatory questions:
verpetas: 1. If you could have any super power, what would it be, and why?
verpetas: Be specific
Wo0tus: not sure what exactly it'd be caled but basically elemental control of nearby air, so i could freeze things, or start things aflame at will
Wo0tus: if it were to match my personality though
Wo0tus: i think it would wind up being shapeshifting
verpetas: And how would you use this ability?
Wo0tus: i'd use either for my own amusement and benefit... and if i happened upon a misdeed, i'd probly right teh wrong... great responcibilty with great power and all
Wo0tus: that and i don't need karma biting me in teh ass
verpetas: 2. Favorite snack food?
Wo0tus: colored goldfish
verpetas: Interesting choice...
verpetas: 3. Best movie ever made?
Wo0tus: tamala punk cat in space
Wo0tus: though it helps to veiw it in an altered state of mind
Wo0tus: not that i would know anything about that
Wo0tus: 0=)
verpetas: 4.
verpetas: 5. Elvis or teh Beatles?
Wo0tus: teh beatles
verpetas: 6. Best century AD?
Wo0tus: based on my first hand expirences, i guess Imma hafta say teh 21 century... there's soo many posiblities of things that i'm excited to see happen
verpetas: And 7. If you had to fight one person, who would it be, and why?
Wo0tus: i'd challenge jesus, mostly to see what kind of a fighter he'd be
verpetas: Hmm. Telling. Very telling.
verpetas: Okay. Free for all time... Ask and answer teh one question that I didn't ask.
Wo0tus: teh answer is 42, but i'll be damned if i can remember teh question
verpetas: A man after my own heart. Did you see teh movie?
Wo0tus: i haven't even heard of it, i don't keep up on movies as much as i'm expected to
verpetas: It was actually less worse than I expected.
verpetas: So, final thoughts before we wrap this puppy up?
Wo0tus: am i supposed to have any final thoughts?
verpetas: It's up to you. Mine are usually along teh lines of "duuuurrr".
Wo0tus: that's about teh same line of thought i was following... how about we through in teh word shenanigans for good measure
verpetas: Works for me
Wo0tus: super
verpetas: WoOtus, ladies and gentlemen! Take a bow, good sir, and this is verpetas, signing off.
Wo0tus: well thank you for teh interveiw it was a pleasure sir
Wo0tus: <takes a bow, and trips>
Wo0tus: i couldn't say, i've never conducted one myself
verpetas: Well. Fair enough. Let's just dive right in, then. How did you first become involved in CLASP?
Wo0tus: hmm, i signed up a while back, but never actually started posting regularly till after some stuff happened at another message board, and [K]enna asked me if i would post there more often
Wo0tus: so it's her fault i harrass everyone with snarky remarks
verpetas: Duly noted. So. Other message boards, eh? Do you spend a lot of time online? Or are you a recreational poster?
Wo0tus: i spend a lot more time online now then i used to, though i only frequent 2 other (small) message boards other than clasp... i tend to read an excessive amount of time reading webcomics and dicking around on livejournal
verpetas: You said "snarky". Is that how you would characterize your style?
Wo0tus: hmm, at times, i more or less used it because it seems to be teh word of teh night
verpetas: Aha. I promise to use it no fewer than six times.
verpetas: So... CLASPCON. Thoughts?
Wo0tus: i'm stoked, a bti nervous, but i really don't have any reason to be, anyone i've talked to on clasp is super cool... maybe i just don't wanna make an ass outta myself, though now that i thiknk of it, i do a prety good job of that online
verpetas: Is there anyone whom you're really looking forward to meeting?
Wo0tus: i would have really liked to have met saddy at this, so i'm a bit sad that she cannot attend, though i'm rather excited to meet teh mythos that is [d]eus, since i've known him online since back in teh prospero days it'd be nice to meet kenna as well, but i'm not sure if she's gonna be able to make it or not
verpetas: Yeah. If I make it out, I would really like to shake teh hand of teh man that brought teh DToC to teh light of day. I'm bummed that Saddy won't be there, but there's always next year. How about Austin? Will it be easy for you to make it?
Wo0tus: i hope so, i just moved here at teh end of feb
verpetas: Ha. I forget that there are like three people in TX. How's teh Lone Star state treating you?
Wo0tus: austin is a beautiful city, i can't say much for teh rest of tx just yet, but i don't have high hopes for teh rest of teh state
verpetas: How are teh people? Texans have quite a reputation, Austiners doubly so.
Wo0tus: people are people, no matter where ya go there's gonna be nice people and assholes, but most everyone is pretty friendly here, what sort of reputation do austinites have exactly?
verpetas: Well, Austin is teh town where men are men, women are women, and small fuzzy animals are small fuzzy animals.
Wo0tus: isn't that how it is in anyother town?
verpetas: I take it you've not spent a lot of time in Seattle.
Wo0tus: no, i haven't, so teh fuzzy critters in seattle are sea monster there, sounds like a fun place
verpetas: Sea monsters with bad teeth.
verpetas: So, tell us more about teh wo0t. What sort of threads attract your attention?
Wo0tus: on clasp, i typically wind up reading a bit of everything, well other than atact...
Wo0tus: too much back story for me to even try to catch up on
verpetas: I hear you. Are there any users in particular that you like posting with?
Wo0tus: no, i'm pretty fond of everyone that posts at clasp, well at least currently, everyone is real cool
verpetas: Right on. If you're comfortable answering teh question, what do you do for a living?
Wo0tus: i sit at a desk as a night clerk for a hotel currently, so i spend most of my time at work online too
verpetas: No kidding! I've done more than my fair share of hotel work. I used to be on teh maintenance staff of Paradise Inn at Mt. Rainier. Any good customer stories?
