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"Can I come play?" -Newbie
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 1:11 pm
by delphi_ote
I'm a 24 year old guy from Cincinnati who will be living in the Knoxville area for the next year. I didn't think this would be so bad until I saw how many CHURCHES there are here. The Jesus Freaks are really out in full force, aren't they?
I'm not Gothic, but I'm not boring, either. Athiest, avid reader, current events junkie, I have a degree in Computer Engineering with a minor in math and worked on a few research publications in the field of bioinformatics. I play guitar, make movies, play video games, and RP (mostly D&D and SR.)
I also know how to read a little Hebrew and weld. You know. Just in case.
I'd be more than happy to provide more details about myself, if you so desire.
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 1:37 pm
by QueenOfTheFlock
Hello and Welcome!!!!
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:19 pm
by delphi_ote
Thanks!
Question: Do you guys frequently meet anywhere or is there any event I could come meet some of you at? I'd like some good conversation this weekend.
Sorry...
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:32 pm
by Scorptrio
Athiest huh? Sorry, if you can't make or be melted by Holy Water, you can't play with us!
Just kidding... seriously, come to 11th St. Expresso House on the corner of 11th St. and Laural Ave. tonight (or any Friday) and we'll beat you up, rob you blind and leave you for dead... I mean, we'll introduce you around to the crowd and make you feel welcome in knox-vile. Fun starts around 6 PM and goes until whenever.
Welcome to knox-hell, enjoy your m-fin' stay!
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:48 pm
by delphi_ote
Mmm... caffeine. MY holy water.
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:48 pm
by Bone
delphi_ote wrote:Thanks!
Question: Do you guys frequently meet anywhere or is there any event I could come meet some of you at? I'd like some good conversation this weekend.
There will probably be a group of people converge on Urban Bar & Grill in the Old City Saturday evening for the Knoxville Acid JAzz Trio Reunion show. Also there is our big Monthly Dance party SANCTUS this Sunday at Blue Cats in the Old City more info for both can be found in the upcoming events section of the forum.
Welcome to KnoxGothic!
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 5:00 pm
by Lost Traveler
hey
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 6:53 pm
by Mother Mo
Salutations!
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 8:02 pm
by vicious_blood
Hey, sorry you have to expierence this place. Come out with us sometime. What part of Knox do you live in?
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 8:49 pm
by Vachy
delphi_ote wrote:I didn't think this would be so bad until I saw how many CHURCHES there are here. The Jesus Freaks are really out in full force, aren't they?
You have stumbled into the bible belt dear, lol.
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 9:27 pm
by pryjmaty
Vachy wrote:delphi_ote wrote:I didn't think this would be so bad until I saw how many CHURCHES there are here. The Jesus Freaks are really out in full force, aren't they?
You have stumbled into the bible belt dear, lol.
I think it's more of the buckle of the bible belt.
Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 4:12 pm
by Mother Mo
My religious studies professor informed us that Knoxville has the most churches per capita than any other U.S. city, & of course, the U.S. is the most religious of all the industrialized nations of the world.
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 8:15 am
by delphi_ote
Was feeling a little under the weather this weekend, but II lurked at both events this weekend. Didn't really get to talk to anyone, but I enjoyed the music and the scene.
Pi is my favorite movie of all time (hence the math minor, obsession with computers, and Hebrew...) Whoever chose that, you made my Sunday!
Thanks for the welcome! I look forward to talking to some of you in the real world at some point.
And Mother Mo, by "religious" you mean "closed-minded Puratan-Protestant wack jobs," right?
I'm going to get shot in this city. I can feel it.
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 9:50 am
by jjenisis
LadyIvanna wrote:Vachy wrote:delphi_ote wrote:I didn't think this would be so bad until I saw how many CHURCHES there are here. The Jesus Freaks are really out in full force, aren't they?
You have stumbled into the bible belt dear, lol.
I think it's more of the buckle of the bible belt.
yeah it seems if its not church on every corner its a hairdresser or resturarestaurantare either at church "gettin our hair done" or eating.
Hi by the way
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 3:38 pm
by Mother Mo
delphi_ote wrote:
And Mother Mo, by "religious" you mean "closed-minded Puratan-Protestant wack jobs," right?
I'm going to get shot in this city. I can feel it.
Actually, this part of the country can also brag that it has the highest concentration of neo pagans, wiccans, & other flavors of polytheism, so it's not entirely fundamentalist baptist, but still a majority, I'm afraid.
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 4:59 pm
by lupa
Nice to meet you Delphi...
someday perhaps in person
Knoxville really isn't so bad (when you close your eyes and pretend your somewhere else, that is)
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 5:01 pm
by delphi_ote
If polytheists were in the majority, I think this would be a much more interesting place.
We atheists may be right, but we sure are boring. 
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 9:11 pm
by Imp
Greetings and hallucinations.
Atheism only makes one boring if you have nothing besides atheism to talk about.
If you think Knoxville is bad, try Crossville, lupa.
hey
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 9:29 pm
by Tabris
hello, form me to you!
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 8:32 am
by delphi_ote
Imp, don't worry. I'm trying to have a sense of humor about myself while learning more about your religions. If anyone is interested in "tutoring" me, let me know.
And Tabris, hello from you to me... er... me to... me... me to you to me... dammit!