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Old homepages:
- Adelphia page for Sean Duggan.
Or, if you just want to see the colossally random assortment of pictures I've got in my homepage's directory, look here. Lastly, I've got a page if you're just looking for pictures of Sean Duggan.
- Geocities page for Sean Duggan.
More of interest would be the pictures gallery, also outdated, but more recent still.
^_^ And a link to work I've done in chess variants. Fantasy Chess is there along with a couple others. |
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| A warningPercidere, puer, moneo; futuere, puella;
barbatum furem tertia poena manet.
Femina si furtum faciet mihi virve puerve,
haec cunnum, caput hic praebeat, ille nates.
Per medios ibit pueros mediasque puellas
mentula, barbatis non nisi summa petet. | | |
| Propositions and AgingSo, I asked her out. No, not that her, the other one. ^_^ Those who know me know that I often have 2-3 girls that I'm semi-mooning over, waiting for a good opportunity (and the gumption) to ask them out. I knocked one off of my list last night, asked her out for coffee after class. And I got turned down. Very politely, I'll have you know, and I think she felt bad about it. I'm proud that I managed to scrape together the courage to ask and I only hope that this doesn't make thiings awkward for her. I plan to act the same as if I hadn't asked (well, other than the whole "lying in wait" thing), so hopefully that will make things easier for her. Now, for the next one on the list...In more or less unrelated news, I'm starting to get a little worried about joint pain. About a month or so ago, I noticed that the knuckles of my hands were starting to hurt and feel swollen periodically. A few weeks later, I started getting pain in my elbows like a tendon was stretched too tight. Now, my hips and knees seem to be getting in on the game. I really hope that this is something temporary. over-work from Capoeira that will fade as I get more in shape. It would really suck to have arthritis at my age. *crooked grin* Although I guess it would go along with the receding hairline that I fear I might be picking up. I don't want to get old, but I guess it does beat the alternative. On another note, I sometimes feel like I'm going backwards in Capoeira. I used to be able to pull off a queda-de-rins. I used to be able to to an au batido. My kicks used to be more graceful... There's some merit to the idea that I'm trying to break some of my bad habits which requires me to break things down before building them back up, but it is still frustrating. | | |
| Sometimes I Hate Being ReasonableA few days ago, I tried to make reservations through Travelocity for my trip to Pittsburgh. After multiple attempts to get the reservation to go through on the website, I called the provided technical support number. The person there said they could check why the reservation didn't go through, but that I would have to provide the same information I had entered into the site. After providing every single detail, he said that he understood why it hadn't gone through, the reservation was made, and my credit card would be charged for the $171. Small problem, the cost of the flight was listed as $146. Yes, he'd added the "phone reservation fee" in the process. When I told him that I had explicitly said at the beginning of the call that I did not wish to make the reservation via phone, and that I had never in the course of the call asked him to make the reservation, I wanted it canceled. He said that he could do it, but I would be charged a $32 cancelation fee! I reiterated that he had made a reservation without my asking him to, and that I would have the reservation canceled without any fee. He offered to transfer me to a customer service representative. I tried to get his employee number, but all he would do is give me a name and say that he was associated with the purchase in their records. The customer service representative said that given the circumstances, they could cancel the reservation without charge and told me that it was done. Except... today, I check my credit card bill and find that they charged me the fee! So, I try calling customer service again. They confirm that yes, the fee was charged. No, I can't have it canceled. No, there's no supervisor to talk to. So, I told them that if there was no one to appeal to, I would just get my credit card company to reverse the fee as a fraudulent purchase. Suddenly, they had a supervisor for me to talk to, small wonder that... It took me a good half hour of being on hold, but I finally talked to someone higher up. They again had me go through the events and confirmed the charges were made and again said that I could not have them reversed. I brought up the earlier threat of bringing the credit card company into it and amazingly, yes, they could remove that fee! *sigh* It will be 7-14 business days and I half suspect they'll try to pull something on me again, but it ought to be done. One thing's for certain, they're not getting any business from me for a long time. I made my reservations directly through the airline this time. Problem is, me withdrawing my business is not much of a threat since I fly maybe once a year on average. I hate being reasonable. I should have just reported them to the credit card company and be done with it. Now, I feel horrible, my stomach is knotted, and I'm betting they'll try to stiff me again.
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| I Suck at Attending PartiesEver have one of those days where your digestive system just decides to throw in the towel? Where, after a day of eating regular food, all of a sudden you get a gurgle, slight nausea, and a feeling that you ought to rush off to the bathroom? Except that when you do, everything comes out fine, so to speak? But then, an hour later, you get the same feeling, and it's not all fine, and then you're burping in weird flavors and the scents of the world suddenly go wonky, and you find yourself being extremely aware of where the girls around you are in their period schedule based on the change in their personal scent? *wry grin* Ok, so the last one is something that I've found that few people other than myself experience. And it wasn't so bad tonight... my sense of smell was more screwed up than hyper-sensitive. Although it gave me that wonderful moment of panic when I started to wonder if maybe all of these smells were coming off of me. Anyhow, between olfactory illusions and going spacey over the way my stomach was alternately bloating and cramping, I fear I was not the best of company tonight. Honestly, I felt mildly drunk the whole time, even though I had a fraction of a glass of wine partway into the night. Oh well, it was fun enough. I just wish I'd been there more than I was in the time my body was present.The digestive system effects also had the odd effect that I made all of my costume changes in record time tonight. One moment, I was headed backstage and next moment, I'm done dressing without any clear memory of going in between. {shakes head} I live in my own world sometimes, but it's Ok. They know me there. | | |
| Movement ReflectionsLast night, in Capoeira, I participated in the last bit of the roda where everyone stands, the tempo becomes much more rapid, and people step in and out without ceremony. It's a frenetic dance of rapid kicks and spins, usually one of your best chances to pull out the acrobatic moves which require considerable momentum. I'm usually too tired by that point to join in, but last night, I felt up to it. I just now realized that I pulled off a nifty double kick near the end. Basically, I came in with a roundhouse off of my left, angling the kick upwards, and used the momentum to launch myself into a jumping spin to do a heel strike with my right leg before landing. Essentially, in the adrenalin of the moment, I managed an a no-hands angled cartwheel, something I've never been able to pull off in practice before. ^_^ I guess I should participate in those ending bits more often... | | |
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