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A lot of them think I am... and not in a good "ha, he's so crazy" type way.  

I guess the prob is I'm tall (six foot six) so that in an of itself can intimidate people (except, apparently, the people I WANT to intimidate), and plus I never really picked up the whole "how to interact with people" skills that most seem to pick up naturally as they grow up.  

I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm not shy (sometimes I'm a bit too outgoing in fact) but often I have trouble beyond the whole, "Hey, how you doing?" opening lines of dialogue mush.  

Plus, few tend to "get" my sense of humor, and don't seem to realize when I'm just joking around.  (I learned over the years it's best NOT to joke about drugs, having a criminal record, testing out "new recipes for molotovs", or getting fired from a daycare because of the "Fun With Napalm" course you tried to teach unless it's with someone who knows you pretty well.)

I guess problem is though I don't really fit in well with most groups.  As I often say, I'm too weird for the straights, but too straight for the weirds.  I mean, for example, I go to a Gaming store and find myself bored cause I want to talk about something OTHER than the latest edition of WoW.

So, dunno.. was curious about you guys.  Do you think you, in general, tend interact okay with "normal" people, or are you a bit on the outside yourself?

Since Kindergarden.

I would buy Famous Monsters and Fangoria as a child and watch the latest horror movies at the Theater with my Mother. My friends read kiddie comics and watched Disney instead. When I got older they made fun of my taste in music. I was into R&B/Soul, they were into Metal & Rock.
Nothing has changed since I'm all grown up. I still collect and watch horror and still listen to Old School R&B. Other than that I think I get along pretty well with people, even though I know they think I'm weird. Hell, they even told me straight up but I don't care. Being "different" got me lots of dates when I was in school. Chicks digged that  :teddyr:

Yes, yes, yes.  :smile:

My bosses think that I'm a freak of nature with my film knowledge.
My clients think I'm the greatest thing since sliced bread.
People a lot younger than me (teenagers and younger) think I'm weird but cool.

I can handle that.  :smile:

I don't know if they think I'm weird, but I'm sure I've surprised many people with my sense of humor which often involves me poking fun at sex, death, disease, violence, and racial issues.  I just blurt out politically incorrect comments whenever I think they might get a laugh.

I suspected it, but I haven't heard anyone say it outloud to me or to someone else.  They're just jealous that I have a better compacticy for movie, anime, and video game trivia.

yes, but thats ok. I can only be who i am and people will like me or they wont. The people that "get me" like my weirdness, the ones that don't are people i don't really like anyway.   :teddyr:

I sure hope so. 

Around here, no.   :wink:

Yup.

They don't wanna' talk about it.

My old avatar used to be a skull on a stake, whada you think?

Only normal people think I'm weird...but who pays attention to them, right ?

I really am weird.  In a very fundamental way, I'm different.

Most of my interaction with people is an imitation of other social interaction I've observed.  The "rules" are not something I've ever been able to learn, but through a lifetime of trial-and-error I've finally arrived at a close enough approximation of "normal" behavior that I get by.

yes,
but I'm in the sciences so I'm suppose aloud to be.

In terms of movies it once really once came to the forefront when me and my friends sat down to watch some MST3000 (can't remember the movie, but it had Tor Johnson in it) and my friends were taken back that I was getting frustrated with the interruptions because I was actually enjoying the movie - well enjoying it to a degree.

Well I think you're weird, , does that make ME normal?

Well, that makes one of us. 

Course, in addition to weird, I was (and am) fat, another nice little separation barrier.  :bluesad:

Who are your clients?  (That is, what do you do, and what is the general demographic of the people who work with?)

Er gotten fired or in trouble at work for that?  Or do you mean mainly do that stuff off the clock?

Just curious...

Well, of course, not here.  Anyone calling someone else "weird' on this board would be like Don King telling someone they need to get a hair cut. 

But I mean in the "real" world. 

