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  1. Thank you Mic! I love him so much I can't stand it sometimes. It's nice to know you're there with him. And I LOVED talking to you last night. Yay for boobies! Brie "Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie
  2. Ok. I'm not one to post about personal feelings on public forums, but I was wondering if anyone has similar experiences. I'm worried about my husband. He's on the head down record attempts this week. And while I don't really worry about him when we're both jumping, I totally freak out when he's jumping and I'm not. And it seems magnified because he's on the record attempts this week. I know it's bad juju to think about the worst, but....I can't help it. Am I insane? I know he's on the jump with some of the best skydivers there are, but he's in the base and just called me and told me that they're having to raise breakoff altitudes because those on the inside of the formation don't have enough time to get clear. Maybe I'm just being stupid. Am I? Brie P.S. For those of you interested in an update, they're building two 30-ways out of Casas this morning in preparation for the 60-way attempts. "Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie
  3. Thanks. My husband is at the headdown record attempts this week, and I have a little time on my hands this weekend. Brie "Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie
  4. And my point was that it has everything to do with it. But you're free to ignore my advice to take a step back and think about your situation. I think what I was trying to convey is that your husband has a point in not supporting you. He has a say in whether you risk your life on the weekends. I never said you were getting divorced. My thoughts on the subject were a response to the general tenor of the thread. Brie "Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie
  5. Why do you need the money? Brie "Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie
  6. I'm sorry, but I think your jump numbers have a lot to do with it. Those of us who have been around see this a lot. People get intoxicated by their new lifestyle, and forget about everything but it. You're not going to have the same feeling every time you jump. That rush goes away in 100 jumps or so. Those of us who stick around after do so because we have found something else in the sport which keeps us there - probably relationships with our fellow jumpers and/or a discipline which makes us excited. Trust me when I say that your marriage is more important, assuming you have a good relationship otherwise. Yes, your husband should be supportive of your choices. But skydiving isn't like picking up soccer or ultimate frisbee. It's dangerous, and I think that your spouse has a say in whether you enagage in a life-threatening activity. I'm not in the same situation as you. My husband and I met on a jump plane. We got married on that same plane, and we still jump together a lot. But if he asked me to choose between him and skydiving, the choice would be simple: I would choose him. I love him more than any weekend activity. And while it may not be fair for him to make me choose, I can envision a lot of situations which would make it reasonable for him to ask me to stop. We actually encountered a slightly different situation about a year ago. I really wanted to get into BASE, and started talking to him about it. He didn't want me to. Although he encouraged me to jump at bridge day, he was uncomfortable about how much more dangerous it is than skydiving. I respected that, and didn't get into it. Although people joke about AIDS, I think that those marriages probably ended because of other problems. I would have a hard time respecting someone who ONLY ended a marriage because of skydiving. "Until death do us part" does not mean "until I find something cool and dangerous to do on the weekends." I'm realizing more and more that skydiving is not a way of life for me anymore - it's just something fun I do with my friends on the weekends a couple times a month. And I generally do around 300-400 jumps a year. That's more than a lot of jumpers. And I'm thinking that it's like that for lots of people who jump. It's not worth causing your marriage problems to do something which will eventually turn into a weekend hobby, even if it seems like you can't turn away from it now. And although Squeak may be wrong in asking you to think like a mature adult, I think he's right in suggesting that you get some perspective. Just two cents from someone who has been around for a little while. Brie "Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie
  7. 18 great skydives at the Farm. I'm pooped.
  8. Travis and I will be providing free freefly coaching that weekend. As of now, we're planning on me taking sit-fliers and Travis taking head-downers (heh, head-downers). I'll also be happy to do some freestyle if there are any who want to try it (bring your tights!) There will be video debriefs (heh, debriefs) after every jump. We'll also be happy to organize small groups if there is interest, but I think we're going to stick with the coaching as much as we can. See you this weekend! The weather report looks great! Brie "Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie
  9. Well, I'll look forward to jumping with you, then! Ben was kind enough to loan me his snazzy PC 1000 that weekend, so there will be video debriefs. Hopefully on the bus while we go over for the next load.
  10. /8/0 8 great jumps at SDA. All head-down with 6 or more. Jumping makes me happy.
  11. Now don't write off ALL of real property. It's about 15 percent of the test. But RAP is not worth spending a lot of time on, in my opinion. At most you'll get 3 questions on it. And one will be impossible. I have a question for the other lawyers on here: I'm thinking of taking the Florida Bar because I went to law school in Florida and I already have all the character and application stuff out of the way. But I've been told that this will send the wrong signal to those who are in charge of whether I make partner someday (i.e. she's thinking of moving back to Florida, she's not in it for the long haul). What do you think? Brie "Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie
  12. Just take less than 6 minutes to post and don't go back to working on the same thing. Brie "Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie
  13. Just do what I did: when you come to a RAP question on the Multistate, have a little chuckle, mark B, and move on. Worked for me.
