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Now I just need to figure out something to write.
I always feel bad, on some level, when I soapbox in the OT boards. With the blog I at least know that whoever is reading it actually wants to know what I think, lol.
So... What to do, what to do...
I had an odd thought the other day, as I was driving to class. I realized that, every time I look at a house, pretty much the first thing that runs through my head is "How defensible is this structure?" Obviously on some level I'm preselecting for houses I find reasonably attractive, because that's what people do, but it was strangely odd to me that that would invariably be the first thing that runs through my head.
Then I thought back, and realized that that was among the first thought in my head when I looked at a building since I was in middle school. Seriously. There was this old nunnery near my walking route home that I always loved, big heavy stone building with an 8 foot wall surrounding it. Sadly they tore it down and turned it into crappy yuppy houses, but the thought was there even then: This would be a great place to hole up in the event of some kind of serious unpleasantness.
Sometimes people say I'm paranoid, but I just don't see it. It's not like I lay in supplies, preparing for the impending end of the world. I just toy with the idea as a sort of intellectual puzzle.
And sometimes it makes for good humor. See, I'm carrying a bit of extra weight. Not too much, given the general size of my frame, but enough to be noticeable. But, in the long run, that could well be a good thing. I mean, when the apocalypse comes, the skinny people will starve until they get weak before they're willing to consider... other alternatives. And the fat people, well, they're typically packing enough extra weight that even once their options begin to narrow, they'll be distinctly on the slow side.
Us folks carrying just the right amount of extra weight, on the other hand, will be ready when the eating starts. Strong enough to fend off the skinny ones, fast enough to catch the fat ones.
And on that note, I'll have to start thinking of something vaguely interesting to put up here next time I post.
I always feel bad, on some level, when I soapbox in the OT boards. With the blog I at least know that whoever is reading it actually wants to know what I think, lol.
So... What to do, what to do...
I had an odd thought the other day, as I was driving to class. I realized that, every time I look at a house, pretty much the first thing that runs through my head is "How defensible is this structure?" Obviously on some level I'm preselecting for houses I find reasonably attractive, because that's what people do, but it was strangely odd to me that that would invariably be the first thing that runs through my head.
Then I thought back, and realized that that was among the first thought in my head when I looked at a building since I was in middle school. Seriously. There was this old nunnery near my walking route home that I always loved, big heavy stone building with an 8 foot wall surrounding it. Sadly they tore it down and turned it into crappy yuppy houses, but the thought was there even then: This would be a great place to hole up in the event of some kind of serious unpleasantness.
Sometimes people say I'm paranoid, but I just don't see it. It's not like I lay in supplies, preparing for the impending end of the world. I just toy with the idea as a sort of intellectual puzzle.
And sometimes it makes for good humor. See, I'm carrying a bit of extra weight. Not too much, given the general size of my frame, but enough to be noticeable. But, in the long run, that could well be a good thing. I mean, when the apocalypse comes, the skinny people will starve until they get weak before they're willing to consider... other alternatives. And the fat people, well, they're typically packing enough extra weight that even once their options begin to narrow, they'll be distinctly on the slow side.
Us folks carrying just the right amount of extra weight, on the other hand, will be ready when the eating starts. Strong enough to fend off the skinny ones, fast enough to catch the fat ones.
And on that note, I'll have to start thinking of something vaguely interesting to put up here next time I post.
