Three things about nimh

+keen observer of people
+appreciates diversity
+wry sense of humor
+/- sensitive

What's WRONG with sensitive?

Better than boors with the hide of rhinocerii!

- Looks just like he did 20 years ago (and probably will look the same 20 years from now).
- Articulate
- If there was a yellow avatar club, he'd join (or probably start it).

One negative thing which I feel (and I may be wrong) is that you are far too nice. And nice people can always be gullible and can be taken for a ride. I think you need to toughen up a bit.

And yeah, the fact that you are still straight (but I count that more of a failure on my part)

(types out what he thought walking to work)

+ eager to be edged on to horizonbroadening experiments
- rarely the first to undertake them

+ painfully honest
- vainly exhibitionist (see this thread); plain rude

oh my god.

i hadnt looked at the news yet.

thats terrible.

<goes off googling>

tells us what's on his mind

doesn't tell us enough about his bodily functions (if kickyness is a goal)

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attractive

doesn't post enough pix of himself being silly (if kickyness is a goal)

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a good student. thorough in preparing his assignments

doesn't spend enough time shooting spitballs in class (if kickyness is a goal)

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Yes, I'm just kind of making a loop between Yahoo and steve's thread and miscellaneous other news resources.

Something I thought of last night and wanted to get down, though:

Not sure if it goes better here or on the other thread where you mentioned it, will put here because it's the stated reason for the thread. The fact that someone has a completely wrong-headed view of you is not necessarily your fault, even if that person is very close/ presumably knows you well.

I've had a difficult relationship with my dad for a long time, for a lot of reasons. At some point, he decided that the problems were not anything to do with him or things he had done, but because I am a generally angry person. That losing my hearing had made me twisted and bitter, and that it was just kind of directed outwards and he happened to be in the path.

He tried that out on me and I was like, ummm. (I mean, "What the hell are you talking about??" doesn't really work in that context.) Then he tried it out on E.G. and he (E.G.) burst into incredulous laughter. Heh.

Anyway, if it wasn't for E.G. saying "she's the least angry person I've ever met!!" and variations of "pshaw!", I might have taken it to heart. Doesn't mean it was true -- it was just the worldview that worked for him (my dad) best at the moment.

So, while we don't know the exact content of course, I feel somewhat comfortable saying "pshaw!"

Brilliant, well read.
Politically aware.
Writes beautifully about his love life.

Doesn't mention his personal feelings about political situations.
Doesn't stop arrogant fools quickly enough when they are abusing his good nature.

Asks us to complete an assignment that is impossible because there are no real negatives that are drawbacks to NIMH, only negatives that make him more interesting--otherwise he would be toooo nice.

A man of wit and charm and over-scrupulous self-doubt.

Hold your dominion.

+ Provides a2kers with brilliant posts.
- Posts are too brilliant... we are not worthy.

+ Offers well thought out & overly fair commentary.
- Never seems to have enough anger & grit to be real.

+ Writes beautifully of love & life.
- Doesn't seem to experience it so much as observe it. Makes me sad.

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Perfection?

Wanna marry me? :wink:

LOL!!

Oy!!

I'm mostly told that its impossible to make a decent picture of me, cause I always look stoned on them ...

And I dont even smoke.

Seriously folks, you people are really giving me way too much of a pass, here! I'm not that sensitive ...

Heh. I think I must just have ceased in my development some time - externally, anyway. I always used to be guessed older than i really was. Then sometime in my mid-twenties, they started to get it right. And now I'm almost always guessed too young.

I guess others would happily switch with me, but I feel kinda cheated - I went through so much **** the last five to ten years, and I dont even get the intrigueing, mysterious life-weathered Harvey Keitel/Tom Waits look for it!

You have to wait another twenty or so years for that Harvey Keitel/Tom Waits look. And you'll need to take up smoking.

Sure! I've always thought two husbands made more sense. You can do childcare and maybe some laundry and such. I'm sure E.G. wouldn't mind.

If you happen to be inclined to follow the political threads where nimh often hangs out, you will note that he:
a) Tends to post pretty, complicated charts
b) Tends to post pretty complicated charts

Hhmmmm ... I'm gonna take that into consideration. The Sozlet is a cutie after all, from what I hear ... and you got a pretty nice house too, I gather. Plus, I'd get to be around you every day. And around a professor of astrophysics (or what was it?) - might learn something still.

Basically, I only have two ambivalences here, really. Dunno if we can hammer those out. First, there's the thing of - you know - two perfect people (perhaps even three, I dunno, will have to take your word on EG) - wouldn't that be awkward? All too much perfection, perhaps? Mutual intimidation?

And then there's you know - what you may want to reconsider - will the full extent of me being thoughtful, creative, sweet, gutsy and thorough really come to full fruition, in terms of you benefiting from it and all, in just childcare and laundry and such?