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1. i don't think i ever actually heard where the name haz originated? :) always been curious
There are a couple of stories for this one, and I've made up so many I can't remember which is real and which is just bogus.
A few of my favorites (some made up by other people):
1. I once stole a Hazmat suit from the RI DoH labs and insisted I be married and buried in it
2. I knocked a kid out once in a sparring tournament
3. "Hazliya" comes from "Haz" and "lea," my nickname and middle name combined
4. I once earned the love of a huge fan of the Bangles who nicknamed me after his favorite song in tribute
5. "Shan" rearranged spells "Hans" which is mispronounced as Haz and voila!
2. what got you to friend me?
You mean on LJ? Mostly because I was browsing around and found it, and you post neat stuff, like that horribly amazing protein synthesis video. Which I will share with my geeky comrades here. But also because it gives me a kind of link to see how you're doing. I mean, I haven't seen you in two years. And for a more superficial (or self-centered) reason, I want to make a different connection with friends I was close with. I feel (and know) that I was single-minded to the point of being bitchy in high school, and I want to see what kind of friendship or some kind of contact we could have after to years to mature and grow out in different situations, you know? I mean, I see Laura Salzman once in a while (she's dating someone who's a quasi-ex), and finding those cabaret pictures... it makes me anxious to see how much better we could get along after growing up a bit.
3. jen?
If you mean why did I friend her too, same reasons as you. After she stopped dating Slacker packer, we really didn't have a means of contact, so...
1. Why did you leave WPI?
Because I fucked up a bit - I got horribly depressed and unmotivated so I stopped going to classes and thus had shitty grades. Before it got worse, I took a semester off to reassess where I need to be. I needed to find a motivation and a goal to keep me going, and I think I've found it. I was looking at other schools, but I really want to go back to WPI. I think it'll be the best place to recuperate, being familiar and all...
2. How long have you and Adam been living together and what is it like?
We've been sleeping in each other's dorm rooms since we started dating, but only officially lived together for a year and a half. It's been both amazing and awful, but usually on the better side. It took a lot of effort to keep the relationship a romantic one as opposed to slowly morphing into "roommates who have sex." And when I get upset, I get passive and turn into a housewife with the cooking and cleaning. But because we talk a lot and try very, very hard to stay candid and honest about issues, we've been able to stay afloat.
But 99% of the time, I love living with him. I love being able to share a bed and have the comfort of him there. I love being able to come home to him. And although we've had really rough patches, we're still doing fine. He and I just learned the whole "Do other things! Have activities and friends separate from each other!" Well, we knew we should, but it hit home lately.
3. How would you describe Akiko and what do you think of her?
That's tough because I haven't seen her in a long time. But from what I think will always be Akiko is quirky and catalytic, if that makes sense. I remember in high school, or at least later middle school, it got hard to have a serious conversation with her because she was always in a silly state of mind. Every few sentences ended in giggles and/or bouncing toes before a dash off to something else, and it was discouraging. In high school, it became the polar opposite, and I didn't know what to do. I clung to keri, who I do love dearly, but I think I used her as a shield to protect myself from getting shot down yet again when attempting to strike up conversation or make akiko laugh. And I got so comfortable in keri's and my relationship that I gave up on the others that were giving me trouble, since I've always been discouraged easily. I worked on my relationship with her and to a lesser extent a few others, but I still would try once in a while to keep up. And I really do like Akiko - we've been friends since elementary school, I have a picture of her in PJs at my third grade birthday party. But weathering the waters during adolescence takes its toll and I've lost a lot of friends that way - did you ever see me hang out with Meredith or Erin again? We were a triumvirate through elementary school, but that separated too. I still want to try, though. And I hope to see both you and Akiko over christmas, if you're around. I'd introduce you both to Adam, but he flies out right after finals. But you should definitely come up - we could go to boston or cambridge for the day, maybe the aquarium or something silly like that.
Anyway, I got to cook for Dom and Jamo tonight and watch some movies and all that good junk. It went well and without incident, so I'm a little bolstered by this, and tomorrow I have an appointment to go to TKE to see what happens when we throw misc things into a fri'later.
I'm happy as a clam swimming in oatmeal.
And you guys can think of more questions than these.
