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Whew! Well, the world STILL hasn't ended...yet. Next big test is tomorrow, I hear. Nothing's gonna happen. No big worldwide crash. And I even doubt that the Apocalypse of San Juan is going to come down on us.

You know what really bothers me? **MINI-RANT WARNING***
I'm watching TV this weekend, in between my all-hours playing of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (God that game is addictive!), and I of course see the usual Y2K millennium crap. Of course, you also have to have the religious people in there, talking about how they feel the world is gonna end soon. *sigh* This really, REALLY bothers me with Christians (and I have to use Christians, cause they are the ones who predominantly believe in the Rapture, the Tribulation, and the Apocalypse). I myself profess to be a Christian. I may not be a very good one, but I do believe and *ahem* (somewhat) practice the Christian faith. I even went to a Christian private school back in high school for a time. They forced that "world is gonna end in 2000" crap down you throat. And the really weird thing about it? They sounded so happy. Big smile on their face. "Jesus is coming back" they would say. Alright, that's cool with me, I'd like to meet him. He's my God, after all. "Then the Tribulation will begin and the AntiChrist will come to power..." This is where it began to fall apart for me. If you've studied the Bible--especially the last book of Revelation--you know that the Tribulation, in its later days, is probably the WORST period humanity will EVER suffer. Almost all of the world will die, and it'll be hell on earth.
It just upset me how they got so excited that the Rapture was going to happen, when they forget what happens *after* the Rapture. Like I said--I'm a Christian. But am I wrong in thinking that I wouldn't want Christ to come back for a long, long time? Like, sometime several centuries in the future? I mean, to be honest, there's about as much chance of him showing up tomorrow as there is anyday (assuming you believe in him to begin with), but...should you really be happy that you would be going to heaven when several billion people are going to be down here going through hell? It's always bothered me. I can't o›vercome it. Ah well...Just rambling tonight I guess.
***END MINI-RANT***

Coyote: I suppose I would have enjoyed the festivities if I really enjoyed drinking...and I don't. Or if I liked Tom Jones or Will Smith...which I don't. And the fireworks sucked. I should have just stayed home with my family instead and watched Dick Clark on the telly.

REMINDER: The last Peanuts strip is tomorrow folks. While you're munching on your Pop Tarts, say goodbye to a true American pop icon.

Kitiana: Glad to see you and Doug made it back okay from vacation ;) As for movies, if you like football (or maybe don't), you should see Oliver Stone's new film, "Any Given Sunday". It's pretty good; it shows a lot of the backstage politics and drama of the game. I liked it, but I'm a big football nut.
Oh, and do you know much about the guy replacing Yeltsin? I don't know much about him at all, but I do know he was former KGB. That sends all kinds of red flags up with me. I think I prefer ol' red-nosed-and-hosed Boris above the "Secret Police".

Cube: Hey, I've seen a LOT of B-Movies, and this is truthfully one of the better ones. It's not Shakespeare, but it's a pretty decent little psychological sci-fi thriller. Rent it if you can find it cheap, or scope it out on e Sci-Fi channel (they show it sometimes). It won't be the best of it's genre, but I feel it's good enough to warrant a viewing.
The best thing about it, though? NICOLE DEBOER!!!!!!! God she's hot! I'm in love with her (behind Natalie Portman....and Gwyneth Paltrow...), I swear. Even though they frump her up in this to look like a nerdy, she's still so damn cute ;)

Pistoff: Thanks for the fic, bro. Hope your ISP problems get taken care off, we haven't heard near enough of you these past few days ;)

Finally, check this out: Uri Gellar, famed (and fake) psychic, is threatening to sue Pokemon. Claims that Kadabra is a rip off of himself! Here's the article:

Uri Gellar Angry at Pokemon by Steve Johnson
Uri Geller, a performer who pretends to have psychic powers, is threatening a $100 million lawsuit over the Pokemon
charactr Kadabra, according to the New York Post.

Geller, whose stage act includes pretending to bend spoons with the power of his mind, says that Kadabra, a Pokemon
character who carries a spoon and injures his opponents with a psychic attack, is based on him. Kadabra is known in Japan
as “Un Geller,” the Post reported.

Geller first became aware of the similarity when visiting the Pokemon Center in Tokyo, a shopping center specializing in
Pokemon products. Geller was mobbed by admirers, then discovered that they were interested in him because of the
Pokemon character, not his own reputation.

No word yet on whether Jackie Chan or the estate of Bruce Lee will be suing over Pokemon characters Hitmonchan and
Hitmonlee …
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Monday, January 3, 2000 12:18:37 AM
IP: cache-2.spg.va.webcache.rcn.net

Due to technical difficulties, this week's episode of TGS will be delayed until tomorrow evening. Thank you for your patience.

Fuzzles,
Tony "Marlos" Teakles
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Monday, January 3, 2000 12:17:34 AM
IP: on-tor-blr-a58-02-939.idirect.com

Fire Storm> <<Now... all we need is someone to do that with MP3's!>> Ummm... he he, that would be me. (and also Hot Patootie, Bless My Soul... hey, I'm a tenor, so I love the solo). However, it is on my laptop, and I don;t feel like spanning disks so I can ftp it to remus (I forgot to bring my network card (pcmcia) home, and I don't know how to get it to talk nicely with the cable modem). Now, now, no need to kill me, if you still want, I can do so once I get back to school.

Taleweaver> You know, until I heard all of Pomp, I was annoyed by it. But then, the rest of it is actually good!

I really hope the garg fan servers are working for the new episode.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Monday, January 3, 2000 12:01:03 AM
IP: proxy1-external.etntwn1.nj.home.com

Well the new year has come. The world hasn't come to an end. Oh well, pinochle anyone.

Saw Fantasia 2000. It was excellant. It did not disappoint. Jenn, my fiance, loved Rhapsody in Blue. My personal favorite was the Firebird Suite. Though, if you've seen Princess Mononoke, and I have, you'll notice some similiarities. Didn't ruin my enjoyment of it. Funniest part was during the Pomp and Circumstances when Donald is helping Noah load the animals and he sees two ducks go by. I think the whales in Pine of Rome made the best use of the Imax theater and computer animation. Overall, an enjoyable experience.

Hope everyone else enjoyed the New Year. Once again, New York rags on LA about the Hollywood sign. Fine, it wasn't spectacular, but in all fairness. Paris blew the doors off of anything New York could aspire too. And Athens and Cairo were super extradorinary too. So my view is that as long as you had a good time where ever you are, it was a good New Years.

Until next time
Taleweaver - [taleweaver@usa.net]
Sunday, January 2, 2000 11:11:15 PM
IP: ced60-112.ced.csupomona.edu

**enters, passing around Tylenols to himself, Rosanna and Chibi-Elisa-chan**

Whoo boy ... too much eggnog ... still hung over ... :)

Okay, Y2K check ... everyone still breathing? (check) Still on line? (check) Still alive? (check) Good, we survived.

SJ: Oh, you were out at that shindig in DC, huh? Too bad your time wasn't better.

Wilek: Oh, maybe I oughtta give ya some hints ... since I completed DA2. **looks side to side** Best weapon to use is the Snoozi, fastest rate of fire. The rifle and the shotgun pack more punch, but they're slower weapons, and in that particular game *speed* is the key ... oh, and clever use of flatulence, too. :)

Doug and Kit: No rush, take yer time and be safe, kids, we'll wait for ya! :)

Christine: Oh yeah, I'd heard they were doing something to the Space Needle above and beyond running the elevator to the top ... something about a giant Roman candle ... ? Didn't get to see it myself ... ah well.

Elisa's birthday: Oh yeah, almost forgot about that. And to commemorate, here's a relink to how I commemorated it in my cycle, "Birthday."

Mara-ko: **rolls with the swats** Yeah, I deserved it. **gets swatted again** ow! But you're right, ya only hurt the ones ya love. **kisses her again before getting thwapped once more**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Sunday, January 2, 2000 10:49:23 PM
IP: zzz-209252248243.splitrock.net

Been doing college selections and application form filling all day... Not fun... And there's more to do next week! Oii! As a result, I'm a bit worn out right now...

Warpmind- Where do I find those midis? Online... Heh. As to HOW I find them... You're better off not knowing. But the timewarp one i particular I posted to the room some... 5 months back at Jim's last party, so I had that one bookmarked.

And I'm afraid thats all I have to energy to talk about for right now...
Robby
Sunday, January 2, 2000 10:33:59 PM
IP: spider-ta066.proxy.aol.com

Fire Storm > it was no big whoop (the lighting of the Hollywood sign) and they kept cutting around to fireworks at Disneyland, etc.

Warpmind > the program Tim's using automatically adds those http's; he needs to go back and fix it. As for my Gargoyles Links page, thanks for the heads-up; I'll be updating that one soon.

Fanfic Progress Report > tonight I begin work on "Damien," which will be a biggie that should hopefully rival "The Pure and the Profane" and "Breeding Season."

Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Sunday, January 2, 2000 07:50:34 PM
IP: vecna.ndip.eskimo.net

*laughs* Actually, the Ariana pic is for the December MGC: New Threads contest. I seem to keep putting Ari-chan in different outfits for some reason so I figured what the heck....!
Spike
Sunday, January 2, 2000 06:19:01 PM
IP: ppp35-44.ght.iadfw.net

SJ: Hey, I thought I saw you on CNN! :)

Skippy: <Tinkertrill>
Cute. I like it.

Warpmind: <Where the h*ck did you get that midi? Timewarp? From whence hath it cometh?>
Ya know... I am pretty sure that there are some things too strange for even us to comprehend, such as where Robby finds all of these MIDI's.
Now... all we need is someone to do that with MP3's!

Christine: <watching the lighting of the Hollywood sign instead!>
Yeah... speaking of which, how was that? I fell asleep after it hit Chicago.

Sorrow: <Oh oh. What problems have you had with LexMark?>
<Evil Grin> I sold them. Few companies could actually make products with 80%+ return rate.
THAT and the Lexmark rep took a customer I was talking to and turned that customer to another store.

Well HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our favorite blue jeaned police queen.
(See her up on the movie screen
PRETTIEST WOMAN I EVER SEEN...)
(Sorry... I just like that song!)

Spike: Sailor Ariana: That was a TGS sketch you did, right?
Personally, I like the one with her dancing in tie-dye. Just plain silly!

Mara "Ninetails" Cordova: <does FOX have to change it's name now?>
It did. It's now Fox Entertainment.
Oh, and wait about 2 weeks before picking a new picture. Trust me.

AotN: 
Oh, fine. Try and make me feel guilty for writing my Elisa Maza rape trilogy. But it's not gonna work!
Fire Storm - [Night-Flame@usa.net]
Sunday, January 2, 2000 04:41:35 PM
IP: t1-14.visitus.net

Well, here I am, bored to death on The Last Day of Christmas Vacation. I'm supposed to be typing up my DBQ for AP American History, but I've had to read 4 chapters of that mess in the last two days, and I have had *enough*. That's my sad story. :P
New Years was awesome (the Goo Goo Dolls were on MTV in Times Square! How could it not be?!)! Hope everyone else had a good one, too!

Fire Storm> I would post "A Happy Story- The Death of Elisa Maza", but it's way, *way* too embarrassing! Plus, she just had a birthday, so I'll be nice. :)

Comin' down the world turned over
And angel's fall without you there
And I go on as you get colder
Or are you someone's prayer
AotN
Sunday, January 2, 2000 02:31:23 PM
IP: fn-39-12.sssnet.com

*Warpmind blinks into the CR, slapping his forehead.*

I almost forgot... Mara, Pissy, provided I get netaccess tomorrow, I'll be adding the Demona's Payback to the fanfic archive... what do you think, does the Demona Consortium sound good as an author name? Or just Demona's Payback? Give me a word, let me know your thoughts and ideas... but stick to that subject, will you? ;) After I've uploaded the MiSTing I did, I'll e-mail you the userinfo, so that you can upload the next chapters, as per the deal... Any others interested in trying, mayhap?

*Warpmind heads for the door, but is stopped by Maggie-chan, tugging on his leg.*
Huh? What... NO, Maggie-chan! We are most certainly NOT going mud-wrestling with Mara and her three inseparable ones. At least not tonight... ;)

Well, gotta be running. G'nite, everyone.
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Sunday, January 2, 2000 01:52:07 PM
IP: mp-217-213-8.daxnet.no

Warped> Safe journey returning to school and to all others who will be doing the same.

I celebrated New Year's Eve twice! I called Denis on his cell phone while he was at a restaraunt/party two mins. before his midnight, so I was able to share the incoming 2000 with him via telephone :) *huge smile* He called me at 9pm (cst) because he could no longer stay awake to wait for my midnight time (he's 7 hours ahead of me). A good friend from Wisconsin called me later and we talked thru the midnight hour. Yeah, I was a real party animal...*chuckles*
Wasn't interested in becoming knee walking, commode hugging drunk this year. *shrugs*

*is worried about Chibi-Otto and Chibi-Purgie being in the care of Denis* There's no telling what he's teaching them now! *bites fingernails*

Y2K> We've discovered that some of the IRC rooms have the date of 19100. *L*

**Movie Review** The Cube - I watched it and have to agree that it was alright. Nothing to write home about, but not too bad.
"Summer of Sam" Waste of money.
"Free Money" and "Election" - cute comedies
I have 3 more left to watch. ;)

Off to Ebay to see what else I can buy......

"When all else fails... play dead"
Jannie
Sunday, January 2, 2000 01:38:33 PM
IP: 168-171-196-155.academicplanet.com

**walks in, fairly awake after her 48 hour hibernation following her new years party* happy 21st century guys!does FOX have to change it's name now?

Robby::Just finished watching all of the series Slayers NEXT, and I gotta say
"Wow." This show just upstaged ReBoot, Gargs, and DBZ, for me at least.
And those are my favorite shows! I won't bother going into detail since
almost nowone in the room is familiar with the series...

wait til slayers try... ::evil grin:: anyway... didnt you just LOVE the end? I Cried my eyes out when lina and gourry kissed...

Aaron wanders in carrying a flashlight, a jug of water, and the still
distracted looking Hyena-chan.
Mara, are there any lingering effects of, um... being with somebody like
Xellos?

::glances at Xelloss-kun, who runs up and glomps Hyena-chan lovingly::
IF she can walk.. she should live... ::states mysteriously:: but i think they may be engaged now... be afraid...

Coyote **pulls down the infamous Shade of Censorship, pulling
Mara-ko behind it ... an exchange similar to "Robin Hood: Men in Tights"
occurs, complete with the ... rather suggestive sword placement ... the
two silhouettes come together for a long time, and just as the shade
comes up, they disengage, Mara-ko rearranging hepost befo
What? **looks at the stares, then realizes and pushes down his sword**

Mara:: *multi-sweatdrops, blue lines of embarassment covering her face, very anime*
heh heh... Not in public!!!! *grabs Ryouga's umbrella from a unnamed source and beats Coyote over the head with it* heh..... love you too honey.. *kisses his cheek before beating him wiht the umbrella again*

what?! *hands behind her head, smiling innocently* we always hurt the ones we love, ne?

(a new year.. a new color.. a new pic.. if i can make my mind up for one))

Mara "Ninetails" Cordova
Sunday, January 2, 2000 01:19:10 PM
IP: spider-ta061.proxy.aol.com

Well, it seems I have time for one last post before I leave home to go back to school.

Regarding the Aircar; I've seen a photo of the prototype, and some of its specs... It is supposed to be able to reach at LEAST 600 km/h (Don't ask me what it is in miles, my conversionist skills are close to squat and nil), should have VTOL capacity, fuel economical, as easy to control as a regular car, and be affordable... the manufacturers claim it will be in the vicinity of 60,000 USD... I want one of those. But first, I guess I need a driver's license...

Sabledrake Magazine: What little there was in the first issue made me crave more... *looks at calendar* Rats, still roughly 30 days until February...
*SPOILERS*
Oh, well, I can pass time by working on my next story for the magazine... Freeman. Set a thousand years or so in the future, the Earth is destroyed by nuclear disaster, and the only surviving humans are the ones in the colonies... and the Freemen, who belong to no colonies, but rather got away from Earth in the nick of time... Centuries after the cataclysm, humanity is threatened by a mutual foe... three feet tall cockroaches. Now, as cliché as this may sound, there's a wicked twist... the cockroaches are native to Earth, having been mutated by the radiation on the planet, and, having developed some sort of society and intelligence, they found technology the humans left behind... Gonna be a tough war, folks... just hope the story turns out with less cheese than I fear...
*SPOILERS END*

By the way... is the CR exceptionally slow today? Or is it just me?

Well, I gotta pack the last few things, so I'll catch you all on the morrow, or something... and then, there will be an RP post...
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Sunday, January 2, 2000 01:11:19 PM
IP: mp-217-213-244.daxnet.no

Xanathar> <<please feel free to tell us your"How I got arse-face drunk and woke up upside down behind the T.V. with a raging hangover and roadside construction cone stuck between your legs"type stories. ;)>> Um...[Jake: "Tell 'em about the--" Wilek: "No, Jake."]

Warpmind> <> There's this one song on the second Simpsons soundtrack (Get Simpsonic with the Simpsons, or something along those lines) called 'Canyonero' that I think is an example of this. It's one of the few country songs I like all that much. I think it's a parody of a sport utility vehicle commercial. <<Neither the 21st century nor the third millennium are here yet. Think about it; does it sound reasonable that the twentieth century contains no year that begins on 20? The twentieth century began in 1901, and it ends with the passing of year 2000. *Warpmind flicks up a gnawed-off double-barreled shotgun.* YOU GOT THAT? *Blink* Sorry, I'm getting a tad frustrated about hearing all this about being in a new millennium nowadays...>> I think the reason the year 2000 is being made a big deal of is simply because we're impressed that humanity survived long enough to see the passing of *two* years that had three zeroes in them. That and we're fascinated with round numbers and rollovers for some reason. :) <<With the Norwegian schooling system, the students walk out from thirteen years of education with the following: In most cases, a massive inferiority complex, a totalitary distaste for books of any kind and a permanently damaged back after spending six to eight hours per day on an unergonomical chair and carrying more than half their own weight in books every day...>> Bad news, friend: American schools aren't any better. :(

Christine> <<among other matters of more personal improvement and writing projects, for the year 2000, I resolve to settle Jericho's fate once and for all! Mua-ha-ha! The clock is ticking! Big Blue's got less than twelve months to live!>> Ooh...I'm going to want to catch this. Hehe. ;)

SOROW> <<You like your printer? What does it say to you? Is it your special friend? Does it tell you to do things? Horrible things? Evil, secret things! It's the Illuminati! GET OUT OF THERE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....>> Um...Well, my monitor sometimes tells me odd things, but that's typically the result of inadequate medication (or a malevolent AI, I'm not sure which). ;P

Bronx> <<Boy people in the future will get a kick out of that in the history books>> <hehe> I remember reading a transcript of a Star Trek ep that talked about the year 2000; one of the characters mentioned everyone being surprised when the year 2000 came and 'not a single light bulb went out'. :)

Sarge> <<Interesting to know that they are working on protypes for new transportation vehicles. A hoover craft?!?>> Good to know they're not just concerned with vacuum cleaners anymore. ;) j/k <<I didn't do anything sepcial for New Years...:P....I invited a friend over and we stayed up the whole night playing Mario Golf. It got quite addicting. Then I rememebred I had a job first thing in the morning and I screamed at myself.>> Heh...At the moment the new year hit, I was on the Internet, listening to the soundtrack to Quidam and reading reviews of bad movies. :P
Wilek Nereus
Sunday, January 2, 2000 12:52:57 PM
IP: spaceproxy.com

Happy belated birthday Elisa Maza!! :)

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sunday, January 2, 2000 08:09:48 AM
IP: melnc01.bigpond.com

Woah!,what happened to the room?,I haven't been able to access the CR for several hours until now.

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sunday, January 2, 2000 08:04:37 AM
IP: melnc01.bigpond.com

Well, I must say, what the f*ck dot com was wrong here? I just spent hours trying to get in here? Oh, well, at least the CR wasn't incorrectly wiped...

Christine: I just checked out your links page again... my page is still incorrectly linked to. Please take a closer look there; it tries to connect to a page on the www.eskimo.com server, for unknown reasons...

*Warpmind and Maggie-chan shake their heads in unison, looking at the Country titles.*
Those I must admit I've never heard... I stick more to the truck-related subtype, like "Convoy" and the likes of it...

Now, what is this I hear about an Australian website proclaiming it the year 19100?

Christine: Well, you know what they say... "A butterfly flapping its wings in Beijing" and so on... But seriously, I sent you that fantasy short story I mentioned... on the sabledrake addy, of course. You received it? Oh, and I know what's wrong with the e-mail link; you've somehow managed to sneak in a teensy little "http://" in the mailto reference... easy thing to fix, though...

Sorow: Nah, you're not worth the effort... ;) Besides, I LIKE you. Besides, I'm trying to save up the huge wad o' dosh I need to get to Orlando for G2K... I can't even spare a bullet...

Sarge: Neither the 21st century nor the third millennium are here yet. Think about it; does it sound reasonable that the twentieth century contains no year that begins on 20? The twentieth century began in 1901, and it ends with the passing of year 2000. *Warpmind flicks up a gnawed-off double-barreled shotgun.* YOU GOT THAT?
*Blink* Sorry, I'm getting a tad frustrated about hearing all this about being in a new millennium nowadays...

Damn straight, by the way! Elisa just turned 31 years young!

*RANT ALERT*
Well, I gotta be going; gotta back my bags to return to this so-called "educational facility"... right. With the Norwegian schooling system, the students walk out from thirteen years of education with the following: In most cases, a massive inferiority complex, a totalitary distaste for books of any kind and a permanently damaged back after spending six to eight hours per day on an unergonomical chair and carrying more than half their own weight in books every day...
*RANT OVER*

So long, everyone.
*Turns toward the door, getting hooked by Maggie-chan.*
Uh, no, Maggie, I don't think I can stuff that 200-liter crate into my backpack, no matter how much you want to bring that cotton candy.
*Maggie-chan sulks.*
Look, I'll buy you some treats on the boat, okay?
*Maggie-chan perks up, smiling.*
That's better. Well, folks, I'll try to make an RP post tomorrow; I doubt I can tonight!

See ya, and a still happy new year to you all!
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Sunday, January 2, 2000 07:23:46 AM
IP: mp-216-237-221.daxnet.no

Me again ...

One thing about Sabledrake > the "e-mail us" links don't work; we're still trying to fix that.

New on my site:
Updated my Gargoyles collection list
Added a Jericho pic to the Gallery
Clickie or go to http://www.eskimo.com/~vecna/new_stuff.html

And belated Happy Birthday to Elisa Maza! (as set forth in one of the Disney Year Book stories, 1996 edition).

Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Saturday, January 1, 2000 11:58:43 PM
IP: vecna.ndip.eskimo.net

Millenium=3
Century=21st
Year=2000
Month=01
day=01
I'm all alone.....Y2K hasn't happened, and neither has the feared terrorists. But one thing is evident. The new century is here.

And I don't feel any different.
Thankfully ABC....(or NBC)...did a small story on what the future may hold. Interesting to know that they are working on protypes for new transportation vehicles. A hoover craft?!?

I didn't do anything sepcial for New Years...:P....I invited a friend over and we stayed up the whole night playing Mario Golf. It got quite addicting. Then I rememebred I had a job first thing in the morning and I screamed at myself.

I wish I was in paris the night of the new mellinium...I saw shots of the fireworks! they were awsome.

Spike-Sailor Ariana? Hmm.....despite the weird "TV cross over" the picture is really good.

Sarge Abernathy
Sarge Abernathy - [SargeMM@aol.com]
Saturday, January 1, 2000 11:27:16 PM
IP: spider-wn043.proxy.aol.com

I know this is a little late but;
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!
Part of my New Year's celebration was to finally go see Sleepy Hollow. Good movie! I highly recomend. Other than that, I hung out with my brother and sister-in-law and watched the fireworks on TV.(and tried to avoid the fireworks being shot off outside) I see the world hasn't exploded so a lot of the doomsayers are going to be disappointed that they're still alive. Oh well.
Will talk more later. Catch ya later!
Infinity
IN, USA
Saturday, January 1, 2000 10:58:40 PM
IP: nltc-57-14.nltc.net

*Walks in, lets her adorable chibi's run off into the CR*

Hey rookery sibs!

New Year> Wow I had such a surprize last night. I mean, had the flashlight, candels the whole nine yards set up, and when I saw the ball drop *bam* nothing happend! My friends and I sure had a good laugh. To think, everyone in the world worried so much about this, and everything turned out to be okay.
Boy people in the future will get a kick out of that in the history books

Spike> Nice pic of Ari-chan!

**grabs GB** my turn? **looks at eyes** umm.. *pulls a curtain up**

j/k :)

cya later all!

Bronx - [Bronx Wyvern4@aol.com]
Saturday, January 1, 2000 10:12:07 PM
IP: spider-wo081.proxy.aol.com

Happy New Year and Happy New Millennium to all! *group hug*

Stephen> Yeah, my brother has the Brood Wars Exclusive thingie or whatever. I guess I should have known it was you, the one with the big mouth, ya know...*elaborate sigh*...I'm just kidding! You know I love you! *SMACK on the booty*

Warp> And you would be first in that line, right? ;)

FireStorm> Oh oh. What problems have you had with LexMark? You're scaring me dude. Stop it! STOP THE AGONY!!!!

Gside> You like your printer? What does it say to you? Is it your special friend? Does it tell you to do things? Horrible things? Evil, secret things! It's the Illuminati! GET OUT OF THERE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....
SOROW
Saturday, January 1, 2000 08:30:20 PM
IP: dll2a030-0682.splitrock.net

I am very pleased to announce the debut of SABLEDRAKE MAGAZINE!!!

It turned out even better than I'd hoped!

Come visit us at http://www.sabledrake.com or click the link below!

Warpmind > re: golden apple. well, obviously, both they and the people who did the car commercial in which New York blacks out at midnight both read my story! ; ) I _love_ that commercial; it's like watching a movie of my fic!

Fire Storm > re: Seattle's dud of a New Year. Today's paper had a big article about the low turnout at events all over the city; looks like we all just stayed home. And then because we have a dish, we don't even get a Seattle channel to watch the fireworks on TV; we wound up watching the lighting of the Hollywood sign instead!

Pistoff > re: dumb editors. I can't remember if I told you about the author I met who was from Alaska but got rejected by a magazine because they "only work with American writers." ::shakes head in amazement::

Resolutions > among other matters of more personal improvement and writing projects, for the year 2000, I resolve to settle Jericho's fate once and for all! Mua-ha-ha! The clock is ticking! Big Blue's got less than twelve months to live!

I also intend to catalog my collection today and update my list (though in the wake of Toy Story 2 I do feel increasingly guilty about the whole thing! <g>)

Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Saturday, January 1, 2000 05:47:22 PM
IP: vecna.ndip.eskimo.net

**DC DEATH ALERT**

At the CR's main computer terminal, Mr. DC is chuckling happily. "The Y2K demon is dead," he snickers, "and the year 2000 is here! I can cause all the computer problems I want, and no one will try to push me out of their territory. Or give me the blame because it's Y2K! Yes!" He begins calling up websites and tapping keys, wondering what problems to cause first. Before he can think of any, though, a certain female half-garg taps DC on the shoulder. "You're going to do _what_?" Kit asks him, looking very mad. "Um, nothing," DC meekly mutters. "I'm just surfing the Net, that's all. See, I'm just checking this phone company website out, it says it's 19100. I didn't do that, I..." "You could do worse," Kit reminds him, "and knowing you, you probably will as soon as I turn my back. So..." She takes out a pistol and blows him away, then sighs angrily and walks off, thinking about how the year has changed, but seemingly little else has in the world.

