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CalBruin
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 		strange flyer
discovered a new flyer but is it from Elsewhere or just random fluff
I came across this

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http://web.me.com/smross314/personal/Blog/Entries/2009/8/10_Entry_1.html

Sunday.

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Everfalling
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i'm not completely sure what to make of these essays. they very much center around self expression amidst a dizzying corporate urban landscape.

One of the things that struck me was the idea of The Banals. she mentions it twice:, first in the Cool Factory essay and again in the Threads essay (along with how Banal's might have an affinity for Art History). She seems to think that subcultures originally formed to break the mold of convention but now these subcultures are being harnessed by the powers that be to shove consumption down our throats (as all 'cool' things wind up doing). the result might be a new subculture that has cycled back onto the very thing that movements like punk and goth and hip hop were trying to get away from. the saying 'be an individual like everyone else' comes to mind. awash in the noisy sea of alternative styles that have devolved into their own kind of uniforms it might be a subculture in itself to go back to the nondescript Banal.

so that makes me wonder: is our nonchalant movement forwarded by the EPWA a good one? Sure, The Fool represents nonchalance but this doesn't mean that off-the-wall kooky clothing and behavior fits the character.

Nonchalance is defined as "the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern". wouldn't this aptly describe The Banal? The everyday Joe, walking down the street, taking in the sights but not really interacting with it? The man who calmly, and without fan-fair, experiences the world around him?

I think the EPWA might be interpreting nonchalance as Doug Funny's techno-saavy, ADHD, skater friend Skeeter as opposed to Archie's laid back, food loving, calm and collected friend Jughead. Both fools in their own right, but one might be considered, per the general definition, far more 'nonchalant' than the other.



This might be seen as a transformation on Eva's part. She's growing into her own way and taking her self expression to a new level above what has been considered as the norm for self expression. 'A return to form' and 'a resurgence of the Lost Tribe' might be taking back the culture that has been subverted by the subculture by returning to a simpler and more intimate time. Perhaps she isn't missing, but merely left, to seperate herself from her child-hood ideas and back into what she once despised: the banal and the mundane.

To further illustrate this theory notice how chronologically the essays go: 'Beautiful Crimes' > 'Threads' > 'Cool Factory'. So what happened 22 years ago between August and September to cause this drastic change in thinking?

Or i'm completely off and i'm grasping at straws. whatever. just a thought Razz

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:11 am
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Everfalling
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 		Re: strange flyer
discovered a new flyer but is it from Elsewhere or just random fluff
CalBruin wrote:
I came across this

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http://web.me.com/smross314/personal/Blog/Entries/2009/8/10_Entry_1.html

Sunday.


yeah i came across that a few months ago as well. i think it's just run-of-the-mill ranting as it lacks any real tie-in with the current story.
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Everfalling
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 		a new blog entry:

http://rememberingeva.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/evas-journal/

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Also i just saw something interesting. Eva described the core energy behind social and political movements through destruction as "Pop Essence"

i was just looking through the jejune website for any updates and i came across this page: http://jejuneinstitute.org/prodserv.htm with this paragraph:

Quote:

Acquisition and use of these products are all part of a comprehensive program designed for interpersonal embetterment; The Jejune Method. This method addresses the subject on all scales; microscopic to macroscopic. On the macroscopic side, these products encourage general deconstruction of social modulation, resulting in a heightened probability for civic mutation.

...


What then are the best strategies for this civic mutation? We've delved deeply into audiovisual fusion, semiotic and historic reconstruction, interference of cultural communique, remanufacturing atomic discontent, and all manner of what have you. Clearly the most effective method we've found to date is through the conductivity of Juvenescence. All personal expression contains an almost metaphysical nucleus, and if this nucleus is isolated and exposed to light of day, the health and reproductivity of the surrounding elements can be astounding. Not to mention the cognitive effects it can have on exposed human subjects. Through the Jejune Method we have the opportunity to stabilize the species.


and a picture with this caption:

Quote:
Juvenescence, or 'Pop Conductivity' (Artists Rendering).


And now that i read Eva's Journal she speaks of humanity as cells in a larger living thing.

something is going on here. How did Octavio pick up on all these ideas that Eva was considering?

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crumblydonut
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 		Vanish
Nice writing, Everfalling.

I think you hit the nail on the head.

