glad you're doing ok but why'd you panic in the first place? if it's about the job, it's still too early. don't worry yeti, you'll be fine. just believe in yourself. you're a very smart person, I'm sure you could handle pretty much any job!

Well, I panicked but it diminished, thanks to family's support and ash's consolation reminding me I'm excessively pessimistic in predictions.
Salary isn't of that much concern to me, requiring little of material value beyond the modern subsistence costs, and I tend to make the best of menial jobs by devising tools to take care of repetition where possible.

oh yep same thing everywhere! don't worry much, you'll have the chance to prove yourself (this might mean you'll have to work at shitty jobs or with a shitty salary for a start.) but you'll be ok! I've got faith in you! fingers crossed!

Moreover, am nervous whether I'll receive an opportunity to prove myself, due to catch 22 type demands and networking based recruitment.

Not much outside of it. My social life is limited to correspondences with ash, who has been relatively okay or at least preoccupied with her kittens. The rest of the household has seen no major change.

nice! so, apart from that, how are things?

Hello.
Some progress along the way, but the hunt entered a more active phase today. There was a certain educational project I wished to complete first, and it took 2wks instead of one, along with the usual diversions.

hey! how are you Yeti?

Hello.

I don't pay attention to the news often, but I did notice greece was mentioned the other day; wished to inquire whether you're alright.

From what I can tell, devil's dictionary is to the dictionary of obscure sorrows as hitchhiker's guide is to star trek (or nasa). It's more akin to adams' meaning of liff, dressed in a monkey suit & monocle, crashing a party for the upper class dictionaries, hobnobbing with them through spreading gossip and obscure references.

What is it that you find most enticing about each of these favourite locations?
Personally I'm more a rivendell sort of fellow.

Is this dictionary anything like the dictionary of obscure sorrows? Because I enjoyed that one!
Oh! I can think of numerous fictional places, from literature, known space, dr who, hitchhikers... I remember some places from games I've played, probably can't remember any names.. Lol I only remember Kashyyyk because it sounded really funny to me.. (sounds like something really dirty.)
I've tried AP once or twice. Really enjoyed it but I started having weird questions I can't explain right now(I'll try to explain when I have more time)...

Fire is a problem when you don't have water or with imbeciles and arseholes. Humans fail in both these areas.
Besides, in the words of gandalf, "Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.".
Indeed, that's the spelling (or wookiee planet c), and an interesting detail to recall by one who attests to memory loss.
Which planets would you prefer to visit first, in that case?
Now that you mention it, I think antigone was probably one of the first works we had (other than poems), and the analysis I gave for that was the cause for her calling me out for every new work, prolly since it brought up some underlying points of logic or tools or summat which were later discussed, whereas the rest of the class didn't really connect with it. In any case, the details were forgotten by now as most of my studies, existing as dreams and notebooks.
Never put much stock in numerology meself. Were I to decipher anything, it'd be messages from people I care about. And it would be of atypical grammar or spelling varieties.
I don't feel much need for religion to tell me stuff when I have a second hand istar and great banana to do the same.

By the way, check out ambrose bierce's devil's dictionary (if you have any spare reading time) - it's the ultimate guide for grandiloquence and sarcasm.

Thanks!
About evolution, I thought it was the other way around. I imagine that hairy creatures and fire don't mix well.
Lol if I ever go to Kashyyyk (is this how it's spelled?) I'll make sure to hug one of them, although I'll have to be carefull not to lose any hands!!!
Hahah i'd like to hear your evil scientific approach of antigone!
Once I spent 4 days trying to find any connection between pythagorean numerology and tragedies.. I can't say I had any success!
Not being sure about the truth of my religion, I started reading about other religions and tried to see the similarities and differences. After a year of reading, I was more confused than before. Still not sure about anything regarding religions, but I decided that I'm happy the way I am, so it doesn't really matter what's truth and what's not.

Here you go:
https://rewordify.com/

Click on words for definition.

Oh god, your shouts are a pain in the arse! I think I'll need to install a translator. My English are failing me..

Indeed; had evolution not constantly fallen asleep on the job (and who can blame it, given its meagre salary and vast quantity of unpaid overtime) we'd all be wookiees rather than glabrescent (ety: latin) trolls. You should hug one if ever granted passage through the fictional multiverse.

