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I just wanted to say hi, and introduce myself.
My name is Niko, born in NY, raised in Greece. Currently I am living in CA. My first contact with Chuck's work was Fight Club (the movie). Since I am more of a reader than I am a movie watcher I started reading his books, Invisible Monsters, Survivor, Choke then actually read Fight Club (liked the book ending more).
I now own the entire Chuck book collection (books only no articles) and have read everything twice. If I had to pick a favorite book it would have to be Fight Club. I know a lot of people enjoyed Choke but for me Fight Club will always be close to my heart. Being a white single male in his late twenties I totally empathize with the main narrator, commonly referred to as Jack.
hello and Welcome,
Hey wait a sec! Im single white male in his late 20s. Can we be friends?
(plutonic friends!)
have or do you punched yourself in the face or burned your hand with lye?
it's important how you answer this.
My sofa can bend the space and time continuum. My roommate and I measured the size of the sofa and the size of the door and realized there was no physical way possible of getting it in the apartment. Yet we somehow managed to make it fit, it did required hanging half of the sofa on a railing and a crazy Russian guy helping us that we never saw again after that.
Nothing like drinking a cold beer on your couch, staring at the wall.
My wardrobe kind of sucks at this point. I always say to myself that I do not need to buy new clothes because I am losing weight soon...but I have been saying that for a couple of years now.
Flip-flops are for wusses
[QUOTE=niko;955408]
Flip-flops are for wusses[/QUOTE]
Ha!
[QUOTE=Barca Boy;955402]hello and Welcome,
Hey wait a sec! Im single white male in his late 20s. Can we be friends?
(plutonic friends!)[/QUOTE]
Yes we can be friends...just close your eyes and open your mouth...I'll be gentle.
:tapedshut
[QUOTE=nathaniel parker;955406]have or do you punched yourself in the face or burned your hand with lye?
it's important how you answer this.[/QUOTE]
Amusingly I have read both of those threads.
I have a bunch of scars from when I was a kid, I do not need more. If I get more it will be due to accidents not self inflicted. My favorite scar is the one I have on my arm. I was trying to steal roses from someone's house because it was mother's day. One of the thorns scratched me arm, 20 years later the scar is still there...love always leaves it mark.
Face punching wise, I used to practice Muai Thai so technically I have paid money for other people to punch me on the face and thanked them afterwards.
That is a correct answer.
welcome aboard.
[QUOTE=nathaniel parker;955416]That is a correct answer.
welcome aboard.[/QUOTE]
Thanks.
[QUOTE=niko;955408] and a crazy Russian guy helping us that we never saw again after that. [/QUOTE]
same guy helped me when I was moving too.
Yay - I like Niko and the way he answers questions. Good call reading over the face punching and skin burning threads.
Flip flops, indeed.
Good coffee is like drinking Rock and Roll.
[QUOTE=sphinxvc;955544]same guy helped me when I was moving too.[/QUOTE]
Heh, seriously though, we only saw that guy once and never again and he came out an apartment so I am assuming he lived there. It was a weird encounter to say the least.
[QUOTE=Synnove;955550]Yay - I like Niko and the way he answers questions. Good call reading over the face punching and skin burning threads.
Flip flops, indeed.[/QUOTE]
This board is great, only half a day being registered and I am getting cyber offers :headbang:
[QUOTE=niko;955408]a crazy Russian guy helping us that we never saw again after that[/QUOTE]
he didnt have on a pair of nice looking shoes on did he?

[QUOTE=bearchaser;955586]he didnt have on a pair of new looking shoes on did he?
maybe a little grass stain on the side?
a drop of blood or two on them?[/QUOTE]
He's everywhere, that guy.
Except explaining why Russians would get a pig drunk and shoot it into the sky.
Good coffee is like drinking Rock and Roll.
I edited that post, so yours looks fake.

[QUOTE=niko;955408]
Flip-flops are for wusses[/QUOTE]
I beg to differ
[url]http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/29910892/?qo=42&q=by%3Aalphamarquis&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps[/url]
oh, and thats me.
Hum, this new one looks promising. Keep it up niko. I think you need a picture though. Welcome!

