Well, I'm a t-mobile phone service user, and I got hotspot access for something like $8 a month. It was such a good deal that even though I never use it, I'll never shut it off because rates will never be that good again.
I think their regular access costs $20 a month, actually.
John Cusack? Yeah, I'd hit it, but he was hottest in the Grifters, rather than, say, America's Sweethearts (blah!)
I get the thing about growing up with girls. It's a very potent thing - I actually grew up with no women, just my very young father and his brother, and as a result it's very easy for me to get along with any guy, because I get how they tick, I guess, but I'm just as awkward around girls as any guy is. It didn't help that for a long time I wanted to get in their pants just as badly:)
Oh, gross!
If any guy pulled some chick-flick movie stunt on me, I'd barf. Unless, of course, that stunt involved you standing outside of my window with a boombox a la Cusack, but you'd probably still end up with a restraining order.
Seriously, think about it - a lot of the stuff you see in girl movies, were you to do it in real life, is actually and legally stalking or harassment. Filling up a girl's apartment with roses is not romantic, it's creepy, and I'm going to be calling the cops.
I think it's kind of cynical to say that your number-one selling point is how much you'll be making. Contrary to popular belief, many educated, self-confident girls would prefer living a poorer life with someone who worshipped them and loved them and understood them, rather than a more secure life with someone she doesn't have as much in common with.
That said, it's still worth remembering that no girl wants to support your slobby ass. I wasn't interested in the amount of money my husband was capable of making before I met him; I was more impressed that he was a hardworking, motivated, consistant guy, because it means that he'll always be stable, and always be able to get a job. That is important, especially to girls who may be thinking of families further down the road.
Sort of an aside, but more about that "appearance of wealth or industry" thing - every girl I know, myself included, looks at shoes. Always. It's what we make our first impressions on, whether we know it or not. It's hypocritical, because I've never spent more than $30 on a pair of shoes, but when I look at a guy's shoes, it tells me a lot about him. Dirty, ill-fitting sneakers means you don't care about personal details, about coming across as a grown-up. Invest in a couple issues of Maxim - I love that magazine because it tells men how to impress girls, and most of the time, it's right. Oh yeah, and there's Hiroki.
Sorry boys, I got snapped up by a skinny redhead I met in my Assembly class! I'm taaakken!
Seriously, though, your desire to actually meet girls, and figure out how to get along with them, is the most important step you can take. Too many geeks give up because they assume pretty girls like me and PriscilC::grin:: aren't interested. As long as you're giving it a shot, you're miles ahead of where you'd be if you were sitting at your desk, surrounded by cans of Dew, in your pajamas playing Everquest.
Try something with no contact, especially if you're heavy, like swimming. If you tread water for a half hour every day, there isn't any way you won't lose weight.
Well, I can help answer this, as I'm a girl who loves nerds...
Personally, I love the skinny body type. I love pale tale boys who look like the guy from Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy video. I love boys who run exclusively off Bagel Bites and Mountain Dew. But that's just my opinion - I'm not chubby, but I am soft and rounded, not athletic, and other girls my shape might be intimidated by boys who have *no* body fat whatsoever.
There are a couple important things to keep in mind when wooing a girl, as a geek:
1. If she says or knows about something geeky, like what a camshaft is, or how to pronounce Linux, fawn over her for it. Let your mouth drop open, go "wow! I've never known a girl that knew about that!" no matter how pedestrian the subject. If she's hanging out with you, it's because you have special geek qualities - believe it or not, she may be trying to impress you with that tidbit, and it's up to you to make her feel like a super-genius.
2. NEVER EVER condescend. If she thought she knew something, but she was wrong, don't be an asshole and correct her like a jerk. Teach her what she wants to know, but never try and look better than her by showing off how much more than her you know.
About getting our attention: Hygiene helps, a lot. Too many geeks would have been attractive, but for the two-week old, inexplicably crusty shirt. Personally, I like a guy who's always laughing, can play a great game of pool, hangs out at the arcade, etc. Look for the lonely cute girl hanging out in the computer lab, arcade, library, etc, and try to figure out what she's into, and talk to her about that. The number one thing to remember is that everyone likes to talk about themselves.:)
I think it would be awesome if we opened up a topic about this - there are some girls here who would be willing to talk about what they're looking for, and there's also a lot of happily dating/married guys who could share their success stories. You know, Slashdot Personals would have been a great idea, really.
