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How did you find CUF?
Tim told me it was full of people who would understand me and (mostly) like me. He spoke truth. I just didn't know that it would take almost a year for this to happen.
What do you like about CUF?
First and foremost, DDD--his wit is unmatched. After that, the intellects; the introspection, the ability to say something and not have to always explain it to someone; the different perspectives; a sense of community, that I'm not the only Mormon who feels the way I do about stuff that bothers me; that we can talk about the Church and criticize, but not devolve into the jaded vitriolic rantings seen on other sites; that we can talk about the Church and praise it and our experiences in it, and find an audience that understands them beyond the superficial level; the calling me on it when I get too pedantic; the opportunity to not sit in intellectual isolation in the small town where I live; that my opinions about issues often change when I hear of someone else's reaction or opinion about it. I could go on and on. I love this place.
What don't I like about CUF?
That we can't tell tone with written English. That I live too far away to come to tailgate parties.
How did you choose your moniker?
wuapinmon (n. m.) a contraction of Limonense patois English "wuapin" and "mon." [wá peen, moan]
wuapin= what's happening
mon= every sentence in Caribbean English ends in "mon."
This is a standard street greeting on the Talamanca Coast of Costa Rica. I picked it in 1995 because I wanted an email and username that I was sure no one would ever use besides me. I've never had to choose a different user name, though people always misspell it. My former insistence on it being "w"uapinmon is because it came from my email address and so it's always looked odd written as "W"uapinmon.
What do you do (other than read CUF)?
I am a professor of Spanish, Latin-American Literature, and sometimes I teach classes about religion and African-American studies at a small liberal arts college in South Carolina. I enjoy reading, gardening, baseball, my three kids, banana stickers, and the cinema. My best friend is my wife.
How many States have you lived in?
Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Utah, and Louisiana.
What are your sports loyalties?
The Atlanta Braves.
La Liga Deportiva Alajuelense
The United States national soccer team
The Costa Rican national soccer team
BYU
Georgia Tech
Tulane
Coker College Cobras (Hissssssssssssss!)
I do not care for the NBA or the NFL since about 1993. The behavior is too thuggish for my liking.
What's your standing in the church?
I hold a current temple recommend, and I'm worthy of it. I do not have a calling. I was EQP until May, when I was released. I've had four callings, (three major) callings (Exec. Sec, EQP, WML, and EQ Instructor) in two years in my ward. After years in the branch presidency in New Orleans, including during Katrina (before and after), all while home teaching 16+ families, and holding down other callings (YM Pres, WML, BSA-Scoutmaster, teaching seminary in my home every morning), and then coming here and getting moved around so much, something snapped in me, and I quit caring. Perhaps this is why I was released. I don't know, but it's really hard to get motivated about Church stuff when I feel like most of everything I've done in the Church since my mission has been for naught.
Do you pee in the sink?
I prefer peeing off the back porch at 2AM when I know the neighbors are asleep. Or on fire-ant mounds.
When your kids get older, will you do drugs with them in order to teach them a responsible approach to drugs?
Too soon to tell. I don't know what the legal status of drugs will be at that time, or what the Church's then-current políticas about their use for the benefit of man will be. If they are illegal, I'll say "no." I have an addictive personality, so I don't think it would be a good idea.
Are you looking forward to Art Vandelay's welcome question and what do you think it will be?
Yes. Hopefully something about Confucianism, Korean grocers, Watts, California, Rodney King, Simi Valley, and Hernán Cortés.
Tim told me it was full of people who would understand me and (mostly) like me. He spoke truth. I just didn't know that it would take almost a year for this to happen.
What do you like about CUF?
First and foremost, DDD--his wit is unmatched. After that, the intellects; the introspection, the ability to say something and not have to always explain it to someone; the different perspectives; a sense of community, that I'm not the only Mormon who feels the way I do about stuff that bothers me; that we can talk about the Church and criticize, but not devolve into the jaded vitriolic rantings seen on other sites; that we can talk about the Church and praise it and our experiences in it, and find an audience that understands them beyond the superficial level; the calling me on it when I get too pedantic; the opportunity to not sit in intellectual isolation in the small town where I live; that my opinions about issues often change when I hear of someone else's reaction or opinion about it. I could go on and on. I love this place.
What don't I like about CUF?
That we can't tell tone with written English. That I live too far away to come to tailgate parties.
How did you choose your moniker?
wuapinmon (n. m.) a contraction of Limonense patois English "wuapin" and "mon." [wá peen, moan]
wuapin= what's happening
mon= every sentence in Caribbean English ends in "mon."
This is a standard street greeting on the Talamanca Coast of Costa Rica. I picked it in 1995 because I wanted an email and username that I was sure no one would ever use besides me. I've never had to choose a different user name, though people always misspell it. My former insistence on it being "w"uapinmon is because it came from my email address and so it's always looked odd written as "W"uapinmon.
What do you do (other than read CUF)?
I am a professor of Spanish, Latin-American Literature, and sometimes I teach classes about religion and African-American studies at a small liberal arts college in South Carolina. I enjoy reading, gardening, baseball, my three kids, banana stickers, and the cinema. My best friend is my wife.
How many States have you lived in?
Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Utah, and Louisiana.
What are your sports loyalties?
The Atlanta Braves.
La Liga Deportiva Alajuelense
The United States national soccer team
The Costa Rican national soccer team
BYU
Georgia Tech
Tulane
Coker College Cobras (Hissssssssssssss!)
I do not care for the NBA or the NFL since about 1993. The behavior is too thuggish for my liking.
What's your standing in the church?
I hold a current temple recommend, and I'm worthy of it. I do not have a calling. I was EQP until May, when I was released. I've had four callings, (three major) callings (Exec. Sec, EQP, WML, and EQ Instructor) in two years in my ward. After years in the branch presidency in New Orleans, including during Katrina (before and after), all while home teaching 16+ families, and holding down other callings (YM Pres, WML, BSA-Scoutmaster, teaching seminary in my home every morning), and then coming here and getting moved around so much, something snapped in me, and I quit caring. Perhaps this is why I was released. I don't know, but it's really hard to get motivated about Church stuff when I feel like most of everything I've done in the Church since my mission has been for naught.
Do you pee in the sink?
I prefer peeing off the back porch at 2AM when I know the neighbors are asleep. Or on fire-ant mounds.
When your kids get older, will you do drugs with them in order to teach them a responsible approach to drugs?
Too soon to tell. I don't know what the legal status of drugs will be at that time, or what the Church's then-current políticas about their use for the benefit of man will be. If they are illegal, I'll say "no." I have an addictive personality, so I don't think it would be a good idea.
Are you looking forward to Art Vandelay's welcome question and what do you think it will be?
Yes. Hopefully something about Confucianism, Korean grocers, Watts, California, Rodney King, Simi Valley, and Hernán Cortés.
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