  14. I'm a medical malpractice defense attorney.
  15. Holy crapola, didn't she just go through AFF? That's a bunch of jumps for so short a time period! I love it!
  16. Well, I would learn what's in your recent developments update. I was tested on mine. Brie "Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie
  17. Aw...shtanks! Raymond took the pic this past weekend at the Farm. The full version has everything but my eyes in black and white, although you can't really tell from the avatar pic. And you'd better see me soon....my smileys on my toes are fading.
  18. Well.....it wouldn't have been changing the standard if the SCOTUS had followed the Bakke/Grutter split, as I stated above. The diversity interest would just have been enough to meet the strict scrutiny standard like it was in Grutter. And when I was taking Barbri in December, they gave us a handout of recent cases as a supplement to the bar prep course. And I was tested on it. So make sure you know your recent precedents for the Bar. Although if you just recently took con law, I take it you're not graduated yet. Brie "Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie
  19. This is an interesting thought. The one I covered recently I guess I would consider an "impulse" tattoo. One I didn't really work on the design for or really consider what I wanted it to look like. I still like the concept (and actually the cover-up is the same idea, just a different design), but I didn't really consider how it would look in the end. I wonder if the people who change and cover their tattoos largely do so because they don't put a lot of effort and/or patience into choosing the final design. Brie "Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie
  20. It seems like every time someone posts a picture of their new tattoo, someone posts: "You'll regret it someday" or "I wouldn't do anything so permanent" or something like that. My large, colorful tattoos make me happy. And after a while, you don't even notice they're there. They become a part of you. However, I have had one covered up (not really my style anymore, and I wanted something bigger and more colorful), and I try not to let anyone in my conservative office see them. I'm not ashamed of them, but more afraid of the older partners passing judgment. So I guess I haven't really experienced tattoo regret, but I have wanted something different (I wasn't unhappy with the one I covered up, but just wanted something more....purple), and I have made marked attempts to hide that I have them. What do you think? Brie "Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie
  21. Well, this is my first post here in a while.... Honestly, I thought this was going to end up like the Bakke/Grutter split three years ago. The Louisville system looked a lot like the Bakke quotas - the school system had some percentage of kids who had to be a certain race in each school. So I thought that program would be similarly struck down because of the quotas. The Seattle system used a lot of factors as a tiebreaker to decide whether a kid would be sent to a certain school, including race. That looked a lot like Grutter, and with all of the diversity interest arguments floating around, I thought the SCOTUS would follow that precedent. I agree about the strict scrutiny analysis being a tough precedent to overcome, and I think it's a little easier to figure out now, but I can't help but wonder what makes the diversity interest so much less important in grades K-12. They didn't even try to pretend it was a remedial case in Grutter, and the majority still sided with Bowlinger's administration because diversity IS a good idea, and it was a compelling interest sufficient to overcome strict scutiny then. Of course, I don't know how the numbers looked, and I'm not sure if there were any waiver provisions or "critical mass" language in the Seattle program, which seemed to be important in Grutter. However, I don't think I agree that the SCOTUS completely followed precedent here. The similarities with Bakke and Grutter seem marked, and I'm surprised they weren't followed. Just my two cents. Brie "Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie
  22. I usually tip for takeout. Because I remember being weeded and having to take time out from my 6 or 7 tables to package up someone's food - it takes longer than you think. And I remember how nice it was to get a tip for doing that. I don't go overboard, but I'll usually leave 10-15 percent. For delivery, I start tipping at 5 bucks, and tip 20 percent if the order is over 25.00. I used to get that much bringing a plate from the kitchen to a table. Delivery guys bring it to my house. For whoever was asking how much servers make, I was making 2.15 an hour. But I usually ended up making more (sometimes much more) than 20.00 an hour with all tips added in. And we did have to pay taxes on credit card tips. The best way to tip is to pay with a credit card and leave cash for the tip.
  23. Ooh! Ooh! That's my house! Brie "Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie
  24. That part doesn't bother me so much as the dogs who get wet in the pond then track the mud in and drip it all over my gear on the floor of the hangar. The Farm may be a dog-friendly place, but it's kinda annoying sometimes. Brie "Ive seen you hump air, hump the floor of the plane, and hump legs. You now have a new nickname: "Black Humper of Death"--yardhippie