Ramblings

You know those self portraits you always see people taking - the ones where they group up with their friends and hold the camera out as far as they can hold it and snap a usually fairly awful looking picture?

Well, not every picture that is taken that way is awful - Case in point:



But as I said in one of my other points - I think that NASA photographers have a clear and distinct advantage.


I've been told that I'm fairly decent a reading people - a sensitive "bull-shit" scanner if you will. Its something I've noticed, but never really thought all that much about; I mean its neat when you're out with your friends (or on a date) to continually call them on their bull-shit - and maybe I'm really good at it because I spent so many years as a habitual liar (takes one too know one?). Well, I guess its not *all* in my head (though I didn't find this very challenging). The BBC has a test on their website. They show you a smile (only once) and you have to tell them if its fake or genuine.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/index.shtml

I got 20 out of 20. The only one I wasn't sure of was the guy 6 smiles in (young with short spiked hair).

Oh, and weight loss is for the freak'n birds I tell you. I ate very reasonably over the last 3 days, and worked out very hard (at least one full, hard hour) two of the days, and I'm now currently the same weight as I was on the 7th. (170.4). I have no doubt I'll make my goals for this month, but I'm seeing February as very problematic. We shall see. I really would like to not lose a couple hundred bucks.