SNT time, baby.
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probably this thing right here:
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Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 03/11/2006 05:54 PM EST
Either my brain, or the teddy bear I've had since I was three months old.
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 03/11/2006 06:01 PM EST
personally, it would be the guitar i put together from parts. plays great and has been with me for every gig i've done.
Chestnuts roasted by Modern Day Pirates @ 03/11/2006 06:08 PM EST
My Beatles collection. I don't have any crazy crap like tooth paste with their likeness on it but I have all their music in album and cd form. Several DVDs too.
Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 03/11/2006 06:35 PM EST
Now this may come as a surprise to you, since you're reading it on the Internet, but my most cherished posession is my computer. After all, out of my top ten favorite daily activities, my computer provides probably half a dozen. Oh, Nightrider Jr. Where would I be without you?
Shocking answer: probably getting some exercise out in the fresh air.
Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/11/2006 06:39 PM EST
My $2000 piccolo. Yes, I'm a band geek.
Chestnuts roasted by LuLu @ 03/11/2006 07:14 PM EST
My packet of Purplesaurus Rex that I opened today! It's definately replicatable but it was hard to make because I had to put it in the blender to mix it up because it was so old and chunky. It's truly the nectar of the gods with it's purpleness and one-of-a-kind taste. Once I'm done replicating the recipie of good ol' Purplesaurus, I'll post it here. Good to be a kool-aid alchemist!
Chestnuts roasted by Ghoul-Aid Man @ 03/11/2006 07:23 PM EST
my iPod, not because of the physical thing, but because of all the things i have stored on it. It's a portable summary of who I am that has taken years to build and it is always evolving.
Chestnuts roasted by G @ 03/11/2006 07:24 PM EST
Happy Saturday all 
My cell phone/web browser/PDA is one of my more valuable possesions...when wildfires got a bit close to our neighborhood my DVD collection was the first thing I gathered together once I'd packed up all the puppy toys because I realized it's what I would miss the most. It's less of a possesion than if it was on paper but my LiveJournal archive means a lot to me too (whereas I don't care as much about my old notebook journals as I once did). In fact my LJ means so much to me that I happily shelled out the $$$ when they offered permanent account status.
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/11/2006 07:50 PM EST
My most prized posession would be my good ole optimus prime. Or then again, maybe my car. that does do quite a bit more for me than Optimus does.
Chestnuts roasted by TC Falcon @ 03/11/2006 07:53 PM EST
My most prized posession would be my good ole optimus prime. Or then again, maybe my car. that does do quite a bit more for me than Optimus does.
Chestnuts roasted by TC Falcon @ 03/11/2006 07:53 PM EST
my dvd collection, my books and my cack are all tied for number 1
Chestnuts roasted by sexynigelthepharoahwizard @ 03/11/2006 08:16 PM EST
My photographs. It's so important that we never lose our memories.
Nah, I'm screwin' with ya. My video games are my first material possession.
Chestnuts roasted by Tougi @ 03/11/2006 08:19 PM EST
My most prized possession? I can't pick just one. It's either my home entertainment center (big screen, DVD, surround sound, computer, PS2 and Xbox 360) or my vintage collection of Transformers (Optimus Prime, Omega Supreme, Metroplex, Trypticon, Jetfire, Fortress Maximus, Scorponok, etc.) I spend more time looking at the home entertainment center, but I've had those TFs since I was a kid.
Chestnuts roasted by spaz307 @ 03/11/2006 08:24 PM EST
My bachelor's degree from North Carolina State University. I can go farther in life with it than if I didn't have it. That's something valuable.
Chestnuts roasted by mjf7583 @ 03/11/2006 08:43 PM EST
Man, I don't really have very many toys left over from when I was a kid. My action figures tended to live short lives but merry ones. And by "merry" I mean "horrific beyond all comprehension." Except my MOTU toys. I sold all of them, including Castle Greyskull, Snake Mountain, and three or four vehicles at a garage sale. I can't remember how much I got for them, but I'm sure the actual numbers would make me cry.
Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/11/2006 08:43 PM EST
My most prized possesion would either be my team Canada Vincent Lecavalier Jersey or my King Hiss original Masters of the universe figure still in the box.
Chestnuts roasted by The Drizzle @ 03/11/2006 08:45 PM EST
I guess it would be my stuffed Rhino, MiniMe. Although the 18' wrench I mentioned in the previous thread ranks pretty high.