Brentinlouis Wrote: What was that rule about being intentionally annoying?
Welcome.
Yeah, Niko, you need a Goatse avatar or something.
Goatse...yeah cause that is the mental image I want to revoke when people read my posts.
Speaking about gaping anuses, anyone ever watch "The Pink Flamingo"? Now that is a filthy movie. To quote the director's commentary on the movie. "A lot of animal activist groups were upset with our chicken fuck scene, I assured them that we ate the chicken after it died. You can see it being cooked in the next scene, its the same chicken, we do not kill animals for fun"
[QUOTE=Westontinople;955638]I beg to differ
[url]http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/29910892/?qo=42&q=by%3Aalphamarquis&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps[/url]
oh, and thats me.[/QUOTE]
Nope, still makes you look like a wuss. You can tell the picture is fake since there is no way you can run after people to cannibalize them with flip flops. They make a funny sound when you run and people know to stay away.
PS. I like your photographs, especially the Chicago Winter one. I also found it refreshing that you had pictures of people, most photographers tend to focus on items, not people.
niko, i'm not gonna lie, you bore me. you're not interesting.
[QUOTE=corellion;955828]niko, i'm not gonna lie, you bore me. you're not interesting.[/QUOTE]
Then your life must really suck if you spend time responding to people that bore you.
Do not worry though, I do not base my self-esteem on what people think of me in a forum and I definitely do not need to qualify myself to you.
Frankly, fuck off and stop reading my posts if you are bored. Life is filled with people that try to bring others down so you are not special either.
[QUOTE=niko;955820]Nope, still makes you look like a wuss. You can tell the picture is fake since there is no way you can run after people to cannibalize them with flip flops. They make a funny sound when you run and people know to stay away.
PS. I like your photographs, especially the Chicago Winter one. I also found it refreshing that you had pictures of people, most photographers tend to focus on items, not people.[/QUOTE]
there not mine, i was just modeling for a friend, but i'll tell him you liked it.
welcome niko, i'm andrea.
one of my favorite people is named neko...
ever heard of her?
[QUOTE=factorygirl1976;955895]welcome niko, i'm andrea.
one of my favorite people is named neko...
ever heard of her?[/QUOTE]
Hello Andrea,
I don't know anyone named Neko. Living in the States I must admit its very weird when I meet other people named Niko or anything close to that, since I am used to having a unique name.
oh, she's a singer named NEKO CASE and she's awesomely wonderful!
if you're into music, check her out!
Hmm, interesting, I will check her out at some point.
Thanks for the heads up.
[QUOTE=niko;955918]Hello Andrea,
I don't know anyone named Neko. Living in the States I must admit its very weird when I meet other people named Niko or anything close to that, since I am used to having a unique name.[/QUOTE]
I used to have a Niko camera.
[QUOTE=corellion;955828]niko, i'm not gonna lie, you bore me. you're not interesting.[/QUOTE]
Shut up.
And what the hell is a plutonic friend?
thanks for sharing.blackhawk tactical pants.
— Spambot
"I could have done worse!" exultantly cried the murderer Lebret, sentenced at Rouen to hard labor for life. — Félix Fénéon
[QUOTE=xec8;956030]Shut up.
And what the hell is a plutonic friend?[/QUOTE]
Its spelled "platonic" actually.
It actually has roots to Plato the philosopher and his idea of friendship.
It basically means be someone's friend without any sexual attachment or intent. I am sure you can read a description in a dictionary that is more precise.[URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_love]Click here[/URL] for an in depth defiinition
Dude, tell us more about you! You intrigue me.

Brentinlouis Wrote: What was that rule about being intentionally annoying?
[QUOTE=LeHaHi;956035]Dude, tell us more about you! You intrigue me.[/QUOTE]
Ask me anything, I will answer it.
[QUOTE=xec8;956030]
And what the hell is a plutonic friend?[/QUOTE]
am I the only one to find it HILARIOUS that he had no idea what this was?
[QUOTE=niko;956039]Ask me anything, I will answer it.[/QUOTE]
What color is your hair?
On a more intriguing note,
What color is your hair[I]brush[/I]?

Brentinlouis Wrote: What was that rule about being intentionally annoying?
[QUOTE=nathaniel parker;956044]am I the only one to find it HILARIOUS that he had no idea what this was?[/QUOTE]
It did contain a certain amount of irony I must admit.
[QUOTE=LeHaHi;956048]What color is your hair?
On a more intriguing note,
What color is your hair[I]brush[/I]?[/QUOTE]
I shave my head, so it looks black, in reality it depends on how much sun exposure my hair get, when my hair were normal length they were dark brown and could end up being light brown based on sun exposure. My facial hair are photo-sensitive as well, but they turn from black to red, it almost looks dyed.
I do not own a hairbrush anymore, I have been shaving my hair for about 6 years now. Last time I had hair it was dyed fluorecent orange.
not so much funny like he was dumb for not knowing that but gutbusting funny that he has sex with every single thing he meets and would never have the term Plutonic come into his vocabulary
[QUOTE=niko;956058]I shave my head, so it looks black, in reality it depends on how much sun exposure my hair get, when my hair were normal length they were dark brown and could end up being light brown based on sun exposure. My facial hair are photo-sensitive as well, but they turn from black to red, it almost looks dyed.
I do not own a hairbrush anymore, I have been shaving my hair for about 6 years now. Last time I had hair it was dyed fluorecent orange.[/QUOTE]
Have you ever stolen anything worth more than $20?

