A peek into my world

[eudemonia]

Here I am having a

dinner party

dinner party

and my friend is videoing us on her camera. She works for Nokia and can do all sorts of clever things like putting her video onto Youtube - yes, I know, I am pathetic. So I thought I might share this with you and you can see us in action -

just a quick warning - we are all old
I have just had my hair cut and I don't like it :(

[grey matters]

Thanks for the peek into your world.....and Your hair looks fine.

[Jordan~]

Is that a Texan or an Australian I hear? Sounded Texan (or Southern at least) at first, but "explain" sounded very Australian.

[Ogion]

Oh hey. Much more courageous than i would be!
And i can see you actively ignoring the camera...
(Who is that 'Bill Murray' next to you?)

Ogion

[eudemonia]

She's from Mississippi. This is her blog. And the lady on the sofa next to me is French. Bill Murray is my husband! Wow, I never thought I'd say that

Oh and did I say, that I'm addicted to this forum? I'm cooking tea at the moment - there's a computer in virtually every room in the house. What am I going to do?:(

EDIT: NoI - that is spooky. Take it away right now!

[eudemonia]

Wow, that was quick NoI - I've got POWER!

[fullerene]

hehe, that's about how I imagined it. Cool stuff

[eudemonia]

Originally Posted by Ogion

Oh hey. Much more courageous than i would be!
And i can see you actively ignoring the camera...
(Who is that 'Bill Murray' next to you?)

Ogion

Not courageous but you get to a certain age and you care much less about what people think of you. Having said this, I expect we all seem very stuck up, middle class English people to you - a bit like the Bunuel film, 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'. Actually, these people are all my 'outsiders' - they don't fit in and have a streak of rebelliousness in them. But they all fell asleep, as you do during kid-rearing, work-dominating, materialistic middle-age. My secret plan is to wake them all up -

@Cryptonia - what did you imagine?????

[Ogion]

Wow, so you are a tag on a blog? (That's nice, in a certain way)
Well, but i am right, am i not? He looks a lot like Bill Murray

Ogion

[fullerene]

dinner parties, fancy house, british accents... a body posture that screams "prim and proper" in every sense of the words

[eudemonia]

OKI deserved that - that's what comes of revealing stuff. You get judged . But I suppose I must have come across prim and proper online too. How weird. Cos whilst I am middle class (not born that way though) I don't fit into the prim and proper world of the middle classes because I always say what I think, can't bear the materialistic mediocirity and conformity of this class, am much more left wing than the people I mix with and am always getting into trouble for not agreeing with people (I mean breaking up gatherings, people refusing to speak to me ever again type of stuff). Its weird too because when I went to Cambridge I was the only person amongst those I met, who had come from a working class background (my dad was a union guy, worked on the shop floor). All the rest had come from private schools. yet everyone thought I was the poshest, before they got to know me.

I wonder if it comes from the constant self consciousness that has accompanied me all my life. Anyway, I might look prim and proper but I don't THINK I am. But maybe you can tell me differently. Also, my friends and family wouldn't say I was

[Jesin]

Originally Posted by eudemonia

But I suppose I must have come across prim and proper online too.

Not always. Definitely not always.

[fullerene]

haha sorry... I gues that did sound a little mean. No, you don't come across as prim and proper at all. The picture that used to be your profile picture definitely did, though (which is why I had those ideas). I would have put you as... well... basically what you said--someone who looks proper, but doesn't think like them at all. If it weren't for the old profile picture, I think I would have been quite surprised... but with it, that was about what I was expecting. I couldn't pick out what any individual was saying, though, so I couldn't tell whether or not I would have expected your other mannerisms and thoughts. Since all I could tell about you was the body posture and house and other looks-centered things, though... haha that's about what I was expecting for it.

[NoID10ts]

Originally Posted by eudemonia

Wow, that was quick NoI - I've got POWER!

For the record, that was a piece of wonderful art that the world will never have the chance to enjoy now.

Unless I repost it.

[FusionKnight]

And you should!

[Agent Intellect]

sound on my computer isn't working, so i'm just imagining myself at the party not listening to what anyone has to say. thats probably how it would be anyway.

[NoID10ts]

Originally Posted by Agent Intellect

sound on my computer isn't working, so i'm just imagining myself at the party not listening to what anyone has to say. thats probably how it would be anyway.

It's probably for the best. Nia is a real potty mouth!

[eudemonia]

Right I'm going to delete it all now.:(

I did this instead of posting some profound piece of art or poetry or prose. A little bit of self revelation - and look what you guys do. Destroy me

Wtf does 'potty mouth' mean.

[NoID10ts]

Originally Posted by eudemonia

Right I'm going to delete it all now.:(

I did this instead of posting some profound piece of art or poetry or prose. A little bit of self revelation - and look what you guys do. Destroy me

Wtf does 'potty mouth' mean.

potty mouth = Lot's of foul language (Like 'Wtf')

You know we are just joking with you, Nia! There was absolutely nothing wrong with the video! I'm glad you shared it.

