Yesterday I went snorkling with sea turtles, sea lions, pelicans, and PENGUINS!Oh! Forget the postcard and iguana, Perkins needs to bring me back a sea lions or two.
We didn't have sex, if that's what you mean. That's all I do now, not have sex.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cass - Feb 15, 2006 9:44:26 am PST #7352 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
flea - Feb 15, 2006 9:45:43 am PST #7353 of 10002
information libertarian
Nutty, Holli, other No-touchy-my-eyeball phobics, DO NOT READ lisah's whitefont. I can happily put my finger in my eye, and I wish I hadn't read it.
Alibelle - Feb 15, 2006 9:48:03 am PST #7354 of 10002
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Not lame, Alibelle. Dull and businesslike, which is what you want in a resume (although I do like the first one better!). Put it in resume form (for our purposes, formatting can be simple--a bold heading like EDUCATION, followed by that info. Tell us about your education, dates you graduated, any honors, and cool committees. EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE Any jobs you have had (even internships) and how they might contribute to your skills (such as composed email, organized filing, blah blah blah) plus at the bottom you can put ADDITIONAL INFORMATION interests--like dancing or reading specific types of books, or travel.
Okay, thanks. I have no room for additional information if I'd like to keep it to one page, even though that's my favorite part, since it is the part where one is allowed to have a personality. Should it be in .doc form? Or .rtf? Or .cwk?
Theodosia - Feb 15, 2006 9:48:20 am PST #7355 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I claim a penguin. They'll fit into the luggage, I'm sure, if she snaffles one of the little ones.
Nutty - Feb 15, 2006 9:48:48 am PST #7356 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Too late.
Calli - Feb 15, 2006 9:49:08 am PST #7357 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Can't get my head around the concept, no matter how often it works for other people.
Yeah, same here. And I know the other people are complex, multifaceted folks whose lives and personalities can't be represented in a text box of X00 words or less. They manage.
There seems to be a disconnect between the me in my head versus the me that's presented to the world (the former's much more porny, for starters). I think part of my problem is picking the me to write about. I'd kind of like to find a fella interested in the me in my head, but then he's going to be dealing with the presentational me, especially at first. And blither, dither, blah, blah.
I could just spend the $30 match.com fee at Good Vibrations instead.
ETA: Or use it to start a "Vacation just like Perkin's" fund, instead. Wow.
lisah - Feb 15, 2006 9:49:56 am PST #7358 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
I can happily put my finger in my eye, and I wish I hadn't read it.
Maybe I should go back and reinforce the squick warning.
Alibelle - Feb 15, 2006 9:51:54 am PST #7359 of 10002
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Calli, I agree the match.com kind of stuff especially sucks, since you really don't have a clue what kind of audience you're going to get. There should be a force field so that scary people don't get to look at you or see anything that you're interested in, or maybe there should just be a thing where only very cool, smart, attractive, funny, mind readers are allowed to sign up. One or the other.
Hi, Jesse!
Scrappy - Feb 15, 2006 9:55:13 am PST #7360 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
.doc is perfect.
Yahoo! Got my fingers crossed.
Allyson - Feb 15, 2006 9:59:06 am PST #7361 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I don't know if this was posted before, but apparently, a sense of humor is not foamy:
Funny women a turnoff for most men
We all know men are intimidated by smart women. Now there's proof that they're threatened by funny women, too. A study published this week in the scientific journal Evolution and Human Behavior claims that while men might appreciate witty women, they don't want long-term relationships with them. Why? Because "men see being funny as a male thing," Rod Martin, author of study, told the Independent.
The study, based on interviews with hundreds of men and women in their 20s, found that one-half of the men did not want a partner with a sense of humor.
"The idea that men are more interested in having an audience rather than sharing banter doesn't really surprise me," British comedian Meera Syal told the Independent. "Women see men with a sense of humor as dangerous and sexy, while men see it as threatening. Basically, what it comes down to is that humor is a mark of intelligence."
Not surprisingly, the study found that men were willing to put aside their prejudice against clever women for hookups and short-term flings. So funny ladies, if you're looking for more than a one-night stand, just keep your mouth shut and laugh at whatever he says.
Finally, I have an excuse for the long, soul-crushing dry spell.