**DEATH END**

Happy New Year once again! The above bit was more intelligent than our last one, wasn't it? :) Well, that's what happens when you have your thoughts in order. Looking at the world today, Doug and I can agree that nothing really bad has happened with this year's arrival. Yeltsin isn't in charge of Russia any more, those Indian hostages are free, and almost no computers are going haywire at all. This is the kind of stuff that just makes one want to grin in a really big way, isn't it? <does so>

So, what's the best thing to do today? Sit back, relax, and get caught up on the TGS episodes (latest one was great btw, excellent artwork and character development mixed with wonderful displays of the emotions related to love. Hope to soon see more of the many characters involved, especially Goliath and Demona. 9/10, keep up the good work.); or if that's not necessary go see a recent good movie like the well-scripted and -acted (but unfortunately pretty boring otherwise) Man on the Moon, the very funny and well-acted (but very contrived) Galaxy Quest, or the excellent emotional tearjerker Boys Don't Cry. Or relax in your own way, which Doug and I are doing right now. :) We'll get caught up on the CR later, hope you all have a good day and our future continues to look bright! <smiles and waves, then leaves>
Kitainia - [frostfire@mail.utexas.edu]
Saturday, January 1, 2000 05:38:56 PM
IP: pool-207-205-150-125.dlls.grid.net

**dances into the room**

Quickie while I'm partying down after MSU won it's first New Year's Day bowl game since the '88 Rose Bowl (they just beat Florida 36-33 in the Citrus Bowl) ...

Another real title in Jenniren's list is "Get Your Tongue Out of my Mouth ('Cause I'm Kissin' You Goodbye)," it's by Ray Stevens and I own the album it's on, God help me!!

So get your clothes outta my closet
Get your shoes from under my bed
Get your hat off my hatrack, and put it on yer head
Get your feet offa my table
I can't take you tellin' me lies
Get your tongue outta my mouth, 'cause I'm kissin' you goodbye

(Get your tongue) Outta my mouth, and wipe off that silly grin
(Get your tongue) Outta my mouth, ain't no tellin' WHERE it's been!
(Get your tongue) Outta my mouth, and don't try that again
(Get your tongue) (muffled) Outta my mouth
(Get your tongue) (even more muffled) Gid yer dunge oudda by moud!

Let's just say adios with a kiss and a sigh
So get your tongue outta my mouth, 'cause I'm kissin' you goodbye!

**goes back to his football celebration with a red face**
Coyote the Bando
Go right through for MSU, Watch the points keep growing, Spartan teams are bound to win, they're fighting with a vim ...
Saturday, January 1, 2000 05:07:38 PM
IP: zzz-209252248091.splitrock.net

Jenniren> and let's not forget "Pissin' In the Wind" by Jerry Jeff Walker ;D
some of the lyrics are, "pissin' in the wind, bettin' on loosing friends, making the same mistakes we'd swear we'd never make again..."

Up Against the Wall is a song... he then spells out Mother
M is for the mudflaps on my peek-up truck
O is for oil I put on my hair
T is for Texas
H is ?? (can't remember)
E is for eggs - (pronounced with a long a sound)
and
R is for... REDNECK!
Up against the wall redneck mother.....

who says that C&W doesn't have a sense of humor ;) *L*

*gasps* oh dear alluah, save me.. I know these songs!! *runs out screaming*
Jannie
Saturday, January 1, 2000 03:31:04 PM
IP: 168-171-196-203.academicplanet.com

Oh yeah. And Happy New Year.

Jenniren
Saturday, January 1, 2000 12:30:12 PM
IP: user-2ivf1ic.dialup.mindspring.com

Here's a list of funny country music titles I've managed to collect:

"Up Against the Wall, you red-neck muthers."
"Now I've Got the Pill"
"Pregnant Again"
"If the Phone Don't Ring, Baby, You'll Know It's Me"
"I Don't Know Whether to Kill Myself or Go Bowling"
"I've Got Tears in My Ears from Lyin' on By Back in My Bed as I Cry Over You"
"I Flushed You Down The Bathroom Of My Heart"
"Ain't No Flies On My Jesus" (this one might be gospel)
"I spent my last ten bucks on birth control and beer"
"Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth; I'm Kissin' You Goodbye"!
"How Can You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life ?"
...and my personal favorite...
"If I'm Not Number One With You Then Number Two On You"

Don't ask me whether these titles are real or bogus. But I didn't make any of them up myself.

Jenniren
Saturday, January 1, 2000 12:28:12 PM
IP: user-2ivf1ic.dialup.mindspring.com

**Mini-Fic**
The room was in pandimunium at the three visitors. A simple,
<Sleep>,
stiffled the call for security before it went out. Luna voiced the question all felt,
"What shall we do, how can we be sure the plans for out island end here?"
Another voice answered from the door to the conferance room.
"That's easy, they don't. We expected a reaction, but the sisters? I supposed we should be flattered."
The Weird Sisters looked at the human in the uniform of one of the human militaries, and demanded,
"Who might you be?"
"That isn't really important. What you must understand is that the world has changed. There was never any serious consideration of turning you home into a nuclear test site. But we had to get you attention, so the fact that we now have the means to travel to Avalon was leaked. That, added to the real need to resume testing, and this groups did the rest."
"Then why are you here?"
"Do delived a message. You see, we're tired of your kind's continued interference. That plus the making of an immotal out of a certian gargoyle with homocidal tentencies made it quit clear that something had to be done. As I've said, the world has changed, and you can no longer sit about events that you set into motion.And if you have a hard time understanding this, then understand, Avalon is not beyond our reach. You three have a nice day."
The sisters stared in shock at the human who had delivered the warning to them.

**End of Mini-Fic**

This little thought dovetails with I've feel must happen. Avalon being under the threat of attact from those many of the fey consider at best pawns has a certain irony to it. I'm certain humans armed with nukes, and Avalon within reach of them would frighten the fey.

Gyre - [wseeley@epix.net]
Saturday, January 1, 2000 11:45:40 AM
IP: fltg2-ppp1.fltg.net

**In a sudden flash of light, the CR is enveloped in multicolored flashing fog. DC recognizes it and screams at the top of his lungs, then flees the room as everyone else feels a dark presence of ultimate evil entering the comment room. "Greetings," it booms out of the fog. "I am the All-Powerful Y2K Demon and this Internet is now mine!" "But we're Y2K-ready!" someone shouts. "No one is ready for the Y2K Demon!" the evil presence snaps, then begins to laugh maniacally. "This Internet is mine! No one can defeat me! I will take over and corrupt everything!! I will..." "I don't think so, pal," a voice interrupts him. "Nor do I," says another voice. It is followed by a series of loud shotgun and rocket launcher blasts and then a titanic explosion of moaning and death throes. At the end of it the fog clears, to reveal Doug and Kit standing over a huge black stain on the floor. Everyone breathes a sigh of relief.**

Happy New Year, everyone!! :) Just letting you know we're still alive. We will post more after the room clears tomorrow. Glad it and all our friends within have survived the changeover. Bye for now.
Doug & Kit
Saturday, January 1, 2000 11:28:40 AM
IP: pool-209-138-161-149.dlls.grid.net

Well, I've survived the New Year's Night. It is now a quarter past two, mid-day on January first, year 2000...

By the way... remember how I spoke of Mark Hamill recently? I just saw him in a villain role... acceptable. I've come to accept him as an actor, based on one recent film, just make sure he doesn't get his hands on the hero role. He's a good *villain*, but..

Ed: Of course I am a pedantic 2001-type. The millennium isn't over yet, buddy!

Spike: Oooo, nice Ariana pic... me like.

Wilek: Good for you... I just hope my PC is still there when I get back to it. Haven't used it since last year...

Robby: Where the h*ck did you get that midi? Timewarp? From whence hath it cometh?

SJ: I agree. I spent the first fifteen minutes after church in this new year mocking the ultra-paranoid folks in the area...

Wilek again: Thanks for referring me to the RP site... if it is accurate, that is...

Well, now I guess I've got to try to figure out the RP site... if I'm to submit my character info, I send it to DumlaoX, right? Or wrong?

Catch ya later, everyone.
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Saturday, January 1, 2000 08:27:30 AM
IP: mp-217-210-113.daxnet.no

*Pops back in briefly*
Forgot to mention in my last post,As of the 3rd of January,I have three weeks holiday(No work for three weeks YAAAYYYY!!!!*Does a happy dance*:D )

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Saturday, January 1, 2000 08:08:27 AM
IP: melnc01.bigpond.com

Hi all!!

I hope that everyones having a great new year and please feel free to tell us your"How I got arse-face drunk and woke up upside down behind the T.V. with a raging hangover and roadside construction cone stuck between your legs"type stories. ;),also it looks like the millenium bug has had no effect on anything so far,as for everybody who is sick,I hope that you get well soon.

Jannie:<>Cool!,thats Five Aussie fans that I know of now,thanks Jannie. :)

Spacebabie<<YAY! take this you Y2K bomb shelter people... PLTHZZZZITT(the sound of a bronx cheer)>>Hehehehehe! <G>

Spike:Wow,that picture of yours is great! :)

C'yas later my friends!! :)

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Saturday, January 1, 2000 06:16:17 AM
IP: melnc01.bigpond.com

Pistoff> <<I had sent a query to an e-zine about "Jock Itch," asking the editor if he wanted to take a look at it. He rejected it of course--actually, he completely brushed me off. Just said Jock Itch "isn't right" for his magazine. Even though he hadn't read it and knew nothing about it, he somehow knew it wasn't right??? I've put up with that kind of crap for ten years, and you know what? I'm not putting up with it anymore. I wrote back to him and ripped into him, demanding to know why the article was being rejected. His response: his magazine doesn't cover sports. *blink* How was Jock Itch about sports?! I stated clearly in the query letter that it was about the things that are sacrificed for the sake of sports. So I responded again, pointing this out. I've had enough. Before, when I got rejected, I'd just sit there and take it without saying a word. Not anymore. I'm not letting this guy off the hook, especially when he brushes me off without even paying attention to what I said in the query. If nobody will let me in the door, then damn it, I'll kick the door off its hinges.>> <grr> After you've kicked the door off its hinges, I suggest you break it into a few pieces, carve one of the pieces into a stake, and drive the stake through the eye socket of the next idiot who rejects you out of hand...Grand Canyon tourist questions> Man-made? Elevator?! PRESIDENTS?!!! O_O <shudder> Island Of Dr. Moreau review> Masterfully written, and you even managed to work the Joyride Mantra into it; I'm impressed. ^_^ (Oh, BTW, did you ever get my e-mail? Because I had a rather difficult time sending it...)

Xanathar> <<Welcome Back!:)>> Thanks friend! :D

Greg Xanatos Bishansky> <<My friends say I'm a weird combination between goth, grunge, druggy (I don't do drugs but I hang out with people that do), and a nerd.>> Heh...I'm kind of a goth/nerd hybrid with splatterpunk tendencies (with which Mr. Disconnect has firsthand experience)... O_o <<my "Beast Wars" Ravage arrived in the mail on Tuesday. The figure rocks, it looks exactly like Ravage!>> Interesting...hey, would its original Japanese name happen to be Shadow Panther? Because I encountered a Beast Wars figure by that name at Gamecave, but their picture of it is too small to tell if it's Ravage or not...

Crzy> <<Things like Jericho bashing and Country Music bashing... sheesh... what is next?? Drawf tossing??>> Depends on who the dwarf is. [Wilek hits Mr. Disconnect with a ray from his chibification rifle and tosses him into a pit of rabid ferrets.]

Jannie> <> <bows> Glad I could bring them to you. :) <<"When Picard says, "Fire at Will", Riker gets nervous">> <LOL> Reminds me of something from MST3K (I *think*): "Captain's Log: A bunch of our ship fell off and nobody likes me." ;P Congress statistics> Dear gods...it's time my plans to take over started running ahead of schedule; this is *awful*...

Simon> <<**pats Becca-chan, who growls and tries to climb down his shirt** WHOA! None of that, now. **she pouts** Anybody got a horny male chibi? Preferably one with oodles of stamina?>> Oh dear gods, no...[Chibi Wilek-Kun sprints in the general direction of Simon and Becca-chan.] Great, now I'll have to encase the stupid thing in ice to quiet it down...

Jewel> <<Ever try "Deer Avenger"? It's a parody of "Deer Hunter"--this time, it's the deer that's packing, and going after the hunters>> I got the sequel for Christmas, and *man*, it's like someone made a video game of the Joyride (well, *a* Joyride)...But there are no cheats, and I stink at this game, so I've never beaten any of the levels...

Warpmind> <<I heard something on the news (I think it was) about New York planning to have a big golden apple central in their Millennium Celebration... you sure you didn't have anything to do with that? (Referring to "Breeding Season", of course.)>> I'm just glad that one scene in 'I, Q' didn't come true. (Read the book.) <<No, no, nonononono... it is NOT the end of the millennium. That is still a year away. Year 2000 has just been hyped as the first year of the third millennium by ignorants, not to mention people with absolutely no mathematical skills.>> I'm aware of the whole 2001 thing, but I'll take any excuse to celebrate. :) Besides, it *is* the last year of the 20th century (isn't it?); surely that counts for something. ;) $<<The general RP in the CR, involving the Avatar: Is there a website where various character bios are found? I seem to recall one being mentioned a long time ago, but I cannot recall it now.>> That would be at http://members.xoom.com/DumlaoX/rp/index.html (your're welcome ^_^). :)$ <<Now, I just gotta sort them again - the archive apparently sorts them alphabetically... :(>> :O So THAT's why my fics are all out of order! :/

Delphi> <<Hi all, where is that nerd test at or who posted the link first?>> That was Aaron. :)

Zath> <<Chibi-Sevarius, who is wearing nothing but a giant diaper and a sash that says "2000.">> I'M BLIND!!!! :P

Spike> Dec. MGC entry> Wow. Just, WOW. :)

Coyote> <<Everybody on the East Coast got that warm and tingly feeling in their toes like me?>> Yeah; for some reason Mr. Disconnect's spilled blood has decided to pool around my desk (ah, the joys of celebatory slaughter).
Wilek Nereus
Saturday, January 1, 2000 05:11:19 AM
IP: spaceproxy.com

XenaTrek>
<<Speaking of the top movies of the 90's... you need to add 'Cube' on the list... its a psychological thriller about 6 (very different) people trapped in a maze that is in a form of a cube, who needs to work together to get out. Its very good and I would recommend it to everyone to view.>>

Sorry, Ihave to disagree with you on that. I saw it and thought the film was awful. Just another mediocre sci-fi/paranoia film. It may be an early appearance for Nicole DeBoer (DS9's Ezri Dax aka Tinkertrill)
It was just a bunch of unpleasant talking heads getting violently paranoid.
Skippy The Klingon - [skippy_the_klingon@yahoo.com]
Saturday, January 1, 2000 04:34:13 AM
IP: uv1cisco01-47.ultravision.net

***Kyryn wings through throwing confetti****

Happy gnu ear and all that!

***Kyryn wings her way out of the cr heading for bed****
Kyryn
Denton, TX
Saturday, January 1, 2000 03:20:55 AM
IP: denm2-9.iglobal.net

HAPPY NEW YEAR RIGHT HERE FROM CALIFORNIA!!!!!!
MAY OLD FEARS DISAPPEAR AND NEW DREAMS COME TRUE!!!!
Jaden - [jaden12@hotmail.com]
Los Alamos, CA
Saturday, January 1, 2000 03:13:03 AM
IP: cache1.avtel.net

Goddamn it, I feel ripped off. Y2K happened, and the friggin' world is still here! Oh well. HAPPY NEW YEAR, I suppose. ;)

Seriously, I just spent the last few hours watching festivities in the nation's capital of Washington D.C. I WILL NOT make that mistake again. Now I remember why I'm so antisocial. Nothing but legions of smelly drunks and guys screaming "F***!!!" at the top of their lungs. Crappy music (I LOATHE Will Smith), the damn Commander-in-Briefs talked so damn much he almost stepped on the stroke of midnight, and to top it all off, we had all of 30 seconds worth of fireworks. When England had like, 15 solid minutes. Are we supposed to let the limeys beat us? Not bloody likely, mate!
So the moral of the story--wish I had stayed home. Kinda sorry the world didn't end like it was supposed to (at least there I would have seen some decent explosions!)

Oh, and to all the dumbasses who *really* were worried about Y2K? You know, the ones building bomb shelters, stockpiling food, and taking their money out of the banks? **points and laughs*** BWAH HA! BWAH HA HA HA HA!!!!
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Saturday, January 1, 2000 01:46:41 AM
IP: cache-2.spg.va.webcache.rcn.net

LET'S DO THE TIMEWARP AGAIN! (click)

Robby the CR DJ
Saturday, January 1, 2000 01:20:53 AM
IP: spider-wj061.proxy.aol.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lawrence Stone - [craft_celtic@yahoo.com]
Chillicothe, Ohio, USA
Saturday, January 1, 2000 12:39:45 AM
IP: chil-ras6-1-cs-18.dial.bright.net

Happy New Year everyone!!!! this is just a test, no need to adjust your screen, it is only a test, since the new year has not hit us yet
delphi - [cmiller@magiclink.com]
Twin Falls, Idaho
Saturday, January 1, 2000 12:29:15 AM
IP: twin57g.magiclink.com

<Fire Storm enters the CR wearing a party hat, a handfull of Kleenex, and a champane glass full of Vernors.>
Mmmm... Vernors... makes me wish I had strawberries for Lady Mystic <very sly grin>

Jewel: Well, it's the end of the world as we know it,
and I have pneumonia.

Well, to prepare, LM's father and I went out food shopping, and in the process I ended up getting WAY sicker than I was. But at least we have food in this house. I will get better, so for food it was worth it.

LM washed the dishes (A brave task, believe you me), washed clothes and filled up the bottles with water. As always she helped the most. <Fire Storm kisses Lady Mystic soundly>

LM's sister PG cleaned and aired out the bunker, polished and preped the guns, practiced maneuvers, and watched M*A*S*H.
Ok, ok... Maybe not all that...
But she DID watch M*A*S*H, helped LM, and brought in the food that we got.

Due to all of the rushing, LM and I are the only ones still sick and our condition is alot worse than it was just a day ago. But, on the good side, at least we have energy.

Good night all. I am gonna sleep until Monday. (I wish)
Fire Storm
Saturday, January 1, 2000 12:25:13 AM
IP: solaris1.visitus.net

IT'S THE NEW FRIGGEN YEAR!!!!NEW CENTURY!!!! AND NEW MELLENIUM!!!!!!!!....well technically it was the new millenium in 1997.....mainly because there were some complication in the dating technique.....

HAPPY Y2K!
HAPPY APOCOLYPSE!

SARGE ABERNATHY
Saturday, January 1, 2000 12:16:20 AM
IP: spider-wi034.proxy.aol.com

Well, it just passed midnight CR time, so I guess its Y2K compatible. Yay. Happy new year folks, I get mine in an hour.
Robby
Saturday, January 1, 2000 12:06:03 AM
IP: spider-ti041.proxy.aol.com

The year 2000 just came to my time zone, the world is still here, there have been no more explosions than usual, and my computer has predictably failed to grind to a halt. Happy new year, all! :D Real post later...
Wilek
Saturday, January 1, 2000 12:05:26 AM
IP: spaceproxy.com

Happy new year!:)
Gyre - [wseeley@epix.net]
Saturday, January 1, 2000 12:01:59 AM
IP: fltg3-ppp37.fltg.net

One @!%$%#~@%#@^$@^@^#!$!@%@#^$&$@*%&*(@^#^@$%^ second!
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Saturday, January 1, 2000 12:01:43 AM
IP: proxy2-external.etntwn1.nj.home.com

Everybody on the East Coast got that warm and tingly feeling in their toes like me? (of course, I just slammed back a glass of brandy-spiked eggnog, and can *almost* type)?

HAPPY Y2K!!!!!
Coyote the Bando
Saturday, January 1, 2000 12:01:42 AM
IP: zzz-209252248059.splitrock.net

Happy Armageddon. :)

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Saturday, January 1, 2000 12:00:01 AM
IP: proxy2-external.etntwn1.nj.home.com

~It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
And I feel fine...~

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

jewel
Friday, December 31, 1999 11:57:22 PM
IP: 98a72ad9.ipt.aol.com

HARPY CHEW BEER EVERYBODY!
Fire Storm - [Night-Flame@usa.net]
Friday, December 31, 1999 11:56:27 PM
IP: solaris1.visitus.net

The new millenium is almost upon me.:)
Gyre - [wseeley@epix.net]
Friday, December 31, 1999 11:34:04 PM
IP: fltg3-ppp37.fltg.net

**Green Baron and Reverend Attila enter the CR, and Attila sniffs in a sifter and then starts discoing in a cheesy green disco suit straight out of 1977, while he offers catnip to all the cats around and the CR is filled with YMCA and other 70s bands :)**

Happy New Years all and one year until the real change of the millennium :)

I am much better so...

::grabs Xena Trek and proceeds to kiss her lustilly while he takes her to a special suite provided by Attila for a few minutes:: No peeking!!

Well, I'm a littl etired, so I'll respond after the new year (also I'm acomp with a different keyboard arrangement) so to all the ladies, when it strikes midnight you can all line up to kiss your favorite Baron, but Xena Trek and Bronx have first dibs :)

Now, my ego needs to be deflated a bit :) Happy New Year and I hope the yahoos don't cause too much trouble.

And feel free to disco with Attila
Green Baron - [greenbaron@hotmail.com]
Gallatin, Tennessee
Friday, December 31, 1999 11:05:41 PM
IP: proxy3-external.nash1.tn.home.com

*toots horn, throws confetti*

"To everything, turn, turn, turn...."
Welcome to the year 2000.
Spike - [<==Dec. MGC entry]
Friday, December 31, 1999 10:58:34 PM
IP: pppt04-106.ght.iadfw.net

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year. See you all 'next year'. *group hug*
XenaTrek - [ellislis@yahoo.com]
Orlando, FL, USA
Friday, December 31, 1999 10:11:09 PM
IP: spider-we013.proxy.aol.com

*delurks, on her shoulder, chibi-Nudnik and chibi-Bronx cheer happliy*
Hiya everyone!

Happy new year! :D

So far so good with all of the countries I've seen have the new year at hand

::hugz:: to all that are sick (inculding me) get well soon!

Nightmare Before Christmas> I got it for xmas :) and as I was zooming along,and suddenly I dawned on such a good preview for Gargoyles! Elisa has a weird scream, but the rest is good.

It is almost the year two thousand
by Robert Frost

To start the world of old
We had one age of gold
Not labored out of mines,
And some say there are signs
The second such has come,
The true Millennium,
The final golden glow
(And science ought to know)
We well may raise our heads
From weeding garden beds
And annotating books
To watch this end deluxe

G'night! *goes off to party*
Bronx - [Bronx Wyvern4@aol.com]
Friday, December 31, 1999 09:45:24 PM
IP: spider-wd073.proxy.aol.com

[Enters the Room with Chibi-Broadway on his shoulder, along with Chibi-Lara, all wearing Big White Hats and carrying small magnums of champagne...]

We're all set here...

Just to wish all of my friends and family online a very safe and Happy New Year, and he's praying that nothing happens to the world when we change over to 2000...

Maintain and Check Six Everyone!
Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Friday, December 31, 1999 08:33:22 PM
IP: 63.237.230.138

Happy New Year Everyone!

Sorry I have not had time to research that Immortality through Genetics post. I'll get on it sometime in 2000.

P.S. The new millenium doesen't start until next year. See you all then.
Yggdrasil - [eng050599@hotmail.com]
Ontario, Canada
Friday, December 31, 1999 08:24:39 PM
IP: dialin165.hamilton.globalserve.net

**Zath walks into the CR with Thailog Horror and chibi-Sevarius. T Horror is wearing a shiny gold toga, a sash that says "1999," and a fake beard that looks like it came from a leftover Santa costume. He is carrying a plastic scythe and Chibi-Sevarius, who is wearing nothing but a giant diaper and a sash that says "2000." T Horror is taking everything in stride, but Anton-kun is very upset, nursing a wounded ego. (Kitty would have been the New Year's Baby, but she scratched me when I tried to put the diaper on her, so chibi-Anton was the next logical choice. Unfortunately, cute as chibis are supposed to be, he still makes a pretty ugly baby)**

Well, it's still more than four and a half hours until the New Year here, and I'm officially bored, so I guess I'll make some quick replies. *sigh* It looks like my New Year's celebration is going to consist of sitting around with my grandmother and my cat, eating pizza (assuming Little Caesar's is actually still open) and watching tv. This is shaping up to be even more dull and depressing than Halloween was. Oh well, maybe next year I can find a fun way to celebrate the coming of the *real* millennium.

Sick People> I hope everyone with the flu feels better soon. I've somehow avoided getting the flu since junior high, but that probably just means that when I do get it again, I'll have no immunity at all because the virus would have mutated so much since I last had it.

Mara> <<Ever wonder how many times one of teh guys have flashed a poor new york citizen with those puny loincloths?>> That reminds me of an old MAD magazine cartoon that had Superman patrolling Metropolis with his fly down.

Spacebabie> <<my friend Jess who was killed by a Drunk Driver last night>> : ( My condolences.

Nerd Test> strange, it claims I'm 52% nerd, which means I'm only 48% oddball...

Gside> <<It is not a tool kit unles you can dismantle your dorm with it.>> In that case a crow bar and a sledge hammer would be considered a tool kit for my apartment, or do you need to be able to put everything back together when you're finished?

Christine> <<come in in a panic to stock up for Y2K ... on _lightbulbs_ ...>> *LOL*

Jannie> <> I wonder what would happen if he got together with Dick Assman...

Fire Storm> <<the mussles could undulate, causing the body parts to move, and then the parts could climb into your shoes and make your feel all icky>> *LOL* Or the tongue could do gross things to your ankle at just the wrong moment, causing you to spill hot coffee on yourself...

Pistoff> I finally started reading your series, and I'm about 2.5 stories into it. Very interesting so far... : )

Ed> <<Unless you're a pedantic 2001-type>> Who, me? Of course!! ; )

Okay, I guess that's all I have to say for the moment. I hope everyone has a happy New Year. Now, it's time for me to start my quest for pizza. Bye for now.

**Zath leaves the CR to go look for food while Thailog Horror carries out Anton-kun, holding him at arms length, a look of disgust on both their faces. Apparently this New Year's Baby already needs his diaper changed, and it's not even the New Year yet...**

Zath - [zath@rocketmail.com]
Friday, December 31, 1999 08:23:01 PM
IP: ns13-16.viptx.net

Contemplations on Ask Greg (Airwalker's Puck/Owen question): <<He's stuck starting in 2158>> Alex graduates. <<Unless the situation changes...>> If he would get a new student (Alex's kid).

CTB> End of the World: Well, as long as we are talking about Randy Newman, here is another quote for what may happen (y2k dependant): "So let's surprize them/ Let's drop the big one/ And pulverize them." ("Political Science", ^u Sail Away ^u [^u=ctrl u=underline])

Ed> <<*Unless you're a pedantic 2001-type :P >>: Yep, that's me.

