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| I don't like the fact that xangas can be used to get to know people
better without actually looking at their face and interacting with them
one-on-one.
Sometimes I think it's a strange voyeurism that people get into,
peeking into the inner thoughts of someone distant or someone close,
without having to actually go through the whole thing of introductions
or saying hello or beginning conversation.
If you want to know me and know how I'm doing, it's as simple as just
saying hi on the walk, or giving me a nice phone call or email.
I can't ever seem to find anything interesting to write here anyway. If
you can suggest things for me to write about, I'm all for it -- but
just tell me, in person, or on AIM, or whatever.
Besides, I don't like providing fuel for a certain fire.
(You know who you are.)
Anyways -- I'm peacing out from xanga for a bit.
I'll write again when I'm feeling prolific.
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| Thank goodness the shuttle landed okay. NASA would have been majorly
screwed over if it wasn't a safe mission. All this space travel makes
me feel useless, like I should be doing something that makes a
difference, like embarking on some life-changing volunteer mission,
rather than sitting in front of a textbook for hours.
Speaking of life-changing personal travel:
Richard Branson has pretty much succeeded on slapping a
Virgin logo on everything that ALREADY exists at some point or another
(Whether it succeeds or not is a totally different story.. can we
say Virgin Cola?). Now that he's tried putting Virgin logos on everything
in existence, naturally, the next move is to attempt to slap Virgin
logos on products and services that aren't totally feasible quite yet--
such as commercialized space travel! Ladies and gents, I present to
you... not Virgin Atlantic, but Virgin Galactic!
 
When I first saw this, I was convinced that it was a joke. Then, the
more I read, the more I became amused. How can you read this stuff and
not laugh? (VSS Enterprise??? Oh man...)
Actually.. well, space travel
is feasible. And I suppose most people had similar reactions after the
Wright brothers found a way for proper avation, thinking airplanes
could never be commercialized. But still, considering that NASA is just
starting to recover from a bad streak, I think it may be a little while
before I can consider outer space vacations for spring break.
Here are a few fun excerpts from the official site (link):
- "At the moment even the VSS Enterprise, the first Virgin Galactic spacecraft
is still on the drawing board and clearly therefore, the experience
that the Virgin team wish to create for the new breed of space tourist,
is still in the planning stage."
- "The key to Rutan's design is a craft, which on its return to earth
turns from a beautiful sleek space plane into a 'shuttlecock'"
<--haha i'm so immature
****edit: Okay, so apparently this news was made public in September of 2004. So I'm behind....but whatever.
On closer inspection of the official site, it looks like they are projected to start
flights in 2008. Tickets are $200,000. Not quite a college
education...but almost.
So, we might actually see Lance Bass in space. How crazy is that?
 
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| Random thoughts:
- I don't understand fascination with weaponry. You know who you
are. Why must you continually build up your arsenal of barely legal
firearms?
- If anything I've learned from summers of the past, I'm really awful
when it comes to staying in touch with people. My invasion of BC starts
on August 6th. Please call me, because I miss you crazy Academy kids -
no one around here laughs at my Manny G impressions and magnetic
induction through a solenoid sexual euphemisms. And I can't even bring
myself to say any Bio jokes because I know I'll get strange looks and
tomatoes thrown at me.
- I need to start doing my OWN damn research. I'm already getting sick of investigating crap for other people.
- Made the decision that I can never date a tall person (by normal
height standards...from my perspective...a giant). I don't like the
idea of taking away tall boys from the tall girls who want tall boys.
Plus, there are the many cons: awkward dancing, awkward hugs, awkward
walking together (8 Alison strides = 1 giant man strides). The most
important con? If a gargantually tall person prefers a really short
girl, the phrase "potential pedophile" crosses my mind.
- On that note, do you feel uncomfortable around really attractive
people of the opposite sex? I know some people love to be around guys
who are model-type-gorgeous because they serve as eye candy, but there's just something about guys who are too attractive that makes me want to run away before I get too close. I think it's a fear of comparison by extremes. Or something.
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| Have you ever met someone who has achieved what you desperately want to achieve, in some way, shape, or form?
While on a train from NYC to Philly, I met someone who is the embodiment of all my career
goals. And now, I'm more determined than ever to get there, and to get
there on my own merit and on my own terms.
I refuse to settle for anything less. | | |
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