Tuesday, March 17, 2009

S.E.I. - Social Enjoyment Index


So I've been crazy busy lately Space Travelers. I have like 3 back vlogs to deliver, but trust that they are in the works.

Inauguration
New York
Miami

But until then, I thought I'd share something that I've been using over the last few months. It's a system to describe my evenings. I call it the SEI, or "Social Enjoyment Index." As it is right now, the system is in its second order with the potential for additional dimensions to be added. In computer programming terms it would be a 2 dimensional array.

First dimension: People I'm with that I don't work with.

This one is easy. Take the number of people I interact with in the evening, and subtract those that I work with. This is not to say that I don't enjoy my coworkers, but the SEI ultimately gives a score of how well an evening can lead to future evenings. Having an evening with many people from outside of work is good because it opens up for the possibility of meeting even more people in the future. Can you dig it?

So as I said, the first is a number. The number can be from 0 to about 6 billion.

Second Dimension: Percentage of Opposite Sex.

This is a graded scale "A" through "F." For convenience, I will be describing this from my standpoint, which is a man looking for a woman. All values are approximate.

F - No females (dudefest)
E - 20% female (commonly known as the sausage party)
D - 40% female (for ease, simply go with less than half)
C - 60% female (for ease, simply go with greater than half)
B - 80% female (are you doing volunteer work again?)
A - All females (still not convinced this scenario exists)

Note: If you're gay, this would not mean the opposite sex, but rather the quotient of other gay people in attendance. If you are bisexual, this means... Well, I guess everyone is game... So you must always have an "A."

So some examples may help.

19D - A party with 19 people you don't work with with just under half the attendance being female.
1.8MillionC - Going to the National Mall on Inauguration
1A - A date
3F - Hanging out with my roommates in the apartment.

What's important here Space Travelers, is to not get confused into thinking that this scale measures how much someone enjoys themselves, but rather the opportunity for expanding one's social market. For instance, I can have a crappy date (1A) but have a great time with my roommates just chilling in the apartment (3F).

Well, at least you'll know what I'm talking about if I use this in the future. If I add any higher orders on I will repost this.

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Anonymous said...

The same...

Anonymous said...

What rare good luck! What happiness!

 

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