On Vox: Who Wants Some Jelly Beans

[sebastianvalmnt]

We had our company's interdepartmental barbecue yesterday afternoon, and my goodness you would have thought the engineering group was a bunch of kids in a candy store.  Consider, engineers work in a mostly male setting with little female interaction and are specialized in a trade that isn't exactly social.  So when the finance group, purchasing

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[discabcutie]

You're an engineer?

[sebastianvalmnt]

Indeed. Mechanical, even. Which, in hindsight, was a poor choice of profession for an eligible, single guy--the next time I'm likely to see, let alone meet, a woman will be at the company Christmas party six months from now.

[discabcutie]

That is interesting, because you seem to like to put words together in a pleasing manner as well, not the most mechanical engineer thing to do. How is it being at both ends of the spectrum?

[sebastianvalmnt]

Thank you for the compliment. Being proficient in such disparate areas makes for some interesting conversation. Although I must say, writers make for the better, I've found. And what is it you do, Miss? I seem to recall some sort of journalism, perhaps?