I leaned in my Intro Chem class that the fault actually lies with an American signpainter, who accidentally dropped that final 'I' when creating a sign for a store announcing they were the first to carry it. The name of the element is, actually, Aluminium, but we Yanks simply feel like we're doing a bad impersonation if we say it like that.
Perhaps if we could all watch Episode 3 through the eyes of an 8 or ten year old, we would enjoy the experience much better.
I don't know if that's true, either... I saw the original three when I was 8 or 9 (long after they'd come out on VHS - I'm not that old!) and they were, in 1993, still the coolest things I'd ever seen. They were huge, good vs. evil space westerns, with exciting battles and getaways and bad guys and princesses and all these weird different worlds. Being a nerdy little girl with huge glasses and a unibrow, I automatically envisioned myself as the lovely princess Leia and that's who I was, every day, on the playground at school.
By contrast, I took my little sister at the same age to see Eps. I and II, and she was bored to tears. She actually fell asleep in the middle of Clones. Who was she supposed to identify with? Slutty, boring, craddle-robber Padme? Simpering whiny Annie? Jar-Jar?
This makes me think of the Simpsons episode where they went to see Episode I: "The Phantom Menace was senate redistricting?"
There's nothing in the movies for anyone, adult or child. What Lucas needs to do is open up the license like Sunset did with the Gundam series, and allow new directors and writers to create new storylines based in the universe Lucas created. Otherwise, SW is going to die a slow, boring death, and I'm not going to pay 9 bucks to watch it.
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Oh, that's not as cool. If I'm getting this right, it only works if you're just standing in the right place, right? No running around malls, invisible, or sneaking into locker rooms?
I thought there would be cameras on the back, presenting one pixel of information to a 1-px "screen" on the other side. That would be cooler.
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Oh my god! That active camo thing is awesome, when will we get an article about that?
It made me thing of the opening scene from Ghost in the Shell right away, of course.
There is absolutely no way to respond to such a ridiclulous assertaion without giving it some importance. If Linus were to have wasted any more than a breath on a response, it would have shown that he thought the issue was a serious one, when it is absolutely not. It's just a guy trying to sell a book, and the more we can do to avoid drawing attention to the issue, the better.
Listen, I totally agree with you, I think the entire conflict is based on really stupid and inconsequestion differences, but it's not the sort of thing that Scott Bakula can just gloss over and solve for us in a hour's program. The tone of the episode is so self-congratulatry, like, "aren't we clever? we figured out your little problem, don't you feel silly."
Next Gen had their little moral outbursts, too, but they were more general, not exact copies of present day issues, with just the names changed. And the tone of Next Gen was never condecending or smirky like the Enterprise "moral of the story" is.
I think if they're going to make SUCH an obvious connection, it needs to be with the admission that there may be more to the issue than what Archer makes of it in five minutes.
The only message I get from that commercial is "if you pirate movies, we'll blow up your car"
Anyway, aren't all those employees paid in advance of the movie going to theaters? Or did some poor janitor in Gigli wait four months for an eight-dollar paycheck, because the movie bombed?
That was one of the few episodes I saw, and it really bugged me, it was so canned, so "can't we all just get along?"
The episode tried to draw a parallel to our own warring religious factions by pointing out - omg, how clever - that there were some inconsequential differences in their otherwise identical beliefs. But what do they expect, that we'll go, "Oh! How terribly silly we are! Come, my new Arab friend, have some McDonald's with me!"
Instead they cheapened a real-life issue that claims lives and families and countries by making sure we knew exactly what the "moral of the story" is.
That's why I can't stand this series.
The problem with "improvement" is that Enterprise is already stained in the minds of a lot of viewers, myself included. I don't like that cast (although Scott Bakula is cool no matter what he does, he's Scott Bakula). I don't think they have characters I can identify with, they don't have very interesting storylines, and every other episode ends with the crew being exactly where they were at the beginning of the episode. There aren't messages; everything gets taken care of in the last five minutes. So, even if it starts getting really good, I won't know, because I won't be watching it, and that's probably the case with other fans like myself.
The sooner they get it off the air the sooner they can all devote their efforts to finding out why it sucked so bad, and creating a show that we'll be nuts over like NextGen.
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It sounds like something on the inside of a Radiohead CD case... all we need is some scary bears.
Seriously, though, that made no sense.
Well, I'm a t-mobile phone service user, and I got hotspot access for something like $8 a month. It was such a good deal that even though I never use it, I'll never shut it off because rates will never be that good again. I think their regular access costs $20 a month, actually.
