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.

Single Thought #1

What can I say, even if you're the pain in my neck, thanks for rubbing it.

Preview: What is an SEI?

What is an SEI Space Travelers? Clue: It's similar to the very important ICEE.

Big things in the works. I've got a lot of footage from inauguration and from my recent trip to New York. So I have at least two vlogs on the way.

Chapter 25, Verse 1: New York Adventure In The Only City That Matters So I Hear

Space Travelers, I have a question. It's not uncommon for me to meet a new yorker here in DC, and it's also not uncommon for a new yorker to talk about New York. I experienced the same thing with Los Angeles. The mentality is this: New York is the only city in the world. If no that specifically, it's just that it is just more important, and by transitive properties, THEY are also more important. Being that I'm from the Midwest, I get some fairly odd comments about Missouri or any of the "fly-over" states.

"Wow, you speak so well!" "Did you like... um... grow up on a farm?"

This is of course ironic because this low class understanding of something different is being espoused by those claiming to be more upper class and enlightened. I'm briefly reminded of politics and geography. I'm a progressive, yet I feel like I can relate with many rural conservatives in the way they perceive these large urban centers. I share their feelings of being culturally obscure. I am forced to blush a little guilt out for those times I put down "red necks" but honestly they are people too. It's a shallowness in my character, I'd like to be absolved of honestly. How we view each other is often tinted with the filter of insecurity. I found so many of the people in beautiful California to be dull and boring despite their effort to be culturally in tune via osmosis.

Today, the roommates and I are packing up our belongings, and going to New York for the weekend. I suspect, that despite the claims of my new yorker friends, that it is in fact just a city. I'm not playing down the fact that it will probably have a distinct character, but lots of cities have character.

We will be staying right near Penn Station, and are close to lots of things. I'll be uploading pics multiple times a day to my snaplog account, so keep an eye out for updates. As always, I will have my trusty camera Sunny with me. I'm hoping to get some cool footage.

So, after all of that, here is my question: In modern society, does a center of the world exist, and if so, where is it?

Peace and thanks for reading Space Travelers,
~Chi