I got a solve-the-cube book when I was a kid. IIRC, there were a bunch of algorithms for stuff like how to swap two pieces that are currently on opposite sides in n moves. I got fairly quick, found it boring once I had the tricks, have forgotten every bit of it, and am much more inclined to just take the blasted thing apart these days.
Plus bonus points for use of the word 'mosey'.
Oz ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
amych - Aug 13, 2009 4:31:59 pm PDT #3745 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Atropa - Aug 13, 2009 4:42:26 pm PDT #3746 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Screwdriver, I tell you.
Yep. That's how I've always solved Rubik's cubes.
sarameg - Aug 13, 2009 4:44:36 pm PDT #3747 of 30001
There's always another reason to like Jilli.
Cass - Aug 13, 2009 4:45:20 pm PDT #3748 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I used to know how to solve them. Then the Nephlet got one for Christmas and I was re-obsessed but pretty clueless. Um, not that I stole toys from the kid or anything.
Kat - Aug 13, 2009 4:46:53 pm PDT #3749 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I was more of a take the stickers off kind of person.
So, I practiced yoga today with ita's Colin's ex-girlfriend today. I was pretty gratified knowing I am (1) stronger than she is (2) more flexible than she is (3) have a more advanced practice than she does.
Yes. I know it's not the point at all. Yoga is not a competitive sport nor should it be. But when I am better than someone who is (1) semi-famous and (2) a sort-of friend's definite ex it's oddly gratifying.
I'm shallow. this is going to mess with my karma, isn't it?
Kat - Aug 13, 2009 4:47:15 pm PDT #3750 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Um, not that I stole toys from the kid or anything.
Uh. Huh. Sure.
amych - Aug 13, 2009 4:51:38 pm PDT #3751 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
In my teens I became a take the stickers off and don't put them back on person. Solid black cube: solved! But then the next year I became a dye my hair purple person, so.
sarameg - Aug 13, 2009 4:54:15 pm PDT #3752 of 30001
Kat, you do have a competitive nature. It just is.
Thought about you a lot on the trip, b/c it was seeped in buddhism. Which I still can't wrap my head around, but interesting. Though disconcerting to be told the little old nuns at a nunnery asked about me. Still not sure what THAT was about.
Kat - Aug 13, 2009 4:58:20 pm PDT #3753 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I am super competitive. The truth is, in that class today, I was very far from being the best yogi (I'd say I haven't been the best yogi in any class since before I was pregnant), but I was better than Colin's ex and that mattered for some ego trip.
Stoooopid. I know.
sarameg - Aug 13, 2009 5:01:35 pm PDT #3754 of 30001
Nah, just who you is.
I am not competitive, at all. Want to be right sometimes, sure, but eventually I end up WHATEVER. Driven home a lot recently, and funny that I end up drawn to people who are. It's a language I don't speak but keep falling into.