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

AAAAaRrrRrGgHhHhhhh! So many spelling mistakes! Sorry. I should have previewed my message first but i didn't because i thought my digibox might crash... it's been a bit wonky of late.

Claire
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Okay sweetie you go catch some Zzzz's... that's what i better do too the noo.

Sweet Dreams( i wonder how you say that in Spanish...? Hmmmm...)
Claire
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Hei og hopp!

Well, good for you... I'm still stuck with two channels...

Yeah, same here, I suppose I've just gone a wee bit further. I really loved white chocolate, and now it's just way too sweet... Anyway, I'm not allowed to eat sugar the noo, so I'll just have to try and remember what it tastes like.

So true... It's sad, really...

Neither have I, but we have a channel, or at least we used to have a channel that would only broadcast realy weird films (or at least films that weren't from America), and they showed it on a tuesday, I remember having troubles with sleeping afterwards, it was a really great movie.

Yup, I get your point, I don't find that sexist at all... Anyway, I think a lot of people go too far when it comes to feminism, while I'm obiously for equal opportunities, it is true that guys tend to be more... well... (I dunno how to say it, I hope you get my meaning anyway) macho...

Don't worry, I wasn't apologizing, I think... I think the reason for the confusion is that they've probably never really looked deeply enough into themselves... It is quite unusual at that age. I'm not saying that I have, but when writing in text, it's usually a lot easier to think about what to say... Besides, have I actually talked about feelings here? I don't think I have... Not a lot, anyway. But I don't think their emotional situation would have anything to do with it... Not compared to me, anyway...

Well, I hope you're right.

Thanks, it went well, I think, I mean, the people in my philosophy class are just unbelievably smart. I was one of the first to leave, And I had written four pages, I think some wrote as much as six... And that's for ansvering four questions... Sheez...

Øyvind

Just got back from the orchestra...
We got our test plan today, I've just realized how intense this year is going to be...
We're having two tests a week continously until christmas...
Sheez, I'm going to be tired when the holiday comes.

helooo

well im totally pi**ed off with my digibox right now... been writing pretty Long e-mails and what happens? the digibox crashes! AaRrrgGGhhHhhhHHHH!

Oh plus my head hurts... why does paracetamol never work?!

Oh gosh yeah... feminism ain't so great... riot grrls are great though!

Och yeah i know what you mean. Guys have a lot of bravado at times. Och well... i'll cope!lol

2 tests a week?! Is that not a bit much?! Gosh most people i know from college would protest to that... and that includes me.

I wouldn't worry too much about them writing more than you. Quality not quantity is what examiners are after i think. oh and you get to leave when you're finished? gosh we have to sit and wait till every1 is finished in our exams.

Claire
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Hey!

Well, there's no computer without computer troubles, and doubly so with consoles... I've so far avoided most of the major problems, because I know my own computer intimately (I've built it, and installed everything that is on it), that I can usually fix the problems before they get too serious.

Well, I don't take paracet... I think it's dangerous, or at least unhealthy. I recommend you drink a glass of water and get some rest... That usually does the trick with me...

Reminds me... some of the girls in my class are studying law, just a couple of hours every week, but they just had a class about feminism and equal opportunities. Anyway, the teacher (a female), said something like "Equal opportunities seems to mean that the females get all the advantages, and none of the problems of being men, whereas men do not get any opportunities at all". It's about the singlemost cynical observation of feminism I've ever heard. Anyway, what I hear from the law studies, is that it's quite fun, because they learn how every law can be bent to mean the opposite of another law... I'm really beginning to suspect that the Norwegian judicial system is all other than just...

Sorry to say it, but it's true... It's just a fact of life, that there is a difference. Mind you, there's no point in making it any bigger than it allready is by not taking the individual differences into account.

Well, we can't protest... because we have to have all those tests, they are neccesary. I mean, you study two subjects in college, and you have to get grades in those two subjects, I have no idea how many subjects I take, but I think it's something like fifteen... Anyway, I'll cope, I've always done so before...