Chestnuts roasted by Rhino @ 03/11/2006 08:46 PM EST
That should say 18 inch wrench. I'm not so blessed as all that.
Chestnuts roasted by Rhino @ 03/11/2006 08:49 PM EST
My NES-101 top-loader.
Chestnuts roasted by gesis @ 03/11/2006 08:53 PM EST
My brand spankin' new fiancée, we got engaged last night.
Chestnuts roasted by Geoffinsanity @ 03/11/2006 08:59 PM EST
Grr! I hate this question. Hm. I don't like to think of my cat as a "posession" but yeah, the little devil is probably tops. After that... I dunno... I don't have anything spectacular. There's the DVD collection naturally. Well.... there is Beefy Tape. This old and crazy horifically amazing home video my best friend, her sister, and I shot some, oh, 8 years ago. Though I doubt many others would prize 15 year old me dancing to the theme to Fraggle Rock and playing with Sailor Moon dolls.
Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/11/2006 09:04 PM EST
My '59 Les Paul standard, hands down.
Chestnuts roasted by Les Paul @ 03/11/2006 09:20 PM EST
Aww, congrats, Geoffinsanity! 
I wish I could get engaged... but yeah, I guess I'd need a boyfriend for that to happen, huh? 
Prized possession... How on earth could I possibly just pick ONE!? I was going to say my computer because it's the first really big thing I bought on my own, but, the computer is pretty much a given, so I might have to go with my rather large collection of collectable Barbie Dolls... or my figurine collection, ranging from Anime to NHL to Nightmare Before Christmas. Possibly my DVD collection, too... But picking one specific item is just not possible!
Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/11/2006 09:22 PM EST
I'd have to say my photos...or my collection of 200+ Barbie dolls. I have some that were my aunt's and mother's, so they are pretty special.
Chestnuts roasted by earthwormgoddess @ 03/11/2006 09:32 PM EST
My video collection, none of which are commercially bought. Well, I mean, I HAVE VHS movies, but those aren't the ones I cherish. I love the home movies and the stuff I taped off of TV in my childhood/adolescence that will never be released on DVD and I would otherwise have no hope of seeing again.
Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 03/11/2006 09:36 PM EST
My Star Wars action figure collection, the dolls my biological father bought me from a (sadly defucnt) fancy toy shop in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl, and my Monkees and anime stuff gathered from various far corners on-and-off line (my Sailor Moon Barbie-sized dolls are keeping my desk safe from the Negaverse and my Monkees pics keep my eyes happy).
Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 03/11/2006 09:50 PM EST
You know, Lori, I was going to jokingly warn you not to fast-forward through any commercials on your recorded programs, because that would be stealing from the corporation. And sure, most of us probably have a hard time feeling sorry for massive faceless companies, but on the other hand, when was the last time the CEO of a major corporation walked into your living room and started stealing your stuff?
And Ted Turner doesn't count. That dude's just crass.
But then I realized that most of the people on this board, given a tape full of old television shows, would probably end up fast forwarding through the programs just to get to the commercials. I wonder if the businesspeople of America recognize the treasure they have in people like us. We're like sheep that shear ourselves.
And that thought made me a little sad. But then I cheered myself up by wondering whether or not it's still considered wrong to fast forward through an advertisement for a product that no longer exists. Thoughts? Maybe later on this evening we can call up Ron Popeil and see what he has to say on the matter. Whatever it is, I imagine it'll be in an inhumanly enthusiastic tone of voice. "If you skip over any of my old ad spots, you deserve to rot in prison, you freeloading little bastards!!!"
Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/11/2006 09:52 PM EST
Jedoc, I can never ever seem to peel myself away from "Just set it, and forget it!" and I'm a vegan.
Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/11/2006 10:13 PM EST
My most prized possesion is definetely my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles blanket that my grandma made for me about 15 years ago. My girlfriend and I still use it.
Oh and probably the Martin acoustic guitar that I haven't bought yet hehe.
Chestnuts roasted by Tommy Day @ 03/11/2006 10:20 PM EST
Right now, I'd have to say it's the computer in my room because I do all my work on it and it'd be a disaster if it shut down.
but on the other hand, when was the last time the CEO of a major corporation walked into your living room and started stealing your stuff?
And Ted Turner doesn't count. That dude's just crass.
Heh.
But then I realized that most of the people on this board, given a tape full of old television shows, would probably end up fast forwarding through the programs just to get to the commercials. I wonder if the businesspeople of America recognize the treasure they have in people like us. We're like sheep that shear ourselves.
