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Greetings all...

Just got back from seeing "Rush Hour 2" (what a ride!), and getting some new speakers for my computer. So good to hear mp3s in stereo again!

The Link - Ditto what Patrick said...

Rayvn - Got your mail! ^_^

Well, that's all for now... got some stuff to finish up. Maintain and Check Six!

Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Tampa, FL, USA
Saturday, September 8, 2001 07:24:23 PM
IP: 65342hfc61.tampabay.rr.com

Well, my work now has a policy against allowing the people who keep the computers running to acutally USE the computers and the interent.
And yes, I am posting from work. I use my laptop! Splitting hairs, I know, but when YOU have 7 hours of non-productive time in a 8 hours shift, you NEED something to do.

Imzadi: <A POX on you, hear me!? A POX!>
I know, I know. I don't like working with the devil anymore than... Hmm... Well, I know $cr1p7 k|dd|3$ is evil, but they MAY be able to help.
<Not you, obviously. Believe me, I do think that>
which is why I mentioned it!
<You're just not going to the right shows>
I go to the only 2 in the area. Mac stuff is non-existant there.
<Not unless you consider taking out one card and replacing it with an identical card "frankensteined">
Ah. Just a warrantyed repair swap, eh?
<dude, stop that. You're liable to cause mass hysteria>
And that's bad because...?

Gside: <Even the hermaphroditic lesbian catgirls with tentacles>
Are they furry catgirl tenticles?
<I'd say crackers. They're probably less annoying>
True... but are you sure you want to let them loose on your computer?
From someone who MAY do damage to your system to someone who WILL?
<It's that kind of website?>
Nope. She would kill me if I posted THOSE kind of pictures.
<I'm pretty sure Ranma never did that>
The episode where Ranma got a cold and was so hot that water didn't turn him into a girl.
<Perhaps. What's her favorite Secret of Mana weapon?>
No frigging idea what that is.
<Judging from creative violence alone, I'd vote Wilek and Fire Storm.>
It just sucks that flame, plasma, EMP, particle and projectile weapons are not allowed.
<A compus bus rammed my dorm today. Apparently the brakes gave out>
I heard that on CNN. I wondered how close it was to you. Apparently VERY close!

Siofra: 
Hey, just because you are meeting someone that you have only posted to a few times, never seen a picture of, AND have never talked to on the phone...
Ok, maybe you are right! :)
<If you see a short red haired elf in a brown outfit with a walking stick and a tall blond guy in a cloak, thats us though!>
Cool! If you see a 20 foot red dragon with black wings and breathing fire... Get a few pictures for me, ok? :)
Seriously, though... I have no idea what I will be wearing, but with any luck, LM will be wearing her costume.

Ravyn: <I'm the same way in nifty car parts stores or car shows>
Some women read trashy novels. Some girls use sex toys. You think about Chevy small block V-8s! :)

Warpmind: <Sheesh, so much for trying to mix a better fertilizer for mom's houseplants>
What did you use? I can't seem to keep my houseplants alive. :(
And I used to be so good at growing things.

If only I knew what you were refering to...

Emambu: <Mention what? You mean Rygel's S&M scene?>
That scene was wrong in SO many ways!

Yeah. So, does that mean I am dead or alive?
<Didn't that South Park episode on Sex Education teach you anything?>
Wish I saw that episode
<You'll be keeping more than just Imzadi happy with that I'm thinking>
Probally! And in more ways then one!
<Is this why the Gathering at 2004 will be so close to your house? Whatever you're making will be much too big to survive a long trip?>
No, I am making that costume BECUASE the gathering is so close to my house.
And I am pretty sure it would survive the long trip. I just don't want to pay $1000+ for shipping.

Always the best way to learn. Get paid to learn.

Lynati: <a) how did I manage to misplace about seven pages of typed work amid all the back-ups I made>
I ask myself the same question all the time.
<do I try to retype it from the rough draft I have written down, or do I wait until mid-December when I am home and can access the edited version from the computer at home?>
Re-type then compare. You may be happier with the new version.

DPH: <Seriously, I wonder if someone couldn't build a shorter battlebot: a battlebot is maybe 1/2 inch taller than 1.5 inch wheels.>
A wedge form or flat form battlebot COULD be made thinner then 1.5 inches. If done right, it could have a flipper or a spike hammer on it.
<Guys, I need some information. I need to where the largest possible area of unoccupied space is, preferribly, larger than the size of a super nova star.>
You need a space about 100 light yearsx100LYx100LY. Try for the spaces between galaxys. 10,000LY+

Christine: How is Darth's health?
<hey, chicks dig bots>
Hyena digs bots... a little too much.
<probably the same ratio as chicks that dig gamers>
Does Hyena dig gamers?

Crzy: <His personality immediately stole my heart. He was just so handsome and such a flirt>
If you can't get the father, get the son? ;)

SJ: <MTV's Video Music Awards: What a waste of time>
ABSOLUTELY! Britney didn't even get mauled by the tiger!
<Don't hit me with names like Anne Rice (cause I don't count vampire romance novels as horror)>
Try the Beauty Series. Not as much horror as deeply disturbing.

Jaden: <yeah that would be a little too much for me too, sad part is that she can't say no>
Maybe she wanted it. But I still say it was WAY too much.
<Who sings "Superman"? I've heard it and heard it, but have yet to have been told (radio DJs) by who! Thank you.>
Crash Test Dummies- Superman's Song?

Madame Destine: <since when did my stories ever say that Demona had permanently switched teams>
It wouldn't make sense if she PERMANTLY switched sides. Staying on only one side for thousands of years? The only reason she probally didn't go to the "other side" earlier is because she barely played "her side" over the 1000 years!

GXB: <Holy sh-t on a stick, you're right! Pistoff is Robotnik! It does all make sense>
HOLY $h17! Me and Silent Bob are the tools of god?
Fire Storm
Saturday, September 8, 2001 03:37:08 PM
IP: 208.143.21.10

I saw that "Doug" ad last night. Goliath in a green sweater vest... as Popeye would say, "How em-bar-isk-ing!"

And now Toon Disney has moved "Gargoyles" back another half hour to 11 PM. I don't think they're even sure what age group is watching at that hour. I saw two commercials for mail order products that at the end said "must be over 18 to call."

Jen > OMG... it all makes perfect sense now. :P

Re: the link > I've decided I'm no longer going to dignify with a response any rantings by people who have no first hand knowledge of what they are talking about. I mean... it really seems like such a small to ask that one READ the fanfic first, then offer the critique.
:: wanders off to do some writing ::
Patrick Toman
Saturday, September 8, 2001 03:34:47 PM
IP: aca2d22c.ipt.aol.com

JEN> Holy sh-t on a stick, you're right! Pistoff is Robotnik! It does all make sense.
Greg "Xanatos" Bishansky
Saturday, September 8, 2001 08:53:14 AM
IP: dialin-1074-tnt.nyc.bestweb.net

**Winterwolf carries Dreamie into the CR for a couple post. They find a large oversized beanbag to nestle into and cuddle**

This is a fully combined post for Dreamie and Winterwolf. Based on the comments you can probably figure out who said what. If not... Oops ;P

Baby news Stats: Mathew John was born September 6, 2001 weighing 6 pounds 6 ounces and 19 inches tall.

Josh:<<unless you two get married and stay together forever, you'll have one two at some point, dear. >> Ah, if only forever were long enough. <<That's it! You are not allowed to post that crap anymore, otherwise the CR admins will have to take us all to the CR hospital!>> Do I get a new jacket and bouncy walls? :D <<I'm gripping the edge of my seat.>> Ew Josh, I didn't want to know that! <<<<I'm an uncle>>: Congrats!>> Thanks. It's been an easy job so far. <<<>: Is it boredom or some other force that drives you to do this?>> Probably a little from column A and a little from column B.

Fuzzy: <<public punishment>> Heh... Well at least you can get some gratification from seeing the credibility of the accuser slowly wither.

SJ:<<Triump the Insult Comic Dog>> HEH, gotta love that dog.

Ravyn: I hope your non-Coyote time ends soon! ^_^ <<kids scare me>> Kids aren't so bad. You just need to remember you were one yourself. :) And when you are an aunt you get to have fun then leave when the kid gets cranky for the parents to deal with. That's a sweet setup if you ask me. :D

Cali:<<AW, you two look so cute!!!>> Thanks ^_^

Lain:<<and i played half-life>> Heh... I played Half Life: Blue Shift a few weeks back, only to find out it's a really pretty short game. But oh well... One time I was completely out of ammo and at 3 health, and had to go through a level with just a crowbar. But you know, that thing is fun to smack annoying scientists with. >:)

Jan:<> I *love* hardware stores! The power tools, and materials, and hinges, and wiring, and fixtures, and... and...:::huff::: K, I'll stop now. :)

SOROW: Hi SOROW! It's great to hear college life is really agreeing with you. We're both happy for you.<<Hi Dreamie!>> Hi Girl! ^_^ Glad you're having fun away at College! <> Try Kickboxing, it's really fun! :D <<Congrats! I can't wait til I'm an aunt, but I don't think that's ever going to happen.>> Thanks! It's been fun so far. Now as for you being an aunt, with two brothers I'd imagine you have a decent chance or are both of them that hopeless?