Well, it was only a test, not an exam, but we get to leave when we're done, even on exams... Anyway, I don't see the point in hanging around being bored when you're done... It would only cause someone elses motivation to break... Anyway, I'm not worried, but I'm also quite certain that their tests were quite good as well... I mean, they're one year older than I am, and they're not exactly stupid either... I think that most of the people who apply for philosophy, are intellectuals (hope I don't sound prejudiced, or arrogant here, it's just an observation), due to the fact that philosophy is considered a "boring" subject by most people, except those with a special interest.

Øyvind

Hiya. Howz u?

Sorry i didn't reply to you yesterday. I felt quite down for some unexplainable reason and felt unable to write anything or anyone.

I feel brighter now. I was out with my friends today. We went for lunch then just wandered around the shops chatting and looking for fancy dress costumes and accessories. One of my friends Stacey is helping her new friend from college to arrange a fancy dress party and she's invited me and our other friend Natalie to it... it was quite a alot of fun deciding what to go as! Im probably going to be a cat of sorts... a cat in a tutu... ever heard of that?lol... Natalie wants to go as a devil and Stacey wants to go as anything which allows her to wear a black feather boa... well im gonna be wearing one and i ain't ever seen a cat going round looking that glam!

anywayz that's been my day... doesn't sound very eventful but it cheered my right up.

So how are you?

oh and about philosophy... yeah i heard it's a particularly difficult subject. Unlike psychology which is a notoriously easy subject! Im mentioning psychology because i know loads of people at college who are studying that and i always thought it sounded intelligent until i saw an item on the news which said that the English A-level results have increased because pupils are taking easier subjects like Media Studies and Psychology instead of the harder subjects like Languages and Sciences(i personally don't know how anyone can class Languages as hard subjects)... ahem... "Claire reminds herself she's just been working on a French essay concerning the homeless and is finding it fairly tricky"...

hmmmm i think that's all i was going to say.

Arrivederci!

Claire
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oooopsi deliberate mistake in my first paragraph... "write anything or TO anyone"... u know what i mean...

Claire
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Hi!
I'm fine, thanks... How about you?

Oh, that's allright, but you've got me concerned... wanna talk about it?

Sounds fun, tell Natalie she could dress as an opera-diva...

Good! Great! It's never good when you become depressed, and you don't know why...

Like I said, I'm fine... I think. I'm now absolutely convinced that my french teacher is a sadist, possibly a demon, but that has yet to be confirmed. Otherwise, thursdays are good days, it's when I get my guitar lessons, and they're so much fun (my teacher told me at the beginning of the year "well, you allready know everything in the curriculum, so we're pretty much free to do what we want to, so what do you wish to learn?").

Well, I don't think it's difficult at all, it's really just a rumour, it's quite simple. Anyway, because of the rumour, very few people choose the subject, it's the same with Latin... Anyway, I think languages CAN be tricky... with science, it's really all about understanding and following the rules, with languages, it's all very subjective, how good you are at expressing yourself, how fluent your language is, and so on...

Snakkes!

Øyvind

Hmm, if you hurry up with replying, I might just about be able to catch it after I've showered...

ooooh i'll reply quick then!

Oh don't worry! Im fine really... i go through spells like this like everyone else. I get times where i feel desperately alone and just want to talk to someone but there's usually never anyone around. My mum would listen to me but the thing is i have nothing to say! I know i just contradicted myself but it's just the way im feeling. Im in alone myself just now and even although im happoer than i was yesterday i still can't wait till my mum comes home. Sound daft? Thing is i foned my "friend" last night and she pammed me off so she could go watch tv... her fave show was on but i just felt sort of shunned... and i should also add that im usually an agony aunt to my friends... i don't know why but people do tend to tell me their problems... it's probably because im a better listener than i am a talker.

Anyway that's that really! No problems as such... i just feel like everyone else is getting on fine and im just a loner and the only thing i have going for me is my brain and being clever doesn't make you popular. How insecure do i sound?!
im not feeling terribly down though.

your french teacher is a sadist?! Dear God! Now THAT is a problem!
Why what does he/she do that makes you so suspicious??!

Claire
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gosh just re-read my message... all that about my "brain" sounded a bit arrogant... i didn't mean it like that!

