Here's how it works: Each letter represents a different section of what makes up me, Pike Spice. For example, J stands for jock, because in high school I acted like a jock. Get the picture? Great! Let's get started:
A
is for AMBIGUOUS
...because I have been accused of being gay a number of times in the past. I'm straight, people, and don't let me tell you any different! lol
B
is for "BALLS TO THE WALL"
...because my absolute favorite genre of music is metal from the 80's, a.k.a. "hair metal", and Accept's "Balls to the Wall" is a perfect example of a hair metal song.
C
is for COKE
...because I've been an addict of colas since high school, when my parents finally let me start drinking Coke instead of Kool-Aid. On a typical day, I could consume 4 or 5 cans' worth of colas, and it really doesn't matter what brand: I'll drink Coke, Pepsi or even a generic cola!
D
is for DOORKNOB
...because when I was little, my brother's best friend Kyle used to insult people by calling them a "doorknob". I think Kyle called me a doorknob at some point. lol
E
is for ELLE WOODS
...because Elle Woods is the main character in the movie "Legally Blonde", starring Reese Witherspoon. Reese absolutely nailed the part of a sorority/valley girl, and when I went to go see the movie in theaters when it came out in June 2001, I was totally in love with Elle. I literally walked out of the theater thinking "Man, I wish I could get a girlfriend like Elle!" I own the movie now on DVD and I still watch it on occasion.
Elle Woods is also relevant to my life because I sometimes feel like I'm a male version of her: very happy, smiling a lot... although I don't look nearly as good in pink, but not many people do. lol
F
is for "FEAR"
...because the old MTV show "Fear" is my favorite of all the reality-based shows that have come out since Survivor blew up in '99. I would have loved to be in an episode of Fear, but since I was over 25, I was over MTV's age limit. Bastards. lol Still a good show, though. I wish they showed reruns. I miss it!
G
is for "GLITTER"
...because my first serious celebrity crush was on Mariah Carey in the early 90's. I was so in love with her: I recorded on VHS every video she did & I bought every magazine that she was on the cover of. When I discovered the Internet in '93, it was mainly pics of Mariah, not porn, that I went searching for. Unfortunately, as Mariah's clothes got smaller & her brain got crazier, my crush on her faded, but Mariah will always be a part of my life.
H
is for HIGH-TECH REDNECK
...because I'm a computer nerd who's lived in the South all his life. lol
I
is for IGAP
...because IGAP was my first Internet alias. IGAP stands for "I Got A Pass", which was from an episode of Beavis & Butthead. I pissed off a lot of Illinoians back when I was using that alias because IGAP also stands for Illinois Goal Assessment Program, and whenever they'd comb the web for things relevant to the IGAP, my sites would show up. Sorry! lol
J
is for JOCK
...because in high school, I was a wanna-be jock. I was really into baseball and trading cards and I would go to the baseball card stores in Slidell to buy packs & to browse the selection of single cards. I went to a couple of baseball card shows as well. I kept on top of the baseball standings (this was the late 80's, around the time that the A's were dominating, and I hated them lol) Alas, I didn't actually participate in baseball or any other sport besides bowling, so that's why I was a mere wanna-be instead of a real jock. :)
K
is for KING CAKE
...because I grew up in Louisiana, the home of Mardi Gras, and my favorite Mardi Gras tradition is the king cake: a really sweet flat cake covered in different colored sugar. King cakes can have some filling inside it (usually cream cheese or jelly), but I like my king cakes plain. Also inside the cake is a small plastic baby, and if a group of people were eating the king cake and the baby ended up in your slice, you have to buy the next one. :)
L
is for LEANN TWEEDEN
...because Leann models for the lingerie company "Shirley of Hollywood". It was through Leann and other Shirley models that I started to really gain an interest in lingerie pictures on the Internet: first through the newsgroups, then the web. I still check alt.binaries.pictures.lingerie on a regular basis, and occasionally I'll go through lingerie retailers' web sites. Other guys can have the straight-forward full-frontal pictures: I think clothed bodies, especially bodies covered in something frilly, are so much hotter!!
M
is for "MMMBOP"
...because MMMBop is high on my list of favorite songs and it's been there ever since I first heard it on Lafayette, LA's 94.5 KSMB in March 1997. I've gotton a lot of flack for loving the song because most people got tired of it in '97, but I never did. The more I heard it, the more I loved it, and even in 2004 I can listen to it and sing along with a smile on my face!
N
is for NUDITY
...because apparently, some of the parental control filters consider my domain to be porn! I have links to pornographic sites scattered strategically on other pages here at pikespice.com, but all links are either marked as such or go to a "warning" page that states you have to be at least 18 to enter that site. But because I have links to domains that are classified as porn, my domain (meaning every single page on pikespice.com) is sometimes classified as porn, and that really stinks. I can't access my site from some libraries!
O
is for OCEAN BLVD.
