Introduce yourself!
I am white. I typically don't begin introductions with that. I'm a combat veteran, ex-web developer, and case manager for homeless & at-risk veterans. Computers have always been my hobby and the career I thought I would stick with, which is why I've segued into a job where all I do is talk to people. I like pushing my mind and my body to its limits. This has manifested itself in some strange ways. I'm a big believer in steering my life into what my brain might consider enemy territory. I'm an obsessive collector of music. Amon Tobin is one of my personal heroes. I love the idea of writing and hardly do it. I pretend to meditate every night. I watch a lot of movies and never remember any of the dialogue. I go to a new country every year, but I refuse to go to Europe until I'm retired. I'm going back to school soon. After that I'm going to law school, so long as I don't decide to go off grid before then. Sometimes I think about DMT trips and 432Hz and get a little delusional. I'm new to this community and really enjoy the content and comments so far. I'm hoping I can contribute positively to it and learn some more about the people who make hubski hubski.
Thank you for your service. I really can't express the kind of love and respect I feel towards servicemembers. If i had half the guts you do, I'd be on my way to a recruitment center right now. Just hope you know people will always appreciate and remember the work you've done, even if you might not want to.I like pushing my mind and my body to its limits. This has manifested itself in some strange ways. I'm a big believer in steering my life into what my brain might consider enemy territory.
This might not really be what you're talking about but, have you ever done a Spartan Race? It's an incredible test of mind and body. I ran the shortest one called the Spartan Sprint this last spring, and when I crossed the finish line bruised, battered and covered in mud, all I wanted to do was run again :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggq8LzZ397Q is a cool motivational promo they did, check out their website if you'rei nterested.
My pleasure. As much as I appreciate people showing support for veterans, I always struggle with how to respond. Neither "thank you" or "you're welcome" seem appropriate. It isn't all guts though-- there's a large amount of foolishness involved with putting yourself in harms way, in my opinion :) I have not done a Spartan Race, though I would love to in the future. Unfortunately, last year my knees met their limit before my mind and it may be a while before I'll be able to. Kudos to you for doing it, I've heard they can be immensely difficult.
I understand, and I'm sorry to put you in an uncomfortable situation about it, but I can't help but to express my respect :P Best of luck to your knees :D
I'm steve. I'm 38. I'm married. I have five children (or in theadvancedapes words "that is some straight-up 1940's shit right there"). I grew up with mk and he asked me to "check out a project he was working on" a few years ago… Hubski has been my online home ever since. I'm a husband, a father, an ecclesiastical leader, and filmmaker. To pay for all of that stuff, I work a day job at a tech company in Denver, Colorado, USA. Sometimes I make podcasts with thenewgreen.
"that is some straight-up 1940's shit right there" Haha most definitely. No idea how you manage that.
Jim Gaffigan wanted to impart on his audience what it's like to have that many children. He has four kids, and he says, "Do you wanna know what it's like to have a fourth child? Imagine you're drowning, and then someone hands you a baby." 4 Kids I highly recommend his observations on parenting.
As you likely know, we are expecting another kid in February. Having two seems insane to me, yet alone FIVE. -steve#1 (as I call him) is a madman. The fact that he finds time to make those video-podcasts for us is insane. I love Denver and look forward to the day when Hubski has enough resources to send us all out there for a "meet up".
MmMMMMmmmMmm... resources... EDIT: Congrats on having another kid!
I think time is the greatest resource we lack. Which begs the question, why on earth would we have another kid?
You know I think we're going to stop having kids :-) Don't count on being grandpa newgreen.
I'll love my virtual Digient grandchildren too.
Oh cool, I just moved to Denver to pursue a Masters in CS at UC Denver. When you say "tech," is that software? I need to get involved in the software community. Working for an out-of-state company remotely, I don't get much chance to interact with devs in Denver. I'm hoping to stay after I graduate, so I feel like I need to make some contacts in the software world. I'm also not a very outgoing person. Any advice? Or software orgs you'd recommend getting involved in?
Don't forget eightbitsamurai. He's in Denver. I had a mini-hubski-meetup last month when I was in Vancouver. I happened to be at the university where forwardslash was. I dunno, but I think when you've hung around the site for a while, you will probably have a few things to say to other hubskiers, or perhaps a zen-like smiling silence.
Honestly, part of the contact issue is time. Full-time work and school, I just don't have time for anything else. I think maybe I just need to wait until I graduate, and then look into local dev groups when I have a little free time.We need to have a Denver Hubski meet-up.
I'd be up for that.
Well, I mostly do Application-level development now, in languages like C++. I'm focusing on Parallel Processing in grad school. I've been thinking either that, or Embedded programming. I think I'd really like Embedded systems, but I have no idea how hard it is to break into that sub-field. I fully intend to get some books on the subject and start tinkering, as soon as I have any free time (again, probably not until I graduate in 2 years).
I work in embedded systems. A cheap and easy way to see if you like it, would be to get some arduino parts and just start tinkering - play around with sensors and LCD displays, and move up to simple robots or whatever. dx.com is a good source for cheap bits and pieces (but their shipping, although free, is not fast).
Thanks! I'll do that. I have a couple questions, if you have the time. My background is pure Computer Science (emphasis on Software Engineering), not Computer Engineering. How much will that hurt me, trying to break into embedded systems? I'm afraid I don't know what I don't know, from CE. Also, how important is DSP to your job? DSP worries me. I know nothing about it, but what I see looks really hard. I actually like applied math, but it doesn't come easy for me.
There's a lot of embedded DSP work, so it's probably a good thing to learn. That said, I know almost nothing about it, so I can tell you it's not required for most work. What IS required is to know C, inside and out - that's what you'll use, 99% of the time; often very little or no OS support. Try to unlearn what you know about C++ and C#.
I'm Cadell. I like thinking and writing about evolution. I work on this show and research for this institute. One day I hope to simultaneously love what I'm doing and be able to make rent.
I'm AlderaanDuran, because I found the username funny. I'm 32, I live in a suburb of the Twin Cities in Minnesota, but grew up in Saint Paul. In real life, many people call me Egg, because it's the sound in the start of my lastname. I'm a recent homeowner, recent refugee from the big city to the quiet burbs, and recently married as of October. I'm non-religious, but my life is moderately focused around buddhism, mainly zen practice. I work in IT, and my title is System Analyst III Team Lead, but in real speak I am an infrastructure/architecture guy for a medium sized company in the lending arm of the banking industry. I design, architect, build, and implement new applications, as well as support existing ones. Without getting too long winded, I work a lot with servers, networking, architecture activities, load balancing, XML configs, IIS, Biztalk, the servers themselves, and work hand in hand with devs to bring these applications and new releases through the code promotion process from dev, to qa and clienttest environments, and eventually to production. I am a manager of sorts, but I still like to get my hands dirty. I also have a side photography business, both selling prints and doing wedding photography, though I've been pretty idle on this the last few years as my day job takes up a lot of evening time and weekends, and the rest I want to spend with my wife and cats at home. Lately photography has been more of a personal hobby and artistic outlet than a business. I play a little piano and guitar, I juggle, read a lot of books, and play outdoor hockey in the winter. I love all kinds of music, but my favorite genre is probably hip-hop. Atmosphere is probably my favorite band these days, but I like all kinds of artists in the scene. I'm also super passionate about space, and humans place in the universe. I am the SpaceX unofficial mouthpiece around here. I'm also really into aviation, mainly WWII aircraft being something I can never read enough about. I also have my single-engine-land VFR private pilots license, and have logged about 80 hours, but am not current anymore. I originally wanted to join the Airforce and fly jets when I was younger, but turns out I'm too color blind to even hold a gun for the marines. That stupid test with the color dots and the numbers? Yeah, I get to the second page and I'm already guessing. I love coffee, malbec, good craft imperial stouts, and love to eat anything that comes from the ocean. Mussels, oysters, clams, scallops, lobster, crab, urchin; yum.
Already trying for one. So yes. Just curious, why do you ask?
For some reason I had this idea that you didn't want kids. I think you'd make for an interesting dad based on your internet footprint.
I'm nervous about becoming a father, and the idea scares me a bit, but I'm okay with it at this point in my life. My wife REALLY wants a kid and made it clear pretty early on that she wanted kids and if I didn't want one I should get the hell out then. I think it will be fun. Not looking forward to the loss of personal time and whatnot though. :)
If I may chime in - I'm a selfish fella, at least in regards to my personal time. I lost a LOT of it when my daughter was born but I've somehow found ways to get most of it back. I waste less time and I get by on about 2 hours less sleep than I used to. But the craziest thing is how much more efficient I am with time. I never realized the full opportunity cost of my time before. I watch about 1/8th of the movies I used to, I watch about 1/4 of the TV series I used too. You prioritize. I still make a ton of music, spend a ton of time on Hubski and I'm creative in ways I've not been since I was a kid. -playing is F-U-N. You'll dig it. You'll be amazed at where you find the time. There's no doubt that your life is going to change forever, but truly it is a good change, if you're ready for it. Based on what I've learned about you via our conversations here I'd wager you are. Good luck to you!
