Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - View Single Post

oberon · 11-16-2003, 11:57 PM

I have gotten awesome feelings from:

(a) 1 minute standing ovation before ~1000 people... first time in my life it happened in 2000... gosh. I was totally at a loss for words. It was at an awards ceremony and I was the only recipient who received this. Even today, the memory makes me cry.
(b) Scoring the winning goal in soccer or blocking the final free kick in sudden death (I used to play offense, defense, and goalkeeper equally well)
(c) Being essential to my ski team's competition... not necessarily being the best, but not disqualifying if it helped us win
(d) Just plain helping a large number of people with community projects, and I have led a few
(e) My work on open-source projects as it helps many people

I hope someday I'll be able to share the sentiment of those who have an S.O.

Also, I think I would definitely love to scale a peak the likes of Kilimanjaro. Probably not K2, though. I'm scared shitless of the death zone above 26,000 feet (~8km). I think it is really awesome that people have made it to the top of K2, Everest, and other peaks and lived to tell their tale! The story of the historic ascent of Hillary & Sherpa to the top of Everest in April/May 1953 instilled an awe in me.

Skydiving is another thing on my list of things to do in life.

EDIT: After reading the second page of responses, I'm adding this:

(f) Getting an A in an important class I never expected to get anything better than a B or C in. This happened in Spring 2003 and I was elated.

11-16-2003, 11:57 PM	#57 (permalink)
oberon Quadrature Amplitude Modulator Location: Denver	I have gotten awesome feelings from: (a) 1 minute standing ovation before ~1000 people... first time in my life it happened in 2000... gosh. I was totally at a loss for words. It was at an awards ceremony and I was the only recipient who received this. Even today, the memory makes me cry. (b) Scoring the winning goal in soccer or blocking the final free kick in sudden death (I used to play offense, defense, and goalkeeper equally well) (c) Being essential to my ski team's competition... not necessarily being the best, but not disqualifying if it helped us win (d) Just plain helping a large number of people with community projects, and I have led a few (e) My work on open-source projects as it helps many people I hope someday I'll be able to share the sentiment of those who have an S.O. Also, I think I would definitely love to scale a peak the likes of Kilimanjaro. Probably not K2, though. I'm scared shitless of the death zone above 26,000 feet (~8km). I think it is really awesome that people have made it to the top of K2, Everest, and other peaks and lived to tell their tale! The story of the historic ascent of Hillary & Sherpa to the top of Everest in April/May 1953 instilled an awe in me. Skydiving is another thing on my list of things to do in life. EDIT: After reading the second page of responses, I'm adding this: (f) Getting an A in an important class I never expected to get anything better than a B or C in. This happened in Spring 2003 and I was elated. __________________ "There are finer fish in the sea than have ever been caught." -- Irish proverb Last edited by oberon; 11-17-2003 at 12:07 AM..