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about Ben Hyde

( 25 / male / Tempe, Arizona, USA )

I have this obsessive need to read instruction manuals. I do it just to feel normal and to sleep peacefully at night. If I don't understand how something works I'll destroy it in the most horrific way possible until it has gone beyond recognition and understanding. This is the same approach I use in all my interpersonal relationships. I don't have many friends. Will you be my friend?

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  • inafish wrote:

    Thank you for a wonderful and thought-provoking question. It's 8:30 am here and you already made my day!

    May 04, 2007 02:30 AM
  • neal wrote:

    does the manual reading thing extend to those shitty little picture-manuals you get with flat-pack furniture?

    Sep 23, 2006 09:09 AM
  • Magpie wrote:

    ;~D Thanks for the friend request! You're my first friend on here, how neat is that?

    Sep 19, 2006 02:18 PM
  • solitaryascidian wrote:

    you're my first friend!

    Sep 19, 2006 09:22 AM
  • sarahm wrote:

    thanks for the advice :) i auditioned tonight and i'm feeling a lot better. the musical is urinetown and there are two sam shepard one acts going on at the same time.

    Sep 09, 2006 01:56 AM
  • Lynn wrote:

    My all time favorite, though, is that old D&D Boardgame Dungeon. Too fun.

    Aug 31, 2006 03:19 PM
  • Lynn wrote:

    Yeah, that is the trick - finding someone to play with esp. games that really need more than two people for maximum fun.

    I like HeroScape, Arkham Horror (very cool - but it has a rule book that takes a long time to read and more pieces than...well...HeroScape).

    I like the classics, too: Scrabble, Chess (though I am not very good at it!), Boggle (god I suck at it) and the various trivial pursuits...also, I'm a sucker for movie/tv tie in versions of games like Simpsons or LOTR Chess sets.

    I also play too many video games (I'm currently on the wagon after my latest ElderScrolls Oblivion orgy. The xbox 360 is amazing.

    I'm the head of the Teen Services Planning Team at my library district so all of the above is...uh...research into um....youth trends...yeah...that's it...research.

    Aug 31, 2006 02:48 PM
  • Lynn wrote:

    I love board games. Also, jigsaw puzzles - though they tend to make my latent ocd kick in and I have to be forced away from them at gunpoint. (Tetris (aka: my dark master) has a similar effect.

    I found the bggeek site when I was looking for a mythical expansion rule list to a game called Dungeon that I played (uh...ok...I still play it, don't judge me!) when I was a kid. I wore out that game set and got a couple more copies from ebay since it is out of print lo these many years.

    I actually carried a game card from this game in my wallet for a looooooong time. Yes, I am a geek. Whatcha gonna do?

    What is your favorite game?

    Aug 31, 2006 10:18 AM
  • Lynn wrote:

    Say, are you associated with boardgamegeek.com? Love that site!

    Aug 28, 2006 10:01 PM

comments(87)

  • in Honda maintenance, Boardgamegeek says:

    Not really a yes or no question. Maybe you'd like to rephrase the question, or the answer, or tell us what you want us to do about it.

    Jun 07, 2007 10:32 AM
  • in First Date, Boardgamegeek says:

    I have heard that first dates are more successful if you for at least part of the date you are moving around. The activity could be something as simple as going for a walk, or bowling, or hiking, etc... When you get your dating moving their endorphins will build and make them happier during the date. Of course you don't want to wear them out.

    Jun 07, 2007 10:25 AM
  • in decide my life, please?, Boardgamegeek says:

    I studied abroad in Germany for a while and my German was atrocious. A lot of people under the age of 30 speak English pretty well, though, so it's not too hard to get around if you need. Besides, the best way to learn a language is to be immersed in the culture. A couple weeks in Germany will sometimes do you better than months of classes.

    Regardless, it will be a great experience and a lot of fun. In Erfurt you'll be 3.5 hours away from Cologne and Bonn, 1.5 hours away from Leipzig, and 3 hours away from Berlin. All cities I recommend you should try to visit while your up in the Northern part of the country.

    May 10, 2007 11:07 AM
  • in "student affairs", Boardgamegeek says:

    Professors need love too.

    May 10, 2007 12:35 AM
  • in The Importantance of Being, Boardgamegeek says:

    Chocolate is always the right answer :-)

    May 04, 2007 11:43 AM
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