That's good to hear, and it honestly makes a lot of sense. Never really thought of it that way. It's funny, because I was just talking here on hubski about going to school FT and working FT for a couple years of my life, and how I had like zero free time. But the time I did have became so special and so much more "worth it". I made the comment that an evening off drinking a couple beers and watching a movie might has well have been a week long vacation. Thanks for bringing this up. It's reassuring. I like to think I'm a patient person, and go with the flow well. I'm not really afraid of the horror stories of sleepless nights and losing your head. I'm pretty good in that department. It's just the unknown of being a parent that makes me nervous too. I guess I won't know what it's really like til I'm there. But I'm sure I'll deal, which is why I'm on board. I'll probably be looking for more parenting advice in the future! Thanks,But the craziest thing is how much more efficient I am with time.
Based on what I've learned about you via our conversations here I'd wager you are.
You're a driven dude so you will naturally want to be good at it. -That's great. Keep that.I'll probably be looking for more parenting advice in the future!
-Ask away. There are a number of us recent fathers on Hubski that would be glad to help as well as a number of ma's. The "unknowns" pretty much all come naturally and the ones that don't, don't for everyone. It's not that it's super easy, it's more that it's not difficult in the ways you might assume.
Your username is pretty funny :D Do you think photography is a kind of release for you from the daily grind, or another daily routine? I'm also into photography, and after being obsessed for a while, the infrequent times when I pick up the camera and go on excursions are not as much second nature, as much as a special time of challenging myself to open my eyes, and meditate almost. My friend just turned down an offer from the Jiulliard School for piano to join the Air Force. I have so much respect for our armed forces, and planes are pretty damn cool ;) I used to hole up in local bookstores and find books on WWII tech and implementation in battles.. good stuff!
Now it's a release, but for the 5 years where I was shooting professionally, it was a grind at times. "Oh it's Saturday time for the weekend... nope, just another weekend with another all day wedding to shoot". Even though most events were a lot of fun. I met a lot of cool people shooting weddings, bands, models, runway shows, etc. It was definitely fun. Now days, that I'm busier with day job and home life, it's definitely a release for me. I take my camera when me and the wife go out, and sometimes I specifically want to go do things because I want to take pictures. Local county fairs and art shows, the state fair, go hiking and exploring in our beautiful parks, go to the various winter carnival events. Gives me a reason to go out and get some fresh air, spend some time with my wife, and take some pictures. Like you said, it does get me to open my eyes, after shooting for so long it's really helped me SEE things better even in normal situations. I'm not just looking around, but I'm looking at how the light looks on something, looking for reflections in odd places, looking at shadows down at my feet, and everything in between. I keep a point and shoot on me, a P7000, at most times. It's in my work backpack which goes almost everywhere with me. For more scheduled photo outings I bring my D80 normally, or a D300 and my tripod if I have a real specific shot I'm looking for, like a long exposure of some kind or something that needs multiple exposures.Do you think photography is a kind of release for you from the daily grind, or another daily routine?
I am Bob. I mean BLOB. "I live life interested." - Sunshine by Mouth Senior at a school outside of Chicago. Jazz studies major, environmental studies minor. Once I pay off my student debts I'm going to live in a cave.
You don't really need to pay off your debts if you're living in a cave. What kind of environmental studies have you been doing, if you don't mind my asking.
If I don't pay them off then my debts would fall on my parents and god knows they can't handle anymore of that. The program my school offers is a general overview really. But I'm more interested with the advocacy side of things as well as they nitty-gritty work of working a farm for example.
Crazy. I'm actually playing in Naperville tonight. I was thinking about going to the Green Mill tomorrow to see Ben Allison's group.
My name is Max, I was wearing black boots when I made an account on Hubski. I came over because kleinbl00 mentioned it somewhere, and I've been a fan of his for a while, so it wasn't a difficult decision to trust his judgment. I'm 22 and grew up in Moscow and then at around 7 years old moved to Baltimore. School (College) was weird for me. I went around to any of the older classmates and ask them who their favorite professors were and compiled a list. I then met with about 30 of the professors on that list, and based on that interaction, I enrolled in their class. It didn't really matter what they taught, paint drying 101 can be worthwhile if there's an interesting professor. I then found a concentration of these professors in Political Science and so declared that major. Three of my favorite teachers though left at the beginning of a semester. So I found myself in a major I didn't particularly care for without the teachers that drew me to it. I dropped out because I didn't want to do the search for a major again, and I didn't care for the social environment and the campus bubble. Now I'm living with a couple of Hopkins students, use their J-cards to draw books out of their library (by the way kleinbl00, just finished Ghost Wars by Steve Coll, what a fantastic piece of journalism. You could write a book about the things I'm ignorant of :D I'm onto a Peace to End All Peace, the creation of the Modern Middle East), and waiting to hear back about my AmeriCorps NCCC application. I made the waitlist pool, so there's now a 75% chance that I make it in woohoo! AmeriCorps would send me out somewhere in the states for 10 months to do a bunch of service projects and nearly pay off the one student loan I have. Afterwards? No idea. Probably pick a city with one of my then-recently graduated friends and figure it out. This few month period while I wait for my February 1st deployment (assuming I get in), where I work this silly job that barely pays my rent and not really do anything that's important to me except read and cuddle, it's weird. I don't know what I want to do, but I feel like I should be doing it already. I hear this is typical of someone my age, but that doesn't really comfort me. On the brighter side, because I'm all about the brighter side, I've been having fun, visiting distant friends, and trying to learn more about #thehumancondition and human nature. Hubski helps in a big way towards that. Thanks guys and gals.
Moscow to Baltimore sounds kinda rugged. I've been to the latter and lived in awe of the former. Good buddy of mine did Americorps. It didn't exactly turn his life around, but it gave him a sense of purpose to figure out what he wanted to be when he grew up. Your next reading assignment because I was reminded.
I was born a month before the Soviet Union fell. The Russia I grew up in was of the lawless 90s, not the mutually assured we-may-all-get-vaporized-any-second Soviet Union you lived in awe of. Americorps is more for working with my hands and eliminating my obligation to Fannie whoever. I don't think it will radically turn my life around, just enable a freedom afterwards to pursue whatever ends. Roger dodger. That excerpt was great, I love back stories like that. Consider the book added, Red Pill now half-swallowed.
I'm _refugee_, aka E. H. Brogan. Available for reading here - blog or here - poems. Available for listening [here](soundcloud.com/ehbrogan) - not sure if that link will work, soundcloud is restricted at my work. Real-life banker, fantasy poet. Got my BA in English and promptly landed a completely unrelated gig in the back office world of corporate banking where I pore over financial regulations and yell at people for breaking them. I don't Hubski near as much as I'd like to but my so-called "real life" has been surprisingly busy as of late - sick, totalled a car, had an exam for work, and so on. In my non-work time I frequent concerts, bars, and Chinese food restaurants. I also write and try to get published. In my dream world I would probably be a tenured college professor. I'd love to get an MFA in creative writing but can't justify it so won't do it. I was recently described as a "logical badass." My mother asked me if I would please take out my nose piercing whenever I go home. (No.) This weekend I am going to go see The Neighborhood (band) in Philly, car shopping on Saturday/night drinking, wedding on Sunday. I enjoy cooking. And I have an Internet crush on kleinbl00.
Don't we all. :PAnd I have an Internet crush on kleinbl00.
kleinbl00 is a pretentious asshole, said with all affection and with the thought that he would agree with me. He also happens to be extremely intelligent, discerning, and a good writer. Such a good writer, in fact, that he considers it a disservice to non-writers not to write. (The crush, I feel it growing.) He is blunt and doesn't pull his punches even if he likes you - probably especially if he likes you. He also has a ton of interesting life stories to tell and a very good analytical mind. His perspective is usually insightful and always - to me - interesting. So if that sounds good to you, crush away. I advise comment-stalking. He was big on Reddit for the longest time; I think you are an ex-Redditor and so it surprises me you haven't heard of him, but then again I spent far too much time on Reddit while I was there.