Na zdorov'ya
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Friday, December 31, 1999 08:21:31 PM
IP: proxy2-external.etntwn1.nj.home.com

HAPPY NEW MILLENNIUM GUYS!!! *

Best wishes to all the staff and readers of "The Gargoyles Saga" :)

*Unless you're a pedantic 2001-type :P
Ed - [ed.reynolds@virgin.net]
Friday, December 31, 1999 07:56:04 PM
IP: webcacheh02a.cache.pol.co.uk

*Enters the partying CR, chibi-Claw-kun following* <hiccup! hiccup!>

Hehe...he's been partying with the other chibis a little too hard I think...

Well, we're about to head out to my aunt's--and this will be my last post of the year.

I wish you all a great so-called Millenium! Have a great New Year's eve! :*)
Anne
MN, USA
Friday, December 31, 1999 07:48:24 PM
IP: 209-130-164-19.nas1.apv.gblx.net

**enters (for some bizarre reason wearing a sword on his belt) hand-in-hand with Chibi-Elisa-chan and Rosanna, all three wearing t-shirts that have "Y2K" printed on a black flag**

Yep, we're the Y2K bug killers ... **grins**

Wilek: You're right. You don't want to know ... especially if they seem to want to take lessons from *me.* :)

Country music: In general, I like any kind of music as long as it has a good beat and can keep me awake while I drive. I'll tell you one thing ... my all-time favorite country song? Garth Brooks' "The Thunder Rolls." First, consider that Garth Brooks lists (of all bands) KISS as one of his influences ... then consider it's a very strong song, *especially* when the third verse is performed (one you'll hear ... maybe ... twice a year at best.). (Aside to XenaTrek: Is there any album available that has "The Thunder Rolls" in full on it?)

Fire Storm: Just to let ya know, we're planning probably in the next couple of weeks (not next week but the week after probably) to head to Dearborn for "Fantasia 2000" at the Henry Ford Museum IMAX. I'll keep you and LM posted.

XenaTrek: No, you didn't tell me about the DVD's.

Gside: Don't mention Randy Newman around my 4' 11" grandmother, she thinks the man's an @$$hole because of the song "Short People."

Gyre: Great CD, dude!

Jewel: You mean the comic? I actually only ever picked up one issue of that ... the ish with the Xena parody when Katchoo gets knocked out by accident and hallucinates that she's Gabrielle. (Incidentally, I only bought one copy of that issue, and XenaTrek is now the owner of it.)
As for "Deer Avenger," I actually have the sequel to it, "Deer in the City." Laugh a minute! :)

**checks countdown** T minus 4 hours, 45 minutes to go on my end here ... this being my last post before Y2K hits, everybody have a safe and happy new year. **pulls down the infamous Shade of Censorship, pulling Mara-ko behind it ... an exchange similar to "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" occurs, complete with the ... rather suggestive sword placement ... the two silhouettes come together for a long time, and just as the shade comes up, they disengage, Mara-ko rearranging her hair**

What? **looks at the stares, then realizes and pushes down his sword** All right, let's PARTY! "It's the end of the world as we know it/And I feel fiiiine ..."
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Friday, December 31, 1999 07:14:37 PM
IP: zzz-209252248059.splitrock.net

*Warpmind de InzanE walks in, a shining halo above his head. Maggie-chan follows, equally divine-looking.*
Well, I am back from work at the midnight service... and so far, year 2000 is looking pretty good.

Spacebabie: I know the feeling, hon. I've been growling at the TV all day, and more. There's still a whole year left of the twentieth century, darn it!

*Maggie-chan gently thwaps Sylvia with the pillow of accurate chronology, trying to remind her of the actual millennium we're in.*

Well, only one thing to do, now...
*Maggie-chan climbs up to Warpmind's shoulder, and they both cheer "HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!" before leaping back to the Norwegian time zone.*
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Friday, December 31, 1999 06:36:43 PM
IP: mp-217-212-47.daxnet.no

Bonne Annee, Mes Amis!
AotN
Friday, December 31, 1999 04:54:11 PM
IP: fn-39-7.sssnet.com

Hi All!

Gee I've been gone a long time. Well, my family moved to a new house, but we still have the motel, so I can't take my computer with me. As soon as I get a new computer, I'll be coming back a lot more often.

Welcome to all the new people.

Can't wait to start reading the new season of Dark Ages.

Now, what I really came here to say,

HAPPY NEW YEAR! HAPPY NEW MILLENIUM!

(hope your computers are Y2K free, hee)

Well, gotta go now.

See ya around sometime in the new year!

Pheonix
Sylvia - [Sylsy@msn.com]
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Friday, December 31, 1999 04:42:22 PM
IP: 1cust56.tnt4.colorado-springs.co.da.uu.net

SOROW> Lexmark: Yeah, I got one. I like it: it talks to me. The only thing I don't like about it is loading the paper.
millennium: Well, we can always celebrate this one as the roll over of every single number in the date.

I'll get to the rest later (have to build some mini-chalets... semi-long story).

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Friday, December 31, 1999 04:04:18 PM
IP: proxy2-external.etntwn1.nj.home.com

Hi all, where is that nerd test at or who posted the link first? Thanks, be back later Hubby wants to play computer golf for a while.

Delphi - [cmiller@magiclink.com]
twinfalls, idaho
Friday, December 31, 1999 02:08:02 PM
IP: twin6108.magiclink.com

Well, this is my last post before Y2K, so I'll see you all on the other side. You guys and gals mean a lot to me, and I hope we all come through okay. Group hug.

Assuming nothing bad does happen, I won't be back here before monday, so could somebody please keep an eye on my question over at Ask Greg? It's the one about the Magus' name. I'm just afraid that at the rate Greg's been powering through the questions this week, it'll end up in the archives before I can see what kind of non-answer Greg cooks up.

Thanx again.

See you next year.

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Friday, December 31, 1999 01:36:25 PM
IP: ppp-240.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Enters th CR with Deliah chan and Chibi Squall-kun. Chibi Squall raises his much to large for him gunblade and aims at Xellos-kun. Chibi-Deliah runs over and gently bops him on the head ca.using him to drop his gunblade.

I may loose my voice from yelling at the tv"Its not the Millenium yet" all this hooplah makes me want to kill Dick Clark except I think he is part of the unseely

Nerd test I'm 25 percent nerd...makes sense I figure I'm also 5 percent ditz and 70 percent FREAK.

Crzy gets to talk to Greg?! I'm not worthy I'm not worthy.

Xanthar...YAY! take this you Y2K bomb shelter people... PLTHZZZZITT(the sound of a bronx cheer)

RP
"Jalepena what happened?" Equi asked
"Miliways exploded..wich means we are still alive."Space answered
"Who are those guys?" Equi points at Sevarius and SJ
"I'm not sure"...both gulp as dr Sevarius stares at Equimon
END RP Watches as Chibi Squall runs around with Deliah-chan's book. Uh oh I have to go somebody is being naughty.
Spacebabie - [LadyAndromeda@smstars.zzn.com]
Orlando, Fl, U.S.A
Friday, December 31, 1999 12:58:25 PM
IP: user-37kapek.dialup.mindspring.com

Well, THIS is certainly my last post this year.

Jannie: With people like that running the US... for once I am releived to live in Norway. Of course, our current Prime Minister is an ordained priest, but I guess even that is acceptable in comparison. And when Clinton visited Norway earlier this year, they probably exchanged experiences with cigars, too. ;)

Jenna: No, no, nonononono... it is NOT the end of the millennium. That is still a year away. Year 2000 has just been hyped as the first year of the third millennium by ignorants, not to mention people with absolutely no mathematical skills. Kind of sad, considering one of the people who keep claiming the millennium as over is the Norwegian Minister of Finances... :(

On to more serious (?) business: The general RP in the CR, involving the Avatar: Is there a website where various character bios are found? I seem to recall one being mentioned a long time ago, but I cannot recall it now. Besides, I'm trying to find the character description for Attila the Hun, who recently joined the Joyride...

Oh, and by the way, I've managed to upload my fanfics to the gargoyles-fans archive! Now, I just gotta sort them again - the archive apparently sorts them alphabetically... :(

See ya.
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Friday, December 31, 1999 11:57:50 AM
IP: mp-217-211-168.daxnet.no

Enjoy the passing of a thousand years my friends. ^_^
jenna
Friday, December 31, 1999 11:07:16 AM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

Xanther> I have a very close friend who lives in Australia that is also a Gargoyle fan. His screen name is Minkers and he lives in Oak Park :)

Jewel> *LOL* I will look for that game! Coming from a family of deer hunters, it will be marvelous being able to turn the tables - even if only in fantasy play ;)

My wishes to all for an exciting, prosperous, and adventurous 2000. May we all remain safe & healthy. And.... G2K!!! *happy feet dance* Only 8 more months left :D

I'm not going out tonight - too many crazies out there.

As 1999 comes to a close, I leave you with this tidbit of information to ponder:

Can you imagine working at the following Company?

It has a little over 500 employees with the following statistics:

*29 have been accused of spousal abuse
*7 have been arrested for fraud
*19 have been accused of writing bad checks
*117 have bankrupted at least two businesses
*3 have been arrested for assault
*71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
*14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
*8 have been arrested for shoplifting
*21 are current defendants in lawsuits
*In 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving

Can you guess which organization this is?

It's the 535 members of your United States Congress. The same group that perpetually cranks out hundreds upon hundreds of new laws designed to keep the rest of us in line.

*New Year's Eve kisses & hugs to those who accepts them*

*drags Denis into the next room and locks the door* *celebrates New Year's Eve that neither will ever forget* ;)
je t'aime mon sweetheart!
Jannie
Friday, December 31, 1999 10:55:16 AM
IP: 168-171-196-79.academicplanet.com

Aaron wanders in carrying a flashlight, a jug of water, and the still distracted looking Hyena-chan.

Mara, are there any lingering effects of, um... being with somebody like Xellos?

Jannie> Pictures Picard shouting at his crew: "Do not fire at Will, he is my number one!" :)

FS> Well, that's actually a reference to the last time Barkley got in a bar fight and threw somebody rather smaller then him through a plate glass window. And Flint... Tall gentleman, shaved head, goatee, very pleasant. That Flint?

Well, here's hoping the lights don't go out.

Later.

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Friday, December 31, 1999 09:56:44 AM
IP: ppp-240.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Happy New Year all :)

*Chibi-Claw flutters in and rests on her shoulder*

Yegodz, my fingers hurt--been typing like crazy ever since I started that altered Alien3 script--so far I have a hundred and eight pages done, the original script looks around a hundred and thirty pages long, so I'm going to finish it at least in two nights from now...I hope.

Well, for New Years party, we get to sleep over at my aunt's house. *shiver* I like my aunt, my cousins--they're the good ones--except I can't help but remember last year's New Years party that was celebrated over here with the family...all it took was yet another hole in the roof from the champagne bottle's cork--and let's just say that the hangovers our parents got were bigger then when the Fae hear iron bells for five minutes or more...and the cleaning bill wasn't so perfect either. But it was kinda fun telling the adults that they were idiots and they'd laugh and start calling each other morons. Anyway...maybe this party won't be so bad--last year wasn't bad because it was fun, but I think our parents' pride got badly bruised...

Anyway, I've got to get some sleep or I won't be able to stay up for the countdown tonight <unless my parents decide to duplicate last year's party> :)

Well, I hope everybody has a great New Years! Watch out on the roads if you're driving anywhere....

See ya ^_^

*As she's walking out, Chibi-Claw sneakily grabs a bottle of wine...* <Wonder what his day'll be like tomorrow!:P >
Anne
MN, USA
Friday, December 31, 1999 09:39:03 AM
IP: 204-246-241-72.nas2.apv.gblx.net

Warpmind:Thanks,and I hope everybody else makes it through when it comes your turn.

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Friday, December 31, 1999 08:55:49 AM
IP: exip-t-009-p-211-170.tmns.net.au

Well, I check in again... and congratulate fellow Joyrider Xanathar with still being online...

Fire Storm: Sounds intriguing... if I find the necessary means to play, I might make a widdle program for thatgame, too, like I did with the Norwegian Lotto game (I've even won money using it!) in good ol' QBASIC! And they say it's outdated! HAH!

Happy new year, everyone! And seasonal greetings from me and Maggie-chan!
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Friday, December 31, 1999 08:43:14 AM
IP: mp-217-210-202.daxnet.no

Fire storm:<<As you aproach the end of the world, good luck and god speed Xanathar.>>AAwwww!! thanks my friend:),but I don't feel,very dead at the moment,hang on I'll check*Kicks the nearest Doomsayer squarely in the nuts*nope that felt pretty real >;)

*Sorry guys,just feeling more than a little hyper*

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Friday, December 31, 1999 08:27:09 AM
IP: exip-t-009-p-211-156.tmns.net.au

Fire Storm:<<Have you ever met Flynt? He is also a fellow garg fan from Australia, and even though hs is a little more than 400 km away in Sydney...>>No,I don't think so,We've got Fleur(Who's partying the night away in sydney as we speak*and I'm soooo envoius of right now ;) )Damocles(I think) and myself Four Aussie Garg fans,(The few but the Proud:) )

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Friday, December 31, 1999 08:19:32 AM
IP: exip-t-009-p-211-156.tmns.net.au

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cherry blossom
Friday, December 31, 1999 08:18:05 AM
IP: spider-tm041.proxy.aol.com

WOW the fireworks going off in my street is unbeliveable!!,this is soo cool!

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Friday, December 31, 1999 08:09:13 AM
IP: exip-t-009-p-211-156.tmns.net.au

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY WWWWWOOOOOOHHHHHHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!*I'm Still here*:D

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Friday, December 31, 1999 08:07:50 AM
IP: exip-t-009-p-211-156.tmns.net.au

Sorry again, but...

Xanathar: Have you ever met Flynt? He is also a fellow garg fan from Australia, and even though hs is a little more than 400 km away in Sydney...
Just curious.
Fire Storm
Friday, December 31, 1999 07:19:20 AM
IP: 216.90.45.179

Hey everyone! It's the end of the world and I feel sick!

Warpmind: Well, one of the regional lotto systems (the Big Game) frequently has a jackpot of over $10 million, and you pick 5 numbers out of 50 and another one out of 36.
The other state lotto is 6 numbers out of 46 numbers.
Both systems are run twice a week.
And both have a one lump sum option for getting your money.

XenaTrek: <Its not that much warmer down here...>
What, 50? Look, up here even 5 degrees is a big difference.

Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr.: <Yes, Kerrigan wins.>
The bad guys win? YES!
<HAPPY DANCE, HAPPY DANCE!!>

CrzyDemona: <Drawf tossing?>
Hey, I happen to enjoy dwarf tossing! <G>

Aaron: < that wonderful bar game invented by Sir Charles Barkley? ;)>
What? Do I really want to know? (I don't follow sports, so I am clueless when it comes to them.)

Christine: Personally, I think that Seatle is making a MASSIVE mistake. That could have brought in alot of positive tourists. And they canceled it because of the possiblity that there could be a threat? Geez...

Jannie: <Does anyone else have this issue?>
Actually, LM has a copy in a box somewhere in the basement.

Gside: <After that there is no way any piece could attack you later.>
Well... the mussles could undulate, causing the body parts to move, and then the parts could climb into your shoes and make your feel all icky... or they could crawl inside of you... eww... OR they can make you trip!

SOROW: <My new printer is called a LexMark.>
Good luck. You'll need it.

Xanathar: As you aproach the end of the world, good luck and god speed Xanathar.
Fire Storm - [Night-Flame@usa.net]
Friday, December 31, 1999 07:06:49 AM
IP: 216.90.45.179

**RP HERE**

Thailog looks at the massive free for all, and notices just how many of his enemies are in the scuffle. He aquires a nearby laser rifle, aims it in the general area, and fires a long, concentrated stream in rapid zigzags back and forth hitting all of his enemies and not allowing them to dodge. He stares amazed as his enemies lie dead, or at the very least, seriously wounded. Totally shocked that being evil is actually working for a change, che evil Goliath clone grins as he does a spin while firing and trashes the entire room, killing nearly everyone there. A laser beam being as fast as the speed of light, almost no one in the area is fast enough to dodge it. Those that are try to stop him, and only get blasted point blank once they get near him. Thailog's eyes widen as he notices he actually managed to kill Sevarius and SJ, and Jim and Black Tiger and Warpmind and everyone else. Several BILLION people in just a matter of seconds. "Wow... I never realized it was so easy..." And with that, Thailog lets out a maniacal laugh throught the resteraunt at the end of the universe, having finally won. A few moments later, the universe blows up, and everything ends.

**END RP FOR NOW**

Well, in about 2 hours Australia and New Zealand hit 2000, so it starts soon... To everyone who gets in here before the big event, if anything major actually happens, have a good time if its possible. Here's hoping the damage won't be too severe and ya won't be forced offline for too long at all...

Lesee... Right now I'm posting from the lousy computer, which keeps kicking me off, but oh well...

Just finished watching all of the series Slayers NEXT, and I gotta say "Wow." This show just upstaged ReBoot, Gargs, and DBZ, for me at least. And those are my favorite shows! I won't bother going into detail since almost nowone in the room is familiar with the series...

Aaron- Felicia is my second favorite Darkstalker, right after Talbain. And even then its largely gameplay wise, where Talbain is just so unorthodox and difficult to defend against.

SJ- Welcome back!

George Harrison being stabbed- My dad's response to that was "Wierd that there'd be people trying to kill a second Beatle..." Scary and true oddly enough...

Ya know, maybe I shouldn't bother doing this at this particular point in time... Since in a few hours it may be innacessable to others, or I myself may not be able to get back to read replies... Hmm. Later tho...

**RP CONCLUSION**

Mij sits in his chair, his finger just inches away from a red button. He pulls away and looks at Black Tiger. "What... Just happened?"
"We went to Milliways, Resteraunt at..."
"I know that, I mean, what happened?"
"Oh. The main attraction of the place is that the universe blows up at the end of the night. WHen that happens, all guests go back to their original locations as if nothing ever happened."
"Oh." A brief pause. "So being killed by Thailog there at the end..."
"Technically didn't happen."
"Okaaaay... ANd if he happens to remember that he discovered a proper laser can do that kind of unstoppable damage?"
"I wouldn't worry about it. That was the Goliath Chronicles Thailog, couln't you tell? At this point he's encased n stone permanently because of that stupid episode."
"Ah. So alls well that ends well."
"Yup."
"And how was that RP at all Christmasy?"
Black Tiger shrugs. "I dunno. I think the plan had been to make it like that, but it didn't happen. Don't worry about it. Now... We have training to get back to."
Robby
Friday, December 31, 1999 06:15:07 AM
IP: spider-tm061.proxy.aol.com

*Warpmind and Maggie-chan come in, breathing heavily.*
We... *whew* don't have much time, and this might be our last chance to post this year.

CrzyDemona: Sometimes, we just have to get our aggression out... so why not do it in a hospitable environment? After all, in the CR, we all know and love each other, right?
*Warpmind looks warily over his shoulder.*
You know what I mean, guys.

Christine: I heard something on the news (I think it was) about New York planning to have a big golden apple central in their Millennium Celebration... you sure you didn't have anything to do with that? (Referring to "Breeding Season", of course.)

Gyre: Hee, hee... "Most certainly are"... me like. You got any more of those?

Jannie: Redneck Rampage is fairly simple... here's the basic guidelines:
1. Get weapon.
2. Point away from face.
3. Fire.
As for some more advanced tips: Learn to use the mouse for aiming and turning - saves time, increases accuracy, helps you live longer.
Nice Star Trek joke, too. ;)

Gside: I thought that line you always finish with (Na zdorov'ya) was supposed to be a toast, too. Never heard it referred to as anything else. As far as toasts go, by the wy, I'm frequently annoyed whenever I hear the Scandinavian toast "Skål" pronounced incorrectly. It's supposed to sound like "all", not "hole".

Ye gods, my "Darth Renfield" joke has apparently managed to make minds function in new, bizarre patterns...

Sorow: Have no fear, if you started playing it for hours on end, people would possibly line up for the chance to shoot you in the head... ;)

Well, gotta be going. See you all next year... if the world still remains then... ;)

Later, folks.
*Warpmind and Maggie-chan rush home to prepare for the Midnight Service they have to be working at."
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Friday, December 31, 1999 05:26:46 AM
IP: mp-217-217-193.daxnet.no

STARCRAFT > That game is great! It's rare enough to find good acting and development in a *movie*, and yet we have it right here in a game! I love how the game (and its expansion) is organized as a trilogy (three chapters), thus giving it the same sense of "epic" as (for example) "Star Wars."

Scott - [smiskow@wam.umd.edu]
Friday, December 31, 1999 02:33:39 AM
IP: bay2-11.dial.umd.edu

Well in just a couple of hours we will all know the truth about the Y2k problem. Will the world be safe? Or did we miss some small, but important part of our computers and machines that will shut down at 12:00. Who knows? If the world does shut down I hope that you are all prepared. And I pray that we will all hear from each other soon. Good Luck my best friends.

Nerd test- 28%?! Hmmmmmm...taps head, must be defective. I would have expected it to be higher than that, but it seems that I'm not a nerd and there is very little chance of me becoming one.

New Year's Eve plans-Well I didn't make any plans because I was supposed to be working until well past mid-night, but my boss changes my schedule so hopefully I can find something to do at the last minute.

Jannie- I laughed when I heard it too. As for the "fire at Will" that's a good one. Never thought of it like that.

Jaden - [jaden12@hotmail.com]
Los Alamos, CA
Friday, December 31, 1999 02:30:10 AM
IP: cache1.avtel.net

SOROW - Well, it was me, but if you're talking about the original Starcraft game, Kerrigan doesn't win there. It's in "Brood Wars", The Expansion pack from Blizzard that has her winning in the end.

Sorry if I spoiled that one, but if you haven't finished the original game, well, you'll have to wait and see... :)

Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Friday, December 31, 1999 02:14:04 AM
IP: 63.237.230.107

Hello everyone! I hope you all enjoy the last day of 1999! It's been a great year. Ya know what I just noticed? My new printer is called a LexMark. *looks around suspiciously*

Spike> Internet Reunion?! Thank you to all who remember those of us that can't go to the Gatherings! I LOVE YOU!

Aaron> Darn. I only scored 36% on the test. Why am I disappointed? I have no idea.

Green Baron> ?!? Well, congratulations. You should be very proud of yourself...;P

Wilek> *high-fives back*

StarCraft: WHAT!? Who said Kerrigan wins!! Who ruined it for me?! AAAAARRRGGGG!!!!!

Warp> Well, I'm still learning the basics and it seems pretty cool...but how can people play it for hours on end? I think I'd want to shoot myself in the head.
SOROW
Friday, December 31, 1999 12:22:27 AM
IP: dll2a010-0653.splitrock.net

Hi, all! Sorry I've been gone so long--things have been hectic.

Mina is doing well, even though if that bleepin' rodent keeps me up one more night (either squeaking or chewing on metal--not a pretty sound), Mina will find herself right back in Max's aquarium. (And I'm kidding. After all, I was told I was not allowed to negate doing something as <wrinkles nose> "cute" as saving the rat in the first place.)

Nessun dorma: Aiya, greed knows no bounds. It is a pretty aria, although I have to say, I don't think it's Puccini's best tenor aria--that goes to "E lucevan le stelle" (Tosca) and then "Non piangere, Liu" (Turandot--the same opera as "Nessun dorma" is from). It is fun, though, to be up close to someone performing--I remember standing next to a bass who was singing "Vecchio zimarra" (La Boheme) and I could have just melted...

Jannie: Ever try "Deer Avenger"? It's a parody of "Deer Hunter"--this time, it's the deer that's packing, and going after the hunters (one weapon choice is the bazooka, and when you chose it, the voice over says, "Oh, yeah. for when they absolutely, positively...gotta die."). One of the writers for COnan O'Brian wrote the scrpt for it--it's *hilarious*)

Family for the holidays: Gotta love 'em. Or kill 'em. Or, as is looking the case, commit 'em. My big brother finally realized Mom was really beginning to lose it, and I think he only juest realized that mom's actually heading quickly towards going insane. He knows she'd never see a headshrinker, so he's going to talk to her minister and see if she can talk mom into anger management or something. If she keeps like she is, she's going to end up actually insane in a few years--if that--and I'm afraid of what this is doing to me little brothers. <sigh> And Keith's making me feel guilty that I don't want to help mom to help mom--I want to help her to help those boys; frankly, I don't care if she goes sailing of the deep-end tomorrow, accept that it would effect them. Bleh.

Nerd test: I am 51% nerd. Funny, I would have thought I would rank higher...after all, the vast amount of my time is spent in front of a computer.

Have any of y'all read "Strangers in Paradise"?

jewel - [jewel@2snew.com]
Friday, December 31, 1999 12:16:57 AM
IP: 98cfc140.ipt.aol.com

** Simon walks in, an adorable Chibi—Becca-chan—perched on his shoulder. **

Ah, if you can't completely ignore the masses, join 'em. **pats Becca-chan, who growls and tries to climb down his shirt** WHOA! None of that, now. **she pouts** Anybody got a horny male chibi? Preferably one with oodles of stamina? **Becca-chan growls again, and Simon starts** Eh, please? Help? She's gonna jump me, I know it.

Jannie> **great big bear hugs** <re: Disney Adventures Nov. '94 issue> Yeah, I got it. WAY far from mint, but I got it. The comic inside will make you LYAO, though, since it contains an out-of-character (and GREY-HAIRED) Xanatos, scenes that never showed up in the show (including a Steel Clan 'bot with EYE LASERS), and silly dialogue. Of course, it blew everybody away that I knew their names and personalites (and that Brooklyn would be 2nd in command) weeks before the fact. ;-) ["when a door closes, a window opens."] Except in my case, which is "when a door closes, my foot gets stuck." Heh.

Gyre re: minific> **ROTFLMAO** Oh, man, I can just imagine the carnage after that one. :-)

Warpmind> ["Darth Renfield in the next Star Wars fanfic?"] Heheh. When my friends and I went laser-tagging, Paul was "Darth Paul". God, the fun we had with that....

Bad country music titles: How about "All My Exes Live In Texas" and "Did I Shave My Legs For This?" (and God, that was a TITLE TRACK!) I tell ya, that's one genre that scares me. (I listened to it for four years, I get to slam it as much as I want....)

Green Baron> ["'Girls, it's time we went to Intercourse.' 'But we just flirt right now.'"] That, my friend, is the FUNNIEST thing I've read all week.

Virtual Gathering: I am SO there... right now it looks like me and Bob might drop by G2001 if it's on our road trip route. MAYBE... probably not. o_O

Mandolin> You have cool friends. :-)

SOROW re: Starcraft> Me try to play. Too hard. Like the cinematics, though... very well done.

Spacebabie> **big hug** I'm sorry... I never know what to say at times like this. **another big hug**

** Suddenly, Becca-chan leaps off Simon's shoulder, making a beeline to where the other chibis are playing poker in the corner.** Damn. *sigh* Oh, well, she can't get into too much trouble. **A squeal comes from over by the chibis. Simon looks over and his eyes go very, very wide.**

Holy sh—. Anyway, I'll leave you with two Matt Good quotes, both of which have been running through my head. Good luck and God bless you all for Y2K... hope to see you here next week. Love to all!

===

"Mother told me to be something/
So I'm afraid/
Enought to stay awake..." — "Failing the Rorscach Test"

"Jenni killed her dad with her car and now she's a millionaire/
She got beat on mostly for being at home so mostly she wasn't there/
Me, I'm waiting to see what goes around when she comes around/
To kill me." — "Jenni's Song"
Simon - [y2kboy@curtain.cjb.net]
Thursday, December 30, 1999 11:51:06 PM
IP: ppp098.connect.ab.ca

Netscape just crashed on me. Lost a paragraph or two. Fun.