:)

You know, I've had that problem too... usually when I'm in a new group, (like a new job or whatever) i just stay quiet till I learn what everyone is saying and the level of humor they're getting away with, then I may jump with some of my additions to the conversation.  But even then sometimes I get too comfortable and blurt out something that's just a bit too out there even for the current environment.

Er.. if that makes sense.

No. 

Regardless of the situation, the answer to that question is always, "no".

 :teddyr: :bouncegiggle: :teddyr: :bouncegiggle: :teddyr: :bouncegiggle: :teddyr:

Hmm. Yes. Very. Some say crazy. Not in a "cool" way. Ah well. Kay Sara Sara.

I'm weird and i'm DAMN proud of it! :thumbup: :teddyr:

I'm weird but not a creepy weird so people tell me.  Just a bit eccentric. 

Another vote for "eccentric" here.  A bit odd; different.  I am told I intimidate people. Not intentionally - just by being the way I am.  Oh well.  I like being different.  "Normal" is dull and mediocre.

We've all kind of mentioned personalities, how about physical appearance?  Most people are shocked at how twisted I am seeing I look average and don't go out of my way to look odd. 

I'm 5'2". I'm 47 years old. I Have very long blond hair. I weigh 130 pounds. My perscription glassess are tined green. I wear factory pants or pajamas and button plaid shirts. I have an SS Deaths Head Corps pin and an FJA Ackermansion pin on my fishing hat. I sit out on the porch of the low rent apartment complex I live at-open the window-and drink whiskey and listen to the Dead Kennedys. The only people who talk to me is the Crazy Cat Ldy (she's psychic!) and druggies. I don't do drugs. When I invite these people into my home-they like my collection of Lugosi-Dracula stuff. My Lugosi yard light is a favorite. I like these people. They are nice to me-I'm nice to them. Not all drug addicts are evil scumbags. some are just like me....addicts who are inteeligent people who have a monkey on there back. So much stigma is put on us.....I'm an alchoholic. And I can understand that. But some of us reaaly don't like it. We are smart,hard working folks...with an addiction. It's a hard monkey to beat.

I'll probely catch hell for my comments...but walk a mile in my shoes. You would understand.

I asked somebody about it this afternoon.
They thought for a moment, then told me I've "fallen off the radar."

The Cult of Personality needs a new god or two.

I'm a film archivist [a job I've done 20 years in December 2009] and I deal with all sorts of people on a daily basis, film people (those who make 'em), people such as my family on this board (the people who like 'em) and basically anyone who has an interest in film or just remembers a film from wayyyyy back and would like to see it again.

As Al Pacino would say: "That's my life."  :teddyr:

In short, RC ~ you're a special person. To me and the others on this board anyway.  :smile:

Your an exceptional human being, Trevor. God bless you. The world needs more Trevors. Im not trying to excuse or justify substance abuse....Its a terrible thing. But I appreciate the some dont comdem me. I dont like the way I am. I HATE it. but its hard. And anyone who thinks-"Oh-just STOP"-well-easeir sed than done. Thats why I admire Lugosi so much. At age 72(!) he beat the monkey. Bless him. And he did it publicy...before it was 'chic' to go into rehab. He was osterized and shunned. He did it for himself...not for Hollywood...who forgot him at that time anyway.

I wish I was that strong.

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l79/RCMerchant/2464291935_439ceafb1d.jpg)

I wish I could give you karma for that, RC. Maybe you should just PM me your address and I'll send you some SA DVDs ~ Trek and Andrew are ahead of you in the queue.  :smile:

If I am an exceptional person it's because of my family on this board and my parents, plus my adopted brother Nic and my adopted sister Maggi. I would post a pic of Maggi on this site but everyone would drool over her.  :smile:

I am a child of abuse and a child of war but I came through that with the help and love of my folks, I'm a mentor to colleagues in film and also to younger people.

So I reckon I turned out OK, except for THE UNDERPANTS. :buggedout:

I fall into this category also. I look like an accountant (or some other stereotypically yawn-inducing persona), so it surprises people that I have a warped sense of humor. Granted, I don't reveal that to just everyone, so most people just assume I have no personality until they spend some time around me. Then, suddenly, I'm a freak (in the best possible sense of the word, I hope). I like to say that I appear normal enough to get in anywhere; then, I corrupt things from the inside. But only for the good of mankind.

