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

Since that thread 'What's wrong with h2g2' on ASK...and the few posts I could bring myself to even vaguely skim read on that thread..to do with me being what's wrong with it..my whole feeling and attitude to this place has changed.

I only really feel safe now on my space..and posting on anhaga's space.

It feels empty here and cold.

I certainly felt a little warm, particularly under my collar, earlier.

As you know, I'm having very similar feelings. I hadn't thought of 'cold' before, but that is apt in a number of ways.

I'm feeling like I have to tip toe a lot of the time if I go out of my usual haunts: Chief Gordon's, the Beer Tasting thread with Jaz'd, some Personal Spaces. I feel like before I even consider posting on a lot of threads I have to have my shield up and my lance set.

I don't think that's the way they want it to be.

Did I ever tell you where the title of the Chief Gordon thread came from? I'd search for a youtube clip, but the sick kid is sleeping right beside me, so I'll just say it's from this Canadian legend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_to_Americans

I started the thread with cl zoomer with that title as a way to gather Canadians together on hootoo because *every* Canadian would recognize it immediately and drop in.

Sorry to hear your kid is sick.

I think it now is basically a very different place. Bland I'd say really. Noesified...and any rebellion has to be conducted in a very orderly and prescribed way.

Since that hard on for 'hitting' me was whipped up..that's a set part of the culture now in trems of how I'm perceived.

kea and Peanut must be well satisfied.

And a fair few others.

I'm off to watch the second episode of the Danish, 'Killing' now.

(Also if you ever get the Aussie 'Slap' drama in Canada..I can't recommend that highly enough for high quality drama...very clever..they may be surpassing us now if that's typical.

Not entirely sure it would be your but you should give it a go if comes on.

Made a big error of judgement.

Returned to ASK..hoping something non predictable would happen.

(It's the *hope* that does for you. I'm sticking with despair again for the time being).

Just had a lurk around a few places.

I cannot *believe* how often my name is mentioned by some usual suspects..or some hoo ha to do with me.

Seriously are people so dried up and arid inside they they can't break free of that obsession and get creative?

Oh no...that would never do.

Don't get into journal writing for more than 5 secs...don't risk making a fool of yourself writing a poem..In short don't risk..when there's gossip and stirring to be had.

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I'm going to make a concerted effort to ignore this nasty vendetta stuff that came full on since new h2g2...it wouldn't have happened under the beeb as they paid employees with no connections to people on site and behind the scenes.

I have a few good friends here that haven't yet left. Good people with intelligence, creativity and fundamental decency.

That's my aim.

Concentrate on what I do best. Being creative.

I'm so pleased I made this decision to get into writing here.

Lanza has pointed me to the Alternative Writing Workshop. I don't know if my writing is alternative or not..or what that means. It's writing end of.

But if people here want to label things like that..fine.

And you have to be true to yourself but also find a way to make it fit with society...so it can *communicate*.

But not worry about that much initially. Just go for it. No-one ever died because someone did a bit of rubbish writing.

I reckon lots of people are too scared to risk for fear of failure.

There's some people here I know can write but they don't much..I was in that category for most of BBC h2g2..apart from posts of course...which are also writing.

Confidence is a massive factor. And not letting people putting you down in the past stop you doing things.

I'm talking about writing though for all sorts of reasons.

Journals have got me thinking differently. I even wrote a few poems in them.

But I'll try that Alternative Writing Workshop, and see what happens.

I feel so overwhelmed with happiness about that caddis paper going into the guide..I can hardly write this.

But now I want to look forwards to writing more on this site...and getting involved with that..and connecting to journals...I think that can make people more safe about 'writing'. It can be very simple and autobiographical like a recipe or a visit somewhere, like one might write in a journal...or even how it feels to have an illness...or any bloody thing.

But that's for the future.


I need to sort out my thing for the AWW first. I only have about a million poems to choose from (I think they call that flooding ).

> I feel like before I even consider posting on a lot of threads I have to have my shield up and my lance set.
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Yes so do I. *All* the time now. No bstard here is going to do to me again what they did before.

We're all well armed now.