Emambu: Hey hey! Welcome back! <<MIA>> O.o whoa nelly! lol <<head injury>> Ouch! Try not to kill yourself while watching TV. <<The trunk holds three bodies snugly, and it even came with a billy club>> I don't know if I want to get a ride to the Gathering from you now. One wrong move or silly comment and **whack** <<Mafia Cruiser>> Cheers on the new wheels. So I guess you can bring about a dozen or so people with you. ;P <<Maybe I'll be able to stick around this time too...>> Do you promise? Oh and drop that maybe out of there while you're at it. ;)

Niamhgold: <<this morning, when my T-Square slid down the stairs, I stepped on it>> So you rode your T-Square down the stairs? I can just imagine you surfing down the stairs to class on a T-Sqaure. ^_^ Are you okay? Wouldn't want you to get hurt performing these crazy stunts. ;)

Christine: I'm glad you had fun at DragonCon! ^_^ << Must take Becca to the park before she has a total conniption. >> Also hopefully Becca did not have a conniption fit waiting for you. ;D

Gside: <<News from Rutgers: A compus bus rammed my dorm today. Apparently the brakes gave out.>> Are you leaving out that you were driving the bus or any other critical info? Plus what took more damage the bus or the dorm? I guess we at least know you weren't maimed or worse. And just what is a compus bus? Some super special campus bus?

Fleur: <<<Chicken Pox>> Ewww... I (Dreamie) had it when I was about 2... I don't remember anything other than some kind of smelly pink medication. ;P <<chicken pox>> I (Wolfie) had chicken pox in grade school. I think the whole class got it. Smelly pink meds sound like the standard yucky cure.

Siofra: <<Winterwolf: Congrats! The closest thing I've been to was when my boyfriend's older sister had her baby.>> Thank you! So far I've managed to point out that he should be a basketball player and he could use his given initials MJ. :D <<and then they ended up giving her the same first name as mine!>>Well I'd say they liked the name so much they named the baby after you.

Gunjack:<<Morality is part of culture, and without a diety it has no objectivity.>> Erm... wait a minute... What about "Social Construction"? Thereby there is really no right and wrong, just what the culture at the time decides is acceptable or not. <<diety>>

Revel: << big congrats, be sure they give you a cigar as well.>> Thanks! AS for the cigar, I've already pestered my brother in law about it and managed to get his own brothers and sisters to chime in too. It was just fun to do.

Lynati: Congrats on the computer! ^_^

:::waves at Dubble:::

Dubble: <<congrats on being an uncle>> Thanks! It's been fun so far. Just wait until I can spend more time with the little tyke (or should I say nipper or maybe tiddler).

Wolfie: I'm sure you'll be your nephew's favorite Uncle, even if you weren't his only one. ^_~ ..... Dude... you know what just occurred to me? *Winter*smith *Dreams*" HEH.

Dreamie: I love you. You know there are more of those little things that tie us together. **kiss** You're stuck with me now. ^_^

DPH: Thanks for the congrats! As for the space a nice black hole might make a good substitute and add to DC's experience.

It's scary how many people will people will post after 2 on Friday. hum...

**Winterwolf pulls himself and Dreamie up off the beanbag. They exit CR together, Winterwolf carrying Dreamie in his arms.**

Dreamie and Winterwolf
Saturday, September 8, 2001 04:52:00 AM
IP: pool-141-155-109-192.ny5030.east.verizon.net

Hey folks.

Today SUCKED. Hard. I had to wake up at 9AM for classes from 10 to 4 straight. As my day started and the hot water hit my face, all I could think about was how to deal with the fact that I was gonna be in class all day.

The only consolation is that the discussion section from 2-3 for my fluid mechanics class wasn't held. So I did get a break.

After a math quiz, handing in various assignments, and sitting through many hours of class, I was finally done. When I got home, we had lots of errands to run. So I finally get to sit down at 730 to start writing this thing.

We did fewer errands than we originally meant to: we skipped safeway and getting a new phone. We hit Costco, the bank (deposited my FAT new check from my job - nothing quite like renegotiating your wage), and FedEx, so I could ship my laptop to my mom and my roommate could pick up the package that didn't get delivered.

My roommate ordered a 100 GB external firewire hard drive from OWC yesterday, and paid extra to have it arrive today. It did arrive today...about 2 minutes after he left for his only class of the day. When we got back, he opened it up and turned it on...only to discover it was only a 60 GB drive. They shipped him the wrong one (and charged him full price for the 100, of course). So he's gotta deal with sending that back next week.

My friends were kind enough to point out to me that my parents bought me the laptop in the first place...and now they are paying me to use it. I look at it as taking my computer and pitching in towards a new one (since that's what they'd have to do anyway), but whatever.

I'm hoping to get a massive jump start on homework this weekend...I'd really like to get through 2+ weeks of work, but I don't know if I can do that. I don't do homework on Fridays: religious holiday. "But Josh, you're an atheist!" you say? Yes, but Fridays are a religious holiday for me anyway, because I observe them religiously. No work on Fridays. No matter what.

We didn't go to RHPS tonight, plans fizzled. Instead, we sat around the apartment watching our movie channels and eating and playing with our computers. Then there was some Starcraft.

Tomorrow there's gonna be a Stargate SG-1 Marathon on Showtime from 1230PM to...late. Mike and I are actually gonna wake up EARLY and watch it. I'm supposed to be working all day, so I'll just be taking my calls in front of the TV. Watch TV AND get paid! What could be bad?

WHAT!? DUCKMAN DIDN"T MAKE THE LIST!? THAT'S IT! Now I'm pissed off.

On to replies!

Madame Destine: <<since when did my stories ever say that Demona had permanently switched teams>>: Whew. I was getting worried for a second ;-) <<Just because at the moment she's batting left-handed - if you know what I mean>>: What are the odds that I *don't* know what you mean? <<you'd mentioned in your post the other day that you were "as a writer and reader of erotica,">>: I'm a reader of erotica. You can see my work...uh, nevermind. <<Eep>>: That's my error sound.

Siofra: <<the model building lab for my Industrial Design class>>: Sounds awesome! Model building rocks. <<Nothing cool like that happens around here!>>: Consider yourself lucky. <>: Its funny, I was worried about the same thing when I ditched my cousins in Canada to meet Lain. They all thought it was really weird, but I wasn't worried at all. I don't think its a good way to go for all human contact, though.

Baldy: <<wonder how in all entropy I *did* that>>: I'd do it with Quicktime. <<You tell me how funny it is when the vampiric (I hope) vines reach for you>>: That's nice. <<I'm not really particularly interested in more cards... at the moment>>: I'll ask another time then. <<Global Ruin... }:) Not to mention the sweetie called Coalition Victory>>: These words mean nothing to me.

Revel: <>: Boomer. <<whose responsability is it to remember to pay the land lord>>: Both of ours. Of course, Mike's dad's secretary mails his rent checks for him. So technically, I'm the only one that has to remember anything.

The Wizard: <<there's no more lines on the Macs here>>: They opened up a G4 lab elsewhere? <>: I think I said something like that about my ex girlfriend, once. <<with the exception of the floor I live on>>: LOL STBY! <<100 Cartoon Show Countdown>>: This countdown was horribly misguided. I'm terribly offended that MASK was AFTER Jem, and that Voltron ranked a paltry 94. <<Hopefully I don't get warned for taking up so much space>>; I haven't yet! <<half of the questions were about how to troubleshoot on a Mac>>: This should give you some idea about how easy my job is. <<get bitten by a vampire and all your troubles will be solved>>: Or just become a programmer. <>: I bet you do. <<in the _car_>>: Oh. <<isn't he the one with the car?>>: He is, so I forgive him. <<Do you best express yourself (a) orally or (b) anally>>: The only thing I can express anally is "I have gas". <<At least you can walk out of lectures early>>: In theory, anyway. I usually don't. <<all you need is a model in a cake, or Elizabeth Dushku in a box, and your birthday will be complete>>: Actually Elizabeth would be enough. <<Ahem>>: You're just jealous (not sure if its of my toy or of me, but whatever). <<And the lights are always off, and the class is just *slides*>>: NAPTIME! <<It's the closest thing to p0rn in art history>>: That's "pr0n" <<As for Wesley: Owen? Of course, you could always resurrect the Magus>>: No, even better: Constantine! <<cracks the whip>>: I bet you do. <<I'll post again if anything new develops>>: No comment.

Dubble: <<Listen to me..I'm goign american>>: Could be worse, you could be going Canadian. <>: Make you feel like a poor Canadian.

DPH: <<the largest possible area of unoccupied space is>>: Technically, since space is infinite, there exists an area of Space is that is slightly larger than whatever you can possibly imagine. <<The CD-ROM on my new pc stopped working>>: Toast crashed on my new tower...guess I'll have to wait for 10.1 to start burning. <<Visual Studio>>: Crap, I didn't get a chance to check it out today. What's the full name of the product?

