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SJ: Yeah, of course you can use my fics. :) Good luck posting them, they can all be found at GFW. Don't forget to give me the link for your Gargs website once it's up. :)
Kit's Situation: We thank everyone who has sent get-well wishes. If anyone's worried, it turned out she was suffering from a headache and a heavy cold, nothing worse. <phew> I've nursed her a little, given some medicine, and she's resting. If she's feeling better tomorrow (and I think she may be) and she has the time, Kit may make a post in here. Keep the good vibes coming, and that possibility might be ensured. <grins, throws nuke grenade at Sli Sludge>
Later,
Doug
Sunday, September 26, 1999 02:56:52 AM
IP: pool-209-138-160-56.dlls.grid.net
Christine> how 'bout Misty and Brock? lol i dunno, he seems kinda girl-crazy anyway. j/k i don't understand the logic of preferring to write Blue's Clues rather than Pokemon though, is it the cuteness factor?
Anonymous
Sunday, September 26, 1999 01:44:57 AM
IP: spider-wc062.proxy.aol.com
****SHORT RP!!!****
Taking a quick glance back at the stairwell. "Geeeeeeeeez! No wonder everyone's so mean here. If I have to go up those stairs one more time, I'd start shooting at people too.
****END RP!!!****
Hey you. Yeah you, come here. What channel is Beast Machines on? And what time?
Fire Storm-<7 sets of genitals> That reminds me of a quote:
Ivanova to Londo while he tries to explain about the lack of genitalia on his doll: 'So you feel like you're being symbolically cast-...in a bad light.' (The doll was from a Babylon 5 memorabilia emporium)
Pistoff- Have I found anyway to help? Well yesterday I discovered that if I stay awake for 25 hours straight, I am then able to get 6 hours of complete, uninterupted sleep.
Doug- I hope Kitainia feels better soon.
Bruce Timm calling Gargoyles crap- Here Brucy, Brucy. I have something for you. <POW>
See ya later!
Jaden - [jaden12@hotmail.com]
Los alamos, CA
Sunday, September 26, 1999 12:55:45 AM
IP: cache1.avtel.net
Oh, forgot --
SJ > by all means, be my guest! Though if you'd add something telling everyone to buy my book, too, that'd be tres sweet ; )
Cannibalism > I might get there eventually ... if not in fic, when I do my zombie novel, the main character is a ghoul and a Calaani priest, evil to the core. As I recall, in the rough draft, there's a scene in which he has an argument with his landlady, rips out her tongue, and has it lightly braised and served to him for dinner ...
Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Sunday, September 26, 1999 12:30:55 AM
IP: dial82.b3.tnt4.wa.freei.net
Just to state this clearly, it's _Pokemon_ I don't plan to touch fic-wise! Blue's Clues, maybe, but not Pokemon. Gah! What would it be? Misty and Starme? Oog. I think not!
My fanfic progress > at the moment, I am devoting my time to working on ElfLore Book I, hoping to have it done by the end of the year. This means fanfic is way on the back burner.
I've got the first bit of "The Boy With the Healing Hands" written but that was mostly because I wanted to get the hideous pun Ebon springs on the gang in print before I could forget it (though it might've been better if I had forgotten, ouch!).
So, at the moment, there is no fic forthcoming and probably not for several weeks. If I break from ElfLore to do anything, it'll probably be a sequel to "Night Saber," my Star Wars story. I've been thinking about that a lot lately.
But I assure you all, I'm by no means done with Gargoyles! Just taking a break. I still have at least 19 stories to go if I'm going to outnumber actual episodes.
Some of the ones on the agenda, in no particular order:
"The Boy With the Healing Hands" -- about Ebon, Gabriel, and the kids they rescued from the Institute
"Puck Teaser" -- MacBeth and Birdie make a bet over whether she can seduce a certain merry wanderer of the night
"Terminatrix" -- Hyena's up to no good and Jackal may finally reappear
"Statue" -- a Blackadder crossover with Demona and MacBeth in the time of Queen Elizabeth
"The Guardians: (untitled)" -- Amber and her cousin Dee both get a crush on the same new Sterling Academy student, Feral St. John
"Damien" -- there's a new evil on the scene
"Hellclan" -- sequel to Damien, in which it really hits the fan
"Frolicsome Matings" -- (this one's only a maybe) Angela tries to encourage her clan to be a little more free with their affections
My plate is very full, as you can see!
Agent news > one down, three to go in terms of pending rejection letters for Black Roses :P
Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Sunday, September 26, 1999 12:26:05 AM
IP: dial82.b3.tnt4.wa.freei.net
Robby> <<Well, I just finished a nine hour project of drawing one of the greatest Silverbolt/Black Arachnia sequences in the series...>> Kewl! Will you be scanning it? ^_^
Pistoff> Heh heh heh... <<Checking for Head Warpage>> Kinda redundant for us of the CR, wouldn't you say? >;) <<Removal of the Brain>> I HAVE to see that one! >8)
Zath> <<How about cannibalism then?>> There might be some implied cannibalism in my next fic if it ever gets finished...
Xanathar> Gross story> Eccch! That sounds hideous! And you have to have it done again?! <shudder> <<It's always sad to hear of a game company disbanding(especially an older company like Trylobyte:()>> So true. What makes it so much worse is, they were working on a third game in the 7th Guest series, one of my favorite games. I think it would have been called The 13th Soul or something similar. <snif> It could have been so beautiful...
David G> Xyber 9> Renard and Titania, eh? This should be interesting...
Mary Flanders> <<We were in the midst of a conversation and all of a sudden he wasn't getting my messeges. >:( I was getting his and my messeges were being sent but he wasn't getting them!>> Mr. Disconnect's been busy, it seems. <slowly eviscerates DC>
Heather> <<I'm not really responding to this but the things that you guys talk about can make a person go crazy.>> Unsurprising, considering that they're the products of insane minds. ^_^ Cassie> Sounds kewl. :)
Greg Xanatos Bishansky> <<Bruce Timm producer of Batman/Superman called Gargoyles crap in an interview.>> I read about that in the other CR. <brandishes a crystal scimitar> Bruce is on my list.
Forgot last time> Pistoff and Stephen> Good luck getting your stories published! :D
Jewel> Good luck finding a place. Oh, and that job at Borders might be a good idea. Borders is such a great little place; I get most of my books and CDs from there. ^_^
Blue Caeru> <<Saturday Morning Cartoons: *chuckles* If only I could get up early enough...>> I'm the same way. I'm such a night owl that I always end up going to bed at about 4 in the morning and getting up around 2 in the afternoon. (Could that have something to do with the fact that, besides being a gargoyle, I spend much of my life lurking in here...? Nah...)
SJ> <<ATTENTION EVERYONE!!!! I'm attempting to put together a Gargoyles fansite. Thing is, I need lots of stuff, like pictures and fan fiction. So, to everyone out here, if you're willing to let me use your stuff (like artwork, or stories), let me know!>> Kewl! Feel free to use anything on my site (name link). I didn't do most of the artwork or any of the music (which technically has nothing to do with Gargoyles), but if you credit the artists I don't think they'll mind. :)
Coyote> <<I really had nothing to worry about in the purge, my job was secure. There was a guy from Loss Prevention at the store yesterday going over the particulars ... what basically it came down to was that the folks were fired mainly for theft ... both merchandise and cash. And so many of them were canned that it's gonna take us one *hell* of a long time to catch up in employments ...>> Wow. Glad your job was secure, although it stinks that so many ppl were stealing from the company. O_o
Shogun> Kewl Six Degrees. You could have used Jeri Ryan's guest shot on Dilbert (I think that happened, although perhaps I'm hallucinating again), but that would have been too easy. ;)
Wilek Nereus
Sunday, September 26, 1999 12:16:28 AM
IP: spaceproxy.com
It was a Red Claw ep that inspired this
shogun raptor
Saturday, September 25, 1999 11:07:32 PM
IP: mia1-wc2.atlas.digex.net
and now, just because I felt like it, the return of...
SIX DEGREES OF GARGOYLES
Dilbert to Gargs....GO!
Dilbert is voiced by Daniel Stern...
who played in "home alone" with macaulay culkin (sp?)...
who was in "richie Rich" with John Larroquete...
who was in "night court" with Richard moll...
who was in Batman: TAS with Kate Mulgrew*...
Who voiced Titania on Gargs
*Mulgrew voiced the evil terrorist, Red Claw, Moll did two-face and the batcomputer on occasion, and sure, I could've used Jeff benett or Ed Asner, but
shogun raptor
Saturday, September 25, 1999 11:06:39 PM
IP: mia1-wc1.atlas.digex.net
SEVARIUS JR - You wrote: [Has anyone else in here checked out the new Bishop series?]
Yeah, I also picked up the first two issues. So far it's been pretty strong. I've never really been a Bishop fan but he's always had potential. I like the idea that he is still a man out of time but he has gone from being a hero worshipper to a hero being worshipped. Also what I particularly like is that the second issue alone has done wonders for rehabilitating Fitroy as a villian. (Now all I really want to see is perhaps some more survivors from modern times - we got to see the Witness who could be Gambit but it would be nice to maybe see someone from Generation X or X-Force who might have possibly survived through everything into that future. It'd be fun to see maybe Husk with a Cannonball-as-X-Force-leader attitude or Warlock wandering around.)
ROBBY - I'm in agreement with Heather. I'd love to see that Silverbolt/Black Arachnia picture. Like I keep saying, their relationship was one of the very high points for BEAST WARS as well as the element that got me hooked on the show. (And the one plot element that I'm waiting to see BEAST MACHINES address.)
FALL SATURDAY LINE-UP - I say that FOX is better this season, judging by the fact that I seem to be watching more of their shows than WB shows. The only shows on the WB that I saw was BATMAN BEYOND and POKEMON. And from those two I have to say that I am getting really bored with BB. And on top of it Terry just gets on my nerves. POKEMON gets my attention because all those Pokemon are just so cute! Especially Jigglypuff and Togapi. (Today's episode was pretty good. Jigglypuff really kicked ass!)
With FOX I saw XYBER 9, DIGIMON, and BEAST MACHINES. (When AVENGERS comes on, I plan to watch that too.)
XYBER 9 isn't so bad and it does have that Arthurian feel to it but the first episode didn't really catch me. Everytime I heard the Xyber's voice I kept thinking "So THAT's what Charles Xavier's up to now that his show is cancelled!". I'll give this show a few more episodes to win me over.
Once I get over the voice in my mind that cries "Ripoff!" and actually sit down to watch it, DIGIMON isn't so bad. I was watching it mainly because I was waiting for BEAST MACHINES to come on but there's an actual plot and the characters all have proper individual personalities.
BEAST MACHINES is fantastic though this episode should have been called THE REFORMATTING Part 2 instead of MASTER OF THE HOUSE. Seen together with the first episode, everything tends to make more sense and flow better. Megatron shows up and you can feel how powerful and evil he is. It was just great. The Maximals bring up all the complaints that we (and the Transformers newsgroup) have been mentioning - like what the hell happened and when do we get to find out how everything got the way it is. And Rattrap is just hillarious in this series. I like him much more than I ever did in BEAST WARS. The major complaints I have in this episode are that there still haven't been any mention of Rhinox or Silverbolt and that everytime the Maximals transformed, they kept saying "I am transformed!" It really got on my nerves. I hope that after a short, short while they just stop using it, kind of like how some BEAST WARS characters stopped using Maximize and Terrorize after a while. (The Rhinox and Silverbolt ommissions aren't that bad at this moment for two reasons - first all the heroes mention that they are still having memory glitches so it's possible that when they sit down to repair all that they will remember the two missing Maximals and second these two episodes are all taking place within an hour or three of the same day. They just haven't had the time in between walking up, getting attacked, getting reformatted, learning to transform, and then fighting Megatron to reflect on the fates of two characters who they might not remember.)
Airwalker
Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, September 25, 1999 10:57:37 PM
IP: 67.new-york-13-14rs.ny.dial-access.att.net
**enters ... crawls into ... the CR, weakly switching out the candles and pulling himself into the massage chair, expending all of his energy in the process. After dozing for a moment, comes back to**
I knew this was how it's going to go ... those idiots got their butts fired, and the rest of us get screwed in the process. Badly undermanned and busier than hell, y'know? Urrrrghhh ...
