PLEBANS Info Thread, please post!

[U2SJ]

Bwahaha, I'm looking around for a guy as well. A singles area would be a grand idea.

By the way, can I just say that you girls are all really pretty? I wish we could all meet up in person somewhere sometime-I know we'd all have a blast. .

Angela

Yes, I think we need to tell Elvis about our request. Singles Bar at Interference!

And a meet-up would be a blast. I was sad to miss the big Vegas meet-up since I was married at the time to a husband that never wanted to go anywhere but now I am ready... so next time there is an Interference meet-up I am soooo there

 

[Sherry Darling]

Yes! I've missed all the meet ups so let's do it again!

You're all invited to DC! LOL

SD

PS and yes, ya'll are HOT

 

[BAW]

Name: Sven(which ana used back in the olddays)

I miss ana

 

[Kristie]

I like this thread.

Name: Kristie
Age: 20
Nationality: caucasian, about half swede
Language: English, a good bit of German that hasn't been used in several years
Location: currently West Lafayette, IN... I'm from Mishawaka, go to school here, though here is more home to me
School: Purdue, 3rd year
Job: I organize books for the university library's annual book sale, which means I work all by myself in a dark, cold attic. It also means I can turn my music up as loud as I want
Transportation: 1989 Interference Blue Ford Escort
Relationship: boyfriend of nine months who knows way more about U2 now than he ever wanted to
Family: mom, dad, stepmom, stepdad, brother (23)
Pets: here, 1 fish (Mephistopheles), at home we have a dog (shih tzu named Gizmo) and currently seven cats (Ranger, Squeak, Sam, Denver, Lily, Grey Boy, and Mama Hooligan). We had more but Donkings and Skittles had to get new homes, Sparky, Pasquali, and the Renegade Hooligan ran away, and Gobbles got hit by a car.
Hobbies: road trips, crochet, and I play several instruments
Random Experience: I enjoy going to St. Louis and making up arch jokes. "You know, they should open a bread shop at the arch and call it Starch at the Arch." "It's a good thing there aren't any arch enemies!" "I bet the most popular comic book here is Archie..." et cetera.


um... this is my most recent picture NOT taken at my halloween party (Theme: Hos and Pimps, I'll spare you that).. it's from fall break last year.
Pay no attention to the other people.
Well, the guy in the yellow shirt is my boyfriend.
me = black shirt.

 

[Northeast]

Name:
Age:25
Nationality: caucasian...made up of Irish, English and Native American
Language: English and some really bad spanish
Location: Beautiful Northern Vermont
School: Graduated college 2002
Job: I work for a publishing Company
Transportation: 2003 Saturn Vue and a 1984 Jeep C-J7
Relationship: My boyfriend of almost 5 yrs (we live together)
Family: my mom and her manfriend, dad and his wife, my brother who is 22 and my half sister who is almost 2.
Pets: 1 dog and 2 lovebirds at my home
Hobbies: concerts, making ice cream, painting
Random Experience: After college my bf and I took our old C-J7 across the west........with no air conditioning almost roasted to death, got hit by a tornado in Iowa, saw the largest ball of string in Minnesota, drove the length of the pine ridge indian reservation, almost drove off the road after being side swiped by a tumble weed, got severe sunburn, was amazed by mount rushmore, randomly found crazy horses grave, hiked the badlands in south dakota.........ummm.....took a candle lit tour of jewel cave, drove through a herd of bison (scary)
Favorite People: My boyfriend, bono, my brother and my mom

 

['Rina]

