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meet "milky" | the golo profile

Published Mar. 11, 2008

 

This week’s profile is with a man of few words. His name is Milky, also known as .Milky. This was a tough one, I must admit, but I think it captures the essence of the Milk Man. Read on, and you’ll see what I mean.

 

Angela: According to your profile, you were born in 1913.

Milky: That was just a random number I picked.

 

Angela: Where did the name “Milky” come from?

Milky: It’s a random word.

(We’re laughing….)

 

Angela: Oh, is that how you do things? Randomly?

Milky: Not generally. Not in my real life. 

 

Angela: So Milky isn’t real?

Milky: No, and actually when GOLO came about I went looking for an image of Milky and found an image of a guy named Milky from a band called Blur, and that’s who I used for a while.

 

Angela: Do you get bored easily?

Milky: Yes

 

Angela: Are you bored now?

Milky: Not yet, but I was about two minutes ago. That’ll change in about thirty seconds.

 

Angela: Do you really enjoy pandering? That’s mentioned on your profile page as a hobby.

Milky: It is? Oh… maybe I should practice it more.

 

Angela: What is it with you and Spam? You’ve referred to it as “the other white meat.” Do you like it?

Milky: I was actually probably trying to be ironic about someone else who was posting blogs that I considered spam.  

 

Angela: Do you think most people “get” your humor?

Milky: No. I don’t use smiley faces or “LOL” a lot.

 

Angela:  How do you characterize your sense of humor?

Milky: Dry.

 

Angela: Do you think people enjoy your comments?

Milky: I get generally positive feedback. If I get a negative response I usually mistyped what I was trying to say. Now people know to re-read what I write to look for the punch line.

 

Angela: So people understand you now?

Milky: If they could explain me to me I would appreciate it very much. My wife would pay good money for that information.  

 

Angela: Have you ever been described as “a little odd?”

Milky: A little?

(Laughs then a long pause…)

 

Angela: What do you like most about GOLO?

Milky: I like to get people’s reactions on other topics and I enjoy a wide variety of opinions over a single issue. Something that’s obvious to me may not be to another person.

 

Angela: Does your wife know you’re on GOLO?

Milky: Yes, she reads my comments, so I do keep that in mind….

 

Angela: Who are some of your favorites on GOLO? You don’t have to answer this if you’re concerned about hurt feelings.

Milky: Let me think of someone’s feelings I wanna hurt…I like Yacs a lot and Ashen and Lolly and Vettte. And Historian was one of my original running mates. I’m sure I’m leaving lots of people out, but not intentionally.

 

Angela: What are you doing right now?

Milky: Walking around on my back porch because it’s nice outside. Before you called I was building a shelf system for my son’s room.

 

Angela: A handy man, huh?  

Milky: A broke man, so that makes me handy. (We laugh)

 

Angela: See it’s that kind of dry wit that makes you, you. Were you born that way?  

Milky: I guess so. That part of Milky is actually probably the real me.

 

Angela: What famous dead person would you like to have met?  

Milky: Why would I want to meet a dead person?

 

Angela: You know what I mean

Milky: I’m sure I do.

 

Angela: Man, you’re tough!

Milky: My wife would agree with that statement…

 

 
Angela: What do you do to relax?

Milky: Play with my son. When I’m not working or fixing something or doing other chores, I usually have only enough energy to breathe in enough oxygen so that I don’t die.

 

Angela: What kinds of things do you fix?

Milky: Our house is 12 years old and it seems like I’m fixing everything. Garage doors, expansion for the kid’s room. I’m building a big closet and building a bonus room.

 

Angela: All by yourself?

Milky: I have some people that will help me….

 

Angela: Is that your line of work? 

Milky: No. I’m an information janitor. I clean and scrub data.

 

Angela: Oh, is that why you’re a man of few words?

Milky: It may be. Communication is not a big part of that…

 

Angela: Are you ever talkative?

Milky: Oh yeah, after a couple of beers or seven or eight cups of coffee it’s time to pull out the tranquilizer gun.

 

Angela: Tell me something one would not expect about Milky.

Milky: I’m generally nice to people.

 

Angela: That’s shocking?

Milky: It might be to some.

 

Angela: What would you like for people to say about you after you’re gone from this earth?

Milky: Well, I don’t what them to say:  “Good. What a schmuck.”  

 

Angela: I don’t think I’m gonna get too much more out of you.

Milky: That’s probably true.

 

Angela: People are still going to laugh at this you know?

Milky: Silent

 

Angela: Do you care?

Milky: No.

 

Angela: Well, I guess that about sums it up.

Milky: Yep.

 

Angela: Thank you for your time.

Milky: I enjoyed it.