It's not exactly like THAT. Uncut VCR recordings from the late 70's and early 80's fascinate me, but not because I'm a slave. It's because it's a glimpse into how TV was back then; how that generation lived and worked, and what was normal for them. When the ads are cut out, the illusion is shattered. I want to see it ALL.
Doesn't anyone feel the same way I do about this? I think so. This is the real answer. This is why we "waste" bandwidth downloading nutty old ads--not because we're addicted to the products, or even because we remember them (I like ones I'm too young to remember even more). It's because whatever it is, it could never be run today. It's almost like a different world. Like I said, it's fascinating.
Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 03/11/2006 10:37 PM EST
I think for me it's a tie between my Sailor Moon collection and my laptop. I can't live without either of them...
Chestnuts roasted by Beth @ 03/11/2006 11:14 PM EST
Most Prized? hard to say...Probably my car, but I also have many family heirlooms and things of sentimental value that mean much more, emotionally.
Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 03/11/2006 11:17 PM EST
My most prized possesion? Probably my record collection. If I had to choose one LP out of the stacks as my most prized, it would be my copy of Devo's "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!" album on multi-colored "marble" vinyl.
Chestnuts roasted by Quammy @ 03/11/2006 11:23 PM EST
Believe it or not its Jar Jar Binks and OOM-9 from the Star Wars episode I line. Nothing about the characters is prized, just how I got them.
Second would be my star wars figure collection as a whole.
Chestnuts roasted by King Peter @ 03/11/2006 11:23 PM EST
Mars, dude, my sister has a *massive* collection of videos from the mid-80s to current day programming all based around a band that is still touring successfully to this day. Anyway, as if the interviews from back in the day aren't funny enough, the ads are f-a-n-t-a-s-t-ic, especially when you consider most of them were pulled from MTV, or it's Canadian equivalent, Much Music. The evolution of products, the changes in tactics, renaming things to drop the "sugar" out of the name, the celebreity spokes people. Always a good time. Any time I get to see big 80's hair and neon spandex on guys, as well as ads for Bonkers!, Debbie Gibson's Electric Youth Perfume,I'm happy. But when you also get the PSAs for RADD and MADD and SADD, and Coventant House, Michael Jackson's fragrance, Pepsi's latest salvos in the Cola Wars, the ads for the Coca Cola Clothing line, and the classic mall stores ... and when you're really lucky, you get the French Canadian version too.
Chestnuts roasted by LemurCat @ 03/11/2006 11:32 PM EST
Most prized possession? That ol' diploma from PSU. I effin' suffered for that thing, worked 50 weeks in a factory all those summers, passed the classes, wrote the thesis, and now I pay for it every danged month. But that sucker makes me money, which means I can insure all the material things. That and my collection of minor league hockey memoriabelia. But if it came to saving that or the diploma, the catskin wins hands down.
Chestnuts roasted by LemurCat @ 03/11/2006 11:39 PM EST
My NES and my Sega Genesis
Chestnuts roasted by Suren @ 03/11/2006 11:46 PM EST
well, I guess tops on my list would be my kidney donated by my cousin. It saved my life, and that's no lie. I recieved it on August 14, 2002. That is a day I celebrate as my second birthday. And really, since my real birthday is Sept. 11, my kidney b-day is a much easier day to be happy on.
And then I would say anything that belonged to my dad. He committed suicide when I was 7 years old, so anything that was his is very important to me. I have his class ring, his baseball cards, and his glasses, and most important, his Stephen King books. Knowing that I'm reading the same books that he held in his hands is a powerful feeling. They are fragile, so I don't read them that much anymore...I have my own copies, but sometimes I still like to read his.
And those are my most prized possessions in the world.
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 03/11/2006 11:47 PM EST
I shudder to think what Jack La Lanne will have to say when he realizes none of us own his Power Juicer, nor have any of us swam the English Channel (no, not BBC) w/ one arm tied behind our backs. He will be so disappointed that the sound of his voice did not inspire an entire nation to buy Patriotic leotards and stand on street corners, hands on hips and puffing out our chests like Superman. I can just imagine how it was when he met his first Elaine and bugled her into marrying him, b/c her Julia Gulia namesake would be such a draw to his customers.
... as I follow my tangent back up to the actual subject...
