h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

People who truly know me know that I don't post meaningless journals, such as "Oh darn, I have a hang-nail", or "I feel a pinch somewhere". There are more than a-plenty here who have nothing better to do than seek sympathy, pseudo-comforts, and what-ever. For myself, this is a simple way to move some thoughts from the cyclic loops of the mind. And then disreguarded, as one would a really good phlegm-expectorating cough.

I am within hours of seeing 2 years on this site. It started as a fun place, to pass a bit of time. Then the personna that I tried to play met such a number of people. Some genuinely good, some simply worthless, and an awful lot of needy folks. It was the latter, and their expectations, that caused me to relinquish the first personna as much as the fact that it WAS a false face of my own.

Since then, being purely myself, I have enjoyed many friends and sides of h2g2. Sure, there are so many people about who make me want to leave it for-ever, ... the ultra-arrogant who see themselves as the "core" of h2g2 and above reproach. Some of those, and an increasing number of others, whose greatest joy is to find someone fool enough to express a religious belief. And pounce like a pack of hyena's on that one. Oh so brave and impressive !!! In the end, they prove themselves to be as petty, childish and without fresh arguments as the one they are trying to shred. Oh, and of course, there are the pseudo-intellectuals who feel themselves to be so big because they tag along with a few bright ones. They are good for a quiet chuckle, since they really have nothing of their own to contribute to the grand scheme of things.

Saddest of all is the sheer number of people who are latched on to this place. As many of my co-workers have termed such people, "the sick, the lame, the lazy". Finding solace among like people, I guess that in itself is a positive thing. And then, some of the people they gravitate to, and suckle, for life-support are just as fragile in their own ways. Likely to snap and show their true colours, again and again, leaving a wake of broken and shattered people in their wake. But hey, there will always be fresh one's to "play" with. The wired world is full of them.

In any case, I find this place so pathetic in so many ways. Seriously aggravating in others. And yet, occassionally, a good and intelligent discussion appears. And new people, or even some older ones that I haven't met, who are consistently "real" and good of heart. So despite the dregs, the pathetic, the viciously arrogant and the simply annoying, ... I guess that rare spark of a true gem, visible in the sludge, will keep me returning. For another year, maybe 2, 3 ....

To quote a favoured author, who survived Dresden with his humour intact: "and so it goes ..."

*Hands over a bottle of Vicks*

No sp*tting in the threads, it's against the <./>HouseRules</.>

Gosh.. you had a lot to clear off your chest!

Happy Hootoo Burpday Vicar!

Happy hootoo birthday m'dear.

happy hootoo birthday
i hope you have many more.

now, what was this about a hang nail????

Happy hootooverary

Ya know, some of you folks is just . I love it.

Thank you. and and

Awww, there you go

Another year come and gone. And more anniversaries. January past, 30 years since I shrugged off my parental home and world. A naive child who somehow had the the guts, the gall, the stamina (or stupid determimation?) to take on the world. Friday past, 30 years to the day that I first donned my country's uniform. And 3 years ago yesterday since I called on some foreign person, who has since been a solid friend through the thick and thin of my life and hers.

What a world we live in, eh?

*gone again until when-ever .............. *

And there went #4 ...

Five years pass very quickly. I know you can't be here but happy hootooversary.

Not very long until the 10th 'anniversary' of finding a wonky web-site. And some really great people.

Sad to see so many dropped away, and a few went beyond stupidly wierd. But some of the best ones are still friends. So despite all the ups and downs, it was a great thing