Claire
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oh and what sort of things do you do in Philosophy. Obviously lots of thinking but do you write lots and lots of essays?xxx

hmmmm i was nosying around you page and saw a conversation where you said you like Red Hot Chili Peppers. Me too! I didn't list them on my page but i like them.

Do you like a band called Elbow? Oh and did you mention you like glam too?! However you ain't into the Manics...?

R.S.V.P!

Claire
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Oh and what does Snakkes mean?

Great!

Well, I still think it's a dangerous situation, a person can tilt into a depression, when at that state... Anyway, you seem very afraid of loneliness, and I don't see any reason why you should be... You have friends, and I think that you could trust them. Oh, now I get it... Never mind that last sentence... Well, I have the same position among my friends, so I know how that feels, but that also means that your friends trust you, I don't think it has much to do with your ability to talk. But I must admit, though, that I'm not much of a talker either... I've always enjoyed loneliness and silence, because it's an opportuinty to seek into yourself, and to think about everything that needs your attention. Loneliness brings awareness... I wish I could tell you that you could talk to me... only we're on the web, and that's not the place to distribute personal problems... we might be able to sort that out later, when you get MSN working.

Well I don't find that arrogant... It's just another fact, I like to think of it like this: "We're all born with the same amount of brain capacity, we only choose to use it differently, it takes an enormous amount of calculations to predict the trajectory of a ball, its velocity, and where it is likely to land, yet football players do it all the time, once every five seconds.." But you do sound insecure... Over here, brains do make you popular, at least at my school. But I've experienced something like that myself, at my old school. Anyway, I've always been very certain that my way of spending my life is neither better nor worse than what any other person might decide to do with his/her life, only different. If people don't accept me for what I am, then to hell with them, they couldn't be true friends. True friends accept you for what you are, not what you could be if you would just "quit being so smart, and started drinking". Anyway, the point is, just trust yourself, and be proud of what you are, and you'll find that true friends will follow you because of your strength of charachter. It takes time, though...

Phew..

Well, I was perhaps overdoing it a wee bit... The point is, we had a test today, and it was absolutely horrible... He demanded more of us than what anyone has ever done before... He demanded more from us than the german teacher demanded from the people who've been learning german for five years now, and this is my second year of French...
We use "a sadist" like an expression over here, I didn't think of the fact that it's not widely used in English...

Øyvind

Hello again.

Seriously though.... i get like this fairly often. Sometimes i'll just cry. I did that last night. My mum went to bed and i sat in the bathroom and cried. However, i know it doesn't sound like im in a particularly good headspace but im really okay. I think most people go through 20 emotions a day. It's really normal and i don't worry about myself too much. I 've always been too emotional actually.

yeah i know what you mean. That's why i love the 2 friends i was out with today. They are quite different to me. We have some things in common but we aren't terribly alike as people or what interests we have. At school they always went about together because they really are best friends. I don't know many friendships as enduring as theirs. It doesn't matter that we are different though becasue we just click. We got on brilliantly and i always come away from having spent time with them feeling a whole lot happier. I think it's because they are genuine and honest. There isn't any hidden agenda with them which is something i find most people have unfortunately. No-one really liked them ar school... i think they came across as a bit gobby, weird and uncool at school! The fact that they are definitely talkers is probably another reason we get on so well. I don't feel obliged to be any different to what i am. Oh and they often compliment me on how i dress... in fact Natalie said to me today" Yes but Claire you're an individual... that's best"... well those were sort of her words... not exactly... but she brightens my day!

thanks sweetie. my mum and dad are always saying that to me "Never change for anyone". I suppose that's pretty good advice.

Actually sadist is widely-used in English... nah actually i'll re-phrase that... sadist is commonly used in my house! My mother realy like the word sadist... uses it all the time!

oh Natalie took me through MSN again so i think i know what to do now. Thing is i can only get on that at college or the library anf that won't be in the evening... only during the day when you are at school and can't reply.

Claire
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Hullo!

Just one thing... there's no such thing as being too emotional, emotions are important, and you can't suppress them for long. But if you feel allright, then I won't worry.

