Anna 'Quanta' Alameda Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Okay, so I've accepted that I'm a nova and unless a miracle occurs, I'm always going to be one and probably never see Ibiza again.So now what? What's the big deal about being a nova? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeno Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 At the risk of offending certain ideological positions, it is suggested that you consider the following analogy. It is a flawed generalization, but there is a statistical likelihood of it applying to your situation....The immediate, functional result of Nova-hood is comparable to obtaining a large sum of money. Apart from the potential it comprises, very little is implicit in its possession. Depending on personal temperament it may be employed in the pursuit of further accrual, self improvement, altruistic pursuits, etc. ...Only certain social perceptions are altered with great consistency and even those may be mitigated with care....In some cases....To extend the above analogy, if you openly seek, or indeed allow, guidance with regard to how it is to be deployed, you may find more than you desired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jager Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Exile, you should be able to see Ibiza again, if you like. It wouldn't be through the same eyes, but such is the way of traumatic change. Hang in there.The big deal? Its a big a deal as you chose to make of it.TimeSlip is crossing into alternate realities of Earth.Ally is running around stopping fights and saving lives.Edward is finding his own unique way to advance an agenda.Endeavor is helping create a Disaster Response Team in Japan.Novas are doing a lot of things ... different things, so don't be too constrained. Imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Quote:Originally posted by Anna 'Exile' Alameda:So now what? What's the big deal about being a nova? What's the big deal? You have the potential within you to do anything. Maybe one day you could outrun me...but I don't see that happening anytime soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singularity Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 It can be something very different than your life as a baseline or it can be just a simple enhancement to your existence. It's up to you to decide what you do with what you have.Me, I managed to find insight and an unparalleled partner. Of course, the path there was rather long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 If you do not like being a nova or living you life as one, then maybe you should look into "Dormancy". It would allow you to essentialy live life as a baseline.It would be an utter waste of your potential, but to each their own.~Noir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jager Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Hey Noir. I was looking at your icon and thought I noticed something. Did you recently pick up another piercing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Actually Jager, I am pretty consistantly adding and removing piercings. Some I try out, some outlive their usefulness and sometimes I simply like a change. At any given time I tend to have 1-2 dozen piercings.I know of an excellent piercer if you think you'd be interested.~Noir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jager Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 That's good to know, and thanks, but my body has the habit of expelling foreign material. I know somebody who says they can make body jewelry from my bones and/or nails, but I admit that the offer weirded me out a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 It's good to be "wierded out". To push your limits, try new things, especially that which makes you uncomfortable or frightened.~Noir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singularity Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 'though I suffer the same situation as Jager, I really dont want to set off metal detectors by simply walking through them.Granted, my eyes and hair tend to be a problem sometmies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jager Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Yeah, I get that, but how dare they toy with my fabled paranoia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Singularity,You walk through metal detectors?Jager,Actually, I think it would be you toying with it.But regardless, there are all manner of body art besides just piercings. Though I can demonstarte all sorts of fun things to do with piercings if either of you every bother with them. Personally, I have tattoos, brands and scars in addition to my piercings.~Noir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jager Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Poker Night, perhaps ... between hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singularity Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 I can fly places thousand of miles away and Regan can pull me through a book in an instant but sometimes I ask myself, "Why bother running when I can get carried?" Hence, I occasionally end up in airports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Jager,Supposing it ever happens.Singularity,Well, if you set off, big deal. A mildly annoying -BEEP- is THAT much a deterrent to you?~Noir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singularity Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 My eyes and hair set them off sometimes (which is odd since I don't believe either are ferrous) so the beep is already apart of my mundane travel experience. Adding the piercings would just make it happen every time. Not that it matters; my status as a former elite gets me flagged every time, let alone me being a nova.Besides, piercings, brands, tattoos, and the like just aren't my style. The natural state of my body suits me just fine and one could argue that my body's (or quantum signature's) rejection of any changes reflects that preference.Granted, this opinion is limited to my own body. I appreciate and enjoy seeing what some people have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 You'll never know if you like it until you try it. And hey, things heal up if you decide you don't like it.~Noir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singularity Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Whoever said I haven't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeno Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Take note Ms. Alameda: As indicated by the present exchange, a fair portion of Nova-dom is potentially comprised of a collection of novel small-deals, rather than any single big one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 You know Xeno, that is something I have been thinking about. With the ease a typical nova can attain wealth, money ceases to really be all that valuable and so favours become the real "currency" between novas.