The notebook pages are interesting, but the last sentence hit me like a sledgehammer:

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"Somebody infuse some spontaneity and play into this work-a-day world before I just....vanish altogether"


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That, combined with her essay pages describing where and how to to tag, or poster, plus her screed in the essays and this notebook about advertising, leads me to think that we NEED to start tagging, or more likely, postering. Its entirely possible that the directors of this ARG were inspired by BriareosH's giant Notary Dream and his giant Alert posters.
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CalBruin
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 		Jejune Institute at ARG Fest
Warning: The following is an out-of-game reference about the Jejune Institute.

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I was catching up on some podcasts, and ARGNetcast made mention that the people who are running the Jejune ARG were there and gave a wonderful walk-through presentation of Act I. Although some may find it a spoiler especially if they wanted to play, but one of the podcast co-host indicated that they still want to play still even though they know everything.

Check out the http://www.argnetcast.com/2009/08/arg-netcast-episode-98-everybody-is-pregnant-with-robobabies/. They mention Jejune in the early section when talking about ARG Fest 2009.

There was hint that something great coming in the works.


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CalBruin
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 		 Missing text
Everfalling wrote:
yeah i got that text too. it's about time :3



There was a text message sent?

Bugger!
My mobile is out of service.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:37 pm
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crumblydonut
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 		Meta
I had some odd thoughts during lunch.

I'm about to go meta all over you:

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Eva implores "Somebody to infuse some spontaniety and play into this work-a-day world". Well, what better example of this "spontineity and play" than this ARG? Or within the game, the impetus of The Jejune Institute? What if the person behind the curtain of Octavius Coleman is in fact Eva? Lacking spontienty and play in the world around her, she disappeared, only to reappear, veiled, puppet mastering the Jejunes to unwillingly (or not), unwitingly (or not), point inductees towards non-chalance and the EPWA. Perhaps she conjured the JI from whole cloth. Perhaps she partnered with Coleman from the outset. Or perhaps she's tricked OC and the goondroids: as both OC and his minions seem to be thick in the head to begin with (they have not cleaned their teeth at the induction center for months!).

I have some ideas for some postings. Send me an email to continue off board. crumblydonutSPLATyahoo.com


Moderator: Feel free to move this post to the meta board.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:07 pm
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organelle
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 		Passive Reception Must Cease
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Prior to certain recent unchalant experiences which have rendered me temporarily [text error], I foresaw certain developments 9-resist all patents!-9 which had the following components and others which I here exclude. Be assured that I have been acting upon these to the best of my [isolated instantiation] ability...

1. We can contact [NZOUC] ::ourselves:: - indirectly, we are succeeding without knowing this.

2. We must cease/transform the passive:receptive stance toward JI and EPWA (more on this privately to //those who understand//).

3. Time = !

x. [conception] [pregnancy] [birth].

4. Together reclaim the [temporal locale/area] for Nonchalants everywhere.

5. This may involve [optimizing/activating] our ability to communicate adeptly in our [living network outside of the machine].

incogntito ergo abeo

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 		 Whew!
Finally caught up! Can't believe I've missed the fun up till now. New to this ARG but officially on board as of this moment.

Just sayin hi.

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CaptKing
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 		Hey there bocca, glad you're on board.

Unfortunately, as you can tell, we are in a holding pattern right now, until the directors are ready.

Turns out they were at ARGfest-o-con giving out some samples of polywater and talking at some panels. This means things might be picking up soon.

Hopefully you can take part in the next act, because it has all just begun Smile
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tungsten
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 		Kelvin.

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j.carrie.s
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 		Kelvin.
who and why?
i haven't been into all this as long as most of you have (it seems). ...and i haven't really read any of the previous forum up until the time that i joined, so i'm curious about this Kelvin and if and why i should be following his blog? are we to gain valuable information from this person for any reason?? i've checked out the past couple of entries due to activity mentioned here, but i think many of you are looking into/thinking about his postings way more than i am... so... ???

also, it seems that many of you have thought about this entire thing way more than i have.... but i wasn't here from the get-go.... hmm

also, organelle-- your words are bewildering! Locky!
(and that emoticon doesn't make much sense.... or does it (not) ?

thanks
c

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Everfalling
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 		@j.carrie.s

Kelvin is a guy who has become kind of obsessed with Eva. they used to be friends, though he wasn't so close to get to be part of the savants, and created the blog in memory of her and uses it to piece together what he remembers of her and what her life was like and what might have happened to her. slowly he's been coming in contact with the people she knew and has basically become a link to the past for us trying to figure out who Eva was. how she fits into all this, and how she might have disappeared.
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CaptKing
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 		@j.carrie.s

Also, he was introduced to us via the 3ls3wh3r3 login page. He was one of the many cards posted there. That is how we know he is in game.
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