#NerdsUnite: Finding a Sense of Belonging at 5,000ft
Ever since I found out that my roommate Jonny was a paragliding instructor I had been trying to get my ass in the air. I always wanted to be a pilot when I was a child and flying fascinates me. Finally, our schedules aligned and my fly day had arrived. I woke up early and snuck in a workout that morning before we headed out. We gathered three of these gigantic backpacks ...
#NerdsUnite: 5 Rules For Engaging With Women At Work
We all know we shouldn’t do it, but what we should do and will do are two very different things. However, since we all know that some of you will go ahead and ruin your lives anyway, let’s put together a few rules to help us keep the damage to as little as possible.
#Contest: Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!
As this was the most requested item in the group, it was SOOOO difficult to pick. I didn't consider how difficult it was going to be to rate someone's passion and deem it "better" than another. Dude, if people want to pound sand all day every day I'm down. Whatever floats your boat in life, and whatever makes you happy. That's ALLLL that ever matters.
#Fact: The only person I've been fighting is myself
I kept seeking validation in "being that girl that did that thing." I had to keep working and keep building something that was bigger than me so I felt better on the inside. You go, go, go ... work, work, work, ... do, do, do because you're afraid to be still, and afraid to sit with yourself.
#RealDeal: The Value Of Connectivity
It started with the dating detox. Getting back to self, and stopping to "seek" was utterly mind-blowing. Again, I had ABSOLUTELY no idea how much my dating fails were genuinely affecting my self esteem and the quality of all of my relationships in general. (Remember, not having intimacy as a child how the FUCK as an adult was I supposed to know what that shit looked like?!?!)
#Randombling: Xanax + Wine + Epic Stache = uh, this post?
On his first commercial flight, while we were sitting in first class (wait, he just did a fist pump as i typed this. is that a sprinkler? i don't even know what he is doing right now …) he fell in love with the flight attendant Robert who happens to possess NOT ONLY the attitude of Burt Reynolds (his personal hero) but also his epic stache; both of our lives have been changed & we are now writing from that place ….
#NerdsUnite: Confident, Not Cocky
Everyone knows that women love confident men. The problem is that many guys, in their attempt to come across as confident and self-assured, fail to distinguish being confident from being a cocky asshole.
You may have good looks, a sense of humor, quick wit and intelligence, but if you don’t have confidence and self-esteem, you won’t have sex appeal.
#NerdsUnite: Dating + Texting =M0dern Luv
There is fine thread connecting dating and texting. While text messaging is far less invasive than a phone call, sending a text that comes across the wrong way can be like leaving a creepy message on a girl’s voicemail. And going from getting her number to getting the date can be near impossible if you are sending the wrong signals through your texts.
#NerdsUnite: Confessions of a Videogame Journalist (Crime has Never Looked So Good)
There seems to be such an increase in quality of graphics from Rockstar, the company that makes the GTA games, that honestly I anticipate them being the only company to create hyper-realistic games and make them good.
#RealDeal: Living on both ends of the spectrum (Learning To Cope)
The most common response to revealing my bipolar disorder to “the world” has been from people who don’t understand mental illness. People who haven’t encountered enough people struggling with their sense of identity, and sanity. These people say things like “just think happy thoughts” or “you should just go out more.” I wish I could take such advice (and that such advice worked on any practical level, beyond letting the speaker feel good about themselves), instead I’ve always coped in much more damaging ways.