CrzyDemona: First, you're fired for not putting any Demona gear in the AvMists ;-) <<It seems that the point of your latest fic was lost on some>>: Not quite. <<Sure beats the hell out of the SEVERELY overdone "Goliath and Elisa mate and have kids" storylines that plague the archives>>: But there are plenty of other NON-E&G stroke fics out there too...most of the good ones are NOT E&G stories. <<Hint: It involves Keith David>>: You finally slept with him? <>: Well, I *AM* devastatingly handsome... <<in 20 years to see if he needs a sugar-momma>>: Don't suppose you have any rich friends who'd accept me now? << you can see that he is REALLY Dr. Robotnik/Dr. Eggman from the Sonic the Hedgehog games>>: Where's Sonic when Madame Destine needs him.

Smut Pandering Bitch Queen of All Creation: <<Gathering 2010, when your son Fox and Benny are both hunky young teens and Becca's got to choose between them! Knowing her, though, she'll still be chasing Thom>>: The rest of us will be drooling after the new 18-year-old. <<chicks dig bots>>: If you say so. <<the ones who do are treasures among women>>: I refer to them as "freaks". <>: Or the perfect nemesis! <<he can manipulate anything metal, mechanical, or electronic>>: I bet he was a hit at the bachelor party... <<total conniption>>: She's a 5 year old, not a Jewish mother!

Sevarius Jr: <<Cheers to Mudvayne>>: WHAT!? That band SUCKS! Just a bunch of professionally-made-up talentless hacks thrown together by a record company with a bunch of yelling and crap music. <<To show that he's not a reclusive homosexual pedophile, he comes out for the VMA awards to dance with N*Sync>>: Thereby proving that's he's a reclusive homosexual pedophile. <<Triump the Insult Comic Dog, for making jokes about J-Lo's ass>>: Did he poop on it? <<double points for legitimately pissing her off in the process>>: Yeah, she's a bitch. <<utter and total tools>>: Carson Daly works for them? <<M.A.S.K. should have been a little higher>>: Did you have all the toys too? <<It's funnier and more depraved than ANY of the animated programs running on network television>>: My friends and I watched several eps the other night. Brian and the baby ROCK. <<they put Fat Albert above Gargoyles>>: Someone's gonna get beat for that one. <<still in a deep depression over the fact that she's never screwed Bill Clinton>>: I think she's the only one. <<he wouldn't be ready to do another Indy flick until at least 2006>>: I've got time. <<by then Harrison Ford will be 745 years old>>: You had me and my friend fall out of our seats with that one. <<Gasoline, meet fire>>: DAMN!

Ravyn: <<this is an *entire* post *without* a mention of Coyote>>: You just did. <<Except for this one>>: At least you recognized it. <>: Was she hot? Naked? Wonder-bra-ed? <<does Greg know about this affair>>: A better question is: does he care? <<thinking of *motherhood* paralyzes me with fear>>: Us too, Ravyn ;-) <<and the world that this kid would be unleashed upon>>: That's my line. <<It was fun being able to help you out for once>>: You weren't supposed to tell anyone. Now I have to kill you.

Moochie: <<NO ONE EVEN FREAKIN' THINK ABOUT COMMENTING on SJ's link>>: I thought about it...and decided to ignore you. <<Not to pee in yer lemonade or anything>>: Would he even notice if you were?

Greg: <>: As Cartman would say "what's the big !@#$ing deal, b*tch? !@#$ !@#$ety !@#$ !@#$ !@#$."

FS: <<Gargoyles>>: dude, stop that. You're liable to cause mass hysteria.

Gside: <<I'll get to my post tomorrow>>: Its probably not that important anyway.

Jaden: <>: Not yet, but I'm sure I will be soon. <<Join the Army, I promise you that you will>>: I am not that foolish.

Okay folks, bedtime. See you tomorrow.

If Steve [Jobs] put poop on a stick and called it an ergonomic computer control device, Bill [Gates] would have Windows users handling crap all day long.
-iBoast, MacAddict Forum member

Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [@kicktothenuts.com]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Saturday, September 8, 2001 04:19:53 AM
IP: adsl-64-161-25-14.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net

Hey eveyone, I hope everyone is having a nice weekend. I had a nice week, I got a good conduct medal for serving in Korea. Only down side was that we had an alert on Friday morning which made the day seem even longer.

Fire Storm<a glass carriage> yeah that would be a little too much for me too, sad part is that she can't say no.

Imzadi<Unless you count school, though, I don't work the other 5 days of the week.> Join the Army, I promise you that you will. ;P

Gargoyles, TMNT, X-Men Evolution, etc- I wanna see them again!

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS!- Ok not that important, but I still want to know. 1)Any of you Star Trek fans that have been to their website and have heard the "Wherever you will go" music will you tell me who sings it please? 2) Who sings "Superman"? I've heard it and heard it, but have yet to have been told (radio DJs) by who! Thank you.

Later

Jaden - [jaden12@hotmail.com]
Saturday, September 8, 2001 04:02:38 AM
IP: 61.43.129.81

*leans in*
*waves at Mara*

Aaron: I know you are at least scanning the room, lazy-@$$, so I know you'll see this.
About two minutes after you were cut off, He realized that he was starting to actually *sound* like a character out of my fics, jumped out of the hottub, and ran off in your direction, screaming, "Take me back! Take me back!" ...this could, of course, just been a ploy on his part to spend more time in my brain unnoticed and generally unharrassed, but then, he might have actually left, too. Besides, I'm fairly sure my lack of sports-watching would have gotten to him soon, anyway. Now who will I converse with in the comics in my ceramics journal?
*Is stared at by her entire cast*
...umm...

Greg "Xanatos" Bishansky: THANK you. (It's actually the other main series I cross over with.)

*Off to bed*
Lynati "I'm too lazy to send email" Kshudra
Saturday, September 8, 2001 03:15:30 AM
IP: 207.94.232.227

Those of you who clicked on SJ's link to Pistoff's journal... I gotta share that if you look closely at the pic of Pissy at the top of the page, you can see that he is REALLY Dr. Robotnik/Dr. Eggman from the Sonic the Hedgehog games!

NOW IT ALL MAKES SENSE!!!

::is SO going to get flamed but is laughing so hard she doesn't care::
Jennifer "CrzyDemona" Anderson - [<-- Pissy or Dr. Eggman? ]
Saturday, September 8, 2001 03:06:38 AM
IP: 1cust234.tnt1.santa-paula.ca.da.uu.net

Eh, I'll get to my post tomorrow.
Na zdorov'ya.
Gside
Piscatway, NJ
Saturday, September 8, 2001 02:49:38 AM
IP: wc01-hill012-hill.rutgers.edu

Okay, so it was a DOUG ad. Somewhat more credence, then. Very tired. Watching gorillas one more time, and going to bed. Will rewrite my lost disertation on parallels betwen New England and Japanese tentacle liturature at later date.
Gunjack "NI!" Valentine
Saturday, September 8, 2001 02:48:02 AM
IP: 192.133.129.4

Not to pee in yer lemonade or anything, FS, but couldn't that just be cut footage?

CRAP! That last crash killed my post! ; P
Gunjack "AAAAARRRR!!!" Valentine
Saturday, September 8, 2001 02:06:57 AM
IP: 192.133.129.4

Hey, has anyone seen the Doug ad on Toon Disney that had Goliath in it?

Goliath says something he never said in the show. Now, would Disney bring back Keith David JUST to do an ad?
I don't think so. So I shall start a rumor!
(Keep in mind, I am making this up as I go)

Gargoyles is back in production! (At least, I could hope so.)
Fire Storm
Saturday, September 8, 2001 01:53:49 AM
IP: 64.109.143.22

LYNATI> I agree, Exo Squad should have been on that list. It's definetly one oy my favorite animated series.
Greg "Xanatos" Bishansky
Saturday, September 8, 2001 12:10:36 AM
IP: dialin-1431-tnt.nyc.bestweb.net

*Enters*
Heyla, everyone. Just got back from seeing the Circus...for free. I was a volunteer face-painter at a pre-show event, wich was actually pretty fun.
I remember it being a lot better. this one didn't have any upside motorcycles or anything. And the arcobats should have had a longer performance.
On the plus side, one of my fellow volunteers from my school saw the Brooklyn on my keychain, recognized him, and got excited. Another fan, and one who has yet to see all the eps. I'm going to lend her mine.

and might I say these two things that I have learned between my return to my dorm room and this post.
1) You know that your writing is at least decent when someone says they don't want to read more yet because they don't want it to influence their own work, and 2) Aingeal does incredible photoshop work! And the version I've seen is only a little jpeg, too! *starts poinging about*

Revel: no due date. not for school. more important than such trifles...no, *this* was a work of Fic... ;)
(I think I'll just ask my dad to copy everything in my file onto a disk and then mail it to me.)

