baldadonis
4th Level Orange Feather
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- Jan 24, 2002
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BACKGROUND
I'm Dave. I'm 27 and live and work in New York City. I've been out here for over 5 years now and love that there is always something exciting to do and fun to see at any time in this city. I am originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. I went to college in the midwest, and grad school in New York.
For those of you that have met me at gatherings, you would probably be surprised that I used to be extremely introverted. I barely spoke until I was 4 and even after I started talking, I wasn't terribly social throughout high school. I was very studious and was much more comfortable focusing on my studies than going out and having fun, where I always felt more out of place.
Anyway, after making a ton of amazing friends in college, grad school, and even more recently on here, I'm well past the insecurities of my childhood. I have a lot of confidence now and don't get caught up in drama and minor annoyances. I like to live a pretty stress-free existence and spend my time goofing around with good friends and having fun.
OTHER INTERESTS
My biggest interest is singing. I did a lot of choir and musical theater throughout high school and college. For some reason, I've always felt very comfortable performing for others despite my past insecurities in merely talking to people. But when it comes to singing, I'm a huge ham (none of this is surprising to those who met me at NHLee). Besides my love of singing, I am a big sports fan, both playing and watching. I love my 49ers (hey they used to be great), Giants (lets not talk about Barry Bonds), and the Sharks (no more choking in the playoffs this year damn it!). I'm big into fantasy sports (just beat my college buddies in fantasy football, woohoo), poker, working out, walking around the city, and having fun with my buddies.
PERSONALITY
I'm a pretty easy-going, humorous person. I have a very random, goofy sense of humor. I'll say some ridiculously bizarre shit if I think it will get a laugh. This has led to some historic blunders over the years with stuff that sounded good in my head but was immediately regrettable once uttered. Basically, I'm certainly not above a little self-deprecation in the interest of making someone else laugh.
I am fiercely loyal to my friends and will defend and support them to the end. But on the same hand, I do not like to get caught up in drama and petty nonsense, and will tell people bluntly but tactfully what I think.
Despite being very laid back generally, I also can be intensely competitive. Whether its playing sports, online gaming, or any random bet, if it can be won, I HAVE to win it. I don't know if that's a personality flaw, but it keeps life amusing.
TICKLING
I have been interested in tickling since I was a little kid. I remember being so excited when I would see tickling on tv, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or the Gummi Bears, or various other cartoons that seemed to have a lot of tickling back in the day. I was always looking for ways to playfully tickle friends as I grew up. Whenever my sister brought over her friend from up the street, I was always looking for ways for us to gang up and tickle her. After a while, I wasn't able to get away with that anymore, and they'd look to tickle me just as much.
When I went to college, I didn't tickle anyone for a couple years and found myself thinking about it constantly. Eventually, I started wondering why that was, so I did a google search for tickling and found the TMF. I registered right away, but I was still very shy and nervous about my interest, so I just lurked around mostly for about six years. While I came on the site regularly, I very rarely posted, other than a few true incidents over the years. My only interaction with people came during Sunday night trivia, where I became a semi-regular (that damn competitive streak again).
From 2006-2007, I had my first relationship involving constant tickle play. It began from our first date, and after not long, I would regularly tie and tickle her. At that point, I thought of myself as mostly a ler, but when she wanted a turn to get me back, I realized how insanely ticklish I was and how much I enjoyed the sensation. I've been a switch ever since.
Eventually we broke up, and I went through another long stretch where I was not getting any tickle play, but even more frustrating, I had nobody I felt I could talk to about my tickling interests. After having had a long period where my tickle interests had been satiated, being unable to talk to anyone else about tickling was really starting to eat at me.
I hadn't been on the TMF very much when April '08 came around and NEST registration was about to close. I decided that I was not going to make an excuse this year why I could not attend. I was ready to get out and start meeting people.
The rest as they say is history. I've made so many amazing friends since I've delurked and have had an absolute blast. I've been to 3 gatherings this past year. I also started hosting local munches in the New York area, because I love meeting people and didn't want to wait so long in between gatherings to hang out with the people in this community.
Most recently, I have begun co-hosting "Don't Judge Me" every other Monday on TMF Radio at 11pm Eastern, with two of my best friends in this community, Kraziedog and tklee88. We share similar senses of humors and have a blast cutting up on the air with each other, much the same way we do talking any other time.
HASTY CONCLUSION
So that's me in a nutshell. I'm a very friendly, easy-going person. If you want to chat with me, feel free to pm me anytime.
