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Help Compiling Notes (think of it as a game)

Hi!

I'm putting together a notebook of observations I've made about something I call "the Intrinsic Way".  Essentially, I'm studying the ways of the small shiny object of no intrinsic value, or Shiny Thing, to see if it has any wisdom to impart.  It doesn't, really, but that's not going to stop me.

Unfortunately, my notes keep flying away on the wind!  Or something!  Maybe it's bandits...  In any case, when I get home to put them into my notebook, they're not in my inventory anymore!  If you find them, could you help me by putting them here?  They're numbered to make this easy.

If we think of this as kind of a game, I'm sure it'll actually be rather fun.

Thanks!

Posted 8 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Some clues.  I remember travelling in the following regions in the last few days:

    Jathrimadh Tower
    Ix
    Uralia
    Chakra Phool
    Arrana
    and
    Xalanga
    Posted 8 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I found one in Cebarkul near the Dullite about a day ago. Didn't pick it up, though.
    Posted 8 months ago by I Love You TS Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nice!  Maybe someone else found it.  You don't need to pick them up, though.  Just copy the text into this forum.  That will work well enough!  Thank you!
    Posted 8 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Why does this remind me of MIckey's Playhouse?  In my niece's favorite episode, Minnie's calendar pages get blown away by the wind, so the Mouse-keteers have to hunt them down and put them in the right order.  And now I have the "Days of the Week" song stuck in my head!  Thanks, Carl!
    Posted 8 months ago by Peacefulness Subscriber! | Permalink
  • When a song gets stuck in my head, I just sing Birdhouse In Your Soul to myself.  It can replace anything!
    Posted 8 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hrm.... not to be a downer, but if these have been sitting out in the world for a day or more, than someone likely cleaned up several of them.  I just did a sweep of Uralia and Ix, and I didn't find anything.  The note sweepers can be annoyingly thorough....
    Posted 8 months ago by Grem Sketch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah, I'm aware of that.  Makes it sort of a challenge!   (I intend to continue to be careless with my notes...)

    Thank you for trying to participate, though!
    Posted 8 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Perhaps the intrinsic value of a Shiny Thing is being a paper-weight?
    Posted 8 months ago by Ackmena Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ooh, I should try that!  I will let you know what I find out!
    Posted 8 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I found one laying on the ground in Ancestral Lands this morning, I read it and it said something about being up high somewhere, so I thought someone may have picked it up and dropped it in AL.  I'll copy the text in next time I see one....
    Posted 8 months ago by Eleanor Rigby Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sweet!
    Posted 8 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like that you're a little careless with your notes, Carl. And I think that might be part of "The Intrinsic Way of the Small Shiny Object." Oh! I feel enlightenment coming on! Wait for it.... wait for it ....
    Nope, nevermind.  ;-)
    Posted 8 months ago by kastlin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Notes on the Intrinsic Way #6

    This did not happen, but one time I imagined it.

    Two angry Glitchen came to me in an argument.  One of the Glitchen had several plots where he claimed he had been growing wood trees for all to harvest.  The other Glitch claimed that he had a decree from his magic rock that he must kill as many trees as he could, to receive a badge.  The first Glitch claimed that the second one had cut down all of his trees.  The second Glitch bragged that he had done so and that he was not sorry, as the trees were clearly there to be cut down!

    And then they asked me which side I was on.  They asked me to pick a side, so that one of them could be more right than the other.

    So I told them,

    "Talk to the Shiny Thing."

    I do not think that this is the Intrinsic Way, but it was very satisfying!

    Written by Carl Projectorinski
    5:30pm, 30th of Fever
    Posted 8 months ago by MarbhDamhsa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Did you mean Jethimadh? 
    Posted 8 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oops!  Yep.

    Thank you,  MarbhDamhsa, that's awesome!
    Posted 8 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Carl this is wonderful - I will see if I can find any on my travels!
    Posted 8 months ago by Hen vla Ham Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You want it back or can I eat it? My pica has been acting up
    Posted 8 months ago by MarbhDamhsa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • One in the hidden floor in...don't want to spoil it. :P
    Posted 8 months ago by OMG BACON!! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • MarbhDamhsa, once you have copied it here it has been backed up and you may do with the note as you see fit!  Thank you!