Mmm, you're definitely a keeper.
Bitch, make me some grits!
totally off-topic:
:)
John Cusack? Yeah, I'd hit it, but he was hottest in the Grifters, rather than, say, America's Sweethearts (blah!)
I get the thing about growing up with girls. It's a very potent thing - I actually grew up with no women, just my very young father and his brother, and as a result it's very easy for me to get along with any guy, because I get how they tick, I guess, but I'm just as awkward around girls as any guy is. It didn't help that for a long time I wanted to get in their pants just as badly
Oh, gross!
If any guy pulled some chick-flick movie stunt on me, I'd barf. Unless, of course, that stunt involved you standing outside of my window with a boombox a la Cusack, but you'd probably still end up with a restraining order.
Seriously, think about it - a lot of the stuff you see in girl movies, were you to do it in real life, is actually and legally stalking or harassment. Filling up a girl's apartment with roses is not romantic, it's creepy, and I'm going to be calling the cops.
I think it's kind of cynical to say that your number-one selling point is how much you'll be making. Contrary to popular belief, many educated, self-confident girls would prefer living a poorer life with someone who worshipped them and loved them and understood them, rather than a more secure life with someone she doesn't have as much in common with.
That said, it's still worth remembering that no girl wants to support your slobby ass. I wasn't interested in the amount of money my husband was capable of making before I met him; I was more impressed that he was a hardworking, motivated, consistant guy, because it means that he'll always be stable, and always be able to get a job. That is important, especially to girls who may be thinking of families further down the road.
Sort of an aside, but more about that "appearance of wealth or industry" thing - every girl I know, myself included, looks at shoes. Always. It's what we make our first impressions on, whether we know it or not. It's hypocritical, because I've never spent more than $30 on a pair of shoes, but when I look at a guy's shoes, it tells me a lot about him. Dirty, ill-fitting sneakers means you don't care about personal details, about coming across as a grown-up. Invest in a couple issues of Maxim - I love that magazine because it tells men how to impress girls, and most of the time, it's right. Oh yeah, and there's Hiroki.
So, where can i meet with you? (j/k)
::grin:: aren't interested. As long as you're giving it a shot, you're miles ahead of where you'd be if you were sitting at your desk, surrounded by cans of Dew, in your pajamas playing Everquest.
Sorry boys, I got snapped up by a skinny redhead I met in my Assembly class! I'm taaakken!
Seriously, though, your desire to actually meet girls, and figure out how to get along with them, is the most important step you can take. Too many geeks give up because they assume pretty girls like me and PriscilC
Try something with no contact, especially if you're heavy, like swimming. If you tread water for a half hour every day, there isn't any way you won't lose weight.
Well, I can help answer this, as I'm a girl who loves nerds...
:)
Personally, I love the skinny body type. I love pale tale boys who look like the guy from Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy video. I love boys who run exclusively off Bagel Bites and Mountain Dew. But that's just my opinion - I'm not chubby, but I am soft and rounded, not athletic, and other girls my shape might be intimidated by boys who have *no* body fat whatsoever.
There are a couple important things to keep in mind when wooing a girl, as a geek:
1. If she says or knows about something geeky, like what a camshaft is, or how to pronounce Linux, fawn over her for it. Let your mouth drop open, go "wow! I've never known a girl that knew about that!" no matter how pedestrian the subject. If she's hanging out with you, it's because you have special geek qualities - believe it or not, she may be trying to impress you with that tidbit, and it's up to you to make her feel like a super-genius.
2. NEVER EVER condescend. If she thought she knew something, but she was wrong, don't be an asshole and correct her like a jerk. Teach her what she wants to know, but never try and look better than her by showing off how much more than her you know.
About getting our attention: Hygiene helps, a lot. Too many geeks would have been attractive, but for the two-week old, inexplicably crusty shirt. Personally, I like a guy who's always laughing, can play a great game of pool, hangs out at the arcade, etc. Look for the lonely cute girl hanging out in the computer lab, arcade, library, etc, and try to figure out what she's into, and talk to her about that. The number one thing to remember is that everyone likes to talk about themselves.
I think it would be awesome if we opened up a topic about this - there are some girls here who would be willing to talk about what they're looking for, and there's also a lot of happily dating/married guys who could share their success stories. You know, Slashdot Personals would have been a great idea, really.
Perhaps you would have seemed less trollish if you'd not posted AC?
