i'm definitely not a numbers person, which is why i'm bad at it. it's too cold of a subject for me.

I am always interested in science, it is just an amazing thing.

i've just never had good teachers, i think

yeah the problem is that they teach math as "numbers". that's shit. math is about solving problems, thinking spatially, all kinds of fun stuff. when i was in highschool i had this SHIT teacher and i almost flunked math. in college i had a minor in math because they taught it right. math can be really creative. i mean when you find a way to solve a problem, it's an instant headrush, like, hm endorphins or something, ha ha.

I had one good English teacher, he was the one who turned me into literature.

so ms. schizo, what turned you on to computer science?

i really, really loved eighth grade when i took algebra two because he taught it well like you described. geometry was cool, too. but the past two years have been well, "numbers".

i get an endorphin rush talking about history. mostly ancient roman history.

i like computers. the science i hate is the enviromental sciences and cellular things that have always bored me.

I like history, mostly from the 1900-1970 I think the sixties where cool. But mostly I am fascinated with Andy Warhol.

oh. "numbers" suck. but the key to the universe is awesome. ha, i don't know if there is one but i used to think it was right there and i could find it.

ancient roman history huh? is it because mr. sex on legs? :D

(ha ha, i saw your post)

ive never gotten into that particular subject. my dad on the other hand knows quite a bit about that. he read suetonius, tacitus, and i don't know what else.

ive visited some roman ruins though, that was pretty cool. you gotta love running water. :D

the whole factory scene is so fascinating.

but i'm a nerd for rome.

oh oh oh but cells are so cool. i can't imagine how that can be boring. see i stopped being religious when i was like 11 (my parents are very catholic) and so i was always looking for an explanation of life... how the hell (i thought) does my hand move when i want to?

aha! i think it is. i love him.

i read suetonius a long time ago. fun read.

yeah, running water is fun.

you've been to his museum in pittsburgh? it's AWESOME.

I am a nerd for New York, that city has captivated my imagination since high school. I always saw myself more of a New York person than a L.A. person.

i'd love to go to that

No I want to go to his museum, maybe when I have money. I'll go.

the closest thing i've read to roman history, now that i've thought about it, is "hadrian's memoirs"-- how is it in english? memorias de adriano in my translation, but it's this french book by marguerite yourcenar, this monster of a woman, i mean, what brains!! a spectacular writer!!

she wrote this fictional autobiography of hadrian and oh oh oh uau. i can't recommend it enough. you are going to love it. she is a superhuman being. well, was, but those people don't die you know?

same here! but i do have part of my heart in san francisco. god, i love that town.

was it truman capote that said that your iq instantly drops several points when you travel from new york to l.a.?

i took a bus to pittsburgh from dc. was quite an entertaining trip. pittsburgh is weird... all that decay!

I want to go to San Francisco, but I will wait till the summer to go with my boyfriend when I get vacation.

we are btw on page 555. nice number.

I think L.A. has some smart people roaming in its street. But they are not around. It is hard to find them. I think most L.A. people are not born here.

aha!!!!!!!!!!!!

buy this book

the translator, grace frick, was yourcenar's lover.

god damn that was one of the most pleasurable reads of my live. EVER. i wanna read it again. what a goddamn work of genius.


of course they are not around, they are inside their cars :D

i want to go back to d.c. i loved what i saw of it.

i'm adding that to my "buy" list

Well I don't know how I found such a smart guy. But yeah this whole traffic thing is getting on my nerves. I have to use the 405 freeway to get to school. Ah such a hassle.

dc rules all!



hm that book i posted, you can start reading through that "look inside this book' thing. holy ass. im hooked all over again.

I want to go to D.C.

no road is more of a hassle than international speedway boulevard whenever there's a race. holy fuck do i hate it. LEATHER CHAPS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT= NONONO.

I just hate guys in leather.

i wouldn't mind james purefoy from rome in leather. but that's me.

I just can't stand leather pants.

yeah, they're generally atrocious. i saw a pair in goodwill that were tapered. ick.

great town, certainly underrated; i lived there for years... fuck! i really miss it. last time was there in january. for 3 weeks almost. it was hard to leave.

a lot of it is gone though.

I haven't gone to buy clothes in goodwill for a while. I went once a few weeks ago, I couldn't find anything.

sometimes i see genuinely good clothes to wear but i mostly go in to buy old cheesy dresses and tacky sweaters. i have my eye on this neat old blazer in the men's section. orange plaid!

:eek:

see i wish i could do the same but no women's clothes for me. therefore i never find anything.

I would die if I ever decide to wear women's clothes. Sorry men's clothes for me.

yeah, thrift shopping is easier for girls. but just keep an eye out for a color you like or something. i'll think "red" or "blue" sometimes instead of "i want a jacket" and i find more that way.