Pogo: I work in retail. Specifically a retail auto parts store. I'm a counterman and recently (Wednesday) accredited as an engine salesman.
All those concerned about my employment situation: I really had nothing to worry about in the purge, my job was secure. There was a guy from Loss Prevention at the store yesterday going over the particulars ... what basically it came down to was that the folks were fired mainly for theft ... both merchandise and cash. And so many of them were canned that it's gonna take us one *hell* of a long time to catch up in employments ... the front office has to give authorization on all new hires, and the kind of bureaucratic bullcrap they go through makes military red tape look like a cakewalk. :P
Pissy: I took great solace in the quote at the end of your post after today's crowd ... many of whom rated about a 19 on the 1-to-10 mental retardation scale. :P
Fire Storm, re: parts manager: Your guess is as good as mine as to why he's laid up, mein freund. Last I'd known was that he was suffering from heavy-duty allergies, but he was a major-league slacker and every one of the other counterfolks think he's an honest-to-God prick.
G"X"B: Welcome back, dude! And he's not far off the mark, next season's TGS *is* gonna rock.
Note to Christine: Received the hard copy of "Rain and Rosanna" today ... just thought ye'd like to know. :)
SJ: Ye have my permission to post my stuff on your site ... fics *and* art. What the hell, I can always use another backup site, y'never know.
"Batman" stuff: Y'know, I don' think I ever mentioned this ... a few months ago, DC released a special issue of "Young Justice" which crossed over into the "Batman: No Man's Land" storyline. The male members of the team (Superboy, Robin and Impulse) wound up facing off against one of Poison Ivy's plant creations, a female humanoid called "Ferak."
And call me crazy, but the outfit that Ferak was wearing looked a *hell* of a lot like Demona's outfit. Seriously, the halter top's one strap was even over the correct shoulder!!!
Heh ... Dini may think "Gargoyles" sucks, but ultimately it's Greg who gets the last laugh. :)
**sits back in the massage chair, fixating and feeding his hopes for Monday and a certain poster's return ...**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Saturday, September 25, 1999 10:34:37 PM
IP: modem57.i-is.com
*begin RP* the deadly seven are high-fiving each other when suddenly a particle beam blast blows Shogun's head off, slowly the charred stump regenerates into the mutate's head
Shogun turns in horror to see the blast came from his own vehicle"Flypside, What in the name of Nemesis are you doing!?" yells shogun, but his answer comes in the form of maniacal cackling "I'm sorry fleshopod, Flypside is a bit TIED UP!!!!"
"BLACKWING!"
"Come on out son, we can talk about this, no need to go splitting wires" coaxes Doc
"or heads" grumbles shogun
"FORGET IT MONKEY-MECH!"
"look" offers shogun "we gave you the normal cut of the bounty for the Waspinator job"
"THIS ISN'T ABOUT THAT! THIS IS ABOUT REVENGE! HE WAS MINE TO DEAL WITH! I WAS STALKING HIM SINCE HE WAS LEFT ON PREHISTORIC EARTH! THAT BOUNTY WAS MINE BY RIGHT OF REVENGE!! HE SERVED ONE WHO TOOK THE LIFE OF A CLOSE FRIEND AND YOU DEPRIVED ME OF THAT! SO I'LL TAKE IT OUT OF ALL OF YOUR HIDES!!!
*to be continued*
Speaking of Greg, I think I saw his name under the "written by" credits, on Big guy & rusty, speaking of which, next week is a new men in black, with luck it'll be a Greg one
*beast machines spoilers ahead*
well that explains THOSE loose ends, and here I thought the transmetallization process was the virus, the whole thing smacks of disrupted time, where's the vok when you need them?
but if nothing else, this show ended the rift between BW fans and G1 fans, I take it back, Bob Skir does know a bit about the show, he just can't answer fan questions worth a smeg, and as for BW/gargs, a BW/gargs celebrity deathmatch is in the works for me, I'm planning two versions, one for each fandom
Batman/supes> they weren't all bad, just the better part of them, I'll name my top eleven in terms of the new batman
11. Over the edge
10. Love is a croc
9.the ultimate thrill
8.Knight Time (I just love self-mockery)
7.critters (see number 8)
6.Girl's Night out
5. Chemistry (the plant clone Poison Ivy Created was a walking Piccolo Refrence, between the stretchy arms and self-regeneration)
4. World's finest
3. Joker's millions(another Joker/harley classic)
2.beware the creeper (picking up on a theme here)
1. Mad Love (harley, the Joker, batman laughing and calling Joker "puddin'" what's not to like?)
shogun raptor
Saturday, September 25, 1999 10:26:40 PM
IP: mia1-wc1.atlas.digex.net
Not much to say tonight....
ATTENTION EVERYONE!!!! I'm attempting to put together a Gargoyles fansite. Thing is, I need lots of stuff, like pictures and fan fiction. So, to everyone out here, if you're willing to let me use your stuff (like artwork, or stories), let me know! This specifically includes all you "heavies" out there in the fan fiction world (like Christine, Pistoff, Jewel, Doug....just about all of you!). So if it's okay for me to use your stuff, drop me an email, or if you want just say in here "Hey, SJ, you can use my
stuff". I'd appreciate it. :)
Saturday Morning Toons: I'm finally glad they have some good stuff worth watching. Didn't get a chance to catch Xyber 9 (although I *did* tape it), but I did see both "Beast Machines" and "Big Guy & RTBR". Both had excellent 2nd episodes. :) We get some more plot development from Beast Machines (I, for one, like the way they're taking things slowly and explaining things across the 13 episodes instead of right off to bat. It helps build mystery this way :). Big Guy was fun as well (for some reason, I love that Bobby Hill is Rusty!)
Heather: Now why do you say you'd like to shoot the person who thought Bugs is gay? Can't a popular cartoon figure come out of the closet? All those years of having to live a lie....of being a hare inside a bunny's body.....of harboring a secret crush on Elmer Fudd....when will our cartoon characters be able to stand up and be out and proud?
Okay, in all serious, no, he's not a homosexual. But it'd be kind of trippy if he was, wouldn't it? All those old cartoons would never be quite the same, would they?
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Saturday, September 25, 1999 10:17:46 PM
IP: 207-172-41-184.s184.tnt10.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com
I only saw a little of "Xyber 9" this morning, but I agree with Stephen Sobotka that it is indeed very Arthurian in style - I definitely noticed a touch of the Sword in the Stone legend about it. I noticed the "King Renard" bit but not the "Queen Titania" part - somebody really ought to tell Greg about that.
Incidentally, I've also seen both episodes so far released of "Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century". It's still a bit so-so, but one thing that I do like about it is that the writers are clearly familiar with the Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle. They not only have Holmes, Watson and Moriarty in it, but also 22nd namesake/analogies to Lestrade, Gregson, and Wiggins. (In the original Holmes stories by Doyle, Lestrade and Gregson were a pair of Scotland Yard inspectors who worked with Holmes from time to time and received his assistance, Lestrade being the more prominent of the two - they particularly teamed up in the very first Holmes story "A Study in Scarlet", but only in that one - and Wiggins was the leader of the Baker Street Irregulars, a group of London street urchins which assisted Holmes with his cases from time to time, which I see as an omen for the future of the 22nd century Wiggins). Holmes's body is mentioned as having been preserved in honey - I find that interesting, since in Doyle's stories, Holmes, when he finally retired from the practice, took up beekeeping. They definitely caught Holmes's ability for deduction (and awareness of it) very well, too.
Although one thing that did puzzle me was this; the episode this morning was stated in the opening credits as inspired by one of Doyle's Holmes stories, "The Valley of Fear", but other than the involvement of Moriarty in it, I could see no link. (To explain this story, "The Valley of Fear", briefly, Holmes is called in to investigate the case of a murder in a stately home near London, the murder of a man who was being targeted by Professor Moriarty on the behalf of a criminal gang from the United States - the man was a former Pinkerton and had broken them up. It's particularly of note in being a two-parter with the second part of it being almost exclusively a flashback to the story about how the Pinkerton in the story had broken up the criminals, with Holmes and Watson only appearing at the end).
At any rate, it may have some hope - and it's certainly nice to see an animated serious adventure series with literary roots airing. I'm a bit of a Holmes fan, I don't mind admitting.
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Saturday, September 25, 1999 06:38:50 PM
IP: 216.87.46.229.dialup-stl.primary.net
****** Stupid RP just for the heck of it ******
*Blue Caeru enters the CR carrying a bo, preparing for a battle against the Demon of Procrastination*
Caeru: Argh! Why must you constantly follow me around and plague me like... like... well, like my family?! *attempts to twirl her bo and accidentally hits herself in the chin with it* Ow.
Demon: Uh... because I don't feel like doing my homework?
*They battle. In the end, B.C. is sprawled out on the floor, semi-conscious, muttering something about using the Holy Time Planner in the next battle against the Demon.*
****** End RP ******
Warpmind de InZane: Okay. <:-)
Pistoff: Thanks. But it's not that life has been so terrible to me lately... things have been all right, in fact (except that I'm procrastinating instead of studying for my French exam :-P). It's just that there's injustice EVERYWHERE and that bothers me. Society makes me sick sometimes.
Mandolin: "Now and Again" seems interesting, but I have only 5 channels. :-P I can watch "Once and Again" though.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: *chuckles* If only I could get up early enough... *gets up and smacks the Demon of Procrastination*
Well, the library is about to close and I've got to catch the bus, so good bye!
Blue Caeru
Saturday, September 25, 1999 05:22:14 PM
IP: smathersl1.uflib.ufl.edu
jewel> <raising eyebrow>
*** spoilers for jewel's and christine's fics ***
In "Egli era nato" you've written scenes of incestuous *rape* (even if they were only visions), and you were traumatized by 'Whirlwind' where the only hint of incest was that Coyote *looked* like Beth's dad?
That's... weird. Kinda cute but weird. :)
*** end spoilers ***
As for me, whenever the hell I'm going to finish writing the fics I started, (I didn't write more than two long paragraphs this month, and I had been planning to finish the first fic by end September) I'm planning to include an incestuous relationship in my (possibly) second story... There's a *slight* possibility that won't happen, but I wouldn't count on it...
Aris Katsaris - [katsaris@otenet.gr]
Saturday, September 25, 1999 04:28:29 PM
IP: athe530-g076.otenet.gr
Pokemon > I really like this show (I even have the gameboy versions). The artwork is great, the characters/monsters are cute, and there are underlying themes, like friendship, exploration, and teamwork. And, if nothing else, it also teaches you how to make command decisions.
I know Christine thinks capturing those "animals" out of their natural habitat is cruel, but I look at it more as hiring employees who are keeping their eyes open for a good job. I mean, if those animals didn't *want* to be captured on some level, they wouldn't be, and they are *way* too willing to obey their trainer's orders.
Plus, they're so *cute*!
Scott Iskow - [smiskow@wam.umd.edu]
Saturday, September 25, 1999 04:16:05 PM
IP: 129-2-251-16.student.umd.edu
Sorry 'bout the double post, but I *knew* there was something i forgot to add...
Incest: <chuckles> Man,I got traumatized by Christine Morgan's Whirlwind" (when I was far more easily-traumatized than I am) and had to stop reading her stuff. I've heard stories, however, of everything that came next... And, y'know, it's kinda scary to think that I got traumatized by reading something, considering the kind of stuff I write. <g> I guess I can write it (and let the little subconscious demons out of the basement for a while) but not read it...
jewel - [Jewel.Faulkner@alumnae.brynmawr.edu]
Saturday, September 25, 1999 04:15:35 PM
IP: 207-172-73-198.s198.tnt1.man.va.dialup.rcn.com
Hi, aill. Im back from spending all day driving around looking at apartments. God, I'll be happy when I find a place. I hate looking. Everythign was out of my rpice range, and everything in my prace range doesn't have anything. I'm thining maybe of getting a job at Borders or something.
Stephen King: I love this guy's sense of humor... The guy is just plain cool. And he's friends with Neil Gaiman.