Cartoons: yeah, Freakazoid SHOULD have been higher. And I am sad to see that one of my most favorites, Exo-Squad, doesn't seem to have even made the list. :P :( Z:*|

*trots off to wash off Lynati facial markings...note to self to make a trip to Utrecht to buy water-soluable crayons*
Lynati Kshudra
Saturday, September 8, 2001 12:05:08 AM
IP: kcx-ks22a-160.rasserver.net

Gunjack> I don't see the big deal, as I see nothing wrong with posting a link to bad comedy.
Greg "Xanatos" Bishansky
Friday, September 7, 2001 11:51:21 PM
IP: dialin-1431-tnt.nyc.bestweb.net

My take on the "sensative subject". SJ gave a link, not a quote. I'm not even going to bother checking the link, I've already been told its a link to Pistoff's online journal. The link is not pornographic or spam, so no CR rules broken there. As far as the material in the link, well, they're opinions places outside of the CR. You don't need to read them if you don't want to, but I think folks do have a right to know what's being said about them. Personally, I gave up on caring what Pistoff thought of me long ago when he decided my being Admin made me a badguy. An opinion is just an opinion, and if you don't care about it, it can't affect you. So basically, I don't care. Go to the link if you want, that's your call. You can even talk about it in here if you want. As long as it doesn't lead the CR to a flame war or into the "R" rating, it doesn't really matter.
Robby on official Admin duty
Friday, September 7, 2001 11:49:43 PM
IP: ac9f8963.ipt.aol.com

Actually, I DO have a message from Lain; just not about the aformentioned. I just got off the phone with her, and she's nearly bubbling over with love for Baby. Ever heard your love spend forty minutes talking about a baby bird? It's an origional experience, I assure you. The poor thing still hasn't got it's feathers yet, and it's living on the porch in a box full of blankets and such, with a halogen lamp for warmth. Apparently, the little tyke is growing attached to her; whenever she comes at feeding time, it runs around flapping its wings and all but screaming "Mommymommymommy!!". *Chuckles* ...Anyway, she wanted me to pass that along to all of you. I assume she'll be posting more (MUCH more, knowing her current state of mind) soon.
Cheerio!
Gunjack "The Birds" Valentine
Friday, September 7, 2001 11:31:03 PM
IP: 192.133.129.4

Okay, I'm not an admin here... I'm not even the most frequent of posters. But may I, in a citizen's arrest sort of way, calmly suggest that NO ONE EVEN FREAKIN' THINK ABOUT COMMENTING on SJ's link until AFTER an admin speaks on the subject?
If Lain were online, I'm sure she'd say something, but she ain't. So I'm asking nicely. PLEASE. For the children.
Gunjack "Harikari" Valentine - [miphsingleton@hotmail.com]
Friday, September 7, 2001 11:19:30 PM
IP: 192.133.129.4

Okay, just for you, Imzadi, this is an *entire* post *without* a mention of Coyote. Except for this one. ;) And maybe another one halfway through, if you get picky... ;)

MTV VMA Awards> Didn't watch 'em, didn't really care...but I *did* see a picture from Britney Spears' "routine" ... what the brake rotors is up with her lately??

I agree with SJ that Freakazoid! should have been much higher on the Top 100 list. That cartoon simply rocked. :) I can't decide who I loved the most...Freakazoid, Cosgrove, Longhorn, or Foamy the Freakadog... ;)

Janet Reno and Florida> Once again, I agree with SJ (this is getting freaky, isn't it?) ;) that all Jeb would have to do is mention the illness thing. OR the Elian Gonzalez thing.

Crzy> Whoa...does Greg know about this affair??? j/k :)

Winterwolf> Big congratulations on becoming an uncle!!! Have fun, and good luck. ;) Personally, kids scare me. The thought of becoming an aunt is scary. And thinking of *motherhood* paralyzes me with fear. Fear for me and the dad, the kid, and the world that this kid would be unleashed upon... ;)

Dubble, Emambu> Hiyas! :) My screenname on AOL IM is "webbedwarriors". :)

Josh> <<Thanks with the Calc help!>> No problem. It was fun being able to help you out for once. ;) <<This excites you?>> Oh, yes, I'm just in love with vector calc...just kidding. No, and I mean HECK NO, it does *not* excite me. ;) <<Will you start posting about something besides him?>> Yes. But only once. Or twice. Or until he gets back here, and then we can both start talking about each other and drive everyone in here crazy. ;)

Gside> <<A compus bus rammed my dorm today. Apparently the brakes gave out.>> Cool. Although I hope no one was hurt. Did it cause much damage? :)

LM> Don't worry about the updates...worry about getting yourself better! Believe me, we won't get angry if you don't update as often...you do so much wonderful work as it is! Hope you get better soon. **hugs** :)

See y'all later! :)
Ravyn
Friday, September 7, 2001 11:13:35 PM
IP: manzy-mo-1-226.rescomp.arizona.edu

Not a whole lot tonight, just a few things.

MTV's Video Music Awards: What a waste of time. The Beautiful People were out in force, and I couldn't have cared less. Here's a recap of the show: a bunch of (largely) talentless yet physically attractive people won awards that they really didn't deserve. They should all be ashamed of themselves. Now, a few cheers:
Cheers to Mudvayne. I don't really have any opinion of the band itself, but they did get the MTV2 award, and thus they get a cheer because they forced MTV to admit that there's another channel out there that actually plays more than just the same 5 videos over and over again.
Cheers to Michael Jackson. To show that he's not a reclusive homosexual pedophile, he comes out for the VMA awards to dance with N*Sync�..and in a wonderful twist of fate, N*Sync, perhaps the whitest white boys on the planet, are actually DARKER in color than Jacko.
Cheers to Puff Daddy, aka P-Diddy, for showing up the VMA awards, when he damn well knows that Suge Knight could have bust a cap in his ass. Hell�..cheers to EVERYONE who showed up at the VMA awards, knowing that Suge "I'm sure I didn't have anything to do with the deaths of Tupac or Biggie" Knight was going to be there.
And cheers to Robert Smigel, aka Triump the Insult Comic Dog, for making jokes about J-Lo's ass. He gets double points for legitimately pissing her off in the process.

Wizard Cartoon List: First off, Wizard magazine is composed of utter and total tools. They're shills. They are the comic-book equivalent of MTV (that's Marketing TeleVision, which is what the acronym stands for nowadays) in that they have nothing really important or compelling to offer, and the magazine has become nothing more than one big long advertisement for various comics and / or comic personalities (any comic magazine that kisses Erik "Artists don't really need writers at all" Larsen's ass gets none of my respect). This wouldn't be so bad, I suppose, if you are a casual comic fan and enjoy brightly colored pages, but if you want actual, worthwhile info and commentary on comics, Wizard isn't the place to look.

But they've given us the list, so I'll make some comments on it.

M.A.S.K. should have been a little higher, as should Beast Wars (BELOW Jem? BELOW Jem? Christ, is that a punch in the face). I can't believe that they listed "Static Shock" above Neon Genesis Evangelion. TV Funhouse really shouldn't have made the list, since that's a show that just features cartoon shorts, but is not really an animated show in and of itself (although "The Ambiguously Gay Duo" is one fantastic toon!). Aeon Flux and Beavis and Butthead should have been higher (Aeon should have been WAY up there). Freakazoid! should have been much higher, and Dr. Katz? No business on this list. I watched that show; it had it's moments, at times, but it didn't deserve to even be on the top 100 list, let alone ranked so high. I'm glad that Family Guy was ranked as high as it was. That is maybe the most underrated animated show on today. It's funnier and more depraved than ANY of the animated programs running on network television (yes, I'm sorry, but at this point, it's better than the Simpsons (which has grown repetitive and complacent IMO), even though FG is slowly morphing into that show). Gargoyles at 29? INSANITY. Christ, they put Fat Albert above Gargoyles. That's crazy. I'm glad to see that Batman Beyond, Superman, Transformers, and G.I. Joe make the top ten. They all deserve it, IMO. Simpsons should be in the top ten, as well, but I don't think it's number one. I suppose if I was doing things, Gargoyles would be firmly at number two. With Batman: The Animated Series at number one. That's almost the perfect cartoon. I say almost because, in the last couple years when it switched to the WB network, the show slipped slightly in the quality of it's stories and animation. Still, IMO (and I know this is somewhat blasphemous in a Gargoyle CR), Batman is probably as close as you're going to get to an absolutely perfect animated program.

The State of Horror Fiction Today: I thought I'd like to ask everyone out there their opinions on the state of horror writing today. See, I don't think there's a lot of actual horror out there. I'm talking visceral, gut-wrenching horror, stuff that makes you uneasy just reading it. In my opinion, Stephen King has gone soft (his earlier works were MUCH more cynical and darker by far than his latest releases), Clive Barker doesn't even really write horror anymore (which is a shame, because all six volumes of the Books of Blood were great, as well as The Damnation Game), and Koontz�..well, he says his work isn't horror, and he's right (I repeat what I always say about Koontz -- *decent* writer, but can't finish a book to save his life).
So who does this leave? Which authors out there will pick up the banner as the fresh, new voice of horror? I'd like your thoughts on this. Don't hit me with names like Anne Rice (cause I don't count vampire romance novels as horror) or Laurell Hamilton (who I like, but even her work isn't so much frightening as it is�superhero-ish). I'm looking for names like Douglas Clegg (who's written a ton of good stuff). Anybody want to offer their opinion?
And please, I'd like to hear some fresh names. If you do decide to post on the topic, don't just let this degenerate into a "Well, I don't think King has lost his edge" debate.