Oh, tragedy lessons - how marvellously specific. Ours were christened literature, and save for antigone, the only tragic things about them were my analyses and grades, betimes complemented with a greek chorus (perchance in my head, but isn't that how they work anyway?). For some reason my teacher wouldn't abandon her quest to sway me off my evil scientific approach.
Do you mean to say you seek knowledge of religions in general? A scholar of sorts? Or is that merely to deepen the verisimilitude / realism of your assumed identities?

Oh! So, Chewy was created in your image? Nice! I like him!
I like to think that my mind has a mind of it's own. Chose to forget without my permission! But I can't complain, it's nice being me. I like it.
I had some tragedy lessons in school, and also religious education (which in reality was just learning about orthodoxy!) I had to search on my own to learn the things I needed, and still I think I don't know enough about some religions and esoterism.

It's a little worse, actually. I can't quite form coherent sentences in speech. I'd often either have a translator (someone who knows my speech patterns and the topic to guesstimate my thoughts), or reduce to single words.

The air of mystery may have to live on, as I've avoided appearing in photographs for many years. Notwithstanding, you may think of this handsome creature as being modelled after me (with some serious cinematic adaptation):
http://paintingandframe.com/uploadpic/michael_g...
If your physics teachers look like that, they might be cousins of the abominable snowman that is I.
Ho, we've only had such numbers in eschewed optional courses (other than myself, sometimes they were easier to pass). Suppose either your universities have propagated quite wildly, or fewer students of physics?

Hmm, that's a fascinating way to put it. "Only remnant from childhood"? Have you lost these memories, or abandoned them?

It would be nice, but these aren't always the voices I care to recall. Alack, my cats' don't register at all.

Nevertheless, I think the cryptographic authentication process was a success - each party knows that the other party knows who they are. :)

Uh, I thought that was the last sentence. Would you please quote the unclear one, then?

Say, have you had any classes in greek mythology during school years? Or christian bible studies?

*Latin

Well, it's a good thing I suppose, that you don't speak the way you write! If you spoke the same way, I'd need a translator!
Greek letters in math are not convenient for us either. Because they're mixed with English and it makes it even harder.
Hahah, now I'm curious to see how you look! In my mind you must be like a typical Physics teacher, don't know why, they are the ones with the unique looks!
Well, over here, some universities are so small that you know everyone by name. Depends on what you study. In my year, we were about 18 persons. But still, that doesn't mean that professors call everyone by name.
It's not a condition. More like psychological reasons. I sometimes mute or blur people when I really don't like what I hear! Hahah, probably the only remnant from childhood!
It must be nice to be able to recall voices so clearly! I'm always impressed by people that are able to have clear images, sounds smells etc in their minds! Everyones mind works differently, partly depending on the use of their senses.
Oh, I saw the mail and answered not being sure whether it was you or not! 😀
You didn't rephrase the sentence I didn't understand.

Indeed, he knows I'm pretty good at it, but I'm fairly mediocre in speech, all around, so it doesn't quite live up to expectations.

I notice greek roots - grandfather would say knowing them is one easy way of expanding vocabulary, or something to that effect, given their ubiquity in scientific circles (though the letters made math kind of nightmarish - an instrument of torture in the hands of sadists!).
Sorry if it seemed like I was suggesting you have prosopagnosia. Just a random remark, as I'm predisposed to broaching.
I think you'd probably remember both my long hair AND hobo beard! And it would scar your neurons forever.
"Mental imaging" works in that context.

How quaint that your professor knew you by name, and noticed whether you were paying attention. Must be master or doctorate level studies, or your schools differ quite a bit.
I'm uncertain of the nature of this phenomenon - do you mean to say, your vision is physically blurred in the center (like a blind spot acting as peripheral vision), that you were staring inattentively (ie zoning out), or are you referring to crossed eyes perchance?

About voices? I meant that I probably remember them better than faces in some cases - trying to recall a face usually results in a vague and static image at best, but when recalling voices they're more dynamic, able to imagine them saying random utterances.