Bugs Bunny: Well, he does like to dress up like a girl a lot...
jewel - [Jewel.Faulkner@alumnae.brynmawr.edu]
Saturday, September 25, 1999 04:08:38 PM
IP: 207-172-73-198.s198.tnt1.man.va.dialup.rcn.com
That's good to know, Greg. Thanks. Hope I get the full reviews soon. :)
Doug
Saturday, September 25, 1999 03:18:00 PM
IP: pool-207-205-236-193.dlls.grid.net
Hi everyone. I'm not gone, I've just been very busy.
Doug> I know I promised you reviews of your recent fanfics and you will recieve them when I get a chance to write them. Till then I'm jst going to say that they rocked.
Christine> When's the next fanfic coming? I'm looking forward to reading it.
My opinions on this fall's lineup> Fox is getting good again. And WB is airing more and more crap. Batman Beyond isn't as interesting anymore, they'd better bring back Blight. They ended the Ras al Ghul thread terribly on Batman/Superman. And I'm sick of Pokemon. I can't stand Pokemon! I despise Pokemon! No offense to anyone here who does like it.
Beast Machines Spoilers>
So far it rocks. Today's episode was much better than the first. Megatron rocked! And I really liked the way he looked in his dragon-mode in today's episode. I do think that he's finally snapped though.
End Spoilers
Xyber 9> Very interesting show. I like the fantasy/sci-fi elements. It's very Arthurian. I think Todd would like this show. I really liked the King Renard and Queen Titania bit.
End Fall Lineup
Bruce Timm producer of Batman/Superman called Gargoyles crap in an interview. I hate this man. He ruined Batman and Superman was always crap. Where does he get the nerve.
That's all for now.
BTW> next season of TGS is going to rock. It will be worth the wait.
Greg "Xanatos" Bishansky - [Madoc55@aol.com]
Saturday, September 25, 1999 12:55:25 PM
IP: spider-wj023.proxy.aol.com
Robby > I would LOVE to see that Silver/Black A. pic. **raises eyebrow at him** If you can get the scanner to work...**cracks knuckles**
Bugs Bunny > I'm not really responding to this but the things that you guys talk about can make a person go crazy. Like Bugs Bunny being gay ? Somebody shoot the person who thought that!
Anyway, I have also been drawing. It's a character that I made up a LONG time ago. You know how Coyote B. has Rosanna has Goliath's and Elisa's daughter, well I made up my own version. She looks like Rosanna but doesn't at the same time. She kinda looks like Jennifer Lopez for some strange reason. Her name is Cassie, I don't know why I named her that but I thought it would be a nice name. I made a close up pic of her yesterday that I later scanned and colored. If anyone wants to see the pic just respond to my pointless post.
Heather - [kheetor84@aol.com]
Saturday, September 25, 1999 12:51:15 PM
IP: abd92a9d.ipt.aol.com
*grumbles* Things did not go so well when I was talking to Bahemut last night (no, we did NOT break up!). We were in the midst of a conversation and all of a sudden he wasn't getting my messeges. >:( I was getting his and my messeges were being sent but he wasn't getting them! *grumbles some more*
Mary Flanders
Saturday, September 25, 1999 11:26:27 AM
IP: adsl-63-195-144-108.dsl.scrm01.pacbell.net
OK, next to the last post. (Actually, third to last, since my browser keeps doing something strange with the submit command).
Brief correction. Xyber 9 is spelled with an "X" not a "Z". We now return you to your regular programing.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Saturday, September 25, 1999 10:33:46 AM
IP: pppa2-fortworth6-4r201.saturn.bbn.com
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David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Saturday, September 25, 1999 10:32:20 AM
IP: pppa2-fortworth6-4r201.saturn.bbn.com
Hi folks. This is probably my last post from this apartment. I'll be out most of the day, and I'm moving tomorrow. (I still have boxes to pack...)
Anyway, here's something I just ran across that I thought you folks might be interested in.
***Very Minor ZYBER 9 SPOILERS***
Zyber 9 is on, and it looks pretty good, so far. The two great political powers above ground are fudal monarchies. The king of one is King Renyard, and the queen of the other is Queen Titania. Interesting...
***End Spoilers***
Wilek> Thanks. My chainsaw is packed up in a box somewhere.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Saturday, September 25, 1999 10:16:48 AM
IP: pppa45-fortworth9-3r234.saturn.bbn.com
Hi all!!
**WARNING,GROSS STORY AHEAD**
Well today hasn't exactly been the most fun day of my life,I had to go to the doctors to get my Ears Syringed(I've been having problems hearing lately due to Wax buildup)it's not the first time I've had this done,only this time the Syringe didn't get rid of all the wax so the Doctor had to use a pair of elongated medical tweezers(I don't know what the correct medical term for them was)and remove it that way,it was probably "THE" most uncomfortable experience I have ever had and whats worse is that I have to go and get it done again next weekend(I've been refered to a specialist who will finish the job)
**END GROSS STORY**
I hope I didn't disturb any body with the above story but I needed to get it of my chest.
Warpmind re Computer helpline story:*LOL*
Stephen re Talebones magazine:Good luck!
Coyote:the company just did what amounts to a purge. As a result, a number of employees ... including one *manager* ... were canned. Combining that with one of the parts managers being laid up in the hospital ... oyyyyyyy ...>>I'm Glad to hear you didn't lose you job.
Doug:I hope Kit feels better soon.
Pistoff:After spending years working jobs that required me to be polite, there was something amazingly gratifying about treating people like shit for a living>>AHH!!,If only I had a job like that:/
Pistoff again:You've gotta' love the Assassin's website,Who hasn't wanted to see Seinfeld die>:)
SJ:Did you guys hear this? Stephen King has just bought the van from the guy that hit him! He actually bought the vehicle that nearly took his life! He says he plans to take a sledgehammer to it as soon as he's able. Now, is it just me, or does he not have a cool sense of humor?>>My respect for Stephen King just when up a couple of notches:)
Wilek:PC gaming fans, click my name and shed a tear for one of the founders of the industry. <sigh>>>It's always sad to hear of a game company disbanding(especially an older company like Trylobyte:()
C'yas Later!!
Xanathar
Melbourne, victoria, Australia
Saturday, September 25, 1999 08:34:07 AM
IP: cache1.mpx.com.au
Hmmm... apparently, some time in the last 24-48 hours, yahoo officially took over rocketmail.com. **grrr** If I had wanted a yahoomail account, I would have gotten one! They claim my old address will still work, but I have yet to test that promise. *sigh* I remember when Yahoo was just a cute little search engine. Now it's out to take over the world.
Aaron> <<I think it's the millennium.>> or El Nino/La Nina : P
jenna> <<musical pieces for the gargs>> Do you have a CD burner? It sounds like you have almost enough to make an entire Garg-themed album, which would be really neat.
Christine> <<But, I hasten to assure you all, that's _not_ someplace I plan to exercise my talents ::shudder::>> How about cannibalism then? for some reason, I always found that subject somewhat amusing. Also, my anthropology TA mentioned being on a dig in Levanut (sp?) near where Jericho was, and I couldn't help thinking that would make a cool name if anyone ever cloned ol' blue boy...
Doug> <<If you get the chance, I hope you can post some of those drawings you mentioned on the web. I would very much like to see how good you are.>> Some of my old stuff is up on my site (just click my name and go to the gallery) but I haven't gotten around to finishing any of the more interesting ones I've mentioned in here on occasion. I'm not as good an artist as some others in this room, but with all the practice I'm getting doodling during boring lectures, hopefully I'll improve some. : )
Skippy and Pistoff> You think going bald at 25 is bad? I had a friend who had been going gray since he was in 5th Grade. The last time I saw him (we were both in 10th grade), he was at that "salt and pepper" stage most people don't reach until their 40's or 50's.
Pistoff> <<Removal of the Brain>> That one sounds like fun. I wonder if they show several different techniques or just one complete operation.
Mandolin> I agree with you about Now And Again. It had a relatively interesting, if slow, plot (even though the "checking his package" seemed a little predictable, it was still good for a laugh), but the music was just plain obnoxious, especially the government guy singing while Michael checked himself out in the mirror and the percussion pieces they threw in at random times.
Okay, now I'm going to bed and if anyone tries to wake me up before noon, may heaven have mercy on their souls because I certainly won't...
Bye for now.
Zath - [zath@rocketmail.com]
Saturday, September 25, 1999 05:25:02 AM
IP: ppp-223-010.usc.edu
PC gaming fans, click my name and shed a tear for one of the founders of the industry. <sigh>
Wilek
Saturday, September 25, 1999 04:08:17 AM
IP: spaceproxy.com
DEUCE, Re: FAT TUESDAY - I may not be 100-percent on this, so forgive me if I misquote:
Mardi Gras is called Fat Tuesday, because according to mose of the Southern Catholics(?) I've met, tell me that traditionally, it marks either the begining or the end of the last week before Lent, which is a period of fasting for 40 days (I think it's either you give up a certain favorite food or certain foods in general). During this last week, it's perfectly okay to cut loose and splurge, eat and drink all the food/s that you can't have during Lent. This is why Mardi is such a festive time; everyone having that big fling before the somber task of fasting...
At least, that's how I hear it. Can any of the practicing Catholics in here confirm this?
Maintain and Check Six! (and no, I'm not Catholic. I'm Methodist.)
Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Saturday, September 25, 1999 03:59:48 AM
IP: m24.ieway.com
SJ: Thanks, bro! And no, it's not just you. Stephen King does have a cool sense of humor. :D
Wilek: <That, friend, could be the official manifesto of darn near everyone in retail and fast food. ;)> YESSSS! I wish I had a job like that! Like one of those restaurants where the employees are required to be abusive to the customers... "Whaddaya want?! I'm busy!" :)
Robby: Congrats on finishing your 9-hour project. :)
Fire Storm: (re: job) Uh...you're right. That *is* kinda weird...
And now for something else...kinda strange. From the 1994 Bowker's Complete Video Directory, here's a list of some interesting videos for sale....
Beef Cattle Castration
Checking for Head Warpage
How Pins Float on Water
Removal of the Brain
How a Screw Works
Dried Flower Fantasy
She's not Fat...She's my Mom
O_O
And finally, if anybody in here wants to get rid of Seinfeld as much as I do, click my name. :)
Pistoff - [phred@koalas.com]
Saturday, September 25, 1999 03:42:52 AM
IP: wire-15.koalas.com
Matrix DVD: Now THATS how a DVD should be made! Multiple audio tracks, comentarys, MULTIPLE trailers (NOT just for the Matrix), BIO stuff on the people, complete behind the scenes stuff, AND the complete website on DVD-ROM. Can't get much cooler than that!
Coyote: Why is the parts manager in the hospital?
Downsizing: Thats the good thing about Office Depot. There wasn't enough employees to downsize!
Deuce: Incest: Hell, knowing Christine, she could do MUCH worse! (I don't know how, but I am sure she could!)
Skippy: Cold: Ever been to Michigan in the winter?
Pistoff: While I was working at Office Depot, I had more job offers than I have ever had before, so having a job wouldn't be much of a problem. Why did I stay there? I REALLY have no idea.
Money? Na... I made more before I worked for Depot. Besides... if I quit, I could always go back to delievering Newspapers. (Don't mess with collecting... don't see customers... nice evenings alone... great job in some aspects.) Hell, I was pulling in $300-$500 a week take home. From my taxable expenses deuctions, I was almost tax exempt.
Hair: I am SO glad I don't have my fathers hair. He had a VERY obvious receeding hair line when he was a High School sophomore. The way I see it, if I can get to 25 without much hair loss, I will be happy. I am 80% of the way there, and no really noticable hair loss, so i am happy (and knocking on wood)
SJ: <One more kids show perverted by the internet...;-p >
Which reminds me... saw some really BAD ones of "Tail Spin."
They were comic strips with REALLY out of character characters, bad drawing, etc.
Wilek: <Dot singing to Enzo>
When I saw that, I REALLY thought Enzo would be fantasizing about her later!
.5 million Square Feet of Steel and/or aluminum: If I told you, i would have to kill you.