Name: Marina Elizabeth Evans (I like to use it all in forms just to sound posh!)
Age: 21 oy oy oy oy oy
Nationality:Officially English, but gentically i'm also 1/4 Greek and 1/16 Welsh... people tell me I look very Irish, and that was way before I was a U2 fan!
Language: English, French at the most unexpected moments, and a heck of a lot of Rubbish.
Location: Croydon, the concrete, grey end of London, UK
School: Yup I did that, now I'm in my final year of and English lit/ History degree and I really ought to be writing an essay right now.
Job: Barrista (posh way of saying overworked coffee shop staff)
Transportation: Feet, Bus, Tram, Train, and taxi when I'm feeling rich.
Relationship: 10 months into a great relationship with a Sid Vicious impersonater.
Family: INSANE
Hobbies: Reading, currently finding my spiritual self *yes I am a bleedin' hippie!*, playing the guitar very Badly and trying to play it better, and just started work on my first novel...
Random Experience: I met Neil Gaiman in November at Harrods, he signed a couple of books (well he was doing a book signing at the time, these things are quite regular) and he said he'd give me a minor hand with my dissertaion!!!
Random Good Quote: Everything is possible, some things are more likely than others (old Evans family saing, probly pilfered from somewhere else!)
Favorite People: Everyone I know, All members of U2, Neil Gaiman, Tori Amos, Billy Connerly, Dudley More, WB Yeates.
Favorite book: Neverwhere by the frequently aforementioned Mr Gaiman
Favorite food: Anything except Sprouts, parsnips and pears.
Favorite song: Running to Stand still, Stay, Love Comes Tumbling, or Kashmier by Led Zepplin ah... men in very tight leather.... .
Favorite movie: Withnail and I, True Romance, any 1980s trilogy of anything, Holiday Inn, Summer Stock, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Return to Oz.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Lemonboy, frick, that's really cool about Gwen! Wow.

Yes, I think we need to tell Elvis about our request. Singles Bar at Interference!

Woohoo!

Originally posted by U2SJ
And a meet-up would be a blast. I was sad to miss the big Vegas meet-up since I was married at the time to a husband that never wanted to go anywhere but now I am ready... so next time there is an Interference meet-up I am soooo there

Mmhm.

I know some Nebraskans and Iowans got together last year, unfortunately, my family's car was bad, so I couldn't go. But this year...

Speaking of Iowa, by the way...

Originally posted by Northeast
got hit by a tornado in Iowa,

Really? What part of Iowa were you in? How big a tornado?

Never been hit by a tornado myself (thank god), but I have experienced some tornado warnings...yeah...those aren't fun...

Also, Kristie, LOL at the arch jokes. .

Angela

 

[Northeast]

L

Speaking of Iowa, by the way...



Really? What part of Iowa were you in? How big a tornado?

Never been hit by a tornado myself (thank god), but I have experienced some tornado warnings...yeah...those aren't fun...

Somewhere in the middle I think..........it was so scary, all the other campers said no way would a tornado hit us, after about 10 minutes I looks behind us, the sky was green and there was this friggin tornado comming at us.....we just had a tent and our jeep, we had to abandon the jeep and run into the bath house. sooooooooo scary.

Funny I live in Vt but have been through 3 tornados in different parts of the us...HATE THEM!!!

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Somewhere in the middle I think..........it was so scary, all the other campers said no way would a tornado hit us, after about 10 minutes I looks behind us, the sky was green and there was this friggin tornado comming at us.....we just had a tent and our jeep, we had to abandon the jeep and run into the bath house. sooooooooo scary.

...yeowza.

The other campers didn't think a tornado would hit? If they aren't from the state, I could see where they might've thought that (although most people know about Tornado Alley), but if they are from the state...

So was it a really big one?

Originally posted by Northeast
Funny I live in Vt but have been through 3 tornados in different parts of the us...HATE THEM!!!

Yeah, they can happen pretty much anywhere, mostly in this part of the country, but still likely elsewhere. And I hate 'em, too. They're about some of the scariest things anyone could experience.

Angela

 

[U2Kitten]

Char knew Gwen? Cool! I always thought she'd be a natural brunette, her eyes are dark brown when she's not wearing those blue contacts

 

[dsmith2904]

Name: Devlin
Age: 26
Nationality: American (mostly Irish ancestry, with some English and other things mized in)
Language: English, et un peu de Francais
Location: The 909!
School: Earned a Bachelor's in English/journalism emphasis and minored in art history at Chapman University in Orange
Job: Associate editor for a business magazine's Web site
Transportation: My '95 red Honda Civic
Relationship: None
Family: Mom, younger brother and sister-in-law, gramma
Pets: None
Hobbies: Reading, writing, yoga, pilates, ballet (hopefully I'll be able to take classes again soon), being a media junky
Random Experience: My friend and I went to see INXS on their last real tour in '97 and were hanging out after the show to hopefully catch of glimpse of the guys as they headed off to their hotel. This guy walks up to us and says, "You want these?" and hands us passes to the after-show party. It was pretty fab, Scary Spice was there and I stood about two feet from Michael Hutchence. I was too chicken to say anything to him but he was phenomenal in person!!
Random Good Quote: A beam on its end is not the same thing as a beam on its side -- Robert Morris
Favorite People: Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Alanis Morissette, Ben Affleck, Colin Farrell, Edge, Bono, Adam, Larry, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, anyone who writes for Q, Kurt Loder, Henry Rollins, Amy Sherman-Paladino and everyone else associated with "Gilmore Girls," Nick Hornby

A pic of me (what? )

 

[U2SJ]

Wow Devlin, I would have loved to be at an INXS after party! What an awesome experience! I loved Michael Hutchence I was lucky to see them live once... still have the program I cherish!
And I love that pic of you, I was lucky to see it in person!

