May 1, 2006

  • i have met a new friend... lately i am meeting lots of new people, mostly from xanga, but a few from online... some (most) of the IMers are looking for hookups, which is odd since my profile is quite clear as to marital status. 


    but it is nice to get the opportunity to talk to people from other places with other viewpoints.  i met someone from sweden, Rf, who has the most interesting job > market researcher with a specialization in experiential design.  as Rf explains it, you come with a new business, say a boutique, and an idea about what you want to sell, and the sort of clientel you wish to attract, and he will design the layout, the customer flow, the work flow, in essence, the entire experience.  sort of like feng shui meets industrial design...


    Rf speaks 6 languages, since his father was in the diplomatic corps in sweden, and that made me feel like a doofus, since i only speak two... my poor attempts at spanish are laughable, and my german is horrid!  but i am determined to learn more!  he got his baccalaureat in marketing and his mba, so we had a really spirited discussion about micro vs macro economics, and the merits of capitalism (he) vs socialism (she)...


    it was so much fun... we also talked about the origin of the myths prevalent in tolkien, and the bastardization of Christianity (and religion in general) at the hands of the institutionalized church...


    i haven't felt so much like i met a kindred spirit in forever... we even like the same types of music...