I believe the phrase was "arrogant ass." So here's the thing about that podcast: TNG edited it for length, as any reasonable human would. He got it down to the juicy bits, as any reasonable editor would. And he presented differing perspectives, as any reasonable journalist would. But he left most of the angsty shit I have associated with writing on the cutting room floor. I've used writing as a weapon since I was seven. Back when xerox machines were spendy we used to get those purple mimeograph handouts. And I remember we got a "mad lib" one where we had to use a list of words to write a "story." It was bullshit. The words were all associated with ice cream parlors. "cherry." "soda." "glass." "chair." "vanilla." Who the fuck wants to write a story about ice cream? So I wrote four or five sentences that went "the giant cherry soda broke glass and threw chairs as it created vanilla doom." The object of the exercise, from my standpoint, was to demonstrate what bullshit the assignment was. The reaction was gifted testing, writing samples taken for analysis and appointments with the guidance counselor. So I learned early that if you put your feet in the squares they can't tell if you're hopscotching or mocking them with your chicken dance. Manipulating and mocking those who gave me all this bullshit make-work became second-nature and so little of a challenge that any "joy of creation" was gone before it had a chance to thrive. I've never been about writing for my own edification; I'd draw if I had any skill at it. I'd paint if I could. I'd sculpt. I can easily say I draw vastly more satisfaction out of welding than I do out of writing. But writing has always been this thing that people fawn over and waste my time with. In 8th grade a classmate wrote a "fantasy novel" of about 20 pages that was essentially a D&D script involving his friends and a select assortment of hot girls in school (scandalous!). I was deeply offended by the amount of praise this deeply mediocre bit of prose attracted and decided to try my hand at, you know, writing. It was some personal shit - angsty and violent - and crafted on the computer we had at home, which crashed, and which my father "recovered" line-by-line so that he had an excuse to read what sort of psychotic bullshit his son was writing. A year later he forgot my birthday (my sister's is the day before). Two years later I put a key lock on my bedroom door and didn't give anyone else the key. Three years later we had an armed standoff in the hall involving a machete. Four years later I was couch-surfing. Suffice it to say that as soon as I started giving a shit about my writing, the world conspired to fuck me over. Nonetheless, by 10th grade I'd almost gotten back to the point of writing again. I'd polished a couple stories enough to submit; I was in the zone. Then I ended up in an honors english class where we had to write two 500-word persuasive essays a week, due Tuesdays and Fridays. It had the following effects: 1) I hate the fuck out of Willa Cather 2) I hate the fuck out of Aldo Leopold 3) I got trivially good at spewing 500 words of persuasive bullshit about anything 4) I put aside all thoughts of writing for fun 4 EVAR. Ten years later a best buddy (see: "couch surfing") was working on his thesis film at Art Center. The script was not good. I didn't rewrite it because I wanted to write scripts. I didn't rewrite it because I thought I had any particular skill at it. I rewrote it because he was investing $25,000 on top of a $150,000 education and fuckin' A it couldn't be worse. Four years after that I optioned a screenplay for enough to buy my wife's engagement ring. A year after that I'd made enough on script options to be ineligible for the Nicholl. So it's not wholly accurate to say I "consider it a disservice" not to write. It's that my friends and family get pissed off when I don't write, that I've always gotten the annoying signals that I'm good enough to write, and that "writing" is something that I inherently feel no challenge from - unlike painting, unlike drawing, unlike sculpting - and that people are incongruously thankful when I contribute. I imagine there are tall people who hate basketball, despite being full-ride-to-PAC-12-good at it. Some ass put a basketball in their hands when they were nine and never bothered to ask if they were having fun. Maybe they get a college education out of it, maybe they spend some time in the NBA. Maybe that takes some of the edge off. Me? I've never not had an impressive lay-up but "basketball" was never not a chore. There are more players in the NBA than there are working writers in the WGA-west. One of those writers - sort of a Karl Malone-grade player - was in my school from 8th grade on. His parents paid for him to go to college; his parents didn't threaten to kill him if he didn't turn the radio down. He signed his first million-dollar contract three years out of school back when I was designing wastewater treatment plants. Billion-dollar wastewater treatment plants, to be sure, but wastewater treatment plants nonetheless. I could out-write that fucker back in '88. I still can. So what I'm left with is the notion that this thing I don't enjoy can make me money if I play the game right, but it's a bullshit game that I've always hated. More than you cared to know. Not exactly a "disservice." Better to say that I consider writing to be a chore for which I am drearily suited.
Your engagement ring -- which I assume was a pretty penny -- was it a diamond ring? If so, I thought you'd be personally against the diamond trade. If not, what makes it so expensive?
It was not a diamond ring. You are correct - I am deeply and aggressively against the diamond trade.
When did you pick up amateur gem skills? And now I really want to see a picture of your wedding ring. I've gathered you're an audio engineer, a lapidary, satellite and aviation enthusiast, screenwriter, conspiracy junkie, and writer/producer/director. Any secrets to your daily routine? Is it one hour of sleep a night? Automating as much of your tasks as possible? Or just following your taste wherever it leads you?
Took a gemology class across four weekends when I was in high school. There's fuckall to do in Los Alamos, NM, and one of the things that happens every year is the Lapidary Society has a gem and mineral show. Started collecting gemstones when I was in 9th grade. They're super cheep on the wholesale market. Secrets to my illustrious existence: 1) Never turn down knowledge. 2) Boredom is a sign you need to find something to do. 3) You will regret the things you don't do far more than the things you do. 4) Everyone has stories. Listen for them.
How large-of-scale should this thing to do be? If you personally are bored, do you get up and go for a walk? Or do you start making large plans? Do you consult an ongoing to-do list that never ends2) Boredom is a sign you need to find something to do.
I will say that for the writing podcast you required more editing for pausing than you ever have before. My guess is bourbon, but it could have been deliberation too.So here's the thing about that podcast: TNG edited it for length, as any reasonable human would. He got it down to the juicy bits, as any reasonable editor would. And he presented differing perspectives, as any reasonable journalist would. But he left most of the angsty shit I have associated with writing on the cutting room floor.
-All true, and thanks for always being a sport about this. Your content alone could be an extremely interesting piece all of it's own accord in every podcast you've participated in. _refugee_, I recommend checking out KB's bit in the podcast on Silence "I've survived, come have sex with me"! is still one of my favorite podcast moments. -crush away.
That was recorded on my phone, between moving, feeding the baby, and mixing national television. Usually I record it on The Rig but The Rig was between "destruction" and "rising like a phoenix." I still need to take new beauty shots. That, and I knew there was no way to say what I needed to say without sounding like a rank asshole.
Sometimes when we talk about a certain subject we sound ways we don't want. I can sound incredibly pretentious when I get on my poetry horse or, last night, when talking about vinyl. It can be a product of passion or necessity. We do not and will not always seem lovely angels.
I second that, whenever I try to write about, or verbally express my emotions I've been told I can come off as the most stuck-up, in-the-clouds dickhead imaginable. Had a deep infatuation with a girl that had me confused, and in an effort to ask a question, I ended up writing a novella in /r/Relationships and got told off by like 400 people :(
I'm really sorry but I want a link. Is it bad that the idea of your internet pain sounds incredibly amusing? Maybe because I'm alone on a Saturday night...
I deleted it out of fear that she'd see it after I got her into reddit. Those were dark times for me man.
I stayed in small communities, didn't often visit the default subs besides AskReddit, but now I'm curious that I hadn't heard of him. I did end up racking six-figure karma before I realized exactly what I was doing with my life, and my depart was pretty abrupt. I feel weird talking about the guy like this but I'll definitely follow you kleinbl00 for all the great entertainment you seem to provide :D
LOL!"Hi, my name is Britney Jones. I live at 12345 Shady Lane with my roommate Ashley. Here's my Facebook page, here's my MySpace page, and here's what my gynecologist sees every time he gives me a pap smear. [F]irst time be gentle!"
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It's pronounced "SEY-ton." My real name is Dante. Dante is never available for online handles, but things that start with 'ps' always are. I live in West Hollywood, where I telecommute to a job I used to do in Boston. I do high-end tech support for server automation software. I like Prussian blue, teal, and cranberry. I moved here because my then-fiancee, now wife of a year, got a job as an art curator. She is originally from New Hampshire and I am originally from Utica, New York (about 250 miles northwest of Manhattan). We have two cats that are way too photogenic. I really miss doing radio. I mean, it was like heroin. I have an epic knowledge of the history of music and comedians. I tend to change which station I stream twice a day, so I'd love to know of a few that others like for eclectic stuff. I build computers, learn stuff, write, cook. I have an obsession with subways, streetcars, and bridges. I was on a trivia show for three years with cwenham. I had never worn metal jewelry until the day I got married. I had chicken pox twice, but never with a fever. Thus I am terrified of getting shingles. I had mono back in '99. I drive stick, as various gods intended. I like geuze. Edit: I forgot to mention that I'm 38... and a half.
I'm in that world, kind of. Is it in-house automation or you use something like SCCM or another vendor tool?I do high-end tech support for server automation software.
BladeLogic. I'm the patching specialist. I also supported ClearCase for 2.5 years, so I know my version control too.
Nice. I work in IT infrastructure too. I'm a server guy, but I do web infrastructure/architecture. So I'm mostly staring at IIS XML configs and arch diagrams throughout the day. We use a lot of automation for our patching and deployments, and we use SCCM, which isn't the greatest. We have to add in a high level of powershell scripting to get it to actually do what we want.
Oh you're one of the few people who is close to me! I live in Redondo Beach!
Sweet! I need more friends in the real world. I don't get out of the apartment enough. We could geek out. Ping me at gmail.
I'm Jeshk0 (with a soft "J") and I mostly just lurk. There's only one other internet community that I spent a lot of time with, but it died out a few years ago. I found Hubski through a mention on reddit (probably on /r/TheoryofReddit) back in February and have been poking around ever since. These days I'm working at a deli and planning on getting back to school in January (if all goes according to plan) after a hiatus that has lasted since March. I will be studying physics and math and hope to be a teacher one day. I live in the Seattle area and spend most of my time with the Latvians that live here. I'm a member of the Seattle Latvian Folk Dancing Group (Trejdeksnītis) as well as the Latvian choir. I've also been thinking about posting something about my month-long adventure in Latvia, but just haven't gotten around to doing it. Maybe in the middle of winter I'll post about my summer in Latvia.
There are Latvians all over the place! There are folk dancing groups in many major cities across the US, Canada, Australia and (of course) Europe. Seattle, LA, Denver, Chicago (my sister dances in Chicago's group), Kalamazoo, New York, Montreal, Toronto, Milwaukee and probably some other cities. But I don't think any of them have performances as often as we do.
|I will be studying physics and math and hope to be a teacher one day. Just wanted to say thank you. as a high school student, it means the world to me that true human beings like you are pursuing such a selfless career as teaching. I have a feeling you'll be great. Is your name common in Latvia? Looks awesome :D and i'd love to hear about Latvia. I had a crazy summer in Armenia, maybe I'll follow your lead :)
I had excellent teachers in high school. My physics and math teachers were simply the best and they made me really enjoy these subjects. I owe a lot to them and hope to live up to the examples that they've set for me. Even though I didn't like high school all that much, I still manage to look back with fond memories. My actual name is Jēkabs (pronounced "yeah-kubs") and it's a fairly common Latvian name. My summer there was incredible and I hope to get around to writing about it in the next few weeks. I'd love to hear about your time in Armenia! I haven't traveled to as many places as I would like, so it's fun to have "second-hand experiences" through somebody else.
