09-07-2006, 08:44 AM
Thanks everyone for waiting so patiently for this announcement, and I apologize for the delay. Here is the moment you've all been waiting for, the winners of our Buckaroo Banzai Who Wants to be a Cavalier Contest: 3rd place is Gunshoe, 2nd place is MS Callehan and....
1st place is INDIGO!!!! Congrats to everyone! I hope you all had as much fun with this contest as we did! Winners, if you would like to PM so I am can get your proper mailing address so we can get your prizes out to you, that would be great!!!! I've posted the three winning entires here for all to look over again, in case you missed them the first time.
Indigo, you will be contacted with any further questions we might have, etc once you get me your current address etc.
Thanks again everyone!
Moonstone Gal is out of here for now!
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Third Place is Gumshoe:
In August of 1982 while buying a pack of Twinkies at the local 7-11, an eight-year-old Geoff Mosher came across the latest issue of the Buckaroo Banzai comic. Intrigued by the cover he purchased it and raced home to read it. Two Twinkies and one action packed issue later, Geoff decided right then and there that one day he would join up with Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers. Later that day Geoff was grounded for a week, after he tried to turn his mother’s station wagon into a jet car.
As the years went by Geoff took a keen interest in the worlds of science and pulp novels. He imagined himself to be a two-fisted inventor, constantly investigating ways to make commonly used items more effective. Strangely, none of Geoff’s inventions have ever been used for their intended purposes. In fact, his nickname Gumshoe comes not from his habit of dressing and acting like a dime store novel P.I., but from his attempt to make a longer lasting rubber sole that resulted in a new recipe for a chewing gum that retains its flavor over 100% longer than all other brands.
One of his most popular accidental inventions has been the electric accordian. The accordian was initially intended to be an aquarium pump for a specialized fish tank that could house the sort of exotic fish found in the high-pressure depths of the world’s oceans. While it has proven to be lousy for regulating pressure in fish tanks every one agrees it produces a truly unique sound and would surely make him a popular member of the Hong Kong Cavaliers. One wonders what popular Hong Kong Cavaliers numbers such as “If It Were a Snake It Would’ve Bit Me” would sound like with Gumshoe’s strange yet wonderful instrument.
When it comes to fighting, Gumshoe’s style is a mix of crude back alley brawling and a form of Muay Thai kickboxing invented by his Uncle. This style has saved Gumshoe on numerous occasions, particularly during he infamous 1994 New Inventors Society riot. A riot that contrary to popular belief, he did not cause.
Additionally, Gumshoe is trained in a shooting style known as The Third Eye, which makes him a crack shot with a .45 he affectionately calls Velda.
If you can overlook Gumshoe’s somewhat annoying tendency to describe himself in the third person, then I think he would make an excellent addition to the Hong Kong Cavaliers.
Regards,
Geoff “Gumshoe” Mosher
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2nd Place is MS Callehan:
Salutations,
I am Michael Sean Callahan, and accept the challenges of the Cavalier Contest: How can I be of service to the Institute and to the Cavaliers?
Since youth, I have had a indefatigueable curiosity about everything. What is it, how does it work, how is it made? This led me to the arts, philosophies and sciences rather quickly. Nurtured by my instructors to understand a thing's nature, I developed a talent for understanding 'things'. I know, 'confusing'. Let me use an example: I look at a 'C' cell battery. I plug in my education and 'talent' and 'see' it's nature - the zinc, the chemical excitement enclosed, the utilitarian design, the appreciation of social structures arriving upon a uniform shape, the marketing use of the bunny, the need for advanced power sources, the triumph of the human mind coupled with opposable thumbs! Yep, and much more (I am 'deep thought' drunk). So, besides staring at light-fixtures and ant-hills, what good am I? I often get insights about things/events/patterns/people that most don't see right off and some never at all. The downsides: I can get lost in a study (autistic?..my son is slightly), I can get overwhelmed unless I shut it off (I need boring time!), and no-one believes me. I feel like Cassandra. So, I stay in the 'burbs (for now) and be ‘stay at home’ to my three wonderful sons and my lovely MBA wife (tall, blonde, double majored in Math and Sociology…I’m lucky!) and only occasionally get migraines about the news...('Doesn't anyone see that is actually going to lead to this disaster?')