    Hen vla Ham, wonderful!  That is so good to hear!

    I have been exploring Ur for more answers lately and made several notes.  But alas, they have all escaped me again!  Perhaps you can find them strewn across Rasana, Salatu and Alakol.
    Posted 8 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Notes on the Intrinsic Way # 7
    found in Palguna Muna

    Is this my Shiny Thing?  There are many like it, but is this one mine?
    Is this Shiny Thing my best friend? Is it my life? Must I master it as I must master my life?

    This Shiny Thing, with or without me, is useless. With or without my Shiny Thing, am I useless? Must I shine this Shiny Thing true? Must I shine harder than my fellow who is trying to outshine me? Must I finish shining my Shiny Thing before he finishes shining his? I don't know...

    There is no verb for this.

    This, I think, is the Intrinsic Way

    This is pretty awesome, Carl. 
    Posted 8 months ago by Tenebrae Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I was wandering through Chamuc Chance tonight when I found a tattered piece of paper dropped on the ground. "What is this?" I wondered. "Did it fall out of some careless Glitch's pocket? Did it blow out of the garbage truck this morning? Or was it placed here, in this spot, specifically for me to find?" My mind was racing as I crouched down to read the note. I didn't want to touch it; the edges appeared to be covered in some plop. 
    ----------------------
    Notes on the Intrinsic Way #8

    If I donate this Shiny Thing, I will gain no favor.  Does this mean also that I will incur no jealousy?

    This, I think, is part of the Intrinsic Way
    ----------------------

    "Hm. Not junk," I thought. "This appears to be a scrap from an important research log. I must return this valuable information to its rightful owner with haste!" As I carefully lifted the page from its place, I noticed the bottom edge was folded under. I turned the paper over and discovered an addendum elegantly scrawled under the fold: Property of Mr. Carl Projectorinski

    (I picked this note up since I found it and pasted it. Was that the right thing to do? If not, I remember where I got it from and can drop it back at the same place.)
    Posted 8 months ago by Crrrystal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Also, very freaking cool "game" idea :D
    Posted 8 months ago by Crrrystal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Excellent!  Thank you, all!  

    In the mean time, I am working on remembering what I wrote down on my first few notes that maybe have been lost for good.  In time I will be able to share them.  Perhaps a few more of those that escaped my grasp today will help jog my memory!
    Posted 8 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have to +1 this :D
    Posted 8 months ago by Captain Daisy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Notes on the Intrinsic Way #13

    What if you could juggle the Shiny Thing?

    There is no verb for this.

    (Found in Dyran Notion)
    Posted 8 months ago by Beefwich Subscriber! | Permalink
  • notes on the intrinsic way #10 in Midtunam tunam

    A: the shiney thing has extinsic value  :

    Does the Shiny Thing lurk or post in the forums?  No.  In this way it seems impossible for a Glitch to be like the Shiny Thing.

    Perhaps this is also part of the Intrinsic Way.

    (if you find this note lying on the ground, it is because it has escaped my grasp -- like so many others! -- please return it by posting the text of it in this forum:  www.glitch.com/forum/genera...; Thank you!)
    Posted 8 months ago by JudkinOnion Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ooh!  JudkinOnion, I don't recall making that observation about extrinsic value, but I do believe that may be true.  I shall incorporate that addendum into my final notebook with credit!
    Posted 8 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Notes on the Intrinsic Way #13

    What if you could juggle the Shiny Thing?

    There is no verb for this.

    Found in Dyran Notion
    Posted 8 months ago by Kaznar Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Notes on the Intrinsic Way #4
    I have abandoned the Intrinsic Way atop this rocky promentory
    In order to see if someone else might pick it up
    Also, I seem to have become bored with it
    This, I think, is the Intrinsic Way
    Posted 8 months ago by Tetrax Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Notes on the Intrinsic Way #12
    I came upon an object in the woods, and left it there for others to find. Nobody ever talked about it, and one day it was gone. I found it hard to care, for I can always make more very stinky cheese.

    This, I think, is the Intrinsic Way.
    Posted 8 months ago by I Love You TS Subscriber! | Permalink