People with religous minds
Like, televangelists?
No, that's where nobody cares what you said.
I leaned in my Intro Chem class that the fault actually lies with an American signpainter, who accidentally dropped that final 'I' when creating a sign for a store announcing they were the first to carry it. The name of the element is, actually, Aluminium, but we Yanks simply feel like we're doing a bad impersonation if we say it like that.
Perhaps if we could all watch Episode 3 through the eyes of an 8 or ten year old, we would enjoy the experience much better.
I don't know if that's true, either... I saw the original three when I was 8 or 9 (long after they'd come out on VHS - I'm not that old!) and they were, in 1993, still the coolest things I'd ever seen. They were huge, good vs. evil space westerns, with exciting battles and getaways and bad guys and princesses and all these weird different worlds. Being a nerdy little girl with huge glasses and a unibrow, I automatically envisioned myself as the lovely princess Leia and that's who I was, every day, on the playground at school.
By contrast, I took my little sister at the same age to see Eps. I and II, and she was bored to tears. She actually fell asleep in the middle of Clones. Who was she supposed to identify with? Slutty, boring, craddle-robber Padme? Simpering whiny Annie? Jar-Jar?
This makes me think of the Simpsons episode where they went to see Episode I: "The Phantom Menace was senate redistricting?"
There's nothing in the movies for anyone, adult or child. What Lucas needs to do is open up the license like Sunset did with the Gundam series, and allow new directors and writers to create new storylines based in the universe Lucas created. Otherwise, SW is going to die a slow, boring death, and I'm not going to pay 9 bucks to watch it.
Oh, that's not as cool. If I'm getting this right, it only works if you're just standing in the right place, right? No running around malls, invisible, or sneaking into locker rooms? I thought there would be cameras on the back, presenting one pixel of information to a 1-px "screen" on the other side. That would be cooler.
Oh my god! That active camo thing is awesome, when will we get an article about that? It made me thing of the opening scene from Ghost in the Shell right away, of course.
There is absolutely no way to respond to such a ridiclulous assertaion without giving it some importance. If Linus were to have wasted any more than a breath on a response, it would have shown that he thought the issue was a serious one, when it is absolutely not. It's just a guy trying to sell a book, and the more we can do to avoid drawing attention to the issue, the better.
whoops, the above was supposed to be a reply to Marxist Hacker, not myself. d'oh!
Listen, I totally agree with you, I think the entire conflict is based on really stupid and inconsequestion differences, but it's not the sort of thing that Scott Bakula can just gloss over and solve for us in a hour's program. The tone of the episode is so self-congratulatry, like, "aren't we clever? we figured out your little problem, don't you feel silly." Next Gen had their little moral outbursts, too, but they were more general, not exact copies of present day issues, with just the names changed. And the tone of Next Gen was never condecending or smirky like the Enterprise "moral of the story" is. I think if they're going to make SUCH an obvious connection, it needs to be with the admission that there may be more to the issue than what Archer makes of it in five minutes.
The only message I get from that commercial is "if you pirate movies, we'll blow up your car" Anyway, aren't all those employees paid in advance of the movie going to theaters? Or did some poor janitor in Gigli wait four months for an eight-dollar paycheck, because the movie bombed?
That was one of the few episodes I saw, and it really bugged me, it was so canned, so "can't we all just get along?" The episode tried to draw a parallel to our own warring religious factions by pointing out - omg, how clever - that there were some inconsequential differences in their otherwise identical beliefs. But what do they expect, that we'll go, "Oh! How terribly silly we are! Come, my new Arab friend, have some McDonald's with me!" Instead they cheapened a real-life issue that claims lives and families and countries by making sure we knew exactly what the "moral of the story" is. That's why I can't stand this series.
The problem with "improvement" is that Enterprise is already stained in the minds of a lot of viewers, myself included. I don't like that cast (although Scott Bakula is cool no matter what he does, he's Scott Bakula). I don't think they have characters I can identify with, they don't have very interesting storylines, and every other episode ends with the crew being exactly where they were at the beginning of the episode. There aren't messages; everything gets taken care of in the last five minutes. So, even if it starts getting really good, I won't know, because I won't be watching it, and that's probably the case with other fans like myself. The sooner they get it off the air the sooner they can all devote their efforts to finding out why it sucked so bad, and creating a show that we'll be nuts over like NextGen.
Just my curiousity, but which girl did you pick? It's like a cute Japanese dating sim... except creepy, kinda.