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doc O. Mire

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by doc O. Mire » 04.01.11 3:36pm
I'm still trying to figure out if its actually normal, but me, my sister, and a guy I know can all make our eyes swivel side to side in their sockets in a way that makes them look like they're shivering. I've written two poems and began work on about five or six novels (none of them were ever finished), I've illistrated about five short comics that people said looked really good for someone who has never taken a drawing class, and I used to wake myself up in the mornings by swallowing concentrated lemon juice (it really works  )
"Writing is easy. You just stare at a blank page until your forehead starts to bleed." - Douglas Adams
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TheBlackCat

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by TheBlackCat » 04.01.11 5:41pm
I used to take naps while walking to class freshman year of undergrad. I don't mean I would stop on a bench of something and take a nap, I mean I would close my eyes and go to sleep while still walking. I couldn't sleep very long because the path took me around a lake. A lake with alligators in it.
In high school I would lean my head against the wall in the shower and take a nap standing up. Conversely, I had the occasional habit of waking up at 3 in the morning thinking it is time for class, get completely ready, then realize the time. Occasionally I got so far that I even tried to wake my sister up, at which point she would point out what time it was. At this point I just went back to sleep. Since I always sleep on my back my clothes wouldn't get wrinkled.
Man is the lowest-cost, 150-pound, nonlinear, all-purpose computer system which can be mass-produced by unskilled labor. -NASA in 1965
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ChozoGal

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by ChozoGal » 04.03.11 4:52pm
My knees pop without warning at times....funny story that is connected to this game in drama a few years ago And OF COURSE you wouldn't know that I'm totally obsessed with art  Also, most people think that I'm quiet...they should see my family for one thing and then see me with my friends.  When I know the person, I talk a little bit more but if I don't know the person (or it's one of my teachers [I'm terrified of teachers]) then I barely talk at all.
"Love what you have while you have it, because some day, it might not be here to love you back."~ ScarletDarkblood (Aka One of my best friends ever.) Please go to my deviantart account http://chozogal.deviantart.com/
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Balkoth

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by Balkoth » 04.03.11 4:58pm
People think I'm from Europe because I have a rare condition known as Foreign Accent Syndrome. I've lived in New York for my entire life and they don't believe me when I tell them. I keep getting asked "What, are you from Sweden or something?"
When somebody tells me he doesn't believe in violence, I punch him in the face to inform him of its existence.
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TheBlackCat

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by TheBlackCat » 04.03.11 11:27pm
doc O. Mire wrote:I'm still trying to figure out if its actually normal, but me, my sister, and a guy I know can all make our eyes swivel side to side in their sockets in a way that makes them look like they're shivering.
It apparently is somewhat abnormal (about 8% of the population can do it). I can't find a consistent name, though. I've seen it called "voluntary flutter", "convergence-initiated voluntary flutter", "voluntary nystagmus", and that is just the three places I have seen so far that discuss it. Along somewhat similar lines, I can instantly defocus my eyes on command. I learned to do this from stereograms (magic eye), which I am really good at. At this point I tend to do it unless there is something I need to focus on , and I've learned type pretty well while doing it (as I am right now). Another thing about me: I always put my shoes on with a shoe horn. Also, I always name my computers after artists. These include (amongst others) escher, da-vinci, dali, barlowe, pollak, goya, wright, and bosch.
Man is the lowest-cost, 150-pound, nonlinear, all-purpose computer system which can be mass-produced by unskilled labor. -NASA in 1965
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kronoridley

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by kronoridley » 04.04.11 6:59am
I am guessig your next computer will be named "Banksy"...
 Schrau wrote:Bear in mind that most Metroid games (especially the Primes) are survival horror.
At least from the perspective of the Space Pirates.
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LifeIsOtherM

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by LifeIsOtherM » 04.04.11 9:41am
TheBlackCat wrote:Along somewhat similar lines, I can instantly defocus my eyes on command.
Oh hey, I can do that too 
 Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim wrote:I'm in Lesbians with you.
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Balkoth

