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

No, you didn't misread that. I'm generally more at ease with my circle of friends here than I am with most people IRL; or at least in a different sort of way that's kind of hard to explain. ish

Yes, I know I'm intelligent; the point is that I occassionally have to be reminded that the kind of intelligence I have isn't the only kind, and that it doesn't make me some way "better" than other people. And sometimes to be reminded that I'm valued just for being me.

Noggin

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I hear ya. I feel that most days, to be honest. I know I can be funny and entertaining and witty and strong and intelligent and . . . well, whatever else people seem to enjoy.

Our particular 'gifts' do make us a bit special because not everybody has them. But I never think that they make us in any way superior. We're just lucky.

Very few people value me for just being me. But I think I am also lucky to at least have a few of them.

I can't say I know you all that well (you like to hide a lot). But from what I've gathered - and I am quie intuitive - I think I can honestly say that I like you for being you.



az

are you really colour blind? and tone deaf?

Fraid so. Only partially in both cases, 'tis true, but my fine discrimination is poor. Don't ask me which is the brown snooker ball, or to tune your piano.

Doesn't bother me, mind, I don't know any different, and outside of a few specific things it doesn't affect my normal life. I actually rather like Turner , and the tone deafness is rather overshadowed by the fact that I'm totally deaf in one ear anyway.

Noggin

There's a brown snooker ball?

And besides being tone deaf you're also deaf in one ear???

Good heavens, man. No wonder God made you smart!

Liked your last posting on the god thread - response to Montana Red (who seems to have a good head on her shoulders). You do that so much better than me.

az

So they tell me. Can't see it myself.

I haven't bumped into Montana on site that much, but she strikes me as one of the good guys.

It's not all bad. I've only just started to need reading glasses, and I've got all but two of my own teeth.

And being hard of hearing is a wonderful aid to concentration in a noisy world.

Mmmm, I do tend to hide things rather, don't I? Not that there's actually that much to hide. By most people's standards I've probably had rather a boring life, but it suits me.

Noggin

I do that better than you? Cr*p. I find that kind of stuff *really* difficult, and it almost never comes out quite the way it's supposed to. By comparison I can do metaphysics without thinking.

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Whose else's have you got?

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uhhh, well yeah, just a little. . . . .

Anyhow, yes, you *do* do that stuff better than me because I tend to just write from my heart and get all emotional and sometimes (often?) end up sounding like a goof. When you do it it comes off sounding so much more cool, detached, etc.

What exactly is *doing* metaphysics?

az

Oh. I don't mean to...

Coolness and detachment have their uses, but they're not everything. My problem is that beneath the cool, detached exterior there's a seething cauldron of, well, coolness and detachment. Sometimes I wish there wasn't, if you know what I mean.

What's *doing* metaphysics? Oh, gosh, ask me a hard one, why don't you?

Metaphysics n. the science which investigates first causes of all existence and knowledge.

A definition that says too much, and not enough.

Noggin

A seething cauldron of coolness and detachment? Is that possible?

hmmm . . . apparently so!

well never mind, off to bed.

buenas noches,
az

Sorry, missed those last posts before logging off last night.

There *are* things I feel strongly about, of course, but I think I must be hormonally challenged or something. It takes a lot to actually get me overtly mad about something. Difficult, of course, to compare the strength of one's internal feelings with other people's, but I do seem to be less demonstrative than most. Inherited or learned from my dad, I think.

Noggin

have you checked your email today?

Hormonally challenged, eh? It's certainly not a bad thing to be cool-headed. Don't laugh but people usually think I am this very calm and serene person In fact it does actually take a lot for me to lose my temper. Though, as you know, I have a slight tendency to be just an eensy wee bit over-sensitive at times.

Inherited or learned? Probably both.

Let me know if you get the email (eeeeek!)

az

I hadn't, but I am now. Whatever it is, it's taking its time.

Noggin

Just sent you another email. But don't worry! I won't make a habit of it.

az

Received and replied to.

Noggin

az

Dear me, am I slow, or what?

I should have spotted the identity of Member straight off, shouldn't I?

Noggin

Well, I thought it was pretty obvious. Did you check out his page? RDO also sussed him but couldn't get a straight answer.

Was just trying to watch a film on dvd - Minority Report. A lot of people have told me it's quite good but, well, here I am taking a break from it (the nachos ran out! )

Malaclypse sent me his photo this evening. He is quite cute, albeit grumpy looking.

az