I'm delta. I'm an aspiring web developer and genetic engineer. I love playing the ukulele and riding my board around my neighborhood. I have a slight obsession with Netflix, and go on binges too often. I have attention deficit disorder which has made learning difficult for me in the past, but I had gotten by due to an above average intellect. I'm currently still in school and pretty content with my life, though I'm worried about the quality of my friendships at the moment. I've been a member of my school's improv comedy group for over a year and it has been a lot of fun to be a part of something that isn't a sports team for the first time in my life. I've participated in a lot of sports, including baseball, basketball, wrestling, track, swimming, and football. I'm not currently playing sports, but I plan on throwing discus and shotput this spring. I'm currently planning a web UI for e-Vox with cW. I came from AskReddit in the latest wave approximately 40 days ago.
|I came from AskReddit in the latest wave approximately 40 days ago. Me too! :)
You've got a life full of-- well, life! I aspire to enter investment banking, and I once had a meeting with the PM (leader, basically) of a $2 billion hedgefund in NYC. I told him about all my ambitions and plans, and after a few minutes of me spilling my dreams, he cut me off. And he said "Stop looking ahead. Stop planning. Figure yourself out first. Find your interests, all your interests, and act on them. All of them. Fail at all of them, I don't care. But know that you did them, and go as far as you can in everything that you can. In that way, you will end up where you need to be." Always keep that with me now, and I find myself branching out to interests and activites I never thought I'd be involved in :)
Wow, that's a pretty inspirational quote. I have found that many people get it embedded in their minds that they want to go into a specific career when they hardly know themselves yet. I feel like this is why so many students enter college, then change their degree.
I agree, and being personally in the process now I find that it's quite near impossible to break away from the beaten path that private and public schools alike direct us to. It's insensible for someone who has experienced so little (relative to how much there really is to experience) to be able to decide what they want to dedicate themselves to.
I've spoken with a woman who grew up in Germany. It's policy there to take a test at the age of twelve to determine what field of work you will go into. Score high on the test, be educated to have a high paying job that works with science/math. Score low and become educated in crafts of the hand, which tend to pay lower. It's crazy that your life is heavily influenced from such an early age there.
Why not? Edit: I misread, I thought you said it isn't a good thing that international students are coming.
I'm currently planning a web UI for e-Vox with cW.
-This is awesome!I came from AskReddit in the latest wave approximately 40 days ago.
-That's crazy, it seems like you've been around longer than that. It's been nice having you around delta.
Thank you! I've been learning JavaScript and have learned HTML and I plan on this becoming my pet project. It should help me learn a lot. We're keeping the system pretty simple with just audio files, a few images, and a text file on the server. The UI will pull arrays of data from the server and parse it into a tileset which users can navigate to listen to Voxes. This is going to be a ton of fun to make. I'm starting development tomorrow, creating the front-end user input forms. EDIT: Oh, you edited. Thank you! I never commented on Reddit, I was a huge lurker due to the fact that I never liked the Reddit community. I suppose I'm more open around this community. It's been nice reading your posts, and I've enjoyed listening to your music.
Hey delta, For when you feel like you've seen everything worth seeing on Netflix:
My name isn't pablo. I play jazz & classical piano, lead my school's philosophy club, and have successfully pretended to give a shit about high school for 2 years now. Who are you? What do you do? I'm thinking it would be cool to see just who is part of the Hubski community.
My name isn't thenewgreen. I play guitar and write/record and sing songs. I have been married for 9 years. -That's effing crazy to write. I have an almost 3 year old daughter and a son that will be born late February. I work in business development for a large company by day and by night I help run this place. I enjoy creating things: podcasts, songs, short stories, photographs, paintings, children. etc. I was never successful at pretending to care about high school. I live in NC but grew up in Michigan. I went to the University of Montana and dropped out just shy of my senior year. I returned to school many years later and got a degree in Business Management. I enjoy the occasional drink and love to play tennis.
It takes a lot of time and a lot of energy, but I wouldn't change it. Wait till you have a partner to help, the finances to help and the genuine desire to raise a little human. But yeah, I have less freedom between 7am and 9am and from 4:30pm to 8:30pm Mon-Friday. The weekends I have even less. But nothing is more fun. Nothing. I played guitar for my daughters class the other day. -One of the best times I've had in a good long while.
I never seem to get quite over the hump with musical instruments. I am struggling to play one guitar, while restoring (and considerably improving) another. My instinct for(an delight in) materials tends to overwhelm my enthusiasm for practice. I'll have a beautiful guitar soon that I won't be able to play very well. The next instrument reinvention I'm considering is reworking a saz baglama with a set of even-tempered permanent frets (or maybe some sort of just tuning) and four strings. Not sure this will survive the dream stage.
I have no technical abilities when it comes to "restoring" anything, yet alone a guitar. My hats off to ya. You should post pics of the restoration process and final outcome. I'd be interested to see that.
Thanks, I can't imagine a life in which I didn't play. The last gig I had was the most important one of my musical career. I played for my almost 3 year olds pre-school classroom. It was a blast! Good luck with that uke, that is quite the gift.
|I have been married for 9 years. - amazing :) This might be a scary question, but how do you imagine your daughter (and soon, son!) by the time she's in high school? What do you want her to know? What mistakes do you want to keep her from making, or perhaps have her learn from? What are some nuances in raising them that you hold as principle, things you're looking forward to helping them through? (I'm just being familiar to the fact that you have a daughter currently, I'd love to hear regarding a son as well)
one day at a time. I'll worry about High School when it arrives. Right now potty training is enough to worry about.
I'm Ash. I live in Auckland, New Zealand, right in the city centre. I study fine arts, I work (volunteer) in radio, write album reviews on a freelance basis both online and in print, and do some work in art galleries, usually at openings. Most weeks my work rounds out to about 20 hours, but it's all unpaid, and that's going to be a problem over summer, which my student allowance won't cover. I host an internet radio show or two. I'm also a musician myself, and I'm a self-published author. I'm genderqueer/neutral and proud. I spend what some would call "way too much" time on the internet, but I think it's just about right.
Dude, your EP is awesome. Have you ever been out of New Zealand? How do you compare it to other places you've seen? I'd love to visit. If I may ask, could you elaborate on being genderqueer/neutral? What does that mean, at least to you? I've got some weird kinda thoughts on my mind recently and I'm curious if yours are similar to mine.
Cheers! I've only really been to Australia, and then only two cities and not for any extended period of time. I like New Zealand, for the most part. It's varied. I'm MAAB (male-assigned-at-birth) but don't feel male. But I don't feel exclusively female, either. It used to be that I'd swing between male, female, and somewhere in between, but recently it's been more neutral/female/neither than anything. It's sort of tough to put into terms of gender, I think, because in my mind I don't really have a gender, I just have moods - and those moods happen to align with things like femininty, masculinity, and androgyny. Personally, it manifests in that I've started wearing makeup (mostly natural stuff with some colour around the eyes), more colourful clothing and "women's" clothing (started with women's jeans because boy are they comfy as hell, but a few weeks back I went to a party in a dress and got a heap of compliments). I started the process of medical transition earlier this year but got turned away because of age (a horrid fucking reason) and because I'm not a binary transgender - that is, straight up male-to-female. When I do transition (which is a while off seeing as the trans* clinic in my town got shut down the other month) either I won't go all the way (which is actually becoming less likely) or I will and then start to dress androgynously, but working with a more feminine base body. All just trying to align my body with who I am in my head.
I mean no offense to anyone else but this perhaps the most interesting introduction imo, thank you! Maybe I'll post it somewhere when I'm up for it, but I've had this sort of 'opening' to what beauty and attraction mean, and I've convinced myself that beauty is universal, and that 'natural' heterosexuality doesn't really mean anything when it comes to being attracted to people. By this I mean, if a guy is attractive to, say, a girl, that means that that guy is attractive. Maybe not to me, or to anyone else, but to that girl he is attractive. So, just as the girl has a certain set of values that the guy matches, there's nothing stopping me from having a similar set of values that will correspond to what the guy has. I'm a guy and I am very very much into girls, but I think I'm understanding where gays, lesbians, etc. are coming from. Also, a girl I was into some years ago turned me down because she was with someone. Just today, she told me that someone was a girl-- she (my friend) is not a lesbian. She just found this other lesbian girl attractive, and realized what I realized about beauty. I'm probably explaining this horribly, but I'm just figuring it out, so your story really helped :) Edit: I dont mean to generalize when I say I know where gays and lesbians and so on are coming from, I've always accepted them but never really 'got it.' I realize everyone's story is different. Edit2: Upon rereading I realize I didn't make much sense. Apologies.
It's okay! I think realisations like this are getting more and more common. I had the same one a few years back, and then a similar one in terms of gender more recently. Have you read Plato's Symposium? There's a speech in there (you could read it out of context, it stands alone pretty well - The Speech of Diotima) that talks about some of the stuff you just did - universal beauty and the like. You might find it interesting.
