Please give a short bio of yourself for our readers.
Hmmm....I'm a forty-something male, musician/graphic artist, Father to
three boys, and...um....I like long walks on the beach, cuddling on the
couch, and my turn-ons are...oops!...that was a different questionnaire! I
have a strong preference for Rubenesque women, I don't like the anorexic
skinny model-types, I think it's what's inside that counts... and I'm
generally thought of as easy-going and gregarious...and a bit sensitive...I
used to cry at that damn Hallmark Christmas commercial about the little girl
giving the old man a sweater for Christmas...I have salt-and-pepper hair and
beard, and I'm categorized as the "Teddy-Bear" type...my all-time favorite
band is Steely Dan. I tend to have a sarcastic if not cynical outlook on
life, and am just a few brain cells short of a sandwich.
Why did you choose this username?
A "Loungelizard" to me is either a guy who wears polyester leisure suits
with medallions and tries to pick up divorced mothers of nine kids at the
local hotel lounge, OR...he's the member of the band that plays to that
crowd! That's me...back in the 80's, I was in a band traveling around the
country doing just that. I do have quite a few stories from that era of my
life, which will eventually seep into my diary on those slow and
not-too-creative days.
Why do you keep a diary online?
Someone turned me on to Uncle Bob a couple months ago, and I was hooked!
Soon I was reading every diary I could, and they are all so interesting!
Every one of us has a story of life to tell, and Diaryland is the perfect
place for that! Part of my job at the Missouri Senate involves creative
writing, so it was a great outlet for me to express myself "outside the
box", so to speak. I have also discovered that I actually have some
readers!! Although my diary is taken from my real life, I still have trouble
expressing the darker side of my life, mainly because I don't keep my real
identity a secret as such, and thus could hurt those who actually know me,
but I will eventually expound upon it when I get the notion. I really just
enjoy all the attention! I've been told I am a funny guy, but I just call
'em like I see 'em...life is SUPPOSED to be funny!
How important do you think a layout is for a web-based diary? Would you
also comment on yours?
Well, here I am a graphic artist and I use a template, so I guess that
speaks for me. Actually, I'd love someone to help me design a nice page with
tables, I really love the way they look. I've asked a few folks for help,
but I know they're busy...I don't know nothin' 'bout no tables...but I do
think content is the key. I find that although a nice page is attractive, I
read them for content first, and design second. I have some ideas for
graphics, though, that I'd like to use, but I'm no HTML guru...Anybody wanna
help me?? *sad puppy eyes*
Tell us all about your addiction? How it started, when it became an
addiction?
My addiction is playing music...I am a bona fide music
slut. Any band, any style, any time...It's all I ever wanted to do, really,
and I have made my living at it several times in my life. So when the phone
rings, and someone needs a drummer or guitarist, I pretty much drop
everything and go....I tell everyone that I started playing music so I could
get laid without having to learn how to dance...heehee...but I really love
playing music and even if I'm sick or depressed, it's like a drug...I feel
better when I'm onstage.
When I was twelve, my grandmother threw a huge party, and had a small jazz
combo playing. I was mesmerized by the drummer, an older black man who
smiled his ass off all night. He was having so much fun! I asked him
questions about the drums all night, and when the party was over, he asked
my grandmother if he could leave his drums there for a few days so I could
play on them!! What a cool guy! I was up at dawn the next morning wanting to
hit those tubs!
I got addicted the first time I played for a crowd and the crowd was having
a great time. The feeling you get when the crowd locks in to what you are
doing is unbelievable. You don't get that every time, but you get it a lot.
You have shared with your readers you are going through a divorce.
First of all, I am very sorry, divorces are not fun (I went through one as
well -- and I am with you Lawyers suck). How are you coping, and what lessons
have you learned?
Well, that's a tough question...and no, it's not fun at
all. Especially when kids are involved. But, you know, in my wife's defense,
it's not easy being married to a musician, because the desire for that art
always comes first. At least it does with me, even though I would like
myself better if I weren't as selfish about it. But it is something I have
always done, this music thing of mine, and I cling to it like a security
blanket. God help the person who is with me at the time of my life where I
actually have to stop playing - I will no doubt be a grouchy old bastard!
LOL And to be honest, at this point in my life, I'd like to think I've
learned SOMETHING, but I have my doubts--how do I cope? What else? Playing
music...LOL
Do you believe in Life on other planets, UFO's Aliens etc..? Why or
why not?
I most definitely DO believe that there is intelligent life on
other planets...and that they're smart enough NOT to land HERE!!!LOL
But hey, look at the vastness of space...I have no doubt that there are
other civilizations out there somewhere. It is pompous to think that we are
alone in the universe. I don't really buy into the UFO phenomena though,
because I think that any real life contact would hit the media no matter how
hard the government tried to hush it up. But I have to have HARD EVIDENCE to
think "they" are actually here....and it will happen eventually...whether we
discover THEM or they discover US.
If you could be anyone's boobs, whose would you be?
What a cool question!...well, they'd have to be a big pair of natural, no-silicone-heavy
hangers, and if I WERE a pair of boobs, I wouldn't want any guys touchin'
me, so I guess they'd have to be lesbian boobs too...
My gawd, this question has so many answers...hmm...big, bouncy, natural, NO
SILICONE, healthy boobs on a chubby girl who masturbates a lot...that's
whose boobs I'd want to be!! And I'd never leave the house!! LOL