As for the general question about weirdness, most people have no idea what to do with me, so they generally ignore me. So, yeah, I'd say people think I'm a bit "different."


RC -- I don't see anything in your self assessment to "catch hell" over; you've proven yourself to be a good and likeable guy to everyone on this board. While I don't carry the heavy addictions you do, I also don't see what you do as what defines who you are. That's not the way people work. Wish more people understood that the essence of a person isn't what he does; it's much deeper than that. And you, my friend, seem to me to be a genuinely decent fellow.

Most people consider me weird but most are also frightened to say it to my face. It has to do with the fact I am a big guy who is known for picking up rail road cross ties and carrying them on his shoulder and shoving over trees (they were dead and roots were rotten but most people don't know that). It's really the fact I am the combonation of a nerd in the body of big redneck. Physically I am built like a defensive lineman with the strength to back up the appearance. Mentally however I am off the scale and even refused to join MENSA once because I felt they were a bunch of elitists. On top of that I have a bad reputation which is a hold over from my drinking days of my youth. People tell my wife and kids that my sheer presence scare the crap out of them, so apparently I look mean as well. Granted that creates a lot of fun for my family and myself. They freak people out by proving they don't fear me at all and at the same time tell people who bother them that they will tell me about it. This backs off a lot of potential problems they have. The cops are glad I quit drinking because they hated to deal with me when drunk. In fact they even admitted to me that they had a policy when it came to me to wait until I sobered up to try to arrest me because they knew they would have to fight with me when I was drunk and the tasers they had at the time would just tick me off. Granted it also explains why they come in mass whenever I happen to call them. I guess they figure if I can't handle it, then it must be bad. Granted the upside with my quitting drinking is I have not been awaken by a SWAT team in almost 16 years. Trust me when I say that is not something you ever want as a wake up call. Nothing like a room full of armed SWAT officers in gear with they guns pointed at your head to get the blood flowing int he morning.

I know you're very serious but that made me smile ~ the first I've had today.  :teddyr:

How are you doing healthwise now, meQal? I trust better.  :smile:

I look like your average middle-aged  whitebread guy.  I'm 6'3" weigh about 210lbs, have mostly gray hair and a lot women smile at me.  My inner weirdness doesn't come out much unless you start talking about movies or tv  (the geek talk seems to just suddenly gush out of me).  My grown daughter calls me a closet-trekkie, mainly because most people I interact with on a daily basis don't know about my extracurricular obsessions.

Since about the third grade I've been fascinated with Science Fiction, UFO's and other paranormal stuff. I'll watch pretty much anything in the scifi genre at least once.

Even though I like this kind of stuff, it never hampered my social skills, I had tons of friends in high school and in the Navy.  I used to drink quite a bit until I got married.  Haven't had a drink in about 20 years, but I can sure tell you a lot "drunk and stupid" stories I was involved in.

I certainly don't seem to weird unless you really get me going.  If I don't seem weird enough to you my response would probably be "Well, you're no fun, stand you on your head and you fall right over!"

I look like a biker sort, all around beefy with a beard and slightly grumpy expression.  People are blown away by how timid I can be, but when they crack open the door to my weird places (movies, books, etc.), most wish they hadn't opened that door.  A few are amazed at the high level of random, detailed and utter pointless information I have.  The rest just think I'm weird.

I look at myself and see a heavy-set hippie-type gnome.  I usually just don't look at myself too often.  I see this guy with a graying beard and it isn't the teenager I envision in my brain.

Yeah, I'm weird, but I hope I'm at least an entertaining weirdo.


And not to repeat what others have said, but RC, you are a library of obscure information that I find interesting to listen to.  In real life, the smoking would kill my lungs to be be around it, but monkey or not, you are one of the coolest folks I've bumped into and I'd hang out with you just to ramble about movies and toys and all the other things that make life worthwhile.  Virtual karma, brother.

