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hummingwolf) wrote2004-01-21 12:48 pm
hummingwolf) wrote2004-01-21 12:48 pm
Still computerless
I watched the State of the Union speech last night. I watched the Democratic response too. Please help me.
Sometimes when I'm observing some cultural event, I imagine myself explaining it to someone from the past, usually Abraham Lincoln for some reason. Abe had to go without last night though, because for some reason I ended up showing the speeches and the nightly news to my parents from 20 years ago, back when they were good solid Reagan Republicans, and explaining it all to them. It was interesting explaining why Afghanistan rated mention in the speech while the Evil Empire wasn't so much as a blip. It was awkward trying to explain the advertisements to Mom and Dad. And I completely failed to come up with a good explanation for Michael Jackson.
I couldn't tell them why I was interested in talking to them twenty years later, or even who I was. I think Mom suspected. How can you tell your parents that they're dead?
In other news, I dreamed last night that I took a very powerful drug, but was disappointed to find that all it did to me was make me excessively thirsty. I realized later on that it had also given me the ability to speak to animals and plants and understand what they had to say to me, but I wasn't sure if that was a magical ability conferred by the drug or vivid hallucinations. I wonder what the dream was trying to say? The only major drug in my life these days is caffeine--I'm not even taking prescriptions or OTC stuff otherwise. Then again, it could conceivably be related to my Internet activity, but what possible relationship could there be? I mean, the Internet gives me the ability to talk with bears, bunnies, daisies, dandelions, monkeys, penguins... erm.
Again I say, please help.
Sometimes when I'm observing some cultural event, I imagine myself explaining it to someone from the past, usually Abraham Lincoln for some reason. Abe had to go without last night though, because for some reason I ended up showing the speeches and the nightly news to my parents from 20 years ago, back when they were good solid Reagan Republicans, and explaining it all to them. It was interesting explaining why Afghanistan rated mention in the speech while the Evil Empire wasn't so much as a blip. It was awkward trying to explain the advertisements to Mom and Dad. And I completely failed to come up with a good explanation for Michael Jackson.
I couldn't tell them why I was interested in talking to them twenty years later, or even who I was. I think Mom suspected. How can you tell your parents that they're dead?
In other news, I dreamed last night that I took a very powerful drug, but was disappointed to find that all it did to me was make me excessively thirsty. I realized later on that it had also given me the ability to speak to animals and plants and understand what they had to say to me, but I wasn't sure if that was a magical ability conferred by the drug or vivid hallucinations. I wonder what the dream was trying to say? The only major drug in my life these days is caffeine--I'm not even taking prescriptions or OTC stuff otherwise. Then again, it could conceivably be related to my Internet activity, but what possible relationship could there be? I mean, the Internet gives me the ability to talk with bears, bunnies, daisies, dandelions, monkeys, penguins... erm.
Again I say, please help.
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Last night's dream, however, featured Zephyr talking to some guy (client? neighbor? i dunno) who was weaving this elaborate lie about having a girlfriend, when in actuality he was gay. It took Zephyr a very long time to catch on, because Zephyr doesn't know any gay people really, and the whole idea of keeping oneself in the closet by painting a fantastical fake scene in front of it was brand new to him.
What relevance this has to anything, I couldn't say.
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And daydreams. And conversations. And, okay, it's a major source of "Hey, that reminds me of the time..." stories.
But without this level of obsession, I'd never get the thing done. Look how many times I almost gave up. Annoyed friends is a small price to pay to be able to say I've accomplished something. :o)
(Hey, you want me to mail you hard copies of the episodes you're missing?)
Wow.
I might play with that :^)
Re: Wow.
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As for you imaginary drug use, just say no to talking caterpillars offering you mushrooms.
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;)
sorry you still computerless :(
politics. bleh. excuse me while i heave my lunch.
:P
woo, fun dream!
/shares last of my mint m&m's with ya :)
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For some reason, I find political speeches more tolerable than most sitcoms. This probably means I'm hopelessly demented.
Thanks for the M&Ms! Mmmm... mint.
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*pffft* :P
;)
hmm, good question... i guess they are a species unto themselves, huh?!
*preens*
;)
For some reason, I find political speeches more tolerable than most sitcoms.
*whoa*
that's a tough one.
hmm... nope, sitcoms make me wanna puke just as much as bush opening his mouth to speak
*nod*
/stocks up on barf bags
dammit i wish they made mint m&m's all year round!! they're so GOOOOOOOOD! *sniff*
but, hey, at least i have a reason to look forward to xmas now! woohoo!
(hey! /looks around
when did i become a silver lining person?? how odd.. /wanders off bemused and muttering)
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I feel sorry for you for having such stupid people.
Not that we don't have stupid people in Sweden...they just don't have that much power like Bush has.
Sorry if you like him, I hope I'm not offending you. :)
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I watched the State of the Union too. I'm not even American.
And you want to laugh? Do you know what I watched before the State of the Union? American Idol (and I enjoyed the bad auditions) and 2 episodes of Newlyweds (even cried during one cause Nick was being romantic).
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We all miss you, CB. Hope you can find a way to really come back soon.
Warning though: It'll be awful for you to download all the Limbomail. We had like 150 messaged yesterday.
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How are you doing, despite the computer problems?
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Also, oil ran out in our home furnace again. I'm gonna freeze to death tonight, just you wait and see...+
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We all miss having you around.
You think there's a possible solution for the computer lackage?
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