Maybe I'll share some videos of my own! - laughs wickedly

[eudemonia]

I was kidding - I deserve everything you guys throw at me Go on, I can take it

[Ogion]

Really nia, don't take it to seriously/personnally...
It was a nice thought sharing that and much more courageous than we would be. It shows that you take us seriously, that you value our opinions, us, and i think most of us are honoured by that (should be).
Well, hm, ok now these two statements of mine don't really add up, do they? Well, takee the second and ignore the first one, mostly. And i think when taking the fun-seeking aspects away i think most feel like i described.
(Hm, somehow i now have the impression this post was kind of stupid, desite best intentions. Perhaps it is the feeling of inadequacy of being a 21 year young trying to give advice to someone with real life-experience...)

Ogion

[eudemonia]

Originally Posted by Ogion

Really nia, don't take it to seriously/personnally...
It was a nice thought sharing that and much more courageous than we would be. It shows that you take us seriously, that you value our opinions, us, and i think most of us are honoured by that (should be).
Well, hm, ok now these two statements of mine don't really add up, do they? Well, takee the second and ignore the first one, mostly. And i think when taking the fun-seeking aspects away i think most feel like i described.
(Hm, somehow i now have the impression this post was kind of stupid, desite best intentions. Perhaps it is the feeling of inadequacy of being a 21 year young trying to give advice to someone with real life-experience...)

Ogion

I love being given advice by young people! Did you see how Jesin told me off on the Black Frida thread - and he's 15 . I was terrified It's kinda sweet because you don't get this in RL. Young people probably think that I'm talking a load of rubbish but don't dare say anything (unless its my daughter). You keep that advice coming - I'm relying on you and others here to keep me young.

Oh, and I have got to work on this humour thing. This is my big development need. Those last posts were MEANT to be funny But I think people take me seriously. I wonder why

[Ogion]

Oh, hm, okay. i guess i combined these posts with your posts in the lor-appreciation-thread and got a certain atmmosphere/feeling out of it and responded to that...

Ok, i'll see if i can give valuable advice in the future as well

Ogion

[EloquentBohemian]

Originally Posted by eudemonia

I love being given advice by young people!

Which is why I take advice from you.

[eudemonia]

You are a darling

[Jordan~]

Jesin is 15? o_o

He's younger than me. ._.

[Kidege]

What you don't know is that he'll stay 15 forever.

[loveofreason]

I have to constantly remind myself you're (almost) all so much younger. It's disturbing to feel so old.

Eudemonia, thanks for sharing. A genteel world does not protect one from the contents of one's mind, or from being in possession of a truly inquisitive soul that just won't stay proper.

Wake up the world!

[FusionKnight]

Why would you feel old? You could easily pass for 19 around here!

[Ermine]

dang... I forgot Jesin is 15! I feel old now. And to think I'm only 17.

[loveofreason]

Originally Posted by FusionKnight

Why would you feel old? You could easily pass for 19 around here!

'Feel' old was the wrong thing to say, because I forget my age when I'm here. I should have said "it hurts being reminded that I am not, in fact, 19", or that the rest of you aren't all thirty-somethings, because it seems we're all ageless.

[Dissident]

Thats true and quite awesome, you dont usually see in RL 50 years old people conversing with 15 years old ones taking each other seriously, with respect, learning and apreciating what each other has to bring to the table. Society could use some of this.

[loveofreason]

Absolutely!

So many social barriers based on age. How many are just the constructs of tradition? What if we could overcome them?

[Ogion]

Yes, that's a great aspect (of this forum, as well as others). You know, i actually have two other laces (in so called reallife ) where this sorta environment kicks in as well. One is my Aikido training, and the other is my rergular meeting of the local Linux User Group. Especially in the latter there are all (i mean it from mid-teen, though more seldomly, to over 60 or 70, i think) ages represented and we get along fine and have much fun and talking...

Ogion

[FusionKnight]

I guess when I can't tell, I usually just assume everybody is the same age as me. It makes things simpler, I suppose!

[NoID10ts]

I envision you all as a bunch of geriatrics, that way I always feel like the young upstart!

[Decaf]

Originally Posted by NoID10ts

I envision you all as a bunch of geriatrics, that way I always feel like the young upstart!

I don't think we have to be all that old to make you the young upstart

[Waterstiller]

Exactly as I imagined you to be; a lovely person with good taste.


I have a youtube account; I'm sure anyone on here can find it with information I've provided. :P

[Dissident]

Originally Posted by Waterstiller

I have a youtube account; I'm sure anyone on here can find it with information I've provided. :P

That sounded like a challenge
( I did find it, I hope you dont mind. Well said btw)

[Waterstiller]

For some reason I think it's funny that the snake champion sees that as a challenge.

Whoever finds it first gets a special prize that is not to be shared with any others. Good luck!

[Auburn]

Dang, I looked through all your posts and got nothing... :(



(not to sound obsessive, it's just that I tend to become very absorbed in anything that I really find important at the moment.)

[Dissident]

Its pretty easy, second word searched= bingo!

[Auburn]

...*glares over at Dissident*...thanks Dissident, that really helps a lot...

[Dissident]

Haha Im messing with you man, dont be mad.

[Auburn]

*embarrassed* lol, I really though you were serious...