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by Balkoth » 04.04.11 10:04am
LifeIsOtherM wrote:TheBlackCat wrote:Along somewhat similar lines, I can instantly defocus my eyes on command.
Oh hey, I can do that too 
I can make my eyes vibrate really fast! It creeps people out, yo! @TheBlackCat: I named my stereo Terry. Terry the Stereo. AND I SLEEP WITH HER EVERY NIGHT! 
When somebody tells me he doesn't believe in violence, I punch him in the face to inform him of its existence.
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doc O. Mire

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by doc O. Mire » 04.04.11 3:59pm
Balkoth wrote:LifeIsOtherM wrote:TheBlackCat wrote:Along somewhat similar lines, I can instantly defocus my eyes on command.
Oh hey, I can do that too 
I can make my eyes vibrate really fast! It creeps people out, yo!
Hey, that's what I said earlier to  and, thinking about BC's statement about naming computers, most devices or videogame characters that ask for a name, I name after people from greek mythology (ex: I have a link named Daedalus and a kindle named fire bringer which is a reference to Prometheus)
"Writing is easy. You just stare at a blank page until your forehead starts to bleed." - Douglas Adams
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Infinity's End

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by Infinity's End » 04.05.11 2:26pm
Jesse D wrote:I'm 27 and still in college. 
Absolutely nothin' wrong with that, Jesse. Here's my most unique trait: the bicuspid and canine teeth on the right side of my head are reversed. It's because my adult bicuspids were impacted (read: sideways) when I was young and the dentist wanted to make more money"feared" they would come in wrong, so the baby teeth were pulled. I went 3 years with gaps in my head. Later on, they had to cut open my gums, and forcibly pull down the bicuspids. The one on the right pushed over the canine. Due to all the crap that dentists/orthodontists have done to me, I also have overactive saliva glands. I have reversed teeth, yes, but I also now have a severe distrust of dentists for this very reason. Dentists have also offered to chisel down the bicuspid and "cap" the canine giving the illusion that they're the correct teeth. Don't trust dentists folks. They just want your money.
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kronoridley

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by kronoridley » 04.05.11 2:29pm
I am a feminist. I couldn't be making this up if I tried.........
 Schrau wrote:Bear in mind that most Metroid games (especially the Primes) are survival horror.
At least from the perspective of the Space Pirates.
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Apothem

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by Apothem » 04.06.11 9:24am
Speaking of vibrating body parts, I can vibrate my arms. Learned it way back when, playing the SNES, so I could compete with my cousin's rapidfire controller. It's come in quite handy in many games, most notably Metal Gear Solid, when Revolver Ocelot's touturing Snake, especially on hard mode. Of course if I do it for too long my arm cramps, or too frequently and my arm'll occasionally start spasming, but otherwise it's fine. I used to freak my classmates and teachers out in class, lazily tapping my pencil on my desk in such rapid succession as to make them think a woodpecker had wondered in. COme to think of it, I'm a very abnormal person. Beats being boring I guess.
The last metroid is in captivity. All's well in the galaxy.
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Darren

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by Darren » 04.07.11 6:58am
When I was younger I think I must have damaged a nerve in one of my fingers and now I can't feel pain in that finger.. Although i'm not going to be requesting people come up to me and bash my finger any time soon =/
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Will Keaton

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by Will Keaton » 04.09.11 1:06pm
I'm double jointed in both my thumbs. Also, as a result of spending too much time at TvTropes I am now hooked on the new My Little Pony series. You laugh, but it's being made by Lauren Faust, director of The Powerpuff Girls. If you furthur doubt the awesomeness that is My Little Pony read this and be amazed.
Everyone dies. It is the final and only lasting Justice - Boba Fett
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kronoridley

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by kronoridley » 04.09.11 1:21pm
Dude, every new show on The Hub is awesome. Just look at Transformers: Prime.
 Schrau wrote:Bear in mind that most Metroid games (especially the Primes) are survival horror.
At least from the perspective of the Space Pirates.
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