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From: kovarik@utkux1.utk.edu (StMeechTheChased)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: wimmin!
Date: 15 Sep 92 19:17:33 GMT
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center

In article <0txnr5p.mesm@netcom.com> mesm@netcom.com (Mary E. S. Morris) writes:
>kovarik@utkux1.utk.edu (Ken) writes:
>: 
>: Not guilty!!! I like demented, quirky, off-the-wall, completely insane,
>: intelligent, independent women, who like to argue.  Inspite of my
>: name....  But I think that most men do prefer simple minded ditzy 
>: women because they are easy to impress.  I think alot of men have
>: egos that are threatened by intelligent women. I say:  "Thwack them.
>: It's time for reprogramming!"
>
>So whats a good rule of thumb for finding those who appreciate 
>non-standard...certainly isn't the grocery store...

I don't think that there is a rule of thumb at all. As is pointed out
in another post on this subject, people are clique oriented.  Here
in the vicinity we have a Hippie bar, a punk bar, assorted singles
clubs, frat boy/ sorority girl bars, biker bars....  And my impression 
is that people here just look for some place where they can find other
people like themselves, and then they hang out there. And once they
find their niche, they remain in it and show no interest in anything
else.   This is Tennessee, but, of course, this is applicable elsewhere.

The things I am looking for as far as non-standardness in other people
is an ability to move among the different groups without really being 
a part of any of them.  That's not really a rule, something to strive
for, but a reflection of futility.  I.e. I say, do what you like, and
hope for the best.  There's probably no way out.  Maybe you'll be lucky
enough to meet someone, and maybe you won't.  Irritating as hell when
your lonely.  But of course, you still leave yourself open to the suggestion
that you are looking for a niche of your own, with people just like you,
except it happens to be somewhat different from the niches of the 
people around you.

There is no escape.  We're all doomed.

				Meech
From: mak@spuddy.uucp (Mark Kellaway)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: alt.angst goes to alphaville
Date: 9 Sep 92 17:31:09 GMT
Followup-To: /dev/null
Organization: Spuddy's Public Usenet Domain

What happened ? I go on holiday for a couple a weeks, rained all the time,
seas to rough to go diving so spent most of my time sitting in scottish bars
drinking cold fizzy beer trying to pass itself off as bitter.

I get back more depressed than when I went away, and unless I'm mistaken their
seems to be a definite lack of angst and misery around here at the moment.

C'mon guys I need to Know that others out there are sufferring as well ;-)

Obangst: I cant think of anything really angstful to say here. (except maybe
my life but how do I express that in a few words ?)
-- 
mak@spuddy.uucp ...!uknet!axion!spuddy!mak 
"I was born a cynical bastard
                          and I'm gonna die a cynical bastard" - Rab C.Nesbitt
Meeeeow ! Call Spud the Cat > +44 203 638780 < for free Usenet access in UK
Newsgroups: alt.angst
From: nlc@vulcan.xtel.co.uk (Neil Cook)
Subject: Sad Losers!
Followup-To: alt.flame
Organization: X-Tel Services Ltd.
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 15:07:00 GMT

My God, alt.angst - says it all really.
From: kovarik@utkux1.utk.edu (Ken)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: wimmin!
Date: 12 Sep 92 04:03:18 GMT
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center

In article <18rkdiINN80a@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bs584@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeanne Leidy) writes:
>
>In a previous article, llama@pooh.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine) says:
>
>Fascinating.  Even though I find myself pretty much always angsting over 
>or another man lately, I still really like men and enjoy them more
>than women.  And I think they're way easier to live with.  Course, most
>of the women I run across are pretty ditzy, due to my work situation
>and such circumstances...
>

I have been told by several women that they prefer male roommates
to female, if, for no other reason than that it prevents bathroom wars.
These particular women were particularly orderly, and they insisted
on domestic affairs being run according to their specifications, and
if they were not, conflicts could ensue.  They said that men were more
accommodating in these matters than women. 

						Meech
From: bs584@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeanne Leidy)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: wimmin!
Date: 12 Sep 1992 13:05:59 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bs584@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeanne Leidy)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, kovarik@utkux1.utk.edu (Ken) says:

>I have been told by several women that they prefer male roommates
>to female, if, for no other reason than that it prevents bathroom wars.
>These particular women were particularly orderly, and they insisted
>on domestic affairs being run according to their specifications, and
>if they were not, conflicts could ensue.  They said that men were more
>accommodating in these mattters than women.


