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[matt9476]

I'm 31, but I have such a baby face that people mistake me for 21.

[TBean]

In a restaurant, if it is on the menu, I will almost always try the duck. It is one of my favorite things to eat. Oddly, have never tried to make it myself.

[Timo]

I've only ever danced once.

[Epee_Pox]

I'm good at landscaping.

[parrythis]

My first girlfriend's name was Judy. She broke up with me by passing a note across the 2nd grade classroom.

[Neinteen]

I didn't have a boyfriend in the 2nd grade!

[SFfencer]

I bet you didn't have a friend in 2nd grade.

[Nusy]

My secret dream is to be an interior designer, but in Hungary I don't have the chance for it.

[Fencergrl]

LOL... Been there done that. I was lucky and got on with one of the few companies who did store and restaurant design. Most of the work is in office design. If you look around at the design of the average office/cube farm you can imagine how exciting it is.

It's a boom or bust time of work. There's either so much you're working crazy hours and pulling all-nighters or you're unemployed. When times are tight, they cut back on design teams... no one decides to keep the designer but cut out the engineering or architects from the budget... you're the bottom of the "drawing/ designing" food chain. All the companies are mud-wrestling for the same contracts.

The schools put out more students than the industry can handle... because that is how they make money. Everyone with an iota of creative talent wants to be able to use it. Most go on to other things. Those that work as designers feel lucky until the economy changes and they get laid off. They either hang in there or get other work... it's the same with the other "arts".

I'm not trying to discourage you... I'm just saying that it isn't a weird life. I like it because it was the perfect combination of practical and creative. I left because of the craziness and the futility of creating something, ripping it down after a while and giving it a "fresh" look. The level of consumption and waste niggled at my ethics until I couldn't do it any more.

In the end, I have no regrets... It was part of varied work history... waitress, store/ restaurant designer, antique dealer, office worker, person who maintained and customized the databases, NDT sales, office manager, fencing coach, vintage autosound book keeper and sales staff.

If I had the chance to do it again, I don't think I would change a thing. Everything I did involved learning new skills and challenging my abilities. When I got my first job in a office (who's mother company was heavily into distribution of computers and software) I didn't know how to use a computer... nada... I couldn't use a mouse, deleted my C drive (LOL I still laugh when I think about it)... next job I was maintaining the databases and servers for the company and dealing with idiots like me.

When I took up design, I didn't even know if I could draw. Turns out I really can't but I was good at drafting, rendering and perspectives. Plus I understood how things were constructed because I took construction classes. So follow your dream, but don't be afraid to change directions. It keeps you on your toes.

[sionnach]

I sometimes get mistaken for an englishman because I don't really have an Irish accent

[freerider258]

I post way too much on f.net

you guys think I should start a thread titled "Ask a moderatly ignorant and arrogant (which makes him more ignorant) high school fencer" kinda like "Ask Fencergrl" but with less conclusive information...

Do I hear a yes...

[Sword Hobbit]

At approximately 8:40pm 4/17/08 my bra was stolen

[sionnach]

At approximately 8:41pm 4/17/08 I ran very quickly

[swordwench]

As of yesterday, I have pet chickens. In my basement. Rare breeds. They're about 4 days old, and cute as can be. I'm afraid to get attached to them in case they die on me.

(I had the same problem when I had kids, come to think of it.)

[Neinteen]

I post way too much on f.net

you guys think I should start a thread titled "Ask a moderatly ignorant and arrogant (which makes him more ignorant) high school fencer" kinda like "Ask Fencergrl" but with less conclusive information...

Do I hear a yes...

Amen.

As of yesterday, I have pet chickens. In my basement. Rare breeds. They're about 4 days old, and cute as can be. I'm afraid to get attached to them in case they die on me.

(I had the same problem when I had kids, come to think of it.)

Yeah when I have kids I'm not gonna talk to them until they're 10, that way I know they're likely to live.

[Parry and Sunder]

I believe that children should be raised in pairs. That is, a couple should plan for children in multiples of two, to maximize the benefit of learning to share, to better divide the attentions of two parents, as well as increasing the chances of positive sibling bonding. Opposite sexes would probably be best, but cannot really be controlled.

[Sword Hobbit]

I believe that children should be raised in pairs. That is, a couple should plan for children in multiples of two, to maximize the benefit of learning to share, to better divide the attentions of two parents, as well as increasing the chances of positive sibling bonding. Opposite sexes would probably be best, but cannot really be controlled.

Why not 11

[Timo]

I never thought I was particularly attractive, but now I hear how cute I am from 13 year old girls a lot.

[needle]

I believe that children should be raised in pairs. That is, a couple should plan for children in multiples of two, to maximize the benefit of learning to share, to better divide the attentions of two parents, as well as increasing the chances of positive sibling bonding. Opposite sexes would probably be best, but cannot really be controlled.

In the XP (extreme parenting) methodology, this is known as pair upbringing

[Parry and Sunder]

Wow. I didn't think it was that extreme, as far as parenting methods go, but I guess it does seem a bit... ah, premeditated. I merely observed the way sibling relationships worked among people I knew, and came to this conclusion.