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mangosteenPeople keep asking, and I'll keep answering.
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scholargipsy, I found the questions you sent me from over a year ago. They're in the queue.
Answers to questions fromlizzielizzie:
1) Apples or oranges? Favorite type?
Apples, no contest. More portable, less mess, much greater variety. Oranges are good in fresh-squeezed orange juice (as in, I see the oranges being squeezed, and I'm handed a glass with the results). As for types of apples, Granny Smiths are a favorite, along with Pink Lady apples; crispy, tart, not mealy at all.
2) You strike me as being very friendly. Is that natural or learned?
"Yes." While I consider myself to be a friendly and outgoing sort of fellow in general, there was a long time where I was just annoying and overbearing (to the exclusion of any other redeeming traits... You. In the back. Sit down.) because I was trying too hard to be liked and accepted. In the past few years this has changed significantly, in no small part thankslifecollage. Backing off the volume in order to achieve better results was a rather overarching zen moment in my life. It's easy to do on a stereo; it's harder to do when you have to find the knob, and have no basis for comparison.
3) What is your current day job? What is your dream day job?
Right now, I'm an angry bearded fat guy who helps run the network of a decidedly not-small university. Frankly, as day jobs go, this is pretty damn optimal. One job that sounds like it would be a lot of fun is resident network goon for a large casino corporation... the complexity and dataflows astound me. OTOH, I would need a six-pack of spare stomach linings on a monthly basis, and they ain't cheap. I think I'll be sticking with door number one.
4) How's married life treating ya?
It is good. It's the same as unmarried life, except with better dishes. I acknowledge that that answer is somewhat flip, but it's not entirely off-base. I would actually be more worried if married life was significantly different from unmarried life, because it means that you missed something really big in getting to know someone.
5) Any allergies?
Mold. That's the only one of any note, and it's not even all that bad (i.e. "Breathe moldy air, throat starts constricting and I become a large Jewish snot elemental. Breathe fresh air, reaction wears off within minutes").
Oh yeah,
scholargipsy, I found the questions you sent me from over a year ago. They're in the queue.Answers to questions from
lizzielizzie:1) Apples or oranges? Favorite type?
Apples, no contest. More portable, less mess, much greater variety. Oranges are good in fresh-squeezed orange juice (as in, I see the oranges being squeezed, and I'm handed a glass with the results). As for types of apples, Granny Smiths are a favorite, along with Pink Lady apples; crispy, tart, not mealy at all.
2) You strike me as being very friendly. Is that natural or learned?
"Yes." While I consider myself to be a friendly and outgoing sort of fellow in general, there was a long time where I was just annoying and overbearing (to the exclusion of any other redeeming traits... You. In the back. Sit down.) because I was trying too hard to be liked and accepted. In the past few years this has changed significantly, in no small part thanks
lifecollage. Backing off the volume in order to achieve better results was a rather overarching zen moment in my life. It's easy to do on a stereo; it's harder to do when you have to find the knob, and have no basis for comparison.3) What is your current day job? What is your dream day job?
Right now, I'm an angry bearded fat guy who helps run the network of a decidedly not-small university. Frankly, as day jobs go, this is pretty damn optimal. One job that sounds like it would be a lot of fun is resident network goon for a large casino corporation... the complexity and dataflows astound me. OTOH, I would need a six-pack of spare stomach linings on a monthly basis, and they ain't cheap. I think I'll be sticking with door number one.
4) How's married life treating ya?
It is good. It's the same as unmarried life, except with better dishes. I acknowledge that that answer is somewhat flip, but it's not entirely off-base. I would actually be more worried if married life was significantly different from unmarried life, because it means that you missed something really big in getting to know someone.
5) Any allergies?
Mold. That's the only one of any note, and it's not even all that bad (i.e. "Breathe moldy air, throat starts constricting and I become a large Jewish snot elemental. Breathe fresh air, reaction wears off within minutes").