I think the reason I prefer male roommates is that I generally know
where I stand with them.  They are more likely to be honest about
which of my annoying little habits irritate them, and find it easier
to come around later and say, "You know that little thing you did
yesterday, well, it bothered me and I wish you wouldn't do it again."
This way little problems are no big deal, when they are dealt with
as a matter of course.  Women tend to pen up these frustrations for
as long as possible, which doesn't exactly facilitate great
communication.  I realize that these are vast generalizations, but
this has been my experience anyway.

Jeanne
Newsgroups: alt.angst
From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Subject: wimmin!
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 09:39:19 GMT

NewAngst>   Finding that a female desires you (at long last!!!), is probably in
            love with you but is also married!  :(

Wimmin!  Fuck the lot of them!


FoodAngst>  Why is it that the very worst foods taste so bloody good?! :(  I am
            _never_ going to lose any weight at this rate (of food
            consumption).

DeathAngst> Nearly died _four_ times on the way to work.  Summat to do with my
            lack of sleep due to my NewAngst and a feeling of DevilMayCare due
            to the way life keeps kicking me in the SoftDanglyParts!


NickOhShit.
Newsgroups: alt.angst
From: schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov (gary l. schroeder)
Subject: Re: Insanity Angst
Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 14:03:01 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.043257.28873@utkux1.utk.edu> kovarik@utkux1.utk.edu (Ken) writes:


>Perhaps a more perplexing question:  Why do the Lords of Texas, ZZ-top,
>resemble Jesus?

Is it a mere resemblence?  Or is it something more?  Why do I feel
strangely warm and contented when I listen to Tube Snake Boogie, almost
as though I know that somewhere I'm loved?  Why does a sense of joy wash
over me when I hear the notes of "Pearl Necklace" on the radio?

"The Day Jesus Left Chicago".  Mere artistic imagery...or autobiography?

Does "Velcro Fly" contain messages pertaining to the ultimate redemption
of the soul?  I don't know.


You decide.



>Pardon me.  I'm just having an identity crisis. :-)
>					Ken


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From: llama@pooh.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: Insanity Angst
Date: 10 Sep 92 05:41:51 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

gary l. schroeder (schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov) wrote:
: In article <1992Sep4.043257.28873@utkux1.utk.edu> kovarik@utkux1.utk.edu (Ken) writes:

: >Perhaps a more perplexing question:  Why do the Lords of Texas, ZZ-top,
: >resemble Jesus?
: 
: Is it a mere resemblence?  Or is it something more?  Why do I feel
: strangely warm and contented when I listen to Tube Snake Boogie, almost
: as though I know that somewhere I'm loved?  Why does a sense of joy wash
: over me when I hear the notes of "Pearl Necklace" on the radio?

uh, waitaminute. first, they're not the lords of texas. please no.
or if they are, then i'm glad austin's not really texas.

: "The Day Jesus Left Chicago".  Mere artistic imagery...or autobiography?
: 
: Does "Velcro Fly" contain messages pertaining to the ultimate redemption
: of the soul?  I don't know.

maybe there's a good reason i don't believe in anything...

--
sine nomine
debbie martinson
"my words are paper tigers, no match for the predator of pain inside her.
i say love will come to you, hoping that because i say the words they're 
true... where there is now one there will be two" -- indigo girls
From: Frederick.A.Ringwald@dartmouth.edu (Frederick A. Ringwald)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: Oh no!!!!
Date: 8 Sep 92 22:16:31 GMT
 <1992Sep3.055323.17366@mr.med.ge.com>  
 <1992Sep8.134806.23704@bnlux1.bnl.gov>
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
X-Posted-From: InterNews1.0a4@newshost.dartmouth.edu

In article <1992Sep8.134806.23704@bnlux1.bnl.gov>
schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov (gary l. schroeder) writes:
> In article <1992Sep3.055323.17366@mr.med.ge.com> hinz@picard.med.ge.com 
> (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987) writes:
>
> >6> Dan Rather reports that he's an alien
>     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> I've known this for years! (or at least long suspected it
[...]
> "That's part of our world tonight," indeed.