That's why I can help the BI, and they can help me....I can be of good use to someone who'll not think I am a nut-job. I can take quick analysis of a situation/pattern/person/object/diagram/relationship, etc. Though I do not have the mastery of one particular science or humanity, I can help with analysis and tactics. I think man was given both a brain and thumbs to be the 'care-takers' of the universe, like tending the garden of Eden....we broke it, now we have to take care of it....NOT rule over it…NOT like that at all….nurture it…grow it…understand it…help it reach it’s inherent potential. All we lack is the ethics to not do it just for our own sakes, but for our sakes and everything else. That requires being ready to take down a menace. Mankind spreading out to the stars as the benevolent gardeners….
Yeah…
And I can play violin....electric violin....did I mention the harmonics of strings to pick-ups? And the acoustics of the casing without amping? Of course, there could be a formulaic matching with, say, a bass and with the right conductivity of both vibrations....I wonder if WAV or MP3 could kick it to a new level of digital music...what could Mozart do with that and a computer....
Thanks for your attention,
MS Callahan
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And 1st Place is Indigo:
When taking into consideration the next worthy to join the ranks of the Hong Kong Cavaliers, consider:
How many rocket surgeons do you need? Surely the Banzai Institute knows that resisting change is to encourage stagnation. You want something different.
You want me.
I'm an American-born cultural and ethnic mix of Amerind, Welsh, and Trini, with degrees in Communication, Psychology and Parapsychology.
I count among my humble skills typing at nearly 200 wpm. I speak several languages fluently, including Junkeon, the Divine Language, and no less than four dialects of Greater Bureaucratic Bullshit Doublespeak, rendering me handy for dealing with suits of all stripes, and paperwork. I read voraciously.
Additionally, I cook -- from several cultures, from cookbooks, from my imagination, and most importantly, from my heart -- all of which will serve the band better than eating at greasy spoons between the loving embraces of fans at well-known venues. In addition, my cooking also lends itself to matters festive, nourishing and remedial.
Of course you wish also to know what merit I can bring to the group. I am the first graduate of the Allistasia Exstasis Academy for Ballerina Ninjas. Add to that my own background of belly dancing and of staff-twirling melee combat learned on the streets of New York City itself. I can dance, choreograph, and stand on my own in battle. Though I can fire a gun with accuracy, I do not require one.
I have extensive knowledge of an entire generation of comics from the silver age onward into today, and could easily engage in conversation with the likes of the esteemed Pinky Carruthers for hours. I am an aficionada of the 80s. I can ride Western saddle or bareback, and I draw.
I dabble in the playing of the didgeridoo for spiritual as well as musical reasons.
What the Institute and Dr. Banzai will, I hope, find most intriguing about me, is my talents. While I am a passable singer and a decent drummer [in memory of my brother], my true strength lies in my family gifts for dealing with people. If you're thinking ESPer, you're correct. I am no telepath; you may safely trust that your mysterious shrouded pasts will remain so with absolute certainty. I am an empath. I can perceive nuances of body language, pheromone, vocal inflection, and one's personal aura to gauge the emotional state of those around me -- with significant accuracy. Resultingly, I'm extremely socially adaptable -- a chameleon. Further, I can enhance the native energy of those around me, resulting in a relaxed state of awareness -- in other words, it's a little easier to think around me, and often inspirational. I also have the rare prophetic dream. I'm also good with kids.
Lastly, I'm female. The bunkhouse has always suffered a shortage of estrogen that knows how to kick ass. Time this bunch of stallions made way for a she-palfrey with a smooth gait and a kick that'll ring your bells.
