What were/are you?

On the Barsky Show they are having a discussion on 'what were you when you were in high school, and what are you now?' What were you defined as? Geek, Nerd, Artsy, whatever.

It's interesting, because I, for example, called myself 'new wave' if the subject ever came up, or 'non-conformist', but I've no idea what other kids called us. Artsy, possibly. Junior high I was just a loser.

My school had groups, but it was such a big school it probably didn't matter as much as it does in other schools. We had the cheerleaders, and the japs and the *shudders* break-dancers, to name a few.

So, how about you? What groups did you have, and where would you place yourself?

What were/are you?

On the Barsky Show they are having a discussion on 'what were you when you were in high school, and what are you now?' What were you defined as? Geek, Nerd, Artsy, whatever.

It's interesting, because I, for example, called myself 'new wave' if the subject ever came up, or 'non-conformist', but I've no idea what other kids called us. Artsy, possibly. Junior high I was just a loser.

My school had groups, but it was such a big school it probably didn't matter as much as it does in other schools. We had the cheerleaders, and the japs and the *shudders* break-dancers, to name a few.

So, how about you? What groups did you have, and where would you place yourself?

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(And happy birthday, lietya!

Many happy returns!

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(And happy birthday, lietya!

Many happy returns!

Things I want to talk about

I watched "Life on Mars" from "On Demand" the other day. It's a new series on BBC America about this guy who finds himself in 1973 after a road accident. It's really quite good. The whole 'time travel' thing is handled really well, there's plenty of evidence that it is in his mind, yet at the same time it's extremely real.

It's an interesting premise because, thanks to the leaps and bounds technology's made in the last 20 years even, 1973 is practically prehistoric as far as life goes, and now he finds himself having to be a cop without mobile phones and computers and fancy forensic thingies. One of my favorite moments is you see his iPod (playing David Bowie's Life on Mars) before the accident, and when he's in '73, his car has an 8 track tape. Funny.

It's one of those things that make you ponder what modern day devices could you not live without? I'd be lost without my cell phone, that's for sure. And give up my iPod? I dunno.

And in other useless bits of conversation, so far three actresses have come forward to say they've seen Tom Cruise's baby. Doesn't that strike you as weird? I mean, I know there was all that 'gosh no one's seen the baby, maybe it's not real' silliness, but that's all it was, silliness. I think it's fine if they don't want to expose the child to the media circus that is their life, and I'm pretty sure even Tom Cruise couldn't fake a baby. But now they have three people gushing about the baby, and I swear it smacks of protesting too much. All three of them are all 'oh, she's the most wonderful, perfect baby I've ever seen.' If they're so worried about it, just release a photo and have done with it.

And finally, a slightly darker topic. Awhile back, on of my lj friends posted something about how violence against males seems to be played for laughs in our entertainment media, and questioned why. Yesterday on the Barsky show, they did a very similar thing.

( cutting for possible triggering and for anyone who really doesn't care to visit this topic )

And finally, on a lighter note, Charlie was watching the Phillies last night, and cheered like mad when Chase Utley got a hit, and today he insisted on wearing his Chase Utley shirt. I just thought that was cute.

Things I want to talk about

I watched "Life on Mars" from "On Demand" the other day. It's a new series on BBC America about this guy who finds himself in 1973 after a road accident. It's really quite good. The whole 'time travel' thing is handled really well, there's plenty of evidence that it is in his mind, yet at the same time it's extremely real.

It's an interesting premise because, thanks to the leaps and bounds technology's made in the last 20 years even, 1973 is practically prehistoric as far as life goes, and now he finds himself having to be a cop without mobile phones and computers and fancy forensic thingies. One of my favorite moments is you see his iPod (playing David Bowie's Life on Mars) before the accident, and when he's in '73, his car has an 8 track tape. Funny.

It's one of those things that make you ponder what modern day devices could you not live without? I'd be lost without my cell phone, that's for sure. And give up my iPod? I dunno.

And in other useless bits of conversation, so far three actresses have come forward to say they've seen Tom Cruise's baby. Doesn't that strike you as weird? I mean, I know there was all that 'gosh no one's seen the baby, maybe it's not real' silliness, but that's all it was, silliness. I think it's fine if they don't want to expose the child to the media circus that is their life, and I'm pretty sure even Tom Cruise couldn't fake a baby. But now they have three people gushing about the baby, and I swear it smacks of protesting too much. All three of them are all 'oh, she's the most wonderful, perfect baby I've ever seen.' If they're so worried about it, just release a photo and have done with it.

And finally, a slightly darker topic. Awhile back, on of my lj friends posted something about how violence against males seems to be played for laughs in our entertainment media, and questioned why. Yesterday on the Barsky show, they did a very similar thing.

( cutting for possible triggering and for anyone who really doesn't care to visit this topic )

And finally, on a lighter note, Charlie was watching the Phillies last night, and cheered like mad when Chase Utley got a hit, and today he insisted on wearing his Chase Utley shirt. I just thought that was cute.

She exclaimed

I caught a few minutes of some short film on the Logo Channel, wasn't really paying attention, had to do with personal ads, or something. Anyway, they had superimposed over the scene the ads, and one of them said, and I'm paraphrasing,

'an exclaimation point is the grammatial equalivant of laughing at your own joke.'

'Multiple exclaimation marks are a sure sign of a diseased mind. Terry Pratchett

She exclaimed

I caught a few minutes of some short film on the Logo Channel, wasn't really paying attention, had to do with personal ads, or something. Anyway, they had superimposed over the scene the ads, and one of them said, and I'm paraphrasing,

'an exclaimation point is the grammatial equalivant of laughing at your own joke.'

'Multiple exclaimation marks are a sure sign of a diseased mind. Terry Pratchett