Why do you think you never see the half of him that's under the table?
Because instead of legs, he's got six green, slimy tentacles?
From: nexus@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Abstractor)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: absolutely pointless, i know.
Date: 15 Sep 1992 23:01:24 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

kovarik@utkux1.utk.edu (StMeechTheChased) writes:

>In article <79662@ut-emx.uucp> llama@pooh.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine) writes:
>>since no one i know in austin seems to read this newsgroup (though
>>they do give me knowing/patronizing looks wheni say i hang out here:
>>"of course, you would"), and all the people i like on here have the
>>bad sense to live in other states.

>Yeah, it seems that Arizona is the only state with more than one
>alt.angst reader.  Is there really so little angst in other states?
>Or are most people in a state of such delirious bliss that they are 
>completely unaware of the seething misery lurking just below that
>polished veneer?  That turgid suffering long repressed that, once
>released, results in a mad slaughter of one's co-workers with a
>chainsaw, whereupon all who survive say:  "I never suspected...."

To tell ya the truth, Meech, I prefer a nailgun in Ellis' style. It's
much cleaner. BTW, I have a theory about the inhabitants of the place
where KSU is located, namely Manhattan (grin), KS. They are so
extremely "godfearsome" that even the tornados avoid this part of KS...
And how to go with a nailgun at such "good Christians"?

>>
>>a party.
>>
>>a big party.
>>
>>october 10. during dark. weird food, strange drink, interesting music,
>>the usual crowd. mystery punch and sangria (as well as nonalcoholic
>>drinks) provided.
>>
>>so, how can you get in on it? simple. or complicated; your choice.
>>

>Hey, the persons living the furthest away, literally, not metaphorically,
>should rent busses, and pick up other interested persons along the way.  
>Say one bus leaving from the West Coast, one from the East, maybe
>one from the North, and those of you who have to fly are on your own.
>Each person contributes in proportion to the distance travelled.  Those 
>getting on in the South are not allowed to pay with live farm animals.

Can I pay with my soul? Anybody interested out there?

>At the end of The Yellow Brick Road.... well....

You mean like in Kerouak's (sp?) times? It's too good to believe it.

>					Meech

the NEXUS
From: kimy@cs.umd.edu (Yong-Mi Kim)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: relocation angst
Date: 7 Sep 92 02:23:50 GMT
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

In article <1992Sep2.075550.16738@pegasus.com> alto@pegasus.com (Andrea Ostensoe) writes:
>You think insurance is bad there..move to Hawaii..it will double!

Well, see, my insurance doubled from what I used to pay in North
Carolina.

>But..perhaps I'm confused..i see that you say..subruban campus..perhaps
>you're not in D.C.  all the header didn't show up..where are you?
>good luck and remember..don't let the creeps get you down..on the
>other hand..I wouldn't flip them off as I did..they might shoot you.

I'm in College Park, Maryland.  I move here, I turn on the TV to watch
the morning news, they report that these two drug dealers were shot and
killed in the parking lot of an apartment complex in College Park
while they were under police surveillance.

And then there are my pathetic attempts at parallel parking.  It takes
me forever to wedge my car into a space, and mucho honking from other
cars if I'm doing this in a busy street.

Next up: comprehensives angst.


yong-mi
well, TA'ing angst, too
From: nexus@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Abstractor)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: wimmin!
Date: 13 Sep 1992 22:49:53 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

boesch@cs.washington.edu (Eric Boesch) writes:

>In article <190kpiINN4a3@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> nexus@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Abstractor) writes:
>>mesm@netcom.com (Mary E. S. Morris) writes:
>>>So whats a good rule of thumb for finding those who appreciate 
>>>non-standard...certainly isn't the grocery store...
>>
>>Try under the bridges... (sorry, that was about London). Maybe the
>>big labs or local libraries. If it doesn't work, you're still left
>>with Virtual Reality *grin*

>Yes, but which virtual reality?  "Entertainment Tonight"?  Nintendo?
>Sleeping all day?  Throwing the unopened letter from the IRS off the
>bed, taking off my clothes, hopping under the covers and fantasizing
>about depressed desperate women?

It's your choice. I hope it will make you feel better. However it fails
to make me feel better.

>>the NEXUS>
>>          "Getsumei no michi"
>("I know more than you do.")