Oh, I know! ;) (though to be honest I didn't realise you were E.H. Brogan until this thread. Or, rather that E.H. Brogan was _refugee_)
I'm galen. That's nowhere near my actual name, though - it comes from the name of a character I discovered somewhere in the recesses of my consciousness a couple months ago. He shows up whenever I put one of these on: And he's relatively lovable, but annoying as shit. Talks way too much. I think he might just be an exaggerated version of me (I at least like to believe I'm fairly lovable). Anyway, I don't really know why, but when I signed up for Hubski I decided to use his name. But don't worry, he can't type. Yet. I'm 15, and I live in a rich-as-fuck suburb of a mid-sized city. I hate where I live because it's got all the pretense and general fakery of a city, but without the quirky little shops or proximity to interesting things. I can't wait to live right in the middle of a city, which I hope to do during college. Speaking of college, I'll be going (God willing*) in fall of next year (I skipped 3rd and 8th grade). Academically, I'm interested in journalism, philosophy and linguistics, but I hope to have a career in journalism. No, I don't speak any other languages (yet). Non-academically, I do theatre (#thespianlyfe), play drums and listen to music way too much. Hopefully soon I'll learn bass, and then I can be my own rhythm section. I have a girlfriend, sort of. I don't know. It's really complicated. That's all I'll say for now. I worry about not getting around to making my life meaningful before I die. I'm not so much scared of death as a too-short life. So I strive to make every day as awesome as possible. I've been here (on Hubski) for 17 days now, and I am already deeply in love with the community here. *I'm agnostic, but I like this phrase. Don't ask why, because I don't know.
This is the funniest thing on Hubski, thank you. I'm laughing so hard. I love you galen, you're like a super-teen. Like Captain Underpants coming out of puberty. I feel like you've been here for ages by the way, but yeah, welcome. Also I couldn't handle a career in journalism so props, although I'm also super interested in philosophy. Which reminds me, the #philosophy tag has been largely untouched for a while, maybe you and I owe it a comeback. Don't learn French.
'twas a trauma for me, but it might just be my teacher. Hitler is literally my French teacher.
I assume you are not talking about the ancient germanic people either. I am guessing you mean either the band, orChatte, mot vulgaire désignant la vulve
Pas la vulve mais cette région en général. Bien fait, ref, bien fait.
Jesus Christ, I'm dying. This is the best compliment I've ever been given. I feel like I've been here for ages too. It's amazing how much longer it feels like just because of the heightened quality of discourse. By the way, I'm coming through New York on a college visit in a month or so - what are the chances we could get a mini-meetup happening?Like Captain Underpants coming out of puberty.
The chances are high, make a post maybe with details to get other people in on it, I'm here so I'm down!
ref - can you get to NYC? I'll give you some dates -- but I don't know if I can keep up with a couple of super-smart 15-16 year olds. Whatever would we talk about??? and bars obviously are out unless we make them look older? Maybe we can all dress up as Groucho and wander Central Park looking for one another.
Until Aug 15 my travel has to be limited to weekends and I mean "really weekends only" at that - I am in VA for work Mon- Friday.. I could take the train to NYC and then be completely lost after that point. But after Aug 15 I should be more free. I love your idea though.
Knowing NYC, there's a good chance there will be like three other groups of people doing the exact same thing. I'm down. Bars and clubs from midtown to the World Trade Center don't card anyone if they're business dressed, so I will put on my finest suit to accompany the Groucho mask.Maybe we can all dress up as Groucho and wander Central Park looking for one another.
UPDATE: Can't do it, my mom's being paranoid: she thinks you're all creepy middle-aged men that have made fake profiles for the purpose of ??? Sorry it won't work out, but you, _refugee_ and lil should totally still meetup. Maybe if I end up going to college up there we can hang out sometime after I'm free from my parents.
Yeah, sorry galen, but I actually made this account 300 days ago in anticipation that you'd join so I could procure your butthole. Would've gotten away with it too if it wasn't for your meddling mom.
galen, I actually am a mom and probably much older than your mom. OK, no groucho glasses and nose for you!! -- Note: Introduce your mom to hubski -- have her read eightbitsamurai's story -- it makes hubskina seem almost religious (but first delete the darker parts of this thread). Show her nowaypablo's piano concert.
I'll just wear them for Monday's IRC meetup 8^) Thanks for this advice, lil. I showed her Hubski, told her about some of the users, and played her pablo's solo recital. She's a lot more comfortable with the site now, even though it didn't change her mind about the meetup. Next step - get her to read eightbit's story.OK, no groucho glasses and nose for you!!
Note: Introduce your mom to hubski -- have her read eightbitsamurai's story -- it makes hubskina seem almost religious (but first delete the darker parts of this thread). Show her nowaypablo's piano concert.
THAT"S ME LIKE SIX YEARS AGO. JESUS CHRIST. e- imma get back to you about my old gf dont worry, and I'm sorry to hear about the breakup. Hang tight brother.
All right, but only cuz I like your poetry :) Things you'll need to know before you can understand this story: 1. As I've mentioned elsewhere on the site, I skipped 2 grades, so I'm a 15-yr-old rising senior. 2. This tends to skew people's perceptions of my age/maturity in weird ways - either they think I'm older than I am, or much less mature than I (believe I) am. They're both kind of annoying. 3. In my friend group, there are two sisters, one going into college next year, one going into 7th grade. I'll call them Charlotte and Emily, respectively (no, there's not a third sister). OK. So that's the background. About a year or so ago, it came out in a game of truth or dare at Charlotte's birthday party that I had a thing for the younger sister, Emily. This was not a good idea. Charlotte kinda freaked out, because I'd been in high school for the past 2 years with her, so she perceived me and Emily as being in 2 very distinct age groups that shouldn't inter-date or whatever. At that point Emily also said she didn't reciprocate, but might if she was older / I was younger. Fast forward about a month-- Emily's been flirting with me pretty obviously in PE (the one class we have together) for a while, and as we walk upstairs she pulls me aside briefly to say that she does, in fact, like me. Whoa. After some emails, we decide to start hanging out at lunch, but not tell any of our friend group about us. This goes swimmingly for a couple weeks. Then mostly out of the blue I get an email saying basically, "I can't deal with the thought of you going to college so soon, our relationship has an expiration date, we should break up." So that's the end of that. But wait, there's more: we flirt on and off for a while, and around early May I text her (I know, I know, it's just crazy difficult to get alone time with her, especially now that Charlotte is actively anti-me being with her) my view on the college thing, which is that me leaving for college isn't for over a year, so we should be together while we can. She (surprisingly, wonderfully) agrees. But we also decide to wait a month before we even talk about telling the group or anyone else about us. So for that month, we eat lunch together about once a week, occasionally joined by Charlotte and one of our other friends, both of whom I think suspect us. (Actually at this point I think a lot of our friend group have suspicions, especially because some have found out about our past relationship by this point.) But then around the end of school, I mention that it's been a month, and ask what she's thinking about telling people. She says that she feels like there isn't really that much to tell people about, which I blame on the fact that we've been trying to be secretive. But she blames it on our lack of similarity: "There's nothing for us to talk about, we don't have similar interests," so we kind of stop hanging out. Oh, crucial info I missed - we originally connected over a discussion of our core values, but didn't really get to know each other all that much before we started "dating" or whatever it was, so this was new. But as I understand it, we're still (no idea what to call this so I'll just go with) "dating," just still secretively and somewhat less serious than before. Oh, crucial info I missed - we originally connected over a discussion of our core values, but didn't really get to know each other all that much before we started "dating" or whatever it was, so this was new. But still, every once in a while we text somewhat flirtatiously, and we hang out with the group occasionally. And that's about how things stand. I've been meaning to ask her if she thinks we'll ever tell the group about us, but I've been putting it off because I'm afraid she'll say no, in which case I might feel like we should break up. I was really lonely when I wasn't with her, and I'm not looking forward to going back to that. It felt good to type this all out. Being so secretive about it and not telling my best friends was kinda taking a toll on me, I think. Don't try to deal with stuff on your own, kids. No man is an island. Anyway, if anyone reading has advice, please, hit me with it. I'm not really sure where to go from here. (Just saw nowaypablo and OftenBen's admonitions to tell the story - here it is, guys. Tagging to make sure you see it.) P.S. IRL friends that may be reading this (you know who you are) - I'm trusting you not to say anything. Seriously.
You're giving me flashbacks galen. Oh god the high school. The high school is real. I gotta lull this over/talk to a therapist before I can respond to your story:D but I think you should take ref's mature, adult version of advice and talk to Emily with honesty and straightforwardness. It's probably going to scare the living shit out of you and you're gonna trip over words and she's gonna misunderstand you and you're gonna be confused and then you'll continue on the flailing dummy-rocket of emotions until you land in a desert somewhere. It's okay, it's necessary, be a fool now and you won't later, just be honest. Evaluate your own situation first, then go talk to her. Figure out how you feel, put it all out on the table for yourself. Figure out what your concerns are, put it all out on the table for yourself, doesn't matter how irrational. Put everything in your mind out and go through it, be clear, and then go talk to her and tell her concisely what you want, and what's on your mind. Understand the risks that she might not want what you want, or that she might not be thinking what you are, or she's got other things holding her back, or that she doesn't have any clue and can't explain it to you. But talk to her. That's how relationships should be handled. Don't play games, hide, cover up or waste time. Enjoy your relationship now. I'll counter your story with my high school relationship story in a bit so you get what I'm talking about. I'm sorry you have to deal with the same shit I did :D
I think asking her an anonymous question on Tumblr is a better route.
