>I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who feels the same way about the site.
Yeah, I have a "like/hate" relationship with this site. I'm trying to spend (read:waste) less time on the boards. I joined some groups so I'd feel less compelled to argue with the regulars on the main boards.
> I got to go to all the games from the '94 World Cup that were played in Detroit.
That's cool. Before we met, my girlfriend went to some of those games, as well as the ones at the '96 olympics. What position did/do you play? She was a keeper.
>I'm actually thinking about getting tix for the next one in Germany next year and making a vacation out of it.
That's be fun. We were in England a few years ago, but not at the right time to catch any games.
>I'm taking a position at BU for a couple of years.
What'll you be doing?
>Hey, I liked your ska post over on that skinhead thread. Man, I don't know why I ever bothered reading it.
Yeah, as much as I try not to get caught up in that type of thing, I always get sucked in. There's nothing as silly as spending valuable time arguing on the internet, but it's so damn seductive.
By the way, I never realized that's what did Moon Records in. Thanks for the info.
>I just noticed your profile says that smiley faces make you sad ... so, sorry about the one in the above comment.
Ha ha! Don't sweat it, that's just me being an elitist jerk. I fully understand the reason for their existence, I'm just a damn snob about things like internet slang and the decline in reading and writing skills in America.
Truth be told, I used to have much nastier commentary about this site in that part of my profile, but I took it down.
>Science stuff. Making artificial arteries. Its kind of my thing. I'm excited about it and about moving back to Boston.
Yeah, my bias for Boston aside, it's a great place to be working in that type of field. I have a friend from college who is doing some kind of genetic research at Harvard.
>So what keeps you busy way out in Northhampton. That's halfway across the state, isn't it?
Yes, it is in Fascinating and Mysterious Western Mass. I grew up just south of Boston and though I was just as guilty, it always amuses me now how little anyone back there knows about the other side of the state.
What do I do? My answer depends on what mood I am in. When I am feeling uppity, I am a treasurer in a small corporation. Most of the time I am just a landlord though. My father and I have a small real estate thing going on. We have 2 mutli family properties and I am kind of like the point man in the field. All that means is, despite my multiple degrees, at the end of the day I fix toilets.
As far as recreational activities, we have a pretty decent amount of art/culture related venues out here, but we do have to head back to Boston time and again to catch some shows or what-not. If you go back to my first journal entry, you can see a scathing review of what it is like to live in the liberal freak-friendly bubble that is Northampton.
>I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who feels the same way about the site.
Yeah, I have a "like/hate" relationship with this site. I'm trying to spend (read:waste) less time on the boards. I joined some groups so I'd feel less compelled to argue with the regulars on the main boards.
> I got to go to all the games from the '94 World Cup that were played in Detroit.
That's cool. Before we met, my girlfriend went to some of those games, as well as the ones at the '96 olympics. What position did/do you play? She was a keeper.
>I'm actually thinking about getting tix for the next one in Germany next year and making a vacation out of it.
That's be fun. We were in England a few years ago, but not at the right time to catch any games.
>I'm taking a position at BU for a couple of years.
What'll you be doing?
>Hey, I liked your ska post over on that skinhead thread. Man, I don't know why I ever bothered reading it.
Yeah, as much as I try not to get caught up in that type of thing, I always get sucked in. There's nothing as silly as spending valuable time arguing on the internet, but it's so damn seductive.
By the way, I never realized that's what did Moon Records in. Thanks for the info.
>I just noticed your profile says that smiley faces make you sad ... so, sorry about the one in the above comment.
Ha ha! Don't sweat it, that's just me being an elitist jerk. I fully understand the reason for their existence, I'm just a damn snob about things like internet slang and the decline in reading and writing skills in America.
Truth be told, I used to have much nastier commentary about this site in that part of my profile, but I took it down.
Take care.
P.S. Law & Order rocks.