Wo0tus: nothing just yet, though i guess we have a couple of hookers staying as extended stay customers, so i'm sure something interesting is bound to pop up
Wo0tus: no pun intended
verpetas: Ha ha ha. How about relationship status? Is WoOtus gonna be lookin' for wuv August 5-7?
Wo0tus: no, i don't particularly have anything surrently in mind for that weekend, but it's gonna be a crazy weekend, so anything is bound to happen
verpetas: Well, you're teh local. I expect that you will be taking us to all teh local points of interest (read: strip joints and dive bars)
Wo0tus: after teh 25th this month i'll be doing plenty of research, but as of yet, i really don't have any idea where good places are other than teh imfamous 6th street
verpetas: 6th street, eh? Infamous, eh? Research, eh?
Wo0tus: 6th is just were all teh bars are...
Wo0tus: and i can't do research til then, cause that's when i turn 21
verpetas: Aha. Got it.
verpetas: So, this work computer of yours. Is it worth teh plastic it's injection molded from? Or is it like all teh other work computers most of us have come to know and loathe?
Wo0tus: yea it's an emachine, so it's junk... but it does what i want it to, so i'm not gonna bitch about it... that and i can print stuff off while i'm there if i want
verpetas: How about at home? What are you working with there?
Wo0tus: i'm sorry what do ya mean?
Wo0tus: my puter
Wo0tus: it's crap
Wo0tus: stuff i've schlept together over that i've accumulated over time
verpetas: Dial up?
Wo0tus: hahahah, that's funny... i am never gonna tolerate that again if i don't hafta
verpetas: I hafta use dial-up when I go visit my wife on teh mountain. You don't realize how good a cable connection is until you're forced to regress.
verpetas: How about hobbies? Is there anything you like to do other than post on internet message boards?
Wo0tus: music is a bit of a hobby of mine, i'm wanting to get couple peices of equiptment and start making music again, but for teh time i think i'm just gonna hafta settle for watching live music.
Wo0tus: i also tend to play my fair share of video games
Wo0tus: and do a bit of skateboarding here and there
verpetas: What kind of music do you like?
Wo0tus: it honestly all depends on teh day ya ask... though a good cover all would be alternative
Wo0tus: indie, rock, synth-pop, some hip-hop...
Wo0tus: teh list goes on
verpetas: Top five bands--right now.
Wo0tus: Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Ratatat (recently added), Tweaker (chris vrenna's solo work), Mindless self indulgence
verpetas: Nice picks... Greatest song ever written?
Wo0tus: street spirit (fade out)
verpetas: Fair enough. Video games... What's your console du jour?
Wo0tus: currently have an N64, PS2 and a gamecube, i'm fixing to get a gameboy advance SP sometime here eventually... though if i had to pick one company, i'd hafta say nintendo
verpetas: Aha. Do you ever go for teh old school SNES games?
Wo0tus: i wuv SNES, i still have a couple games, but no console to bust 'em out on, though i usually tend to have an emulator that i can play when i get teh itch
verpetas: I used to wuv playing Metroid II, whatever it was actually called. That, and Chrono Trigger and FFIII. Those were teh days. *shakes head*. So, what are you playing now? I'm working on Dynasty Warriors V.
Wo0tus: just rented god of war, which is a great game, though i'm struggling with donkey kong jungle beat on and off
verpetas: I heard God of War pwns. It'll probably be my next game.
verpetas: Okay, time for teh obligatory questions:
verpetas: 1. If you could have any super power, what would it be, and why?
verpetas: Be specific
Wo0tus: not sure what exactly it'd be caled but basically elemental control of nearby air, so i could freeze things, or start things aflame at will
Wo0tus: if it were to match my personality though
Wo0tus: i think it would wind up being shapeshifting
verpetas: And how would you use this ability?
Wo0tus: i'd use either for my own amusement and benefit... and if i happened upon a misdeed, i'd probly right teh wrong... great responcibilty with great power and all
Wo0tus: that and i don't need karma biting me in teh ass
verpetas: 2. Favorite snack food?
Wo0tus: colored goldfish
verpetas: Interesting choice...
verpetas: 3. Best movie ever made?
Wo0tus: tamala punk cat in space
Wo0tus: though it helps to veiw it in an altered state of mind
Wo0tus: not that i would know anything about that
Wo0tus: 0=)
verpetas: 4.
verpetas: 5. Elvis or teh Beatles?
Wo0tus: teh beatles
verpetas: 6. Best century AD?
Wo0tus: based on my first hand expirences, i guess Imma hafta say teh 21 century... there's soo many posiblities of things that i'm excited to see happen
verpetas: And 7. If you had to fight one person, who would it be, and why?
Wo0tus: i'd challenge jesus, mostly to see what kind of a fighter he'd be
verpetas: Hmm. Telling. Very telling.
verpetas: Okay. Free for all time... Ask and answer teh one question that I didn't ask.
Wo0tus: teh answer is 42, but i'll be damned if i can remember teh question
verpetas: A man after my own heart. Did you see teh movie?
Wo0tus: i haven't even heard of it, i don't keep up on movies as much as i'm expected to
verpetas: It was actually less worse than I expected.
verpetas: So, final thoughts before we wrap this puppy up?
Wo0tus: am i supposed to have any final thoughts?
verpetas: It's up to you. Mine are usually along teh lines of "duuuurrr".
Wo0tus: that's about teh same line of thought i was following... how about we through in teh word shenanigans for good measure
verpetas: Works for me
Wo0tus: super
verpetas: WoOtus, ladies and gentlemen! Take a bow, good sir, and this is verpetas, signing off.
Wo0tus: well thank you for teh interveiw it was a pleasure sir
Wo0tus: <takes a bow, and trips>