Jannie: <<Speaking of Sharks, Janet Reno is going to run for govenor of Florida>> I've known about that for a while (I watch the McLaughlin Group. I'm not heavy into politics, but I enjoy this show. It's fun just to see Michael Barrone, Lawrence Kudlow, and Tony Blankley [who I've met!] piss off Eleanor Clift, who is still in a deep depression over the fact that she's never screwed Bill Clinton). Who knows, maybe she'll win. A lot of old democrats are pissed at Jeb Bush. Of course, given their track record, the senile old farts will probably mistakenly vote for him come election time.
But seriously, if Jeb really wants to win, he's got to get dirty and mention Reno's illness. Just get up there in front of the Floridians and say, "Hey look at me! Healthy as a horse. Now look at her! Next time you need your laundry done, just throw your clothes into her tub while she's bathing."

Emambu: <<whoever designed your road system was not in the right frame of mind.>> Are you talking about the roads in the actual *city* of D.C. (as opposed to the outer areas)? I could not agree with you more. I HATE driving in the city of D.C. Outside D.C., it gets better, but the road systems there suck. It's like one big giant maze in that some streets are one way, some aren't, and you'll get to a corner where you have to turn left, but it's one way, so you have to go around the block, and�..yeah, it's a mess.

Stephen: I'm NOT going to get you involved in anything.
But it does look to me like you sort of got punked out again for no good reason.

***BRIEF ENTERTAINMENT NEWS***

Well, Hell HATH frozen over. A Preacher film is going to be made.
Garth Ennis has written the screenplay (thank God, no pun intended), and the budget for the film is 22 million dollars). If the Catholics protested Dogma, I can't wait to see what they do with this film. All I can say is, they had better include Arseface, or I may not go see it.
No one has been cast yet. Who is your dream cast for the Preacher flick?

If you want another Indiana Jones flick, you're gonna have to wait a while. A long while. George Lucas has announced that he's so busy with the new Star Wars flicks, he wouldn't be ready to do another Indy flick until at least 2006.
By my calculations, by then Harrison Ford will be 745 years old.
Okay, that was a cheap shot. But he isn't getting any younger, folks.

And just as more proof (as if any was needed) that Hollywood is bankrupt of ideas, the following films are in motion to be made: Willard (a remake), The Hitcher 2 (a sequel to an 80s flick, for God's sake), and Planet of the Apes 2 (my favorite-a sequel to a remake!). Blecch.

****END ENTERTAINMENT INFO***

Oh, and lest I forget: Click on my name. Gasoline, meet fire.

Sevarius Jr. - [sevariusjr@hotmail.com]
Friday, September 7, 2001 10:36:26 PM
IP: 66-44-68-61.s61.tnt8.lnhva.md.dialup.rcn.com

** Niamhgold enters **

Hey, guys! Well, since many requested it, here's the 100 Cartoon Show Countdown, as presented in next month's issue of Wizard!

100: M.A.S.K.; 99: She-Ra; 98: The Yogi Bear Show; 97: Transformers: Beast Wars; 96: Josie and the Pussycats; 95: Silverhawks; 94: Voltron: Defender of the Near Universe; 93: JEM; 92: Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?; 91: Cow and Chicken; 90: Neon Genesis Evangelion; 89: Sailor Moon; 88: Static Shock; 87: Disney's Aladdin; 86: Daria; 85: Inspector Gadget; 84: Spider-Man; 83: Marvel Superheroes; 82: The Woody Woodpecker Show; 81: the Inhumandos; 80: Transformes: Beast Wars; 79: Popeye the Sailor; 78: Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors; 77: Histeria; 76: Invader Zim; 75: Saturday Night Live: TV Funhouse; 74: The Zeta Project; 73: Men in Black: The Series; 72: The Maxx; 71: The Jetsons; 70: Speed Racer; 69: The Bullwinkle Show; 68: Johnny Bravo; 67: Mighty Mouse Playhouse; 66: Aeon Flux; 65: Tiny Toon Adventures; 64: Muppet Babies; 63: Challenge of the Superfriends; 62: Danger Mouse; 61: King of the Hill; 60: Beavis and Butt-Head; 59: Smurfs; 58: TMNT; 57: The Critic; 56: The Flintstones; 55: Darkwing Duck; 54: Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics; 53: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe; 52: Clerks; 51: Thundercats; 50: Dragon Ball Z; 49: X-Men: Evolution; 48: Spawn; 47: Thundarr the Barbarian; 46: Defenders of the Earth; 45: The Herculoids; 44: Freakazoid!; 43: Space Ghost; 42: X-Men; 41: Dungeons and Dragons; 40: Dr. Katz; 39: Scooby-Doo; 38: The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers; 37: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; 36: The Real Ghostbusters; 35: Rugrats; 34: Mobile Suit gundam Wing; 33: Robotech; 32: Family Guy; 31: Star Blazers; 30: Voltron: Defender of the Universe; 29: Gargoyles; 28: Spider-Man: The Animated Series; 27: Futurama; 26: Ducktales; 25: Fantastic Four; 24: Schoolhouse rock; 23: Animaniacs; 22: Peanuts; 21: Superman: The Animated Series; 20: Spongebob Squarepants; 19: Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids; 18: Pinky and the Brain; 17: South Park; 16: The Tick; 15: Tom and Jerry; 14: The Tex Avery Show; 13: Dexter's Laboratory; 12: Ren & Stimpy; 11: Space Ghost Coast to Coast; 10: The Powerpuff Girls; 9: battle of the Planets; 8: Jonny Quest; 7: GI Joe: A Real American Hero; 6: Batman Beyond; 5: Transformers; 4: superman; 3: The Bugs Bunny Show; 2: Batman: The Animated Series; and, number 1: The Simpsons

Phew! Hopefully I don't get warned for taking up so much space ;) In other news...tested out of my Electronic Media and Culture Course with a 90% I'm still reeling at that; half of the questions were about how to troubleshoot on a Mac. Ah, well, I'm not complaining ;) Other than that and network woes, not much going on, so on to replies!!!

Emambu: ** Hugs back ** Hey there again :) <Anyway, in a fit of uncontrollable spastic mirth I jerked my head back and into the corner of my wall mounted book shelf> Ouch ;) I haven't done anything that dumb since...this morning, when my T-Square slid down the stairs, I stepped on it (I couldn't see past the portfolio I was toting) and slipped down the stairs right along with it ;) < Left a nasty gash too, but the hair covers it up> Ouch again! Hope that heals quickly! ;) <It's the hours I hated: 8:00PM to 1:30AM. Grrrr..> Heh, get bitten by a vampire and all your troubles will be solved. <So the newly christened "Mafia Cruiser" waits> Sweet! I wanna ride (in the _car_ ;)). I'd take you for a spin in my Oldsmobile, but only if you don't mind the lack of airconditioning ;) <This is when you should track down a couple techs and start finding other (how shall I put this "more creative") uses for your art tools.> LOL! Hmmm, those ink pen quills ARE rather sharp... ;) Okay, cool! I can do short but concise ;) <Hard work sometimes pays off later but laziness always pays off now.> I am _so_ quoting you on that one ;) <What's your AIM name BTW> I'll email ya with it, k? Eh, naw. And if I am smarter than I give myself credit for, it sure hasn't been helping me any ;) <BTW, good luck with your computer woes and dealing with your campus tech core.> Thank you. I'm wishing you the same with your computer, although you're right--it sounds more like the heat. My computer did that about a year ago, in the fall of last year. It stopped in November ;)

SOROW: Okay, I wish you lots and lots of luck, but I doubt you'll need it! Knock 'em dead ;)

Daddy: Ugh, that does stink. At least your roomie owns up to his laziness, though...and isn't he the one with the car? ;) <His irresponsibility is matched only by my anal retentiveness..> Which reminds me of the question, "Do you best express yourself (a) orally or (b) anally" ;) <Monday is my heck-day. Followed by Friday. Which blows> At least you can walk out of lectures early, though; I envy you for that ;) Thursday nights make up for its hellishness in that I get that cute (though married) teacher ;) <<<off to draw nude models>>: Hope you enjoyed that.> Well, it was the cool guy (Paul?) who uses the hulahoops...but not the model I was hoping for ;) <I'll order my iBook so that it arrives on my birthday. Nothing quite like getting two new computers in the space of a month, is there? > Now all you need is a model in a cake, or Elizabeth Dushku in a box, and your birthday will be complete ;) <Classes today were uneventful, and rather boring considering all I wanted to do was play with my toy.> Ahem? ;) <and rather boring> Ugh, _tell_ me about it. My Modernism teacher (the Ben Stein guy ;)) has this annoying way of asking a question and answering it himself without allowing any classroom interaction. And the lights are always off, and the class is just *slides*. Ugh. But it woke everyone up when he flashed the "Origin of the World" by Courbet slide...if you knew what pic I was talking about, you'd realize why. It's the closest thing to p0rn in art history ;) <I'm thinking of doing a gargs remake of Princess Bride with modern dialogue...the problem is I don't know who should play Wesley...> LOL, I want to see that! (BTW, didn't you have another piece of fiction out there *somewhere*?). As for Wesley: Owen? Of course, you could always resurrect the Magus... Yes, always refreshing. The only other time they really used Owen by himself (and briefly) was what, "Enter Macbeth" and again breifly in "Deadly Force," although in those two he was more of a layman. <<>: I have so many great comments to that...none are CR-appropriate.> Heh. ** cracks the whip** (I couldn't resist ;)). That's what email is for.

