Comments on: quirks http://kdiddy.org/2008/08/21/quirks/ humanity plus unicorns Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:17:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: juli http://kdiddy.org/2008/08/21/quirks/#comment-1316 juli Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:49:09 +0000 http://kdiddy.org/?p=955#comment-1316 i had the same problem with the driving, the first time i broke out in tears and the second time i went 1 mile over the speed limit and the third time i tried to run over the guy that failed me the second time, the third tester found this funny and actually told me to keep trying to hit him, he was at the penn hills dmv, i can try and find his name, he was freaking fantastic and saw how nervous i was and took the time to calm me down and tell me sneaky little tricks and what not i had the same problem with the driving, the first time i broke out in tears and the second time i went 1 mile over the speed limit and the third time i tried to run over the guy that failed me the second time, the third tester found this funny and actually told me to keep trying to hit him, he was at the penn hills dmv, i can try and find his name, he was freaking fantastic and saw how nervous i was and took the time to calm me down and tell me sneaky little tricks and what not

]]> By: jive turkey http://kdiddy.org/2008/08/21/quirks/#comment-1314 jive turkey Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:57:32 +0000 http://kdiddy.org/?p=955#comment-1314 I suck ASS at math too. It's so bad that when I used to work retail and someone would give me cash, then hand me change AFTER I had already entered their cash amount into the register, I could not recalculate their change without a calculator. Or sometimes I just asked them what I owed them, because I would panic and forget even the most basic math skills. Sheesh, what a moron. Also, I had TWO tutors for high school Trig, and still got a D. FANTASTIC. My list will follow next week. Consider me successfully tagged. I suck ASS at math too. It’s so bad that when I used to work retail and someone would give me cash, then hand me change AFTER I had already entered their cash amount into the register, I could not recalculate their change without a calculator. Or sometimes I just asked them what I owed them, because I would panic and forget even the most basic math skills. Sheesh, what a moron.

Also, I had TWO tutors for high school Trig, and still got a D. FANTASTIC.

My list will follow next week. Consider me successfully tagged.

]]> By: Frank Provo http://kdiddy.org/2008/08/21/quirks/#comment-1313 Frank Provo Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:02:23 +0000 http://kdiddy.org/?p=955#comment-1313 I just got my license yesterday at the ripe age of 33. No kidding. Grew up in a city with great mass transit (Seattle), then basically let it sliiiiide. Did take driver's ed in high school, but was TERRRRIIIBLE. We're talking the kind of terrible where the instructor frequently uses his brake and tells you "don't even get near that highway onramp." When I got my instruction permit earlier this year, I put a taskmaster style plan in my head to get this done. Local SOS/DMV has the usual driver's pamphlet, but also had a test guide too. I actually went out on practice drives and knocked out everything in the guide, even making sure to get the 50 hours of experience before calling to take the test. Spent 6 hours this weekend alone practicing parallel parking and driveway backing. We bought orange cones to help with that! Time consuming, a bit nerve wracking at times, but the end result was totally worth it. Driving is like porn. You need to do it until you no longer feel any emotion or arousal. Er... bad analogy... but true. I just got my license yesterday at the ripe age of 33. No kidding. Grew up in a city with great mass transit (Seattle), then basically let it sliiiiide. Did take driver’s ed in high school, but was TERRRRIIIBLE. We’re talking the kind of terrible where the instructor frequently uses his brake and tells you “don’t even get near that highway onramp.”

When I got my instruction permit earlier this year, I put a taskmaster style plan in my head to get this done. Local SOS/DMV has the usual driver’s pamphlet, but also had a test guide too. I actually went out on practice drives and knocked out everything in the guide, even making sure to get the 50 hours of experience before calling to take the test. Spent 6 hours this weekend alone practicing parallel parking and driveway backing. We bought orange cones to help with that! Time consuming, a bit nerve wracking at times, but the end result was totally worth it.

Driving is like porn. You need to do it until you no longer feel any emotion or arousal. Er… bad analogy… but true.

]]> By: sweetney http://kdiddy.org/2008/08/21/quirks/#comment-1312 sweetney Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:13:43 +0000 http://kdiddy.org/?p=955#comment-1312 you are a genius. a sick, sick genius. you are a genius. a sick, sick genius.

]]> By: Snarky Amber http://kdiddy.org/2008/08/21/quirks/#comment-1311 Snarky Amber Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:07:45 +0000 http://kdiddy.org/?p=955#comment-1311 Perhaps the most liberating thing about not blogging on LJ anymore is having no clue how many people syndicate my blog or have me on their blogrolls (the only equivalent to "friending" me I can think of). Perhaps the most liberating thing about not blogging on LJ anymore is having no clue how many people syndicate my blog or have me on their blogrolls (the only equivalent to “friending” me I can think of).

]]> By: kdiddy http://kdiddy.org/2008/08/21/quirks/#comment-1310 kdiddy Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:04:45 +0000 http://kdiddy.org/?p=955#comment-1310 I started it because it drove me nuts not being able to figure out who was un-following me. this way, I can determine who will be the temporary object of my hurt feelings and seething hatred. computers really do make life better! I started it because it drove me nuts not being able to figure out who was un-following me. this way, I can determine who will be the temporary object of my hurt feelings and seething hatred. computers really do make life better!

]]> By: Amber http://kdiddy.org/2008/08/21/quirks/#comment-1309 Amber Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:54:07 +0000 http://kdiddy.org/?p=955#comment-1309 Twitter....spreadsheet? That. Is. BRILLIANT! OMG!! Cuz you know what I do? I just monitor the numbers in my head and then scroll through my follower/followee list like a spazz until I figure out who the new guy is. So far the system is working, but the numbers of followers/followees are becoming less manageable each day. You're a genius. I will do this, mostly because I need a backup post topic when I inevitably run out of interesting things to say now that I have a week of doing fuck-all ahead of me. Twitter….spreadsheet?
That.

Is.

BRILLIANT!

OMG!! Cuz you know what I do? I just monitor the numbers in my head and then scroll through my follower/followee list like a spazz until I figure out who the new guy is. So far the system is working, but the numbers of followers/followees are becoming less manageable each day. You’re a genius.

I will do this, mostly because I need a backup post topic when I inevitably run out of interesting things to say now that I have a week of doing fuck-all ahead of me.

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