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That's too bad about the reaction from the artists. I hang out with alot of theater actors, but I've had pretty good success talking about engineering at their parties - they all say it's refreshing to be around someone who talks about something other than theater. Also, I usually open with how I came to the only engineer in a group of friends who are actors and poke fun at myself a bit, so maybe that helps.

That's SO great that you were a goth.

Actually I really liked your last post. I just didn't have time to read it before now. It made me want to shout out all sorts of predictable advice like "dump Heather!" "bag the waffle girl!" and "wow that girl you mentor sonds stupid!" (ok - that last one wasn't advice.) Unfortunately, super bowl and MP3 players aren't great conversation starters for me - but I hope Super Bowl Sunday wasn't as crazy a NHL playoffs get up here and I'm glad you're rediscovering some favorite tunes.

"Chaotic Dynamical Systems" would be a great name for a band.

You seem too nice to do this, but I wished you'd told those girls "no, you're both just ugly" when they called you gay.... it would've served them right for being attention whores... but that's kind of elementary school I guess (not that they were being mature either)

"just gazing into each others' eyes over waffles for a couple of hours"

Forget cliches - the "you create your own family thing" rules!

So are you for sure planning to pursue a doctorate?

"only 3.8s" - must be nice!

I know exactly what you're saying about younger girls thinking you're "23 or 24". Best feeling in the world. Also being a divorcee, I never did any dating in my twenties, but the girls that seem to be attracted to me are 21-24, and what do you know, I like them too.

But what brought me to your page was not semi-lecherous antics but a comment you made about going through non-stop Jucifer and Pain Teens listening phases. I love both band, Pain Teens being one of my all-time faves. I also go through phases where I just can't get enough of them.

Did you ever get to see the Pain Teens live? What's your favorite album? Alas, no, and Beast of Dreams and Stimulation Festival are neck-and-neck for me. Destroy Me Lover was great too. Hell, they're all fucking great.

As for Jucifer, unfortunately both times I've seen them live they sucked ass. Their buhzillion amps schtick is impressive at first, but you couldn't hear the vox or the drums (!) either time... 2 years apart, and in different clubs! I mean, Amber is nice to look at in a Bratz! doll sort of way, but I want to hear her voice!

ha ha, yep, so I understand the jadedness.

Surely you'll swing the bachelor's before 40 - you still have 8 years (according to your profile)! Thanks for the Hallowe'en post

Good luck on your midterms! How does the student mentoring thing work?

That's so cool that a kitten appeared on your doorstep! Was it already in your apartment building or did it come in from outside? Do you think someone might try to claim it?

I think my gerbils will be ok. They're from the same litter and they lived together for 1.5 years before the 'tail chomping' incident. I think they just got cranky. I had another pair of gerbils a few years ago that I had to separate permanently; they'd been chasing each other around for quite a few days and then one of them started relentlesly biting the other one all over the flank. I also had a pair once that got along great for 3 years until one of them got old and sick and I came home one day to find that the other had neatly disemboweled his 'friend' and left him belly-up in the centre of the cage cult-style.

I've heard that hamsters are tricky to keep in pairs/groups - I gather that you had the misfortune of witnessing trauma-inducing rodent violence on a regular basis as a child?

Hey I saw your comment in the Introverts group and I thought I'd say hi. I like that you don't have a very extensive friends list - maybe that sounds wierd, but I usually don't like posting if people already have 3 pages of comments and a jillion people on their friends list.

I'm glad you like dancing - I haven't gone in such a long time but I used to love it. Good taste in movies too... although I've always skipped over 'Kiki's Delivery Service' on the rental shelf - what would you recommend about it?

Sounds like 'Kiki' is a lot more subtle than most anime. Maybe I'll give it a try some time. I hate english dub-overs too - subtitles are always way better.

About your girlfriend's eterna-project - it's easier to think something is cool when you can appreciate the end product without having to do any of the work... and once you're bogged down in something it's easy to forget what drew you to it in the first place. So definately remind her that from an outsider's perspective modelling IS way cool and she's lucky to have a cool job.

I would love to get more into to hydrogeology and geochemistry - my academic background was mostly in water/waste water treatment so I've been edging my way into the contaminated sites stuff from a less technical angle and filling in the gaps in my education as I go along. Sometimes I contemplate going back to do a master's one day, but watching my boyfriend slave away on his eterna-thesis has been a bit of a deterrent, I'm afraid. Besides, at least one of us needs to be employed!