To be absolutely corny, I think my pictures are my most prized possession. I take a lot of pictures. Stems from the fact that my mom has no photographs of me between the ages of two until I got my own camera and started taking my own, around 16 or so. All I have to look back at my single digit childhood are school photos. The saddest part? I was an only child, so there really was no excuse.
Oh, wait - where did I put that tangent again?
Here it is.
After a brief pause, I just realized I have nothing more to say on the subject of "prized posession". I have no toys left over from childhood (my mom didn't even save my report cards! You may weep for me now 
), and I don't really collect anything.
Well, except (kidneyboy is going to be so disappointed in me for not thinking of it sooner), my collection of Stephen King books. I have a copy (in one way or another) of everything he's ever written. I even have a signed copy of Insomnia, and a first run edition of The Dead Zone that my aunt gave me. I'm always in the process of rereading something by SK - esp his stuff written before 1986 (or, what I call, his Edgar Allen Poe period). Once he dried up, his writing just hasn't been the same.
Hey, I have a poll question - who is everyone's favorite cartoon voice artist? I have quite a few, but I would have to say, my absolute fav would have to be Clancy Brown. There's just something about the sound of the Kurgan that just grabs my attention. I swear, I can pick that voice out of a crowded... cartoon room. Besides Mr. Eugene H. Krabs, he also does Lex Luther in the Superman cartoons and a bunch of different characters on a few old Gargoyles eps. He even sang "Under the Sea" in the Little Mermaid II.
Ok, I think my knowledge of Mr. Brown's career is a bit too unhealthy. I'll stop now.
Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 03/11/2006 11:53 PM EST
Wow, kidneyboy, that was just... freaky.
Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 03/11/2006 11:57 PM EST
bleh-can't think of a thing. feeling down and out....
Chestnuts roasted by Mike the Great @ 03/12/2006 12:05 AM EST
dude, trajeal, damn, kismet? or ka?
Yeah, I just checked out that spec. ed. of Salem's Lot from the lib. today, can't wait to check it.
Traj, what am I thinking? haha, j/k!
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 03/12/2006 12:06 AM EST
Traj -- I worked at Nick for a year before making the Clancy/Krabs connection. I think it's safe to add Squee and I as two more Clancy Nuts on the blog.
Onto prized possessions: I'd go with my sealed 8-pack of Ecto Cooler first and foremost if we're talking about random pop goodies. More personally affecting is a Tiki God statue that I've had forever, handed down to me from my older brother who picked it up somewhere in Disney in the late `70s. No idea why this thing was on sale at Disney World, but I love it, and I love Easter Island.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 03/12/2006 12:11 AM EST
well, I still count the Holy Trinity of cartoon voices as Don Messick, Frank Welker, and Casey Kasem. But that's just me.
I'm a mark for a trajeal poll!
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 03/12/2006 12:18 AM EST
My most prized possession? Hmmmmm... probably my hoverboard. I'm not shitting you- a company in australia makes hoverboards. I'm a motherfucking Marty McFly, I got a fucking HOVERBOARD! Take that you 80's nostalgia Viacom slave! You can have your Kamala the Ugandan Giant autographed spears, I got a fucking hoverboard!
On a side note, I was suprised to hear you wouldn't be at the Comic-Con in some capacity, especially since UGO had a van with some generic military game where everyone under 15 gravitated to. You didn't miss much, even Kevin Smith was bored.
Chestnuts roasted by Boomstick McChainsawhand @ 03/12/2006 12:20 AM EST
Unfortunately my schedule didn't permit a Comic-Con appearance, but from what I hear of the crowds, I would've turned back and ran home at first sight anyway.
Brian, the guy who does a lot of design work for X-E's main pages (including pretty much every main page in recent years), was by that truck for a lot of the con.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 03/12/2006 12:24 AM EST
You see that new Spiderman costume? Looks like Tony Stark went back to 'Nam, because I could've shit on a piece of paper and colored it gold, and come up with something better. Good news is- Someone was selling masks of V (you know, from the upcoming movie). That and some scantily clad teenagers with dyed purple hair and Sailor Fuku.
Chestnuts roasted by Boomstick McChainsawhand @ 03/12/2006 12:27 AM EST
My son and my laptop. One obviously more than the other.
Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 03/12/2006 12:41 AM EST
You know how for each LEGO theme, there is that one huge set, the home base or something, that encapsulates everything awesome about whatever particular theme it's in--Those sets with prices that are discouragingly hovering around the $100 mark, and come in mattress-sized boxes...