Kyryn>tool kit: Yes, but it is just so much fun to have all those tools lying around (and I meant the entire dorm). FYI, I carry two swiss army knives with me (one large and one small to trim my fingernails), and one of my roomies is an Eagle Scout with probably the largest SAK (new acronym) before it becomes illegal or to large to pick up without breaking your spine.
<<a Russian good night to you, too>>: I thought it was a Ukranian toast (I'm 2nd gen. Uke), meaning best of health. There's also n'eschech ya, and n'alyep schlyego, which I don't know about the romanizations of.
p.s. A quote from the original LR show: "Hark, I hear a white horse." Or something of that nature.

Fire Storm: <<What kind of electrical engineering? What kind of engineering are you in?>> I think capacitors, but I want to look at some circut diagrams of commercial items. I'm a Computer engineer, only different from an EE by which electives you take.

Deomona "solution": this reminds me of a theory dealing with separable creatures (i.e. hand still works after being removed). You need to make sure to sever every joint to ensure safety. After that there is no way any piece could attack you later.

Warpmind> St. James Pl.: My brother lives there, and Mara and Airwalker are both in Brooklyn. I am still convinces we share on ly one chromosome (he _is_ an artist, an engineer's natural enemy).
That reminds me, I want to comission him. Too bad his jtuff is just odd, not like the Tolkien calendars...

Yes! I am still leading the nerd test.

StarCraft: Terrans would have to win it. So far, the mission orders have been TZP, PTZ. That means that Zerg have to start and Terran have to end in the next one.

JLA> <<Drawf tossing>>: Hey, "Short People got no reason to live." I like Randy Newman.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Thursday, December 30, 1999 11:03:14 PM
IP: proxy2-external.etntwn1.nj.home.com

First and foremost: Thank all of ya'll for your kind words of support concerning my situation with my daughter. The task is almost completed & within the next day or so, it will be a "new" room. I had to leave the house when her bed was taken out and hauled away though.

While going thru one of what seemed like 6 million boxes of things that she had stashed away, I discovered a stack of 'Disney Adventure' books (the ones that come out monthly). I had forgotten that the kids once had a subscription... I found one that is in MINT condition, dated Nov. '94, Collector's Issue #50, "Sneak Preview: Disney's New GARGOYLES!" I almost stopped breathing! *L* This is the issue introducing the show before it aired!! I've never even seen this offered on Ebay. I have no idea of what it would go for on Ebay, but I have no intention of selling it either. (at this time) Does anyone else have this issue?

*Chibi Otto and Chibi Purgie run circles around the room taking turn chasing and grabbing each other*
*looks at Denis and raises one eyebrow*
Now look what you've done! Feeding them Twinkies laced with a strong aphrodesiac? Not as if you teaching them everything they know already is bad enough, huh?
*feels something on leg and looks down*
*shakes leg and shrieks* Chibi-Otto!! Not my leg!
Chibi-Purgie! Put your clothes back on! aye aye aye...
*scoops them up, holding each at arm's length and hands them to Denis* YOU take care of them now... eesh!!
*pinches Denis's cheeks* aren't you just sooo cute...*mumbles* yeah right. *winks* you know I love ya!

Zath> hehehe... I knew a man that was named Harry Utter. :D

Green Baron> awww, sorry you've been so sick. *hands you a cup of chicken broth and hugs gently*

XenaTrek> thanks for the suggestion on the "Cube". I'm renting movies for the weekend and that one sounds interesting. "End of Days" - I haven't seen it yet, but I'd much rather take Arnold over Demi any day! *giggles*
Air conditioning running there too? I freeze in the mornings and then run the AC in the afternoons here. Crazy weather!

David> thankyouverymuch! *L* yeah, Den and I either talk over Yahoo! or on the phone now. His net time is slowly being increased *happy feet dance*

Dwarf throwing contest: *chuckles* that's what my 'tall' friends all say that I can do if I ever become unemployed. (I'm 5'1") yeah, they are all a bunch of comedians.. yeah right. *L*

Country & Western music: *shrugs* I can take it or leave it, depends on what mood I'm in. However, Patsy Cline did have a voice that was soothing. Willie Nelson..well, what can I say.. he's Willie Nelson! *g* I like him. C&W has definitely taken an incredible swing with the current singers - both have their strengths though. The older singers were of an era that should not be forgotten nor bashed too much - it was where rock and roll started from ;)

Bashing though? *shrugs* I've taken all the comments in stride and consider it personal opinions, some done with humor.
Wilek> I laughed so hard when I read your C&W titles!! *holding sides*
Jaden> your joke... ohboy!! *LMAO*

Fred> I think I had that author in my class a few years ago ;D He's a jerk and I'm glad to hear that you are not going to let him discourage you from following your dreams. Remember, when a door closes, a window opens. *hugs*

Heh, my game of Redneck Rampage came in today... off to learn how to play it =)

"When Picard says, "Fire at Will", Riker gets nervous"
Jannie
Thursday, December 30, 1999 10:31:57 PM
IP: 168-171-197-70.academicplanet.com

Hey, I'm back! Did you miss me? If you didn't, too bad, I missed you.

Not a whole lot to say tonight....a lot of folks still seem to be away for the holidays....

Racist Cartoons: Why does this surprise anyone? Many of the early cartoons were made before the civil rights movement. Even then, certain ethnic groups were still unfavorable. Anyone ever see the Speedy Gonzalez cartoons? I like 'em, but if you tried to get away with that today, you'd be hit with an anti-defamation lawsuit so fast you head would spin. Racism has infected cartoons before. I remember an old, rarely seen Bugs Bunny toon they did way back when. It was called "Bugs Bunny nips the Nips" or something like that. Bugs antagonized some Japanese folks (this was back when animosity was still high), and it was one of the most racist things you could see on kids TV. Slanty eyes and all.

Country Music: I can sort of take it when country music is bashed, cause frankly, it's bashed a LOT. I suppose feel that it is the safe thing to attack--they feel they can easily single out country music because it still handles that ol' false stigma of "I'm gonna drink this here beer then have sex with my sister". That's not true anymore. Sure, there's plenty of country singers out there that are content to sing about nothing but pickup trucks and beer, but the "face" of country has changed so much and become amalgamated to pop that the same stereotypes do not apply anymore. There's no denying that Garth Brooks has sold more records than I believe even the Beatles! Shania Twain has over a dozen million records sold. The Dixie Chicks, love them or hate them, are hugely popular, with a couple platinum albums. You may not like the music, but obviously quite a few people do.
If you wish to criticize a particular brand of music, criticize it based on you own personal taste in music. Don't use the same ol' stereotypes that are just tired and played out by this point. I don't mind if you don't like the music, I just feel it is unnecessary to go about the ol' "drunken hillbilly" angle when you want to criticize it.
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Thursday, December 30, 1999 09:32:49 PM
IP: 207-172-60-62.s62.tnt7.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

David G. > last minute problem, I don't have a bio for you for Sabledrake. If you could send me a couple paragraphs, and maybe something about Amanda, your illustrator, that would be great. Thanks, and sorry for the rush!

Crzy > am I to understand you like country music? Wow ... so there's at least _two_ things we don't have in common! ; )

Y2K Idiot > was at Safeway and heard two of the staff talking about someone who'd come in in a panic to stock up for Y2K ... on _lightbulbs_ ...
Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Thursday, December 30, 1999 09:23:40 PM
IP: 32-pool1.ras12.wasea.agisdial.net

*runs into the room with chibi-puck on her shoulder*
hiya everybody!!

just a quick post!
I love Christmas break!!!

I love the feeling that when I wake up I don't have to dread finding time in my schedule to do my schoolwork and that I won't have my mother nagging me to do my schoolwork before I go online :P

Gyre< sounds like an interesting start to a story, but of course I'm a sucker for anything with the Weird Sisters...hehe

well, I have to go watch a movie now! See Ya Everybody!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(hopefully my comp will still work on Saturday! :P!!

*runs out trying to get Chibi-puck to stay on her shoulder*

cherry blossom
Thursday, December 30, 1999 08:52:28 PM
IP: spider-wb021.proxy.aol.com

This Thought just crossed my mind.

**mini-fic**

Closed door meeting of the NRC, and the Energy Department, met to discuss the need to start testing nuclear weapons again.
Cahairman:"The motion has been put forward to name the newly discovered island named Avalon a nuclear test site. Are there any objections?"
A wind blows through the room, and the Wierd Sisters appear.
Wierd Sisters:"Yes, there most certainly are."

**end of mini-fic**

Just had to get that out.
Gyre - [wseeley@epix.net]
Thursday, December 30, 1999 03:32:24 PM
IP: fltg3-ppp19.fltg.net

Crzy>Well, actually, I was thinking about asking you to do the illo for that Demona shirt I was talking about. (Evil shouldn't look this good) I was thinking something based on that shot from Awakenings where she's smiling back over her shoulder and running her talons down the front of the Steel Clan robot.

Oh, and the question is the one of mine Greg did in the latest batch of answers. I asked "Do gargoyles leave marks on hardwood floors?" It seems like they would with those talons. Greg's response was "There's a smart-ass response in here somewhere, but I just can't find it." If he does have any serious thoughts on the matter, could you pass them along? It's just one of those annoying little things I wonder about.

Thanx.

Later.

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Thursday, December 30, 1999 02:01:53 PM
IP: ppp-69.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

CRZYDEMONA - You're seeing Greg on the 3rd!? Can you pass something along for me!? It's a comment I made in the S8 CR... please go there and read, then tell Greg what I said, please!? <gives the CRZY one a kiss on the cheek>

Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr.
Spokane, WA, USA
Thursday, December 30, 1999 01:44:21 PM
IP: 63.237.230.240

::GLARES AT AARON:: I KNOW you dont want me to come over there!! LOL ::NOOGIE OF DOOM!!::

I do commissions but I am DAMN slow with them. Whatcha got in mind?

I am going to see Greg on the 3rd ::SWOONS:: and I will pass along the message... care to tell me what the smart arse question was? ::hates being in the dark::
CrzyDemona
Thursday, December 30, 1999 01:39:22 PM
IP: 209.150.94.68

Crzy> Are you saying we shouldn't bash dwarf tossing, that wonderful bar game invented by Sir Charles Barkley? ;)

Do you do commissions, BTW? And if you should see Greg any time soon, tell him the smart@$$ answer to my question is "Doing what?"

Later.

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Thursday, December 30, 1999 01:24:39 PM
IP: ppp-69.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Warpmind > yeah, I was aware of that ... haven't seen the movie, though!

Better late than never, maybe, but group condolences to those who've been having such a run of bad luck, accidents, injuries, disasters, and all lately! Are we under a curse in here or something? Best wishes to all, and it's good to know we're in each other's thoughts.

New Year's > well, they wussed out ... canceled the Seattle Center festivities. Safe over sorry, I know, but people are pretty darn upset with the mayor. Then again, after WTO, he wasn't going to get re-elected anyway so what did he have to lose? Ah, well, matters not to me, we'll be home drinking Martinelli's with the in-laws.

Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Thursday, December 30, 1999 01:14:16 PM
IP: vecna.ndip.eskimo.net

Sometimes I wonder if you guys can ever be happy without bashing on someone/something. Things like Jericho bashing and Country Music bashing... sheesh... what is next?? Drawf tossing?? ::shakes her head:: we are all entitled to our opinions and likes... but why we have to bash on things in this forum is beyond me. ::sighs and heads out::
CrzyDemona
Thursday, December 30, 1999 01:06:33 PM
IP: 209.150.94.68

FIRE STORM (Re: TR:TLR) - Graphics are improved slightly, and yes it's still the same engine as far as I can tell. But now they've added some new moves (Lara can climb and swing on ropes now), and in some of the cut-scenes the characters can actually MOVE THEIR MOUTHS! The fun thing is the training mode... you get to see Lara in a whole new light, as a teenager in cambodia, under the tutalege of her mentor Von Croy... Personally, I find it funny! someone at Eidos or Core Systems must have watched too much Spice Girls during the development phase of the project, because Teen Lara looks just like a brown-haired Baby Spice...

STAR CRAFT - Yes, Kerrigan wins. And in the process we loose a lot of the core characters: Gen. Duke, Fenix, Mengsk (which wasn't too much of a loss), and the new characters from the Pseudo-Russian Earth Fleet and the Protoss Dark Templar (Ra'shagal, I think). I'm unsure as to what happened to Jim Raynor...

I would hope that Blizzard makes a new StarCraft, and that we have a winning story ending for the Terrans or Protoss again. It was such a downer to get to the end and realize, "Hey, the Zerg won?!?"

[Chibi-Broadway pops up on Stephen's shoulder with a jar of cashews, tugging on his shoulder with one claw...]

Wha-? Oh! Don't worry... I'll get more. I have an account at Costco. :)

Got to go for now. Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Thursday, December 30, 1999 12:55:45 PM
IP: 63.237.230.240

Re: Nerd Test>> Got a 33%... most of the questions were kinda pointless and mostly male oriented. And since I am a web designer/computer animator by trade... would that make one a nerd?
XenaTrek - [ellislis@yahoo.com]
Orlando, FL, USA
Thursday, December 30, 1999 11:50:32 AM
IP: gopher0.national.aaa.com

I just took that nerd test and I am 35% a nerd. That's what I expected. My friends say I'm a weird combination between goth, grunge, druggy (I don't do drugs but I hang out with people that do), and a nerd.

Wilek> No I got the other boxed set. But I do plan to get the set with Edea very soon. Also, my "Beast Wars" Ravage arrived in the mail on Tuesday. The figure rocks, it looks exactly like Ravage!

Gargoyles Reunion> Sounds like fun.

Fanfic news> I'm about nine pages into "Unions Part 2" I don't know when it will be finished, but things are progressing nicely. I'm going to have to put it off for a bit to work on some TGS assignments though.

BTW, has there been any news on G2K in the past few weeks?
Greg "Xanatos" Bishansky - [Madoc55@hotmail.com]
Thursday, December 30, 1999 11:35:05 AM
IP: spider-ta086.proxy.aol.com

GB> Re: Well, I'm still in poor health, but I'll retrune those kisses as soon as I am 100% again :) >> Awww... poor baby... *hands him a cup of homestyle chicken soup and blows him a kiss* this should help you. I'm pretty amazed that I haven't gotten sick yet *knock on wood* between Orlando and Michigan. I must be doing something right.

Re: Mardi Gras>> Its a few month long celebration huh? My good friend and former Sign Language Interpreter has a brother who lives in NO, or at least the last time I talked to her, he did. I still don't know when the wedding is... I forgot to ask them this morning.

Re: Pictures of myself>> Had the first batch printed... only 5 turned out... but my smile was a bit too big (I also have partial facial paralysis), so they're not that great... I'm hoping the next batch will be better. If not... I will go down to one of those portait studios and make sure that I don't 'smile' too big. I don't think anyone of you would want to see me with a 'crooked smile'.

Coyote: Re: Nerd Test>> What Nerd test? Wheres is it? Oh... I got my CPU back from Mike... along with a few games to play. I plan on being on tonite for a little bit... hope to see you (any everyone else) online. Also did I tell you that I got some DVD's? I'm gonna watch some of them this weekend.

Re: Country Music>> Please don't downgrade country music, not all of it is that bad. I'm a fan of the newest style that includes pop rock... like Garth Brooks, Faith Hill and Shania Twain. Although I haven't listened to them in a long while. However, I'm not a big fan of the earlier ones like Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash.

Fire Storm: Re: Guess you left before the snow fell up here, eh? >> *LOL* Thats what Coyote and my brothers told me. Guess I missed it... on well. Its not that much warmer down here... *unpacks thin sweaters* I'm planning on stopping at the mall this weekend to pick up a few long sleeves for work, since most of them are short. Plus it doesn't help much that the AC keeps running in this 'box' that I'm in.

Re: 'Ends of Days' >> I apologize if I sound like a harsh movie critic... (I can't help it if I can't watch movies like a 'normal' person anymore... its all of those Film/Video courses that I took in college). The movie itself was alright... it's on my list of 'renters'... the storyline is almost exact of 'The Seventh Sign' (with Demi Moore)... the only diff is that you have Arnold.

Speaking of the top movies of the 90's... you need to add 'Cube' on the list... its a psychological thriller about 6 (very different) people trapped in a maze that is in a form of a cube, who needs to work together to get out. Its very good and I would recommend it to everyone to view.

Happy New Year everyone!
*runs out of CR to hide under desk*
XenaTrek - [ellislis@yahoo.com]
Orlando, FL, USA
Thursday, December 30, 1999 11:13:28 AM
IP: gopher0.national.aaa.com

Aaron wanders in with Hyena-chan curled up on his shoulder, a smile of pure contentment on her face.

She's been like this since she came back. I can't get any information, and I'm not sure I want any...

The nerd test>I got a 46% myself, making me an average nerd.

George Harrison> Bummer. Hope he'll be okay.

Mara> Thanks for the heads up on chibi liability.

FS> Thanks for the photoshop info, and I hope you all feel better soon.

Standing in for Robby again> VISIT STATION 8! Greg powered through a bunch of questions, still managing his usual mix of intriguing with out actually informing. He non-answered my question.

Later.

Aaron leaves, still carrying the blissful Hyena-chan.

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Thursday, December 30, 1999 10:44:58 AM
IP: ppp-143.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

*Warpmind walks in, waving a test result, Maggie-chan cheering him on from his pocket, in which she seems to have made herself a home.*
I must declare that Aaron's nerdity test must be in error! I just scored 54%; the actual NQ (Nerdity Quotient) of my person should be far higher!

Gargoyles Fandom Internet Reunion: Oooo, looks sweet already...

Gside: The guy around St. James' Place... do we want to know? As for the Rocketeer backpack... well, alcohol does happen to have a strong effect on people; why not rockets? ;) Looking forward to see what manner of contraption your evil little mind can devise... Besides, Cliff Secord's legs were probably not burnt to crisp because of the angle of the exhaust pipes... to backturned, if you get my meaning. And regarding your mathematical joke... I am reminded of a Gary Larson drawing... one scientist has a formula taped to his back, in the old "Kick Me" fashion... you may have seen it...

Wilek: Dude, relax, my minor inherited neurological defect only has the POTENTIAL to cause trouble in the future... Most likely, I'll walk through life as a reclusive loner, with few or no close friends... but I won't be bothered by it like most normies would be. As for Country Music... sure, there's a lot of cheese in the industry, but that particular genre has spawned many good songs. Particularly the Truck subtype. Examples: Convoy, Phantom 309, Tie A Yellow Ribbon etc. Not to mention Shania Twain... yummy.

Christine: Regarding "End of Days"... this may have been mentioned earlier... but you ARE aware that there's a woman called Christine involved... Jericho is searching for Christine, while there seems to be a homicidal priest on the loose... uh, sounds disturbingly familiar, actually...

Pissy: That review of yours was fun. Me, I kinda liked the movie, but I agree; it did lack a lot. As for your idea about shoes... dog turd? *ROFLMAO*

Xanathar: I know those times in XCOM... but seriously, don't you know the Save function in battlescape? It may be considered cheating, but I'll be damned if I gladly let my best soldiers get wiped by a pesky, four-foot grey little X-Files reject... And damn you for saying that, now I really long for my computer... my father's PC doesn't have that game. And with Windows 98 and an SB128PCI, it's pointless trying to install it, too, since the darn thing won't give sound for old DOS games... I hate the idea of PCI cards...

Fire Storm: Buy lotto ticket state side? Uh, I'm not familiar with the US version... I'll stick with the plain ol' Norwegian edition. Pick seven numbers by ten series on a ticket, deliver it, and keep my ears and eyes peeled for the next five weeks...

Well, gotta prepare the piece I'm supposed to read for the midnight service tomorrow... off to do some of the churchly work... and hope there's still a world to step back to afterwards. ;)
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Thursday, December 30, 1999 10:01:04 AM
IP: mp-217-210-152.daxnet.no

DERN LOT BOYS!
Fire Storm - [Night-Flame@usa.net]
Thursday, December 30, 1999 08:55:14 AM
IP: 216.90.45.200

Xanathar: Even though George Harrison suffered a stab wound to the chest, he and his wife were still able to contain the asassin.

Gside: The engineer in you just may like my link! :) The calculation of the escape velocity for potatoe guns!
Anonymous
Thursday, December 30, 1999 08:53:23 AM
IP: 216.90.45.200

Fire Storm:<<George Harrison (the beetle, not the TGS character) From what I heard, he and his wife are ok and are expected to survive.>>Thats a relief,thanks for the update Fire Storm.

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Thursday, December 30, 1999 07:54:59 AM
IP: melnc01.bigpond.com

Warpmind: 
Hmm... well, one time I had the urge to touch this piece of glass because I felt that I could put my finger though the glass. Didn't work, though. But I tried!

Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr.: < Tomb Raider, The Last Revelation>
Are the graphics in this new Lara Croft game better than the previous 3 games, or are they still using the same dated graphics engine?
Brood Wars: Kerrigan wins? WOAH! Just for that I may have to find my copy of that to play it!

Y2K: I also plan on being on-line at midnight. I think that there is the possibility that the power will go out, but I doubt it will be out for more than 12 hours.

Simon: <HOW STUPID AND UNINFORMED CAN YOU BE?!>
Do you really want an answer to that?

Speaking of stupid customers...
I have this one customer that called me on Christmas eve, Christmas day, 8 times Sunday, and 5 Monday before I picked up the phone. I told him I was sick and to call back later in the week. He said that he would call back Tuesday or Wendsday.

Jewel: Ah, family. Thats what the holidays are all about, right? :)

David G: <wrap Demona up in chains, with a gag in her mouth, and drop her into the foundations of a new building before the cement is poured.>
Hmm... Cruel, yet original. I like!

SJ: <X-Men>
I think the WB network would take X-Men and make a cartoon series that combines all of thier crappy shows and pours it into one, mainly because the moronic executives think it is funny.

Jeniren: "All I got for Christmas was Influenza, Influenza, Influenza..."

Starcraft: Say what you will about the game, but ya have GOT to admit that the Kerrigan looks pretty darn cool on the cover of the expansion set!
All in all, it wasn't bad for a game that a co-worker gave me. Forget the gameplay, I liked the plot.

AotN: < Me and my sib were cracking up reading it. :P>
Well now, you know you are legally obligated to post that story now!

David G.: <she still might have an exo-suit or an energy weapon for "special ocassions.">
Matt Bluestone "Elisa, why do you have high power PBW's in your trunk?"
Elisa "Dosn't everyone?"
<Schlangekoder>
I like that name! "Snake Bait"...

Real time strategy: I have almost always hated real time games. I REALLY prefer turn based. Thats how I played Cyberstorm 2, and I am pissed that they made Outpost 2 RTS.

XenaTrek: Guess you left before the snow fell up here, eh?

Spacebabie: Jess: I am sorry to hear that, and you definately have my condolances. One of the most preventable ways to die. Did they catch who killed Jess?

Skippy: Can I join you for you New years eve/day celebrations? Your plans sound SO much better than mine!

Everyone: Thanks for your well wishes. I feel like I am getting worse, Lady Mystic is about the same, and Puppy Girl is recovering nicely.
BTW, LM and I spent about a hour picking little glass fragments off of her sisters body (the glass was not in her skin, just on it). And I am REALLY glad that LM checked the soap for glass.

Aaron: <(I'm gonna get things thrown at me for that one)>
Absolutely. :)
Now... wheres my anvil collection...
Photoshop: Lady Mystic knows alot about Photoshop, but you might also want to check out Aimee Major's CR.
WWW.s8.org/aimee

Warpmind: Ya know... I believe it is perfectly legal for you to buy a lotto ticket state side. Hell, the Michigan jackpot alone is usually over 4 million.

Green Baron: <It seems a lot of us are ill.> WAY too many of us.

Gside: Joke: Wow... you really ARE an engineer, arn't you? :)
Well, I thought it was funny.
Let me guess... your idea of a tool kit includes 12 of each type of screwdrivers (standard, philups, star...), metric and standard nut drivers and socket sets, complete crescent/box end wrenches (both standards), hammers (including sledge, claw, ball ping, etc), crow bars, blow torch, butane and electric soldering irons, all of the different types of solder, meters galore (probally a Gieger counter too), fire extinguisher, 20kw generator...
Am I missing anything important? Oh yes...
a large trailer to hold the tool kit and a powerful truck to pull it. ;)
Kryn does make a good point, though. You can take apart a dorm room with little more than a multi-tool (I *LOATHE* the name Leatherman now.)
Your project: I am interested. What kind of electrical engineering? What kind of engineering are you in? I know a little electrical engineering, but my dad has all the important books.

Nerd Test: 67%! YEAH!

Pistoff: Read your review. I take it that you reccomend the movie to everyone, right? :)

Xanathar: George Harrison (the beetle, not the TGS character) From what I heard, he and his wife are ok and are expected to survive.

This is a little late, but...
Festum Natalem Christi!
Fire Storm - [Night-Flame@usa.net]
Thursday, December 30, 1999 07:42:44 AM
IP: 216.90.45.200

Hi all!!

NEWS FLASH!!! I just heard on the radio that George Harrison of Beetles fame has been attacked in his home and stabbed four times by some sicko,details are sketchy at the moment so I don't know how serious his condition is at the moment but I just hope the guy pulls through.:(

Mandolin:Liked the sock poem. :)

Spacebabie:<<Warpmind and Xanthar.. I'm not sure who is closer to newyears but maybe one of you could see If you can still post when the clocks hit 12:00 on Jan 1st>>Don't worry I'll be posting bang on 12:00AM Jan 1st but if you don't hear from me five or so minutes after that start panicing! ;)

Warpmind:<<You actually need sleep? Phah, X-COM is far more entertaining. Well, unless it's one of those surreal dreams, of course. Many are the nights I've awakened in the middle of the night, laughing...>>Remember those times when you'd be playing an Alien terrorism section and you were hunting down that last pesky sectoid or something using your best character and you would tell him walk through a nearby door and as soon as the door opens he's confronted by a little Sectoid or Muton who would instanly fill your character full of holes promting a scream of "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! suprising the rest of the family outside your room, *Falls silent for a moment* Now I've got this urge to fire up another game :)

Infinity:<<Has anyone played the new Aliens versus Predator game from Rebellion?>>Yep,I have and I like playing the Alien as well(Head bites Mmmmmmmmm :) )

Green Baron:Hope you get better soon.

Wilek: Welcome Back!:)

Pistoff re Jock Itch:Yeah!,Make that publishers life a living hell >:)

C'yas' Later!!

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Thursday, December 30, 1999 06:13:14 AM
IP: melnc01.bigpond.com

Ok you know how I said that everyone here should go see "The Green Mile" ? Well that's still true and if you haven't seen it yet what are you waiting for? In addition I would recommend "Galaxy Quest" it's so good and soo funny that I'm going to have to see it again.

Country music- You know I heard a joke about Country music though I can't remember where exactly, it goes What do you get when you play a country song backwards? You get your house back, you get your car back and you get your wife back. But seriously while some country songs are a little, oh what's the word, um stupid? Depressing maybe? Most of them are nice to listen to once in a while. I know because my sisters and my mother listen to them more than anything else. And yes my name is Jaden and I own some country music cds.

Jannie,Spacebabie- I'm very sorry for both of you. I wish there was more to say to make you feel better, but when things like these happen it's hard to think of the right words.

FireStorm- Sounds like you are pretty bad off. Get better soon and do all the things that people tell you to do when your sick. Drink liquids (juice not beer), get plenty of rest (sleep don't exercise) and take your medication (the good kind not the bad kind) ;). Get well.

See ya later!

