Because my roommate insists upon it...

[x_maker]

Ten things I have learned in the past six months:

1: My dad's not a complete jerk. Might not seem like a big thing, but it was a rather large surprise to me.
2: Even if two people don't get along, you can still be good friends with both of them despite their disagreements.
3: Girls just plain don't make any sense. Pregnant girls, cat girls, subdermal metamorph chemistry girls, mystic punk witch girls - not a one of them.
4: The laws of physics are being rewritten every day. This just in - Unified Field Theory is a crock, in case anyone wanted to know.
5: Dancing is easier than it looks, although I still feel goofy DOING it.
6: Big blue doctors may be able to dunk from the free-throw line, but they can't shoot three-pointers. Mr. Marko could build a new wing onto the mansion with all the bricks Dr. McCoy throws up.
7: Newer may not always mean better, but when 'tradition' holds a people back, it's time to set it aside.
8: How you dress doesn't affect who you are, but it can affect how people perceive you, and I'm told that can be important.
9: Sometimes a blender is most efficient just being a blender.
10: Science can't solve everything.

Comments

[x-mirage.livejournal.com]

1. he's pretty cool.
3. but you ahve fun trying to figure them out.
5. you dance pretty well. we should go dance one day.
7. I got it! sheesh...
8. yeah. sucky.
9. oookay.
10. duh.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

8. Perception is not important to the people who you hold important and who value you. It is, however, important to the tens of dozens of people who you do not hold important, who do not care about who you are, and who we all need to get things done.
8a. No light grey pants, please. They make you look green, and green only looks good on Miles and Lorna.

[x-polarisstar.livejournal.com]

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8a. Lucky that since neither Miles nor I have a choice in the matter.

[x-foliate.livejournal.com]

I do so love being lumped into a whole.

Still working on that last one...

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

Well, if you'd stop being all weird and moody and avoid-y and stressed out, maybe you'd be easier to understand. As it is, I'm stumped.

[x-foliate.livejournal.com]

I am an enigma, wrapped up in a mystery all tied up with puzzle string.

Or maybe finals are coming up and I'm just studying for them. Silly. I'm always like this around finals time.

[x-polarisstar.livejournal.com]

((Voice to Text Enabled))

Don't make me stalk you more, missy.

[x-catseye.livejournal.com]

3. Pbhhhhht.

[x-rahne.livejournal.com]

3. That's all right; boys don't make sense either.

9. Is this purely a metaphor, or should I be asking for stories about what else you did to a blender?

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

I brought a blender down to the machine shop about... three months ago? Something to make myself a banana smoothie with while I'm working - Dr. McCoy pointed out that potassium's important or something. So I look at it and I figure - well, if I increase the blade size and the RPM, it'll work even faster, right?

Except there's this thing called cavitation which makes an air bubble around the blades, and if you make them go too fast, then the stuff you're trying to blend won't go near them. So I got the idea to pressurize the container to counteract the cavitation. Only I was really hungry and neglected to take a close look at the tiny crack in the bottom of the blender cup. Lots of cleanup followed.

Moral of the story? Sometimes a blender just needs to be a blender.

[x-rahne.livejournal.com]

Wow.

If I ever need an industrial-strength blender, I'll come to you and we'll remember to check for structural integrity, how's that?

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

If I thought you were the sarcastic type, I'd probably think you were mocking me. But sure thing.

[x-rahne.livejournal.com]

I was serious, actually. I'm not really sure why it would come up, but around here, I would not be very surprised if it did.

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

As soon as I'm done laughing myself sick, I'm gonna go have a banana milkshake. Want one?

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

That would be perfection.

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

Excellent. I always make way more than I should and too many bananas and I'm unhappy for hours.

[xp_daytripper]

1. Families will surprise you like that.
2. ...
3. Neither do blokes. Even when you're empathically linked to them. But it can be fun figuring them out.
8. Why do you think I dress the way I do? Makes people back off (most of the time).
10. Neither can magic.