<ACKNOWLEDGE\\SUBMIT>
Fire Storm - [Night-Flame@usa.net]
Saturday, September 25, 1999 03:37:29 AM
IP: 216.90.45.182
Whoever mentioned RUSHMORE (was that Aaron?) > Yes! I love that movie! Heh, in fact, I've watched it twice in the last three days, as I have been laid up with a nasty sinus infection...yep, nothing to do but lie around struggling to breathe...so I've watched quite a few movies (and gotten a good chunk of my next fanfic written...) And not only is the movie great, but Max Fischer (Jason Swchartzman) is, like, the most adorable thing on two legs...'specially when he's wearing his beret. *swoon* Truly, though, anyone who hasn't seen RUSHMORE should give it a look. Bill Murray's in it too, and kicks major @$$. Great performances all around.
Llewwellyn Gaelfire - [llewwellyn@hotmail.com]
Saturday, September 25, 1999 03:37:16 AM
IP: ctrts1-4.mrs.umn.edu
Well, I just finished a nine hour project of drawing one of the greatest Silverbolt/Black Arachnia sequences in the series... "
Of course, doing this has led me to all sorts of oddball creativity demons involving gargs in Beast Wars scenarios...
Brooklyn: Demona, come back with me. Rejoin the clan.
Demona: Get a clue! I'm evil! I don't like the clan!.. I'll shoot you!
Brooklyn: My heart tells me you won't. (THWACK!)
You *SHOT* me!
or...
Brooklyn: My Latin's a little rusty, but it can't be good news.
Demona: This carrier virus will destroy all life on the planet!
Brooklyn: So this is it... We're all gonna die.
Or even...
"They took MacBeth and tried to clone his immortal soul... They ended up with X, and evil creature that needed to be destroyed..."
Then of course there's simply the scenario of one of the gargs running into Silverbolt. He *is* a gargoyle more or less after all. (Wings, personality, glowing eyes, loin cloth...)
Also finally managed to get my hands on a copy of Dragon Force. I'm only half an hour in and I'm totally impressed. Dang I wish I'd come across this game sooner...
Spacebabie- Ack, Barbie's dream house? Eek... Luckily, this room is multi dimensional or something...
Deuce- Well, the previews the WB has been showing for this weekend's Pokemon episode show a pair of space aliens... Of course, they're advertising TWO new episodes...
Say, does anyone here know why there were so many episodes of Laverne and Shirley that had no Shirley?
Mandolin- CR house cleaning staff? I seem to recall us having a janitor... I suppose he's gone to the same place as our resident shrink Dr. Scratchinsniff... Outta here.
Bugs Bunny- He ain't gay. After all, he's been attracted to female rabbits on more than one occassion. (At least 2 robot decoys, Lola Bunny, Hunny Bunney (Who was only in merchandising and never an actual cartoon) and there was one short where Bugs was actually married. He only cross dresses for humorous effect, and because its a slightly more effective desguise than anything else he could do.
(What I don't get is, if Cartoon Network can show Bugs crossdressing, why do they drop the Invid war portion of Robotech because of the crossdresser in the first 6 or so eps?)
And lastly, just because it's been mentioned... CLickie my name for a midi of "Ride of the Valkyries"...
**RP HERE**
"Egypt huh?" Musoke Punzara Noying, aka Black Tiger asks retorically. "I shall help you battle there."
"Uh, me too," Jim's clone chimes in."
"Cool," SJ nods.
Kari has to ask. "But would you mind telling me when my brother..." She gulped, still somewhat thrown off. "Had a son? WHo's older than me?"
"Well, the actual story covers about thirty years of time, but I can give you the condensed version on the way."
As Sevarius Junior sets the mode of transportation to head for Egypt, Black Tiger summarizes.
"It started what I guess would only be a couple weeks ago to you guys. My parents, Steve Irwin the crocadile hunter, and a sandshrew were in a helicopter headed on their way to see if Kari was okay. And then, the current being residing on the Dark Star 2, Connection Denied, tested a new weapon he was working on, a next dimension laser canon. All four occupants were sent to "the next dimension," where time moves a LOT faster, almost a year for every hour here.
Then, a bunch of stuff happened, various adventures and things, and they eventually found a way home. However, their was a condition. Only one person could leave through that method every twenty years. Steve Irwin went through first since he had a television show to star in. That left Jim and Ratina alone together.
After a lot of time, they fell in love, got married (the party for which Jim threw something like the world will never see again) and later, I was born. Flash forward to now. I wanted to come here and meet all my relatives, like my Aunt Kari."
Kari's eyes brightened. "Does this mean Jim is still alive?"
"I'm afraid not. You see..." Musoke Punzara Noying sighed as a tear fell, and emoption overcame him. "Excuse me. I think I need to finish this story later."
Robby
Saturday, September 25, 1999 01:54:14 AM
IP: spider-wl043.proxy.aol.com
**RP!**
[the strike team, about to be sent to the Phalanx base, has gathered in a shuttle bay aboard the Avatar Of Ganon, and is being looked over by Khesaat and the Administrator. Khesaat: "There seem to be quite a lot of raptors and scuttlers." Administrator: "The Phalanx are much like us; speed and maneuverability will be key when infiltrating their domain. All the troops are equipped with dart throwers filled with assimilation nanites, which will bring anything Phalanx under the control of the Borg. In addition, injecting them into humans will prevent their assimilation by the Phalanx." Khesaat: "In case they try to assimilate the Doctor. Good thinking."]
**END RP!**
Has anyone else had trouble getting into the CR today? <tosses DC into an overlarge ice crusher>
Jannie> <<Would you believe that we were instructed that if a boy started doing that, we were to allow him to go to the bathroom to "finish" ???...>> Er...what? <shudder>
T. J. Veil> <<One of the great things about Cartoon Network is that pretty much don't give a flying f*** about Standards and Practices.>> <L> Don't I know it. :) I've seen stuff on there that would make most network S&Ps, ABC and Disney's especially, go into fits. >:)
$Warpmind> Let's take out Hussein. >:) $
Fire Storm> <<The memory: Well, i have told the situation to LM's family, and I am trying to ease it to my family (Somthing I do NOT look forward to, BTW), and it really dosn't help. There is NO WAY I could post it in here.>> Ah. I quite understand, then. :) <<REBOOT: I remember they even poked fun at SnP in Enzo's birthday Episode.>> Probably; they did it in all kinds of other episodes. Funnily enough, the birthday ep roused the ire of ABC's BSP anyhow, because of the scene where Dot sang 'Happy Birthday' to Enzo (in the style of Marilyn Monroe, 'Happy Birthday Mr. President'). Said it...implied incest? Um, no. Hm...come to think of it, what DO you want with half a million square feet of steel?! o_O <<Ok, NOW I am curious... do you now read Christine's stuff?>> Not really, but only because I tend not to read fanfic in general (nothing against it, I simply don't have that kind of time, unfortunately). :)
Skippy> Politically Incorrect ep> LOL! I have to start watching this show. :)
Deuce> <<With all the attributes you mentioned, he'd have to be nuts NOT to be falling all over her. *whispers* I think he's gay. ;-)>> I wouldn't say that; a guy can be straight without being a hormonally overdriven wreck. ;) j/k
Christine> <<Jesse and James aren't siblings.>> Ah. I had no idea...I guess I should watch Pokemon more often. :) (Oh...I can't anymore...)
Aaron> <<Oh, and if you use both hands to conduct The Ride of the Valkyries while driving down the free way at 80 mph (steer with your knees) lots of people get out of your way.>> <muhahaha> Great way to get places in a hurry. Although I'd prefer the theme from The Omen for such purposes (if I thought I could drive well enough to get a license). >8)
Jewel> <<I had to give the psychopath my address because she had to overnight something "important" (she says) to me.>> Eek. Well, in case she does decide to drop by, have a cement mixer waiting behind her. They'll never find the body. >:)
Jenna> <<Here in TX the man who helped drag that guy to death has been sentanced to die himself>> Oh, *yes*. Let's drag the piece of garbage behind an airliner. >:)
David G> <<Somebody kill DC. I'm too busy.>> Sure thing. >:) <sodomizes DC with a chainsaw>
Coyote> <<from what I understand, it derives its origin from a Native American game that supposedly the natives played with their enemies' *heads* as the balls>> Hoo boy...hm, let's do that to those guys in Texas (dragging killers). >:) <<the company just did what amounts to a purge. As a result, a number of employees ... including one *manager* ... were canned.>> ACCK! I'm glad you were spared!
Doug> <<Kit isn't feeling well. <sighs> Hope she isn't getting sick.>> Ack! Me too. Just in case: <tosses Sli Sludge into an iron maiden>
Mandolin> <<You know, we've got a CR lawyer, I think we should add a CR housecleaning staff.>> I kinda thought that was the tree bouncer's job. :)
Pistoff> <<After spending years working jobs that required me to be polite, there was something amazingly gratifying about treating people like shit for a living>> <LOL> That, friend, could be the official manifesto of darn near everyone in retail and fast food. ;)
SJ> <<Stephen King has just bought the van from the guy that hit him! He actually bought the vehicle that nearly took his life! He says he plans to take a sledgehammer to it as soon as he's able.>> MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I love the way his mind works. >:) Almost exact (well, paraphrased) quote from him: "People think I'm this horrible person, because I write horror novels. But really, I have the heart of a child. In a jar on my desk." <hehehe>
Wilek Nereus - [<--Odd MP3 with a lot of background noise]
Saturday, September 25, 1999 01:10:33 AM
IP: spaceproxy.com
***BEGIN RP***
Since the Cyber Smurf has been defeated and the Dark Star Two, everyone (especially Kari) has just received the startling revelation that Black Tiger is really the son of Jim Iza Noying!!!
"Jalapena," SJ muttered. He turned to Kari. "I think your family relations are about as screwy as mine are!"
Kari didn't smile at his joke. "This is not funny. This....this is so sudden....I...how..."
"I'd better explain," Black Tiger said with a sigh.
***PAUSE RP***
Comic book news: Well, Chris Claremont is finally returning to the X-Men next year! Hopefully he'll write some sense into things.
BTW, has anyone else in here checked out the new Bishop series? I have the first two issues now, and I can honestly say I like how things are going. But you just know they have to have greenlighted this series in the wake of the success of Mutant X. Mutant X stays a consistent top seller (thanks, I think, in part to the fact that it's continuity isn't shot to heck and back), so they decided to stick Bishop in an alternate timeline/reality/future. It's interesting. Bishop was always a character I thought deserved to have his own series, to let his character develop and grow, and I enjoy Fitzroy as the main villain. Fitzroy was always a guilty favorite of mine, so it's good to see him get promoted to major villain status. Anyone else have any thoughts on this?
Pistoff: Got your email. :) Hey, glad I could entertain you. And you know I'm with you bro. :)
Bit of Irony: Did you guys hear this? Stephen King has just bought the van from the guy that hit him! He actually bought the vehicle that nearly took his life! He says he plans to take a sledgehammer to it as soon as he's able. Now, is it just me, or does he not have a cool sense of humor?
Green Baron: As you probably read from the other posts, George C. Scott was an actor. One of the greatest of our time, many would say. He's probably best known for his role as the general Patton, in the movie of the same name. And the guy was humble about it too--he wouldn't go to the Oscars or accept his award (he won for best actor for Patton) because he felt that the award show was just a greedy competition designed to fuel the actors egos. He was a fine actor, and the entertainment industry is poorer without him.
Bugs Bunny: He's gay. No really. You haven't heard this? Seriously, I know several folks that would swear on a stack of holy books that Bugs is unequivocably homo. What do you think that carrot is symbolic for? I don't care though, what he does in the privacy of his rabbit hole is his business.
I did feel kind of uncomfortable when he started giving Elmer Fudd kisses though...
Naughty Pokemon: Geez, but I'm ready for the hentai thumbs to hit the net any day now. You know they'll be coming soon. One more kids show perverted by the internet...;-p
Deuce's Appearance: Hey, what have I told you people? Deuce is our own teenage heartthrob! ;) Stepped right off the set of Dawson's Creek, he did! Much better photo this year, too, BTW. No big goofy grin this time, although I'm sure the ladies like your smile ;)
Ah, I'm just bustin' your chops a little, just pokin' fun. :) Here's a guy we should really be jealous of, guys in the room, ol' Simon Crowley. Have him take *his* shirt off, watch the ladies swoon ;0)
Bob Larson: He hates Harry Potter? What's wrong with Harry Potter? I mean, heck, everybody and their grandmama is
buying those books. Personally, I don't think that kids will read these books and go on to embrace witchcraft or anything. He should spend his time actually doing something productive. I mean, you could do more good for kids by say.....I don't know, helping to end child abuse, working with impovirshed innner city youths, building rec centers, etc....than by trying to get Harry Potter banned. Sheesh.