...because it's along the new and improved Ocean Blvd at Isle of Palms, SC where my name is engraved on a brick for prosperity and a rememberance of how much I love beach cities like IOP. Now that I've gotton over my fear of being shirtless in public and I can visit the beach like I did when I was a kid (before I had body issues), I've embraced the sand, the waves, the salty smell & the bikinis that can be found on a typical warm day along the coast. :)
P
is for PHILLY
...because it was Philadelphia that partly gave me the biggest scare of my life. In October 2002, I was on my way to Philly for a vacation, but I lost my wallet on the way up & I was stuck in the Baltimore area with no money for the night... and during the day was a shooting in Maryland by who would later be known as the "DC sniper". I had already pre-paid for a hotel room, so that was covered, and the following day I had to get money out of a bank & drive home, not knowing who had my wallet and my credit cards.
Philly is also relevant because I work in a gas station, and one of the most popular things people buy are Philly cigars. I don't know why? *cough cough* lol
Q
is for QUE?
...because "que" is "what" in both French and Spanish, the 2 foreign languages I learned in school. I took 3 years of French in high school (and was the only student in my graduating class to do so) and I took 2 years of Spanish while at SLU. But don't ask me to speak in French or Spanish because English is the only language I can do complete sentences in. lol
R
is for RIPTOR
...because Riptor is a character from my favorite video game ever, Killer Instinct. During the mid-90's, I was all about arcade fighting games: KI, Mortal Kombat, Dark Stalkers & Street Fighter, but KI was the one I spent the most time on. The graphics? Awesome. The ability to do combos? Awesome. Sound effects & music? Awesome. The ultra combo? Priceless.
S
is for "SAY YOU'LL BE THERE"
...because "Say you'll be there" was the song and video that made me a Spice Boy. :) After being totally unimpressed and rather annoyed by the Spice Girls' debut single "Wannabe", I was greeted with a better followup in the spring of 1997 when "Say you'll be there" was released. I loved the beat to the song and the video was cool too. Who would've thought that having a big shiny backdrop in the middle of the desert and putting black outfits on 5 girls would look so cool? lol That song was enough to let me give the Spice Girls a chance and I bought their album Spice. And I don't think I really need to say what impact buying that CD had, do I? :)
T
is for TRANSFORMERS
...because Transformers were my number one obsession as an elementary kid in the mid-80's. I watched the cartoon after school & I used my allowance to buy the toys. When the concept of linking a group of Transformers together to form one big robot (first started by the Constructicons), I would get each part so I could have that big robot in my collection. When the Transformers movie came out in '87, I was there. :) When its soundtrack came out on cassette, I was there. And when the movie came out on VHS, I was there too. Both the soundtrack & VHS are the oldest in my collections of albums & movies. My favorite Transformer was, of course, Optimus Prime, even though it was so hard to find his toy. My friend Ken had one and I literally thought it was like gold. I handled it with such care when I played with it. :)
U
is for UNGER
...because I'm anal-retentive, just like Felix Unger of the Odd Couple. :)
V
is for VIC-20
...because the Commodore Vic-20 was the first computer I ever used. My dad bought my brother & I a Vic-20 in '82. We didn't really use it that much because we had no games & didn't know what kind of programs to write. There wasn't even a disk drive: if you wanted to save your programs, it was written on a cassette tape! However, the usefulness of computers was realized when we upgraded to the ever-so-loved Commodore 64. :)
W
is for WUSS
...because I've been very unapologetic about my admittance of being a wuss. I know that I'm weak and I know my back bone is as thin as a toothpick. I've never been in a fight in my life and hope I never will be.
X
is for XEROX
...because in junior high, some students discovered the fun in photocopying body parts. There we would be, in the library, making photocopies of our hands or face. We didn't copy our butts because, well, it's the library and we didn't want to get written up for indecent exposure. lol
Y
is for YUCK!
...because I think I'm a pretty picky eater and there are many foods that I absolutely refuse to eat. Atop the list, which surprises everyone who knows that I grew up in Louisiana, is seafood. It must have been a nightmare for my mom when I was little to try to make me eat fish when she made it for supper, but I just wouldn't do it. Eventually we set up an alternative: whenever mom cooked fish for the family, I would make something for myself, like hot dogs. Now that I'm living on my own, I can steer totally clear of seafood and not have to even smell the stuff.
Z
is for ZEEKON
...because Zeekon was the alias of one of my friends whom I chatted with on the old WBS chat room in the late 90's. WBS was my social life in the late 90's, primarily because it gave me an outlet to talk to women like I can't talk to them in real life. I could chat innocently with them (like I did with Zeekon), or I could be flirtatious or even have cyber-sex with them. :) WBS gave me the freedom to live out the fantasy life I've always wanted: to be a guy who wasn't afraid to approach women and to be the guy whom women WANTED to approach them. It was a great time and WBS is sorely missed.
So what have we learned?
I, Pike Spice, am a Coke-loving, neatness-freak computer nerd who's afraid of getting into fights or eating seafood, likes his women happy like Elle Woods, aspires to be on TV to check out haunted places... and oh yeah: I'm a doorknob. ;-)
