Does New Mexico have more than it's fair share of...um...*unique* individuals? (Albuquerque: transplants, homes)

[GregW]

NCN - Maybe that lack of road signs was trying to tell you to stop and stay a bit.

I (but my wife a lot less so) want to move out of NH. I am tired of semi-dense surburbia and want to see some stars at night. I like looking a long way and not seeing buildings, crowds, traffic and, did I mention, noise. Frustration city around here.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by GregW

NCN - Maybe that lack of road signs was trying to tell you to stop and stay a bit.

I (but my wife a lot less so) want to move out of NH. I am tired of semi-dense surburbia and want to see some stars at night. I like looking a long way and not seeing buildings, crowds, traffic and, did I mention, noise. Frustration city around here.

nothing is quite like the stars at night in NM...

Nita

[catman]

Originally Posted by nmnita

nothing is quite like the stars at night in NM...Nita

You said it. I always bring at least a pair of binoculars when I visit NM. The night skies are outstanding.

[brubaker]

Thanks for all the good advice people.

I can tell a few of ya haven't been out of NM in a long time.
And maybe thats for the best.

At any rate, my questions have been answered, by example if nothing else.

Thanks again,
Peace,

brubaker
(male)

[fnord]

Does anyone know if the documentary OFF THE GRID: Life On The Mesa Trailer is available to purchase anywhere locally? Seeing as it was filmed in what looks like central or southern NM - anyone know exactly where it was filmed? I found it for sale online for $24.99 but I don't shop online. I'm hoping the library in Las Cruces gets a copy.

[Poncho_NM]

This is their web site: Still Point Pictures: Official Site for the film Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa They are an independent film production company. You might be able to get the library to get it.

Still Point Pictures
217 East 22nd St. #17
New York, NY 10010

I remember when the trailer was released, 2007 I think. I was not impressed, but apparently got a lot of good marks in the independent/indie films showing.

A lot of reviews in this search:
off the grid: life on the mesa - Google Search


Rich

[waldenfam2]

Hi, I recently moved to NM in November of 2008 and what a culture shock. Honestly I would say that NM has a fair share of "special" people and a fair share of regular middle class people.

I had a hard time adjusting to the slower pace of life out here since I moved from a large city in MI. However, the people are very friendly, always waving at you and offering a helping hand.

[fnord]

Originally Posted by Poncho_NM

This is their web site: Still Point Pictures: Official Site for the film Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa They are an independent film production company. You might be able to get the library to get it.

Still Point Pictures
217 East 22nd St. #17
New York, NY 10010

I remember when the trailer was released, 2007 I think. I was not impressed, but apparently got a lot of good marks in the independent/indie films showing.

A lot of reviews in this search:
off the grid: life on the mesa - Google Search


Rich

Thanks Rich. I already Googled it and read reviews. It's played at a lot of film fests, but oddly not at the White Sands film fest that was just in Las Cruces. I love movies filmed in and about life in NM, so it's a must-see for me. If I find it at a library I'll post back.

[PaddyMac]

<Someone I knows says that, in her experience, New Mexico is a *very* unique place>

Aaarghh... One of my pet peeves is when people say "very unique" or "really unique". Unique means "being the only one of its kind - without equal or equivalent" - there are no "degrees" of uniqueness. It's either unique, or it isn't (in which case it could be called rare or unusual or distinctive).

In any case, everyone is unique.

[Poncho_NM]

unique - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Main Entry:unique Function:adjective Etymology:French, from Latin unicus, from unus one — more at oneDate:1602 1: being the only one : sole <his unique concern was his own comfort> <I can't walk away with a unique copy. Suppose I lost it? — Kingsley Amis> <the unique factorization of a number into prime factors>2 a: being without a like or equal : unequaled <could stare at the flames, each one new, violent, unique — Robert Coover> b: distinctively characteristic : peculiar 1 <this is not a condition unique to California — Ronald Reagan>3: unusual <a very unique ball-point pen> <we were fairly unique, the sixty of us, in that there wasn't one good mixer in the bunch — J. D. Salinger>synonyms see strange

— unique·ly adverb
— unique·ness noun


usage Many commentators have objected to the comparison or modification (as by somewhat or very) of unique, often asserting that a thing is either unique or it is not. Objections are based chiefly on the assumption that unique has but a single absolute sense, an assumption contradicted by information readily available in a dictionary. Unique dates back to the 17th century but was little used until the end of the 18th when, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, it was reacquired from French. H. J. Todd entered it as a foreign word in his edition (1818) of Johnson's Dictionary, characterizing it as “affected and useless.” Around the middle of the 19th century it ceased to be considered foreign and came into considerable popular use. With popular use came a broadening of application beyond the original two meanings (here numbered 1 and 2a). In modern use both comparison and modification are widespread and standard but are confined to the extended senses 2b and 3. When sense 1 or sense 2a is intended, unique is used without qualifying modifiers.

Rich