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i've been giving myself a little self-test and have come to the conclusion that i can't remember when anything ever happened. the best i can do is verify that something did or did not happen. usually i can further narrow that down to "that was in my 20s" or "that was in my 30s" but it's kind of hinky for 29-30.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 11 December 2006 20:59 (seventeen years ago) link

my_life.xls

most of my memories are pretty vague w/r/t the actual, REAL date in question. like, i remember chasing a coyote with my car through downtown aspen at two in the morning, stoned and sorta drunk, in the middle of a snowstorm, plowing through snowbanks and whatever, but my reference frame is "the winter after I graduated college," not Feb(?). 04, you know?

also, i'm still trapped in a student/ski bum mentality, where my "years" are actually from fall to fall, not jan 1 to dec. 31.

― grbchv! (gbx), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:00 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm with you, John. Today at lunch my coworkers were all talking about the parties they had for their Sweet 16, but I had to think about it in terms of what year it was, where I was in school...

― Calico (calico), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link

also, i'm still trapped in a student/ski bum mentality, where my "years" are actually from fall to fall, not jan 1 to dec. 31.

Still slowly working my way out of that, myself.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Haha, I'm trying to write a general intro to software testing for work, and I tried to find ideas online and came up with this:

In other words, you can consider an example as: suppose you are a good cook and are expecting some guests at dinner. You start making dinner; you make few very very very delicious dishes (off-course, those which you already know how to make). And finally, when you are about to finish making the dishes, you ask someone (or you yourself) to check if everything is fine and there is no extra salt/chili/anything, which if is not in balance, can ruin your evening (This is what called 'TESTING').

This procedure you follow in order to make it sure that you do not serve your guests something that is not tasty! Otherwise your collar will go down and you will regret over your failure!

2. Why we go for testing?

Well, while making food, its ok to have something extra, people might understand and eat the things you made and may well appreciate your work. But this isn't the case with Software Project Development. If you fail to deliver a reliable, good and problem free software solution, you fail in your project and probably you may loose your client. This can get even worse!

You don't want your collar to go down WTF

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link

That sounds vaguely Japanese.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Indian.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Ahhh. It was the "you will regret over your failure" part that made me think that.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:12 (seventeen years ago) link

wow. 2002 i was in portland. crazy.
then i guess i remember that year in shifts. everything was shifting. i quit my job to go to school in portland. i was feeling resentful toward the person i was dating & knew it would end but i just didn't want to realize it quite yet. knowing what i know now, i think i would've broken things off before i ever left for portland but whatever. my friendship with john grew back into a comfortable place, my friendship with emily was at its strongest (& has since fallen back). when i came back from portland everything happened very quickly. relationship ended, i started to crave living alone, my internship with TAL started. then the 'slut phase' of my life took off for a while.

― sweet tater (sweet tater), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:12 (seventeen years ago) link

PORTLAND!! MARK'S SHOWPLACE!!!

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link

I keep trying to have a "slut phase" but it never seems to work.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:18 (seventeen years ago) link

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:20 (seventeen years ago) link

I know, right?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Try dudes.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:24 (seventeen years ago) link

No dudes hit on me at the gay bars this weekend, it wz kinda depressing.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:25 (seventeen years ago) link

i wouldn't want anything to do with a slut anymore, nor would i care to be one.

i'm beyond old and veering towards decrepit now.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:25 (seventeen years ago) link

i could handle a slut-phase.

― grbchv! (gbx), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Honestly, the slut phase is one of the main reasons I remember my 20's so unfondly.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:28 (seventeen years ago) link

"there's strings attached to every single lover"
-The Hold Steady

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:30 (seventeen years ago) link

For reals.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:31 (seventeen years ago) link

(see also: i am not discussing my slut phase on the internet)

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:31 (seventeen years ago) link

haha

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Ya srsly.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:33 (seventeen years ago) link

as soon as i mentioned it i had second thoughts. there will be no further details.

― sweet tater (sweet tater), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:45 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah, it's best to leave the details to the mind's of the chilx denizens. that's a much safer route.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah sorry, I didn't mean to make anyone uncomfortable... honestly I don't really need such a phase and find it pretty seamy and pointless, which is probably why I have failed so many times at acting that way.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Sweetheart, stop while you're behind: you've just suggested that everyone else's slut phases were "seamy and pointless". :D

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:52 (seventeen years ago) link

honestly, though, laurel -- what was the point?

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:53 (seventeen years ago) link

I am going to change the topic now. I went to a clothing swap last night and scored this sweet pair of boots -- they're sort of like Mondrian boots, but instead of having white and red and black, they're just red and black. So cute. I also got some other stuff. It's like Christmas came early and I have whole new wardrobe!
http://www.cetteadressecomportecinquantesignes.com/Mondrian_fichiers/image004.jpg
It's good, because I was starting to feel really goddamn frumpy. My (1) grey hair made another unwelcome appearance.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:53 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm okay with the fact that i had the phase, but i also would be perfectly content & happy without it too.

― sweet tater (sweet tater), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:54 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/101803/quality-assurance.gif

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:54 (seventeen years ago) link

slut phases, seamy or steamy?

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:54 (seventeen years ago) link

both, of course

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:55 (seventeen years ago) link

What was the point of the phase, or of needling Dan? Specific examples are best, Kenan!

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:55 (seventeen years ago) link

of the phase, i mean. I got out of it a bad taste in my mouth.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link

I sure do love these new boots.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link

They look like they lack traction?

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:57 (seventeen years ago) link

heh.

take a picture of them, amanda?

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:58 (seventeen years ago) link

They're for looking cute, not for climbing mountains.

+fashion
-traction

I would take a photo if I had the camera. D has it and he is in an airplane right now.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Haha, that response reminds me of something my ex would say. Right before she slipped and fell on ber butt.

They do look v. nice. I wish I was of a somewhat normal size and could do things like clothing swaps or shopping at resale stores.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, I dunno. I'm not much of a long-term dater, so most of my opposite-sex anything has been in a couple of those phases.

LOVE THE BOOTS!

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link

that does not sound healthy. the phases, not the boots. although the boots also sound a little treacherous this time of year.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:05 (seventeen years ago) link

watch me talk about what's "healthy," and feel free to crack up laughing.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Anyway, you can have rubber soles laid on those boots at a shoe place!

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:06 (seventeen years ago) link

I retract my "no traction" comment.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, lots of womens' shoes don't have giant, ugly lug soles -- not a big deal. Don't wear them in the snow. Don't run on the ice. I am not wearing them today, but I could, since all of the snow is melted, practically.

I'm off to work, dudes. It's been a pleasure.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link

then they wouldn't look as cute

xp to laurel

― grbchv! (gbx), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:09 (seventeen years ago) link

You can't even see them, it's less than 1/8" thick. Just a thin layer of grooved rubber, like...I can't think of a non-shoe comparison. They cut it to the outline of the sole and glue it on tightly. Good for ages.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:13 (seventeen years ago) link

something for which i have ilx to thank/blame: i now make snap judgements on women based solely on their boots. i learned at a young age to compliment a woman on her shoes but i find myself making silent but permanent judgements based on their boots now.

i wasn't always this way.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:14 (seventeen years ago) link

I saw a girl wearing purple-tinged Uggs (or similar) this morning, and totall snap-judged the shit out of her.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:17 (seventeen years ago) link

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