Tour continued

Ok, so I am switching back and forth from myspace to blog, but I will continue here with what I started:  My honest impressions of the people I met.

I will start out with the people I was a little scared of:  Max and Jude.  Both of them are intimidating online.  

Max because she is so brutally honest - she would be the type to look at you and say things that you don't want to hear - like "you look like hell" or "get away from me, you're boring."  But in my mind she was a small person that talked mean.  In reality she is quite intimidating - a real physical presence in the way that self-assured people often are.  She has a smile that looks like trouble waiting for a place to happen.  But my impression of her is that she is not mean as much as cynical.  I am the type that sits in the back of a meeting and texts nasty comments to my friends about the incompetent speaker.  She would be the type to set them up for public humiliation while looking innocent.  I think she would be a lot of fun to hang out with if one were cool enough, hell for the pretentious, and dangerous for those whose evil twin is lurking right beneath the surface and just needs a little encouragement.  I vote her the person most likely to be able to talk me into getting a tattoo.  

Jude always scared me because of her intellect - it is sharp and she is not afraid to use it.  When she was nice online I always had the idea that she was mocking me.  And based on her going and working on her dad's farm on the weekend then doing nursing for insane working hours - something totally beyond my ability to ever do - I had a picture of her as a robust, hearty kind of woman who says it like it is and doesn't tolerate fools.  But in person she is this wonderful mix of elegant and practical - always taking care of her responsibilities first but then squeezing as much else in as is physically possible, which for her is A LOT.  She has the type of kind spirit that comes from an upper class upbringing where manners and hospitality are paramount and making others feel comfortable is second nature.  (I have no knowledge of her background so I don't know if this is true.)  I felt a real connection with her - I have this crazy desire to know how to do everything and not to waste time, and I think she has that same drive - but she handles it in a much better, non-obsessive way than I do or maybe she just hides it more thoroughly.  She does such a good job of handling all of these conflicting demands and I never saw her anything but cool and collected - not in the robust and hearty as I expected but regal and even glamorous.  Very smart people are not always easy to both like and admire but I both like her and was very impressed by her.  

That's all the blog for now - next time someone I was disappointed to meet :(