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nadriel ([personal profile] nadriel) wrote2003-09-15 03:19 pm

The man with no past...

A while back, I was visiting some friends, and they were all chatting about old experiences, some dating as far back as when they were all 5 years old. And I'fve suddenly realised- outside my family, there is no-one I'm still in contact with who knows me beyond four years ago. That leaves 20 years of my life which no-one knows about.

A sobering thought, with all this internet anonymity, that many people on the internet know me just as well as people in real life...

So, although I have told some people about some of the formative experiences in my life, the highs and lows and so forth, there's no-one who has seen me experience them, and no-one who remembers them save me, and my memories are tainted by my role in them- it's hard to be an objective observer of your own past.

Just call me the enigma, heh...

[identity profile] wizball.livejournal.com 2003-09-15 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
DAMN YOUR EYES! What was Asheron's Call 2 if not a subtle bonding of two devious outsiders!

True; I might have proven facile and moved onto other things, but they were beautiful moments. Especially going LD and getting slaughtered.

[identity profile] nadriel.livejournal.com 2003-09-15 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah yes, those fond memories.

But still, my point stands- as well as we get on, you've only known me 11 months...

[identity profile] wizball.livejournal.com 2003-09-15 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
11 months; each day carved into my flesh with a razor...

[identity profile] nadriel.livejournal.com 2003-09-15 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
You make it sound so pleasant...

[identity profile] wizball.livejournal.com 2003-09-16 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
True; the real pain was getting the cuts to line up like Horace, my avatar...

[identity profile] mistressbuffy.livejournal.com 2003-09-15 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I already did...

[identity profile] nadriel.livejournal.com 2003-09-15 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed. And are you one step closer to unlocking the secrets of the enigma?

[identity profile] mistressbuffy.livejournal.com 2003-09-15 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought the whole point of an enigma was that they were unsolvable, or had nothing there to solve?
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[identity profile] mistressbuffy.livejournal.com 2003-09-16 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
There should be a difference between being an enigma and being obtuse, surely...

[identity profile] nadriel.livejournal.com 2003-09-16 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, but no-one's worked it out yet :-)

[identity profile] mistressbuffy.livejournal.com 2003-09-16 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Especially not you form the sound of it...
:p

[identity profile] nadriel.livejournal.com 2003-09-16 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
True, but then, I don't have to. I can revel in my own confusion and obscurity...

[identity profile] mistressbuffy.livejournal.com 2003-09-16 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
O.K, so the point is to just confuse everyone else.

[identity profile] nadriel.livejournal.com 2003-09-16 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
A but as a Discordian, there doesn't have to be a point. Sometimes silliness is just silliness...

[identity profile] nadriel.livejournal.com 2003-09-16 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
Good to know.... :-)

[identity profile] mistressbuffy.livejournal.com 2003-09-16 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
There should be a difference between being an enigma and being obtuse, surely...

[identity profile] nadriel.livejournal.com 2003-09-15 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, but it is not the solution that is important, but how you try to achieve it...