 

[kellyahern]

Yes, I think we need to tell Elvis about our request. Singles Bar at Interference!

And a meet-up would be a blast. I was sad to miss the big Vegas meet-up since I was married at the time to a husband that never wanted to go anywhere but now I am ready... so next time there is an Interference meet-up I am soooo there

I would love to go to a meet-up! U2 needs to hurry up and post the list of cities for the next tour so we can start planning

And a singles bar is a good idea . . . lord knows I'm not meeting any guys at the senior center where I work (at least none my age anyway )

 

[Sicy]

Cool thread!!

Name: Christine
Age: 31
Nationality: Italian
Language: English, Italian & a bit of Spanish
Location: Bay Area, CA
School: High school graduate
Job: Legal Assistant
Transportation: Blue 1998 Ford Mustang
Relationship: Fiancee (daafish) - together for a year and 8 months
Family: Mom, Dad, younger brother
Pets: 2 cats Zoey & Saki
Hobbies: Ballroom dancing.. concentration in Salsa.
Random Experience: I saw Johnny Depp leaving the Viper Room when I was in L.A. years ago. Woo hoo lol
Favorite People: U2 of course, Gwen Stefani, The cast of the Sopranos, my boss.

A pic of me and my brother on Christmas:

 

[U2SJ]

Kelly glad to know you are in as well! I met a huge U2 fan in SF who I have become good friends with.....and we are down for going to the opening U2 show WHEREVER it may be! I agree they need to get moving on releasing tour dates so I can save up and get time off work!

Sicy we have a question!? I already pm'ed Elvis but I will ask you too! Any way to create a Single area here at Interference or is this just a crazy thought?
Thanks!

 

[Sicy]

U2SJ, try posting this in the Dont Expect Suggest forum.. maybe we can make it a sub-forum of Discotheque or something.. not sure lol. Or maybe Elvis will laugh in my face and tell you all to go to match.com Hey.. it wont hurt to try though so give it a shot!

 

[U2SJ]

I am off to the Dont Expect Suggest forum! Thanks sicy! lol!

Edited to say: And now those of you girls that said you were into this idea.... ya'all better not hide, come on in there too so I won't be the only fool there suggesting this crazy idea!

 

[Schmeg]

This is a good idea! And I like the singles bar idea too, I think we could put that to good use!

Name: Meg
Age: 25 next month
Nationality: American; Irish and French Canadian background
Language: English
Location: Rhode Island
School: Graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 2001 with a BA in English
Job: Assistant Manager at GapKids
Transportation: 2002 Volkswagen Jetta (my first car was a 1990 Chevy Beretta...I noticed someone else had one. I liked that car a lot!)
Relationship: Single; looking for Mr. Right Now just for fun
Family: Mom, dad, younger brother (The Jim who posted here like 14 times)
Hobbies: U2, music in general, traveling, Interference more than is healthy, ice dancing (have to get back on the ice)
Random Experience: My mom and I go to Lake Placid, NY every year. One time we listened to Barenaked Ladies' Rock Spectacle live album, with the "Aw, for Christ's sake!" story. We ended up in one of our own the next day! Someone was looking for a pay phone, and we didn't know where there was one, and he started yelling at us. "Aw, for Christ's sake! There aren't any pay phones anymore!" Later, we noticed a pay phone around the corner from where this coversation happened, and we wanted to go back and find him.
Random Good Quote: "One day I'll die, the choice will not be mine." ~U2
Favorite People: Family, people I've met around here and gotten closer to than I ever thought I would, a few past and present coworkers, and a million other people that I admire
Most embarrassing moment: My life is full of them...It's made me very good at laughing at myself!

Here's my overused profile photo. The guitar is my brother's; I can only make strangled strumming noises come from it. He is playing along to Third Eye Blind as I write this and doing a good job at it!

Sing it with me now...
A red guitar, on fire...DESIRE!!!

