If I get in at Dickinson, I will definitely spend at least a semester abroad. And most likely in England.
t /natter
I got stupid. The money was too good.
Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Holli - Feb 23, 2003 11:42:50 am PST #4976 of 10001
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Theodosia - Feb 23, 2003 11:58:40 am PST #4977 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
t reminds self to bump up "getting stoned in an Amsterdam hash shop" on the list of life goals
[edit: Apology for nattering here -- I actually thought I was in the UnAmericans topic, where it would have been a bit more appropriate]
Fay - Feb 23, 2003 12:18:45 pm PST #4978 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Were I to get Nattery here, which obviously I'm not going to, I'd be tempted to sing the praises of Dutch Chocolate. Which is not only defuckinglicious in and of its own right, but has also rendered someone (who obviously isn't me no siree bob) absolutely totally and utterly stoneder than a stoned thing covered in stones. In Estonia. Why yes, that stoned. Infinitely more stoned than smoking the occasional spliff had ever rendered her. Er. Or him. 'Cause this hypothetical chocolate-eating person could have been a him. What with the whole not-being-me.
Ahem.
t /Natter
Rebecca Lizard - Feb 23, 2003 2:13:54 pm PST #4979 of 10001
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
Man. I fucking love you.
Lyra Jane - Feb 23, 2003 5:55:31 pm PST #4980 of 10001
Up with the sun
Proposal from discussion at WX: I wonder if we might want to institute formal moderators or ombudsman. From comments the stompies have made, it sounds like they percieve themselves largely as techies who do the will of the people. Which is awesome, but it seems to me that as a growing community we may want/need some people whose job it is to welcome newbies, spell out the spoiler policy, warn people in heated discussions to Doblerize, etc. I was thinking a three-month volunteer commitment with everyone who's posted here for at least a month eligible.
I may be doing that "solving problems we don't have" thing again, tho.
(And I am So!Happy!To!Be!Back! Massive thanks to ita et al.)
P.M. Marc - Feb 23, 2003 5:58:37 pm PST #4981 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm so completely against that it make me mad just thinking about it.
Jesse - Feb 23, 2003 6:02:14 pm PST #4982 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
At any rate, we had talked about holding off on these discussions til tomorrow.
Also, at that time, I'd propose the first topic is: How do we make decisions?
And then we can move on to specific thoughts and proposals
Lyra Jane - Feb 23, 2003 6:03:34 pm PST #4983 of 10001
Up with the sun
Sorry, Plei. Consider it withdrawn.
Personally, I would love to keep discussing this stuff -- waiting until Monday feels artificial to me. But I understand why people feel the need to let things sit for a while.
P.M. Marc - Feb 23, 2003 6:06:01 pm PST #4984 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
'scool.
I just tend to hold TWoP up as my Warning Policy about such things. They be dangerous.
Jesse - Feb 23, 2003 6:07:28 pm PST #4985 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I really feel very strongly that the first topic should be how we're going to make group decisions.
THEN, what problems are there that people feel the need to address.
THEN, start addressing them.