Ara the Rat

[bell-the-cat]

Re: Ara the Rat

Hah, wasn't she Keegam's long-distance girlfriend? I wonder if they're still together.

I don't think so, or, anyway, I don't remember that. Weren't were three women who were best friends there until for some reason two became best enemies of the other one and turned on her (but I had left by then). I think maybe Lily was the victim. One, (whitelotus?), was studying ballet, I remember that.

[bell-the-cat]

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hohum .... what relic of a long gone website is under this stone!

http://web.archive.org/web/20021124052443/http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/4359?achk=1

So many arguments and passions, all of it in the end meaningless and lost forever.

My name is not there - never posted there.

And there was also much drama here http://www.network54.com/Forum/84302/ - it is mostly dead now but go back 300 or 400 or 500 pages.

Forgotten drama http://www.network54.com/Forum/84302...o+hide+anymore - nobody cares anymore!


And there was some other place called Armenian Cafe that no longer exists.

[bell-the-cat]

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And there was some other place called Armenian Cafe that no longer exists.

It still lives - almost.

http://www.network54.com/Forum/149359/

[bell-the-cat]

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But why on earth would anyone decide to censor the name of such a minor website? There is a back story there somewhere, I bet.

http://web.archive.org/web/20040806213909/http://www.xxxxxxxxxx.com/forum/

"The newest registered user is siggie" Siggie?

[bell-the-cat]

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And another one.

TURKISH ARMENIAN Communication Forum

http://www.network54.com/Forum/13181/

[TomServo]

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I believe MakoorMeghoo was the g/f. I vaguely remember something about the girls' falling out but it's all a blur.

And I had forgotten that Ara Baliozian had his own corner at G'tiloz! I never posted on those dreadful Network54 things, bell, but I'd come across them before. ThornyRose also ran one called "Non-Turkish Crimes Against Humanity."

Anyway, Siamanto used to post on some of those discussion boards and always had bad things to say about most of its members. I remember when he accused Sip of being an administrator on ThornyRose's forum back in 2007 only for Sip to point out that it was a mirror of HaiForum. See here http://forum.hyeclub.com/showthread....l=1#post179630 and here: http://forum.hyeclub.com/showthread....l=1#post179653

[Sip]

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Oh man that Siamanto was such a trip! I remember this HUGE fiasco that ensued when I referred to Siamanto as a "he". I still don't know what that was about ... apparently you aren't supposed to assume that a "Siamanto" is necessarily a "he". S/He was also quite enraged for something I had said about computers. Don't remember what that was though but man was there a LOT of anger towards me for some reason. Ahhhh the good old days of the pre-facebook internets.

[bell-the-cat]

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Oh man that Siamanto was such a trip! I remember this HUGE fiasco that ensued when I referred to Siamanto as a "he". I still don't know what that was about ... apparently you aren't supposed to assume that a "Siamanto" is necessarily a "he". S/He was also quite enraged for something I had said about computers. Don't remember what that was though but man was there a LOT of anger towards me for some reason. Ahhhh the good old days of the pre-facebook internets.

Siamanto seemed to be always enraged about something or other. His/her day was not complete without a good enragement. Though nobody did a full-blown, always on, 365-day-a-year enragement quite like Hellektor

Say what you like (as in cesspits full of hate, vendettas, and petty disputes) about those old network54-type pre-"invision board-type" message boards, at least they were full of life. Here, about all we have nowadays is a never ending thread with pictures of weapons. But I think that what both lots have in common is their complete longterm pointlessness. When this place gets deleted, as it eventually will, what things of value will be lost? And would that realisation stop all the futile enragements? Probably not. For every banned Siamanto another quickly appears.

What is this facebook of what you speak? Links to anything armenia-related on it that is of more importance than a diary or scrapbook?

....though here is one I found last night: https://www.facebook.com/BirZamanlar...rVardiHalaVar/

[TomServo]

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bell, I used to have that Facebook page "liked" so it would show up in my news feed but it got to be too depressing after a while. I don't know how could go wandering about those parts of Turkey without ending up dejected.

This page might be useful to you but it's mostly in Armenian: https://www.facebook.com/digilib. It's the American University of Armenia's Digital Library of Classical Armenian Literature, which has its own site at http://www.digilib.am. They post pictures and links to various articles of interest.

[TomServo]

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Article on The Artist formerly known as Gogortiloz.

http://brownbook.me/ara-the-what/