Tellin it Like it Is...
Took one of those nifty "find out what you're attracted to" type tests through match.com that was actually pretty elaborate, and this is one of the results its spewed out at some point:
"Unique Tastes In Women: You are open to seeing a variety of women as attractive. Sure, women with "movie star" good looks catch your eye, but you are often equally wowed by more normal "cute" women. You're not one to judge people based on their looks. In fact, you're genuinely drawn to women that others might dismiss. Maybe it's because you don't buy into society's checklist for "mainstream" attractiveness. Instead, you notice unique features like a cute nose, beautiful eyes, or a cute butt, that make some women special in your eyes. For you, attraction is about the total package."
I mean hello, could they have been any more right. I could not have written it better myself. Well I could have, but it would have taken a while. After more jibberish it goes on to say:
"Open: You have a more open and accepting view of what makes a woman attractive than a lot of other men your age. On the test, you didn't pick the most "popular" women, but instead seemed to focus on your own personal tastes. This doesn't necessarily mean that looks are less important to you than other men. You simply have a unique set of criteria and keep your eyes open for special qualities that make a woman who may seem ordinary to most, extraordinary to you."
This may seem like BS, and who knows maybe it is and there are only like three possible results, but they sure did hit it right on the button. So, where they at? Hilarious responses as well as heartfelt ones to the below post by the way, keep em comin.
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Audience Participation
Ah yes. Good times. Given I was bored enough to finally add that About Me section to the right, I figure someone else might actually be bored enough to respond to this. Note I didn't write this personally, I just jacked it off someone else's blog. These things tend to go around, and for once I'm actually curious/bored enough to post it on mine. Best way to respond would be via e-mail, using that handy dandy link that's also to the right. Let me repeat for effect, I wrote none of the below questions, other than number 20. That will be very obvious. Note there's no reason to spend more than five minutes on this, if you even feel like doing it at all. It's for entertainment value, and not to be depressing or an ego boost per se.
1. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.
2. Am I lovable?
3. How long have you known me?
4. When and how did we first meet?
5. What was your first impression?
6. Do you still think that way about me now?
7. What do you think my weakness is?
8. Do you think I'll get married?
9. What makes me happy?
10. What makes me sad?
11. What reminds you of me?
12. If you could give me anything what would it be?
13. How well do you know me?
14. When's the last time you saw me?
15. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
16. Do you think I could kill someone?
17. Describe me in one word.
18. Do you think our relationship is getting stronger/weaker/or staying the same?
19. Do you feel that you could talk to me about anything and I would listen?
20. Name one person you think would be right for me.
Ah yes. Good times. Given I was bored enough to finally add that About Me section to the right, I figure someone else might actually be bored enough to respond to this. Note I didn't write this personally, I just jacked it off someone else's blog. These things tend to go around, and for once I'm actually curious/bored enough to post it on mine. Best way to respond would be via e-mail, using that handy dandy link that's also to the right. Let me repeat for effect, I wrote none of the below questions, other than number 20. That will be very obvious. Note there's no reason to spend more than five minutes on this, if you even feel like doing it at all. It's for entertainment value, and not to be depressing or an ego boost per se.
1. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.
2. Am I lovable?
3. How long have you known me?
4. When and how did we first meet?
5. What was your first impression?
6. Do you still think that way about me now?
7. What do you think my weakness is?
8. Do you think I'll get married?
9. What makes me happy?
10. What makes me sad?
11. What reminds you of me?
12. If you could give me anything what would it be?
13. How well do you know me?
14. When's the last time you saw me?
15. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
16. Do you think I could kill someone?
17. Describe me in one word.
18. Do you think our relationship is getting stronger/weaker/or staying the same?
19. Do you feel that you could talk to me about anything and I would listen?
20. Name one person you think would be right for me.
Tuesday, December 09, 2003
NIFT is so nifty!
The young man stared at the expanse of pavement in front of him. It seemed to stretch nearly to the horizon, with the heat rising off it making the distant areas blur and wave to his eyes. Suddenly, the young man is jolted back from his subconscious by an authoritative voice in his ear. "Cessna 1581Romeo, you are cleared for takeoff." Suddenly his mind was ajumble with a million things at once. Calmly in his other ear came the voice of his instructor. "Release the brakes, throttle to full, right rudder to compensate for left turning tendency, wait for fifty five knots, pull up." So easy on paper. With the touch of a few fingers, the plane starts hurtling down the runway, and before the young man is fully aware, the wheels have left the ground. He's flying.