***RESUME RP***
As Black Tiger prepared to explain his origins to Kari and the others, SJ received a message from Wilek on his personal
communicator. "Hello? Hey, what's up?"
"We got some heavy stuff going down," the blue gargoyle replied. "We've got some major Phalanx infestation happening down in Egypt right now, amongst the Pyramids and the Sphinx."
SJ frowned. "If the Phalanx are there--that means my dad is there too."
"Could be. Already they tried to launch some sort of missile weaponry. We believed it contained a virus capable of assimilating the entire population of Earth."
"You're talking in past tense there, pal."
"We were able to take them out, but they could have more. They could have anything up their sleeves, really."
"I hear you. We'd better clear things up here and get to Egypt, fast....otherwise, we may have one heck of a lot of angry Phalanx on our hands."
***END RP***
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Saturday, September 25, 1999 12:07:59 AM
IP: 207-172-53-35.s35.tnt4.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com
"Golf balls are important because, without them, we could never measure hail."
Heh...wish I could remember who said that. ;)
Delphi: I got the email. Thanks, that was funny! Makes me glad that's never happened to me... *cringes just thinking about it* ;)
Jaden: Thanks. :) Sorry about your sleep problems. Do you know if anything can be done to help? I hope you find a way to get it straightened out. :)
Fire Storm: Yeah, those cursors are...intriguing, aren't they? *g* And none of the stuff that manager pulled was right! As for why you stayed there so long...well, a job is a job, and in some places they're hard to find. I know it took me a long time just to get hired at Pizza Hut...so once they hired me, I latched onto it and just rode everything out. I hate the job, but it could be a lot worse, and there's nothing else available anyway. It's easy to kinda get stuck in a rut like that. I hope you find something better soon. :) BTW, the quote at the end of this post is for you and me and everybody else stuck in lousy jobs.... ;)
Xanathar: Thanks. :) I'll post an addition to the Joyride as soon as I can get a few other things straightened out, here...
Aaron: Heh...maybe Otto was the one who created them. ;) I'm sure he has lots worse than that, too... *g*
Jenna: Yep, I got your email. Thanks. :) I replied a few minutes ago.... And about that guy in Texas--good! After what he did, I can't wait till they fry his ass!
Green Baron: Yikes! The guy in the gym and the pervert coach...sounds like somebody I might've delviered to... ;)
Blue Caeru: Hi! Been a while. <hell, I think I'm disillusioned with LIFE in general.> I know the feeling. ;) I hope things get better soon.
Warpmind: That computer helpline story...ROTFL!
Hair problems: I used to have one of these...I'm 25 and had the hairline of a 75-year-old. So I finally got it over with and started shaving it all. Have to keep shaving it every day, though, otherwise lint from my pillow sticks to my head...
Driving while conducting music: Well, I don't do *that*...but I've noticed that I do spend an astonishing amount of time steering with my knee while waving both middle fingers around.... ;)
Stephen: Hey, relax. I haven't even *been* here all day...and I haven't mentioned *it* since last night, and never will again. :) And good luck with the story. I mailed one of my own off a couple weeks ago, to Asimov's, and expect them to send it back within the next couple weeks.... *g* Best of luck to ya. It'd be nice to know another published author. :)
Coyote: Oh god, the purge at your workplace sounds scary. Sheesh. As if everything else that happens to you there isn't bad enough. The quote at the end of my post is for you, too. :)
Doug & Kit: Sorry Kit's not feeling well. Hope she gets better soon. :)
Skippy: I had the same problem with hair, and came up with the same solution. One thing I've noticed is that, when I wear a hat, my head overheats rapidly... O_o
"After spending years working jobs that required me to be polite, there was something amazingly gratifying about treating people like shit for a living." ---Ted Rall, on managing a skeevy motel in Vallejo, CA
Pistoff - [phred@koalas.com]
Friday, September 24, 1999 11:55:35 PM
IP: wire-24.koalas.com
**Mandi crawls out of the bomb shelter, grumbling about cliffhangers**
Glad to see it seems to be over. **looks around at the state of the CR, flamewar and fire-extinguisher damage and all** You know, we've got a CR lawyer, I think we should add a CR housecleaning staff.
Anyway... yes, I saw "Now and Again." Since I can't really see new movies now without wasting money, I'm resorting to TV reviews, so...
**SPOILERS FOR "NOW AND AGAIN"**
Okay... this was weird. But weird in a good way, mainly because the tone seemed to shift all over the map. I'll admit the pilot was slower than I expected, but it was all setup - how they got "permission" for the transfer, how Lisa has to deal with Michael's death, how Michael initially reacts to the deal he made, yada yada yada.
Anyway, the good stuff. The writers didn't gloss over parts I expected them to - the extent to which Michael was monitored, Lisa dealing with the aftermath, et cetera. Which, of course, is why this was a fairly slow episode, but that was for the sake of character development. All the hospital scenes were pretty funny, and it took me a few minutes to recover from the "checking the package" part. Dennis Haysbert stole every scene he was in. Every single damn scene. Where did they find this guy? Eric Close wasn't bad either, especially in the final and best scene of the episode.
The annoying things: the soundtrack, for one. All the pieces they picked were distracting as hell and didn't seem to fit. And then they had to end it on a "to be continued", then show us scenes from next week's, which involve Michael escaping, breaking into his office and finding Roger... and I've got to wait a week. Aaggghhhh!!!
Yep, you guessed it. I'm hooked. *sigh*
**END REVIEW**
Blue Caeru> Welcome back!
Ugh, that's it. I'm tired, and I need sleep.
Mandolin - [weird_web@hotmail.com]
Friday, September 24, 1999 11:37:26 PM
IP: 144.175.18.15
COYOTE> Where do you work? (What kind of company, I mean, not necessarily the name.) Just curious. In the mass media we keep reading about how just about every place is riding high, that they can't hire ENOUGH workers.
Pogo
Friday, September 24, 1999 10:59:48 PM
IP: proxy5-external.alsv1.occa.home.com
Hair> The fact that I am 25 and already suffering the effects of male pattern baldness (my hairline has been receding pretty steadily since I left school) I've gotten to the point I just keep it shaved extra close. I keep an even layer of peach-fuzz on my head most of the time :)
Yes it's cold, but that's what hats are for. Plus I have found that if I wear my wig for my Klingon costume on my head after I've recently shaved it down, the wig netting acts like velcro against my stubbly scalp. So there defintely is some kind of positive side to this :)
David G> finally got in touch with Ben, and we will be setting up a table out at Arlingcon
Skippy The Klingon
Friday, September 24, 1999 10:32:27 PM
IP: uv1-46.ultravision.net
**RP ALERT**
Shap and Shauna are circling the laughing demonic form of Pastor John, one with his sword in a fighting stance and the other aiming an arrow. "You really think you can hurt me, don't you?" the evil preacher chuckles at them. "Yeah," Shauna snaps, "and this time, you're not turning the other cheek." John shakes his head, then gives her a fiendish smile. "You know, killing me won't do you any good. I got a mistress back in Hell, remember? She'll send me back again and again to keep hunting you down. Eventually you'll both get old and gray, then I can kill you easy." "Don't bet on that, Pastor John!" shouts Shap. "We're gonna beat you here, we're gonna beat you every time we meet! That's what good guys like us do, kick corrupted demon-possessed ass!" "But can you beat a hundred demons?" John asks. "A thousand? I don't think so, and that's what you're going to be facing soon. My mistress Synatia has made an alliance with the balor lord Gothmenes, the ultroloth Deavik, the hordling duke and corruptor of humanity Oliver Cromwell, and Valerian, lich-queen of the githyanki. Through a Dark Jedi known as Jerec and a powerful evil wizard called Kharsus, we have joined forces with your friend Thailog. We supply him with arms, and at times with soldiers. It is thanks to us that he has most of the health and power he now enjoys." "Thanks for telling us your plan!" Shauna shouts. "Now you can die!" With that she fires the arrow and curses as it misses John's flank. Shap wastes no time and goes in swinging, barely dodging two fireballs the demon throws his way.
The display switches to the stairwell inside Area 51-A, where the Ravens have just escaped the numerous bombs Kincaid triggered to destroy them. They are now trying to open the locked door at the stairway's top. Elena uses a knock spell and disengages the mechanism. Jaden nods and kicks the door open. Instantly he and the others are forced to dive aside as a barrage of machine gun fire blasts onto the crowded landing. Not all are able to avoid it in the cramped space and thus two of the Avatar troopers are sliced down by its hardlined APEX rounds. Tom, Mist, and Stephanie are also wounded. "Alright!" Doug shouts, "who the hell is shooting at us?" "The guy whose soul crystal we smashed!" Kitainia replies firing a laser blast that Agent Tau avoids. "I will pay you back for that!" he shouts at them. The group is forced to scatter again as he fires another barrage.
**PAUSE RP**
Hi. Well, this day has been good in some ways and bad in others. On the good side, I saw a very good movie called American Beauty (review's further down), the weekend's beginning, and I feel great. The downside was that this day seemed to take forever to end (at least until my classes were over), and on top of that Kit isn't feeling well. <sighs> Hope she isn't getting sick. If any of you want to send her get-well notes, I'm sure she'd appreciate them. I'll make sure they're recieved. :)
Aaron: Thanks for the Punisher info. Same to you, SJ (said that already, I know). I'm pretty sure Benny is based on Microchip after the info I was given, provided Microchip resembles Marvin Hacker in some ways (he didn't sound or look weaselly to me). Story is progressing slowly, don't know how much longer it will take me. With the info you guys have provided, I'm one step closer to getting it done though. So thank you very much. :)
Zath: Glad to hear the computer problems at your college were fixed. Sorry you're feeling sick, hope you (and Kit) soon get better. If you get the chance, I hope you can post some of those drawings you mentioned on the web. I would very much like to see how good you are. :)
<ducks behind a nearby screen and changes into a World War 2 army uniform, then steps out and snaps off a salute> I will miss you, George C. Scott. Truly you were a great actor, even though you never let people give you accolades to acknowledge it (note- this is true, George C. Scott was offered an Oscar for several preformances and every time he turned it down). Forever will I remember your great preformances in Richard III, Dr. Strangelove, Patton, and all your other films. Enjoy heaven, if that's where you are now. Know that down here your work was very much enjoyed and appreciated by legions of fans. :)
**SPEAKING OF OSCARS, IT'S TIME FOR A REVIEW OF THE MOVIE THAT SHOULD WIN MOST OF THIS YEAR'S**
As I mentioned earlier, Kit and I saw American Beauty tonight. I can express my feelings on this film in five words: THANK GOD IT WAS MADE!!!! It was the best film I've seen all year. Definitely gets 10/10 stars, thumbs are pointed at heaven. Kevin Spacey turned in the top-notch preformance of his career, doing an even better job than he did in Usual Suspects. The other actors and actresses also did fantastic jobs, helped out by the film's wonderful direction and stupendous script. The story was easy to follow and even easier to appreciate. Emotions brimmed throughout the film, and were easily tangible to anyone who took the trouble to watch with a critical eye. It was also entertaining as well as excellent art, with many quotable and memorable lines, moments, visual effects, and scenes. Very uplifting too, I went into it excited, smiled as my enjoyment increased with every scene, gasped and sighed at the end, and then left the theater with a wonderful high in all senses. Despite her headache, Kit was feeling the same. For all these reasons, I am thanking God that American Beauty was made. I'm also glad it was made because unless the Oscar critics have their heads stuck up their asses and/or they get bought off, this film should and will definitely beat out that last piece of c&^p Stanley Kubrick tried to feed the public before he died (I speak of Eyes Wide Shut of course. Yes, I know some people in here liked it. Sorry if my opinion offends anyone. But I think that after seeing this film, even people who liked Eyes Wide Shut will agree it pales in comparison to this movie's success). I definitely recommend American Beauty to everyone in here, the film is wonderful. A true classic. Go see it now, and be amazed. :)
**REVIEW ENDS**
<sighs> Glad I was able to say that. Back to replies now. :)
SOROW: When you deserve a break, by all means take it! <grin> Hope you're feeling better now, if you're still sick I'll add you to my list of get-well prayers. <sighs, kills Sli Sludge>
Coyote: About what happened at your job today, look on the bright side. At least you didn't get fired. :) Good luck surviving the stress. As for Torrent, you did not tell me about him at the Gathering, nor show me any sketches. Hope you do write some stories with him someday, because a) I am now very curious about this character and b) I do not want eternal confinement to be Rain and Rosanna's fate. :) In the meantime, keep up the good work on WCC! (Hoping for the next chapter of that soon. :)
Stephen: Happy that the publisher is keeping your story, good luck with getting it in the magazine.
