I have a friend who is a wonderful, sarcastic, unassuming guy who is 15 years my senior. One of my favorite discussions with him went as follows:
"Erin, you know, sometimes when you speak you project some of the most insightful and intelligent ideas and I marvel at how brilliant you can be for such a young age... And then at other times, you are completely clueless to things that should be obvious."
I laughed over this, as it is true. I am a recent owner of the Blackberry Curve. When trying to link my personal email w/ my Blackberry, I stumbled typing my password. I know this is not correct to say, but I have 3 passwords that I use, and I've had them each for 10 or more years. Why is it when I was trying to sync my email, I inappropriately capitalized a letter OVER 20 TIMES! After my 5th attempt, I started keeping track. It went even so far as me going to my regular computer and being completely dumbfounded becuase I could access it on my PC.
Oh God, I'm turning into my mother. In all other accounts, that's a good thing... but not here.
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I don't know if screwing up a mixed-case password, even a familiar one, qualifies you for the short bus. It's the stuff we feel we don't have to think about that we tend to forget. One time in my 20s I stood in front of an ATM and could not for the life of me remember the PIN I'd been using for a couple years. I took my card back and got all the way to my car before it came back to me. So I must be on your level of stupid :)
Type Writer
p.s. Your description of your friend sounds like it could be applicable to me, since I'm guessing you're in your mid-twenties, so the age difference might be the same... Not that you'd ever hear that from me :)
TW- bless you, though not far off, I turn 30 this year. I was 23 when the comment was made ;-)
I've also blundered my PIN to the point that the ATM has eaten my card....
I do this with passwords all the time and I always use the same one for things. I'm like you -- three or four passwords, and they're used for everything. I've had to change the password on one of my credit cards six times. Not even kidding. it's like every month I go to pay it online, i have to change the effing password.
When's your birthday? The Type Writer turns 41 at the end of September (I normally wouldn't blab my age, but MySpace does that, anyway :))
When I turned 30, I dated a woman who was 41, so that's about the same age difference... I'm just saying :)
TW
TW-The big 30 occurs during OSU VS Michigan week. I'm attempting to score some tickets by pulling the "that would be a great b-day present...." It's a great time to be in C-bus during football season.
Flirt. Didn't you call me out last week for my suggestive descriptions of food?
Erin,
You know I'm a Michigan grad, right? And it sounds like you're an Ohio native (from Columbus?), so I don't know if I can root for the presence of one more Buckeye in the stands for the Big Game, especially since we haven't won it in a few years... Unless, of course, you score me a ticket too and you don't mind sitting by a guy dressed in maize and blue :)
Flirt.
"It's only words/And words are all I have/To take your heart away" :)
Didn't you call me out last week for my suggestive descriptions of food?
Well, yeah, but I wasn't the one who introduced the phrase "gag reflex" into the conversation :) I think you should be restricted to eating bananas only in the form of smoothies (or daiquiris, if you will); that might be the only way to keep you out of trouble...
TW
TW- I will respectfully bow out of this as I see your prowess for this topic is stronger than my own. However, Bananas even in mashed up form, still elicit a gag reaction from me! I can't think of a better way to describe it.
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