Jaden - [jaden12@hotmail.com]
Los Alamos, CA
Thursday, December 30, 1999 02:15:54 AM
IP: cache1.avtel.net

Eek! I just noticed the Epinions link I jotted down here wasn't correct. It's http://psyonik.epinions.com

Uggh. I need coffee...
Pissy
Thursday, December 30, 1999 01:18:41 AM
IP: wire-17.koalas.com

***Kyryn comes in wearing a white ten-gallon hat and takes it off slowly***

Folks, Clayton Moore passed away yesterday. For those of you who don't know, he was TV's Lone Ranger for many years

On a lighter side:

Gside> Tool Kit? I once helped a friend dismantle her dorm room with only a pocketknife and a leatherman pocket tool.
BTW, a Russian good night to you, too.

****Kyryn puts the white hat back on and wings off into the moonset*****
Kyryn
Wild West, Of Mind
Thursday, December 30, 1999 01:14:31 AM
IP: denm2-6.iglobal.net

Sheesh. I brought Chibi-Duke and Chibi-Octa in with me, then forgot to do anything with them. Well, that's the kinda weeks it's been... >_<
Pist
Thursday, December 30, 1999 12:57:12 AM
IP: wire-17.koalas.com

*trudges in and leans against the wall, Chibi-Duke perched on his shoulder and Chibi-OctaBrain floating alongside...*

Been another one of those weeks. I was supposed to have today off, but ended up covering another driver's shift. And I was replying to Wilek's email and planning on replying to some others--then my computer froze up and I had to reboot, and I lost everything I'd written. Replies will be coming...as soon as I have time...

So, before anything else goes wrong, I'd better do some catching up here...

Something I need to vent about (gee, is that a surprise, or what? ;)--I had sent a query to an e-zine about "Jock Itch," asking the editor if he wanted to take a look at it. He rejected it of course--actually, he completely brushed me off. Just said Jock Itch "isn't right" for his magazine. Even though he hadn't read it and knew nothing about it, he somehow knew it wasn't right??? I've put up with that kind of crap for ten years, and you know what? I'm not putting up with it anymore. I wrote back to him and ripped into him, demanding to know why the article was being rejected. His response: his magazine doesn't cover sports.

*blink* How was Jock Itch about sports?! I stated clearly in the query letter that it was about the things that are sacrificed for the sake of sports. So I responded again, pointing this out. I've had enough. Before, when I got rejected, I'd just sit there and take it without saying a word. Not anymore. I'm not letting this guy off the hook, especially when he brushes me off without even paying attention to what I said in the query. If nobody will let me in the door, then damn it, I'll kick the door off its hinges.

In the meantime, I'm working on another angle. I just found a website called Epinions.com ...people write reviews and get royalties each time somebody reads them. It's probably a scam of some kind...but there's only one way to find out. Last night I wrote a review of "The Island of Dr. Moreau"...boy, that was fun! *cracks knuckles* You can find it at www.epinions.com ...it's probably the only review of that movie, right now...it's listed under "phred." :)

Mara: <<How about some clothing in general? Ever wonder how many times one of teh guys have flashed a poor new york citizen with those puny loincloths?>> LMAO! Yeah, that's why they're wearing clothes in my ficverse. Just being realistic for a moment, imagine how many people would've filed indecent-exposure charges against them by now... ;) And there's another good reason for them to wear clothing, especially boots or shoes that are designed to fit gargoyle feet, and it can be summed up best in the following dialogue...

Goliath: "Why should gargoyles start wearing shoes? We've never needed anything like that before."
Elisa: "Have you ever stepped on a fresh dog turd?"
Goliath: "Where can I find a pair of those shoes?"

<<We've seen Goliath snapped, in Hunter's moon. He's just like Demona, which is kinda depressing.>> Sorry, I should've been more clear on that one. It's a different kind of "snapping." Not anger...though he'll certainly have a lot of that...but once it's all over and things begin to get back to normal (relatively speaking, anyway), Goliath's personality will undergo a slight change. The whole ordeal will be too much for him, and something in his head will just go "boing!" Just a couple of minor details will change...his emotional range will broaden, and he'll be a bit of a smartass, and a bit...wonky. (Just imagine a bit of Jack Hammer rubbing off on Goliath and you'll start to get the idea. ;)

Delphi: The bear thing--LMAO! Thanks, I needed that. :)

Aaron: The Disney store has a commemorative pin of...uggh...Steamboat Willie...but not Gargoyles??? *simmers* F--k those people!!!! That T-shirt idea you had is great. :) Now everybody will want one... The 404s...*blink* Whoa... O_O

Spacebabie: I'm so sorry about your friend. *hugs* Drunk drivers disgust me. Innocent people pay for their mistakes. When somebody gets caught driving drunk, they should never be allowed to drive again. Ever. Because look what happens when they do.... *sighs and hugs again* I hope the bastard pays for your friend's death. As others have said, we're all here for you.

Jannie: Sorry things have been so rough on you. *hugs* At least you're almost finished with that room and you can start setting up your new bed. Hope it's big enough for both you and Denis... *winks* Loved the ads, too. ROTFLMAO!

Jewel: Congrats on your new pet! Awwwwww! Sounds adorable! =)

Jenniren: Ack! Sorry you're sick. The flu's been going around here, too. I'm due to get it any moment now, since everybody I work with has had it... Get well soon, 'k?

Fire Storm: ACK!! Hope you, LM and Puppy Girl get well soon. Thank gods that shower fall wasn't as bad as it could've been. *shudders* *hugs for you all*

Gyre: <<something must happen to drive home to the fey that the world has changed, and they cann't sit above it all while they manipulate events, and not have it come back to haunt them.>> Hehehe...in my ficverse, Jack Hammer will dish out some payback very soon...just need to hit a few more plot points first... >8D And I really like the way some of your characters have been scoring a few points against the Unseelie. *evil grin*

Denis: Extra strong aphrodesiacs?? Those two will be unstoppable now! We're gonna have little chibi-babies scampering around...uh, gliding around...or something...

GB: Oh man, you're sick too? I hope you get well soon.

Zath: Wait a second...a girl named Shithead?! Oh...dear...gawd. Her parents should be beaten savagely like a gong. Oh lord...this one is even worse than a name I found in the phone book here--Wegfarht. Yes, that's right, Wegfahrt. But even that can't hold a candle to "shi-Thade." :O

Country music: I agree with Wilek--country music is one of the worst crimes against nature I have ever had the misfortune to come into contact with. I remember a stand-up comic (I wish I could remember his name...) saying, "If we blame heavy-metal music for drug use and teen suicide, it's only fair to blame country music for incest." ;)

David G: I like your Demona-execution idea. An idea I put forth in my ficverse was to encase her in a block of cement and drop her to the bottom of the Cayman Trough, where the pressure is so deep that no submarine can get anywhere near the bottom before it implodes. ^_^

Gside: As for Rene and Satan, they're history. Robby drove a stake through their gizzards. Hooray for Robby! 8D

Wilek: <<Heh heh heh...and knowing exactly how evil you are, I know it'll be entertaining to watch... >8)>> *bows* Thank you. ^_^ It'll be a lot of fun. MUHAHAHAH!!! >8D

And finally, another edition of Daily Stupidity... Here are some questions asked of Grand Canyon National Park Rangers....

Was this man-made?
Do you light it up at night?
I bought tickets for the elevator to the bottom--where is it?
Is the mule train air conditioned?
So where are the faces of the presidents?

O_o
Pistoff - [phred@koalas.com]
Thursday, December 30, 1999 12:52:42 AM
IP: wire-17.koalas.com

Patrick > thank you; I've worked hard to become so! ; )

Online Reunion Con > sounds like fun and I can't wait!

Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Thursday, December 30, 1999 12:27:46 AM
IP: vecna.ndip.eskimo.net

**No RP this time; I'd better catch up first...**

[Wilek strides into the room amid fanfare and a ridiculous amount of special effects.] Guess who's back. ^_^ I considered posting from my new Dreamcast, but its browser stinks (it's the only thing that does, fortunately)...

Xanathar> <> <bows> Thank you. ^_^ (I stole the olive branches from the insignia of the United Federation of Planets. Seemed strangely appropriate... <G>) Tyrian 2000> Interesting, this...

Aaron> <<Ah, a fellow Tie pilot, eh? Tell me, what's your favorite?>> The TIE Defender (of which I have an Action Fleet Micro Machine which is the pride of my collection), although the Missile Boat comes in an incredibly close second, at which it's tied with the TIE Phantom (which was in Rebel Assault 2 rather than TIE Fighter, but it's too dang kewl not to mention here ^_^). :) <<Disney has released a series of commemorative pins for the millennium. Guess who didn't get a pin? Us. Steamboat Willie, the cartoon Disney has been trying to pretend didn't exist for the last twenty years, and who's video release they have blocked because it's so blatently racist... has a frikkin' pin. Gargoyles has no pin. WTF?>> Um...what? >:( <<Click my name for an list of amusing 404s.>> I've seen this site; amazingly fun stuff. :) Did you check out the Hall Of Errors in the Cool 404s section? :) <<Mara, I've been meaning to ask you, are we legally liable for the actions of our chibis?>> Dear gods I hope not; Chibi Wilek-Kun has a talent for leaving half-eaten corpses on my doorstep... Nerd test> I don't know what's more frightening, the fact that my score is 64 percent (Quite A Nerd) or the fact that I'm proud of it...The opinion of the test was that 'there is no hope you will ever be able to interact with normal human beings'. Like there are any *normal* human beings in here... :)

Elisa and Demona> I'll give the human this much credit: without her, Goliath would most likely have gone the way of Demona. Watch the end of Awakenings--Goliath would have killed Xanatos if not for her intervention. (I *think* anyhow; it's been way too long since I've seen that ep and I'm probably remembering it wrong...)

Jewel> <<My sister-in-law got her first ultrasounds fo the baby. We were all looking at them, and all any of us could say was, "Holy *God*, will you look at that the size of that *foot*! Damn, them some big feet!!!!" Stephanise said that the woman doing the ultrasound (a friend of hers; she works at a hospital) took one look at the kid's feet and said, "That child got your husband's feet!" Dad looked at it and yelped, "Its foot is bigger than its head! And it's got a big ol' head!">> O_o This is going to be an interesting birth...<> You went shopping on Christmas Eve? You, my friend, are a lot braver than I am...<<Turns out my big brother had to get *four* things, and didn't know what to get any of them...one of whom was his wife. It took me two minutes to get my grandfather's gift, but it took us until closing to get Keith's stuff...and since he forgot to stop by the bank and had maxed out his card, guess who paid? <g> Eh, well. he doesn't let me forget my cruddy driving, I won't let him forget he's broke.>> Ack... :/ <> Isn't that a variant of Minnie? ;)

SOROW> <<MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone who celebrates it! I have some terrific news! 1) My dad and I have pretty much dropped our fight over the car and he finally asked if I was okay from the wreck. THANK YOU! 2) We got a scanner. A SCANNER!!!!!! YEAH!>> Kewl! :D <high-five>

Kaioto> <<At the very end of the book, after all Caramon and Raistlin’s reconciliation, Fizban (aka Paladine aka Bahemut) tells Caramon the gods have to leave Krynn in order to keep Chaos from destroying it.>> Krynn?! What the--oh sorry, Journeyman Project 2 flashback...

Warpmind> <<So, those two Rene and Satan were YOUR doing? Shame, shame...>> Oh, isn't it...If I'd known my more volatile experiments were capable of actually learning language, I'd have put a few more locks on their cages...<<Do any of you know whether the "Make-A-Wish"-foundation is international? I might qualify... I have a medical condition for which there is neither cure nor treatment. It's not deadly, though, but still... a minor flaw in my genetic makeup that can cause lots of trouble throughout all my years might be enough to get through their qualification system...>> Ack... <<I have almost come to suspect that we DO live in a Matrix... I have found myself on occasion "slowing down" time when involved in a fall, or something equally dangerous... it could be that my brain is just increasing computation speed to find the best possible means of easing the landing, but still... I'm almost scared. The day I get a phone call from someone calling himself Morpheus, I'll scream. Then again... awareness of living in a Matrix... imagine the stunts one could pull... belief makes it possible... Fulmenos Venite... you get my drift?>> It would explain the Paradox effect from Mage: The Ascension; forcing an operating system to do things it was never designed for can cause interesting glitches...<<What's next? Darth Renfield in the next Star Wars fanfic?>> Come to think of it, that would be a pretty kewl name...

Pistoff> <<Goliath...well, what happens will change him, as well...as he is now, he doesn't have much emotional range...but imagine what might happen if he's pushed too far and something inside him just...snaps. >8D And that's all I can say for now. hehe>> Heh heh heh...and knowing exactly how evil you are, I know it'll be entertaining to watch... >8) <> Come to think of it, I want to have a word with whoever wrote the operating system. Space and time are a tad less stable than they should be, lately...

Green Baron> <> <blink> Huh? <> You've been sick too? O_o Ack...get well soon...oh, you're already in the process of that. :)

Zath> <<If you install a certain variety of artificial heart, one that moves blood at a constant rate rather than with a beating motion, it's possible for a human to live without a pulse.>> That's...interesting...O_o <<One of my friends at college told me about his cousin who was working as a substitute teacher and came across someone named Shithead one day while calling roll. He skipped the name and called everyone else, then asked if he missed anyone. A little girl raised her hand, he asked her what her name is, and she answered, "shi-Thade.">> I don't know where to begin...

Country Music> Dear gods, how I hate this. Only country songs could have names like I Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling, I Wanna Whip Your Cow, If My Nose Were Full of Nickels I'd Blow It All On You, My John Deere Was Breaking Your Field While Your Dear John Was Breaking My Heart, You're The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly, and a title which I'm sure Shakespeare would have envied, You Done Tore Out My Heart And Stomped That Sucker Flat. All these are real country songs. Heavens help us all.

Spacebabie> <<The Salute is for my friend Jess who was killed by a Drunk Driver last night.>> Oh no! :( <hugZ>

Y2K> My computer and my Dreamcast are both Y2K compliant, as far as I can tell (although on a PC the only things affected anyhow would be file date stamps), although the local power company is a tad backward, so I'll be keeping my talons crossed all the same...

David G> <<The easiest would be to wrap Demona up in chains, with a gag in her mouth, and drop her into the foundations of a new building before the cement is poured.>> o_O Sick, that...and Macbeth could never come anywhere near the place...

Mara> <<How about some clothing in general? Ever wonder how many times one of teh guys have flashed a poor new york citizen with those puny loincloths?>> I don't know; it's always seemed to me that the loincloths were more than a couple scraps of leather and a belt. There's probably a bottom panel of some kind, if for no other reason than Disney S&P. (Which would make it *three* scraps of leather and a belt instead of *two* scraps of leather and a belt, but that third one can make all the difference on a windy night. :P )

Greg Xanatos Bishansky> <<Some Final Fantasy VIII action figures>> Did you get the boxed set with Edea in it? :)

Jannie> <<Well, I'm off to put some type of closure in my life and clear out my daughter's room. I'll box it all up and put it in storage. Out of anger I had boxed a lot of things, but now it's time to leave no trace. I can't handle walking past her room and seeing reminders of a life that once existed there. I have already purchased a new bed & trimmings. *takes a deep breath for needed strength* I hope I can make it thru this.>> <snif> :( <hugZ>

Theresa> Welcome back, friend! :D

Coyote> <> I just don't want to know...

Fire Storm> <<Ya know, the flu this year REALLY sucks! Not only do I have it, but Lady Mystic and her sister Puppy Girl have it too. Poor Puppy Girl... she was so weak and she wanted to take a shower so badly... she fell on the glass shower door, broke the door, and cut her shoulder in two places. Thankfully, she is all right. It could have been MUCH worse.>> O_O' Get well soon, especially Puppy Girl...ack...

Heather> <<Help... I'm making graphic with making four images into one. I have this large picture that I kinda want to be like a background but still have the background of the sky in this pic. I know it sounds confusing but... help...>> Hm...fraid I don't know much about advanced graphics manipulation. :/

Gside> <<So, How did that Rene/Satan thing end up? I caught most(?) of it, and all but the last post was cut off.>> Um...I think they ended up being the first people ever to be Officially Banned From The CR, if I'm not mistaken. Good riddance to them.
Wilek Nereus
Thursday, December 30, 1999 12:18:07 AM
IP: spaceproxy.com

::rushes into the room, hair in disarray, frantic fanfgirl look in her eyes:: hi guys.. osrry to double post but i found the DREAMIEST Xelloss fan art... here here look look look!!!

*We now return you to your regularly scheduled insanity
Mara Cordova - [MCordova999@hotmail.com]
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 11:44:55 PM
IP: spider-we062.proxy.aol.com

Mara, Airwalker> If you are around St. James Pl. and see a tall, skinny,
scary guy wearing pants with a loincloth and/or a black coat with a blue
plaid sleeve and fake cheeta skin, please hit him and tell him that he
is an idiot.

(Guys and Dolls)Will do... will do.. this gal says the horse will do.. and if she says the horse will do.. will do... will do...

THE NOTE:::
...

Coyote:**composes self**
Sorry, I can't help blurting this out. As I read it, I started reading
between the lines, and it looked less and less like a scolding from a
friend of Matt's and more and more like a personal attack on Mara, and I
feel that I must defend my lady's honor. **looks at Mara and hugs her**
I hope you don't mind, Mara-ko ...

::bu-blink:: Hey, i'm a big girl and I can take care of myself, ne? ::hugs him anyway::
Anywho.. i wrote the child a very polite letter stating the real reason that matt finished his Matt&Brooklyn saga.. and that he hasnt stopped writing as a whole, but just stopped that series. I dont really take it as a personal attack.. it seems like she didnt even know I've MiSTed his works. By teh way, i've talked to him over email on several occasions.. he really isnt that bad a guy and he actually liked the MiST for WEEDS and asked me a couple times when i was going to be done with TIMELESSNESS. Thusly..

Still all that cursing wasn't right considering youngings go to that site...

*sigh* humans....
Mara Cordova
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 11:20:07 PM
IP: spider-we062.proxy.aol.com

Anne: Hey, be lucky that the screamers were adults. I spent my Christmas ... once again ... at my aunt's house, dealing with my cousin's discipline-impaired kids ... and it was my mother's *bright* idea (note dripping sarcasm) to give them all Christmas gifts that ALL MADE OBNOXIOUS NOISE!!! **pulls hair out of head, puts them back**

Mandolin, re: sock puppet: Aww, that's so cuuuuute!! :)

Spacebabie: **raises eyebrows** She lived up here? Aw man, I feel worse for ya now ...

Nerd test: I rated a 36%. So I'm not as much of a nerd as I thought I was ... good.

Jannie: Sure, they can take notes ... not to say I told you so, but ... **Rosanna comes into the room and whaps him over the head** Sorry! Geez!

Gside, re: Nessum Dorma: Actually, I *played* a marching band with vocalist arrangement of it my last year at State for Spartan Spectacular ... very very neat piece of music, especially with the voice professor who sang the soloist's line. It was a very moving moment ... one I'll never forget.

New topic ... has anyone seen the latest entry to the GFW? It's a very venomous note from someone who says that those of us who disliked Matt Watson's work, or those who made fun of it (like Mara-ko), are all prejudiced. **sighs sadly** I dunno, it seems to me she missed the point of the note he left when he ended his cycle prematurely. The negative publicity wasn't the only thing that made him decide to end it ... he felt he could do better, and he realized that making his work a self-insertion fic was a mistake. It's not that he was being driven away from writing ... it was that he wanted to take time to improve his writings!

**composes self**

Sorry, I can't help blurting this out. As I read it, I started reading between the lines, and it looked less and less like a scolding from a friend of Matt's and more and more like a personal attack on Mara, and I feel that I must defend my lady's honor. **looks at Mara and hugs her** I hope you don't mind, Mara-ko ...
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 10:47:35 PM
IP: zzz-209252248079.splitrock.net

For those few of you who noticed I was gone (and "the Benefit of Mr. Kite"), I have returned! Merry Christmas, (& etc.).

So, How did that Rene/Satan thing end up? I caught most(?) of it, and all but the last post was cut off.

There has been some interesting news in my life since I've been gone, and it is probably best if I introduce it the way it was introduced to me: my brother did something stupid. I am apparently going to be an uncle, under some apparently strange circumstances.
Mara, Airwalker> If you are around St. James Pl. and see a tall, skinny, scary guy wearing pants with a loincloth and/or a black coat with a blue plaid sleeve and fake cheeta skin, please hit him and tell him that he is an idiot.

Tim P.> 2001 w/ deep plot: Did you know that a lot of explanitave dialogue was removed to highlight the special effects (which were revolutionary for their time)?

Sev. JR.> Pope: It is my opinion that all that is keeping him going is his wish to see the new millennium, and lead the chruch through the "Great Jubilee."

Mandolin> <<an actual tool kit to take back to school>>: Heh, I'd love to see what you puny right brainers <sarcastic> call a tool kit. It is not a tool kit unles you can dismantle your dorm with it.

Country: Ick. Give me The Beatles, Stones, Band, Holst, Vagner, Dorsey, or Chicago.
Oh, that reminds me, Jewel, have you ever heard an arrangement of Nessun Dorma for concert band? No? Do you know why? Apparantly Puccini's family still holds the copyrights and had it recalled (my conductor had an illegeal copy).

Warpmind> Rocketeer: I want to know two things: Why were his legs not burnt to a crisp, and how could that puny fin apply enough force to steer? Besides, I don't think there is enough energy in the chemical bonds of a concievable amount of alcohol to provide enough force for lift.
(p.s. I have an idea for something I want to build, and could be brought to a Gathering- just need some more EE (electrical engineering to the uninitiated) training)

Mrs. Morgan> <<naughty>>: To quote Valentine Michael Smith: "I was told it is a small wrongness, but I grok it is a goodness." Or something to that effect. Sorry, but I just re-read "Stranger in a Strange Land." (Jubal has all the best lines)

Spacebabie> My condolences.

the Klingon> Flash Gordon: Some good music, though.

StarCraft: Last year most of my suite was addicted (and got Brood War copies. ahh... CD burners). We had someone who would travel between floors for postgame commentary (We now have a plant named after him). One roomie perfected the mutadrop on BGH. Hooger!

Warpmind> <<all types of weaponry from outdated WWII tanks to the most recent laser cannons>>: For some reason, I started thinking of "Time Bandits."

Aaron> nerd test: HTML is a formatting language, not a programming language! There "is no hope you will ever be able to interact with normal human beings" (78%)

I apologize...
**RP**
As H walked into the room, the first thought that went thorough his head was "Holstein?" followed closely by "bandana?" He decided to go though with this even though he did not understand why they had agreed to this.

"So, Mr. Garside, I am told you have applied for a job?" he began.

His interviewee responded, "Yes, your organization intrigues me, Mr. um... H."

H continued, "Just H. Could you tell me why we should not just ignore you and you should not just forget?"

"Well, I did manage to read though your entire database without your knowledge," offered the prospective employee, "You only know now because I applied under the agreement that you would seriously consider my offer and I would not tell anyone. But then, you probably want to know my actual credentials. I graduated Rutgers University with a BA in computer science, a BS in computer engineering, and a minor in linguistics; under both the engineering honors program and the general honors program. I was also a Slade scholar in the School of Engineering and a Henry Rutgers Scholar in Rutgers College. I committed most of my theses to easing the interface between humans and computer languages. I continued at Rutgers for my masters in computer science. I was subsequently employed at Caldera, in their interface department. It was researching there that I managed to discover your setup, but I believe you have been briefed on what I did there."

H was unfazed, "Since claimed to have learned so much about our operation, do you have any particular department in mind for your proposed employment?"

"Actually, yes. I was particularly interested by your Avatar, so I was thinking I could be of use in its engineering department." Before H could interrupt, the intrepid Mr. Garside continued, "Yes, I do realize that the station is largely maintained by the Borg, and I would be willing to undergo assimilation, with one minor caveat. I still would want to retain a portion of my individuality. And since you have apparently leaked truths to the media, I assume that what was done to 7/9 is possible, and that is all I would request."

"You do realize that the Avatar tends to be a very dangerous place; what sort of martial or weapons training do you have?" H asked.

"None to speak of, though I thought I would be trained or it would be included in the assimilation process." Mr. Garside responded.

"I believe I have heard enough to make my decision, and will inform you at a later date." concluded H, shaking hands.
**END RP**

A little bit of physical humor found in grafitti at the Physics Lecture Hall: "(m sub(@&^))*(theta sub(dangle))=(tau sub(pork))". This translates as "The mass of the @&! times the angle of the dangle equals the torque of the pork." Hey!! it IS funny.

Na zdorov'ya
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 09:42:32 PM
IP: proxy2-external.etntwn1.nj.home.com

Gargoyles Fandom Internet Reunion>> Here's the URL for website (under construction). Basically, we're looking at having several online contests -- fanart, fanfic -- as well as taking submissions for a photo album of past Gatherings, voting on various fan topics, a postcard gallery, a chatroom, and many other fun things.

More details to come!
Spike
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 09:29:10 PM
IP: ppp14-34.ght.iadfw.net

RP WARNING!!!
**Reverend Attila is checking the mail when he sees a notice about OJ Simpson being located at Intercourse, Pennsylvania.

"Meow! Now, I know where to get him. He owes me three million dollars. Girls, it's time we went to Intercourse."
"But we just flirt right now."
"No, I mean Intercourse, Pennsylvania. OJ is in Amish Country and I can get him and make him pay me back....though this sounds like a trap."
"Besides, he and Bob were tracking down the Heaven's Gate Cult. Why not send in Charleton Heston and the NRA to get OJ and possibly deal with any militant Amish planning to take over the US in a few days."
"Good idea, Bridgette. I guess we should start looking for Gatemembers with their time-bomb koolaid."
"We'll join you since there's no more msitletoe in TGS CR."**
END RP for NOW!!

Hello all. I knwo I've been gone for a day. I am slowly recovering form a nasty little stomach virus and I am now able to have chicken broth...yay!!

Firestorm> It seems a lot of us are ill.

David G> Organized crime, yes, but I was strictly talking about the Mafia. You could very well be part of Organized Crime :) Hmmm...born again Christian mobsters...we're saved so we can rob you and get away with it :)

Jenniren> I hope you're feeling better ::big hugs::

Spacebabie> I haven't lost anyone to a drunk driver, but my sister was almost killed by my father's drunk driving. ::hugs::

XenaTrek> Well, I'm still in poor health, but I'll retrune those kisses as soon as I am 100% again :)

Mardi Gras season starts right after Epiphany (Jan. 6 I beleive) and the official Mardi Gras day is March 7. If you fear it is too wild that week, then you can also catch soem nice, but not as wild parades a week before, plus rates won't be as expensive as they are on the week of Mardi Gras. BTW, I can't wait to see those pics :)

SOROW>My scanners is not operational, nor do I have pics of my butt :) DemonaCrzy goosed me at G99, so she coudl fill you in on details :)

Guandalug> Welcome back to the TGS CR

Janine> It must be tough to lose a daughter ::hugs::

Infinity and Denis> WB to you too.

Todd> That would certainly be ironic.

Nerd Test> I got a 38%
Green Baron - [greenbaron@hotmail.com]
New Orleans, Louisiana
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 08:12:37 PM
IP: 1cust118.tnt6.nashville.tn.da.uu.net

Denis> There will be new Freelance episodes as soon as I'm more than one chapter ahead on the serial novel, or when it's done.

If it will make you feel better, I am getting some ideas for how the series will continue. When I start writing them again, I'll probably pull the old ones and put up new "Digitally Remastered Versions" that eleminate some TGS influences and establish an independant setting for the series.