I guess that's all the comments I had to make tonight. See y'all later, everyone have a good rest. :) <waves>
**BACK TO RP**
"Kincaid," Tau says into his collar mike as he fires at the Ravens, "our prisoners are alive. Your bombs didn't get them. Fortunately I'm firing at them now." "Good work, Tau!" Kincaid shouts. "Keep it up!" The Ravens and their commandos begin to exchange fire with Tau as he exchanges clips and fires another barrage at them. Two more of the Avatar Commandos are killed by it, leaving only Surge and three others. The Ravens keep shooting and ducking behind rubble and walls for cover. Tau uses his powers to dodge and avoid their bullets and laser blasts. Lathrop and Elena try throwing lightning but this time Tau is ready and avoids it. "This guy is too damn fast!" Jammer shouts, trying to get a bead on Tau with his mag rifle and hitting nothing but air. Doug nods in agreement. "Orion, would an exorcism work now?" The cleric shakes his head. "No, since he has no other host to flee to. I can try a banishment spell, however. If it works, it will not only drive Tau's spirit out of his current body, but also permanently exile him to the dimensional vortex." "Do it!" Kit grins. Orion nods and goes into a meditative trance. Tau meanwhile continues firing and his next blast his Agent Ripwoski in the stomach and legs. She falls screaming, protesting that she's alright and thanking Boris as he drags her out of the line of fire. "Enough!" Tau shouts. "Let's end this now!" With that he throws a live grenade into the stairwell. Keith reacts quickly and kicks it back out. Tau kicks it back in, and this time Doug kicks it back out towards him. Orion's banishment spell is cast just as Tau draws his foot back to kick the grenade again and it goes off in his face. The evil alien spirit wails in agony as he is simultaneously hit by the blast and driven out of the body in which he was residing. Kincaid's secretary crumples with the shock, and Tau is sent screaming into a dimensional vortex. Jammer, Kit, and Elena quickly riddle the secretary's body with bullets and laser blasts, just in case she starts firing at them next. She falls to the floor, clearly bleeding to death. "Took care of that guy," Kit smiles. "Is everyone okay?" They all nod, Surge lamenting the deaths of four of his men. Orion applies healing spells to Mist and Tom (Stephanie's wounds have already faded thanks to her immortality), but since the banishment took a lot out of him does not have enough energy left for Janice. "I'm alright," the FBI agent assures them, though she is clearly heavily wounded. "Let's find your paladin friend, he can take care of this." Tom nods, then he and Boris bandage Janice's wounds with strips of clothing. They then support her as the team leaves the stairwell and starts walking down the base hallway toward the nearest exit. Watching them through a security camera, Kincaid snarls and clenches his fists.
**THIS BIT OF RP ENDS**
Doug - [frostfire@mail.utexas.edu]
Friday, September 24, 1999 10:18:26 PM
IP: pool-207-205-148-133.dlls.grid.net
**enters the room, seeing the conflicting room makeovers. Switches out the candles, then sits in the restored massage chair.**
**sigh** And I thought work was gonna get easier ... the company just did what amounts to a purge. As a result, a number of employees ... including one *manager* ... were canned. Combining that with one of the parts managers being laid up in the hospital ... oyyyyyyy ...
**massages temples briefly, then continues**
Wilek: You also have to consider the origins of lacrosse, though ... from what I understand, it derives its origin from a Native American game that supposedly the natives played with their enemies' *heads* as the balls. It started off as a fairly violent game to begin with. :)
Fire Storm: True. They're more concerned about folks getting caught stealing than the fact that their so-called "tech support" on the computer system need a plexiglas navel.
Deuce: Canadian game, eh? (no pun, really) So that means Michigan State only has *one* Canadian sport as varsity as opposed to the two it used to have ... three years ago their men's lacrosse team was knocked down to club status so that the school could meet Title IX, an extremely unpopular decision, as the sport that replaced it was, of all things ... varsity co-ed sculling (rowing). Meanwhile, MSU's hockey team remained unscathed. :)
**sigh** Not much else to talk about tonight ... may as well try to write some tonight, I'm behind by a long shot ...
**sits back in the massage chair, splitting his attention between his fixation and his computer, trying to write**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Friday, September 24, 1999 09:10:24 PM
IP: modem14.i-is.com
That was odd. Somebody kill DC. I'm too busy.
Now, as I was trying to say...
Spacebabie> It could be worse, the CR could look like a warehouse, with boxes all over the place filled up with things you keep realizing you need. That's what my apartment looks like.
Still, the Barbie look has to go. Time for the second ever David G. RP description...
***David reaches into his bag and pulls out a cane carved with vinework, topped with a shard of quartz. He chants in ancient Lemurian while tracing complex diagrams into the air in glowing light from the tip of the cane.
There's a flash of light, accompanied by an odd sense of displacement. When the spacial reality is restored, the room looks like the Bronze from Buffy: the Vampire Slayer.
David spins his cane like a baton. When it stops spinning, it's been replaced by a pool stick.***
Is that better?
Fire Storm> Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday. It's the day before Ash Wednsday. The idea is to party enough to get all your desire for fun out of your system before Lent.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Friday, September 24, 1999 08:41:24 PM
IP: pppa3-fortworth11-1r235.saturn.bbn.com
**IRRELEVANT BIT OF RP!***
** Deuce walks in, seeing spacebabie's Barbie transformation, and screams. Whipping out a set of necromancer's bells especially spelled to destroy all things girly and cutesy, he gives them a loud, loud ring. The combined effect, oddly, sounds like "Bullet With Butterfly Wings". Still, it works, and the CR is returned to normal. **
**END RP!**
jenna> ["Here in TX the man who helped drag that guy to death has been sentanced to die himself..."] Yeah, and I've got some ideas as to how to deal with that f---er....
Green Baron re: hair> Yeah, but yours looks GOOD. If I spike it, I look like a punk (which I'm not). If I don't, I look gay (which I'm not). If I don't spike it, but wear a hat when it's still wet, I look like a British pop star (which I'm not). Of all these, I like the last one best. o_O ["::Sodomizes DC with a rusty iron rod::"] AUGH!
Aaron> ["Has anybody seen Rushmore? It's quite good..."] Eh, I didn't like it much. A very unique movie, but not to my tastes.
Robby> ["And besides, just yesterday James made a comment about, 'Next time we steal men's costumes!'..."] Ah, I was just going to ask you how far along you were in Pokémon season 2. Trust me, next week you will be VERY surprised. Mewtwo? No. Close.
Fire Storm> ["Pokemon or incest?"] Likely Pokémon.... *coughDemonaAndJerichocough* ["...what DOES Mardi Gras stand for?"] "Fat Tuesday". Don't ask me why.
And I'm off. I should be around later tonight; check AOL and ICQ for me.
** Deuce leaves **
Deuce - [fallglimmersparkleandfade@curtain.cjb.net]
Friday, September 24, 1999 08:36:45 PM
IP: spaceproxy.com
...
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Friday, September 24, 1999 08:31:56 PM
IP: pppa17-fortworth12-2r235.saturn.bbn.com
::HUGS::back at GB
Starts Sounding like Heather with camera infront of her face Donhavue
DBZ Oh...my gosh...Frieza...he changed...voice...different...Kurillin.....skewer...ouch....that...was ...cold man...very cold.
Decides to clean up the room with all the scorch marks recently
begins to spin
Hocuspokusalakazqamabracadabrashazampokemonuhwahtelsemoonhealingescalation!
as the magic dust settles looks in to the room and gasps
The Horror the horror. it was supposed to be beautiful not this montrosity.
I'm sorry everyone.THE ROOM NOW RESEMBLE BARBIE'S DREAM HOUSE
Owen/Puck is right magic isn something to be messed with sheesh
JOYRIDERS please Joyride Michelle from the Jimmy Bryant car adds...SHE is so annoying and I guess you woyuldent know what i'm talking about unless you lived down here.
Spacebabie - [Spacebabie76@yahoo.com]
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A
Friday, September 24, 1999 08:25:23 PM
IP: ts003d39.orl-fl.concentric.net
STEPHEN> Good luck getting published! What is TaleBones' circulation, and where is it sold?
Pogo
Friday, September 24, 1999 08:01:17 PM
IP: fwnt.dw.dorseylaw.com
Aris Katsaris: I stand corrected. It HAS been awhile since I saw that episode of B5.
Deuce: <Sigh> Thanks anyway.
jenna: Don't worry. I have had a 7 month delay between my fics. 2 months isn't so bad.
Christine: <But, I hasten to assure you all, that's _not_ someplace I plan to exercise my talents ::shudder:: >
Pokemon or incest?
Green Baron: <Mardi Gras>
<FS Slaps his head> DUH! How could I forget about Mardi Gras?
BTW... what DOES Mardi Gras stand for?
Night Walker: I was being sarcastic. I totally agree that Spears is ripping Bjork off.
Jewel: < a 17-year-old black girl to be barelling down the highway at top speed in a big green minivan blasting *opera*>
Now THAT must have been quite a sight!
<PRAISE//GIVER-OF-WILL>
Fire Storm - [Night-Flame@usa.net]
Friday, September 24, 1999 07:53:20 PM
IP: t2-34.visitus.net
Pogo- **Arcs an eyebrow** I was not questioning your sincerity. As CR Co-Administrator I try my best to stay impartial in matters such as this. (Although I will admit at some point I failed when dealing with Paul Allan Nathans...) I merely noted that there was a two hour time lapse between posts, and being room co-administrator I'm worried there may be something faulty with the loading feature, as I myself have had some problems loading lately. I said the subject was dropped, and I meant it. You are reading too much into things now.
Now then, Pogo, TJ Veil, Warpmind, Aris, Deuce, Nightwalker, and anyone I may have missed...
Last night I asked that this matter be dropped immediatley, totally, and completley. This has not bee the case so far, so I ask again. DROP the matter from your minds entirely. Do not think about it, do not mention it, do not even note that I am starting to get a bit upset about being ignored about this. Pistoff leaves his e-mail address, if you have to console him about the scanario, do so privatley. Now please, don't anyone bring this matter up again, or I shall start to become angry at being ignored again.
**Goes into a bad 70's Bruce Banner impression** You wouldn't like me angry...
Robby
Friday, September 24, 1999 07:44:47 PM
IP: spider-tr081.proxy.aol.com
Greetings all...
Pogo/Pistoff - That's it! This is a Parental-Strength Order (and that's dang powerful!): The both of you are FORBIDDEN to speak about said subject for the rest of your lives, or ELSE! Got it!? Get it?!? GOOD!
Ahem! Now...
GREAT NEWS! - I just got a confirmation-of-receipt postcard today that I had included with my latest story submission to "Talebones" magazine. It said that they received my story on 9/13... which, being this is the 24th, means they've had my story for over a week! A good sign, since MZB Fantasy mag returned my first story within a week...
Say prayers and wish me the best, folks! :)
Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Friday, September 24, 1999 07:42:53 PM
IP: m95.ieway.com
Robby> I thought you said you wanted to leave it alone now. Having already prostrated myself twice, and explained how it was sincere, I now get further questioning of my sincerity about a tertiary post that went up while I was putting together a rather long response. Hmm yourself.