There were two really cool things about that first day. The first was hearing my own voice inside my headset. It's kind of like when you hear yourself on someone else's answering machine, and say something like "that so does not sound like me." It's as if you have a third person perspective of the whole thing. Your instructor is in the seat next to you, but since you can't hear him over the engine, you see his mouth move, but hear his voice in your headset. It's really just a cool thing. Little boys love playing with walkie talkies, I guess that never really gets old. I did way more on that first flight than I expected, including controlling the airplane the majority of the time. We didn't travel far, and in fact just went over and circled the downtown area a couple times. This however was one of the neatest things ever. It's not like a commercial plane where your window view is terribly restricted, you pretty much have panoramic views wherever you look. Just passing over areas of downtown you've driven through before a bunch of times and seeing them from over a thousand feet in the air is just cool.
As it turned out I went out again later that same day, and traveled to an uncontrolled airport to practice some landing runs without actually landing. I always figured landing would be the hardest part, and it pretty much comes with experience, knowing when to add power or reduce it, and knowing whether you're too high or low, and too fast or slow. Did I mention flying at night is the coolest ever. The way my instructor's schedule has been working out just randomly has had me doing more night hours than normal, and I'm certainly not complaining. I've been catching onto the navigation material very quickly, which allows us a lot of time to just enjoy the view between checkpoints. I've completed 4 flights so far, with 9 more to go including all manners of lessons.
Interestingly enough, I'm not at all enthusiastic about getting my Private Pilot's License. I guess I'm just more comfortable chilling out somewhere else in the plane telling the pilot what to do than actually having to worry about 47 berjillion checklists on a constant basis. The fact that the navigation material has come easy to me has me feeling pretty confident about JSUNT, but that's easy to say beforehand. I should have all my flights done by December 23rd and thus go home NIFT complete, but weather tends to rear its ugly head occasionally so might end up with a flight or two after the break. Either way I should have some chill time before I leave on the 15th of January for Alabama again. I'm actually looking forward to getting back there now that I'm free to do as I please, and see it from the other side.
The young man stared at the expanse of pavement in front of him. It seemed to stretch nearly to the horizon, with the heat rising off it making the distant areas blur and wave to his eyes. Suddenly, the young man is jolted back from his subconscious by an authoritative voice in his ear. "Cessna 1581Romeo, you are cleared for takeoff." Suddenly his mind was ajumble with a million things at once. Calmly in his other ear came the voice of his instructor. "Release the brakes, throttle to full, right rudder to compensate for left turning tendency, wait for fifty five knots, pull up." So easy on paper. With the touch of a few fingers, the plane starts hurtling down the runway, and before the young man is fully aware, the wheels have left the ground. He's flying.
There were two really cool things about that first day. The first was hearing my own voice inside my headset. It's kind of like when you hear yourself on someone else's answering machine, and say something like "that so does not sound like me." It's as if you have a third person perspective of the whole thing. Your instructor is in the seat next to you, but since you can't hear him over the engine, you see his mouth move, but hear his voice in your headset. It's really just a cool thing. Little boys love playing with walkie talkies, I guess that never really gets old. I did way more on that first flight than I expected, including controlling the airplane the majority of the time. We didn't travel far, and in fact just went over and circled the downtown area a couple times. This however was one of the neatest things ever. It's not like a commercial plane where your window view is terribly restricted, you pretty much have panoramic views wherever you look. Just passing over areas of downtown you've driven through before a bunch of times and seeing them from over a thousand feet in the air is just cool.
As it turned out I went out again later that same day, and traveled to an uncontrolled airport to practice some landing runs without actually landing. I always figured landing would be the hardest part, and it pretty much comes with experience, knowing when to add power or reduce it, and knowing whether you're too high or low, and too fast or slow. Did I mention flying at night is the coolest ever. The way my instructor's schedule has been working out just randomly has had me doing more night hours than normal, and I'm certainly not complaining. I've been catching onto the navigation material very quickly, which allows us a lot of time to just enjoy the view between checkpoints. I've completed 4 flights so far, with 9 more to go including all manners of lessons.
Interestingly enough, I'm not at all enthusiastic about getting my Private Pilot's License. I guess I'm just more comfortable chilling out somewhere else in the plane telling the pilot what to do than actually having to worry about 47 berjillion checklists on a constant basis. The fact that the navigation material has come easy to me has me feeling pretty confident about JSUNT, but that's easy to say beforehand. I should have all my flights done by December 23rd and thus go home NIFT complete, but weather tends to rear its ugly head occasionally so might end up with a flight or two after the break. Either way I should have some chill time before I leave on the 15th of January for Alabama again. I'm actually looking forward to getting back there now that I'm free to do as I please, and see it from the other side.