"Domo arrigato, sensei" * a ritual metsubishi is performed *
("Thanks a lot, teacher")

>"Miyagi tojo kenichi-wa dojo kendiru."
>("I have a Master's degree... in science.")

"Domo. Dojo-wa masen?"
("Good. Maybe a lesson?)

the NEXUS>
          "Getsumei no michi"
Newsgroups: alt.angst
From: kovarik@utkux1.utk.edu (Ken)
Subject: Re: god
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 16:34:27 GMT

In article <1992Sep08.063117.12298@acme.gen.nz> kilroy@acme.gen.nz (earthbound misfit, I) writes:
>
>Nope, I was angstful last year before I started growing my hair longer. It's
>quite possibly the other way round, angsters tend to be seeking a way to
>break out of middle-of-the-road conformity, and long hair is one method of
>doing that way.
>

I would agree with that, especially here.  I had no urge to have long hair
when I lived in a place where it was common.

>> Ken (kovarik@utkux1.utk.edu) wrote:
>> 
>> : You must be kidding?  Our American Legion is The Cocaine Capitol of 
>> : East Tennesseee.  You can get any kind of illcit substance you want there.
>> : The parking lot is full of Harleys, and very large trucks and beaten up cars.
>> 
>> cool. what's the address again? my life has been too quiet lately.
>
>Isn't this taking the lifequake theory a little too far??
>

Au contraire!!! Putting my life in their hands lends a certain spice
to my life here in Tennessee....  The rush of actually walking past
the line of Harleys  parked in front, with the ZZ-top clones sitting
on them with their Buds is the most incredible Buzz.  Facing death 
square in the beard, and surviving.

					Ken

Newsgroups: alt.angst
From: sokay@cyclone.mitre.org (Stephen J. Okay)
Subject: Re: Angstcon UK (was Re: wimmin!)
Organization: Mitre Corporation, McLean, VA
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:47:27 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.153926.15179@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> rperkins@astro.as.arizona.edu (Rachel J. Perkins) writes:
>>
>i beg your pardon! it wasn't my choice...and besides: i'm being punished for 
>it--look where i live now!

I did...you have my sympathies, but then again you already knew that...
I've found a suitable launch vehicle but have no warhead. Could you folks
at Oak Ridge maybe slip me a couple pounds of weapons-grade stuff?

>yeah, that'd do it for me...
>
>ObAngst: steve okay is never going to post the miniangstcon report.

ObAngst: I am being mailbombed by people who want to know what happened at the M-A. They
are all saying Rachel sent them to me...
ObObAngst:This is inducing massive guilt. Perhaps I *should* have thrown myself onto one
of the cacti on her street or out the back of Jeff's place.
Bah!...

---Steve
-- 
Stephen Okay  sokay@mitre.org
"You see, I'm kind of this control freak who likes to create his own
personal hells before the real one can get to him. I like to beat hell
to hell so to speak".--Spalding Gray "Monster in a box"
From: bs584@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeanne Leidy)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: Reality Angst
Date: 6 Sep 1992 20:14:05 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bs584@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeanne Leidy)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, kilroy@acme.gen.nz (earthbound misfit, I) says:

>bs584@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeanne Leidy) writes:

[angst details deleted]

>> the reality that what I want is precisely what my life isn't.

>You seem to have an idea of the culture. Your paragraph above sounds far too
>much like my life. It's great, huh?
>
>						- k

Yeah.  Uh huh.  And the thing is, I know I have only myself to blame.
So along with a pound or two of angst, I've got a half a cup of depression
and a sprinkling of self-loathing.  Soup's on...

Jeanne
From: llama@pooh.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: absolutely pointless, i know.
Date: 14 Sep 92 02:20:43 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

since no one i know in austin seems to read this newsgroup (though
they do give me knowing/patronizing looks wheni say i hang out here:
"of course, you would"), and all the people i like on here have the
bad sense to live in other states. but at least when i'm bitching and
complaining shortly after the 10th of next month, you'll all
understand why. and, of course, i still have to confirm with a friend
that i can borrow his apartment, since mine is an efficiency, but...
here is the latest stupid thing i'm going to do. if anyone happens to
be in the area next month...

