originally posted april 19, 2000

twice bitten, once shy

You'll find someone.

Rarely have crueler words been spoken. It baffles me why this is considered a comforting statement. It's as if a woman is telling me, "I can't stand you, but maybe someone might be able to." Or, "I don't want to risk being seen in public with you, but someone might have that little self-esteem."

I enjoy a good rant from time to time. And I don't find it at all surprising that my recent experiences (or lack thereof) with women are providing the inspiration for this particular rant.

'course, it very well couldn't have been my own fault that she said no. Some of the people I asked before even giving it a shot advised me not to date within a major. Although it seems a bit silly, the reasons behind it go along with the notion that you don't want to stifle a relationship with too much contact. When two people see each other constantly both in class and out, it's my understanding that at some point, something's got to give. Between work obligations and time constraints, the couple has to walk a tightrope. (Of course, I've seen a few examples of how intra-major dating can work, but those appear to be the exceptions to the rule.)

Then there are purely coincidental reasons -- she already has a boyfriend, or really genuinely isn't interested in associating herself with me. I can understand either case, but at least she didn't say the immortal words:

You'll find someone.

Maybe I will. But not necessarily with a woman that introduces herself as having seen my web page.

In other site news: I've added new pictures of my Spring Break travels to the picture archive, and I've also separated the page into galleries for easier accesses. My resume has a cleaner look and is updated. Look for an update this summer as I take a summer job at Cendant IT, doing some network maintenance work with a group that includes a CMU SCS alum.

The poll continues to be a source of important insights into what might be in my ocular future. Vote today!

Back to April 2000, or to the year 2000.

Where am I?

This is Weill Aspects, the official news archive of Jason Weill Web Productions. All articles posted to the front page end up here. This page was generated automatically by a series of Perl scripts.

Articles in Weill Aspects are organized solely by date. You may find the Google search in the left column to be useful if you are looking for an article but do not know the date on which it was posted.

Weill Aspects is composed of static web pages generated as appropriate when a new article is posted. It was developed in May 2001 as a way of managing the content on this site. I also used it extensively while in Japan, during which time I did not have continuous access to the Internet. I was able to write daily updates during July and August 2002, pack the files onto a CD-R or memory device, and upload them from the Internet-connected computers at school.

These scripts are all hacked together in less than elegant fashion, and I don't plan to release them. Some of the design that went into Aspects also was used to develop Livestat, a suite of Perl scripts to process statistics for academic competition tournaments. Livestat is available freely.