Cordially,
Indigo
Blue Blaze Irregular
Melange
1st place is INDIGO!!!! Congrats to everyone! I hope you all had as much fun with this contest as we did! Winners, if you would like to PM so I am can get your proper mailing address so we can get your prizes out to you, that would be great!!!! I've posted the three winning entires here for all to look over again, in case you missed them the first time.
Indigo, you will be contacted with any further questions we might have, etc once you get me your current address etc. Thanks again everyone!
Moonstone Gal is out of here for now!
________________________________________________
Third Place is Gumshoe:
In August of 1982 while buying a pack of Twinkies at the local 7-11, an eight-year-old Geoff Mosher came across the latest issue of the Buckaroo Banzai comic. Intrigued by the cover he purchased it and raced home to read it. Two Twinkies and one action packed issue later, Geoff decided right then and there that one day he would join up with Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers. Later that day Geoff was grounded for a week, after he tried to turn his mother’s station wagon into a jet car.
As the years went by Geoff took a keen interest in the worlds of science and pulp novels. He imagined himself to be a two-fisted inventor, constantly investigating ways to make commonly used items more effective. Strangely, none of Geoff’s inventions have ever been used for their intended purposes. In fact, his nickname Gumshoe comes not from his habit of dressing and acting like a dime store novel P.I., but from his attempt to make a longer lasting rubber sole that resulted in a new recipe for a chewing gum that retains its flavor over 100% longer than all other brands.
One of his most popular accidental inventions has been the electric accordian. The accordian was initially intended to be an aquarium pump for a specialized fish tank that could house the sort of exotic fish found in the high-pressure depths of the world’s oceans. While it has proven to be lousy for regulating pressure in fish tanks every one agrees it produces a truly unique sound and would surely make him a popular member of the Hong Kong Cavaliers. One wonders what popular Hong Kong Cavaliers numbers such as “If It Were a Snake It Would’ve Bit Me” would sound like with Gumshoe’s strange yet wonderful instrument.
When it comes to fighting, Gumshoe’s style is a mix of crude back alley brawling and a form of Muay Thai kickboxing invented by his Uncle. This style has saved Gumshoe on numerous occasions, particularly during he infamous 1994 New Inventors Society riot. A riot that contrary to popular belief, he did not cause.
Additionally, Gumshoe is trained in a shooting style known as The Third Eye, which makes him a crack shot with a .45 he affectionately calls Velda.
If you can overlook Gumshoe’s somewhat annoying tendency to describe himself in the third person, then I think he would make an excellent addition to the Hong Kong Cavaliers.
Regards,
Geoff “Gumshoe” Mosher
________________________________________
2nd Place is MS Callehan:
Salutations,
I am Michael Sean Callahan, and accept the challenges of the Cavalier Contest: How can I be of service to the Institute and to the Cavaliers?
Since youth, I have had a indefatigueable curiosity about everything. What is it, how does it work, how is it made? This led me to the arts, philosophies and sciences rather quickly. Nurtured by my instructors to understand a thing's nature, I developed a talent for understanding 'things'. I know, 'confusing'. Let me use an example: I look at a 'C' cell battery. I plug in my education and 'talent' and 'see' it's nature - the zinc, the chemical excitement enclosed, the utilitarian design, the appreciation of social structures arriving upon a uniform shape, the marketing use of the bunny, the need for advanced power sources, the triumph of the human mind coupled with opposable thumbs! Yep, and much more (I am 'deep thought' drunk). So, besides staring at light-fixtures and ant-hills, what good am I? I often get insights about things/events/patterns/people that most don't see right off and some never at all. The downsides: I can get lost in a study (autistic?..my son is slightly), I can get overwhelmed unless I shut it off (I need boring time!), and no-one believes me. I feel like Cassandra. So, I stay in the 'burbs (for now) and be ‘stay at home’ to my three wonderful sons and my lovely MBA wife (tall, blonde, double majored in Math and Sociology…I’m lucky!) and only occasionally get migraines about the news...('Doesn't anyone see that is actually going to lead to this disaster?')