Mailed it. Nevertheless, I don't really mind whether communication's through mail or here. I always assume online exchanges are public and permanent, mail's slightly more convenient since helpcom doesn't have its own image server.

Hey, we could talk via email. Here's mine: elianna.manol@gmail.com

*from you

Your father would be proud! You seem to be able to manipulate the English language like no other!!!
I'm aware of prosopagnosia (btw it's a greek word!), but that's not my case. When I see you, I fully recognize you, but if you're not in front of me, I can't picture you in my mind. I only keep 1 or 2 characteristics form you, like your hair or beard. It's probably a combination of poor mental image (is this how it's called? It seems hard for me to form any kind of images in my head), and something else I'll try to explain with an example, as my English are failing me(not only) here.
I had this professor a few years ago, he often told me "elianna, look at me" and I said "I am looking at you, am I avoiding eye contact?" And he said, "no, you're looking straight at my eyes, but you don't really see me". He was right. I seem to blur things (especially people) in front of me. Don't know why. (Or maybe I do).
Your last sentence doesn't make any sense to me. Could you please rephrase?

Well, "eccentric" or "quirky" would be my first choice, however I suppose "funny" is as good a synonym as any.
Now that you mention it, some bugs do have a collective female gender - ants (reasonable, on account of their hierarchy), bees, wasps, worms, dragonflies, beetles. No it. I tried to look up the etymology, but it's probably not available if documented at all. Mayhap it's a bit stereotypical, but I'd say greeks have more scholastic roots and a bit more historical consistency than heb, linguistically. My grandfather's probably turning in his grave, both for my ignorance and disinterest. He was a professor of the native language and fluid mathematics.

Huh, guess my estimate was slightly modest. You're more like the grecian sherlock holmes, although the surreptitious part of the job description remains to be seen.
Did you know there's a condition wherein one is unable to recall faces? Prosopagnosia, or face blindness - seen a documentary once. They use clothing styles to recognise their friends.
I avoid eye contact, but oddly I could recall the faces of people with whom I'd worked from glances, better than from images which I'd concentrated on memorising (erst gf), and unfortunately my cats. I think I recall these colleagues' voices even better - I'm roughly able to manipulate it to express a few of your sentences, maugre rarely hearing their english if at all.

Hahah! You're so funny!
I won't tell anyone, don't worry!
Most of the monkeys are female, same for birds and I can't think of any bug being a male, except ant and worm being an "it". Oh, and animal is "it". We also sometimes add a letter or have another word, but they almost all have by default one of the genders. It's very interesting. I'll start searching about this.
Looking at someones physiognomy can tell you too many things, I sometimes like to do this with people, and it surprises me how accurate sometimes I am. It's a little bit overwhelming, I see too many details other people miss (in expressions mostly) that, I don't know when or why, I decided not to look really closely to people. I guess I'm trying not to fit people in boxes, I find this terrible, but lately I've realized that I don't even remember peoples faces if they're not in frond of me. Ghhh I don't know if I'm making any sense!
Yes, you're right about the last one.

Hum, that's quite accurate. I mean, technically I'm merely an ancient relic, but I do partake in exploring, chronicling and cataloguing bygone times more than recent trends. And a little time travel on the side, but don't tell the hooded blokes, they get all tensed up about it.
Nay, politics is based on deception to accumulate power. I prefer the truth or fantastic prevarication.
Here, door is female, chair male, mammals always have two forms (some adding a letter, some have two different names), other animals (fish / bugs) male, though the noun "animal" is female.
We moved here when the settlement had been established, I don't think there were many back then, and mother discouraged any interaction. Besides, I didn't really conduct a survey of such details amongst the youths, as they would shy away from attention then.
Being able to tell from physiognomy / countenance is an impressive skill, methinks.
It's reasonable that you wouldn't know of others - where and why would they advertise it, other than in personal exchange? Notwithstanding, their absence is notable for the seeker.