Well I have no doubt that my parents love me, because I had three! The Futuron Monorail transport System, the Town Police Headquarters, and my favorite, the Aquazone Crystal Lab Home Base. I'm so glad I didn't give my old LEGOS to goodwill.
Chestnuts roasted by Venison @ 03/12/2006 12:51 AM EST
Prized possession? Hmmmm...
Well, my most expensive thing would be my collection of Star Wars toys or my DVD collection, but I don't think I prize them most highly.
Little stuff. A belt my best friend made for me out of twist ties. My friend's Dr. Zaius ID card...oh, there's a story there.
I took my friend's student ID and digitally pasted Dr. Zaius' head over his own. He used that monkey ID to take his SATs (you need valid photo ID), and when they looked at him questioningly, he told them he had leprosy. They let him take the test.
Crappy story...
Pictures, holiday greeting cards from my first girlfriend, the Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas MP3's I made...
Another one is my Survivor dog-tag (like the TV show Survivor), which is my good luck charm. I've been applying since my 21st birthday to be on the show, and I feel like the tag is a good luck charm. I will make it. And I will be the first Survivor castaway to mention Peeps and XE on the air.
Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 03/12/2006 12:58 AM EST
My favorite cartoon voice artists were both in Thundercats and they were also both in The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus.
Larry Kenney - Lion-O
Earle Hyman - Panthro
You might also remember Earle from all his work as Bill Cosby's father on The Cosby Show.
As for my most prized? I have a bunch of stuff from my brother that passed away, including old comics and drawings. Also, my new laptop that the gf got me for Christmas. This thing is amazing and the widescreen on the sucker is beautiful. =)
Chestnuts roasted by Matt(#2?) @ 03/12/2006 01:06 AM EST
I'm especially fond of the Magic Bullet 'mercial with the surreal bed and breakfast where the smarmy Australian dude shows you how few seconds it takes to make alfredo sauce.
Another thing I prize is my faux Tivo because it lets me catch so many things I'd never see otherwise (trashy daytime tv, syndicated reruns), plus I can watch all my favorite shows twenty minutes late and zip past the ads. Is that a scandalous admission? I recommend my favs to everyone so I feel like I make up for it.
ONLY 20 HOURS UNTIL NEW SOPRANOS!!!!
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/12/2006 01:18 AM EST
I want to change my answer for most prized possession! I should have named my degree. I worked hard enough for it. Going back to school after you flunk out is HARD. They take away all those nice scholarships, which means you get to pay for that degree for a long time after you're done.
As for my favorite voice actor, I'd have to say Peter Cullen. He played Optimus Prime in the original Transformers. If you can't tell, I'm still a freak for the G1 TFs. I don't think I would have found Prime so cool/heroic if it wasn't for that awesome voice. He also did lots of other parts for TFs, most notably (for me) Ironhide. I checked IMDB, and he was in tons of other shows in the 80s like GI Joe (lots of parts, but Nemesis Enforcer was the coolest) and Knight Rider (as K.A.R.R.). I don't know who they've cast as Prime for the new TFs movie due out ?next year?, but I think I'd probably soil myself if they got Peter Cullen. Every time I hear him on a commercial voiceover, I feel like I'm listening to my childhood hero.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Chris Latta. He was Starscream and Cobra Commander, as well as lots of other 80s voices. Too bad he died young.
Chestnuts roasted by spaz307 @ 03/12/2006 01:26 AM EST
Me and my friend were toying around with the IMDB one day, playing "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" and I think Peter Cullen has a bacon number of 3. Something to do with Winnie the Pooh and Tremors.
Chestnuts roasted by Boomstick McChainsawhand @ 03/12/2006 01:39 AM EST
trajeal, kidneyboy-
Stephen King has to be one of the world's greatest living authors, beyond just the commercial success.
The Stand was brilliant. To this day I still sometimes daydream about how I'd handle it if almost everyone died but I survived. It's morbid, but also fun. What would you do if no one would stop you from doing whatever you wanted? I think I'd find a generator and play video games. That, and I would get myself a classic Mustang. After all the gasoline was gone/jelled, I'm not sure.
The Dark Tower series was just awesome. When the final book came out, I started reading after I got home from work that Friday and didn't stop until Saturday afternoon- no sleep, no food, and I took it with me to the bathroom and went one-handed. What a mess!
