Jessica

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  1. It was $25/jump if you rent by the skydive last time I checked.
  2. NO I'M NOT. I am a copy editor. This is not editing copy. This has nothing to do with editing copy. This is an entirely separate department. At any other newspaper, this would be considered "free-lance" and I would get paid for it. Here, it's just a "personal favor" for the research guy who doesn't feel like doing it himself, and since I'm so new there, I feel pressured into doing it. You sure like to argue, Scott. right back atcha. Now somebody give me some triva sites, waaaah!
  3. No I'm not -- which is why I'm so bitter about doing them. I've tried the google search before, but without a lot of luck.
  4. OK, I stupidly let myself be talked into providing trivia for the newspaper once a month, and now I need 10 "fun facts" that were due like last week. Does anyone know of reliable sites where I can find stuff like that? This day in history, that kind of thing? I know of uselessknowledge.com and infoplease.com, and sometimes I use snopes.com, but that's ALL I KNOW OF ARGH. Can you help?!
  5. Um.... Sangiro, please don't take the above to mean that I'm buying votes for a CReW forum. I'm sure everyone who posted sincerely wants one. (And if anyone reading this hasn't posted, PM me and we can talk about making it worth your while. )
  6. Me too. I never relax even a little bit until deployment is complete and successful. (I had two reserve rides in my first 20.)
  7. Can someone tell me how the heck I use this thing? I don't understand the instructions at ALL.
  8. Jessica

    Side slides

    So...when I initiate a turn, I dip a shoulder. (I'm a pretty good turner
  9. It's how many cases you owe under the beer rules. 5:5:1 means you got lucky 5 times, made 5 skydives, and owe 1 case of beer.
  10. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I think DZ-bashing on this public forum is wholly inappropriate. There's no way we can know the facts; personal problems and animosity can color assessments, rumors become fact, etc. It's happened numerous times on here.
  11. No can do, boys...I've only got one slot left.... Heheheh just kiddin'!
  12. Nope, a good skydive always takes the edge off. Ask me a little later in the week, and it might be a different answer.
  13. Holy shit.... That can't be right. 30 in my lifetime? That's quite a few. Better get busy.
  14. Hehe! The whole idea scared the crap out of me, too, until I was actually sitting on that canopy, YEEHA!
  15. I'll second that! I'm in looooooooooooooooooove with CReW! I was just doing a search to find any CReW-related posts....
  16. Jessica

    Side slides

    What's the body movement required for side slides? I want to practice, but I don't even know how to begin.
  17. Hey, holy shit! I missed this!! Congrats! First time I got published, I also got paid...I thought about framing that $50 check, but then I cashed it and went and got drunk. It only gets easier as you go along...good job!
  18. Hmm! What about dogs, got any dogs? Actually, I like San Antonio just fine -- it's the job situation that's really making me cry. I'm gonna give this city a fair shot, though. The skydiving's good, even though it's only on the weekends. When I work.
  19. Arrrrgh YES, as soon as I quit my stupid job and don't have to work every weekend. Hey, come out to San Marcos for Hoosier Daddy!!!!!!! Here's the deets: http://www.skydivesanmarcos.com
  20. I bought my gear off Enclave.com. The seller contacted a rigger at my dropzone, and they agreed that he would ship it to her for inspection, and I could demo it to my little heart's content. If I liked it, I'd send him a money order; if I hated it, I'd ship it back. I liked it, so I sent him the money order. I got a Reflex with three jumps on it, a PD 170, a Raven reserve, a Cypres, a gear bag, packing mat and a jumpsuit for $2600. I'm happy as a clam with it.
  21. God, what a shameless post hussy I am. OK, y'all, it's almost beer-thirty. I'm gonna have to do some shots when I get to the bar to catch up.... Monk, let us know what happens. *huuuuuug* Love you all!
  22. Hey, I could do that...I even have a truck...(but only the bird cages fit back there)....
  23. LOL!!! Hmm, how's the skydiving up there?