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When Picasso was producing his most innovative work, he was living in Montmarte, hanging out at the Lapin Agile with the foremost thinkers of his day.
Now it's famous, only because it was one of those places that fomented its way into historical thought.
I think Hatrack shall be the next Lapin Agile. I think several important writers, philosophers (and maybe a plumber or two) will emerge from our midst into notoriety or fame. I think in 50 years, someone will write a fascinating exposé on our archives for a master's thesis and reveal all the seeds of future civilisation inherent in our embryonic thoughts. 100 years after that, obscure scholars at conventions will give their interpretations of strange phenomena such as fluff threads and mafia.
*kicks back and orders some tisane and a pain au chocolat*
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I've been there! It was so beautiful there! I went over the summer, when I was in Paris, and we went to the Lapin Agile outside, and it was so cool! Posts: 7877 | Registered: Feb 2003
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Not just crackers, a fine selections of breads and pastries, Dagonee.
And yes, Shigosei. And this is the same mentality that leads me to collect useless crap, fully convinced I'm assuring the future of the antiques industry.
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I always felt sorry for lazy people who were turned into vampires, because if they didn't think to put some of their stuff away for a few hundred years, they wouldn't be able to go into the antiques industry later on.
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That said, it'd be nice if Hatrack spawned that kind of phenomenon. But there are plenty of other forums -- like The Well, for example -- that are reasonably sure that this is THEIR legacy. Posts: 37449 | Registered: May 1999
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I went to Montmatre in January this year - and went to the Dali museum.
(Went to the Picasso museum too, but that's in Marais).
Dali is seriously, seriously cool. This museum had some sculptures, and a heap of the original illustrations to books, stories and history - including Tristan and Isolde, the 12 tribes of Israel and the Bible.
Dali's crucifixion scenes were just incredible. Amazingly moving, obviously so passionate - and just *yeah*. Even for a sort of not but maybe religous person like me. I was transfixed.
So, instead of being the next Picasso, can I be Dali please?
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I wonder if they'll refer to us as our psuedonyms. Or what if EVERYBODY was referred to as their pseudonyms in the future, and your real name was as obsolete as your middle name is now? I'd get a kick out of hearing people use 'da' as an article adjective when talking to or about me, especially anybody over their 20's. It's so corny it just might work!
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When we met each other in Portland, I had trouble dropping the screen names. I can remember "Toni" instead of "Ralphie" because "Toni" is so similar to "Ralphie"...(two syllables, ends in "eee").
But dropping "Hobbes" for Andy, and "Zotto" for Jeremy was a little difficult. Nato wasn't so bad cause that's almost like his real name...and jeniwren goes by Jennifer, so I had to think really hard with that one too.
I think we should just stick to our screen names in our memoirs. Posts: 6415 | Registered: Jul 2000
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I'm actually getting some of my dorm floor to call me Hobbes. Of course, literally everyone who doesn't call me Hobbes calls me some variation of "Stormin Normon the Mormon"
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Well for me, it's pretty easy. imogen = Imogen.
But Hobbes, if I ever meet you, I'm gonna have to call you Stormin' Norman the Mormon just once.
Please?
I do so love a rhyme...
(Edit: Of course, if you are offended by it, I won't. It's just appealing to my inane sense of humour. And as a nickname, it's better than the one my cousins gave me... margarine. )
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Tom's mention of The Well toggled a few old switches in my head. I'd first read about it in the early 90's, but the subscription price, though low, deflected my interest pretty quickly. I was also quite shy of giving out identifying personal information online.
It seems like The Well was bought by Salon.com, and though somewhat changed, still exists at http://www.well.com/ In reading up on that online community this morning, I found the following helpful:
Rheingold was one of the long-time members of the well, and he has written extensively on the zeitgeist of virtual life. This is a freely accessible ebook. (As a side note, it was through Rheingold's appearances in the webpages of other netizens that I first heard of The Well.)
Why post the links? TomD raised my curiosity, and if there are any of you out there as net-un-savvy as me, it's a useful background. Plus, I can see a great way to divert our recent surplus energies away fro-- er, sounds like a neat topic to discuss.
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imogen, in kindergarten I was (cruelly) called "Sara, Sara, Underwear-a." I leave this fragile tidbit in your safe hands. (shhh, don't tell anyone!)
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Frankly I am not sure I want everything I say here to be preserved for all time. By the time it happens I will be dead, but I have this horrible thought of students being forced to read some of the stuff I wrote... and academics debating what I meant.
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