Dave
I'm Dave. I'm 27 and live and work in New York City. I've been out here for over 5 years now and love that there is always something exciting to do and fun to see at any time in this city. I am originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. I went to college in the midwest, and grad school in New York.
For those of you that have met me at gatherings, you would probably be surprised that I used to be extremely introverted. I barely spoke until I was 4 and even after I started talking, I wasn't terribly social throughout high school. I was very studious and was much more comfortable focusing on my studies than going out and having fun, where I always felt more out of place.
Anyway, after making a ton of amazing friends in college, grad school, and even more recently on here, I'm well past the insecurities of my childhood. I have a lot of confidence now and don't get caught up in drama and minor annoyances. I like to live a pretty stress-free existence and spend my time goofing around with good friends and having fun.
OTHER INTERESTS
My biggest interest is singing. I did a lot of choir and musical theater throughout high school and college. For some reason, I've always felt very comfortable performing for others despite my past insecurities in merely talking to people. But when it comes to singing, I'm a huge ham (none of this is surprising to those who met me at NHLee). Besides my love of singing, I am a big sports fan, both playing and watching. I love my 49ers (hey they used to be great), Giants (lets not talk about Barry Bonds), and the Sharks (no more choking in the playoffs this year damn it!). I'm big into fantasy sports (just beat my college buddies in fantasy football, woohoo), poker, working out, walking around the city, and having fun with my buddies.
PERSONALITY
I'm a pretty easy-going, humorous person. I have a very random, goofy sense of humor. I'll say some ridiculously bizarre shit if I think it will get a laugh. This has led to some historic blunders over the years with stuff that sounded good in my head but was immediately regrettable once uttered. Basically, I'm certainly not above a little self-deprecation in the interest of making someone else laugh.
I am fiercely loyal to my friends and will defend and support them to the end. But on the same hand, I do not like to get caught up in drama and petty nonsense, and will tell people bluntly but tactfully what I think.
Despite being very laid back generally, I also can be intensely competitive. Whether its playing sports, online gaming, or any random bet, if it can be won, I HAVE to win it. I don't know if that's a personality flaw, but it keeps life amusing.
TICKLING
I have been interested in tickling since I was a little kid. I remember being so excited when I would see tickling on tv, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or the Gummi Bears, or various other cartoons that seemed to have a lot of tickling back in the day. I was always looking for ways to playfully tickle friends as I grew up. Whenever my sister brought over her friend from up the street, I was always looking for ways for us to gang up and tickle her. After a while, I wasn't able to get away with that anymore, and they'd look to tickle me just as much.
When I went to college, I didn't tickle anyone for a couple years and found myself thinking about it constantly. Eventually, I started wondering why that was, so I did a google search for tickling and found the TMF. I registered right away, but I was still very shy and nervous about my interest, so I just lurked around mostly for about six years. While I came on the site regularly, I very rarely posted, other than a few true incidents over the years. My only interaction with people came during Sunday night trivia, where I became a semi-regular (that damn competitive streak again).
From 2006-2007, I had my first relationship involving constant tickle play. It began from our first date, and after not long, I would regularly tie and tickle her. At that point, I thought of myself as mostly a ler, but when she wanted a turn to get me back, I realized how insanely ticklish I was and how much I enjoyed the sensation. I've been a switch ever since.
Eventually we broke up, and I went through another long stretch where I was not getting any tickle play, but even more frustrating, I had nobody I felt I could talk to about my tickling interests. After having had a long period where my tickle interests had been satiated, being unable to talk to anyone else about tickling was really starting to eat at me.
I hadn't been on the TMF very much when April '08 came around and NEST registration was about to close. I decided that I was not going to make an excuse this year why I could not attend. I was ready to get out and start meeting people.
The rest as they say is history. I've made so many amazing friends since I've delurked and have had an absolute blast. I've been to 3 gatherings this past year. I also started hosting local munches in the New York area, because I love meeting people and didn't want to wait so long in between gatherings to hang out with the people in this community.
Most recently, I have begun co-hosting "Don't Judge Me" every other Monday on TMF Radio at 11pm Eastern, with two of my best friends in this community, Kraziedog and tklee88. We share similar senses of humors and have a blast cutting up on the air with each other, much the same way we do talking any other time.
HASTY CONCLUSION
So that's me in a nutshell. I'm a very friendly, easy-going person. If you want to chat with me, feel free to pm me anytime.
Dave
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