Pogo
Friday, September 24, 1999 07:02:56 PM
IP: fwnt.dw.dorseylaw.com
Aaron: "Oh, and if you use both hands to conduct The Ride of the Valkyries while driving down the freeway at 80 mph (steer with your knees) lots of people get out of your way." <g> The "Dies Irae" from Verdi's or Mozart's Requiem works, too. And isn't it *fun*, all the looks you get when you do that? I used to love when I lived in Georgia and drove Mommy Dearest's big green minivan--people were not expecting a 17-year-old black girl to be barelling down the highway at top speed in a big green minivan blasting *opera*. It was *great*.
Deuce: Man, I hear ya about the hair. I'd shave my head except I know I have a funny-shaped head. My hair has a major identity crisis--it can't decide to act like Black hair or White hair, and so it gets contrary when I treat it like either. That was why I cut all but an inch or so off.
Mommy Dearest: I had to give the psychopath my address because she had to overnight something "important" (she says) to me. Arg.
jewel - [Jewel.Faulkner@alunmae.brynmawr.edu]
Friday, September 24, 1999 06:23:02 PM
IP: 207-172-73-38.s38.tnt1.man.va.dialup.rcn.com
Taking a couple minutes of break time, then its back to drawing Beast Wars and writing Timedancer... I officially have no life anymore.
Hmm, I posted at 11:52, and Pogo posted at 2:41 without seeing my post. Hmm.
Wilek- Heh heh. You ain't seen nothin' yet. Dragonball Z is about to get really gruesome... Heh heh. What totally fascinates me though is this... The video reeases have "cut" and "uncut" releases, presumably so the cut versiobns can be shown on television. Yet Cartoon Network is using the uncut ones... (As evidenced by today's episode where Kullilin/Krillin was... Well... Hurt...)
Bugs Bunny in drag... Hmm, I need to get this scanner working on scan in the picture I did a ways back of Lola discovering this little fact about Bugs...
T.J. Veil- Well, Cartoon Network does still give some consideration to S&P. They cut the Road Rovers "Sonovavitch" song, and a the word "Bedroom" has been changed to "Basement" in a certain Johnny Bravo episode... (The Scooby Doo one. The first two times the episode aired, Fred and Daphne mentioned checking out the bedroom. SInce then, the word has been changed to "basement", and so it makes no sense when Daphne looks upwards. Ah well...) and in Dragonball a lot of the dialouge is being atrociously censored and dumbed down, as is the music... I don't recall the characters saying "darn" quite so much in the fandubs I saw... But then again, both of those things are really Funimation's fault and not Cartoon Network's...
**Robby breaks out into song for no apparent reason.** C is for Cookie, and thats good enough for me... Er... Scuse me.
Jessie and James from Pokemon- Um, why does James have to liek Jesse? Near as I can tell she's always mean and cruel to him. Personality can easily dispel any physical attraction, and thats certainley what Jessie does... And she cross dresses just as much as James does. Its part of the humor. And besides, just yesterday James made a comment about, "Next time we steal men's costumes!" indicating he doesn't care all that much for the female outfits he keeps getting stuck in...
Hair problems- I have no such thing. I comb it back in the morning, and within muinutes it falls into a Trunks-like haircut, minus the white color.
Night walker- ANy powers you want in the RP are fine. We've got telepaths and magic users and such already, and heck, Jim's son Musoke, the Black Tiger, seems to know stuff from Dragonball. You don't have to be weak, you just shouldn't be ridiculously strong so that all the fun is taken out of it. And on the RP note...
**BRIEF RP HERE**
Somewhere, far away from the Dark Star two, a figure frowns. "So, my cyber-smurf has been destroyed. Pity. He was so good at what he did for such a weak warrior. Ah well..."
Robby
Friday, September 24, 1999 06:12:39 PM
IP: spider-wj022.proxy.aol.com
Sorry I wasn't here yesterday , actually I was here I just didn't post . Few short comments.
Robby-WHAT < I CAN'T BELIEVE I COMPLETLY MISSED THAT!! Oh well , I'll have to write around it , man do I feel stupid. And don't worry , I won't make them overly powerful , but can I still use magic or [pyro, tele]kenisis? They'll be weak.
everyone-Yuo guys , robby said not to post about this ANYMORE . Lets leave it alone now.
GREENBARON-<<She's such a cute demon>>LOL, you actually took a look ? wow , oh and did you get my e-mails? I sent a few yesterday.And your right , she is cute . She still must be destroyed you know.
Firestorm-Are you sure you went to the right site? The bottom covers looked almost the same and the top ones were exactly the same exept they were by two different people.
Well that about does it. bye for now.
**sighs, a tear falling from his left eye.**
night walker - [goliath01@hotmail.com]
hobart, IN, usa
Friday, September 24, 1999 04:47:47 PM
IP: proxy-343.public.rwc.webtv.net
Hello, everyone. I am in possession of a key to the school computer room. Life is grand.
Blue Caeru: Why are you apologizing for having a not-gargoyles-related post? If you are going to apologize for something, don't apologize for something everyone else is guilty of, too.
GB: So you suggest Saddam? I've noted that behind my ear (the miracle of mirrors... ah). By the way, the name is Warpmind, not warmind.
And that typo reminded me of a classic computer helpline story (and, as far as I know, it's a true story): A man called in a problem with his printer. It soon became evident that he was quite inept in the computer field. However, the helpline employee was able to guide the man through the process of re-initializing the printer. Then for the test: "And now, sir, press Control and P on your keyboard." "What? I will do no such thing!"
Ah, those simple misunderstandings... make for great jokes, no?
Well, gotta sign off, I've got nothing further to say at the moment, except: Night Flame, I sent you mail, please respond if you received it!
Later, oh crew of nobility (with a few exceptions).
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Friday, September 24, 1999 03:29:05 PM
IP: maaloeytnb-gw.online.no
Hi everyone. Um, looks like I've missed a lot. Anyway, I was just skimming and I encountered a couple of posts about know-it-all college professors/intellectuals. Maybe I'm lucky (so far) or have never interacted with my instructors enough, but that hasn't really been a problem for me. The only instructor I ever had a problem with was a rather jock-ish biology lab teaching assitant with an attitude. Everyone else has been nice enough and pretty much willing to listen a little, rather than disregarding/insulting anyone whose opinion differs from theirs. But I admit I am a bit disillusioned with academia in general... hell, I think I'm disillusioned with LIFE in general.
Well, I'm afraid I don't really have anything Gargoyles-related to say now, except that I'm wondering if Christine is working on another story (my apologies if this has already been covered). Anyway, I hope everyone is doing well. Bye!
Blue Caeru
Friday, September 24, 1999 03:06:46 PM
IP: smathersl1.uflib.ufl.edu
Has anybody seen Rushmore? It's quite good, and the main character looks just like Green Baron, especially after he puts on his green suit.
Oh, and if you use both hands to conduct The Ride of the Valkyries while driving down the free way at 80 mph (steer with your knees) lots of people get out of your way.
Later.
Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Friday, September 24, 1999 01:57:24 PM
IP: ppp-70.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net
D'oh!!! Janine> here's my pic.
Green Baron
Friday, September 24, 1999 01:47:41 PM
IP: 141.164.133.102
Not done just yet. ::Sodomizes DC with a rusty iron rod::
Zath and Pistoff> I knew a guy who got busted doing it in the gym bathroom by the coach known for being a pervert. That guy was also a major trouble maker, ever since he caused people trouble at summer events for younger students.
Gunjack><<Maybe so, but wait a few years, and you'll see some massive changes in the division of fighting assets...>>
Time will tell ultimately. I have no idea, personally.
Are you planning to go to Harding once you finish school? I knew a friend who went to their High School, which was interesting since he was an even mroe traditioanl Catholci than I was, and had to defend his views a lot :)
Ironwolf> That has always been my view, plus if Priests ahd families, they'd have to be paid mroe than 6,000 or so a year. My motehr also force fed me many progressive views like married clergy and others, which probably turned me into an ultraconservative in High School and the beginning of College, where I evolved into a Libertarian.
Janine> Where will you be in Louisiana. If in New Orleans, make a stop by Loyola University. I have a link to my pic so you could find me, plus you can use it to remember me at G99 :)
Now, I'm off to get ready for tonight. My Fraternity is having a pledge pinning. Good bye for now :)
Green Baron
Friday, September 24, 1999 01:36:54 PM
IP: 141.164.133.102
RP WARNING!!!
**Golf course near resevior
OJ Simpson has been searhing Golf courses across the country fo rteh real killers of the World Devestator. He is also improving his golf score and living niceley on Attila's American Express (until the bill comes in). He suddenly sees some white robed people with crazy looks and a pitcher of Kool Aid. He detects trouble so he decides to intervene. As he runs, people are shouting, "Go, OJ!"
The cultists stop and see OJ coming towards them. He takes out his machete and slices one cultist in half. The other three try to fight back, but to no avail. OJ puts on his gloves (which don't fit) and strangles another cultist. The next victim takes a machine gun and riddles OJ with bullets, while teh fourth cuts off hsi head, but in seconds OJ's body has healed itself showing no signs of injury. The two cultists shirek in terror and drink the Kool Aid, sending them back to the Second Level.
OJ is now confused and he decides to find out what's going on and why a dead cult has returned to Earth.
Dark Star II
The smurf has been vanquished and Tuxedo Bob Dole and Strom-Ra decide to leave. "Well, Bob Dole thanks you, but now I need to take Strom-ra back to his crypt in the Senate Building and I must battle another enemy alone. It seems a darth Clinton has challenged me. He even used my old nickname of ObiOne Bob. I hope the outcome is better than the movie."**
END RP for now
Jenna> Either Byrd is with God or reading an old magazine in Purgatory :) I just hope the other two punks get the same sentence. I support Capital Punishment in most cases, and this is one I definitely support it in. I also hope those three see how evil their actions were, not to change their sentence, but only because I do not wish the worst Judgemnet upon anyone.
Deuce> Hair problems? I have those in summer, because it's so thick. I now some young ladies who like my thick hair :)I oculd never shave it. I like it short and parted at the left. Its how my family has combed their hair for the last seven generations, except my great grandfather in the 1890s :)
Skippy> My scouts would have been ready for Bob, if he did rear his face :)
I don't know exactly who George C. Scott is, but he must be someone big. Their tragedies are a great loss.
warmind> I don't know if I'd go as far as you do, but I basically agree with you :)
$Attila wants to go after Clinton, though I have soemone who will fight Darth Clinton, so I guess we take on Hussein$
Firestorm> Well, Mardi Gras is meant to be the last big blow out party beofre Lent starts. Basically, it is very quiet on Ash Wednesday morning from eevryone sleeping in and rather amusing to see the reactions of some folks receiving their ashes when they are hungover :)
SJ> Of course I accept brother. You're too good a friend to let a littel squabble stand in the way ::hugs::
Jewel> I think I heard about Explaining Hitler. It probably sounds very different form another book called The Ghosts the Walked, which was about the environment in Munich that led to the NAZIs.
As for your concerns, it's understandable ::hugs::
Spacebabie> I'm gald you accept my apology. ::hugs::
::Grabs, SJ, Jewel, and Spacebabie into group hug::
Green Baron - [greenbaron@hotmail.com]
New Orleans, Louisiana
Friday, September 24, 1999 01:17:55 PM
IP: 141.164.133.102
Pokemon > Jesse and James aren't siblings. There's an ep in which he's called home to get his inheritance but it turns out to be a trick from his parents, who want him to marry his arranged bride (Jezebel, who is identical to Jesse).
Which, having seen it twice, was why I was so puzzled when I got a plea for naughty Pokemon stories "except no incest with Jesse/James".
But, I hasten to assure you all, that's _not_ someplace I plan to exercise my talents ::shudder::
Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Friday, September 24, 1999 12:14:00 PM
IP: vecna.ndip.eskimo.net
Aaron-- yeah, I remeber-- :P
jenna
Friday, September 24, 1999 11:03:21 AM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com
Hi, Jenna.
Long delays, eh? Remember when I said I was trying to get my fic done before the Gathering?
Later.
Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Friday, September 24, 1999 10:53:19 AM
IP: ppp-36.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net
Pist off- I sent you an em. Let me know when you get it :)
Nothing really going on here-- I'm two months behind on both my fanfic and another fic I'll be putting on my site by Shauntell-- I feel bad that it's been a delay of two months or so, but what else can I do-- real life....Any other fic writers here have a real long delay like that?