I'm sorry, yes, that's absolutely what I mean. When she said "I don't think there's much to tell," and then you stopped hanging out so much, it sounds like she politely (or not-very-communicatively) was telling you she didn't want to see you any more. "Secrets, secrets are no fun. Secrets, secrets hurt someone." - The Office Secret relationships aren't a good idea and I think it is a red flag if one person is actively encouraging the relationship to stay secret.
I ended up just calling her a couple minutes ago. You were right, that was her breaking up with me. Fuck nowaypablo feel like telling your relationship story to take my mind off mine? You don't have to, I'm just kind of intrigued E: Why is all my music about love
Sorry about that dude. Yes let's bother nowaypablo and make him tell his stories. Mine are all old and told. Have you listened to CHVRCHES? They're pretty non-love-friendly I think. How about some of this
this was four days ago it feels like ten.. Why does time move slowly on Hubski??? And yeah, galen, you should tell us about mrs google-eye-hand-puppet.
I'm a 23 year old washed out humanities graduate, now a NEET with few skills that can translate into getting a job. I'm a nobody, essentially. I'm trying to learn programming. In my spare time (most of my time) I like reading, hiking, games, and anime. And drinking.
At the moment, I've been told that a very high-level language such as Python is a good place to start. Though I'm also having a poke at Java. Thoughts?
I think a good place to start would be something along the lines of C++ or Java. They're both low - mid level and teach good habits. Plus, once you have a grasp on them it will be very, very easy to pick up higher level languages like Python.
Sorry for the late reply, but I've decided to go with C++, more or less. Thanks for the advice ^^
Python is a good place to start. The Django framework is pretty good for web development, I hear. I've played around with Python's syntax a bit, and it seems pretty high level. Not necessarily Ruby high level, but more along the lines of a higher-level Javascript. Java is a good place to start. Take a look at Processing, a language that is based on Java with higher-level syntax. There's a JavaScript port for web development, too. Don't burn yourself out on programming before you ever make something. Always work on a small project on the side so that you can apply what you're learning in a real-world scenario. Web development is a good idea because it allows for you to share your projects easily with friends/other developers.
Thanks, that's very helpful. I'll stick to that more or less. Which IDE would you recommend for python + java?
Been a little while since your post, but I highly recommend Sublime Text 2 for python work. A full IDE really isn't necessary if you're just starting out, but when you do get more proficient, sublime's quite extensible and can add lots of great python-specific features. Plus, editing text on 30 lines simultaneously is just awesome.
My name is elizabeth, born and raised in Montreal. I'm currently studying in business administration, but I haven't picked my major yet. Maybe marketing? Maybe Operations Management? I'll worry about that later. I love travelling and can't wait to do my semester abroad this winter in Warsaw. My boyfriend will probably join me there, which is great because traveling with him will be awesome, and I can't wait to meet the rest of his family in Ukraine. I have eastern european origins too (a bit of everything, I won't get into that) and i'm super grateful to my parents that they taught me Russian. I like art, graphic design, street art, comics, photography... the visual stuff. I strangely never had this love for music many of you seem to have, but I love concerts. Mainly for the crowd's energy.
That's really cool. My dad's a painter and I only just recently started appreciating art from all time periods. He's an abstract artist mostly, but living close to New York City I still like to go to small renaissance collections and stand there, awestruck. What kind of art are you into?I like art, graphic design, street art, comics, photography... the visual stuff.
oh my god i can never remember his name. if you ever end up in new york, make sure you visit the Frick Collection. im not going to explain why, just take my word for it.
Let me know what you think! I know the Girl with the Pearl Earring is there now, so it may be a little crowded, but the intimacy and jaw-dropping beauty in that place is indescribable. Definitely a place to hit up with your bf if he's into that.
I'm aliensinmybrain. I play guitar, bass, drums, ukulele and mandolin (I'm learning mandolin). Yea... Music is basically it for me, mainly indie but classic alternative, shoegaze, etc. it all works for me. I write my own lyrics and music. I have a dog named puppy, yes thats true, and no I'm not stupid.
|Joined 10 minutes ago. thenewgreen this guy's a personal friend of mine who is a very talented indie musician. You guys might have some things in common..
I'm ButterflyEffect, I'm a college student who is majoring in the field of Chemical Engineering, with a concentration in the French language. I'm currently on the executive board of a local radio station, and serve as a DJ and audio engineer at times as well for local bands. My roommates and I also own, manage, and operate a record label that is local to our town. I'm beyond into music, it's a huge part of my life. I play guitar, a little bit of bass and also play electronic music (hey AshShields I haven't told you yet but your EP is incredible). Outside of music I like baseball, going to the gym, reading some books by authors such as Steinbeck or Fitzgerald, and also use Hubski...a lot.
Oh wow. You have no idea how much that just made my night! Thanks for listening, it means a lot. I'm glad it's been helping you study too. Pokemon Ruby was a great game, the ones prior to that were my favorites though.
I'm seeing a lot of people get into chemical engineering recently, what prompted you to pursue it? And damn, we have a lot in common :D At school and by myself at home I came to the point where I speak fluent French, in addition to Armenian as I was raised :) I DJ, but only for my friends' parties, and and signed on a record label for Armenian folk & jazz music. Music keeps me ticking :) After working out with dedication for a year, I'm joining my wrestling team in a month, I love Fitzgerald (and Vonnegut!) and am slowly starting to use Hubski... a lot.
In high school I had always liked chemistry, and my high school offered some technology/engineering courses through the college that I now go to, so I figured why not combine them and see what happens? Plus, process based work has always been interested to me. Chemical Engineering seems to be a bursting area of expertise. Oh wow, that's impressive. I wouldn't consider myself fluent by any means, even after having studied abroad. It's really hard to keep up with when you don't have family or many friends that speak the language. DJ'ing parties is a ton of fun, I've helped a friend do that before since he's more talented at that than I am. You should send me a link to some of your music, I'd love to hear it! Best of luck on joining the wrestling team, if you've been working out for a while I'm sure you're all set with that. Vonnegut is great too, I should have mentioned him.
I'm phinius. I work in television (but Canadian television...) as a production coordinator, however I'm just about to leave that job to re-locate to Newfoundland (from Toronto). I've been married for 1 and a half years or so and have a 6 month old son who's fairly awesome. I really enjoy experimenting and tinkering with technology, Marvel comics, and music of all kinds.
Cool :) I also like tinkering with gadgets and tech, but it usually ends up to be less "tinkering," more "destroying." Are you still going to be in television? What got you there?
I'm a 20 year old student in Ann Arbor Michigan studying Computer Science. I'm currently trying to figure out what I actually want to do with my life. I feel like I won't be making a big impact if I'm working in a big company. First world problems, but it seems there is a bunch of mediocre tech jobs that won't yield much job satisfaction. My flavor of the month game is Hearthstone. Add me if you want to play a couple of games! skypro#1933
Did you know that Hubski is headquartered in Ann Arbor? ...which is to say that mk lives in Ann Arbor. I grew up going to schools in Ann Arbor, my family lives in Brighton and I visit A2 often. Once if my favorite places. Glad to have another AnnArborite on Hubski!
sup I'm a 21 year old student from New Haven living in Boston. I'm into sick shit like cycling, shooting hoops, and listening to bands like The Cure, Husker Du, and Los Campesinos! I'm also trying to learn dota2. Just got hooked up with a web dev gig in Back Bay for the spring so that's what's up right now.
That's awesome man, good on you for sticking with the things that interest you and losing the bs.
Wow. Many new faces around here. I'm digging it lots. Hubski is better than it's ever been thanks to all y'all. Sounds_sound isn't exactly the coolest handle, but I birthed it so I'll let it live. I grew up in the midwest and have been living on the left coast for almost a decade now. Just got permanent residency in Canada last week, meaning that I don't ever have to leave (just can't vote). I used to hang out with thenewgreen back in the day. That's how I know this place. There isn't a redditor bone in my body. I spend most of my time at my day job as a young and inexperienced architect. I have college degrees that allow me to do this - of which I am still paying for. Practicing architecture is the most difficult endeavor I've ever undertaken in my life. I also really love music. From 12 to 22, that's all I did. Not as much anymore although I will still sit down, stare at the wall, and listen to a complete album and walk away feeling that it was an excellent use of my time. Besides that, I don't focus on a whole lot else. I live in a big city so distractions are plentiful. Now if I could just find a girl. They don't come as easy as they did in grad school. Time for a plan I think. First, move out of Boystown.....
You better keep listening to music, a good portion of the music I love I first sourced from you. I'm looking forward to seeing you over the holiday. I will not be there for NYE though. So, come back early or leave later. I'm happy for you for becoming a permanent resident of Canada. The US already smells better.
They don't come as easy as they did in grad school. Time for a plan I think. First, move out of Boystown.....
-Back in the restaurant days, you couldn't throw a cannoli without hitting a waitress sounds_sound once hooked up with. And yes... moving out of boys town might help.
