Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote:

big_dave wrote:Like, "oh yeah I've been really digging on this for a week or so and..." and they glaze over.

Do they "glaze over" because you use the phrase "diggin on"?

You had me at hello!

Don't be bugging, the kids are alright.

My hair is long enough now that I can put pretty much all of it in a pony tail. I haven't been out to the east coast for quite a while now, lucky me, so I never had to deal with sitting in a meeting with my coworkers, people from other companies and colleges working on this project, and federal government folks, all with hair too long to be short but too short to be in a pony tail. I hate the way the pony tail looks, so I assume it's perfect for whenever the day comes that I have another face-to-face meeting with all these very, very straight-laced folks.

There is still, as far as I know, one guy that works with everybody else in my company's office, who has really long wiry hair, shaved on the sides, always pulled into a pony tail. He is weird. Almost any slight hint of a joke I make will set him off laughing kinda maniacally. He has an array of like a zillion computers set up in his room, with a control apparatus like they have on the deck of their ship in the Matrix. He loves anime. He knows more hacker stuff than anybody I know. And he is the one guy who can make me look normal. God bless him!

I'm not sure if this qualifies, but here 'goes:

One of my bosses is married to a pretty big name at Touch & Go, and she is clearly cooler than I am in all respects. She's friends with all of the Rock Bands I grew up liking and is at practically ever concert I go to.

There is NOTHING more embarassing that being a fawning fan needing to work every day next to someone who knows everyone you are fawning over, including her husband. Every other job I've been at I've been the "rock girl," but this is different - I've pretty much stopped talking about music completely, because every time I do it feels kind of pathetic.

horsewhip wrote:"Do you play lead guitar?"

"What kind of guitar do you play, electric or regular?"

horsewhip wrote:"Do you guys play covers or originals?"

"How much money do you make at your concerts?"

"Do you play lead guitar?"

"Why can't you put the same passion into your work as you do in your guitar?"

"Do you get a lot of groupies?"

"What does your T-Shirt mean?"

CRAP.

Totally. You missed out "Oh, we were at this nice cafe last week and sometimes they have live music there. Shall I give them a call for you?

(I made this mistake once out of morbid curiousity and ended up playing Germs covers in a back street locals' dive for crowd of 60 people who very quickly became 2 people. We were never asked back)

Being the only 'rock guys' sucks.

Q: "I bet you smoke that wacky backy don't you?"
A: "I bet you're a fuckin' virgin, jerktits."

I just tell people I like free jazz. Nobody stupid knows what the hell free jazz even is and usually that kills the conversation right there, and also you don't get sweeping generalizations about your character. I used to shyly say "indie rock", but then I get "you should listen to the shins/decemberists" so now I don't even do that anymore.