Here in TX the man who helped drag that guy to death has been sentanced to die himself-- can't say I feel too bad for him, given what he did. The man who was dragged was decapitated during the dragging. I knew it was bad, but I until I learned that, I had no idea it was that bad. I feel sorry for that guy (who died) I cannot imagine knowing your going to die like that, he must have been terrified, I know I would have been. I really hope he is with God now.
But let me also say, given the current feelings in the room, I don't talk about the Jasper dragging to start a flame war of any kind...
On the topic of gargs-- the station 8 cr is having some awesome discussions right now. You all go take a lookie. I liked hearing Weismen talk about how he wrote Gargs for himself first, and was the only profession experience he had done like this. He also has a new comic out, that someone mentioned as well.
I have contacted the Gathering committee, but havent heard anything regarding weather it would be okay to have musical pieces for the gargs at the Gathering. If anyone of the committee sees this, please contact me-- this is what I have slated to do so far--
1 waltz for Goliath and Elisa for Shauntell
Sax solo for Coyote for Goliath and Elisa-
One flute solo for Lexatello about Angela
Cello piece for Thailog (probally will have that on a recording-- a tape)
And Requiem also for the syntezier that I hope to have on tape--
I hope I get all of these done--I'm going to give it my best.
All for now---
jenna - [theamazingjenna@hotmail.com]
Friday, September 24, 1999 10:32:34 AM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com
Wilek>Oh no! Ppl's computers are failing, ppl (other than Mr. Disconnect) are getting sick, hurt, shot, de-fingered, a lot more than usual.<shudder> What's going on?! :(>> I think it's the millennium.
Pistoff> Those're some twisted cursors. Wonder if Otto's got something like that.
Doug> SJ already covered some of this, but...
Was Benny, perchance, a weaselly guy who sounded like Kevin J. O'Conner?
Anyway, "Benny" could be based on Microchip, Castle's hacker partner, or he could be based on another longtime Castle associate, a low-grade wiseguy named Mickey Fondozzi, whom Castle uses as an informant. Both Micro and Mickey are dead, I think, but since that was all part of the whole Angel-Punisher thing, I dunno if you want to go there or not.
As for Castle's family, his wife's name was Maria. I never could discover the kids' names, and in fact, do not remember them ever being called by name.
Later.
Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Friday, September 24, 1999 10:26:05 AM
IP: ppp-36.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net
I hate my hair. I'd shave my head if it weren't so cold outside.
Spike> ["Never, never, never let your temper do your typing. "] Had you only told me that a few months earlier.... We should post that right under the masthead here.
SJ> ["Or maybe he doesn't like Jesse."] My thoughts exactly. With all the attributes you mentioned, he'd have to be nuts NOT to be falling all over her. *whispers* I think he's gay. ;-)
David G.> ['If One More Person Gets His/Her Feelings Hurt and Threatens To Leave the Comment Room...I'M LEAVING THE COMMENT ROOM."] *L* Very, very good point.
Coyote> Liked your rant. ["There is actually a clause in the professional lacrosse rule book which covers player *death.*"] That's how you know it's a Canadian game, eh? Lacrosse is a very, very violent sport... I was a roadie for my jr. high team. :-)
Wilek> ["Was it you who, a long time ago in a CR far, far away, requested Riven MP3s?"] Yes. I'll get you the list tomorrow.
Fire Storm> ["WHICH SHOW? Got it on tape?"] Similar to my Voyager bloopers... a long, long time ago, VERY late at night, damaged my sense of reality.... Sorry.
** Deuce reads a couple more posts **
*sigh* WILL EVERYONE STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK FLAMEWAR? How clear to Robby and I have to be? THIS IS OVER. STOP. You've got Pissy's email. Use it.
** Deuce leaves **
Deuce - [badhairweek@curtain.cjb.net]
X, Y, Z
Friday, September 24, 1999 10:23:04 AM
IP: spaceproxy.com
Looks like Bob didn't take the bait, oh well... I realized he probably wouldn't because he was in L.A. Wednesday taping an episode of Politically Incorrect. I saw the transcript of the ep at ABC's websitw and it seems like Bob was being loonier than normal on the show. My name link will lead to Bobbo's rantings on why the Harry Potter books are evil...
I gotta take some blame for helping prolong this whole religous debate with all these Bob larson rants. So I promise this will be my last comment online about him.
James Randi> Yeah, I know about that dude, he helped Johnny Carson pull a fast one on the "psychic" Uri Gellar when he came on the Tonight Show. He was also on the Tonight Show once doing a demonstration of "psychic healing" which supposedly involves the healer sticking his hands into the patient's body without any incisions or anastesia and removing various unfreindly bits. It's all done with cow blood and chicken gizzards and looks disgusting to watch, makes a great party trick :)
Skipppy The Klingon
Friday, September 24, 1999 08:34:41 AM
IP: uv1-41.ultravision.net
Hi all!!
Pistoff:I'm glad to hear your not leaving,the Joyride wouldn't be the same without ya!:)
Theresa:I hope you don't decide to leave the CR after this silly incident(I hate seeing family argue:()
*Shares a moment of silence for George C. Scott...*
Spacebabie:Glad you liked it..yeah Bert and Ernie do deserve one but my fave has always been Cookie Monster>>I agree,my sister and I used love the Cookie Monster when we were little,I was saddened to hear that they had gotten rid of him:( (or was that just a rumor?)
C'yas later!!
Xanathar
Melbourne, victoria, Australia
Friday, September 24, 1999 07:50:08 AM
IP: cache1.mpx.com.au
Firestorm> Actually Londo and all Centauri have six "tentacles" that act as genitalia as mentioned in "Sic Transit Vir" and seen in the statuette of a Centauri hermaphrodite god in "Parliament of Dreams" and "Quality of Mercy... I don't think the word 'seven' has ever been mentioned in relation to it...
S8 room> There have been a number of interesting topics including how Santa Claus would have fitted in the gargoyles universe :), the question of afterlife and evolution (I've replied to Sevarius Jr's post, incase he hasn't noticed it), a disrespectful comment from Bruce Timm (of the Batman series) against Gargoyles and people's reaction towards it, a visit by Greg and his commentary on it as well...
Come on visit!
Flamewar> Won't get into it (haven't even read most of it), except to say that as far as I know Pogo last posted in the S8 room around June (though I may be wrong in this). He's hardly a regular there as some people here presented him to be.
Finally, for those who never visit Ask Greg> At the end of the month the last contest of Ask Greg (the one which will definitely have a winner will expire). I remind all that it concerns the codeword "Alone" which Demona had, and which participants must explain in two paragraphs: its conscious and unconscious meaning. (Read the rules in Ask Greg, in the Contests archive, click name to go directly there)
Aris Katsaris - [katsaris@otenet.gr]
Friday, September 24, 1999 06:27:02 AM
IP: athe530-g036.otenet.gr
**Warpmind walks into the CR with Toku Kaioto's rant in hand. He suddenly looks up, glancing around.**
Hi, guys.
Toku Kaioto: Just read your rant. It was... beautiful, something one should, but cannot possibly expect in todays society. Mind telling me what you're smoking, and why you're not sharing? ;) If just your idea would catch on... I believe there was a saying in Callahan's (you know, the bar described by Spider Robinson) or one of those places: "I'm not saying you're not entitled to be opinionated, or prejudistic. But please, have the decency not to try and spread the virus." You, however, may spread such humanistic propaganda as your rant all you like.
Pistoff: Hey, buddy, I'm on your side in this battle. Don't come here claiming that everybody sides with Pogo here, 'cause I sure don't, and I believe a lot of the regulars here are with you as well. Just remember: Pride, without honor, is shallow, worthless and futile. But when the two are combined, the person in question never starts a fight, but always wins, no matter the direct physical outcome. Few people manage this ideal, but we all should try. And hey, if Pogo pulls that insult-apologize-look-like-the-good-guy-stunt again, well, I'll try to be there to hold him down for you, ok? See? Just calm down, now. We all have our pride, it's the ability to swallow it that makes us nobler.
Spacebabie: That crystal ball... did you get any pictures? 'Cause I'd sure as smithereens like to see it.
Christine: Judging a Demona's Mate Battle? Uh-oh... I envision the dome scene from Cats and Dogs...
**JOYRIDE**
The Joyriders carefully dispose of any intestinal stains on their clothing before climbing back into Cthulhu.
"So, who's next?"
Warpmind leans forward, handing an untitled CD to Jack.
"Can you play this, random track?"
Jack grins. "Sure, no prob."
After a few minutes, the tones of "Let's Bomb Iraq" float out of the car's speakers. Warpmind grins in recognition.
"Okay, then, I was hoping for a suggestion from the disc. So, Clinton or Saddam?"
**TO BE CONTINUED**
Should have had a link to the song, but the file had been removed from its site... sorry. Go search for it, it's a Bill Clinton parody, and quite fun.
Well, gotta go. See ya later, folks.
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Friday, September 24, 1999 04:07:32 AM
IP: maaloeytnb-gw.online.no
Ahh... so THATS what I get for having a life outside of the CR. I miss everything!
Scott Iskow: Why do cartoons become formulaic? Because good writers cost money. More money=less profit. SO they hire the cheaper writers that just do the basics.
SJ: Monkey and AIDS: How did you know that was the EXACT line that was going through my head when I typed that?
Deuce: Your picture: Hell, MOST of my highschool pictures sucked. Yours was MUCH better than ANY of mine.
Night Walker: What makes you think that Bratt-any is trying to rip of Bjork? I can't see ANY simularity!
(Shouldn't she get into trouble for that?)
AGAIN, Did Brittany get breast implants? From "Nail me baby one more time" to any of her newer crap, her breast size increased visably, I'd say by a few cup sizes.
BTW... you really didn't leave a link to the pic, so I am linking it here.
Theresa: Brittney lookalike crossdresser: Yeah, I was ROFL'ing when I heard that one!
Wilek: The memory: Well, i have told the situation to LM's family, and I am trying to ease it to my family (Somthing I do NOT look forward to, BTW), and it really dosn't help. There is NO WAY I could post it in here. If I did tell it, it would be on my website in a few parts.
Let me just say one thing, though: There is WAY more to this story than one may think.
EVERYONE: Thanks for the support. With any luck, my next job will be a IT job. (READ: Tech support//consultant)
Televangelists: You know... besides the fact that I have strong morals, I could actually see myself being one.
"HALEULAH, Send me checks!"
Pistoff//everyone: I have no idea why I stayed there that long. I also don't know WHY I put up with the b#$^&. Truth be told, the job would have been VERY tolerable if the problems with the managers and her didn't coinside.
Do you think it is right for a manager to encourage a co-worker to cheat on his fiance with another co-worker (Repeatedly, and to the point of being harassment. Remember me mentioning the harassment? This is one of the cases. This type of case lasted for 18 months.) Even after the manager knew that the first co-worker wanted to remain faithful AND the manager met the fiance and found her 'cute,' and 'nice'? (I SO wish I was exagurating this mess...)
Pistoff: Oh, I could just see you there...
NOT a plesant site!
(I KNOW you would have REALLY yelled at the managers... you probally would have been arrested!)
Coyote: Crashed the Cleveland stores? Do I WANT to know?
The bad thing is that laws today make it nearly impossible to fire someone for being incompotent at their job. Trust me.
Spike: MOO!
Green Baron: <on a side note about Easter and Christmas, in New Orleans youd definitely know when Lent starts :) >
Could you clarify, please? I am sure that would make interesting reading!
Madame Destine: Were you at the Gathering 1999?
Ironwolf: WGN dropped all the WB shows? When did this happen? That was my only REAL access to WB stuff!
(I am going to have to confirm this. We saw Buffy on WGN this week.)(I have Dish Network)
TJ: You can get UPN on satelite dish?
REBOOT: I remember they even poked fun at SnP in Enzo's birthday Episode.
B5: Londo: 7 sets of genitalia: I remember him saying that once. Where are all 7 sets? How much is in a set? Are they all functioning? Are they all 'male'? I would REALLY like to know, just out of pure curiousity.
Warpmind de InzanE: Define. What kind? E-MAIL me. (BTW... I could do one. but ONLY novelty.)
Aaron: Personally, I think what you said w