I almost wish he actually had retired after that book, like he talked about. It would have been an incredible end to a wonderful career. As it is, I don't expect to find DT references in books from now on, which is kind of sad. That was part of the fun of SK- reading his other books and making predictions with my buddy Jon on what would happen in the next DT book. His stuff after DT can't possibly live up to that standard. I read "Cell" and it was only okay, not great.
Chestnuts roasted by spaz307 @ 03/12/2006 01:41 AM EST
Should have refreshed again before posting! Indeed, Matt has me pegged...besides Clancy Brown I'd have to say my fav voice actor is Carlos Alazraqui (Rocko, Camp Lazlo, Mucha Lucha). Mel Blanc, of course...Yeardley Smith...Can I count Andy Serkis? Ooh, Steven Blum (Cowboy Bebop) too!
19 hours 15 minutes!
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/12/2006 01:46 AM EST
Oh God, the Magic Bullet... yes.
I'm a freak about anime voices. I've actually been completely obsessed with the guy that does Vicious' voice in Cowboy Bebop, but do you think I can find a picture of him ANYWHERE? Hell no. I just wanna see what that guy looks like! His name is George C. Cole. Alot of sites have him listed as someone else, but I know that's his name. I've done way too much digging.
Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/12/2006 01:49 AM EST
Ahhhh Spike. The funniest thing I've heard Steven Blum do is 7-11 ads. He's #2 on my list. 
Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/12/2006 01:51 AM EST
Best possessions: my Jeep Wrangler or Fender Strat/Tweed Blues DeLuxe amp combo.
Best cartoon voices: Frank Welker or Billy West.
Chestnuts roasted by Another Matt @ 03/12/2006 02:08 AM EST
Also...I own the complete run of both major Smurfs series on DVD and 2 production cels from that show. Can't ever show anyone though, not even the wife
Matt
Chestnuts roasted by Another Matt @ 03/12/2006 02:12 AM EST
I hate Sundays because they are close to Mondays, and this always makes me want to stay up as late as possible on Saturday nights, even when I'm so unbelievably tired that I manage to get things caught on fire and/or break them, like right now, so you can see zzzzzzzzzzz.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 03/12/2006 02:33 AM EST
I've been procrastinating a project so I've got major Monday dread myself. Blech.
17 hours 40ish minutes!
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/12/2006 03:25 AM EST
I'd have to say my "the untold ledgend of Batman" #2 comic i got autographed by Adam West.
Chestnuts roasted by wade @ 03/12/2006 04:17 AM EST
You're a weekend only insomniac, Matt? Join the club. I just drink inordinant amounts of Dr. Pepper, wait for my bittorented pirated video to load and lick the walls of my room- they tast like fucking icecream. I'm not fucking kidding you- motherfucking icecream! Back in my day, we had to walk all the way to Timbuktu to see baby jesus tame a dinosauer, but you damn kids and your playboxes! What happened to Tippy Canoo and Hutch! I once saw a dog, he said he was going to invent the internet. The man who became the non president. Sometimes I think YTMND is detrimental to my health.
Chestnuts roasted by Boomstick McChainsawhand @ 03/12/2006 04:46 AM EST
Probably the munchkin-sized skull I shoplifted from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" shop in Disney World when I was 15. I drilled a hole through it, put it on a chain, and wore it as an ovesized pendant for years. There was a remarkable amount of street-cred attached to that thing among the other fifteen-year-olds.
I still have it somewhere, and it reminds me that...well...that there was a time when I would do things like steal a miniature skull from Walt Disney and wear it to a Nuclear Assault show.
Chestnuts roasted by Hodsthorn @ 03/12/2006 06:37 AM EST
I need to get HBO so I can see what it is that makes squee so excited. I want to be that excited. Oh well, I still have The Office.
Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 03/12/2006 08:07 AM EST
Spaz307-
I'm actually from Steven Kings home town. When ROTJ special edition opened in theaters while I was waiting in line I saw him go into sling blade. Then a few years later I neglected to hold a door open for him at a pharmacy because I didn't recognize him at first. Guy makes 22 million a year in book sales and I didn't hold the door open .
It was right after that guy hit him with a car. He had a black cane that was all gnarled like the Emperors. His house is usually the balls at halloween.
Chestnuts roasted by KingPeter @ 03/12/2006 09:07 AM EST
My most prized possession is either my childhood VHS collection or the box of photos/cards/books from when I was a kid that I have all together in case I have to run out in a fire.
Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 03/12/2006 09:07 AM EST
My most prized possession is a ring that belongs to my fiancee. She gave it to me when we first met, and ive worn it around my neck every minute for the last 4 1/5 years.
Chestnuts roasted by DemonKyoto @ 03/12/2006 09:45 AM EST
You did better than I did, Matt. I only managed to stay up til about 1:30am. Thus I prevented burning anything or breaking anything. Well, a small crack in the dress of my Cupcake doll. I swear the Tonka versions weren't this hard to flip around!
One of these days I want to go to a non-anime con! If only I wasn't cursed with such a terrible sense of direction I might actually accomplish that. I'm only about 60mi from Philly and I never ever ever ever go because I've got myself convinced I'll get lost, stranded, robbed, gang-raped, and murdered. I was to the East Coast Gaming Expo, but that doesn't really count as it's run by my older brother.
Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/12/2006 10:13 AM EST
Yesterday was my B-Day. YAY! A big thanks to the group that took me to the Olive Garden. You know who you are. Tour of Italy was the bomb.
My most prized posession is a 1981 Ferrari 308gtsi that I inherited from my father. The car is off the road in storage right now. It's sky blue with blue leather interior. Its the Magnum P.I. car. Dad - Thanks.
Chestnuts roasted by Xenophobe @ 03/12/2006 11:00 AM EST
Ok, coming more of a nineties kid than an eighties kid, JIM CUMMINGS is my favorite voice over artist. He's done everything.
He's the modern day Winnie the Pooh and Tigger (bad example, but listen). He was ZUmmi Gummi. He was Monterey Jack and Fat Cat in Rescue Rangers.
He was Razoul in Aladdin, which is an awesome movie.
Look him up, he's probably the voice of one of your family members.
Chestnuts roasted by Tommy @ 03/12/2006 01:03 PM EST
Oh, and he was Mr. Bumpy!
Chestnuts roasted by Tommy @ 03/12/2006 01:03 PM EST
My NES. Nuff said!
Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 03/12/2006 01:14 PM EST
Lorenzo Music! How could I forget.
kb, if you have Netflix try renting some Sopranos DVDs and see if it's your thing. If you're already a gangster movie fan it's an easy sell but there's a lot more to recommend it besides the Mafia angle (great writing, acting, cinematography and so on. IMO it has some of the best acting performances ever, and not just within the limits of tv drama). Only 7 hours 41 minutes until new eps...which means I have less than 8 hours to finish this paper before absolute flaming panic sets in.
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/12/2006 01:32 PM EST
I dunno. Maybe all of my graphic novels and TPB's. I count them all as one possession.
Or maybe the older of my two drawing tables.
It's all tricked out with two giant trays, a pencil stop and lamp, plus I attached a drawer organizer and mounted an inkwell. Pimp-ed out, i tell ya.
Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 03/12/2006 02:13 PM EST
Most prized possession? My geeky bookshelf, filled with DVDs, manga and Star Wars books. My other bookshelf is perfectly normal, representing my more ordinary tastes, like Stephen King, Anne Rice, V.C. Andrews and those cute kid books I still secretly pick up at used book sales at the library and yard sales. Maybe not so ordinary? XD
Chestnuts roasted by Katie @ 03/12/2006 02:26 PM EST
I would have to say that my prized possessions are my Richard Simmons LP (yes, the man recorded an album and it is the most godawful thing ever...gotta love it!) and my Tim Curry LP collection. All three of his solo albums from the late seventies and early eighties! Both the Richard Simmons LP and the Tim Curry LPs are featured prominantly on my wall of shame. Awsome!
Chestnuts roasted by dysalizar @ 03/12/2006 03:34 PM EST
I do the rock, rock, rock!
I have a live Tim Curry concert from 1979 somewhere...it's got some good shit on it, but I've never actually heard his studio albums.
Tim Curry has also done a shitload of cartoon voices!
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 03/12/2006 03:46 PM EST
I've never really given much thought to this... but off the top of my head I'd have to say that it's my Legend of Zelda DVD set. Such a fun show.
Chestnuts roasted by TE-Ryan @ 03/12/2006 04:12 PM EST
I guess I missed the SNT. Oh well. Most prized possession? Easy. My Space Cases tapes. My situation is actually quite a bit like Lori's, but SC tops them all, also above all my books, photos, other sentimental items, things that are worth money, all of it. The sentimental stuff would be number two though, and I can't choose one specific thing from all of that.
