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I'm a bad Minnesotan
Posted Mar 2, 2004
I can't believe I've lived in Minnesota for 20 1/2 years and I've never been to a caucus. I am going tonight and I'm kind of terrified. Mostly that it will be interminably dull. This is, in fact why I've never gone before. Although I'm sure I had some other lame excuse at the other caucuses. I don't know why I'm dreading it so much. Well another reason might be that I expect to have to sit for 2 hours in an uncomfortable chair. Or more likely, that there won't be enough seating and I will have to stand the whole time. I know my self well enough to know that it unlikely I will arrive early enough to find a seat in one of those stupid uncomfortable chairs. What is a caucus? I have no idea. I've never been to one. I'll follow up tomorrow.
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This thing I heard last night.
Posted Feb 25, 2004
On BBC World Service was about Japanese films. One film in particular that was discussed was this animated film about the modern conditions of isolation and loneliness. (I tried to find the name of it just now on the World Service website but could not.) It suggested, anyway, that we are more isolated by technology or something. You know that may have been another movie. The first one I was thinking of was about a rash of mass suicides among teenagers. Damn, I should have looked it up last night when they would have told me where to find it. OK I found that one - it's Suicide Circle. It was mentioned also but its not animated. I just looked up a review and I wanna see it now.
But the movie I was actually thinking of here was an animated film by a young director with the name Kurosawa (another Kurosawa but I couldn't find him either.) Something about alienation and isolation and loneliness. And about how technology that appears to connect us actually makes us feel more isolated. (or maybe it was another movie they talked about on the show. Obviously I wasn't paying proper attention)
I don't see that for myself. I don't see how it is any more isolating than reading a book (a form of technology in itself I guess) or certainly watching TV. What are we supposed to do anyways? Some one suggeste to me on Monday that I am living inside my head too much. She didn't say that exactly or at least she denied having made such a judgement about when I responded. She insinuated that she thinks I'm too isolated. I don't see the problem. Should we be interacting with other actual people all the time? Real people are so annoying. 
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Latest reply: Feb 25, 2004
h2g2 Community Please Read
Posted Feb 19, 2004
This thread is fascinating. I have no idea what is going on there. I cannot read just one page of it. Every time I try to read a current page I have to go back to a previous page to find out what's going on. I am going to have to read the whole damn thing from the beginning and I don't want to. It will take days on this slowish computer. Every time I finish a page of it there would be a whole new page filled up.
I don't understand what digibox users are. Why are they so disagreeable? I'm not sure I've come across them. Would I know? What brings them to h2g2? Have they read the books? Where do they live? In some special facility that only allows internet access through "digiboxes" which are more limited than regular pcs? Some of these questions are answered in different places in the thread but I just want a succint explanation. I know it would be gouche to ask on that thread.
I will be off line for the weekend and I expect there to be hundreds more posts on the thread. Perhaps I should just stay uninvolved.
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Latest reply: Feb 19, 2004
Journal entry #3 for February 17/18, 2004
Posted Feb 18, 2004
When I first crashed here in h2g2 and started making journal posts and setting up the personal space such as it is, I was certain that no-one else was ever going to look at it. I was unconcerned about what the space looked like or what I said in the journal entries.
Since I've been getting out more and posting more I am aware that there may also be more people visiting my space. Thus I am feeling more self-conscious about my personal space lately and and beginning to nitpick at it. I have made it even less informative due to this feeling that everyone is watching my space now and they all think that everything that I've written it it is insipid. I'm sure that this is not true but I'd really like to know if anyone is seeing it at all. Again, its fine if no-one ever comes here I just want to know.
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Questions to ask
Posted Feb 18, 2004
Questions to ask someone here when I get around to it:
1. What does "pre-Rupert" refer to?
2. What is "RL"? (Real Life?)
3. Is there a comprehensive and complete history of the h2g2 site including gossip included somewhere?
4. Digibox? Digibox users? What about them.
5. Single Sign On?
6. What brought on "don't mention the war?" They seem to be talking about wars now.
7. L/D?
8. "Recent Events?"
9. "subs?"
More to be added later.
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Latest reply: Feb 18, 2004
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