January 19, 2007
Is there anyone else in the same boat with similar delusions about Renner?
There have more than a few posts on here on our fellow flocker, Cooper Renner. There have been so many, in fact, that Renner has taken on a sort of mythical status for me since I have never physically met him (or even seen a picture).
I imagine him as an old man who has aged well. He is drinking a strange concoction of tea and leafing through an obscure but brilliant poet (Evan Shipman?) while listening to the Yardbirds*. This is all done in a Oriental Garden on his back stoop with his bonzai tree (which he raised since the age of twelve) sitting to his right. He is clean shaven and wearing big pants. It is a Sunday.
*”the yard birds” is also acceptable.
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39 Responses to “Is there anyone else in the same boat with similar delusions about Renner?”
oh boy. where even to begin?
He’s, like, 54 years old and looks 40. Very nice looking. Pleasant. Soft-spoken. Texas drawl (though not as strong as Daryl’s). Unassuming. Pants neither big nor small. Often wears a baseball cap.
I propose that we all publish actual (and accurate) pictures of ourselves. Would that ruin it?
I have known Renner since he and I were twelve, and I still harbor delusions about him.
If we were to post pictures, which might ruin it, we could do so on my server at a secure location (if people are uncomforatble about posting them for all the world to see).
But I think it might ruin it.
still it would be fun.
He’s 53. And I’m not.
I’m younger.
Cindy, I was wondering the same thing.
And I don’t think he’s ever had a back stoop. Like a turtle (or tortoise), he has often carried his home on his back (or hauled it with his truck). Think AirStream trailer (or the like).
What might be better is to post inaccurate pictures of ourselves. Flattering pictures that depict us as we hope to be seen, rather than the way we know we really are. That wouldn’t ruin it. Would it?
I’ve already posted a picture of my backside.
There are no accurate pictures of me. That (or those) I do not permit.
Cindy, that is not a bad idea.
Okay. I’m going to look through pictures this weekend and find one that represents the essential me. It will be accurate but not necessarily recent (it isn’t nice to take pictures of vain 48-year-olds; I simply don’t allow it.) I’ll see if Daryl wants to do the same (although I’ve never seen a picture of him that even comes close to capturing his true self.)
I couldn’t imagine that the medium could fully convey Sheila Ryan. In fact, I wonder if Sheila Ryan could coney Sheila Ryan.
But, then again, isn’t this a periennial problem. Aren’t we all imposters in one way or another?
“inaccurate pictures of ourselves”: I already know where (online) you can find one of Renner.
propose it! but be forewarned. aaron has some doozies.
Oh, this is good. I have a weekend project (outside of packing my things and writing a paper).
Sweet procrastination.
“I wonder if Sheila Ryan could coney Sheila Ryan”: Andrew, that is just about the best typo ever, and I hope you don’t fix it.
Coney: as: the Elizabethan sense of ‘dupe’ or ’sucker’. “Coney-catching”. “Traps to catch young coneys . . . “
Okay, folks, is this for real? Who goes first?
I (un?)fixed it.
That’s okay, Andrew. ‘Coney’ lives forever in my immortal commentary.
I am sure the reason behind that is a story-and-a-half.
(Incidentally, I do know how to get them talking if I want to, no?)
If it’s for real someone (Cindy?) should make a post in the “cluster above ground” the “conscious cluster” the “official cluster” the “big pants cluster” to make it official, don’t we think?
Yeah, like “Meet the Flockers”.
Big Pants Flockers.
Now are we sure we want to do this, people?
We don’t want to disabuse Andrew (or anyone else) of their notions of Renner, do we?
I don’t think he has even see this thread yet.
Okay, I’ll go first. This weekend. It’s official. And those of you who know me in the flesh (Daryl, Deron, Amy, Renner, Lynn) can say if it’s accurate or not. I’ll just do it on the regular site, I don’t need no stinkin secure server.
Has anyone else here not met any other Flockers in person other than me?
I think everyone here in this thread (exluding us) has.
The flockers who have met at least one other flocker: Aaron Winslow, Amy Mabli, Ann Pizer, Barry Stone, Cindy Scroggins, Cooper Renner, Daryl Scroggins, Deron Bauman, Lynn Bauman, Mark Jones, Sheila Ryan (that I know of). And I haven’t met all these people myself. Though most of them.
I’ve not had the pleasure of meeting any of you. Perhaps I can remedy that sometime.
I’ve not figured out how to post images here, so I’ll just provide you with a link to a picture I’ve posted on my blog. I am the less-hirsute one, and that is a reasonable likeness of my left profile.
I have not met any Flockers, though I suspect Mary and I have probably passed on the street or something. And I have a doozy of an inaccurate photo of myself.
I have met Barry Stone and Ann Pizer- they are neighbors. Otherwise, I affectionately refer to what I do at clusterflock as “blogging with strangers”.
When I was first reading through this comment thread, I was thinking it would be nice to have a pointilist portrait done all WSJ style. Now? that we’re really doing it? I can’t decide to go crazy (red eye devil effect), or conservative decent (not that I have any of the latter). Oh! How I could photograph myself wearing the Le Mans! Anyone have a racecar for photoshop?
Mary, you might ask Amy to loan you her car. Or I could loan you Jon’s and my 350Z. (Come to think of it, though, the “Sunset LeMans” — or is it “LeMans Sunset”? — hue of the Z would not set off your LeMans jacket to advantage. Better, perhaps, to go with basic black.)
Ponder this, folks. Within the next few hours I’m thinking that Renner himself will have found himself a vein of wifi-enriched mineral deposits and will read Andrew’s original post.
is this the most comments ever for a cluster post?
I think so, Sheila may know for certain. She likes to keep tabs on this sort of thing.
Earlier, for the 2007 turnover, I wanted to post a “most commented 2006 at Clusterflock” entry. Sadly, I couldn’t figure out a way to determine this.
I wish we had an I.T. person for the site!
Believe it or not, I posted my photo before reading this thread, just because I thought I should have some fun in responding to Andrew.
I also commented on Cindy’s photo [in a teasing elementary-school fashion] [which also indicates that what I said is NOT true] [Cindy is lovely].
I would also like to say that Daryl looks uncannily like Eric Clapton has for the past several years.
I might also note that Cindy is probably only the second person in history who is not a member of my family but has been kind enough to suggest that I am not the homeliest man alive.
And yes, I really am contemplating a posting on Eric Burdon.