Chestnuts roasted by Rainbowfeet @ 03/12/2006 04:54 PM EST
Easy, the remote control to my TV, and my blue shades.
Also, I was in NYC yesterday for a scavenger hunt as a huge pledge event (If you remember from a month ago), and we (theres 8 of us) mostly were around time sqaure. Didn't see Spidey Bum, but we DID get the Big Apple Guy to curse at us. I also saw the Expedition Everest ad, too.
But here's my story that I'd like to share:
One of our things we needed was a pic with an FDNY worker & his turck, and as we were posing for the pic, a midget walks by. (BTW, we also needed a pic of us with a midget) So when the midget walks guy, one of my fellow pledges yells out "holy crap, a Midget just walked past us!" but loud enough so everyone within 10 feet heard us, especially the midget. He then gets awkward and runs after him saying "I'll give you $5 if you'll take a picture with us!" and the midget basically goes "Good goingm you fucking jackass!" and runs off in a huff. This all happened in front of the FDNY guy, and probably a good group of people, and the FDNY is cracking up at this, and I was standing next to the guy who said it, and I was laughing for 5 minutes straight. Needless to say, we got a pic with a different midget.
And then later on in the day, he basically does the same thing with another pic target, the rare White Cabbie. Same setup, we were about to pose for a pic, then a cab with a white driver stops at a light, and he yells out "Holy crap, its a white cabbie!" loud enough for everyone to hear him and then runs up to him, and the cabbie goes "Nice going, jackass!" and zooms off. Same result, actually found another white cabbie and got a pic from him.
Just 1 more week and it's all over @_@
Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 03/12/2006 04:54 PM EST
My most prized possession? My comic books and dvd collection.
Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 03/12/2006 05:19 PM EST
Sorta off topic: I cry foul that Pound Puppies, Megos, wrestling figures, and no superhero toys (unless you count TMNT, He-Man, and Transformers as superheroes) made VH1 100 Toy List.
Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 03/12/2006 05:22 PM EST
Prized anything: Wife.
Prized thing: 1968 Jeepster Commando, you'd have to experience it.
I've been playing a lot of Settlers of Catan lately. I got my bum handed to me twice tonight, but came back in the third. Knights and Cities expansion is crazy, too, but even crazier in German...cause my German still isn't that great.
Chestnuts roasted by Mad Cow @ 03/12/2006 05:46 PM EST
I have a Chicken Vending Machine. I was inspired to purchase one after I read that a grocery store near Matt was selling one.
Chestnuts roasted by James Smith @ 03/12/2006 07:56 PM EST
Dude, a really real Chicken Machine? I am so disgustingly jealous.
Chestnuts roasted by LemurCat @ 03/13/2006 01:33 PM EST
Damn, sucks that I missed SNT this time around....most prized stuff?
DVD Collection
Stephen King collection
Video camera
Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 03/13/2006 05:32 PM EST
My Pound Puppy, but it wasn't the store version. My grandma bought a pattern kit and made me one on her sewing machine. I named it Honesty for some bizarre reason, as I was one of the world's biggest fattest liars as a small child, and I have never had the heart to put him away. Most people who come over are polite enough not to ask why a 26 year old man has a morose looking stuffed dog sitting in a chair in his living room.
Chestnuts roasted by Drew @ 03/13/2006 05:39 PM EST
Mine is a huge ceramic pumpkin
its painted more like an apple red and has orange glass beads filling in the face.
Chestnuts roasted by JAY B @ 03/13/2006 07:00 PM EST
Oh, did I mention my collection of Nintendo Power magazines covering the entire NES era? No? Oh. Well, I have those.
Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 03/13/2006 07:02 PM EST
I have so many awesome things... a great home, two dumb cats, a big TV, bootleg DVD's of Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, lots of Star Wars toys, and a huge collection of Batman comics... buy I have to say that the best "thing" I have is knowing that if it were all taken away, and all I had left was my wife and two cats, my life would still be ... to quote Master Shake... "pretty bitchin'".
Chestnuts roasted by Michael @ 03/14/2006 10:27 AM EST
My AFA100 cobra commander 1982 Micky Mouse! Yeah, I know it's cool.
Chestnuts roasted by Chris Johnson @ 03/14/2006 03:42 PM EST
My most prized possession is my vintage Matchbox Lion Voltron. It's been much played with but I still like to break it out from time to time.
Other than that, maybe my neice.
Chestnuts roasted by Mattman @ 03/15/2006 02:58 PM EST
