| dari_brit @ 2003-08-31 00:24:00 |
Goodbye English Rose...
Mood: 
pensive
My goodness, I'd forgotten that it was this year when Diana died...how neat of them is it to put that detail in? I'm scared to think of how old I was when that happened. Time passeth on...
Great detail, guys.
Comments:
| acetal @ August 30 2003, 21:36:34 UTC |
I was just about to post on this. They are so cool.
Also, someone probably reads The Onion.
Either that, or there has to be a master list of all the events that have happened around the world each year. Otherwise, well, the mind boggles.
*boggle*
| theantimodel @ August 30 2003, 21:44:13 UTC |
Ah burning man, funny I have friends there right now.
(parent)| acetal @ August 30 2003, 21:52:18 UTC |
Really? The timing is interesting then.
Is Burning Man a big thing? Not being an American, I'm not familiar with it.
It's hard to imagine Narcissa acting like a flobberworm. *wide eyes*
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hobaggins @ August 30 2003, 21:54:56 UTC |
It's huge in with the drug culture. I actually just found out all about it at the beginning of this summer. A friend showed me a giant book of photography from it. It's absolutely gorgeous and overwhelming and awe-inspiring. All of the people are so radically different and they there are these hugs art constructs set up everywhere, and costumes, and nudity, and drugs, and sex. It's pretty much unimaginable.
(parent)| theantimodel @ August 30 2003, 22:10:30 UTC |
Its a very Hippy event, its in the middle of the desert and people trek from all over to go, and they have to bring all of their water and food and everything, and you just go for a week and sweat like mad and do a ton of drugs and kind of escape from reality. I have some friends who have been and its just hot as hell, and very ritualistic. It actually sounds pretty cool.
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hobaggins @ August 30 2003, 21:40:29 UTC |
You forgot the link, please edit and add it in. It makes it easier to reference when going through NrAged archives.
(parent)| dari_brit @ August 30 2003, 21:46:59 UTC |
Certainly, I've done so now. Apologies, but not all of us are so good with the HTML.
(parent)| theantimodel @ August 30 2003, 21:52:12 UTC |
Hey if you need help with html there are some pretty helpful answers in the FAQs. Also I'd suggest using the preview option so that you have a chance to check your links before you post. It should help you avoid these problems in the future.
(parent)| theantimodel @ August 30 2003, 21:42:15 UTC |
hey do you think you could add a link to this? It would certainly make this easier to follow.
(parent)| zorb @ August 30 2003, 21:45:28 UTC |
Oh DUH. I saw Narcissa's post before any of the replies came and went, "Wha?"
*smacks forehead*
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tymbrimi @ August 30 2003, 22:14:40 UTC |
When I read Narcissa's post, my first thought was "a princess died?? huh??" and my mother asked me what on earth I was talking about. Of course then I realised (omg NA impresses me more every day...) and said "Nevermind."
Just seconds later on the tv a show came on. "Diana: the day she died" and now my mother thinks I'm psychic :D
| saffronlie @ August 31 2003, 00:10:05 UTC |
Okay, this has *got* to be the crowning moment for Angsty August. Just go and make us dredge up our own memories of August 30, as if we weren't sad enough. Great incorporation of the event, though. :::sniffle:::
(parent)| lazy_daze @ August 31 2003, 00:58:27 UTC |
Omg. I was ten years old when it happens. Ten! And I still remember it like woah.
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Anonymous @ August 31 2003, 11:11:28 UTC |
You really don't want to know how old I was then.
- Your Little T00b from Sactown
| musesong @ August 31 2003, 01:35:05 UTC |
Really to be hoped that any HP writing set in 1997 would acknowledge such an event and the way in which London and indeed the whole of Britain was transformed overnight. That the entire country was in mourning is hard to miss even for most insular of wizardkind plus of course we know that at higher levels of government there is co-operation between the communities.
In this case linking with muggle news the players timing was slightly off. One of the problems with LJ comments being in PST so there is an 8 hour slippage from GMT or in this case British Summertime. I was lucky to find this site as my character was the one to 'break the news' in another forum.
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Anonymous @ August 31 2003, 07:10:38 UTC |
Timestamping on the comments is not something that should be paid attention to on NA, something that was pointed out to us several months ago during the NA/NrAged chat.
(parent)| kat99999 @ August 31 2003, 02:27:16 UTC |
Wah, that brings back memories. *sniffles* Most depressing time EVER, reading it on NA again made me a bit w00by. And like 
lazy_daze, I was only eleven years old. That was ages ago, and it doesn't seem like it. Weeeird.
| kat99999 @ August 31 2003, 06:39:54 UTC |
We are ickle w00bies, lmao. *hangs back with you on the Youth Sofa*
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jacay @ August 31 2003, 10:15:45 UTC |
Woah. I remember that and I was, like, seven, man. I went and said to my dad, "AAaahekdjosejjsg! Princess Diana diiiied!" Of course, he already knew. And of course, I didn't even know who Princess Diana even was.
Maybe the NA players have a "This Day in History" sort of thing bookmarked somewhere.
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fealindale @ August 31 2003, 20:10:59 UTC |
I was seven, too-Major Youth Couch. And no, neither did I, but everyone was so sad.
| puddingcat @ August 31 2003, 12:59:20 UTC |
I had to drive back to Manchester from Hertfordshire that day. The traffic was appalling & every single radio station had nothing but tragic commentary.
I'd forgotten it was the anniversary today.
| luna_lg @ September 1 2003, 15:24:37 UTC |
...Oh...my...god...
I was 15 and just entering my sophomore year when I heard about Diana's death. I was stunned. Just...stunned... I hardly knew her, yet...yet... *wibbles* It was horrible!!! *bawls all over again*