By the way, I can't believe you logged on to the CR and used the time to badger me about Freelance instead of talking to Jannie. I assume this means you have other ways to talk to her now.

Hope things are going well. :)
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 08:02:44 PM
IP: ip120.fort-worth6.tx.pub-ip.psi.net

Patrick Toman has the right of it in explaining how Demona was able to fulfill the prophecy in killing Madoc. I might add (and I believe that I can state this here, since Greg Weisman has been able to describe some of his "first-draft" ideas for "Gargoyles" in "Ask Greg", such as the bit about how his original idea was for the Magus to offer to cast the spell of stone sleep upon Goliath but one of the Disney execs wanted Goliath to come up with the idea himself as more dramatically effective) that the original notion that I had was for Madoc to be killed by a double attack from Demona with her iron mace and Castaway with his Quarryhammer (Demona motivated by discovering about Madoc's ruthless determination to destroy her race - which would automatically put him on her "enemies list" - and Castaway by learning that Madoc had been using the Canmore family and the Quarryman movement for his own ends). That had to be changed, though, when we had Castaway become permanently hospitalized at the end of "Turncoat" - and Demona's little condition did allow us to make her Madoc's solo killer. The change in plans did cost us some of the irony in the original idea, though - the union of human and gargoyle that brings the Unseelie Lord down is composed of the two specific individuals whom he had most expected to prevent such a union. (Although we did have George's bit with the bell as a sort of replacement for Castaway's role, so maybe that notion did survive in a way).
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 07:04:46 PM
IP: 216.87.46.174.dialup-stl.primary.net

::rushes in, cheering wildly:: I'm not a nerd! i'm not a nerd! i scores 27 on teh test so i'm not a nerd!

::does the WAVE all by herself then leaves::
Mara (not a nerd, a whackado) Cordova
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 07:00:25 PM
IP: spider-wk042.proxy.aol.com

hi, guys!

*toss Chibi Otto and Chibi Purgie twinkies filled with EXTRA-STRONG aphrodisiacs cocktail* you two are sooo kawaii!

Injustice 2> it's going to be released soon! just three scenes to go, for around 70 pages worth of fun!
Full of promises, betrayal and revelations. Lives that starts, lives that ends. The Wheel of the Dharma is spinning.

SpaceBabie> my condoleance for your friend. I know it's hard to loose a friend. lost one during surgery.

Demmie Vs Lizzie> both have their strengh and weakness. I think they're the opposite sides of a coins. lots of common.

Y2K> hoped that I could had the dutch classes posponed to 4th of jan 2000, in the hope the school's system would crash, but nope, I have to go before. bummer! dutch s...ks!

David G> hum, when can we expect the new Freelance eps?

that's all for now! bye, and happy NEW YEAR! and Merry Xmas to everybody!

Denis - [<----- Jannie's dude!]
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 06:30:26 PM
IP: 212.166.37.226

*blinks* eeehgads! I've turned into my son - I'm 58% Nerd! *falls over* Noooo!! it was rigged, I say, rigged! ;D

*Chibi-Otto and Chibi-Purgie one perched on each shoulder*

Coyote> Polaroids? *sweat drops* Where did you get those pictures of Denis and I?? Let me look at those!
*takes pictures, turns them sideways, upside down, tilts head* *relieved giggle* heh... this isn't us! ;D I_knew_ that, yeah.. there are no pictures of Denis and I. *shifts eyes side to side and crosses fingers behind back*
*Chibi-Otto and Chibi-Purgie also leans down to look at the Polaroids*
*Chibi-Otto brings out a notebook and pen to begin taking notes*
*Chibi-Purgie points and giggles at the pictures* Did you see that one?? *looks at Coyote and wiggles eyebrows*
Chibi-Otto> hey Coyote, maybe you can *teach* me a few things, what da' say? hehehe

Have I missed a post somewhere? Has anyone seen Jenna lately or have heard from her? *sniffles*
Jannie
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 05:53:45 PM
IP: 196-070.c.esc4.net

Spike > A virtual gathering ? Coolies. If I don't go for G2K, I want to know more. Because I don't go to G2K if Robby doesn't go.

Help... I'm making graphic with making four images into one. I have this large picture that I kinda want to be like a background but still have the background of the sky in this pic. I know it sounds confusing but... help...
Heather - [kheetor84@aol.com]
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 05:39:56 PM
IP: 98a90fdb.ipt.aol.com

Aaron:: I've been meaning to ask you, are we legally liable for the actions of our chibis?

Depends if the actions of the chibi were requested by the owner.

*Xelloss-kun appears, with several hickeys and scratch marks. His cute lil face is all bruised and bloody*

OooooOOO... got to second base.. didnt you?

*he makes a thumbs up sign*

Masochists... *sigh*
MAra Cordova
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 05:21:41 PM
IP: spider-wk042.proxy.aol.com

Click my name to see if you are a nerd. Those of you like me, who already know the answer, can skip this test.

Later.

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 04:44:02 PM
IP: ppp-217.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Infinity removes her Cloak of Invisibility and enters the CR.
Hi everybody. Just thought I'd pop in for a few minutes. Hope everyone had a nice Christmas and is enjoying their presents!
Spacebabie and Jannie; I sincerely hope you two make it through your troubles allright. (wraps her wings around both of them) Take it one day at a time.
Jewel; You know, the same thing happend to my brother's wife. She was supposed to go get food for this captive black snake but the food wound up becoming her favorite pet. The little rat was just too cute to get eaten.
Has anyone played the new Aliens versus Predator game from Rebellion? It was one of my Christmas presents. You can play as either an Alien, a Marine, or a Predator. So far I make a pretty good Alien but the levels are all really long and hard. I almost never play as a marine cause they are definitly the weakest species. L
Well, I gotta go! Talk later!
Infiniy wraps the Cloak around herself and vanishes, and walks into the wall on her way out.
Infinity
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 04:40:55 PM
IP: nltc-57-13.nltc.net

Mara, I've been meaning to ask you, are we legally liable for the actions of our chibis?

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 04:16:52 PM
IP: ppp-217.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

*Warpmind walks into the CR, Maggie-chan resting on top of his hat and rubbing his temples.*
Okay, whoever put up that potato launcer.... I was happier before...

Xanathar: You actually need sleep? Phah, X-COM is far more entertaining. Well, unless it's one of those surreal dreams, of course. Many are the nights I've awakened in the middle of the night, laughing... As for Diablo 2, well, I've got one word for you. Mmmmmmm...

Fire Storm: May the three of you recover soon.

Spike: I presume the two pieces you did for me can't be considered valid submissions for this online art show... or can they? Let me know, and I'll e-mail'em to the proper authorities. Uh, you know what I mean...

Aaron: If we win the lotto? I'm already working on it, bud! The highest prize ever pid out was about three million USD, to my recollection... of course, that was a third-week jackpot. Usually, the top prize is about 2-300,000$ (if I got the currency conversion stuff right). Either way, if I win, I'm a certain G2K visitor... with practically no concern for airfare. ;)

Gyre: Oh, I got this wicked creativity demon when I saw your comment on having every army in the world attack the Unseelies... all types of weaponry from outdated WWII tanks to the most recent laser cannons... mmmm-hmmm...

Spacebabie: I think that would be Xanathar. Australia is just on the west side of the dateline, to my recollection. Besides, I can't post at midnight, anyway. Midnight Service. After all, I do work in the church when I'm home, and sometimes I have to do odd hours. But at least it pays well (about 12$/hour, plus 100-133% overtime).

Mara: Glad I'm not in the same town as those two Chibis... Hyena and Xelloss go paint the town... I foresee some very strange forensic reports in the near future...

Well, time to shut down the computer and go beddy-bye. See you all on the morrow, I hope. If not, I'll sic Maggie-chan on the ISP, the company that made my alarm-clock, and some random guy on the street. (You know, I gotta let her burn off some of that holiday lard she's been gaining lately.)
*Maggie-chan looks up at Warpmind with an insulted frown.*
Uh, I didn't mean it like that...
*ZAAAAAAPPP!*
OW!
*Warpmind runs out, Maggie-chan running after him, blasting several lightning bolts at him.*
Well, at least she gets rid of some excessive energy this way... OW!
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 04:13:53 PM
IP: mp-216-237-65.daxnet.no

Aaron::Reaches down and grabs Hyena-chan.
Nooooooo. No. Put Xellos down. I don't care if he is cute, you can't bring him home with us. Mara won't like that. And if you annoy Mara, she might decide to do something to both of us that makes Demona's Redemption look like a cakewalk.

Cakewalk? Cakewalk... has possibilities *laughs evilly... then pauses, then lauighs evilly again*

Hyena-chan shakes her head regretfully, and drops Xellos.

Awwww... my heart is touched, Xelloss has an admirer...

*reaches down to pet Hyena-chan on the head, quickly pulling her hand away before she gets scratched or bitten or something.*

Here, *handss the both a twenty* you two can go have a playdate... just bring him back in one piece, Hyena-chan...
and go get me some of that yummy Popcorn shrimp at the Night Gallery... it's always so good...

*watches the two Chibis scamper away happily, a large explosion um... exploding... in the distance in lieu of a sunset*

Gee I hope I did the right thing... a cyborg and a devil going out on their own... hope nobody gets hurt...

*walks away, whistling innocently*

Mara Cordova
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 03:30:39 PM
IP: spider-wj022.proxy.aol.com

I see that someone likes Maeve's image, and a twisted idea came to mind. Picture that image cut off at the face as seen through a sniper scope with the cross hairs centered squarely on the spot between Maeve's eyes. Pleasent image don't you thing?
Gyre - [wseeley@epix.net]
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 03:11:05 PM
IP: fltg3-ppp5.fltg.net

BIG Hugggs for all my frieds and a Special close hug for Jannie.

The worse thing is that I can't attend the funeral since she lived in Michigan, but we kept cloes through IM and E-mails

Jewel: Mina? I had looked the name up and it means "Loving memory" just don't dress her in and orange and white sailor suit with blue and gold bows.

Warpmind and Xanthar.. I'm not sure who is closer to newyears but maybe one of you could see If you can still post when the clocks hit 12:00 on Jan 1st
Spacebabie - [LadyAndromeda@smstars.zzn.com]
Orlando, Fl, USA
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 12:32:57 PM
IP: user-37kapc3.dialup.mindspring.com

Does anybody here know anything about Adobe Photoshop? I'm having a small problem.

Thanks.

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 12:30:44 PM
IP: ppp-239.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

I'm still of the opinion that it would have been far more realistic if the SUW quickly grew out of Madoc's control, and the Unseelie suddenly became the center of attention of the combined power of all the world's militaries. Needless to say it would be extreamly messy. If the war escalated enough, the possibility of the use of nukes could not be discounted. And yes, this is rather a moot point. But it was said by the Archmage "Keep in ming that the world today is a world ruled by science, and weapons today are as powerful as any magic." But think of the incentive it would create to assure the Prophecy came true such a possibility would create.

On another note, something must happen to drive home to the fey that the world has changed, and they cann't sit above it all while they manipulate events, and not have it come back to haunt them. Great power means even greater responsibility, and there has to be an element of accountability there somewhere.
Gyre - [wseeley@epix.net]
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 11:49:15 AM
IP: fltg3-ppp5.fltg.net

Aaron wanders in. Hyena-chan scampers down off his shoulder, and looks up at him expectantly.

Okay, okay. You can go. But play nice. No fighting with the other chibi's. Unless one of them wants to fight, then you gotta kick the other chibi's butt. Hyena-chan nods, and scampers off in spider mode.

Robby> Thanks for the Dark Stalkers info. My fave is Felicia, but I've always been a sucker for catgirls.

Warpmind>Well, as soon as one of us wins the lotto, we can gather out canes and pay Eisner a visit. And the shirt's still in the concept stage right now. *If* and when I get one put together I'll talk about making more of them.

FS> Sorry the three of you are sick. Yes, the flu does seem pretty bad this year. Maybe we should call it... Y2K bug? (I'm gonna get things thrown at me for that one)

Reaches down and grabs Hyena-chan.

Nooooooo. No. Put Xellos down. I don't care if he is cute, you can't bring him home with us. Mara won't like that. And if you annoy Mara, she might decide to do something to both of us that makes Demona's Redemption look like a cakewalk.

Hyena-chan shakes her head regretfully, and drops Xellos.

I'm leaving now before we get in any more trouble. Click my name for an list of amusing 404s.

Later.

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 10:47:07 AM
IP: ppp-239.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Demona / Unseelie > It wasn't the magical link to Macbeth created by the Sisters that made Demona the union of two races - it was the human by day, gargoyle by night "gift" from Puck.

Christine > You're evil... but you know that already, don't you?

Dark Ages > I've got to agree with the comments made about Elena visiting Wyvern. As dangerous as it was to travel in those times, and as much time as it took to make such a journey, it wouldn't make sense to risk such a trip... especially when the assumed timeframe (one year before the marriage) would indicate that by the time she got back to France, she'd just about have to turn right back around and start back to Scotland.
Patrick Toman
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 10:42:23 AM
IP: abdabad0.ipt.aol.com

Leva Mevis is organizing a Gargoyles Fandom Internet Reunion -- sort of a virtual Gathering for everyone that can't make it to the
conventions. I've signed on to help juror her art show. Basically, she's hoping to reunite some of the original members of fandom
that got the ball rounding at Station Eight and castle.net (now gargoyles-fans.org) and re-introduce them to the newer fans.

The details of the art show are still being hammered out but I've suggested having 3 subject categories: Gargoyles from the Show,
Fanfic Illustration (TGS, Wintersmith Dreams, indies, etc...), and Original Character.) Artists are not limited to new works; in fact,
we would love to see some of the older works that you may have archived that got other artists interested in the Gargoyles fandom.

More details as they become available!!!
Spike
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 10:24:43 AM
IP: ppp07-38.ght.iadfw.net

Replies first, then I have something to share with you all.

Spacebabie> *hugs* Oh, no, I'm sorry. I don't know what to say either. Something like that happened to a friend of mine freshman year.

Fire Storm> Oh my God! That on top of the flu?? I hope you all get over this soon...

Anyway, to lighten up this post, I got a hysterical present from my friend Lara yesterday... **holds up a sock puppet** Before you scoff, she had me read this poem she wrote first:

Lara's annual Christmas poem

As I was tossing and turning in bed,
Visions of monitors danced in my head.
I stressed over finals and term papers too,
So little time and so much to do.
I tossed and I turned; I turned and I tossed.
Surely this Christmas my mind would be lost.
My thoughts turned to shopping at Harford Mall.
I dreaded it since it's evil and all.
So many rude people pushing and shoving,
And being so mean in this season of loving.
"Why aren't people happy?" I wondered aloud.
"Is there too much pressure to follow the crowd?"
"I want to help them," I said with a cry.
"Surely I can't with the presents I buy!"
I sat and I plotted; I thought of a plan.
I danced 'round the room with a stuffed cow called Stan.
If only we all could dance with a cow.
They can't, however, I must allow.
So what can I do to ease all this stress?
How can I free all the fun they suppress?
"I know," I yelled, "The people must play!"
They must play for at least five minutes a day.
When were we happier than we were as a child?
'Til school and work started and bliss was defiled.
I'll get them all toys, or puzzles, or muppets,
Or better yet, I'll make them sock puppets!
I cannot make puppets for all Harford County.
Yet my friends shall partake of this sock puppet bounty!
If I handcraft a puppet for each of my friends,
They'll spread the joy so the fun never ends!

And thus begins the Revolution!
Spread the Joy!

*sigh* I have some of the weirdest and most wonderful friends offline as well as on. :) Sorry, just wanted to share this.
Mandolin - [weird_web@hotmail.com]
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 09:39:12 AM
IP: ch166-112.apgea.army.mil

Hi all, just a quick stop by here. We are having some really strange weather around here of late. It has been foggie in Twin since Sun. the clouds are so thick and close to the ground you can reach up and touch them. Strange mostly 'cause Twin is an arrid place (average yearly percipitation is around 10 in.) and a high plateau sp? We are about 4,ooo ft above sea level and it is almost always windy. That's what is so strange no wind. The fog has caused all the trees and bushes, fences etc to be covered in ice crystals it is really beautiful outside. Most snow never lasts longer than a day or two, because it generally warms up and melts. It looks like a fairyland outside. I am wishing we had a really good camera-great photo potential.

catch you all later
delphi - [cmiller@magiclink.com]
Twin Falls, Idaho
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 09:27:50 AM
IP: twin6138.magiclink.com

Anne: You're welcome ! :)

Tim P.
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 09:12:04 AM
IP: s9-onawa.pionet.net

Spacebabie:> Not sure what to say but to offer my condolances. *hugs* one of my friends/classmates to a drunk driver when I was in High School.

*exits CR and hides under desk*
XenaTrek - [ellislis@yahoo.com]
Orlando, FL, USA
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 08:18:57 AM
IP: gopher0.national.aaa.com

Fire Storm:Ack!! thats terrible,I hope the three of you feel better soon(Especially Puppy Girl):(

I have to be up early for work tommorow.

Goodnight all!!

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 08:06:15 AM
IP: melnc01.bigpond.com

<Fire Storm walks in with a box of tissues>

Ya know, the flu this year REALLY sucks! Not only do I have it, but Lady Mystic and her sister Puppy Girl have it too.

Poor Puppy Girl... she was so weak and she wanted to take a shower so badly... she fell on the glass shower door, broke the door, and cut her shoulder in two places. Thankfully, she is all right. It could have been MUCH worse.

I'll read the rest of the CR later. I am too sick and too tired to read the whole thing now.
Fire Storm - [Night-flame@usa.net]
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 07:49:33 AM
IP: t2-8.visitus.net

Hi all!!

Warpmind:<<Gimme an X-COM game any day.>>Amen brother,many's the time I lost whole nights sleep playing that engrosing series*Sighs*

Theresa:Welcome back!

Stephen R. Sobotka:<<I'm hoping they make a Starcraft 2.>>Blizzard probably will,but I REALLY want them to finish making Diablo 2.(I can't wait to play this game)

Jannie re want ads:*ROTFL*

C'yas later!!

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 05:54:51 AM
IP: melnc01.bigpond.com

Http://www.goldmann.com/potato/launcher.html

Anonymous
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 05:52:47 AM
IP: proxy-413.public.paix.webtv.net

Yoohoo, everyone. Gotta stop by for a quickie.

Aaron: No pin? Look, help me cross the Atlantic, then the two of us will, supported by our walking canes, pay the Disney Execs a courtesy visit, eh?

Spacebabie: My condolances. Death is never easy, even less so when it is of such a completely unnecessary kind... take comfort in the faith that Jess is probably in a better place now... *Maggie-chan crawls out of Warpmind's pocket and makes her way over to Spacebabie, giving her a soothing hug.*

Jannie: Where'd you find those headlines? They are hilarious!

Aaron again: If you make that t-shirt, how much would you charge for one? I'm size Large, I reckon... :)

Christine: Of all things, you just had to name your pet rat after a ghoul in "Dracula", didn't you? What's next? Darth Renfield in the next Star Wars fanfic? *Blinks* Oh, doggone it, now I've probably given you an idea... As for the story I wrote/am translating into English for Sabledrake Magazine; I doubt I'll be done with it by New Year's, particularly since I've started on a new story, this time in the Sci-Fi categorey. (Pun intended.) And I'm not telling until it's done, either.

Gyre: Do you really think Madoc would have settled for trnsforming the two persons he feared the most? Not his style...

Sorow: I've played Starcraft. It's quite impressive... for a while. Then you play it against other sentient beings, and you either win instantly, or you get instantly fed up. The game is all right in campaign mode, but it really needs some tweaking in the multiplayer department...

Well, gotta go. High phone rates at the mo, and my father got a phone bill today... So long.
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 05:51:18 AM
IP: mp-217-210-224.daxnet.no

Jewel> <<Mina>> Awwwwwww! :)
Anne
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 01:54:23 AM
IP: 204-246-241-40.nas2.apv.gblx.net

Greetings all...

Just got back from watching Toy Story 2 with my daughter... and while I am miffed that Disney mishandled Mononoke to favor TS2, I just can't hate this movie! The in-jokes and sight gags were hillarious, and the toys looked better than before... big improvement was the people! Andy and the others looked more realistic, not so "plastic" as in TS1. And I fell in love with Jessie! She's just so... well, you'd have to see the movie to know.

Spacebabie - Sorry to hear about your friend... it's never easy losing someone like that. <wraps her up in a big comfort hug> Hope this helps, okay?

STARCRAFT - I own both it and the "Brood War" expansion pack. I love the storyline, except at the end of the "Brood War"... Dang it! I should go and write a story where Kerrigan (a female hero-turned-Zerg) doesn't win! I'm hoping they make a Starcraft 2.

SABLEDRAKE MAGAZINE - Can't wait to see it... :))) And there's a reason why! :)

Well that's all for now! Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 01:53:09 AM
IP: 63.237.230.142

Chibi-Claw-kun's laughter echoes in the darkness as he plays tag with other chibies....
...Hehehehehe...

Hi everyone! ^_^

Hehe...I had a very good Christmas. Got lots of clothes, plus "ALIENS" special edition, wide screen--and in two weeks or so I get "ALIEN" special edition. I just love that one liner...
"Get away from her you b!tch!"
Well, thank you Tim P.! I kept on thinking about ALIEN 5...finally got wondering what would have happened if Hicks, Newt, and Bishop survived the crash on "Fury"...well, guess what I've been up to the last few days? *Wiggles eyebrows* Making an altered script is _very_ fun! And also, I'm starting to agree with somebody that said that ALIEN3 was a good movie, except it wasn't satisfactory, cause when you think about it, it's pretty much true, except a few characters were killed and we weren't moved because we didn't know them...anyway, enough annalyzing.

We visited the family...it was very nice. Cousins spying on each other, bragging about who got more of what, parents screaming while playing "Pictionary"....

Spacebabie & Jannie> I'm sorry...we're here for you. *Hugs*

Well, I'm calling it a night. I'll make another post when I have a spare moment...

G'night all! :)
Anne
MN, USA
Wednesday, December 29, 1999 01:52:27 AM
IP: 204-246-241-40.nas2.apv.gblx.net

Hello to all! I don't have much to post tonight cause I'm trying to get to bed early. But have any of you ever played StarCraft? I was just asking cause my brother was playing it a while ago and I spent an hour and a half trying to figure it all out. It's pretty damn awesome!

Guandalug> You're from Germany? I wasn't born there, but I did live in Frankfurt for four years. Where are you around?
SOROW
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 11:46:43 PM
IP: dll2a010-0004.splitrock.net

Spacebabie- Don't know what to say, but, we're here for ya.

Scott- Nobody has suggested Mickey because at this point due to their mishandling of Gargoyles, Princess Mononoke (which grossed under 3 million before being pulled from theatres) the atrocity that is "one Saturday Morning" and all their other garbage of late... We HATE the mouse. Although he WAS supposed to be snake food...

Gyre- My guess is that there were so many human/gargoyle unions going around, they couldn't have begun to take care of them all. That, and the staff originally had different plans for who the destined pair was...

Aaron- Yup, that character is Hsien-Ko, one of the duller Darkstalkers I think... My personal fave is the werewolf, John Talbain...
Robby
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 10:47:04 PM
IP: spider-to056.proxy.aol.com

Hi ho folks...

Well Christmas was good. The haul was mostly clothes as usual. I did get a nice little 58 pc. tool set (40 different socket wrenches and some other stuff in a portable carry case) and a portable electric impact wrench. Really useful gifts, now if I only had a car....

My Y2K plans involve haning out at some friends house for their party. I'll probably be bringiong some of my bad movies and we'll be MSTing them most of the night. Top choice this year will have to be the 80's version of Flash Gordon. It's perfect for goofing on as we await the end o' everything. Which reminds me, I have to head to the Army Surplus store and get combat helmet for the Guacamole bowl and some combat netting for decoration. Going for the survivalist paranoid motif...yeah, this year I'm trying to get them to play REM's "It's The End of The World as We Know It" at midnight instead of Ald Lang Syme. New Year's Day I was planning on going up and seeing Rocky Horror again. No better way to inaugurate the New Year than amoungst a bunch of people in women's lingere :)

I got back to work Monday and
Skippy The Klingon
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 10:11:26 PM
IP: uv1cisco01-48.ultravision.net

Jannie:I don't know what to say about the situation with your daughter other than you have my most sincre simpathies*HUGS*:(

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 10:02:03 PM
IP: melnc01.bigpond.com

**enters, sees XenaTrek's request** Hmm ... y'know one that would be good would be the character that was kind of half-based on you and half-based on me ... **from behind him runs a Chibi-Rosanna** You can watch over her, right? **Chibi-Rosanna nods, smiling** Good. Go on now, sweetheart. **Chibi-Rosanna runs over to XenaTrek, jumping on her shoulder and playing with her hair**

All righty then ...

XenaTrek: I'll send the stuff to you soon, I promise. Oh, and you're right ... you do need to listen to me more often. **hugs**

Spacebabie: **big hugs**

Jannie: Here, I think I've got something that'll help keep Chibi-Purgie and Chibi-Otto under control ... **hands a pile of Polaroids to Jannie** Show 'em these. That'll prove to 'em that we don't need lessons.

David G.: **blushes** Thanks. As for my next trick, I need to first get WCC done. Then I'm planning on doing "Rose of Connecticut" (check the GFW for a story called "Sleepover," it's the first "Rose of Connecticut" story.), then a future story involving my Clan's future. But immediately coming up will be TGS episodes that I'm writing. **grins** You like me! You really like me!!!
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 09:56:59 PM
IP: zzz-209252248217.splitrock.net

Just got back from "The World Is Not Enough"... um. What to say? "WOW" just doesn't seem to be enough... but WOW to Denise Richards, WOW to John Cleese, WOW to all the explosions, several more WOWs to Denise Richards, WOW to the opening sequence... WOW to the total absence of plot... WOW to the music... you get my drift. :-)

Real post another time.
Simon
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 09:55:45 PM
IP: ts14148.connect.ab.ca

Jannie, Spacebabie> The power of words fails me. You both have my heartfelt sympathy. If I can share your pain, I will. If I could take it away, I would.

Gyre> Demonal was the union of human and gargoyle because of her link to Macbeth. I think the best explination for why the Unseelie didn't turn her into a gargoyle or him into a human is that doing so would have given them some form of happiness. That doesn't explain why they didn't turn her into a pidgeon or him into a rabbit, though. I like the theory that Madoc and Maeve were both so focused on violence that non-bloody solutions just didn't occur to them.

Coyote> I just read all of Clan Manhattan and When Clans Collide. Very nice stuff. You keep the action flowing, and can convey a lot of emotional content in very sparse prose. I'm waiting for the next one. What are you going to do for an encore?
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 09:31:23 PM
IP: dll2a020-0086.splitrock.net

Spacebabie:I'm sorry to hear about your friend :( ,If you want to talk about it we are here to listen*HUGS*

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 08:48:14 PM
IP: melnc01.bigpond.com

Spacebabie: My condolances on your friend's death. I wish better times for you.
Tim P.
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 08:30:08 PM
IP: s1-onawa.pionet.net

By that definition, Demona could hardly qualify as the union of two races, since her heart was always gargoyle. But it is true that the idea just wouldn't occur to the Unseelie because they enjoy killing. Thanks.
Gyre - [wseeley@epix.net]
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 07:46:08 PM
IP: fltg3-ppp84.fltg.net

Gyre - Assuming that Goliath and Elisa were the ones referred to in the "union of two races," are you sure your suggestion would work? Even if Goliath were transformed into a human, he'd still be a gargoyle at heart. I don't think the Unseelie would want to take that chance, especially since they enjoy killing things so much.

