At 03:34 AM 2/27/03 -0700, you wrote:

>> just smile sweetly, nod sagely, and don't volunteer anything.
>
>When I was in the paper shop they were playing the most awesomely cool cd --
>Jet somebody (I'll look it up later) it was soothing, but had a little
>bounce, clever, witty... wonderful! Best new music I've heard in *ages* and
>in talking with them I said I thought it was refreshing it wasn't anyone
>showing me their navel and miming sexual acts. The young guy laughed and
>said "pop makes me gag. It doesn't ahve any style and it definitely doesn't
>have any substance" I was pretty stunned given the guy couldn't have been
>more than 23 or 24.

Omigod!  There ARE still some people coming up with taste, discrimination,
and two brain cells to rub together!  That's encouraging.  

Sometimes I do wonder.  Hooray for that young feller!  Heeheehee.

>> >MockYeti, not enough free energy to be "in", BardMock
>>
>> Veloci--being "in" is exceedingly overrated--raptor
>
>Being "in" also means you're going to be "out" at
some point, and I don't
>have the energy for that.

Very true.  It does take just too much energy to keep up!

>Be your "authentic" self (God I love Dr. Phil) and that will
never go out of
>style.

Good advice.  And also I would add:  If one wants to be a little "au
courant" and at least be able to hold up one's end of the conversation (but
perhaps with a different perspective and some analysis) read the relevant
sections of _Time_ or _Newsweek_.  That'll be enough information without
expending too much energy.  At least it provides familiarity with some of
the names being bandied about!

>Kestrel "Not IN, but Never Out" Koala

Hehehe.

Veloci--so far out I'm in the Delta Quadrant--raptor
 

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