Oh my! Sorry I've failed to answer you, all these days. I had read your shout but forgot I didn't answer.
Sounds like an interesting game! So, yes, you can call ne a detective, after all that's why I use the internet. I like to search things much more than other people do and end up with a bunch of useless information that I don't know what to do with!
I'll call you an archaeologist! Yep. You've studied history and archaeology and that's why you speak so complicated. (Except if you're a politician!:)
Well, most of our words have gender but I don't think they're mostly male. Door, chair, shrimps, bear, turtle, greenhopper, duck, chicken and much much more they're all female.
My god, having so many cats here, I can't even imagine there are people who can't tell their gender. I can understand their gender just by looking at their face!
Don't do social media either. I'm the only person I know off that never had fb or twitter or any social media.

Oh! You didn't upset me at all! I'll come back to respond to you later, when I find some time.

Sorry, didn't mean to upset you (if that's accurate).
I never quite learned that lesson. Am pretty good at finding alternate roots ("thinking outside the box"), but not at accepting failure. For example, knew I had to complete my studies and go on since I'd already set out on that path, so I just kept on crawling through it, expecting to fail every day.
You're not alone in bafflement. I probably have a unique manner of thinking yet the process of conveying these thoughts is broken, lamentably. In general, it's not that important beyond the gist, but I can try to explain differently as requested (mostly with more obscure allegories / juxtapositions).
It's just one of the random games I play(ed) with friends on occasion - pretending they have some superpower or unique job, completely independent of reality.
Same thing in my native language, people default to calling a stranger cat female; rather peculiar when every noun has a gender and defaults to male, even a mixed plural, but that's the street vernacular. I'm sorta hard wired to detect and be chafed by slang, so this bleeps the radar.
Funny story actually - being inexperienced with felines, we'd flipped the genders in assumption, so the names had a few variations along the way till the vet confirmed it... she's still called remi since it doesn't sound too masculine (mayhap moreso to a frenchman).
Well, I might not be a very good fit for the current generation either, due to refusing all forms of social media and smartphones. The internet to me is for the sake of exploration, where reality has closed its doors (or appears to lack depth). Where others may ask their friends questions (like lotr in-universe fridge logic), I utilise search engines to listen in on other people's conversations.
I appreciate the consolation, but even past mistakes need be atoned.

(God, I hope your cats name is not tobby!)

Well, it was a big lesson for me to learn when to quit something. To know when it's time to give up and leave from places I don't know why I'm there, or places that have nothing to offer.
Your way of talking is quite complex for me. I seem to understand the words, but not quite sure I understand the meaning.
I'm not a detective, not sure why you keep telling me this! :) You might think I've searched about your cat and called her a "she", but truth is it was just a mistake because in my language, every cat is a she! It's something like "she's my cat, his name is Tobby". Same goes for dogs, they're always a "he".
You seem like a very interesting guy. The Internet generation always amazes me because I'm the exact opposite. Even though I grew up in the same generation, I don't really belong there.
I've no idea what you were in the old forum, what matters is what you are now. And now you seem fine to me.

What a peculiar compromise. Accumulating the first subscribers is arguably the greatest challenge, as this little abode testifies (beyond some point there's an "event horizon" wherein popularity feeds itself); starting over seems more detrimental to reputation than forking.

A word of caution, when you ask a guy to talk about himself you will live to regret it!
You probably already know this since you're a master sleuth and all, but in my case there's not much to say (beyond listed interests). In a sentence, I try to be the best nobody I can be. Loathe the limelight but somehow tend to end up outside the circle's rims. Pushed towards higher math studies as a kid, so somewhat lacking initial social skills were left further behind. Was okay at math, but preferred programming once learning about that; unfortunately below average in that field, therefore struggled with the path. Probably amongst the first of the "internet" generation, at least around these backwaters, cultured by memes and video games. Was essentially a spoiled brat on the old site. Haven't really achieved aught and wouldn't speak of it if I had.

Well, not exactly. It became time consuming and I had no time to spare. So we stopped. But he wanted to continue uploading. His ideas were nothing like mine. We had quite a few subbers and I proposed that we could upload a video saying he would continue on another channel. He didn't agree. After a few conversations we agreed that non of us would use the channels name, it would get deleted and non of us would use the videos.
Anyways, I'll check the site you gave me when I find some time, and I'll see what I can do.
Oh! You're a mathematician! Nice!
I get the feeling we're only talking about me. Tell me more about yourself.