Scott wrote [I'm surprised nobody suggested "Mickey"! ;) ]
Actually it would be Minnie, since she's a girl rat - and that is very close to Mina.

Spacebabie - I'm very sorry to hear about your friend. It is so sad.

I'm not very coherent today - still ailing with stomach flu or whatever it is. :(

Jenniren
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 07:05:12 PM
IP: user-2ivf74v.dialup.mindspring.com

Everyone thanks for the suggestions. My new rat has a name. Her name is Wilhelmina. "Mina" just kept popping in my head for some stupid reason, and when a friend suggested "Min" as a joke (my snake's name is Max), I decided Wilhelmina (pronounced germanically as vil-hel-mee-nah) was a good name for her, with "Mina" as a nickname.
So my rat has a name, and everyone who knows me is laughing at me for ending up with a rat to begin with. ;)
jewel
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 06:39:30 PM
IP: atlnb209-01.splitrock.net

A question that's been bouncing around in the back of my mind. If it was perceived by the Unseelie that the "union of two races" meant Goliath, and Elisa, then why wasn't Goliath made human, or Elisa turned into a gargoyle? Either one would have been a simple matter for Madoc, or Maeve, and certainly would have taken care of a perceived problem without a lot of fuss.
Gyre - [wseeley@epix.net]
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 06:14:51 PM
IP: fltg3-ppp84.fltg.net

Jannie> The new Cornwall is called Black Notice. I haven't gotten very far into it, but it seems up to her usual standard. Suffice to say, Kay isn't dealing with Benton's death very well.

Later.

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 05:30:45 PM
IP: ppp-106.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Jewel > I used to keep pet rats; my favorite name was "Renfield" (in the book, the character of that name doesn't just stop at bugs but works his way up to other and larger lifeforms if you get my drift <g>)

David > yes, got the story and the pic. Very interesting premise! Tim's a big Templar fan, so I have to get him to read it too! Looking forward to the next chapter.

Coming soon > Sabledrake Magazine will be released on Jan. 1 (I hope!). See new works by some familiar faces! Contributions always welcome!

Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 05:21:47 PM
IP: vecna.ndip.eskimo.net

*taking a quick break*

Aaron> you like Patricia Cornwall too? awesome!! I haven't had any extra time to read - have been too busy reading Pistoff/Denis's fanfics and others ;) What is the title of her latest book?
I do like foxes! ;D At last count I have almost 200 fox items with around 98% of them being gifts *smiles muchly*
My nickname among scouters is "mama fox". *g*

Spacebabie> *hugs* I'm truly sorry to hear about your friend's death. I know you are in a lot of grief and please remember that we are here and will provide as much comfort and support as we possibly can.

*sighs and goes back to Anna's old room to continue packing*
Jannie
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 04:32:28 PM
IP: 168-171-197-59.academicplanet.com

Dangit, posted before I looked.

Spacebabie>I am so sorry about your friend. I know nothing I can say can fill that hole, but we are here for you. Hugz.

Starsinger> Are you back for good. I wish it was under happier circumstances, but I hope so.

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 04:14:25 PM
IP: ppp-106.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Starsinger enters the room with head bowed and a black armband. I feel for you Spacebaby, I lost my father many years ago to a drunk driver early in December. <HUGS> Let us know if you need anything besides our prayers and our shoulders.

Theresa - [Starsinger@Webtv.net]
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 04:08:44 PM
IP: proxy-383.public.rwc.webtv.net

Whoops, just noticed these got left out of my post.

Jannie> Call me crazy, but I'm getting this feeling that you... like foxes? ;)

Inspired by that guy I met at G99 who had the hamemade W.W.D.D? (What Would Demona Do?) t-shirt, I'm going to try to make one with a pic of Demmie in a sexy pose and the caption: EVIL shouldn't look this good.

Later.

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 03:50:20 PM
IP: ppp-106.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Rat names > I'm surprised nobody suggested "Mickey"! ;)

Scott - [smiskow@wam.umd.edu]
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 03:46:40 PM
IP: bay1-17.dial.umd.edu

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YORK!!! ;-)))
RPG - [rpg7@kki.net.pl]
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 03:14:07 PM
IP: caf3.artcom.pl

Jewel> a name for your rat...ohboy.. I hate rodents so I'm afraid that whatever name I would come up with couldn't be printed here ;D

*Chibi-Otto and Chibi-Purgie scamper out from the shadows readjusting their clothes*
Jannie> I_don't_want to know!
BTW, see how you upset poor Mara?? Aren't you ashamed of yourselves?
Chibi-Otto> we were just trying to help *mock pouts*
Chibi-Purgie> awwww, we're sorry. We won't do it again.
*both try to look sincere and then burst out giggling*
*in unison* yeah, right *wink wink* *scampers back to the shadow with Chibi-Otto grabbing at Chibi-Purgie's butt*
Jannie> *looks worn out and flustered* Denis!!! do something about these two! geesh.

Well, I'm off to put some type of closure in my life and clear out my daughter's room. I'll box it all up and put it in storage. Out of anger I had boxed a lot of things, but now it's time to leave no trace. I can't handle walking past her room and seeing reminders of a life that once existed there. I have already purchased a new bed & trimmings. *takes a deep breath for needed strength* I hope I can make it thru this.

Some humor to cheer up this post:

The following were actually taken from classified ads in newspapers:

FREE YORKSHIRE TERRIER.
8 YEARS OLD. HATEFUL LITTLE DOG.
----------------------------------
FREE PUPPIES:
1/2 COCKER SPANIEL -
1/2 SNEAKY NEIGHBOR'S DOG
------------------------------
FREE PUPPIES...PART GERMAN SHEPHERD - PART STUPID DOG
------------------------------
GERMAN SHEPHERD 85 lbs.
NEUTERED. SPEAKS GERMAN. FREE.
-------------------------------------
FOUND: DIRTY WHITE DOG.
LOOKS LIKE A RAT...
BEEN OUT AWHILE..
BETTER BE REWARD.
-----------------------------------
1 MAN, 7 WOMAN HOT TUB -- $850/offer
----------------------------
AMANA WASHER $100.
OWNED BY CLEAN BACHELOR WHO SELDOM WASHED.
------------------------------
SNOW BLOWER FOR SALE...
ONLY USED ON SNOWY DAYS.
-------------------------------
2 WIRE MESH BUTCHERING GLOVES:
1 5-finger, 1 3-finger, PAIR: $15
------------------------------
TICKLE ME ELMO, STILL IN BOX, COMES WITH ITS
OWN 1988 MUSTANG, 5L, AUTO,
EXCELLENT CONDITION $6800
------------------------------
COWS, CALVES NEVER BRED...
ALSO 1 GAY BULL FOR SALE.
--------------------------------
83 TOYOTA HUNCHBACK -- $2000
---------------------------------
STAR WARS JOB OF THE HUT -- $15
---------------------------------
SOFT & GENITAL BATH TISSUES OR FACIAL TISSUE
89 cents
-----------------------------------
FULL SIZED MATTRESS.
20 YR. WARRANTY.
LIKE NEW. SLIGHT URINE SMELL.
-----------------------------------
FREE 1 CAN OF PORK & BEANS
WITH PURCHASE OF 3 BR 2 BATH HOME.
-----------------------------------
NORDIC TRACK $300
HARDLY USED, CALL CHUBBIE
-------------------------------------
BILL'S SEPTIC CLEANING
"WE HAUL AMERICAN MADE PRODUCTS"
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SHAKESPEARE'S PIZZA - FREE CHOPSTICKS
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HUMMELS - LARGEST SELECTION EVER
"IF IT'S IN STOCK, WE HAVE IT!"
----------------------------------------
GET A LITTLE JOHN:
THE TRAVELING URINAL
HOLDS 2 1/2 BOTTLES OF BEER.
-------------------------------------------
HARRISBURG POSTAL EMPLOYEES GUN CLUB
-----------------------------------------
GEORGIA PEACHES
CALIFORNIA GROWN -
89 cents lb.
------------------------------------------
NICE PARACHUTE:
NEVER OPENED - USED ONCE
SLIGHTLY STAINED
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TIRED OF WORKING FOR ONLY $9.75 PER HOUR?
WE OFFER PROFIT SHARING AND FLEXIBLE HOURS.
STARTING PAY: $7 - $9 PER HOUR.
---------------------------------------------
EXERCISE EQUIPMENT:
QUEEN SIZE MATTRESS & BOX SPRINGS -$175.
---------------------------------------------
LAWYER SAYS CLIENT IS NOT THAT GUILTY.
---------------------------------------------
ALZHEIMER'S CENTER PREPARES
FOR AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER
--------------------------------------------
GAS CLOUD CLEARS OUT TACO BELL.
----------------------------------
OPEN HOUSE
BODY SHAPERS TONING SALON
FREE COFFEE & DONUTS
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FOR SALE BY OWNER
Complete set of Encyclopedia Britannica. 45 volumes.
Excellent condition. $1,000.00 or best offer. No longer needed.
Got married last weekend. Wife knows everything.
-----------------------------
Jannie
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 02:26:20 PM
IP: 168-171-197-59.academicplanet.com

Enters the Cr with Deliah-chan and SD Chibi Squall from FF8. Chibi Squall aims his gun blade..wich is large compared to his body and fired a salute ....

The Salute is for my friend Jess who was killed by a Drunk Driver last night. I'll try top post later or get into the RP
Spacebabie - [LadyAndromeda@smstars.zzn.com]
Orlando, Fl, USA
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 02:23:00 PM
IP: user-37kap0u.dialup.mindspring.com

Aaron wanders in, with Hyena-chan on his shoulder, sporting a week's beard growth and a Miami Sharks jersey. He takes a cherry candycane, nods thanks to Coyote, splits it in two and offers the straight part to Hyena, who starts carving it into a nasty pointed object.

After a short haitus, I'm (Hyena-chan elbows him in the head) I mean... We're back!

I'm glad everyone had a nice christmas. I had a pretty good one too. A list of my gifts would be rather boring, since they're mostly edibles or wearables (I lost count of how many sweaters I got) but I did get the new Patricia Cornwall book, and the soundtrack to Velvet Goldmine.

I dunno if anyone else's seen that movie. It's pretty wylde. I know Christine would like it. You get to see Ewan "Obi Wan" MacGreggor on stage naked and covered with glitter and body oil.

Also got cash. Cash is always good. I'll probably stop by Wherehouse later and pick up some tapes. Hyena-chan wants me to pick up some Lenny Kravitz. I dunno why, but she has a major thing for Lenny.

For anyone who hasn't seen it... GO SEE ANY GIVEN SUNDAY! It's one of the best, if not the best movie I've seen all year. Better even, I think, then American Beauty. If the Academy didn't hate Oliver Stone so much, this movie would be a legitimate contender for Best Picture, Director, and some of the actor rolls. And speaking of football....

It's either a christmas miracle or a sign of the coming apocalypse but the Saints won.

My best friend's on leave for christmas and he showed me the coolest store. It's called Hot Topics, and it's like Gadzooks only more so. (Although Gadzooks now has a coat to match my cheetah pants. I want:) ) They had all kinds of cool stuff, including Princess Mononoke t-shirts. And speaking of Princess Mononoke...

I tried to show it to my aforementioned best friend only to find that the only theatre showing it, the Crossroads our local weird theatre, quit showing it after Christmas day so they could show Toy Story 2 on two screens. I want to kill our local theatre management.

Stopped by the Disney store, a place I hate going because it always depresses me. Apparently Disney has released a series of commemorative pins for the millennium. Guess who didn't get a pin? Us. Steamboat Willie, the cartoon Disney has been trying to pretend didn't exist for the last twenty years, and who's video release they have blocked because it's so blatently racist... has a frikkin' pin. Gargoyles has no pin. WTF?

Also spent too much money at the video arcade helping Henry (my best friend) beat a really cool game called Zombie's Revenge. Spoilers follow*********************

Zombie's Revenge is sort of a Die Hard Arcade/Dynamite Cop style game, with a horror setting and really awsome graphics. And there's just so many cool things you can do. Henry played as the black kung fu wizard who has this move where he just splits the zombie in half at the waist, and I played the female, who's okay.

Here's an example of how cool this game is. We're fighting the first boss, this big junkyard zombie with all these pipes stuck through him. I have no idea how he did it, but Henry's character leaped up onto the zombie, got his hands on one of the pipes, and pulled the pipe out of it's chest, the proceded to beat the stuffing out of it.

But the coolest thing about this game is..... (Fanfare) It's a sequel to House of the Dead! The last level of the game actually has you walking through the house from HOTD. Which means we finally get to do HOTD with shotguns.

End pointless videogame review spoilers ***********************

Robby>It's whatever Dark Stalker is the adorable chinese girl with the hands like beartraps. And sadly no, SA has not had, to my knowledge, a regular showing of RHPS since the Fox was closed. Sigh.

Later.

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 02:17:27 PM
IP: ppp-106.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

<AotN> I know the chances of Demona doing that are slim to none, but to an extent, doesn't that depend on how much she wants Goliath back? In truth though, that would be something Puck would pull, teaching Alex of course.:)
Gyre - [wseeley@epix.net]
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 02:14:40 PM
IP: fltg3-ppp84.fltg.net

Well, it's that time of the day again...

Gyre: There's a story there, you say? Hmmm... *Scratches chin thoughtfully.*

Delphi: You know how to tell the difference between a grizzly bear and a black bear? Climb a tree, and you will know; the black bear climbs after you, while the grizzly just knocks the tree down...

Christine: You have a wicked mind... leaving Demona in concrete for a century, and then be freed by the demolition of the building... if she wasn't in a bad mood before...

Jewel: Might I suggest calling that rat "Chump"? Of course, this is an inside joke... if you are unfamiliar with the Sierra game "Goblin's Quest 3", it's probably beyond your comprehension. (Of course, "Pinky" or "Brainy" might suit the furry little thing, too.)

Xanathar: Oh, yeah, those rush tactics are annoying. Even more so since they'd be impossible in Real Life warfare... I much prefer turn-based strategy, thank you. Gimme an X-COM game any day. Or any other Microprose game, for that matter.

Well, not much left to do...

**CHRISTMAS RP**
Warpmind, Sata and Brooklyn are sharing a booth, looking at the conflagrations around them.
"Man oh man, this place is going to have some serious trouble cleaning up this mess," Brooklyn complains when a severed robotic arm lands on the table.
"Relax, Brooklyn-san, at least they don't come to bother us."
"True, but, since you're unnoticed, I would counsel the two of you to look out for flying inventory."
One of the Dinobots is flung into the adjoining booth, utterly wrecking the table.
"As I said, keep your... URK!"
Warpmind is grabbed by the throat and thrown into the commotion by a tall, angry-looking warthog-like alien.
"You good weapon, human!"
Warpmind crawls to his feet, looks at the alien, and sneers.
"There are a few things my temper cannot be easily cooled from. One of them is being used as a thrown weapon. Prepare to meet your ancestors, Pumbaa!"
The alien creature looks at Warpmind, a bit puzzled.
"But you small. What you do to hurt me?"
"You'd be amazed."
With those words, Warpmind pulls up a hypodermic syringe from his pocket, removes the sterile sealing, and pumps something into the alien creature. In the booth, Sata calms Brooklyn.
"Ignore it, love. This fight is his own. Besides, I've seen that look before; if we interfere, we will most likely perish..."
On stage, the band plays on...
**END CHRISTMAS RP**
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 12:53:02 PM
IP: mp-217-237-23.daxnet.no

Christine> <<"Hello, my baby...Hello, my honey...">> *lol* I could see that...!

Gyre> <<Actually, the most evil thing Demona could do to Elisa is to pull a soul switch with her, and walk off with Goliath, leaving Elisa with all the problems of Demona.>> *LOL* Like in DragonBall Z? (Have you ever seen that show?) You know, despite the fact that the likelihood of that happening is zero (and would Demona *dare* lower herself willingly to a human form?), and the fact that it's really mean, if it ever happened... I would laugh!

*DA Stuff*
Airwalker> You know, I liked this DA story a lot better than some of the previous tales, but I still feel as if there is something missing. What, I don't really know. Maybe some Demona development?--again, she played a very minor role in the story. About Asrial: I can understand how one could feel sorry for, but I do not, mainly because she does not seem to feel sorry for *herself*. Despite her being a spacehead (me, too, Asrial!), she is wise for her age. She would be very happy to have a mate like Goliath, but she would also adjust pretty easily to being happy without one- say, with her knowledge and inventions. But, I think she will either die, or end up with someone else.

Here are some of the things I received for Christmas:

An Eiffel Tower lamp!
Clothes from American Eagle
Watercolor pencils
New drawing pencils
A Dr. Suess book!! ("The Sneetches and Other Stories")
2 new pairs of shoes (Clarks- the spiffiest shoes in all England)
A book on the world of Jane Austen
And I used some Christmas money to buy...

My talking Pickachu! I can't *stand* that show (with the possible exception of the semi-nifty animation), but this doll- il est adorable!!

DragonLance Quote:

"You see, Tanis? I am not the love-sick child you knew. I'm not my father's daughter, living in my father's court. I'm not even the Golden General. I am Laurana. And I will live or die on my own without your help."
-Laurana, "Dragons of Spring Dawning"

AotN
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 12:20:33 PM
IP: fn-39-71.sssnet.com

*runs into CR* Hi everyone! *group hugs* Hope everyone had a good xmas! I had a nice trip to Michigan... eventhough I was almost bumped from my flight between Atlanta to Orlando.

Coyote: Re: Contributions> Don't forget our discussion last night... I am willing to help out as well. You also didn't sent me the location yet, but I think I have found it... its up the street from the Orange County Convention center... I'm pretty sure of it. Also I finally called him, he was in Miami all weekend, his roommate was on his account... we're going hang out tonite. Think I can borrow one of this thing-a-mi-gigs or Chibus or whatever they're called just to watch over me? (sorry I can't get the spelling right) The ones thats are 'flying/floating' around this room?

Mara and GB:> *hugs* Sorry I didn't get to chat with you all weekend... my 'obnoxious' brothers will only let me on at a certain times. I *do* have a little something for you two (and Coyote as well), if you two want email me your addy I'll send it to you... or you can wait till August, up to you. I'm still waiting on my friend who is babysitting my computer to get back to me so that I can pick it up... (hes leaving town for a couple of days). Hopefully his fiancée will be around, but in the meantime I can check my email from work. *grins*

GB. Re: '::wraps his cloak around Lisa and himself so he can kiss her with great passion (and no one else can see the kiss), so much that it best not be seen by younger CR dwellers Lisa and GB can barely think straight after that kiss:: '> *in a daze* WOW! *returns passioned kiss, plays with his hair* You're such a ladykiller *smiles* Took some pictures over the weekend, some of it a recent pic of me... once I have them developed and scanned in, I'll send them your way. BTW when is Mardi Gras? I've been invited to a wedding in March... don't know what the dates are yet.

Spacebabie:> Since we keep missing each other on IM, could you email me... maybe we can meet for coffee or Ice Cream or just hang out some evening and/or a weekend.

Re: StarCraft:> Played it, Won it (only 'cheated' on the last level), Own it... its one of the best CPU game in my books... it reminds me a lot of the "Starship Trooper" movie. For those are unsure of it... its a strategy game from the makers of WarCraft. (Blizzard Entertainment).

Galaxy Quest:> Saw it with my cousins Sunday night... don't know how many of you have seen it. It was alright to me... although its gotta be much better if I can see it captioned, since there were a lot of positive reponses for the film itself. I missed out on a lot of the dialog (I'm hard of hearing), so I didn't really quite understand the hype of the film itself.

Its surprisingly slow around here today... maybe I can sneak out to get my check to pay for the bills. *big grin*

I think that covers it for now. Talk with you all later. *exits CR and hides back under desk*
XenaTrek - [ellislis@yahoo.com]
Orlando, FL, 32819
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 11:46:56 AM
IP: gopher0.national.aaa.com

Guandalug> Right. Just a typo. I spelled it right when I wrote it down. I probably should have used the copy and paste command. I'd hate for the poor rat to go through life with a misspelled name. :)
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 08:59:33 AM
IP: 198.215.20.3

*steps out of the shadows*
Greetings from germany to all of you out there once more, wherever and whatever you might be.

David G> You mean "Schlangenköder", I think... :) And 'Rat' translates to 'Ratte' in german (which is very similar :)

And then, once again, a question to all thos TGS-Staffers out there: Is there any chance to get the second picture of the Darg Ages story "To Every season" (Second Season DA, first story) completely? I always get a somehow broken picture. It partially displays, but is not complete. Any idea? Maybe the EM-address of the author, so I can ask directly? Thanks in advance for your help.

*walking back into the shadows he slowly becomes invisible and has left to lurk once more*

Guandalug
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 07:12:17 AM
IP: mailgate-b.ais-gmbh.de

Hi all!!

Jewel re Rat name:Okay this names rather lame(Hey that ryhmes*J/K*)but....How about "Lucky".(Seriously that rat's fortunate that it didn't end up lunch.)

Warpmind re Starcraft:<<maybe I'm biased... I've had trouble enjoying realtime strategy since that accursed ion cannon in C&C...>>I've kind of gone of realtime strategy in general as well,mainly because every game I ever joined has always ended in a "Tank rush" match.

Delphi re Bear alert:*LOL*

C'yas' later!!

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 05:39:52 AM
IP: melnc01.bigpond.com

Hey everyone what's up? You know I can handle working day and graveyard shifts at work, but I hate working from 4 to midnight. I miss the Gargoyle showings on ToonDisney and I usually don't get the chance to get to post.
I just started reading a new book called "Revelations" it's about the end of the world and it is on my "must read" list. I'm only half way through it but so far I can't put it down. Everytime I think that something will happen something else completely different happens. All I can say is: FIND IT, BUY IT, READ IT!

Ok, I'm off to read Dark Ages.
See ya later!
Jaden - [jaden12@hotmail.com]
Los Alamos, CA
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 02:35:47 AM
IP: cache1.avtel.net

**Kyryn peers into the room***

Jewel> Rat in japanese is nezumi. In Russian it's kresa (or, at least, that's the phonetic translate). Okami and I have four rats: Mustang, Fosberry, Northrop, and Remington (he likes to name the rats after airplanes and weapons)

The other series> They are being worked on as quickly as possible. No firm dates yet.

**Kyryn disappears***
Kyryn
Denton, Of Insanity
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 01:15:52 AM
IP: denm1-7.iglobal.net

I just LOVE hot showers in cold weather!

Coyote> Really? Hmmmm... I guess I'll have to tell my dad to watch out. He really hates it when machines act up by themselves, cause he can't fix them.

Green Baron> I can't wait either. Do you have a scanner? Cause then you could send me a pic of the booty I'm spanking :P OH! I'm soooooo bad!!!!

Robby> Timedancer is the closest to completion?! YYYYYEEEEAAAA!!!! I'll be very patient! I promise! *tries to hold herself down*
SOROW
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 12:07:49 AM
IP: dll2a010-0251.splitrock.net

Thank you for the get well wishes, Mandolin and Gaeriel.

I found an online Japanese/English dictionary at
http://linear.mv.com/cgi-bin/j-e/dict

but it's definition of chibi isn't quite the same as the one being used in here. According to this dictionary, chibi means "runt" or "dwarf." Nothing about being cute. And chibichibi means "making something last." I don't understand the logic there.

Anyway, thanks for telling me the TGS-relevant definition, Warpmind and Gaeriel.

Jewel - Since it was originally intended as a meal, how about "Munchkin?"

Congratulations to Airwalker on being the first to review the new Dark Ages episode.

Jenniren
Monday, December 27, 1999 11:52:50 PM
IP: user-2ivf1f2.dialup.mindspring.com

Ack, hit "submit" waaaay too soon... AH well...

Starcraft/Starcrack/Starcrap- Can't really judge as I've never played it, but when one of my friends got it I didn't hear from him for a while...

New Years eve to kick off the millenium- How the heck am I supposed to know what I'll be doing more than a year in advance? But as for the new years hitting in a couple of days... 10 HOUR CROCADILE HUNTER MARATHON! WOO HOO!

Demona vs. Elisa- Honestly, both characters are somewhat boring, but I will admit, I REALLY panicked the first time I saw "Deadly Force" and Elisa was shot, and then they cut to a commercial... Man, I was worried, (particularly since gargs was breaking all the old Disney trends and death of a main character was possible...) Demona however... All of her potential lies in her ability to agrivate Brooklyn... Or maybe something else. Hee...

Release of Timedancer, Pendragon, and Main Cycle third seasons- We're hard at work on all three series, and currently Timedancer is the closest to completion. I can't give any firm dates right now though, sorry.

Delphi- That bear thing was funny.

Hmm, that seems to be about it for now...

**PARTY RP**

Thailog has rigged up a gun to steal all the holiday cheer from everyone at the resteraunt. He fires the gun and... Nothing happens.
"Darn the luck! Darn! Darn, darn! It seems trying to ruin Christmas just won't work since the holiday has already passed... Perhaps I can screw up New Years? Hmm..."

Meanwhile, in the big free-for-all that started over a piece of lemon-marange pie, a war cry calls out.
"Aiiiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiiiiiiiiiii!" (CLick the name for a midi) ANd with that, Xena, Warrior Princess enters the battle. Off in the sidelines, Dis Connect watches the fray, and then gets pushed in, to be dismembered. Elsewhere in the resteraunt, Dinobot from Beastwars is meeting the Dinobots from the original Transformers.
"Should we try to stop this battle? There is no honor in it."
"GRIMLOCK STRONG!"
"If there is a war going on, the strong should fight to win and conquer, is that not correct?" Dinobot tries to question.
"GRIMLOCK STRONGEST DINOBOT!" And with that, the stupid dinosaur charges into the free for all.
Robby
Monday, December 27, 1999 11:25:46 PM
IP: spider-wb021.proxy.aol.com

Jewel- Have you considered "Templeton"? Like the rat from Charolet's Web?
Robby
Monday, December 27, 1999 11:04:48 PM
IP: spider-wb021.proxy.aol.com

**COMMENTS ON CURRENT DARK AGES EPISODE**

Coldstone and Coldfire aren't really characters that I have an interest in so I wasn't that into the story of their personal problems - particularly since we've seen the flashback to their wedding in Main TGS and we know that they are alive and well on Avalon, again in Main TGS. But the characters came through very well. Coldfire's doubt's came out as extremely realistic and Coldstone's being easily manipulated and kind of oblivious to everything around him was perfectly in character.

I have to wonder if having Princess Elena visit Wyvern a year before VOWS is a good idea. Thinking about how long it takes for people to travel around (and how dangerous it was), and given that people must have considered Wyvern Scotland to be as close to civilization as Mongolia is today, I always figured that the first time Elena went there was when she was arriving to get married. I never really imagined a prior visit to be a possibility. It was an arranged marriage made for political reasons and even if she had hated Malcolm, she would have had no choice but to marry him. So what is the point of risking her life on a visit a year prior to the marriage to find out if she's going to like him or not? No matter what the marriage was going to go through. Why take the risk of traveling to the edge of the world twice? Once is difficult and bad enough to do but to do it twice is kind of tempting fate.

While this episode was a pretty enjoyable read it drives home for me the reason I really don't like Prequels. The entire plot with Asrial that ran through the episode, we all know how that is going to finish up. Goliath is going to end up with Demona. Asrial is going to end up somewhere else - most probably dead like the rest of the clan. And while I want to root for her, really want for her to have a chance, I know that she was out of the running before the story even began. I feel sorry for her and there's no room to think that there might be a twist and something might happen for her to have a happy ending with Goliath because we know what's going to happen (at least to Goliath - we still don't know Asrial's fate).