Gside: <A compus bus rammed my dorm today. Apparently the brakes gave out> Buses are the least ideal forms of transportation ;) Guess we'll have to guess where all the funding is going, huh? <Wizard> I saw that they included Neon Genesis...a far cry from other shows, but a point in the general direction of anime.

I'm sorry if I missed anyone else, but my roomie has a block of spare dry ice (Omaha Steaks delivery, "do not put in drinks ;)) and I've been playing with freezing grapes and throwing them at the guys down the hall. I'll post again if anything new develops ;)

Adios!

Niamhgold
Friday, September 7, 2001 08:17:50 PM
IP: 206.41.205.100

Crzy > what I'm waiting for is Gathering 2010, when your son Fox and Benny are both hunky young teens and Becca's got to choose between them! Knowing her, though, she'll still be chasing Thom ... ; )

Dubble > Green Mile would be a good one next, and maybe Different Seasons (from which came the movies Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption). Koontz is a great writer, though turning into quite a bit of a "look how NICE I'm writing" showoff in the past several books <g>. As for mine, Silversilk is set 20 years after the events in the MageLore trilogy, in the wake of the terrible war caused by good ol' Solarrin.

Josh > hey, chicks dig bots! Okay, not _many_ of them, probably the same ratio as chicks that dig gamers, but the ones who do are treasures among women! ; ) Besides, I think the perfect mate for T.J. would be one who was fielding her own bot! Technokinesis is the term I came up with to describe T.J.'s odd power ... he can manipulate anything metal, mechanical, or electronic.

Must take Becca to the park before she has a total conniption.
Christine - [christine@sabledrake.com]
Friday, September 7, 2001 07:28:51 PM
IP: 20-163.075.popsite.net

WHEW! Spend a few days trying to get your computer to work and this room racks up! Let me ramble around and mouth-off on a few things...

Madame Destine - It seems that the point of your latest fic was lost on some. (Or the LACK of a point, rather.) Keep on writing about Demona and Andrea. Sure beats the hell out of the SEVERELY overdone "Goliath and Elisa mate and have kids" storylines that plague the archives. Oy.

Christine - I should have given you a mission of LICKING John Rhys-Davies for me. Then you could have licked me... and it would almost have been as if he licked me! (okay... maybe I just want you to lick me... sheesh!) BTW, when I see you online next... I got some bragging to do to make you jealous. (Hint: It involves Keith David)

Becca Morgan - First Grade! Girlie, you rule!

Stephen - I think "The Gift" was the first fic of yours I read. It really made an impression on me. Good stuff. I wish I had more time to continue to read fic. :(

*****

CONFESSION! I feel it's time to admit to you all that I am in love with a man who isn't my husband. Hopefully, Alan will understand.

You see, I met him in 1998. His personality immediately stole my heart. He was just so handsome and such a flirt. After all this time the love affair has grown stronger. His words are so eloquent and sweet. I can no longer deny that I am in love. I recently dropped him a note in e-mail and this was his response.

"I say thank you, Jen. I love you. Thank you for the wonderful message. I love you so much you burn my heart down. I love you and I'll make you a balloon at my house. Love, Benny. And good-bye."
Benny Weisman... you are such a heartbreaker! :) If he is this smooth at the age of four... imagine the broken hearts he will leave in his wake through out his life! Memo to me: Call Benny in 20 years to see if he needs a sugar-momma! ;) Hee hee!
Jennifer "CrzyDemona" Anderson
Friday, September 7, 2001 07:02:41 PM
IP: 1cust51.tnt1.santa-paula.ca.da.uu.net

Guys, I need some information. I need to where the largest possible area of unoccupied space is, preferribly, larger than the size of a super nova star. Why? So I can duplicate the effects of the big bang, with DC trapped in forcefield. I'm just not sure any forcefield I create will be strong enough to withstand the strength of the explosion.

What's the problem? The CD-ROM on my new pc stopped working. DC has a few days to fix it before experiencing the equilivant of the beginning of the universe.

Imzadi - looking forward to hearing the price foir Visual Studio. When you find the enough, email me with the price and street address of where to send the check.

Winterwolf - congrats on becoming an uncle.

**BATTLEBOTS**
1st, TBS or TANN is cloning battlebots. That means there must be at least 200,000 viewers. Ok, I gotta watch the match where Disector lost to Vladiator. I'd say Disector can do anything that Vladiator could do and then some; consequently, I would have expected Vladiator to lose. How tall is BioHazard? Seriously, I wonder if someone couldn't build a shorter battlebot: a battlebot is maybe 1/2 inch taller than 1.5 inch wheels.
**END BATTLEBOTS**
DPH - [dph_of_rules@yahoo.com]
AR, USA
Friday, September 7, 2001 05:44:11 PM
IP: max1-51.cwy.cei.net

Okay,I'm determined to keep doing this posting thing. *L*

Josh: *L* I had a great time, thanks. Wonderfully lazy. <<HAve fun doing that...ugh.>>*groans* I'm REALLY not looking forward to it. HUGE bulk of text...;)

Lain: AWWWW! I caught your post and that bird DOES sound adorable! ^_^ (Adorable? Listen to me..I'm goign american..;))

SOROW: Dance teams? Cool! Best of luck! ^_^

Emambu: <<Hey, good to see you in here *hugs*>> *L* Thanks! *hugs back* <<Ah, now that's the procrastinating Dubble that I remember from the chat forum. ;)>> *lol* I see I'm remembered. ;) Yep, procrastinator extraordinaire! That's me! ;)

Christine: No, I don't like scary stuff but I DID like Stephen King so I figured I'd give it a try. ^_^ What about the Gren Mile? I'm curious about that one since my mother really enjoyed the movie..
Dean Koontz, huh? I think the library actually HAS some of his books. *L* (They had a grand total of 4? anne mccaffrey..;))
You've got another book out? Yipee! :D What's it about? Is it set in the same world as the Magelore series?
Sadly i think I'll have to wait till next gathering to buy a copy...I don't even want to think about shipping anything igger than a card overseas for abit. *L*
Becca's in first grade? Hope she likes it! :)

Winterwolf: Hey, congrats on being an uncle! ^_^

Lady Mystic>: I haven't been round very long so I'm not sure what you caught but I hope you feel better soon! <:)

Stephen: Yeah, I'm SO grateful you and Spike and Mel recommended her! :) *laughs* *dutifully writes that name down* I'll get round to that, oh by next year say? ;)

RAvyn: <<Trip>> *L* Thanks. :) I'll happily IM you sometime if you like. What's your screenname? Mine's Dubbabub.
Glad Coyote found a place! :)

Okay, that's not all I could have said but I'll try keeping the boring y'all to death to a minimum. *gets dragged off by younger siblings to read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*
Dubble - [dubblebubble_13@hotmail.com]
Friday, September 7, 2001 05:40:17 PM
IP: webcacheh04a.cache.pol.co.uk

Ugh, sorry for the double post :(
Niamhgold (ugh)
Friday, September 7, 2001 02:50:07 PM
IP: 206.41.205.203

** Niamhgold enters **

Okay, on the plus side, there's no more lines on the Macs here at the Gatehouse, so I can be on one of these virtually all night ;) But that leads into the bad news...the reason there is no line is because all the other campus rooms, *with the exception of the floor I live on*, have their internet and network connections up and running. I swear, it's karma, although I'm still wondering exactly what it is that I did to p!ss off the great above ;) So, my neighbors and I will just have to finish our drawing homework tonight and hope that things are back together by tomorrow :( I'll do that now, actually, and post/be online later tonight. With, of course, the 100 top cartoon shows of all time (it's not on a site, actually...it's only in the magazine, which is Ocober's issue and won't be out for another week ;)).