----

it's october, and sine got a job. not only that, but porcupines won't
eat eggplant, though forcefeeding them isn't quite so bad an idea as
running spaghettios through a blender. when you consider all this in
light of the fact that we live in a society that excludes llamas from
wax museums while consuming gallons of a drink made from beans (cream
and sugar?), it's clear what must be done.

a party.

a big party.

october 10. during dark. weird food, strange drink, interesting music,
the usual crowd. mystery punch and sangria (as well as nonalcoholic
drinks) provided.

so, how can you get in on it? simple. or complicated; your choice.

the guest of honor will be herman, the tailless paper donkey.
tailless, not in the sense of celibacy (though he is that, too, being
two-dimensional), but because he began life as part of a pin-the-tail-
on-the-donkey game. if you wanna come to the party, bring him a tail.
anything you cann attach counts, and the weirdest, most creative, and
stupidest will win prizes. no tail, no entrance. i get to keep all the
tails, so think twice before using bits of anatomy.

more news as it develops.
----

it's a doomed idea, i know it. 

--
sine nomine
debbie martinson
"insane elastic joy, despair" -- that petrol emotion
From: llama@huey.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: god
Date: 8 Sep 92 05:25:28 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

In article <1992Sep7.022847.22921@cis.umassd.edu> pmsc13sg@UMASSD.EDU writes:

: people will think I'm normal instead of "Hey, you, the in-            
: tellectual guy with the glasses and long hair! What are you always writing in
: that little notebook? What do you think about...?" And you think angst is a 
: joke, huh? HUH?!

hmmm... there seems to be a correlation between hair length and
posting on alt.angst. maybe having longer hair puts more pressure on
your brain, thereby increasing the sensitivity of your angst
receptors.


Ken (kovarik@utkux1.utk.edu) wrote:

: You must be kidding?  Our American Legion is The Cocaine Capitol of 
: East Tennesseee.  You can get any kind of illcit substance you want there.
: The parking lot is full of Harleys, and very large trucks and beaten up cars.

cool. what's the address again? my life has been too quiet lately.

--
sine nomine
debbie martinson
"when you gonna make up your mind? when you gonna love you as much as
i do?" -- tori amos
From: kovarik@utkux1.utk.edu (Ken)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: wimmin!
Date: 12 Sep 92 23:43:32 GMT
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center

In article <x3wnqvd.mesm@netcom.com> mesm@netcom.com (Mary E. S. Morris) writes:
>bs584@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeanne Leidy) writes:
>: 
>: 
>: Fascinating.  Even though I find myself pretty much always angsting over 
>: one or another man lately, I still really like men and enjoy them more
>: than women.  And I think they're way easier to live with.  Course, most
>: of the women I run across are pretty ditzy, due to my work situation
>: and such circumstances...
>

>I agree that overall men are easier to live with if you actually
>expect an intellegent response regularly, but...
>
>I find the men expecting stereo typical woman. That I do have a problem
>with...

Not guilty!!! I like demented, quirky, off-the-wall, completely insane,
intelligent, independent women, who like to argue.  Inspite of my
name....  But I think that most men do prefer simple minded ditzy 
women because they are easy to impress.  I think alot of men have
egos that are threatened by intelligent women. I say:  "Thwack them.
It's time for reprogramming!"

					Ken (Meech)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
From: hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
Subject: Re: Oh no!!!!
Organization: GE Medical Systems, Magnetic Resonance
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 05:46:19 GMT

Abstractor (nexus@matt.ksu.ksu.edu) wrote:
: hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987) writes:
: 
: >Abstractor (nexus@matt.ksu.ksu.edu) wrote:
: >: jeanette@hpmcaa (Jeanette Skelton) writes:
: >: 
: >: >David Hinz Mfg 4-6987 (hinz@picard.med.ge.com) wrote:
: >: >> ObAngstComment:  I think I'll do the lifequake thing.
: >: >>  
: >: >Great! Do one for me, too.
: >: 
: >: >Jeanette
: >: 
: >: Did you pay him ?
: >: 
: 
: >That's a rather personal question, dontcha think?
: >Dave
: 
: Oh well, Dave, didn't mean to be undiscrete but "inquiring minds want to
: know" as Rachel would say. And as an Abstractor I have to keep track of
: those things -:)

Well, I guess it depends on what you mean by 'pay'......

--

Dave Hinz  -  Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's.  Obviously.
hinzd@picard.med.ge.com
Newsgroups: alt.angst