I'm insom. I'm 23. I dropped out of NYU film school and now I work for a tech/ad company doing design, user interfaces, front end coding, product photography, video editing, some producing and a lot of powerpoints/marketing materials. I grew up and now live in a beach town in LA. I have a super sick apartment 3 blocks from the beach that I adore but spend almost no time at since I'm consistently working or drinking. I have also lived in New York and a couple months in Maine and Leominster (central mass) where I developed a love for hockey, cheap beers and darts with my ex digi. I'm not very good at relationships. I spend my time juggling work, class, Hubski, TinCan, freelance projects and having fun. I love being busy and challenged and learning new things. I think everyone in this world can add something of value to your life if you listen to them long enough. I despise being bored or working on something that doesn't challenge me to solve a problem. I dislike working with people who don't add value to a conversation or project but still maintain their authority and make decisions on subjects they know little about. I use the word fuck and cunt far too much about these types of people which occasionally gets me in trouble. Recently in class we had an assignment to describe each other in one word. Here is my list: I think it's pretty accurate, although my classmates were obviously too nice to blatantly call me "loud." I enjoy camping and getting out of cell range. I travel as much as I can which isn't much lately. After dropping out of school I took off to Australia where I lived for three months. The next place on my list is either Berlin or somewhere in South America.
Is LA worth moving out to? I've been to Oakland for a day, wine country for a week, so my California experience is slim. But I like to be surrounded by people and I wanna move out of my hometown of Baltimore. I don't really like New York City, I've visited a bunch and it's not entirely for me. I just like hearing about people's reasons for moving out the left coast.
It is nice. I like it. I'm not in the heart of LA. I'm in this little bubble known as the South Bay which is just beach and beach and bars and beach. There isn't much traffic. I am still close enough to LA LA to party in Hollywood or Santa Monica and Venice and Culver City when I want to though and I have a lot of friends who live there. But I prefer this town because it's a nice balance between city and not city life. Plus, the rent isn't horrendous.
Do you need to know lots of people to make it worth your while? I know.. 2 or 3? people who live in LA, but I couldn't even tell you where. I make friends easily enough, but I'm also into working and then drinking during my free time, and doing that with friends is practically a prerequisite.
I don't know. It's not terribly hard for me to meet people and I don't mind going out alone or taking a nice bike ride or skate around alone. That is an issue with any place you move though. One of the things I love doing is taking classes at my local community college. The night classes are full of people from such a wide range of life that you usually end up making new friends quickly.
Ok, community college classes. I'll remember that. Thanks insom
Goedemiddag! Veen here. That first word is how you say good afternoon in Dutch. I'm from the Netherlands, studying a kind of urban planning. I'm particularly interested in anything related to infrastructure. Rollercoasters and themeparks are hobbies of mine as well. I came here through a small comment really low on a Reddit post 88 days ago (this is my second account, since I only found out later that this username wasn't taken). I like to create stuff. You might have seen something from me already, likehere or here or here or here. I'm currently working on starting my own blog on urban planning and spatial sciences. Musically I have a wide taste, mainly indie but I like quite a lot of classic rock music. So a sample of bands I like from known to unknown are Pink Floyd, Coldplay, Radiohead, Daft Punk, Simon & Garfunkel, Elbow, Sigur Ros, Boards of Canada, Andrew Bird, Tame Impala, Midnight Juggernauts, Junip, Iron & Wine, Lord Huron and Jinja Safari. Music is what makes my mind work. I feel like I'm busier than ever before, but luckily with interersting things. For instance, next month I'll be in Hong Kong for 8 days to do research! Very exciting.
I've never spoken to a Dutch person, never been anywhere near the Netherlands, but i love the Netherlands! Your culture, art and architecture, your practicality and simulatenously beautiful way of living is so cool. or at least it looks that way on youtube. Keep creating :)
I'm eightbitsamurai, or 8 Bit, or "that black kid in my class" because that's an easy identifier. I love hip-hop, I love writing, I'm trying to do this programming thing, and I like videogames, though that feeling wanes more and more. Last one I played was like, a week ago. That's a big deal. I came from the great Reddit exodus of '13. I like it here. Most active I've ever been on a forum-type thing. I write for my school's upcoming website. I'm not very interesting but I care about people a lot. Yep. That's it.
I too have a black kid in my class. Glad you're carrying on the legacy. I came from an AskReddit thread but I'm just starting to get active here. I just got waay into Frank Ocean, Ab-Soul, and the likes of them. Any hip-hop artists you're particularly into? Also, what about people do you write about?
It's a hard one to carry. Chance the Rapper, Lupe before he got crazy, Kanye before Yeezus, Childish Gambino before he got all whiny about Jhené Aiko. Kendrick Lamar is the shit. Shad when I want to listen to Hip-Hop around my parents or minors. Deltron 3030 when I want to listen to Hip-Hop around scientists or people who hate Hip-Hop because they're scared of it. Pusha T because he is everything. I write about whatever strikes my fancy at the time, though I have a focus on music and videogames for my school's website. You can check out my blog here (shameless plug).
Man I feel that. He was one of my favorite up and coming rappers than he just kind of shit the bed. He got too preachy for his own good. He needs to go to an Occupy rally, not make music with those kind of lyrics.Lupe before he got crazy
Food and Liquor straight up got me into hip-hop. All the greats were on that album, his flow was incredible, it was the right balance of great flow and some strong messages. The Cool is better technically, but nothing will beat F&L for me. Dude has so much potential, I wish he'd capitalize on it.
Not to derail this thread, but I think this was 100% intentional on his part. I know a lot of hip hop loves the idea that nothing matters but the flow, but I think he intentionally challenged that idea in order to bring social awareness in rap to other people who might not have heard it before. Take for example "Bitch Bad". This song is not about the flow, it's completely about the lyrics and story. A lot of people hate this song, but I've shown it to people who do not like most hip hop and they really enjoy it. I mean, it's emotional right? It's challenges the way we think about women and hip hop and black culture. Turned down the music, turned up the social to bring attention to it. My biggest evidence that this was intentional is in the following lyric from ITAL (Roses):
I mean right there he's showing how self aware the album absolutely is. Now would I fault someone for not liking the album? Absolutely not. I can clearly see why people wouldn't like it. It often seems preachy and over the top. Totally get that 100% but I don't foresee myself not liking it for a while.I know you’re sayin’, “Lupe rappin’ ‘bout the same shit”
Well, that’s ‘cause ain’t shit changed, bitch
And please don’t excuse my language
Cause I would hate for you to misrepresent
The true expression of my anguish
I think kanye is a genius that's been torn apart emotionally/mentally by the media. The dude is psychotic because the paparazzi will do anything to make him snap. This is a good example. He lives a town away from me and I once saw him at a Cheesecake Factory :3 I said hi and told him 808s was the best. He laughed and said, "shit, i think so too." :D
Nah I hear ya I just thought Yeezus was trying to be Death Grips and wasn't even close. But I like that he doesn't really give a shit and makes whatever he wants to. Plus Blood on the Leaves was dope. I'm excited to see what he does next. Cool that you met him though. I would have been like, "woah, you're Kanye!" Then do that HAAA sound he does.
I'm coffeesp00ns - classical bassist, occasional poet, pretend intellectual. I'm not a smart person, I just play one on T.V. ;)
I dont see anything wrong with it. Everybody loves talking about themselves ;)
There's always someone who tries to insist that selflessness is just natural for some people. bullshit. It might not be for profit or attention, but nobody sacrifices if they don't gain, even if its just pleasure. Gandhi loved his job.
We could move this to its own post, but what about giving your life? Does that benefit you?
It ultimately is something that you decide for yourself. If you die after deciding to give your life, you are fulfilling your own wishes and motivations because you have decided that it's the right thing that reflects your morals. Fulfilling your own wishes is a form of narcissism.
It may be not random, but not random does not mean "thought out" or "pre-meditated". If you act by reflex or impulse, of course there are factors that influenced your reaction, but that does not mean you even agree with your reaction. If we take the fight or flight response for example, I might think I would rather fight and if given the time to decide, that's what I would do. But on impulse, I run away even if I didn't really want to do it. But well that's all speculation, I don't know much about philosophy/ psychology.
nowaypablo, delta -- rezzeJ - I posted a question like that 10 days ago and also had a huge response. I agree that rezzeJ was just commenting and perhaps also observing and wondering. I have to add that comments like Also, note: only 20 of the 111 posts so far are self-introductions. I may be wrong, but I'd venture to say that we love reading ABOUT one another, even more than we like talking about ourselves. I bet, also, that many many more of us prefer to read about one another than talk about ourselves... so that while this post may have 100+ comments, I bet there are 500+ people who are reading and not commenting. The last "who are you" post What's up Hubski even got a few lurkers out into the open for the first time. We are curious about one another. I think we very much want to know who is on the hubski voyage with us. Who can we trust? Who will back us up? Where are we located on the planet? -- because it's a feakin' miracle that we have met one another and are talking as intimately as we do. This is a phenomenon of now. Posts like this one are popular because we are wondering as we learn more about one another, can we collaborate? Hubski collaborations are springing up all over the place: music, tincan, stories. We participate in the collaborations because 1) it's fun!!! and 2) we learn skills and go beyond our safety zones. We risk revealing ourselves on line, discover it's mostly safe, and inch a little towards revealing ourselves in real life. I'm not going to do a big shout-out to all who contributed here, but I'm curious if their contributions are for the reasons I say -- not because they like talking about themselves or because of a core narcissism. I'd like you two (noway and delta) to be willing to see more complexity in these types of post which personally I LOVE!! (so thanks noway). One more reason why people respond when requested for a little bio: "Introduce yourself" is a warm invitation. I am guessing that people participated to encourage others to participate, to be team players. So noway and delta - comments?Everybody loves talking about themselves.
and Narcissism is at the core of each person's actions.