Adios for the moment
Niamhgold
Friday, September 7, 2001 02:49:33 PM
IP: 206.41.205.203

At least I did one thing right that I organized my schedule to only have one classon Friday. My second watercolor is more interesting than the puzzle pieces we did, it is a still life, but instead of found objects she she wrapped white cloth and torn white paper over wire sculture. So basically if you stared at the thing long enough you began to see shapes and object in the cloth (IT'S ALIVE!!)
So then we added color to something devoid of it so that was rather interesting, yep, that's the best way to describe it.

Christine- you have a cat named Vader, that is so cool. I have a long haired tabbie called Solo because when he was born my Mom said he was "scruffy looking" My other cats names are KC, Fiesty, and Ugly. Glad you enjoyed Dragon Con.

Emambu- I like the names you gave your cars. I call mine the War Wagon because it has about 175,000 miles and looks like it's been through a war.

Winterwolf- big congrats, be sure they give you a cigar as well.

Lynati- Well is the paper due soon?

Josh- whose responsability is it to remember to pay the land lord? DO you pay individually or together?

"Asps, very dagerous... you go first"
-Sala, Raiders-

later
Revel - [samrx5@cs.com]
denton, tx
Friday, September 7, 2001 02:10:33 PM
IP: acaca720.ipt.aol.com

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Anonymous
Friday, September 7, 2001 01:56:08 PM
IP: acaca720.ipt.aol.com

*In*

Imzadi: I said "her" series. Laurell K. Hamilton has never written anything related to Stars Wars.

Okay, here is a couple questions: a) how did I manage to misplace about seven pages of typed work amid all the back-ups I made, and b) do I try to retype it from the rough draft I have written down, or do I wait until mid-December when I am home and can access the edited version from the computer at home?

*Fades*
Lynati
Friday, September 7, 2001 01:52:34 PM
IP: 205.184.255.150

*Warpmind enters, grinning sadistically toward his link.*
Hi, gang. Remember the little midi I encoded from the sheet music? The melody from FF8? Well, I now give you the mp3 version of the same melody... go ahead, click my name, and wonder how in all entropy I *did* that... }:)

Emambu: I like that song, too. That's why I uploaded it in the first place... :) And thanks for the brief review. Personally, I kinda liked the scene with Goliath and Hudson at the castle. };)

Gside: I don't really need the early warnings. I've got a great setup with my Rogue hireling - I draw the attention and she shoots. I'm VERY well armored, to say the least. ;)

Josh: Funny? FUNNY??? You tell me how funny it is when the vampiric (I hope) vines reach for you... And no, I'm not really particularly interested in more cards... at the moment. And under most circumstances, I'd use dual lands, too, but with this nice, cozy little card called Global Ruin... }:) Not to mention the sweetie called Coalition Victory... }:)

And that's really my post for now. Later on...
Warpmind de InzanE - [warpmind@hotmail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Friday, September 7, 2001 12:11:22 PM
IP: mp-217-243-106.daxnet.no

[Listening to Brian Seltzer's "Jump, Jive & Wail" from DIRTY BOOGIE".]

Greetings all... Finally! My days off, so I can rest (not!)... the A/C malfunctioned last night while I was at work, and the house was hot as h-e-double hockeysticks! Ish! Not a good thing for someone that needs a constant temp to write by...

Anyway, replies!

# # #

MADAME DESTINE - <<Since you'd mentioned in your post the other day that you were "as a writer and reader of erotica," I went to the fic archive to check out some of your work but I couldn't seem to find your name listed in there.>>

Welllll... there's a reason for that. In the past month or so, I got hit with a severe bout of depression...so bad in fact I started removing all of my stories from the Internet, beginning with the Garg-Fans archive.

Fortunately, some close friends rescued me, so I stopped and got myself back together.

However, I still have copies of all of the stories I wrote to Garg-Fans...including the one that would classify as erotica, which happens to be the very first Gargoyles fanfic I ever wrote; "The Gift" - a piece on Goliath and Elisa, and the concequences of giving in to their mutual affection and attraction. If you want to read it, I can send it over via e-mail, if you like?

<<Are you under another author name, or is your work posted somewhere else? Since you critiqued my story as a fellow writer of erotica, I'm just curious to see what kind of stories you've written in the genre.>>

I have written other stories in erotica, however most were done in the early days of my computing experience (back when you could only log on to BBS' and access USNet). Most likely these are lost forever, too... but recently I have written a new story called "Get An Afterlife!", my first attempt at vampire erotica.

TIM P. - This is something I should have considered when I signed up to become a medic in the Navy, so let me tell you this much: If you really want to take reserve status in the Marines, then do so! It's your decision ultimately, and even though your recruiter is going to offer all sorts of arguments and such to make you go full time active, stick to your guns! It wasn't until after I was in for two years that I realized that the Navy wasn't for me, but I had signed on for four years active/four years inactive and it was too late to change my mind then. You still have the choice, so you make it to benifit yourself, okay?

RAYVN - Cool! Glad to hear Don's getting new digs! Let us know more when he's moved in! And thanks for the e-mail! I'll be waiting for the postal one! ^_^

CHRISTINE - Aw, dang it about the workshifts! We lost a few people at our restaraunt, so everyone's feeling a time crunch here. Cool! Becca's in First Grade! Hope she has a great time learning!

Even better to hear that you had a great time at DragonCon! Especially since you got to showcase your work with so many other new authors. Maybe if I can get my act together and get something published, we can both tell people about our experiences at a future convention. ^_^

DUBBLE - Glad you're enjoying McCaffrey! When you get done with all of what you're currently reading, check out "The Helmsman Series" by Bill Baldwin... great space opera! ^_^

EMAMBU - Voice Actor, eh? You must share your experiences, yes? And I'd love to get your view on "Get An Afterlife!" too. Just tell me where to send the beta copy. ^_^

Well, I need to get moving... house to clean, stuff to buy, and a haircut that needs doing.

Maintain and Check Six!

Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Tampa, FL, USA
Friday, September 7, 2001 11:16:39 AM
IP: 65342hfc61.tampabay.rr.com

Wooo! College is keeping me busy, and I still have to buy the rest of my books today. Just thought I'd pop in before I head out to go do that. Had only one class this morning, the model building lab for my Industrial Design class. Yesterday was my busiest day, but it rocked! My Celtic and Nordic Mythology prof. is the coolest! Her name is Asrid and she has a German accent. She was telling us about the ancient Celts and some of their dieties and holidays and stuff, which I already new a lot about. Sounds like that is going to be one of my favorites. Psych was fun too, I found out a few of my friends that live down the hall from me are in there too. And my Early Medieval Art History looks like its going to be really interesting as well. I think the one I'm going to have the most fun with is my metalworking and jewelry design class, I took one last year and made some pretty cool stuff. If you guys have any ideas, I need to have some sketches by monday for some projects and I'm just trying to think of new stuff :-)

That's about it on school news, just looks like this year is going to be a blast and I hope to do as well as last.

Winterwolf: Congrats! The closest thing I've been to was when my boyfriend's older sister had her baby. I was just as excited about it as the rest of them were, and then they ended up giving her the same first name as mine! (not after me exactly, just liked the name I guess ;-) )
New babies are so fun!!

Gside: <<You just need to deliver a pizza to a girl without enough cash.>> LOL!!
<<A compus bus rammed my dorm today. Apparently the brakes gave out.>> Nothing cool like that happens around here!

Firestorm/LM: Turns out I'm going to the Romance Weekend at the Renfest now. I'd like to try and meet up to say hi, but my eleven year old sister will be with us, and I don't think that her seeing me meet people I met online is me being a very good role-model ;-) If you see a short red haired elf in a brown outfit with a walking stick and a tall blond guy in a cloak, thats us though!
And feel better LM! No rush on anything, just take your time and get well first :-)

Gonna head out for now, talk to you all later!
Siofra - [siofra7@hotmail.com]
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Friday, September 7, 2001 10:23:57 AM
IP: bursley-216-244.reshall.umich.edu

Christine > Welcome back. That's cool news about the lost cat coming back.

Josh > You're just going to have to read the next story and find out. ;) Also... since when did my stories ever say that Demona had permanently switched teams? Just because at the moment she's batting left-handed - if you know what I mean - doesn't mean anything. ;)

(Sorry - I've been watching a bit too much "Who's Line is it Anyway?")

Stephen > Since you'd mentioned in your post the other day that you were "as a writer and reader of erotica," I went to the fic archive to check out some of your work but I couldn't seem to find your name listed in there. Are you under another author name, or is your work posted somewhere else? Since you critiqued my story as a fellow writer of erotica, I'm just curious to see what kind of stories you've written in the genre.

:: looks at the time ::

Eep. Gotta run!
Madame Destine - [m_destine@hotmail.com]
Friday, September 7, 2001 07:19:15 AM
IP: ac8a8908.ipt.aol.com

::lugging the "Elementary Linear Algebra" book::

Hi guys and gals.

Nothing doing today. Finished setting up my laptop to ship to mom, walked out of Math lecture early...and that's it.

Minor bummer: I forgot to send in my rent check, so I owe an extra $20. Of course, my roommate got the message from the landlady today...and neglected to give it to me until after I'd written the first check...scrap. His irresponsibility is matched only by my anal retentiveness...we make such perfect roommates...