Hmmm sounds a lot like me and some of my friends... Like Mary and Monica... Anyway, I agree with Natalie, the world would be a much better place if everybody was allowed to be themselves, hence my need to provoke people by acting weirdly...

Thanks... I'm not certain it is, but it's how I intend to live... If people don't accept who you are, then they're being prejudiced. I'm not saying that one should not try to improve and become a better person, but one should WANT to improve, WISH to change, not just follow somebody else...

Oh, allright, It's pretty much the same with me, not many people like using the word, but I do...

Well, the weekend is coming up, and we might be able to meet each other on MSN then... Anyway, I see no problem associated with adding you to my contact list... Unless, of course, you don't want to. If we're not online at the same time, then so be it, but the opportunity is there. Anyway, the "potato holiday" is coming up in Norway, so maybe then...

Phew, I'm exhausted, We've had two tests this week, and I've been involved in loads of administrative work, in the student council. But it's been yet another fun week... I'm really beginning to love going to the orchestra every tuesday. We'll be qualifying for the Norwegian championship soon... It'll be so much fun.

Øyvind

Hiya.

No such thing as being too emotional?! That's because you haven't met me yet!lol. nah im kidding. Seriously though. I can't seem to control my emotions.

Yeah when you described Mary and Monica a while back they did soundlike my 2 friends over here Oh i had fun tonight trying on my outfit for the party. Gosh i really hope the party takes place now i 've gone and got myself all excited about it.

okay well i could book a computer at the library... actually just realised i still don't know how to get onto msn messenger. im really gonna have to find that out. How do you get onto it? Do u go to www.msn.co.uk? Probably not eh? Im so confused by it. It's even more confusing because i can get onto my hotmail now and check my e-mails but im not sure i know how to get onto messenger... which is stupid because i used to be able to do it.

oh and my msn address is [email protected] just in case you get the photos from the catalogue and can send me them. I could give you my tv e-mail address but my digibox doesn't cope well with most photos.

So what have u got planned for the weekend?

Claire
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Hi!

Naw, seriously, I mean it. I know it sounds daft but it's the truth, attempting to hide your emotions, will only result in it popping up later with double strength, and you wouldn't even know why you're sad. You're not supposed to control your emotions, or supress them, but there are alternative ways of expressing them...

I'm sure it will, good luck, It'll probably be great!

Well, to log onto MSN, you basically have to start up the program (it's the icon with the green torso, it's sometimes found in the bottom right hand corner of the screen (systray)), and use the program to log in.

Anyway, I've added you to my contact list, so I'll see you later.

I have absolutely no plans for the weekend... Or, that's not exactly true, I'm planning to practice a lot on the guitar, the drums and the piano. But I'm not going anywhere... I'm too tired.

How about you?

Øyvind

Oh, and if you book a computer at the library, be sure to tell me when to be online...

Hello again!

Yeah you're right i know...

Everytime i try to log onto msn it comes up "system failed" and then tells me to go to the Msn Messenger Website to download the software from there but it never works. I haven't heard of anyone else who has this problem.

Well i'll prolly go to the library on Sunday. I'll tel u the time i'll be there at,,, ooops made a mistake the library is shut on Sundays...hmmmm... im away out with my dad tomorrow unfortunately. GrrRrRRRR! I'll tell you what... one day this coming week(probably Monday since im off college all day) i'll go to the library and try my damndest to figure out MSN messenger. If i do manage it i'll add you to my contacts. Then i'll book a computer for next saturday. Is that ok? It's just s pity you have full days at school every weekday.

Oh cool... yeah i have lots of piano stuff to practice too. Other than that i ain't doing much except going to my dads. Hopefully blow some of my money on Monday!

Oh my school sent me a scroll with my prizes written on paper inside of it and £20 worth of book vouchers. That was nice of them i thought. I have to go into school on 1st October for a careers interview so i'll take some gifts in for my language teachers. Oh plus i have a keyboard to give back to the school that i've had since February!

ooooh yaay! Im going to see Elbow in Glasgow in about 2 weeks time! How long till Dream Theater now? Are you counting the days?

Claire
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