Azz (bolt of blue) - makes surreal things more so (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} azurelunatic) wrote,@ 2006-09-14 05:48:00 |
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| Current mood: |  geeky |
| Entry tags: | darkside, faq, fuzzy modem, shawn |
Brief De-Obfuscation for Those Just Joining Us: Darkside vs. Fuzzy
There are two males in my life (present and past) who get referred to in a very similar tone of mingled affection and annoyance. They are Darkside and Fuzzy Modem. I offer here a breakdown of some of the most common similarities and differences between Darkside and Fuzzy Modem.
| Fuzzy | Darkside | ||
| Gamer. | Gamer. | ||
| Male. | Male. | ||
| Geeky. Loves science fiction, computers, comics. | Geeky. Loves science fiction, computers, comics. | ||
| Works at a computer hardware/software store. | Does tech support via e-mail and phone. | ||
| No college degree that I know of. Extensive experience in 3D modeling. | Has a Bachelor's Degree in Real Computer Geek Stuff like programming, DBs, and End-User-Smackity. | ||
| Lives in Alaska. | Lives in Arizona. | ||
| Went to high school with me | Did not go to high school with me | ||
| Did not go to college with me, though he was employed as a pizza guy at UAF while I attended there. | Went to college with me | ||
| Has lived in assorted parts of the US Southwest regions courtesy of his parents' divorce. Has been to Alaska. | Has never been to Alaska; has been all over various parts of Europe courtesy of the US Army | ||
| Occasionally collaborates with me on creative projects. Has creative chemistry with me like you wouldn't believe. | Occasionally shyly shares glimpses at his creative projects in process. We've never worked on anything together, really. | ||
| Over six feet tall; ranges in build; no glasses; hairstyle subject to change; natural hair color currently brown. | About my height; very skinny; wears glasses; dishwater blond when hair is a decent length; hair cut short for job interviews and appears light brown with bits of silver creeping in. | ||
| Known as "that idiot" on a regular basis. | Intelligence has never been questioned; emotional baggage, maturity, and cluefulness sometimes are. | ||
| Divorced. One daughter (that we know of). | Never married; no children. | ||
| His real name is Shawn. | I do not use his real name online. I am likely to refer to him as "my blonder half" when talking about him aloud. | ||
| ADHD. | No ADHD, gods be praised. | ||
| Lives by himself in whatever cruddy place he's renting now. | Lives with his parents until finances stop being utterly unworkable. | ||
| Excessively extroverted. Actor. Requires an audience. | The closest to 100% introvert I've ever met. Prickly and antisocial. | ||
| Has done a multitude of incredibly, immensely, mind-bogglingly stupid things. Sometimes they're hilarious, sometimes they're dangerous, and sometimes they're just stupid. | Has heard a rather lot of the "That Idiot Shawn" stories. Wouldn't mind hanging out with the guy. Was "the sane/quiet/well-behaved one" in most social groups. | ||
| Was my #1 crush from 1996 to 2000. | Is my #1 crush as of 2001 and counting. | ||
| Was sort of involved with me in an "are they or aren't they together?" kind of thing for a while. | I think we'd be perfect together. He has his own ideas on that topic, and is inclined to disagree. | ||
| Borrowed my virginity; lost it somewhere. | Attempting to get a hug from him is a struggle. | ||
| Was my high school best friend. | Is my best friend right now, despite the odds. | ||
| Contact is sporadic and random and that's OK. | I actively keep communications live. We talk on the phone once a week unless things get really hectic. I bought a car largely so I could keep face-to-face contact with him on my schedule, not his. | ||
| Is a poor emotional risk for a relationship partner. | Is a very sensitive, sweet, warm, and caring kind of guy. | ||
| Inflicted untold emotional and psychological damage on me throughout the course of our doomed affair. Notable events included the entire summer of 1996, and that one time that I was trying to sleep and then when he sort of got engaged and neglected to tell me about it quite as promptly as I should have heard about it (notably, *before* the intimacy). Contributed heavily to more than one major depressive episode. Enjoyed mind games. Controlling and manipulative. | Helped me work through most of the Shawn-inflicted damage. May have saved my life, or at least my sanity and stability, both of which I'd feared were lost. |
Summary: Google Spreadsheets has a lot of improvements to go before they master export to HTML. Darkside is so much ♥, in a perfectly sour, sarcastic, and antisocial way. Fuzzy is a walking reality show waiting to happen, and my best position there is spectator, not co-star.
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