in which the biochemist fails at metaphor
last night, a friend of mine mentioned that he doesn't understand the concept of avoiding premarital sex (or waiting until you're married to try it out). at which point i turned to him and agreed adding "you wouldn't buy a car without test driving it first."
so that guy i flew across the country for about this time last year--not the best idea. i suppose that it seemed like a good idea at the time; but if i could go back and try again knowing what i know now, i would definitively leave it at that fling in my parent's back yard.
i've finally decided precisely what i want. the problem i face now is finding it.
i want a sports car. something fast, something dangerous, something exciting. more accurately: i want a sports car i can borrow when i want to go fast that i don't need to maintain. i don't want to change oil. i don't want to replace the timing belt. i don't want anymore long distance mushy phone calls that . . . wait . . .
i like to think i've found something suitable, but i'm not sure how to go about test driving it. i'm not even sure it's willing to be taken out for a spin at all. and if it is amenable to being taken off the lot, how do i figure out if i can just pop the clutch and spin out, or if it's not into autobahn style driving at all? it seems remarkably presumptuous to ask how it likes to be driven before knowing if i can even get behind the wheel; but if i can't get what i want out of it, i would rather not have to expend any more effort than i already have.
you can't just walk up to someone and ask them what their kink is, can you?
so that guy i flew across the country for about this time last year--not the best idea. i suppose that it seemed like a good idea at the time; but if i could go back and try again knowing what i know now, i would definitively leave it at that fling in my parent's back yard.
i've finally decided precisely what i want. the problem i face now is finding it.
i want a sports car. something fast, something dangerous, something exciting. more accurately: i want a sports car i can borrow when i want to go fast that i don't need to maintain. i don't want to change oil. i don't want to replace the timing belt. i don't want anymore long distance mushy phone calls that . . . wait . . .
i like to think i've found something suitable, but i'm not sure how to go about test driving it. i'm not even sure it's willing to be taken out for a spin at all. and if it is amenable to being taken off the lot, how do i figure out if i can just pop the clutch and spin out, or if it's not into autobahn style driving at all? it seems remarkably presumptuous to ask how it likes to be driven before knowing if i can even get behind the wheel; but if i can't get what i want out of it, i would rather not have to expend any more effort than i already have.
you can't just walk up to someone and ask them what their kink is, can you?