Creators
Who are some of these peg-legged creators of content? Where do they come from? What do they enjoy?
Somewhat sincere answers to these questions (and more) await your eyes. [Yeah, it's sort of like those forwards you filled out in your junior-high Hotmail account. That's why we like it.]
5 — Badlands or Black Hills or Boundary Waters?
Brian Ahlers
1 — The 4th layer of your subconscious.
2 — As much as possible.
3 — I prefer mac ‘n’ cheese over sweets.
4 — Cats.
5 — Black Hills.
6 — A Twins fantasy where Pavano starts and Brian Wilson closes.
7 — Seagal would come in and break the fight up, cuff ‘em both and talk it out over gin highballs.
8 — He who has the cash makes the rules
9 — If you are an uncle of any sort, or the theme of the party is “Casual Saturday.”
1 — Earth, same as the rest of you. The rest of you are from Earth, right? I’ve lived most of my life in Eastern South Dakota, but I was an Army brat, so I was born in Georgia and spent most of the ’80s in Germany. And then there were those military years of my own in the USAF, where I spent most of my time in California and South Korea. But I’m back, baby!
2 — Jetpacks and domestic robots. The 1950s promised but failed to deliver. I’d also like to see the complete collapse of Western Civilization. We’ve been waiting for the Apocalypse since my dad was a kid, and I don’t want to be too old to enjoy it when it finally comes. Failing that, I’d settle for a classy dystopia.
3 — Vanilla, and it’s not because I’m plain and boring. I have fond memories of a childhood christmas with my mom and dad and aunts and uncles and my great-grandparents. We made vanilla ice cream with an antique ice cream churn.
4 — Dogs please. Dogs are always happy to see you; cats merely tolerate you.
5 — I love the Black Hills. I’m fortunate enough to have grandparents with a cabin just outside of Keystone, and I spent most of my long weekends in high school out in the Hills with friends, exploring abandoned mines and getting lost in the woods.
6 — No thank you. I find myself wholly unable to emotionally invest myself in sports teams. And no, before you ask, I am not a Communist or any other sort of Anti-American.
7 — Paul Bunyan, but only because he has a big blue ox to back him up. If Wilmot Brookings had a large animal in his corner, he’d have it. I suggest we work a massive yellow rubber duckie in the Wilmot Brookings mythos.
8 — I’m a Republican, but I would enjoy it if people would stop hissing and calling me a “Neo-Con” whenever I say that. I’m an old-school Republican, the kind that advocates states’ rights, local governmental autonomy, and a limited federal government. Other than that, I try my best to, and expect other to, live by Golden Rule. This isn’t a “Religious Right” thing either — I just expect people to try not to be jerks. I’m not even asking for beneficent behavior, just a sort of vague interpersonal nonmaleficence.
9 — Yes, but rarely. It’s a nerd chic thing, and you either can’t pull it off or you can’t but don’t know any better. If you’ve even questioned whether or not to wear white sneakers with your khakis, just don’t wear ‘em, man!
1 — Belle Fourche, South Dakota, United States of America, Earth, Milky Way Galaxy.
2 — A triple rainbow.
3 — Love all three, but if it’s homemade: vanilla.
4 — Dogs AND Cats.
5 — I’m partial to the beautiful Black Hills.
6 — You mean Arnold Schwarzenegger or Danny Devito right?
7 — Well Paul Bunyan’s livelihood depended on chopping wood, and Wilmot had two WOODEN legs, so I’d give the upper hand to Mr. Bunyan.
8 — Small, unobtrusive, peaceful governments please.
9 — Yes, of course. Sometimes I can only find velcro sneakers in white.
1 — The prairie/as close to Minnesota and N.Dakota as you can get in S.Dakota.
2 — Vancouver, Montreal, the Amazon River, Morocco, the Dead Sea, an end to war.
3 — Vanilla in coffee.
4 — Each for respective purposes. Dogs are great family; cats are great friends.
5 — Badlands; they’re the biggest.
6 — Kirby Puckett pre-retirement.
7 — Bunyan because of his larger amount of folklore. If this whole PLU thing takes off, I might have to change to Brookings.
8 — Complicated. Informed cynical.
9 — Yes, but rarely. The pants must fit, or you/he/she/we lose[s] hope.
1 — I hail and pour and flood from Chandigarh, Punjab, India.
2 — A Tool concert, or a Portishead concert or Nora Zehetner. Whaaa?
3 — Vanstrawlate. Fkkit. Still ice cream.
4 — Cat(woman)s please.
5 — Himalayas. C’mon, you gotta be kidding me.
6 — No sports por favor. Gracias.
7 — Me, because I decide.
8 — ANARCHY! Complete anarchy. Thank you very much.
9 — Khaki pants and white sneakers? Sure, bro.
1 — I am the product of an ex cop from Texas and a religious South Dakota woman. I come from a time when the best thing about getting new stuff was the boxes and a childhood filled with Star Trek episodes. I’m mostly a result of small town boredom and the consequences of having a bad attitude and a big mouth.
2 — Flying cars. I’m a little pissed off at the projections of the precious generations as my hover board is nowhere to be found.
3 — Nothing beats homemade vanilla.
4 — Cats — self-sustaining.
5 — Oh, hard one. Black Hills, I really enjoy climbing around on stuff. And you know, animals and shit.
6 — Not a sports fan, my baaad.
7 — Paul Bunyan, because plaid provides super powers, and he has a blue ox. Unstoppable.
8 — I would say liberal thinking overall, although I don’t hold true to any party. I have very complex views about the systems around us, and my political decisions reflect that. I go with the choices that make sense. Oh. And world peace.
9 — No, no they don’t. Though we live in the midwest, so no one will stop you. And as a side note, khaki sucks.