 

[U2Kitten]

Name: Michelle
Age:34
Nationality: Mostly English with some Irish and German
Language: English
Location: Virginia
School: It's been a long time
Job: right now, stay home Mom, full time servant to the elderly and the overly employed people I know
Transportation: 1997 Chevy
Relationship: husband of almost 11 years, known since school
Family: the old ball and chain and our kids, 2 girls and a boy
Pets: 5 cats and whatever stray dogs, cats or birds cross my path
Hobbies: writing, drawing, history, travel, rock music
Favorite people: animals (okay U2 and many interferencers too)
Random Experience: I once broke down on a lonely road and sputtered to a country store. It was Sunday night and it was the only thing open and it was closing. It was summer, around 8:30 and getting dark. I had my first 2 kids with me. This lady came in the store and tried to kill the manager because he charged her late fees on her videotape(it was one of those hick stores that sold a bit of everything because nothing else was around.) He pulled a gun on her. I was terrified they'd shoot each other and we'd all get shot. He finally ran her off. He told me we couldn't stay there because he was closing up and going home, so he offered to drive us 10 miles to the nearest 7-11 where I could wait for my relatives to come 50 miles to save us. He still had his gun in his belt and I was terrified. I didn't know him, what if he was a killer? Having no choice, I rode with him and he was pretty nice. My brothers came later and got us and fixed the car, but by then it was nearly 1 AM. I didn't get home until 2 and my husband was furious and accused me of all sorts of things. (I had tried to call him but he was in the back room watching TV and never heard it) It was hard to get him to stop yelling so I could explain. To this day I refer to that night as The Ordeal. Since then, I never leave home without AAA Gold membership, 100 miles of towing.
Random quote: even the losers get lucky sometime- Tom Petty

 

[Sicy]

Michelle.. I'd love to see a pic of you.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Michelle.. I'd love to see a pic of you.

So would I. .

Also...wow, that's a very scary experience you shared as well, Michelle. . Thank god you and your kids weren't hurt, and the guy was okay as well and helped you home (wish your husband had been more understanding, though...).

On the lighter side, I like your quote you have, too. And you and I have similar hobbies. . And I like how you bring in so many animals...that's really sweet. .

U2SJ, I'll go to that area of the boards here in a second.

And Schmeg, you're cute! I like your picture, too. *Sings along*

Angela

 

[arw]

Name: Amanda
Age: 29 and dreading my 30th birthday in less than 4 months
Nationality: As far as I know...Russian/Polish/German/
Language: English
Location: Minneapolis, MN
School: BA in Literature from Metropolitan State University
Job: I work for a company that sells yellow page advertising
Transportation: 2002 Chevy Cavalier
Relationship: Very single
Family: parents, older brother, younger sister. I'm very much the typical middle child.
Pets: none but I love dogs so I'm sure I'll have one again some day.
Hobbies: collecting anything U2, painting (although I haven't painted a thing in about 8 months), writing.
Random Experience: flying to Washington DC for an afternoon just to see the Holocaust musuem for a few hours. I was in the plane longer than I was in DC
Random Good Quote: "If I may trust the flatering truth of sleep, my dreams pressage some joyful news at hand." it's my favorite Shakespears quote ever.
Favorite People: U2, John Lennon, my grandma that died 6 weeks ago.
Most embarrassing moment: I took a class in college, the History of Rock and Roll. It's the class that I discovered U2 in. I was a hopeless case musically. I grew up on heavy metal and I was currently listening to the pop station that plays all the boy bands. We had to go around the room and say what music we listened to growing up and what music we had in our stereo. I said KISS and various other heavy metal acts. That got a few laughs but then when my professor asked me what I currently had in my CD player I said...I can't even believe I owned it....but I said I currently had the Backstreet Boys in my CD player in my car and the whole damn class turned around and looked at me and then laughed....laughed a lot. I couldn't believe I said that. I was planning on making something up but it just came out I was the "boy band" girl for a few weeks But weeks later I started listening to U2 and that Backstreet Boy CD was never played again.