~Noir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Haney Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Quote:Originally posted by Anna 'Exile' Alameda: So now what? What's the big deal about being a nova? For me it's being able to see a million different Grand Canyons just by looking around. Being able to check out the moon like I was in an airplane above it. I can see heat dance across a woman's skin and I notice how her heartbeat shakes her ever so slightly.It's a pretty big deal to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeleRhyde Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Exile, what are you looking for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-Carver Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Exile,I used to ask the same thing (I was caught in the Ibiza mess, too). I've gotten used to it and I've even found a niche for myself. When I came to this board, I had a lot of people tell me I would get used to it, and I had a lot offer to help me. If you need a shoulder to cry on or just get away from your life for a while, I'd be happy to sit with you. I'd have to arrange some transport, but I'd come.Carver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna 'Quanta' Alameda Posted August 14, 2005 Author Share Posted August 14, 2005 Quote:Originally posted by TeleRhyde:Exile, what are you looking for?I just want the world to make sense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Via Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 I am guess you would also like the world to be fair?I used to want that too. I used to think that would be a good thing, then I grew up. I opened my eyes,and saw this one fact. Think of all the horrid things that ever happened to you. If the world was fair, you would be to blamed for each and everyone of them. You would be the cause of each and every bad thing that happened to you. You would be to blame for Ibiza.The world doesn't make sense and is not fair,and I would not have it any other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-Carver Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Vanguard, if you can't be helpful then be quiet. Exile doesn't need you telling her that life's not fair; she's got that already. What she does need is support until she feels better.Also, your arguement is circular. As a baseline, Exile couldn't have started the mess in Ibiza, and she didn't become a Nova until Ibiza. And just an FYI: I would be happy if all the bad things in my life were my fault, because then I could fix them. And if they were my fault, then at least I would know why.One of the hardest things for me to deal with in the tradegy at Ibiza was losing my friend, Shelly. Why did she die, and I not? My costume took longer to apply than I had expected; if I hadn't been late, would she have still died? I know why Ibiza happened, but I don't know why she died. And that's been one of the hardest things for me to deal with. Not knowing why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Via Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 I have thought of giving her my home in Madrid, I haven't be there in years. I just don't think she would take it.As for a circular argument. You can see it that way, or you could look at this way. You have free will and that is worth a lot. What if your friend took longer to put her costume on? Would that mean you would have died? Or let's look at it from a the idea that the world is fair. Is it her fault that she died? Is it yours? What if it is noone's fault. What if it was just a random act with no meaning? Why does anything have to have a meaning? Why do you need a why? Would having someone to blame bring her back? Would the death of that someone make the pain of your lose go away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeleRhyde Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Quote:Originally posted by Anna 'Exile' Alameda: I just want the world to make sense! That's a tall order, Exile. The world of Anna Alameda is gone for you now. Trying to make sense of your pre-eruption life now that you are a nova is difficult in the best of circumstances, and I understand these are far from easy times for you.I was in Ibiza. I took part in the fighting. I took the fight to those Utopian bastards and I probably killed a bunch of innocent bystanders in the process.By your old way of thinking, I am equally responsible with every other nova. I hope you will look beyond that and find the good in all the evil that has happened in your life recently.You are Exile now. You are a nova and you belong in a nova world, not the baseline one. To try and live among them, as one of them, will only drag out your pain and cause pain to those around you.Don't rebuild. Create anew your own life. You can be far more in charge of your existance than ever before. Sieze that.I know that can be scary. For years, I lived in denial. I was afraid of the freedom being a nova provided.You want the world to make sense?Well, there isn't some Complete Guide to Novadom that comes with the node. We all have to search out our own destiny, but you don't have to do it alone.Vanguard, please be quiet, or make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-Carver Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Quote:Originally posted by Vanguard:As for a circular argument. You can see it that way, or you could look at this way. You have free will and that is worth a lot. What if your friend took longer to put her costume on? Would that mean you would have died? Or let's look at it from a the idea that the world is fair. Is it her fault that she died? Is it yours? What if it is noone's fault. What if it was just a random act with no meaning? Why does anything have to have a meaning? Why do you need a why? Would having someone to blame bring her back? Would the death of that someone make the pain of your lose go away?Let me try this one more time, though I suspect that you're playing the devil's adovcate to get a response from me. That said, let me simply answer: no, knowing why Shelly died wouldn't make all of the pain go away, but at least I'd have someone to blame or the knowledge that it wasn't pure chance.It's false comfort, I know, but I'm still human enough to want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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