Pardon me for being so forthright, but have you and your claymate had a falling out?
Whilst it's true that effort might not be as appreciated by the observer as much as the creator especially in certain aspects, I believe in excelling for the sake of symbolism and substance. It's quite a difference to overcome, when people demand quantity or disregard subtlety, but I think the challenges teach skill more profoundly, which may translate in part to speed as well (mayhap not as much as omission).
Well, privnote.com has been offering browser encrypted, password protected and self destructing notes for many years; could use that in order to generate one mutual password (confirmed publicly), with which to encrypt other correspondences such as private links. Sorry if it seems silly, as a mathematician I think it's an elegant process.
Ah, you're too kind, ma'am. I prefer to let people make the mistakes along the path they wish to take, offer experience where relevant.

Yes, they were hard to make. And my partner always complained that I wanted difficult sceneries. Once we made a part of a town, a cliff and a small village just for a 5 minute video.
We had them on yt but have deleted the channel, I may find a way to send you some, I don't want to upload any of them, since I don't work with my partner any more, but I'll find the way.
Hm I thought it was an advice. A good advice. You're a wise man mr Yeti. :) I've official made you my go-to guy!

Sounds like these would be quite the intricate scripts. Have you posted any of the footage, or shown it to your friends and family and random strangers in the street ("Excuse me sir, can you spare a moment to talk about claymation?")?
What kind of other materials do you mean?

Yeah, you should write it down. I've been documenting random project ideas for years, it's really nice organising all the required steps, or tiny dialogue bits, and expanding on them occasionally (though low percentage of actively pursuing / coding them, it'd be even more difficult without any notes). Less time consuming than one would presume - otherwise I'd be distracted for the day trying to put it off.

There wasn't any moral / objective to the anecdote, if that's what baffled you. Just prone to exorbitant rambling, elderly yeti that I am.

Who tf is Clay Aiden! What a waste of a nice word..
I made short, thought provoking stories. My characters were self aware, sometimes I'd make them built other things from clay. Once I made a "behind the scenes" as if they were alive. Sometimes it would take a few hours to complete the shooting and the editing, sometimes it would take several days.
A new idea popped in my mind yesterday, I've been trying to avoid it, but I'm unwillingly working on this in my mind. Hmm Maybe I should write it down.
I'm not sure I understood correctly the last thing you said.

Forsooth, claymate should be the proper slang term in this case, rather than what urban dictionary currently thinks it is.
What were the stories' genres, in general - I suppose it ? Did your claymate quit too? I read it's in the vicinity of an hour for a minute of footage, did you make short clips or full length features?

Aye, back in the old help days I'd usually respond ignorantly according to general impression; now I try to use the ideas posed in questions to get slightly acquainted with new concepts.

I know, he made my avatar.
I thought we were the only ones who called them claymation! Good to know. I designed the plot and my clay-mate(I suppose that's not how you call them!) made the figurines. After that, we would work together.
I actually had to Google "types of tabby cats" because I didn't remember.
Thank you.:)

Oh, al creates a variety of these for avatars, as you know - blinking, movement, scintillation effects. I'm not entirely sure what may look best, but I have the right base images now, in terms of meaning.
Claymation, huh. Did you shape the figurines yourself, or design the plot? I'd imagine it's quite difficult. My artistic hobbies oft had the convenience of being relatively simple to pick up or stop at the drop of a hat, and there was a plethora of moments to spare.
I think you're an undercover detective. Yep, that's gotta be the most reasonable line of work for you.
Hum, didn't knew that was the pattern's name. Cool beans.
She's resting and sometimes disapproves of embracing, but I've conveyed your regards. She said "rrra" or summat.
Sorry for your loss.

Yep, fingers crossed.
What kind of animation? I used to make clay animation and puppets (stop motion). Now I've got no time.
Btw, I used to have a mackerel tabby cat, just like yours! The photo brings back nice memories! Give her a hug from me!

Nay, I try to familiarise with anything (specifically bonds) that friends may find enjoyable, but don't consider myself anybody's go to guy in general. Was just formulating a possible animation, so naturally recalled him.

Thanks for checking up on him. Fingers crossed for his swift recovery.

He said he will be returning in the short future and that he's addressing some personal health issues and relocation plans.