Strangers in the night

[cyrano]

Tell me something about you that you don't think I know.

Comments

[tamago.livejournal.com]

Growing up I wanted to be an astronaut.

[clayrobeson.livejournal.com]

ME TOO!!! That's why I studied Aerospace Engineering for 3.5 years, and was half way to an appointment at the Airforce Academy before I realized I'm not really the military type. :D

What's even more bizarre is the possibility of doing some part time work for NASA Ames now. :D

[tamago.livejournal.com]

I had figured out I wasn't astronaut material by the time I was in high school. (I had health problems that would have kept me earthbound even if I had the training.)

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

I don't like high-rise elevators.

[cerulean-me.livejournal.com]

I really hate crickets.... Especially when they get in my car. Grrrr

[lil-m-moses.livejournal.com]

When I was a kid, I was convinced I'd been a horse in a past life. I still think it's plausible.

[gconnor.livejournal.com]

I had an interview at google today :)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

*squeak!*
Mazel Tov!

[9thmoon.livejournal.com]

I used to faint when I had blood drawn.

[fayroberts.livejournal.com]

off topic entirely, but what does a heptagram (septagram?) represent?

[9thmoon.livejournal.com]

It's a chaos star.
I call it a septacle. *grin*

I'm not sure what it represents to anyone other than me.

[fayroberts.livejournal.com]

I've just remembered that I was obsessed with drawing them when I was about 13, you see, but I didn't know if it had any other symbolism.

:) Thanks.

[motleypolitico.livejournal.com]

I used to be in the floor show at Rocky Horror during my college days.

[wildpaletz.livejournal.com]

Who did you play?
You don't have to answer that :)

[motleypolitico.livejournal.com]

Isn't it obvious that I have the legs to play...

Doctor Scott?

[miss-friday.livejournal.com]

I saw violins today in the following sizes: 1/64, 1/128, 1/256, 1/512, 1/1024, 1/2028

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

This sounds fascinating, but I have no idea what that ratio represents. If it's a ratio.

[miss-friday.livejournal.com]

It represents size. Full sized instruments are 4/4. It goes down from there. 3/4, 1/2, 1/4, etc. I used to think 1/64 was as small as they get.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

That's... quite miniscule. Wow. So a two-thousand to one ratio would mean an instrument considerably smaller than one inch in length. Somewhat difficult to play.

[miss-friday.livejournal.com]

I don't think the ratios directly corolate to inches. The smallest were quite tiny, but probably just right for a toddler or baby. If you could train such a creature not to destroy the instrument.

[hamgallon84.livejournal.com]

I want to buy a hookah.

This is easy as we only just met. So...

[fayroberts.livejournal.com]

... I have spent the last two years training myself to like raw tomatoes. Success is partial: I can now eat them without gagging, and have found some that are almost pleasurable, but there's still an extremely small window for "acceptable raw tomato."

I'm thinking of transferring my efforts over to olives.

Bleh.

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[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

This is easy as we only just met.
Yes, well, I wanted to start you off easy, so as not to scare you away.

I have spent the last two years training myself to like raw tomatoes.
Tomatoes are nasty things until they have been taught their place. Which is baked with oregano and basil on a bed of cheese and pasta. But this weekend, I had a quesadilla where I only picked out most of the tomatoey chunks.

I was getting weird 'lost twin' echoes until we got to the bit about olives. I've always loved black olives, and am learning to respect green olives.

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[mnarra.livejournal.com]

My favorites are the chlamydia olives. Mmmmmm.

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[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Freak.

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[mnarra.livejournal.com]

Well, yes.

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[fayroberts.livejournal.com]

I've only ever been force-fed tried over-brined green olives. When I rinse them I enjoy them.

And I love cooking with olive oil.

Maybe this won't take so much effort, then... What's the difference in tastes, then?

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[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Well, as I shop the upscale yuppie marts, I discover that there are an infinite variety of olives. I have not tried a great variety of them, but many of them seem briny enough that they should not be eaten alone. Black olives, in a most general way, taste.... darker, I suppose. Green olives have a brighter flavor. Yes, that'll do.

[phoenix-heart.livejournal.com]

I used to know how to shoot, load, clean, and disassemble an M-16 A1 rifle.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Wow. It is possible that the story of how you forgot is nearly as interesting as the story of how you learned.

[phoenix-heart.livejournal.com]

Not terribly sexy: I used to do all four during college on a semi-regular basis (ROTC), and now I don't remember because it's been about 12 years.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Ah, those wild college days....
ROTC, huh? I hope that whole Communist thing didn't make you want to hunt me down at the bbq and shoot me.

[phoenix-heart.livejournal.com]

Nope. I've got too many of you guys stuffed and mounted on my wall already.

Actually, I'm quite the pinko (relatively) these days. My father would be shocked. I have friends in Iraq, and I understand the military mindset...but I have my own mind and it sees multiple sides.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Wow. I heart people who have their own minds and see multiple sides. I think I'm keeping you. (:

[mnarra.livejournal.com]

Anything I can think of to tell you about me, I believe that you already know or have guessed.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

You'd be surprized at what a poor guesser I am. (: