2010.03.21 07:00 - Only americans think they're Americans

The Guardian for this meeting was Fael Illyar. The comments are by Fael Illyar.

Yakuzza Lethecus: hey steven
stevenaia Michinaga: hello
stevenaia Michinaga: all alone today?
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes, i came here and nobody was around
stevenaia Michinaga: I may be lagging as I am Backing up remotely
Yakuzza Lethecus: have you been with the working group ?
stevenaia Michinaga: No, but had dinner with them on Friday night, more a nice social event
stevenaia Michinaga: so yes .. and no
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes, lol
Yakuzza Lethecus: actually i ask my self what they are ,,working upon so long" :)
stevenaia Michinaga: it was only a day or so, seems there is alot more "structure" running behind the scenes, wiki, logs chronicals, rent, retreats, scribes
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stevenaia Michinaga: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: so.. they "work" we "play"
Yakuzza Lethecus: if fael doesn´t come until the end of the hour i grab it
stevenaia Michinaga: you or I
Yakuzza Lethecus: doesn´t matter :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: so i am curious how many of the working group are at home in half an hour
stevenaia Michinaga: none, even pema lives in NY and commutes to princeton
Yakuzza Lethecus: are there still in princeton or what ?
Yakuzza Lethecus: i thought it was just fom wednesday to friday
stevenaia Michinaga: no, I jsut went in for dinner on Friday
Yakuzza Lethecus: at least storm was there on friday
Yakuzza Lethecus: on wednesday
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, theyw ere all there this week, staying locally
Yakuzza Lethecus: how are you ?
stevenaia Michinaga: I fianlly met storm, very impressive
stevenaia Michinaga: I am good
Yakuzza Lethecus: i only know his voice :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: he can talk in a very intense way :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: it was facinating to hear his rethoric in science at play
stevenaia Michinaga: he is much more personable in RL
stevenaia Michinaga: in a social seeting
stevenaia Michinaga: setting
stevenaia Michinaga: If you had a drink (or two) with him, you would not be the last man standing
Yakuzza Lethecus: hehe :)
stevenaia Michinaga: Sylectra took some fun pic, I don;t know if they will end up on the wiki somewhere
Yakuzza Lethecus: haven´t seen her in SL so far
Yakuzza Lethecus: or i didn´t recognize her
stevenaia Michinaga: she used to be an active guardian, then RL schedule took over
stevenaia Michinaga: From a geographic perspective, the next closet might be Nova Scotia or Miami, the the west coast or denver
stevenaia Michinaga: (working group)
Yakuzza Lethecus: lol, right now i have to ,,drop" feelings of jealousy about the ppl meeting on friday :D
Yakuzza Lethecus: i had the same thing with cal, when he was in princeton for 2 weeks, lol
Yakuzza Lethecus: actually, i doesn´t really matter on a rational basis, exept you have a nice memory and i also try to drop ,,the past"
Yakuzza Lethecus: rofl
stevenaia Michinaga: I know there will be future retreats in Europe being planned
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes, i stuttgart :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: but it would be interesting to meet the american´s
Yakuzza Lethecus: last time there wasn´t even a single one
Yakuzza Lethecus: can´t call pema an american since he´s a dutch into the japanese culture happens to be in america
Yakuzza Lethecus: so can´t necessarely count him as one :P
stevenaia Michinaga: well Paradise is Canadian, only americans think they are Americans
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes, eos is also canadian
Yakuzza Lethecus: i meant usa
stevenaia Michinaga: yes
stevenaia Michinaga: that was meant to be american humor
Yakuzza Lethecus: :)
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Yakuzza Lethecus: do you have something special right now you are elaborating upon ?
Yakuzza Lethecus: some idea´s, thoughts what you are reading about ?
stevenaia Michinaga: nothing that 10 minutes remaining will do justice with
stevenaia Michinaga: I did ahve a dicussion recently with someone, forget who about the perception of time and distance and their relationship
Bertram Jacobus: hello yaku and steven :-)
stevenaia Michinaga: how 10 hours of travel for some seems short out in the west and 3 hours travel on the east coast seems unbearable long
stevenaia Michinaga: for instance
stevenaia Michinaga: hello bertram
Bertram Jacobus: will there be the guardian meeting following to this one today ?
stevenaia Michinaga: I belive so
stevenaia Michinaga: I can't stay very long
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey bert :)
Bertram Jacobus: ok. thanks. sry for storming in here at this point of time please
Yakuzza Lethecus: as if that would matter :)
Bertram Jacobus: ty ..... :-))
Bertram Jacobus sees yaku write but no text appears ...
stevenaia Michinaga: awww Fael is online
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes, trying to make a fancy sentence
Bertram Jacobus: hello feal ... ;-)
Bertram Jacobus: oh fancy !
Fael Illyar: Hi Everyone :) ... looks like I fumbled with the timezones and my alarms
Bertram Jacobus: drop that yak ;o)
Yakuzza Lethecus: but dons´t work out very welll
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey fael
Bertram Jacobus: simply write - what was in your mind yaku ? :-)
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Fael, nice to see you
stevenaia Michinaga: brb
Yakuzza Lethecus: "you can never be late for being" or something :)
Fael Illyar: well, suppose I'll grab the log :)
Bertram Jacobus: but fael - so we can / could go to the guardian meeting following this one now prpbably ... ;-)
Fael Illyar: unless someone else wants to insist on posting it :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: i claimed it if you get the whole log then ?
Yakuzza Lethecus: no i don´t insist
Bertram Jacobus: ah ! nice thought yak ! :-)
Yakuzza Lethecus: not that you get only the end of it if you claim it now
Arisia Vita: Hi all
Bertram Jacobus: hehe - now all the people with time mix up come - hy eden :o)
Bertram Jacobus: and arisia ! :-)
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey arisia
Yakuzza Lethecus: ok, so if you claim it you will get the whole log ?
Yakuzza Lethecus: in case sombody already claimed the first half hour ?
Yakuzza Lethecus: anyway, cya at the hall
Bertram Jacobus: i´ll take a walk to the japan house where the guardian meeting might be now - see you there or bye bye *wave* ... ;-)
Fael Illyar: yes
Fael Illyar: I guess I'll skip the guardian meeting today.
Fael Illyar: have fun steve :)
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: se you there
--BELL--
Fael Illyar: no, I'll skip that one :)
stevenaia Michinaga: ok
stevenaia Michinaga: hello Arista, sorry I was just leaving