-- while those statements may or may not be true, I think they diminish what is at the core of this post and mine from 10 days ago.
I agree 100%, very well said. Just to be clear, I didn't mean to say that these kinds of posts are popular because everyone is selfish. In my short discussion with delta we seemed to be on the same page about the more philosophical concept that nobody sacrifices or gives something to someone without fulfilling or gaining something in return. Curiosity isn't, at least to me, a matter of narcissism, it's simply human nature with the simple profit of knowledge and comfort. After all, it's led us to know everything we know now, about quite literally everything.We are curious about one another. I think we very much want to know who is on the hubski voyage with us. Who can we trust? Who will back us up? Where are we located on the planet? -- because it's a feakin' miracle that we have met one another and are talking as intimately as we do. This is a phenomenon of now.
I'm not going to do a big shout-out to all who contributed here, but I'm curious if their contributions are for the reasons I say -- not because they like talking about themselves or because of a core narcissism. I'd like you two (noway and delta) to be willing to see more complexity in these types of post which personally I LOVE!! (so thanks noway).
I'd give my name, but I'm still not comfortable doing that on the internet. I'm in my mid-20's, recently graduated with a BA in mathematics, and I tutor for money. This mostly involves teaching the children of wealthy families how to do well on the SAT/ACT--ensuring that the upper class is able to outperform equally or more qualified students on gatekeeping exams, so that the social stratification based on wealth may continue. There are basically two main things I'm interested in: 1. Music. I've played music all my life, but I've only really taken it seriously recently. I played piano from first to seventh grade, and then picked it up freshman year of college when I started taking a lot of acid. Most of what I played for the following several years was self-learned classical, but then I started to branch out into blues, rock, and recently jazz and funk. I recently got a 1980 Mk. II Fender Rhodes piano refurbished by some dude in Berkeley, and it's sexy as hell. Hopefully my friends and I will stop getting too drunk to really jam and start playing some serious music. We're all capable--we just need to focus. 2. Neuroscience. Specifically neuropsychopharmacology, or the neural pathways through which drugs affect behavior and states of consciousness. This falls directly in line with my passion for psychedelic drugs. I've recently been taking online courses for basic information, and began poring through some light reading in the hopes that I may someday find myself in a graduate program, and possibly help assist in the research spearheaded by organizations like MAPS. This one's a long shot. I also like to lift weights, read about politics, argue on the internet, and engage in sophisticated discussions about drug experiences.
I'm supasmasha. I am a student who wants to go into engineering. I love of playing basketball, cycling, swimming, video games, computers, movies and books. I live in Australia and tend to have an on/off relationship with Hubski since I only use it when I'm not insanely busy.
nice to meet you man, I'm an awful swimmer but have always wanted to get into it. I'm about to post a rant on the topic of my abusive relationship cycle with hubski as we speak.
Nice to meet you too. I think that the main reason that I can swim and enjoy doing so is because I live in Australia, and close to the beach. It's a great activity, though. It releases endorphins, increases aerobic fitness gives time to think and keeps you cool during the summer (because Australia). It also gives you some time away from Hubski when it's being abusive
I'm Kafke. I'm currently a student at a 4-year university. I'm studying computer science and plan to work in the game development industry. As such, a lot of my time is spent developing and playing video games. My favorite series would be the Legend of Zelda. I dislike where the industry is currently headed, so I work to change it. Too many shooters. I'm a huge fan of Japanese culture and media. Music, art, literature, language, etc. It's all fascinating to me. I haven't learned to speak/read the language yet, but I try :D. Most of my video game preferences happen to be japanese as well. I find that a lot of my friends find me to be to critical of stuff, but I like to say that I have specific tastes. I'm bluntly honest when it comes to things, and a lot of the time that means saying something sucked. And for me, it's true. I can't fake liking something. A lot of my routine is very repetitive. It's easier on me to just do the same thing day after day than try to actively change things up. I like routine. As such, you'll see me go onto the same websites, eat the same food (for breakfast/lunch/dinner), etc. I actively try to better myself, but I keep slipping into the same habits. I've already reset my sleep about 5 times now, and I keep fucking it up. I keep procrastinating, and sleeping past classes. And I'm somewhat depressed, which doesn't help much. And finally, my goal in life... I really don't quite know. Ideally I'd like to move to Japan to surround myself with my interests and favorite media. And I'd like to create a virtual world that people can enjoy themselves in. Seeing a game I made on a store shelf would be amazing. So that's me.
I know where you're coming from. I'll be honest I was the same way. And then I realized that I can still have my opinions, share them with people who familiarize, and debate with those who don't. But I can do this without being a total asshole (which I now admit I was at times) and condescend the beliefs and values of others. I now appreciate people with different opinions, simply because they challenge mine and allow me to make sure that what i'm thinking is right, or change my opinion to make it so.I find that a lot of my friends find me to be to critical of stuff, but I like to say that I have specific tastes. I'm bluntly honest when it comes to things, and a lot of the time that means saying something sucked. And for me, it's true. I can't fake liking something.
Nah, I can appreciate other's opinions. Generally my opinions are just that, opinions. So there isn't a right/wrong. You have yours and I'll have mine. No problems. If there are facts that'll sway my answer to something, I'll go with what the facts say. That's not up for debate. So usually my "debates" involve correcting people using facts and providing sources.
yeah, I know what you mean. I guess I just got tired after a while, figured some people just aren't worth my time to correct.
My name is Bryce, I'm 24 years old, and I live in Hawaii. I recently graduated with a Masters in Biotechnology and my dream has always been to go to medical school. Even though I didn't get in on my first two attempts I am working VERY hard at making my dream come true. I love music just as much as science. I play drums and piano and produce some electronic music. The only sport I watch is baseball, I like working out, and I also read a lot of primary literature on biochemistry and popular science books. I take great interest in philosophy/ethics/morality but have little time to truly dedicate myself to those endeavors.
Inspiring :) That's some proper dedication. Imo, things like philosophy require education and formal time spent only to be able to give you the opportunity to converse with people, which is to me the most important thing. Find people or places online to just talk about it, the more informal the setting the better, that's all the dedication you'll need :)Even though I didn't get in on my first two attempts I am working VERY hard at making my dream come true.
After my rant in this thread, I'd better participate. Hi, I'm lil.
I like asking questions. I have an internet crush on thenewgreen. I've been married to my current husband since sometime at the end of the last century (1998, I think). I have a 29-year-old daughter and an 87-year-old mother. When I was school-age and the family sat down to dinner, my father would go around the table asking each kid this: "What did you do today for the benefit of humanity?" I still ask myself that.
"What did you do today for the benefit of humanity?"
I really like that :) Some dads, like mine, are not as inspirational.
I'm Rob. I've been lurking, but I'd like to get more active in the community. I'm 26. I'm a software developer currently working full time while pursuing a Masters. I was raised as a Fundamentalist Christian in America. My worldview has changed radically since college and I now consider myself a Progressive Christian. I'm interested in ethics, philosophy, politics, economics. Really all the conversation topics civilised people avoid :). I'm also interested in a number of software topics including Embedded Systems, Functional Programming, Parallel Processing, Lambda Calculus, and Category Theory.
I've been here over a month and I was on and off too till this post. I think I'm here to stay now :) I first took interest in philosophy, which led to politics & ethics, and now I aspire to study finance, so we're pretty even on that note haha. push yourself to contribute your thoughts & interests to Hubski when you can, someone will eventually see it and contribute to your understanding.
I am a 24 year old male from the East Coast USA, I'm moving to Wichita in about a month to get out of my current situation - which has left me stressed, cynical, worn out and honestly, left with a heap of intrusive thoughts. I try to vent this stuff on the internet by being an asshole, and I have noticed this... Animosity (?) leaking over to the real world, the lack of regard I hold for people online is trickling outwards, a well spring of bubbling vitriol that just works itself out to anybody that rubs me wrong. I don't know how long I have before I start burning bridges and sinking into the black pit of despair. Yeah I can already hear you chastising me and making assumptions about me (which is fine, internet strangers, I really don't care because the things I'm probably thinking about you are equally as bad). I ramble, I occasionally make run on sentences. I smoke cigarettes and drink beer, but online, I can be anyone or anything that I please. Frankly I'm... I'm just myself, that's who I am, and I defy anybody to try and make me stop being me. I see others talking about religion (or maybe it was just that one person), but I'm an agnostic, and I challenge any believers of any kind to show me proof of your belief. Concrete "supernatural" proof, not Christ on a piece of toast "proof" either because that just makes me hungry. I think this is also known as "The burden of truth is on the believer." Goddamnit this got ramble-ish really quick. tl;dr: read it. EDIT: I'm a writer and reader. I generally spew vitriol and occasionally spew word vomit which has meaning or purpose behind it. (I'm too hard on myself, I've been told my writing is actually acerbic at best and down right "mean" at the worst of times.) Sadly [my blog](havires.smile.sh/) doesn't have anything on it at the moment, except for some drunken post about troll/s in IRC.
EDIT 2: Fucking grammar! How does it work?