That's why I can help the BI, and they can help me....I can be of good use to someone who'll not think I am a nut-job. I can take quick analysis of a situation/pattern/person/object/diagram/relationship, etc. Though I do not have the mastery of one particular science or humanity, I can help with analysis and tactics. I think man was given both a brain and thumbs to be the 'care-takers' of the universe, like tending the garden of Eden....we broke it, now we have to take care of it....NOT rule over it…NOT like that at all….nurture it…grow it…understand it…help it reach it’s inherent potential. All we lack is the ethics to not do it just for our own sakes, but for our sakes and everything else. That requires being ready to take down a menace. Mankind spreading out to the stars as the benevolent gardeners….
Yeah…
And I can play violin....electric violin....did I mention the harmonics of strings to pick-ups? And the acoustics of the casing without amping? Of course, there could be a formulaic matching with, say, a bass and with the right conductivity of both vibrations....I wonder if WAV or MP3 could kick it to a new level of digital music...what could Mozart do with that and a computer....
Thanks for your attention,
MS Callahan
___________________________________________________
And 1st Place is Indigo:
When taking into consideration the next worthy to join the ranks of the Hong Kong Cavaliers, consider:
How many rocket surgeons do you need? Surely the Banzai Institute knows that resisting change is to encourage stagnation. You want something different.
You want me.
I'm an American-born cultural and ethnic mix of Amerind, Welsh, and Trini, with degrees in Communication, Psychology and Parapsychology.
I count among my humble skills typing at nearly 200 wpm. I speak several languages fluently, including Junkeon, the Divine Language, and no less than four dialects of Greater Bureaucratic Bullshit Doublespeak, rendering me handy for dealing with suits of all stripes, and paperwork. I read voraciously.
Additionally, I cook -- from several cultures, from cookbooks, from my imagination, and most importantly, from my heart -- all of which will serve the band better than eating at greasy spoons between the loving embraces of fans at well-known venues. In addition, my cooking also lends itself to matters festive, nourishing and remedial.
Of course you wish also to know what merit I can bring to the group. I am the first graduate of the Allistasia Exstasis Academy for Ballerina Ninjas. Add to that my own background of belly dancing and of staff-twirling melee combat learned on the streets of New York City itself. I can dance, choreograph, and stand on my own in battle. Though I can fire a gun with accuracy, I do not require one.
I have extensive knowledge of an entire generation of comics from the silver age onward into today, and could easily engage in conversation with the likes of the esteemed Pinky Carruthers for hours. I am an aficionada of the 80s. I can ride Western saddle or bareback, and I draw.
I dabble in the playing of the didgeridoo for spiritual as well as musical reasons.
What the Institute and Dr. Banzai will, I hope, find most intriguing about me, is my talents. While I am a passable singer and a decent drummer [in memory of my brother], my true strength lies in my family gifts for dealing with people. If you're thinking ESPer, you're correct. I am no telepath; you may safely trust that your mysterious shrouded pasts will remain so with absolute certainty. I am an empath. I can perceive nuances of body language, pheromone, vocal inflection, and one's personal aura to gauge the emotional state of those around me -- with significant accuracy. Resultingly, I'm extremely socially adaptable -- a chameleon. Further, I can enhance the native energy of those around me, resulting in a relaxed state of awareness -- in other words, it's a little easier to think around me, and often inspirational. I also have the rare prophetic dream. I'm also good with kids.
Lastly, I'm female. The bunkhouse has always suffered a shortage of estrogen that knows how to kick ass. Time this bunch of stallions made way for a she-palfrey with a smooth gait and a kick that'll ring your bells.
Cordially,
Indigo
Blue Blaze Irregular
Melange