Brentinlouis Wrote: What was that rule about being intentionally annoying?
[QUOTE=nathaniel parker;956062]not so much funny like he was dumb for not knowing that but gutbusting funny that he has sex with every single thing he meets and would never have the term Plutonic come into his vocabulary[/QUOTE]
I gotcha.
Some people giving into their sexual desires more than others. I for one respect my dick, sure I have gotten in trouble because of things I have done, yet at the same time it pushes you.
It makes you talk to people you would not otherwise. It forces you to make ethical decisions. It can also be your downfall...or even your death if you take jealous x's, husbands and STDs into account.
If you ever feel like reading something out of the ordinary, read [U]Sperm Wars[/U]. Its a biologist's point of view about human sexuality. A lot of things made sense in my life after that. Another interesting book is [u]The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature[/u], which has an evolutionary biology outlook.
[URL=http://www.amazon.com/Sperm-Wars-Infidelity-Conflict-Bedroom/dp/1560258489/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4229583-3011837?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177025566&sr=1-1]Sperm Wars (link)[/URL]. If you go to that link you can buy both books for a discount, or you can follow the Red Queen link if you are more interested in that.
Edit: I just realized how annoying it is to underline book titles, it makes them indistinguishable from links.
[QUOTE=LeHaHi;956064]Have you ever stolen anything worth more than $20?[/QUOTE]
When I was 14 I would steal, 5,000 drachmas from my mom's wallet (about $20). I would also go to the local grocery store with my bike and steal gum, candy, cans of coke, lame stuff like that. One day I brought my cousin along, while she was hiding things in her shirt she got caught by an employee, so we started running away. We made it out and got on our bikes, as we started riding away I felt bad, guilty. So I stopped and waited for the lady to catch up with us.
In my mind I was thinking that she would let us go. Well we ended up going to the security office and my mom got called. A week later my mom realized I was stealing money from her wallet. Needless to say she started to wonder what kind of person I was becoming.
I have not stolen anything after that though.
PS. When I got caught in the grocery store I had on me:
Snickers Ice Cream Bar
1 Can of Coke
5 packs of bubble gum (bubblelicious)
1 pack of bateries
1 pen
[QUOTE=niko;956077]When I was 14 I would steal, 5,000 drachmas from my mom's wallet (about $20). I would also go to the local grocery store with my bike and steal gum, candy, cans of coke, lame stuff like that. One day I brought my cousin along, while she was hiding things in her shirt she got caught by an employee, so we started running away. We made it out and got on our bikes, as we started riding away I felt bad, guilty. So I stopped and waited for the lady to catch up with us.
In my mind I was thinking that she would let us go. Well we ended up going to the security office and my mom got called. A week later my mom realized I was stealing money from her wallet. Needless to say she started to wonder what kind of person I was becoming.
I have not stolen anything after that though.
PS. When I got caught in the grocery store I had on me:
Snickers Ice Cream Bar
1 Can of Coke
5 packs of bubble gum (bubblelicious)
1 pack of bateries
1 pen[/QUOTE]
That's kind of rad. Hum, What's on your shirt now?

Brentinlouis Wrote: What was that rule about being intentionally annoying?
[QUOTE=nathaniel parker;956044]am I the only one to find it HILARIOUS that he had no idea what this was?[/QUOTE]
he was making fun of the spelling and i thought THAT was funny
[QUOTE=LeHaHi;956079]That's kind of rad. Hum, What's on your shirt now?[/QUOTE]
I am wearing a black shirt that has a Japanese calligraphy letter, its a t-shirt print of a painting a Zen Master has made. The Japanese word itself says "Dream". If you go [URL=http://www.daibosatsu.org/stshikishi.html]here[/URL] check out the third image. Imagine that image in white instead of black, on a black shirt.
My dad goes to the monastery in the link once a year for at least two weeks. Its a shirt he brought back to me one time he went there.
What's Greece like, and how long did you live there?

Brentinlouis Wrote: What was that rule about being intentionally annoying?
[QUOTE=nathaniel parker;956062]not so much funny like he was dumb for not knowing that but gutbusting funny that he has sex with every single thing he meets and would never have the term Plutonic come into his vocabulary[/QUOTE]
It was a joke. I know what PLATONIC means. Are you aware that PLUTONIC means: [QUOTE]plu·ton·ic
/pluˈtɒnɪk/
–adjective Geology. noting or pertaining to a class of igneous rocks that have solidified far below the earth's surface. [/QUOTE]
But I see why it would have been funny.
thanks for sharing.blackhawk tactical pants.
— Spambot
"I could have done worse!" exultantly cried the murderer Lebret, sentenced at Rouen to hard labor for life. — Félix Fénéon
I'm still laughing over that
Suit yourself, my plutonic friend.
thanks for sharing.blackhawk tactical pants.
— Spambot
"I could have done worse!" exultantly cried the murderer Lebret, sentenced at Rouen to hard labor for life. — Félix Fénéon


Hi Niko,
How goes? Have you gotten the sofa thing figured out yet? I haven't. I think I am going to wait until I get a place I feel more settled in. My wardrobe IS becoming somewhat respectable though.
and finally, if it is warm, do you wear flip-flops?