Since I'm already typing, let me ask - Is there any set date for when Main TGS and TIMEDANCER are going to be starting up again?

**END OF COMMENT ON CURRENT DARK AGES EPISODE**
Airwalker
Brooklyn, NY
Monday, December 27, 1999 11:04:07 PM
IP: 44.new-york-18-19rs.ny.dial-access.att.net

Jewel> I can't get any of my Japanese translation sites to work tonight. I'll check the library at work tomorrow. In the mean time, here's a few ideas.

Rodent is Rongeur in French, Nagetier in German, and Roditore in Italian. (Rat is pretty much just "rat" no matter what language I tried).

My personal favorite is Schlangekoder (with oomlats over the "o" that I can't type in). That's "Snake bait" in German.

Hope that helped. I'll see what I can find in Japanese and maybe some Arabic languages tomorrow, it depends on what dictionaries the foreign language cataloger has.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Monday, December 27, 1999 10:28:03 PM
IP: dll2a030-1167.splitrock.net

UPDATE!! I updated my Guest Art Gallery! Got some great new stuff. I will update my artwork soon, I PROMISE!!

I also signed up for ListBot... so I can keep people informed of updates! Take a moment and sign up! :) Thanks!

Clicky clicky!
CrzyDemona
Monday, December 27, 1999 10:17:28 PM
IP: 209.150.94.73

OK, I need help. Y'all all know that I have a pet python. Well, he got antsy, and seeing as last time he did, I got bit because he was hungry, I went out and got him a rat. Trouble is, this time, Max just wanted to play. He wouldn't touch the rat. And the rat, unlike the mutant rats I normally get, was this tiny, *realy* , *really* cute little brown rat with big black eyes that was just terrified. Yes, I fell in love with the little, squeakling cutey. I now have a pet rat. (It's really cute). ANd no idea what the heck to name it. Any ideas? I'm kinda thinking "Chibi-rat" or whatever the word for "rat" is in Japanese, since it's so little and cute.... But I'll happily take suggestions...
jewel
Monday, December 27, 1999 09:38:26 PM
IP: atlnb106-15.splitrock.net

Actually, the most evil thing Demona could do to Elisa is to pull a soul switch with her, and walk off with Goliath, leaving Elisa with all the problems associated with Demona.
Gyre - [wseeley@epix.net]
Monday, December 27, 1999 08:33:55 PM
IP: fltg2-ppp3.fltg.net

Green Baron> Not to confirm or deny anything, but historically, the Irish in NY and Boston made up a considerable portion of the organized crime community. Moreover, recent shifts in the global political/economic structure have forced the world's criminal organizations to deversify. :)

Christine> I hadn't thought of the frog. <LOL> I trust that you got the stuff I sent you with no problems. I'm working on ch 2 tonight.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Monday, December 27, 1999 08:07:55 PM
IP: dll2a020-0278.splitrock.net

David G. > <<The easiest would be to wrap Demona up in chains, with a gag in her mouth, and drop her into the foundations of a new building before the cement is poured.>> ROFL!!! I can just see it ... and then, in 2099, they're demolishing the building and some worker with a laser jackhammer uncovers her ... and a metal box beside her pops open ... "Hello my baby, hello my honey ..."

New on my site: nothing garg-related, but I posted Crzy's pics of Cat and Arien and also one by Dirce, and posted the naughty story I wrote for Tim for Xmas.
Clickie or go to http://www.eskimo.com/~vecna/new_stuff.html

Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Monday, December 27, 1999 07:38:44 PM
IP: vecna.ndip.eskimo.net

Christine> Well, i asked you, becuase I think you're the closest to her that's a regular here. Hopefully, Missy will lurk in and see it.

Spacebaie and SOROW> can't wait to see those pics :)

Jenniren> Welcome back to the TGS CR

Mara and Coyote> I'll try tomake it. I might be having dinner with Jane, then, though.

Demona vs Elisa> Ceteris Paribus, Elsi awoudl win, with her fighting skills, and now she has the advantage of a more controlled temper and firends that Demona lacks. If Demona could control her rage and think more rationally, she'd have zapped Elsia to dust by now.

David G> Mafia? Irish and German Protestant Mafioso? sure..whatever ;)

Ciao babies
Green Baron - [greenbaron@hotmail.com]
Gallatin, Tennessee
Monday, December 27, 1999 07:16:58 PM
IP: 1cust159.tnt5.nashville.tn.da.uu.net

Hi all, we had a great xmas. the kids made out like bandits (Grandma really is sweet and sent bunches of stuff).

here's a great email I recieved LOL

BEAR ALERT
The National Park Service, in conjunction with the Colorado Department of Fish and Game, recently issued this bulletin:
>
>In light of the rising frequency of human - grizzly bear conflicts, The Colorado Department of Fish and Game is advising hikers,hunters and fishermen to take extra precautions and keep alert for bears while in the field.

>We advise outdoorsmen to wear noisy little bells on their clothing so as not to startle bears that aren't expecting them. We also advise outdoorsmen to carry pepper spray with them in case of an encounter with a bear.
>It is also a good idea to watch out for fresh signs of bear activity.
> Outdoorsmen should recognize the difference between black
bear and grizzly bear manure:
>
>Black bear manure is smaller and contains lots of berries and squirrel fur.
>
>Grizzly bear manure has little bells in it and smells like pepper.

have a great day everyone!!!

Delphi - [cmiller@magiclink.com]
Twin Falls, Idaho
Monday, December 27, 1999 06:27:24 PM
IP: twin56q.magiclink.com

<David G> I like your idea that Elisa doesn't reach out for the kind of power that would put her on an equel footing with her foes because she fears the corrupting influence such power would bring. It has the ring of truth, and also means Elisa has never faced her dark side, and instead may be running from it. But it's alos true she cann't run forever, and will have to face it sooner or later. God, there's a story there. :)
Gyre - [wseeley@epix.net]
Monday, December 27, 1999 04:54:03 PM
IP: fltg2-ppp3.fltg.net

*Warpmind and Maggie-chan come lunging in, high-fiving each other (as much as possible, height difference considered) and whooping loudly.*
My Page is finally redone! A Joyride update has been reached, too! And a pair of new fanfics have been added in the archive! And the links have been updated/added/removed/whatever! And... well, what the heck, see for yourselves! Just CLICK MY NAME!!!

And now that I got that out of my system...
*Warpmind flomps down on a couch, Maggie-chan climbing after him and squeezing into the nook of his arm.*
Hm, she seems to really like me. At least someone does. ;)

As for ways to raise funds for me to get to G2K: I got an idea, but it is too late to set in motion now... a newspaper ad: "Do you wish to rid yourself of all earthly possessions for the millennium? Call me, and I'll see what I can take. I'll take just about any of your possessions for FREE!" But, as I said, it's probably a little too late now... and that idea might have worked, too...

The Elisa/Demona discussion: Elisa can stay level-headed enough to outsmart Demona, plus Demona has this odd habit of underestimating humans... but Elisa is just lucky, whereas Demona is immortal. Someday, Elisa might be too old to even run away from a fight...

Gside: You're the engineer, right? I just saw Rocketeer... you don't suppose... aw, never mind. Probably too expensive to run, anyway.

Well, there's a steaming kettle on the stove, so I guess I gotta go get some tea, maybe relax in front of the oglebox (TV) for the rest of the evening... Or maybe another chapter of LOTR will do...
*Maggie-chan climbs into Warpmind's pocket and prepares for the courageous journey to the kettle and the teacup.*
See you all later, ok?
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Monday, December 27, 1999 03:58:36 PM
IP: mp-217-237-12.daxnet.no

Gyre> First, I agree with you that in a war just between Elisa and Demona, Demona would win. The outcome is complicated by the fact that Elisa has more allies than Demona (maybe because Elisa doesn't try to kill hers every time they do anything she doesn't like, and she's not trying to wipe out their species). In any single engagement, though, Elisa COULD win, and could achieve something like a final victory if she was prepared to take it. (If the concrete bath idea didn't sound good, then she could always ask Xanatos to put Demona's drugged body into a rocket and launch it toward the sun. THAT should take care of her.)

However, as you said, the point is almost moot. At the moment Demona has no particular reason to try to kill Elisa, and many reasons to not to try.

I've often wondered why Elisa resists taking the kind of power that would put her on more even footing with her companions. So far, I only have two good reasons, and neither is entirely satisfactory:

1 - Convienance. If she started carying around major hardware, she'd have a difficult time explaining it to her "mundane" contacts (the cops, mostly). If this is her reason, though, she still might have an exo-suit or an energy weapon for "special ocassions." (which she doesn't, as far as we've seen/read.)

2 - Reality check. There's some part of Elisa that doesn't want to accept the world she's made for herself. Perhaps she thinks that, despite the fact that her boyfriend has wings and is purple, and despite the fact that she knows people with superpowers and laser guns, that as long as SHE doesn't do any of that, she's still normal. I come closest to buying this theory, but that's not the way I personally would develop the character.

Of course, she's also seen the dark side of the power (Demona, Talon, Severius, Oberon, the Eye of Odin, and other exapmles of how great power can be a two edged sword.) and might not want to face that temptation herself. She could be afraid of the consequences, or of the corrupting influence.

David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Monday, December 27, 1999 02:34:07 PM
IP: 198.215.20.3

Given how the TGS storyline is going, the Elisa vs. Demona discussion seems to be a moot point. But with the assorted bad guys still at large, it's still quite clear that Elisa is wofully underguned. We also have not seen Elisa truly temped. So the quest comes up, What would it take for Elisa to reach out for the kind of power to put her on an even footing with the old Demona, or any of the villians still at large? Say if Goliath were severly injurured, and Elisa had been helpless to save him. This might just leave her in a state where she would reach for the power if the oportunity presented itself, even if the price was a high one.
Gyre - [wseeley@epix.net]
Monday, December 27, 1999 01:15:30 PM
IP: fltg2-ppp3.fltg.net

**clutches Mara-chan close to him** There there, Mara-chan, we'll take care of them ... **motions to Chibi-Elisa-chan close to him, who pulls out a foam fire extinguisher and hoses down Chibi-Purgie and Chibi-Otto** That oughtta do the trick. Besides that ... who ever said I needed any training? :)

**looks around at the unusual looks he's getting** Whaaat?!

Anyway, thank ye kindly, Jannie. **hugs**

GB, Mara: I'm gonna be on IM later tonight (probably after 9:30), and I wanna talk to both of you regarding our ongoing mission to get Mara-chan to Orlando ... I did some research today. :)

Robby: Couldn't help but wipe the room, couldya? :)

Mara-chan, re: loincloths: *L* Actually, I could picture that ... **laughs harder**

SOROW: Acer? ACER?! **rubs temples** If you get yours running, let me know. I've had nothing but trouble with mine (AcerScan 310).

**walks out of the room, still comforting Mara-chan in his arms from Chibi-Purgie and Chibi-Otto's shocking display. Chibi-Elisa-chan nails 'em one last time with the fire extinguisher before following**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Monday, December 27, 1999 01:03:42 PM
IP: zzz-209252248099.splitrock.net

Well, time for a quick check-in while I'm downloading some accessories for my website rejuvenation process... it's a lot of work, but there will be a few improvements, particularly in the organization bit...

*Warpmind glares at Mandolin, while Maggie-chan hisses at her.*
You lucky, lucky... geuh, what's the point of jealousy...

Xanathar: Starcraft WASN'T as good as it was hyped up to be... too uninventive, particularly in the multiplayer section. From where I'm standing, I'll grant this much: Creative storyline, nothing more. Graphics were too fancy, control system a bit... I dunno, maybe a little dated? Anyway, maybe I'm biased... I've had trouble enjoying realtime strategy since that accursed ion cannon in C&C... As for Tyrian 2000; well, I guess I need a better processor, then... 486SX33 obviously won't cut it there... and I WANT that remake...

*Warpmind looks patiently at the download ticking past 89%, waiting for the Tyrian 2000 demo to arrive.*
Well, Maggie-chan and I have to be going. See y'all later, ok? We've got to play Ty... uh, update my website. See you around.
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Monday, December 27, 1999 12:29:00 PM
IP: mp-217-237-210.daxnet.no

I hope everyone's holidays went well. Okay, I'll brag about my loot now.

Here's what I got:
A pair of suede gloves
A Headless Horseman action figure
A "Beast Wars" Waspinator re-release
A Rhinox re-release
Another TM2 Dragon Megatron (to keep in the package, I painted my first one).
Art supplies
J. Michael Straczynki's Guide to Scriptwriting
Some Final Fantasy VIII action figures
A camera
A new VCR (I have two now, perfect for recordings)
A Gargoyles Calender (stone Gargs, not our Gargs)
A novel called The Fifth Horseman
And of course money.

Now to get ready for Y2K
Greg "Xanatos" Bishansky - [Madoc55@hotmail.com]
Monday, December 27, 1999 11:21:46 AM
IP: spider-wl071.proxy.aol.com

Gyre> I sort of agree with you on this one. I said it before: Demona's over a thousand years of warrior experience vs. Elisa's puny human lifespan? Hell-O! If Demona was- well, let's face it- in her right mind... she could kick the blue-haired wonder any night of the millennium.
*he-hee* Last night, I as looking for an old school paper for my little sisters, before going over to my friend's house, and I came across a note I had written to somebody about four years ago. Inside was a short Gargoyles tale, titled "A Happy Story". I was in junior high when I wrote, and had also been very hyper @ the time. But, the first line said: "This is the story of the death of Elisa". Me and my sib were cracking up reading it. :P

Aaron> Still thinking of someone to play Raistlin...!

Mara(first post)> *lol* Chicken fighting!

Well, off to the new DA story.
AotN
Monday, December 27, 1999 11:13:19 AM
IP: fn-39-43.sssnet.com

This discussion is going around in circles, but the bottom line is Demona will win because she cann't be killed by anyone except MacBeth. Demona will just keep coming back, odds are she'll get it right, or Elisa would be caught alone. As Elisa doesn't have access to nukes, or has nowhere near the power needed to win outright, the best she can possibly do is stop Demona at any one time. This is no way to win a war. Elisa needs some equelizer to put her on an even footing with Demona, or sooner or later she's history.
Gyre - [wseeley@epix.net]
Monday, December 27, 1999 10:49:38 AM
IP: fltg3-ppp57.fltg.net

*Gaeriel enters happy enough*
Sevarius Jr> I *gasp* like country. Faith Hill is one of my favorites. I suppose it doesn't hurt that she's pretty, like
most singers. My step-dad said he'd leave my mom for Shania
Twain, but for some reason I'm not worried...... :)

Demona/Elisa> I actually like Elisa. Demona is okay too, but
her problem with humans just gets old. I agree with whoever
said that Demona's problem is actually her irresponsibility
and not her hatred of humans. I can't remember who said it though (Sorry!). But I think that Elisa's perfectly capable of beating Demona.

Jenniren> Someone had to explain Chibi's to me and I'm still
not exactly sure what they are, but I think that they're characters that have been taken and made small and cute and given really big eyes.... Ya know like anime?(I think!)
I'm positive anyone else could 'splain it better then me though.... Sorry you got the flu :)

*Gaeri waves at everyone* Bye!! *and exits the CR*

Gaeriel - [angelwings2004@hotmail.com]
Chatt., Fl, USA
Monday, December 27, 1999 10:41:35 AM
IP: max5-46.gtcom.net

*Gaeriel enters happy enough*
Sevarius Jr> I *gasp* like country. Faith Hill is one of my favorites. I suppose it doesn't hust that she's pretty, like
most singers. My step-dad said he'd leave my mom for Shania
Twain, but for some reason I'm not worried...... :)

Demona/Elisa> I actually like Elisa. Demona is okay too, but
her problem with humans just gets old. I agree with whoever
said that Demona's problem is actually her irresponsibility
and not her hatred of humans. I

Gaeriel - [angelwings2004@hotmail.com]
Chatt., Fl, USA
Monday, December 27, 1999 10:30:27 AM
IP: max5-46.gtcom.net

Mara Cordova> No, I'm not connected to the mafia in any way, and no one has a single shread of evidence to prove otherwise.

They do have very effective techniques in conflict resolution and personnel management, though.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Monday, December 27, 1999 09:28:08 AM
IP: 198.215.20.3

Warpmind/Wilek and anybody else whose interested:Check out my name link,it's a review for Tyrian 2000 an update of the original(with a 3.8 meg demo)for the PC,I've gotta' go find out where I put my game-pad. :)

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Monday, December 27, 1999 09:18:05 AM
IP: melnc01.bigpond.com

Warpmind re Starcraft:<<Not Starcrack... Starcrap...>>It was okay,but hardly as original as the hype made it out to be. :/

Jewel:sorry to hear about the situation with your mother,But I'm glad that she wasn't able to make christmas unbearable for you.

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Monday, December 27, 1999 08:59:27 AM
IP: melnc01.bigpond.com

AARRRGGGHHH!!!

You know it's Monday when:

...you wake up and think you're late for work because your stepdad set all the clocks 10 minutes fast,
...you try to get online and spend the entire morning waiting for mail because Dad is playing with his digital cable and sent you 4 MB worth of files (Dad, the rest of us have DIALUP!),
...you seal your breakfast in a microwavable bowl, run out to the car, put the bowl on the roof while you throw your stuff in,
...realize what you forgot when you turn out of your development and something slides off the roof and oatmeal goes splat on the pavement behind you,
...halfway there it occurs to you that your disk with the TGS work you planned to do since everyone in your department is on vacation today is still in your room,
...and finally, you get in and realize you're early. *groan*

Kind of appropriate considering what X-Files rerun was on last night, don't you think? :)

*sigh* On a lighter note, I haven't been here in quite a while... **looks at all the chibis running around** Awww... so cute, but I've got my hands full with my creativity demons as it is.

Mandi's Christmas loot:
money
four Discworld books
_Angel Fire East_ by Terry Brooks (one of his best series to date, IMO)
Riven (the Myst sequel)
clothes that actually fit and look good
money
candle stuff
Crichton's _Timeline_
a new Walkman
the Eurythmics' new album
gift certificates
earrings
money
_The Poisonwood Bible_ by Barbara Kingsolver
the Mara Jade trade paperback
the Buffy and Angel action figures
money
an actual tool kit to take back to school
did I mention money? :)

Jenniren> Oh, no! This is the worst time of the year to get sick - I had the sinus infection from hell over the holidays a few years back. **slides over a fresh box of tissues** Get well soon, okay?

Work calls. Have to run!
Mandolin - [weird_web@hotmail.com]
Monday, December 27, 1999 08:51:21 AM
IP: ch166-112.apgea.army.mil

*Warpmind walks in calmly. Maggie-chan makes her way over to him hurriedly, and climbs up onto his shoulder.*
Hm, seems she likes it there. Well, nyway, all churchly services are over until New Year's Eve, when I have to work for the last time this year.

*Looks at chibi Lara Croft running around in the CR with her guns drawn.*
Hm, I think chibi Duke Nukem might want to keep his hormones under control...

Simon: Well, that uninformed woman speaking about Y2K... I'd rather meet her than those doomsayers, eh?

Jewel: Oh, you finally figured it out, eh? ;)

Robby: Hey, there are advantages to those disinformed goombahs who don't realize it's a year left of the twentieth century... my principal said in his speech to the students on the twenty-first "And I hope to see you all next millennium." I happened to be the next on stage, so I countered his disinformation with "And let us all thank the principal for that extra year of vacation." The principal glared at me then...

SJ: So, you like Shania Twain, too? Mmmm... Only one downside about her... namely John Lange... But her music is still great.

Jenniren: Chibis are tiny, cute creativity demons following the Japanese school of animation and drawing... ask Mara for more accurate info...

Robby: Not Starcrack... Starcrap...

Sorow: Santa in the TGS universe: No comment...

Well, we just heard thunder in the air... gotta be going...
*Warpmind vanishes with Maggie-chan in a flash of lightning, leaving a small, charred spot on the floor.*
Warpmind de InzanE - [de_InzanE@xoommail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Monday, December 27, 1999 07:04:18 AM
IP: mp-217-215-180.daxnet.no

Hi all!!

Sorry about not posting last night,but I had decided to get an early nights sleep to help get rid of the work related stress(I love the holiday's :) )

New Darkages story: A great character development story today,Good stuff!!:)

Mara:<<*small child* Mommy mommy.. what's *THAT*?!!>>*LOL!!*;)

C'yas later!

Xanathar
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Monday, December 27, 1999 05:56:39 AM
IP: melnc01.bigpond.com

Awww...just missed the top ten! Well, you'll never guess what our Mr. Boxer gave me for Christmas! It's a new gargoyle incense burner!!! My old one kept making a mess, but this one is hollow and the smoke comes out of the eyes! I LOVE IT! AND I LOVE MY SWEETIE! *hugs Joe until he can't breathe*

Simon> My scanner? It's a AcerScan 620. I don't know if that's good as far as scanners go, but my dad bargained with the guy until we got it for $25. We haven't hooked it up yet because we don't have the connector thingie yet. But I can't wait!

Hmmm...interesting comments about the Santa debate. I think (for TGS) that Alex would have figured it out by himself. And the twins, they've visited so many different places that it would have probably been obvious that Santa isn't celebrated all around the world.

Warp> Really? That sounds interesting. What do you think in the TGS universe?

I don't work tomorrow *eeeee* so I post again later. Goodnight to all.
SOROW
Monday, December 27, 1999 01:58:01 AM
IP: dll2a010-0229.splitrock.net

<Gyre> I must disagree. In all areas that matter, Demona will win in any
contest against Elisa. Demona has resourses, skill in sorcery,
firepower, and a whole lot of time. Let's look at Elisa, she has that
puny police issue 9mm, and her cool headedness. She tends to depend on
Goliath to pull her fat out of the fire, and most but not least, Elisa
can be killed. Can anyone truly doubt that in any fight worth the name,
Demona wins?
Gyre

has she though? I'm as devoted as the next shrieking fan girl to Demona... (even more so, dammit! i watched gernations more than once out of love for that gargress!) but has she ever won against Elisa, or antoher female for that matter? Demona can stand up against teh boys Goliath, Xantos, Thailog, Brooklyn, Macbeth, you name a guy and she kicks major rear end. Put her up against Elisa or Angela or Robyn.. and so on, she tends to underestimate them and has that lovely rear end of heres served back to her on a great platter of whoop ass...

Pissy. And considering how much time the clan
spends getting shot at, they should start wearing Kevlar... ;)

How about some clothing in general? Ever wonder how many times one of teh guys have flashed a poor new york citizen with those puny loincloths?

*small child* Mommy mommy.. what's *THAT*?!!

But as for Elisa being uninteresting...well, the way I fix that is to
_make_ her interesting. Hence, my evil plans for her future... *sinister
chuckle* And Goliath...well, what happens will change him, as well...as
he is now, he doesn't have much emotional range...but imagine what might
happen if he's pushed too far and something inside him just...snaps. >8D
And that's all I can say for now. hehe

We've seen Goliath snapped, in Hunter's moon. He's just like Demona, which is kinda depressing. On the other hands, it fits in perfectly when the Wyrd Sisters advise him to make sure to never become like her.

GB:Reverend Attila wants a chibi-Henry Kissinger for advice on foreign
dealings.

And the winner of weirdest request, december 99.. Attila!

JannieCoyote and Mara> *grins muchly* awwww, ya'll are sooo cute! congrats and
many wishes for a long and loving relationship. *hugs to both*

Arigato gosaimasu... ::hugs::

*looks down at Chibi-Purgie and Chibi-Otto* *gasps* NOOO!
Chibi-Otto: "awww, we were just trying to help Coyote and Mara with some
lessons and visual aids." *wiggles eyebrows*
Chibi-Purgie: "yeah, you know the saying, ...teach a man to fish and
he'll never starve" *giggles*
Jan: I'm sure that they don't need any lessons!
Chibi-Purgie and Chibi-Otto in unison: damn....

GAH!!!! ::turns bright red, threatening to faint:: they're re-enacting teh kama Sutra!!! My eyes.. my eyes!!!!!!!!!
*sobs to Coyote* hold me.. i've been blinded...

David G.::Elisa could render Demona unconscious. Then, if she
was prepared (With Severius's anti-gargoyle knock out gas for instance),
she could do lots worse things to Demona than kill her. The easiest
would be to wrap Demona up in chains, with a gag in her mouth, and drop
her into the foundations of a new building before the cement is poured.
Sure, Demona wouldn't die, but I bet after fifty years or so, she'd wish
she could.

hmmm.. you sure youdont work for the mafia?

::walks out blasting her new WWF vol 4 cd on the "Walls of Jericho"track::

Mara Cordova
Monday, December 27, 1999 01:34:24 AM
IP: spider-wb082.proxy.aol.com

Traveler- Starcraft? Don't you mean Starcrack? Cause that's what that game's like...
Robby
Monday, December 27, 1999 01:33:36 AM
IP: spider-ta075.proxy.aol.com

*strolls in with arms wrapped around each other*

Cool! if we're fast enough, we'll be number 10!! =)

you wiped anyway! *L*
Denis and Jannie
Monday, December 27, 1999 01:18:33 AM
IP: 196-175.c.esc4.net

NUMBER NINE!!!!!!!!

Simon- UUmm.. dude... I'm trying to keep them small from now on..>:))

Communist Smurfs- Isn't it obvious though? >:))

BTW... All StarCraft addicts... click my name and download the 12 Days of Christmas... it's worth it....>=))
Traveler - [traveler45@geocities.com]
Monday, December 27, 1999 01:14:05 AM
IP: hppp22.buffnet.net

Numero eight.... I despise holidays...
Ordell
Monday, December 27, 1999 12:58:10 AM
IP: ppp-135.ode.cableone.net

<Fire Storm coughs as he enters the CR>
TOP TEN!
<Fire Storm goes back to bed.>
Fire Storm - [Night-Flame@usa.net]
Monday, December 27, 1999 12:55:46 AM
IP: 216.90.45.165

*runs into the CR, flustered, carrying Xelloss (the original, not the chibi-no explanation given) on her back*

Top *pant* ten!!!!!
*runs back out,joined by Angela and Demona (as the originals, not teh chibis)

CHICKEN FIGHT!!!

*the four battle, Angela on Demona's shoulders...*
Mara Cordova
Monday, December 27, 1999 12:34:24 AM
IP: spider-wb021.proxy.aol.com

SJ- WOuld you believe when I said six hours ago I wasn't going to wipe the room I believed it?
Robby
Monday, December 27, 1999 12:33:00 AM
IP: spider-we052.proxy.aol.com

**grabs her Chibi-Robby and runs into the CR** Top Ten. 1st!!!!
Heather
Monday, December 27, 1999 12:30:50 AM
IP: 98cdbee0.ipt.aol.com

Silly boy, you wiped the room anyway!

First, I think...
Sevarius Jr.
Monday, December 27, 1999 12:30:46 AM
IP: cache-2.spg.va.webcache.rcn.net

SECOND!!!!
::discos with Attila::
Green Baron - [greenbaron@hotmail.com]
Gallatin, Tennessee
Monday, December 27, 1999 12:30:12 AM
IP: 1cust156.tnt6.nashville.tn.da.uu.net

Many things change with the seasons.

Equinox

Written by Rahsaan Footman

Artwork by Jessica Entis
Robby
Monday, December 27, 1999 12:27:57 AM
IP: spider-we052.proxy.aol.com