emilyann's peregrinations

If anyone needs any guidance on birthday presents for me (you have just over 2 weeks!), try this.  Awesome. 

KTHXBYE

a rising
Originally uploaded by emily ann

Will write text shortly, when I can switch this to neighborhood only.

Do you remember those logic puzzles from elementary school?  You know, like "Edna is standing next to Brian.  the person in the blue shirt is not next to the person in the green shirt.  Rachel isn't wearing green.  Jason is taller than Brian."  etc, and you have to figure out what color shirt everyone is wearing, their relative heights, and what order they are standing in?

Well I rocked those logic puzzles.  I would go through them really fast, and my answers were always right.  However, the part where I got stuck was then the teacher would ask me to explain to everyone else how I arrived at my answer.  I was always confused by this.  Both because I didn't think I should have to explain when I was right, and also because I couldn't actually explain why I was right, I just knew I was.  I seemed to naturally skip a lot of middle steps that my brain did without instruction, so if I tried to go back over it step by step, I'd get stuck.

Anyway, this project I'm working on at work reminds me of those logic puzzles, except with plane tickets, a time axis, 37 calendars, soft requirements like "Rachel would kind of prefer to stand next to Jason, if possible.", and no guarantee there even is a right answer.

It kind of makes my head spin, but I think I'm actually figuring it out. I just hope no one asks me to justify the final product.

this was fine in the morning when i was working from home, but now i have to go into the office.  so i'm going. 

in jeans, a wife beater and pigtails. 

i'm all about looking professional.

I received an email in my personal inbox today (via my publicly accessible email address that copies to my personal inbox) from a name I didn't recognize.  This isn't entirely surprising, but the content was strange.  The subject was "then and now", and the content, a single line...

"hi emily: which one do you think is more 'cute'?"

There were two files attached, and I was presumably to choose between the two.  I clicked around a bit to make sure they were image files and not embedded with anthrax or something, but then curiosity got the better of me.

The first image was of a child, maybe 8 years old. It was a school picture, probably from the early 80s judging by the style/clothing.  The child is not particularly cute.

The second image was what I assumed is a current photo of the former child.  It was a quite poorly produced photo of what appears to be quite an unattractive man.  It wasn't dirty, thankfully, but I have to wonder... what response can he possibly expect from this missive? 

In the event that I were to ever seek attention by randomly emailing out unsolicited photos of myself to publicly accessible email addresses, I would make an at least vague attempt to look attractive in said photos.  I would... oh, never mind, I can't even say "I would" because I just... wouldn't.

It does remind me of the guy who stalked me in the cemetery in an attempt to get my attention.  Similarly, I am baffled in this situation as to what the ideal outcome could possibly be.

My co-worker suggests that I respond to the email with exaggerated interest.  I chose to just delete the email and block the address.  Apparently I have no sense of adventure.

yep.  so if any of you have an address to the aforementioned party, i would be appreciative.

If you could go back and change one thing you've done in your life, what would it be?
Submitted by Devinoid.

Many years ago, there was a friend who needed my help, but he didn't ask me for it. I pretended that technicality freed me from personal responsibility to our friendship and to him.

If you could teleport to any place in the world right this second, where would you go?

morningside heights.

What do you do when you find yourself with nothing to do?
Submitted by Cassie.

enjoy it.

have coat, will travel

1 comment

I finally have my iTunes library consolidated and fully synced on my iPod.  Wow.  That took a LOT longer than it should have, but it'll be time well spent while traveling for the next couple weeks.  *Yay*