PPC mess and a little bit of news
Apr. 26th, 2004 05:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
misscamWhy is it whenever I take a day off, I come back online to find some major mess has occured? This time it's the PPC board. I have to say it seems to have been brewing for a while though, so I'm not exactly shocked. Bit surprised at who is involved, but then, it's not the first time I fail to notice people don't like each other. I'm not always the best at picking up vibes (which explains why I sometimes worry if some people like me or not). Perhaps I'm not always the best at sending vibes either. *shrugs* I was raised to say what I mean or shut up, and subtle-hinting-vibes is obviously not my greatest strength. *shakes head* Bah. Sometimes people just annoy me, even if I like them. I don't much like emotional blackmail or 'wah, wah, wah, pity me, you pity me NOW!' whining (I'm not talking about genuine having a rough time and wanting some support kind. We're all entitled to feel a bit down and in need of some kind words now and then and vent a little.) It makes me more angry than anything else and I'd rather not see it on the PPC board, quite frankly. Compassion and support is something I'd rather give, not be hounded for and pushed into (insincerly) giving. Then it just loses its meaning to me and becomes polite triteness.
Aaaaanyway, before I get worked up into some great rant on that, some minor news from Norway...
Powell has made a plea for Norway to stay in Iraq, but our government have confirmed they still plan to pull out our engineering troops during the summer. I'm a horrid selfish thing, but I shall be very glad when Norway is out of it. I don't want Norway involved in things like this. War makes villains of people with the best intensions in the world sometimes...
In other news here in Norway, some utter idiot dressed himself in a moomitroll costume and laid down in the middle of the road while some of his buddies filmed it. Things went as they must, and a car hit and killed him. He was 19. Apparently, he'd been inspired by MTV's 'Jackass'. Moomitroll costume, of all things... I love the adventures of the moomitroll. Now I'm going to have the image of a moomitroll-roadkill for ages. Poor family of the boy. 19 is no age to die. No age at all... It's just so stupid, you know? We have quite a lot of traffic-related deaths as it is, but this is just doubly tragic because it's just so stupid.
On a more cheerful note, in Germany, they've released a Sims-inspired little game, only you can have the little computer people have sex and be nude too. Somehow, I'm not surprised this game from Germany.
And hey, (one of) my football team(s) is leading the Norwegian football league! Only been three rounds so far, but I'll take all the good news I can get. *waves little Tromsø banner*
Lastly, I've noticed quite a few people I don't know have either friended me or commented in my LJ. I'd love it if anyone of you would introduce yourself - if you've been lurking on my friends list for a while without saying hi, why not do it now? *offers chilled wine and chocolate*
Aaaaanyway, before I get worked up into some great rant on that, some minor news from Norway...
Powell has made a plea for Norway to stay in Iraq, but our government have confirmed they still plan to pull out our engineering troops during the summer. I'm a horrid selfish thing, but I shall be very glad when Norway is out of it. I don't want Norway involved in things like this. War makes villains of people with the best intensions in the world sometimes...
In other news here in Norway, some utter idiot dressed himself in a moomitroll costume and laid down in the middle of the road while some of his buddies filmed it. Things went as they must, and a car hit and killed him. He was 19. Apparently, he'd been inspired by MTV's 'Jackass'. Moomitroll costume, of all things... I love the adventures of the moomitroll. Now I'm going to have the image of a moomitroll-roadkill for ages. Poor family of the boy. 19 is no age to die. No age at all... It's just so stupid, you know? We have quite a lot of traffic-related deaths as it is, but this is just doubly tragic because it's just so stupid.
On a more cheerful note, in Germany, they've released a Sims-inspired little game, only you can have the little computer people have sex and be nude too. Somehow, I'm not surprised this game from Germany.
And hey, (one of) my football team(s) is leading the Norwegian football league! Only been three rounds so far, but I'll take all the good news I can get. *waves little Tromsø banner*
Lastly, I've noticed quite a few people I don't know have either friended me or commented in my LJ. I'd love it if anyone of you would introduce yourself - if you've been lurking on my friends list for a while without saying hi, why not do it now? *offers chilled wine and chocolate*