-Haz
1. i don't think i ever actually heard where the name haz originated? :) always been curious
There are a couple of stories for this one, and I've made up so many I can't remember which is real and which is just bogus.
A few of my favorites (some made up by other people):
1. I once stole a Hazmat suit from the RI DoH labs and insisted I be married and buried in it
2. I knocked a kid out once in a sparring tournament
3. "Hazliya" comes from "Haz" and "lea," my nickname and middle name combined
4. I once earned the love of a huge fan of the Bangles who nicknamed me after his favorite song in tribute
5. "Shan" rearranged spells "Hans" which is mispronounced as Haz and voila!
2. what got you to friend me?
You mean on LJ? Mostly because I was browsing around and found it, and you post neat stuff, like that horribly amazing protein synthesis video. Which I will share with my geeky comrades here. But also because it gives me a kind of link to see how you're doing. I mean, I haven't seen you in two years. And for a more superficial (or self-centered) reason, I want to make a different connection with friends I was close with. I feel (and know) that I was single-minded to the point of being bitchy in high school, and I want to see what kind of friendship or some kind of contact we could have after to years to mature and grow out in different situations, you know? I mean, I see Laura Salzman once in a while (she's dating someone who's a quasi-ex), and finding those cabaret pictures... it makes me anxious to see how much better we could get along after growing up a bit.
3. jen?
If you mean why did I friend her too, same reasons as you. After she stopped dating Slacker packer, we really didn't have a means of contact, so...
1. Why did you leave WPI?
Because I fucked up a bit - I got horribly depressed and unmotivated so I stopped going to classes and thus had shitty grades. Before it got worse, I took a semester off to reassess where I need to be. I needed to find a motivation and a goal to keep me going, and I think I've found it. I was looking at other schools, but I really want to go back to WPI. I think it'll be the best place to recuperate, being familiar and all...
2. How long have you and Adam been living together and what is it like?
We've been sleeping in each other's dorm rooms since we started dating, but only officially lived together for a year and a half. It's been both amazing and awful, but usually on the better side. It took a lot of effort to keep the relationship a romantic one as opposed to slowly morphing into "roommates who have sex." And when I get upset, I get passive and turn into a housewife with the cooking and cleaning. But because we talk a lot and try very, very hard to stay candid and honest about issues, we've been able to stay afloat.
But 99% of the time, I love living with him. I love being able to share a bed and have the comfort of him there. I love being able to come home to him. And although we've had really rough patches, we're still doing fine. He and I just learned the whole "Do other things! Have activities and friends separate from each other!" Well, we knew we should, but it hit home lately.
3. How would you describe Akiko and what do you think of her?
That's tough because I haven't seen her in a long time. But from what I think will always be Akiko is quirky and catalytic, if that makes sense. I remember in high school, or at least later middle school, it got hard to have a serious conversation with her because she was always in a silly state of mind. Every few sentences ended in giggles and/or bouncing toes before a dash off to something else, and it was discouraging. In high school, it became the polar opposite, and I didn't know what to do. I clung to keri, who I do love dearly, but I think I used her as a shield to protect myself from getting shot down yet again when attempting to strike up conversation or make akiko laugh. And I got so comfortable in keri's and my relationship that I gave up on the others that were giving me trouble, since I've always been discouraged easily. I worked on my relationship with her and to a lesser extent a few others, but I still would try once in a while to keep up. And I really do like Akiko - we've been friends since elementary school, I have a picture of her in PJs at my third grade birthday party. But weathering the waters during adolescence takes its toll and I've lost a lot of friends that way - did you ever see me hang out with Meredith or Erin again? We were a triumvirate through elementary school, but that separated too. I still want to try, though. And I hope to see both you and Akiko over christmas, if you're around. I'd introduce you both to Adam, but he flies out right after finals. But you should definitely come up - we could go to boston or cambridge for the day, maybe the aquarium or something silly like that.
Anyway, I got to cook for Dom and Jamo tonight and watch some movies and all that good junk. It went well and without incident, so I'm a little bolstered by this, and tomorrow I have an appointment to go to TKE to see what happens when we throw misc things into a fri'later.
I'm happy as a clam swimming in oatmeal.
And you guys can think of more questions than these.
-Haz
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