If it helps, I haven't really seen any pictures from anyone here and thought, "wow that a wierdo".  

Perhaps an odd quirk I have is how I can be the life of the party around some places/people.  However, I can clam up around other people.  It kind of shocks people how antisocial I am away from certain situations. For example at work I talk all the time to everyone however I go home, hang out here and pretty much don't do much all evening.

I have the personalty doesn't match appearance disorder too.  It's really tough for me to make friends.  The people that would probably get along with me don't pay attention to me, but I'm shy so I probably wouldn't talk to them if they did.


I think we're twins RC.  I'm the same height and weight as you!  but I'm not blonde or 47.  I love you even though you're a drunkard!  We have some sociable drunks and druggies in our neighborhood that we're all friends with.  One lady is really obnoxious and we try to avoid her, but the others are just the sweetest people in the world! I don't think you're bad!  Just don't use that as an excuse not to kick the habit.

Whoa, seriously?  They sent a SWAT team after you once? 

Starting to picture you as that guy in Blazing Saddles ("No, don't shoot him, you'll just make him mad!")

Thank you everyone for the kind words. I really am trying to stop...sometimes it gets so unbearable ...I shake....I'm not a 'mean'drunk...I usually just start mumbling and fall asleep.In strange places. I fell asleep on the steps of the county court house once! I was at the Fair and stopped to rest on the steps...woke up 2 hours later. It was a Sunday...so I did'nt get arrested...some nice guy woke me up.

Hell, don't worry about that.  I fall sleep whenever I sit too long anywhere.  Just don't tell my boss.

Yep, that actually happen. Years ago I was not the cops favorite person. It was because I happen to get drunk one night in a bar and tossed a few cops out of it who were sent to arrest me. Fortunately for me, I got off from the assault charges because my father was friends with the judge and the sherriff. After that, anytime something came up where they knew I was to be picked up or arrested they would wait until I sobered up because they knew I would surrender without a fight or they would come in force because they knew I was going to fight with them. Finally I quit drinking and got sober.
Anyway, about a month later, I ended up in the hospital ER one morning after a severe bout of insomnia. Apparently I was rather surly towards people so they called the cops thinking I was drunk. The cops responded by calling in the SWAT team to arrest me because there was a warrent out for a guy who had an almost similar name as mine. We are talking same first and last name just a different middle name. So I was given some stuff to make me doze off and was awaken about an hour later with a room full of armed SWAT officers expecting to have a problem. They had filled the room and had guns drawn on me. I figure they wanted me to either mess up and they could do what they could of considered the world a favor by taking me out.(at the time and they way I was, they may of been doing just that if that had). It was only after I showed them my ID at the jail while wearing two sets of shackles and belly chains that I was let go. They were not happy either because they still did not like me at the time. Years later after I have quit drinking, the cops like me but still come in force when I call them. They figure if I am calling them for help it must be bad.

Yer my new hero!  :thumbup:

I always thought i was because i can be laid back and quiet

But the other weekend i went out and me and a friend of mine were outside a bar while he smoked and some random guy walks into our conversation and starts talking about the theory of relativity and how he wants to change the world. He followed us inside to our group and when i got back from the restroom i heard he was talking about how he made dead bodies out of laytex and cotton.




laytex and cotton trumps quiet

 :buggedout: :buggedout:

Nice to have you back, Susan.  :smile:

Silly question but what exactly do you do as an archivist?  I mean, guess you categories films and stuff and make entries in databases about them but is there more to it than that?  (And no, I'm NOT being sarcastic, I'm just genuinely curious.)

it's always nice to be back
and to have survived yet another happy hour of horror...

Back?  You mean she was gone?

HA! J/K Susan, that's an old "Peanuts" joke.  :)

People say I "think outside the box". :bouncegiggle:

Much more than that ~ screening films, writing synopses on each, assisting clients from all over the world, hiding my various pairs of undies in our cold rooms. Yeah, stuff like that.  :teddyr: :wink: