Issuing supreme power to you...one moment.

My self-summary Propose an edit

I have constructed a fragile illusion that the world is a system which, given enough time and effort, is completely knowable*. I live to understand things. I'm doing fairly well, except for people. They confuse me. You probably do too.

I recently started my "career" and made a huge lifestyle shift in the process. As a result, I'm constantly looking for new things to do, new places to go, new people to meet... new everything.

* credit is due.

What I'm doing with my life Propose an edit

I'm part of a grand experiment to see if thousands of monkeys pounding away on thousands of keyboards really can recreate Shakespeare, only with more algorithms and less prose. Occasionally I wander out into the big, scary Internet. Where I am now. Hi.

Many moons ago (technically, 4) I tried to walk across thin strips of nylon webbing. Chilly days, frequent rain and early sunsets have conspired to stop me. With strong determination and a blatant disregard for planetary physics I'm planning to bring the earth closer to the sun and put a stop to this dreary season. The slackline will rise again!

I'm really good at Propose an edit

Pointing out the obvious.

Repetitive and monotonous tasks that could be performed much more efficiently by a robot.

Falling.

The first thing(s) people usually notice about me Propose an edit

I think people would be far better qualified to answer this than I am. And odds are you're a people, which brings me to this question:

What is/are the first thing(s) you noticed about me?

This is a take-home (or to the movies/park/whatever) exam. Once I have enough respondents to be statistically significant, I'll compile the results here.

Preliminary findings: I'm quiet. As in I don't talk much. Particularly when in large groups. One long-time friend noted: "...you talk plenty. Just maybe not so much around people that you don't have anything to say to." My hypothesis is I try to keep a high signal to noise ratio during conversation and assume most of what I would normally say is noise to people I don't know. Will devise an experiment and report back results...

My favorite books, movies, music, and food Propose an edit

Ones with words, pictures, sounds, and tastes.

The six things I could never do without Propose an edit

GSM chatter. xkcd. Joe's Pasta and Pizza. A Katamari. Wikipedia.

Do I really need 6?

I spend a lot of time thinking about Propose an edit

Cranes. I think I want to be a Liebherr LTM 1400-7.1 when I grow up.

On a typical Friday night I am Propose an edit

Unless I stop thinking, at which point I wouldn't be. I think.

The most private thing I'm willing to admit here Propose an edit

I've already given out enough public information that I'm not sure I should share anything private.

It's like with RSA. You can give out your public key and keep your private key private, or you can give out your private key and keep your public key private. But the second you give out both, BAM, they're useless.

I'm not really sure how cryptography relates to my personal life, but it makes a good story.

I suppose I can give out one tidbit: I have an irrational fear of needles.

You should message me if Propose an edit

You think it's a good idea.

Also, if you think it's a bad idea. Morbid curiosity makes me wonder what exactly you wouldn't want to tell a complete stranger on the internet.

You have random urges to run off to olympic national park or portland or the seattle aquarium or snoqualmie falls or vancouver or an oregon tide pool or the space needle or victoria or the woodland park zoo or the san juan islands or the museum of glass...

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