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Apologies to Stargate SG1 and Atlantis fans...
Posted Oct 14, 2009
...I wasn't a fan. That sounds a horrible confession, considering I loved the Stargate film. The film actually really inspired me, and I had high hopes for the SG1 series, though I'm not sure why, I didn't really like it. And I didn't really see much of it. I have to confess though, Stargate Universe has me quite excited. I've seen three episodes so far and very much liked what I've seen.
Admittedly it's being compared to the more recent incarnation of Battlestar Galactica - of which I was mostly a fan so that's not a bad thing necesarily. Though I think Stargate Universe has a very different world - they're not trying to find a new world, they've got one, they're just trying to get back. And theres the comparisons to Star Trek : Voyager of course - except Voyager didn't really seem to use the concept enough. They didn't seem that worried to be that far away from home, as the ship was pretty much luxury accomodation anyway, and they spent most of the time preaching to those in the other quadrant how great the federation was - don't get me wrong I liked a fair number of Voyager episodes, I just think it could have been much much better.
I don't really comment much on TV stories in my journal, maybe I should more.
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Latest reply: Oct 14, 2009
The Post - What Communities are you in?
Posted Oct 12, 2009
I've already asked a few communities about what people like about them - although I've been distracted in the last few weeks with real life commitments. However I still would like to get some more information before I put anything together.
So really I thought I'd ask in my journal, for those who read it - or those who stop by - where do you reside when you're on h2g2? And why do you enjoy it?
I'm hoping ultimately to try and link communities in the post... although there is a fine community element there already - I would like to see proper links with the communities.
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Latest reply: Oct 12, 2009
I really hope Shampoo X doesn't become an elephant
Posted Oct 8, 2009
I have used shampoo Y once, and shampoo Z once - though I prefered shampoo Y. This was quite useful when it became an elephant. Shampoo Y has become an elephant 3 times in a row now, and I really hope it becomes it for a 4th time. There are several reasons for this, even though its not a fantastic shampoo - its a bit rubbish really - but its the only one that really that gets to look anything remotely like an elephant - though it doesn't do the walk quite right.
See I'm quite worried that if shampoo X becomes an elephant, then it may look at first more like an elephant, it's going to smell (well worse than the current shampoo/Y elephant). And you won't notice the smell until its too late.
Shampoo Z used to be better, but it actually now seems to contain a rather stale tea, rather than actual shampoo - still it might be better than Shampoo X - because at least while I'm washing my hair I might be able to drink some of it - and I don't mind tea. But frankly it's unlikely to become an elephant, and even if it did I don't think I'd like an elephant without any legs (well one leg maybe).
See last time Shampoo X became an elephant, it ran through peoples living rooms - though only the living rooms of people who have to clean it... it quite liked the living rooms of those who fed it so didn't go through their living rooms. Shampoo Y does occasionally run through random living rooms - but it doesn't seem to mean it, it just does things a bit rubbish at times.
All in all I'd be quite happy to let shampoo Y stay as an elephant. I just have a horrible feeling that X might be the next to do it.
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Latest reply: Oct 8, 2009
Normal Steve, Dream Steve and Drunk Steve
Posted Sep 18, 2009
There - it would seem - are three Steve's. Or three Terran's if you use my username to refer to me. According to my girlfriend at least 
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Hopefully normal Steve is the preferred option. I'm just recalling a conversation I was having with my girlfriend the other night. Apparently she had a dream were I had lied to her about having children. I assure you dear reader, I have no children. However "Dream" Steve has 4 children. And apparently he had lied to the dream version of my girlfriend. Curiously, she was apparenly "mad" at me for day - not that I knew about this - being the somewhat innocent "Normal" Steve. This is taken completely in jest of course.
But it is fascinating that there are different interpretations of me. As the conversation continued we talked about the drunk versions of ourselves. My girlfriend has yet to see the "drunk" version of myself. Though I'm told he's quite funny. And also the drunk version of my girlfriend is quite fun. So a bizzare conversation insued about "Drunk" Steve meeting the "drunk" version of my girlfriend. Apparently this would just be a haze of drunkeness. lol. 
So there is regular old me, dream me and drunk me! I hope theres no other versions of me running around behind my back
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I ponder at destiny...
Posted Aug 2, 2009
... and sometimes it ponders back. I do sometimes wonder what life has in store for me. I guess everyone must do at some time. I've had some crazy ideas for what to expect. But I guess the more we scrutinize the less likely it is we will get what we are perhaps thinking of at that moment.
Strange that at the moment, I feel like pondering, when things aren't going too badly. I'm on the verge of embarking on an MSc, and have a girlfriend. If you'd asked me a year ago I'd have said I'd surely have nothing much to worry about.
But sometimes, every so often, a strange /feeling/ I guess - in these moments that I'm pondering - which suggests fate (and perhaps what it has in store for me) is looking back at me. I feel strangely at ease at the moment, having just returned from Ireland. Strange because most of the time I was there I was quite anxious. Anxious for no reason other than I felt I should be worrying about something. Subconcious taking over, and challenging me to not worry. Except the very act of telling myself to relax, was causing me to be anxious. What if I couldn't relax? Whilst waiting in the airport to return I worried that I would not be able to relax on the plane... however a growing thought took a greater hold, with a growth in confidence, I actually managed to convince my subconscious that there was actually no point in worrying - on the one hand every time I had flown before, nothing had gone wrong - on the other if something did go wrong what would be the point in worrying, and if I was more relaxed I would be in a far greater position to do something about it.
And to my eventual surprise, and relief, I relaxed. I suspect this will not allow me to indefinately deal with this situation - however it is hopefully a significant dint in the iron constitution that is anxiety.
Numerous times before I felt convinced that I had beaten anxiety, only for me to succumb in times of great stress - and almost revert to zero. My confidence smashed - almost feeling worse than before because I was so sure I could control it.
So I now stand at the doorway of the future (to use an overtly dramatic metaphor), wondering where it will take me. There is no point trying to control my body or mind... perhaps more direct it (as like the seas there are many other ripples trying to change the tide) like an arrow, and hope that it follows the path I would like to take. Part of me hopes this is a turning point in my understanding of myself, but I guess the greater part is just hoping there is some destiny out there... or preferably destinies - and it/they take me to places where I can improve myself. And in turn the world about me.
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Latest reply: Aug 2, 2009
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