Last August:

 

[U2SJ]

Arw9797- Your embarassing moment just totally cracked me up
And don't dread 30, I just got there....and lets just say I was dreading it and semi-freaked out on the actual day, but I have been having more fun since October than I had all year!
I look at it like we are just catching up to Bono and them anyways

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Most embarrassing moment: I took a class in college, the History of Rock and Roll. It's the class that I discovered U2 in. I was a hopeless case musically. I grew up on heavy metal and I was currently listening to the pop station that plays all the boy bands. We had to go around the room and say what music we listened to growing up and what music we had in our stereo. I said KISS and various other heavy metal acts. That got a few laughs but then when my professor asked me what I currently had in my CD player I said...I can't even believe I owned it....but I said I currently had the Backstreet Boys in my CD player in my car and the whole damn class turned around and looked at me and then laughed....laughed a lot. I couldn't believe I said that. I was planning on making something up but it just came out I was the "boy band" girl for a few weeks But weeks later I started listening to U2 and that Backstreet Boy CD was never played again.

...sucks that you got laughed at for what you listened to (I was once a BSB fan myself, so don't feel bad ). You enjoyed that music, that should be all that matters.

But glad to hear that that's how you got into U2. And that sounds like a fun class-history of rock and roll, eh? I'd love to take a class like that! .

Angela

 

[oliveu2cm]

Favorite People: Nadia Comaneci (gymnast), Bono (duh), Desmond Tutu (if you don't know about him, you should find out!)

LivLuv, my sister just bought that video of Nadia's life for my other sister for Christmas. When we were kids we used to watch it over and over (and over and over) and we all remember doing the routines they did on the show.

/random comment


soulnation- you seem so much older than 16! I'm impressed with all the Pleba ladies!

 

[Northeast]

...yeowza.

The other campers didn't think a tornado would hit? If they aren't from the state, I could see where they might've thought that (although most people know about Tornado Alley), but if they are from the state...

So was it a really big one?


Angela

Yes they were from the state of Iowa, which they said is alittle above tornado alley, and the locals said they have never really seen one near them. I don't know how big it was actually, probably an F2-3....we were kind of lucky because it was still in its stages of forming when it hit us. But becasue the land is so flat we could see it pound the town next door.
THe largest on I have been in was in Florida an f-5...it was a mile wide and that one formed off the lakes behind my grandparents house, wen't over us and killed lots of people in the next town...Winter Haven. That was probably the scariest experience I have ever had. Even though it didnt' touch down it blew the windows out of the house and sucked the air right out of your lungs.

 

[oliveu2cm]

Name: Carrie
Age: 25
Nationality: American - 100% Italian descent
Language: English, but I can survive in Spain & Italy
Location: Boston, MA.
School: Assumption College BA in Computer Science. I'm applying for grad school next semester to get an MFA in Creative Writing.
Job: Software Engineer
Transportation: 2001 Honda Accord
Relationship: my English boyfriend, who I've been with for nearly a year and a half.
Family: mom, dad, younger sisters (21, 19), younger brother (15)
Pets: my dog Moses, but he lives at home w/ my parents
Hobbies: Travelling, U2, web design, writing
Random Experience: In Dublin my friend and I met the most pleasant woman who was from Belfast. She travelled to Dublin 3 days a week, staying at the Clarence, and sold cosmetics to companies. We all had a great night talking and drinking.
Random Good Quote: "Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand." --Margery Williams The Velveteen Rabbit
Favorite People: Bono, my boyfriend, my friends Julie & Jennifer, my family, Oprah.

 

[Sicy]

Nationality: American - 100% Italian descent

So is that how I'm supposed to word it

Born here, but 100% Italian on both sides of the family....

 

[Liesje]

LivLuv, my sister just bought that video of Nadia's life for my other sister for Christmas. When we were kids we used to watch it over and over (and over and over) and we all remember doing the routines they did on the show.

Haha, yeah I have it too, thought it's not very factual at all. The chronology is ok, but they've exaggerated or completely misinterpreted certain events in her life....anyway, not that you guys care, but she has a new book just out this December, I need to buy it.

Oh, and Amanda (now that I'm learning everyone's name!) how was the Holocaust Museum? I've wanted to go there for a long time, my mom has spent days there (she has some weird fascination with it). I was up for a scholarship which had one prize of going there for a few days, but it conflicted with an annual family vacation. I'm particularly interested b/c my grandpa was part of a group that liberated a concentration camp, and also had to deal with 2000 bodies. I have all of the pictures he took there (for all those people out there who think the Holocaust was a hoax!), but he died when I was young so I've never been able to get the story from him.

 

[oliveu2cm]

So is that how I'm supposed to word it

Born here, but 100% Italian on both sides of the family....

Monty always teases me when I say I'm Italian- asking me where in Italy I was born so now I learn to say "American, but 100% Italian descent baby!"


I realize I forgot to post a photo...