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Returning from the deep

I've just gone for a virtual wander around H2G2 and, as always, it surprises me just how much of the guide I haven't seen - how many researchers I have never heard of, how many virtual lives have gone unnoticed by me. Not that they need to be noticed by me, but so much of H2G2 has made me laugh until I cried, or made me read page after page of the sort of huge philosophical debate that I'd like to have with people in real life but just don't happen. I have seen so much of this that there must be many thousands more postings I'd love to see but I never will.

But this is not my point. Today I came across F25956?thread=149844 where, a year ago, some researchers debated whether this place "died" after Rupert. I have to say, I didn't notice anything at the time - I wasn't used to swearing or being insulting enough to have my own posts moderated often - although I have, over the few years I've been here, changed from a prolific poster giving my opinions everywhere they weren't wanted and joining every society in sight, to being scared to post occasionally in case my ideas are shot down in flames (I hate all criticism here, which is odd because I can take it in real life, I just feel very defenceless here). But I blamed that on myself, and not the site.

However, reading these people's opinions, I realised that not only is there a lot of the present Hootoo that I haven't seen, there's an awful lot more that happened in the past that I wasn't part of and I could have been. Reading that post, I felt like I was diving back into the past, into what H2G2 was. Going back to my current conversation list was like resurfacing again, Brunel's sunlight hitting my face, dazzling me for a second (just coincidence that I read that posting in Goo, and came back to Brunel).

I suppose I don't really have a point. Maybe I'm not a "real" H2G2 researcher - I don't post in enough discussions to be well recognised (hence the S.H.A.D.O.W membership), but I don't do enough socialising to have many H2G2 friends. I don't know if we lost something when the Beeb took over, but I suppose it could be worse - even more than the thought of losing everything else I haven't read on this site, I hate the thought that everything I've known and loved already will be lost.

Still no point to this journal, I just wanted to get my thoughts down on paper, or Goo I suppose.

~~A~~
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Latest reply: Nov 21, 2002

We have normality. Repeat, we have normality.

"Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem."

Finally I've found some friends who treat me as normal (a difficult task indeed) and even the school band is ok at the moment (our band camp in a "haunted" castle worked out quite well, anyway). The concert band regional competition is in a week's time, but then there's the Badly Drawn Boy concert a week after which makes up for it. And I will *not* be begging bouncers to let me in this time.

The only thing is, as soon as the rest of sixth year discovers who my prom date is I won't be able to to school for a few weeks. Ought to wipe some smug smiles off a few faces first though. smiley - smiley

Oh, and I've just got around to buying some new albums - Martin Grech's "Open Heart Zoo" and The Magnetic Fields' "69 Love Songs". Both are amazing. smiley - biggrinsmiley - biggrin

~~A~~
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One more reason to hate being 16...

So, I went to see the Buffseeds this evening. The excitement's been building for weeks - we were going to see this amazing band who're virtually unknown, playing to a tiny audience.

But we didn't get in! I *know* it said "over 18's only" on the ticket, but we thought we could risk it. Didn't work, and we did try twice. What makes it worse is that we only saw about fifteen other people go in. smiley - grrsmiley - wahsmiley - steamsmiley - bruisedsmiley - crosssmiley - alienfrownsmiley - dohsmiley - flusteredsmiley - groansmiley - martianfrownsmiley - headhurtssmiley - sadfacesmiley - yuksmiley - cry

~~A~~
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(the A is for Angry)

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Latest reply: Oct 17, 2002

6 days till the Buffseeds concert! smiley - biggrinsmiley - biggrinsmiley - biggrin

~~A~~

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"Go Glasgow Crackers!"

I am, if you don't know (and if not, why not?), referring to the Coldplay concert in the Glasgow SECC last night. smiley - biggrinsmiley - biggrin The band were amazing, especially the opener Politik - everyone went mad to the pounding piano and drums while the strobe lights made everything even madder. Thought Chris would fall of the stage for a moment.

Shiver and Clocks were the highlight of the evening, and so was being splashed by Chris's water bottle when he threw it into the crown (made up for all the people spraying beer over us anyway). smiley - biggrinsmiley - biggrin

~~A~~

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