Exciting, huh?

Madame Destine: <<there are definitely some "twists" to it>>: You mean knots, right? As in the tying-up kind? <<sounds like something from the "scenes we'll never see on 'This Old House'" file>>: Or something Lex will say in one of your future fics 8-)

Niamhgold: <<I'm between classes on my heck-day>>: Monday is my heck-day. Followed by Friday. Which blows. <<sitting at number 29 (and ranked above Ghostbusters, Rugrats (take that, Klasky-Csupo! ;)), and Daria) is Gargoyles>>: I want to know what cartoons got higher? <<stone fixtures>>: Such a great description of them! <<Simpsons pulled off first place>>: What'd South Park get? How about Dexter's Lab? Powerpuff Girls? Critic? Family Guy? Duckman!? <<if I followed that line of thinking all the time, I'd have much more luck in _a lot_ of things>>: You and me both. <<off to draw nude models>>: Hope you enjoyed that.

DPH: <<What are your plans to prevent economic downturns, recessions, and depressions>>: Increased government works programs, mass beheadings. As for depression, I recommend Prozac. <<Apparantly, the economic downturn has resulted in the depletion of savings for those in charge of destroying the world>>: Not all of them... <<Think about the publicity the TGS staff and this CR might receive>>: This is battlebots we're talking about, not pro wrestling. There aren't enough fans watching battlebots to jump start anything.

Baldy: <<so much for trying to mix a better fertilizer for mom's houseplants>>: Very funny. <<Strikes out three pages of the proposed gift-list>>: He didn't say anything about hot naked models though! <<does that mean you have no egrets>>: That was terrible. <<How 'bout Azaheghrah>>: I like Joshua better. <>: Would you be interested in a metric assload of magic cards? I probably have a few thousand, many rares and uncommons...nearly complete sets of 4th and Chronicles...and a complete set of revised (which isn't for sale) <>: Dual lands are my friends...

Sorow: <>: Amazing what a total lack of parental supervision can do for you, isn't it? <>: Um...you are IN shape, dear. <>: I'm quivering in fear that one day I'll be an uncle. But that's not nearly as scary as my brother becoming an uncle...

Emambu: <<There's too much red in this room>>: Bite me! You wish you could post as often as us ;-) <<have you ever done something so stupid that it leaves you wondering how you're able to sleep at night without forgetting to breathe>>: Only every day. <<It isn't perfect, but then I haven't been to a forum that was>>: Probably because they don't exist. <>: Been there, done that. Just this past summer, in fact. <<The trunk holds three bodies snugly, and it even came with a billy club>>: Awesome! I'm sure I'll see the inside of it when you decide to give me cement boots and throw me off a bridge. <<Josh is right>>: Was there ever a doubt? <<We're not going to come after you with pitchforks because you don't feel good>>: We're not!? Awww, shucks. Mine's all ready to go! <<Beneath this choir boy, dean's list facade lurks a mind that you do not want to unearth, ever>>: Except for the choir boy thing...I said the same to my parents and they didn't believe me. <>: But can it make criss-cut fries? <<I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before this room EVER becomes realistic and sane>>: Fortunately, that will never happen. <<thus making my computer surf and download at slower speeds>>: Are you telling me you can't spare 5MB of RAM? <<That gives you a -what- one in ten shot? That's about equal footing with us CS majors>>: Um actually its gonna be TWICE the chance of a CS major (for a normal engineer). But Gside is an ECE, so he actually is on equal footing with CS majors. <<get put on hold by Verizon for 53 minutes only to have the guy on the other end begin by asking me how my day is>>: The guy at Apple said that when my video card fried. "How do you think my day is!? I have to call YOU!" <<You had underwear? Lucky>>: I only go without at Gathering. <<That's a mistake you only make once let me tell you>>: I ALWAYS buy the extended warranty. <<What about Demona with a girl and a guy at once? Could you handle that>>: As long as you're not trying to convince me she's a lesbian. <<Rephrase the statment then: your computer IS a rock>>: Doorstop, actually. <<Post it in the Adult CR>>: I don't have time for that. <<"more creative") uses for your art tools>>: I don't think techs get off with art tools... <>: Believe me, she is. There aren't many people who aren't engineers that I think could be...but she could be. <<oh mighty princess of PR, o holy Queen of Typos>>: That's gonna stop. Soon. <<Heh... sounds like my brother>>: Sounds like EVERYONE's brother. <<When has that ever stopped you before>>: I'm quite certain he's actually posted such things. <<I'm sure God would have pardoned you>>: Yes, I would have. <<whoever designed your road system was not in the right frame of mind>>: Ever been to Berkeley? The city planners specifically designed the city to be unfriendly to cars so that more people would walk, bike, and bus. <<just WHERE am I supposed to get fake black bile to throw up>>: If you were really an engineer, you'd make some. <<Must... refrain form making... wiseass... statement>>: Said statement has already been made...by yours truly. <<Fleur + Boredom = Sadistic planning. *backs away slowly*>>: Good thing she's FAR away. <<Anything to get rid of the taste>>: He'll recover. Quickly. <<Easier said than done, especially in my case>>: Join the club, dude. <<My roomie last year disappeared for a three month period>>: Sweet! If my roommate wasn't my best friend...I'd wish for something similar. <<You'll be keeping more than just Imzadi happy with that I'm thinking>>: And everyone will be so happy they won't notice me taking over the world. <<I'm sure that the Potato Gun, with a little modification, could fire explosive rounds>>: You'll need something to make a seal around the explosive. <<What are your screen names>>: Oakleyposterboy. <<Absence makes the heart grow fonder>>: Or bitter. <>: Or make sure she never goes to sleep again ;-) <<this post is way too long as is>>: There is no such thing. <<please be careful when you do that>>: as long as we see the table-dancing pictures, SJ and I won't complain too much.

Lynati: <<as soon as any true fan sees them out of chronology, they will instantly fix it themselves>>: That's BS. I have NEVER seen the Star Wars books in order at a bookstore...and I NEVER rearrange them. Some of us have better things to do with our time.

Christine: <<there's lots of hissing going on>>: I've got two cats at home, one that thinks he's the boss and the other that thinks HE'S the boss. Plenty of hissing there too. <<technokenesis>>: I'm sorry...what the hell is that? <<and maybe finally meets a romantic interest>>: You do realize that by building a battlebot he ensures that no girl will EVER take an interest in him.

Ravyn: Thanks with the Calc help! I hate having to look that stuff up...it was only a year ago I was toying with it. <<I've got a Vector Calculus exam in the morning!>>: This excites you? <<COYOTE FINALLY FOUND A PLACE>>: He'll be moving out of the cardboard box, then? <<Bet y'all will be happy to have one moping Coyote-withdrawl-suffering Ravyn off your hands>>: Will you start posting about something besides him? <<I've gotta try to study...but I'm SOOOO happy>>: Ooh. Bad combo.

Winterwolf: <<I'm an uncle>>: Congrats! <>: Is it boredom or some other force that drives you to do this? <<Dreamie wants everyone to know we'll be posting a bigger post tomorrow>>: I'm gripping the edge of my seat.

Gside: <<A compus bus rammed my dorm today. Apparently the brakes gave out>>: How did it get past the campus security check in? <<One's a layout file, the other's straight up image?>>: Actually, for the most part a PDF is an image too. In fact, all of my graphics apps can view them. <<if you lift 16 tons, you get a day older and deeper in debt>>: St. Peter called me the other day, but I couldn't go. <<I'd say crackers. They're probably less annoying>>: And probably far more skilled. <<It's that kind of website>>: Shut up before he changes his mind! <<Judging from creative violence alone, I'd vote Wilek and Fire Storm>>: Yes, but if bots on the show are gonna duke it out, they oughta be some of the more famous fighting pairs. <<it's almost the same concept as watching sweedish twins mud wrestle. Which one will come out on top?>>: I won't mud wrestle anyone who isn't a beautiful female. <<<all Dylan songs sound good when he isn't doing them>>: And ONLY when he isn't singing them. <<You just need to deliver a pizza to a girl without enough cash>>: Sounds like a "job" for Pistoff. <<if Xanatos is Westly>>: who else can say "Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has."? <<who would be Humperdink>>: Ideas? <<doesn't someone have to die>>: Maybe the nanny? <<You're taking advice from me? In this area?>>: I'm taking it, just not using it. <<Just you try it>>: For the safety of the world, I probably wil. <<Not if you take money out of accounts they hold>>: But they sure know what to do with your interest rates. <<And my engineering is compounded with my CShood. Making it one in 100?>>: If that high.

Almost forgot to post before I went to sleep.

It's below absolute zero, but the Microsoft software still isn't solid
-Dav Holle
Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [@kicktothenuts.com]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Friday, September 7, 2001 03:35:07 AM
IP: adsl-64-161-25-14.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net

News from Rutgers: A compus bus rammed my dorm today. Apparently the brakes gave out.

Lynati> <>: How? One's a layout file, the other's straight up image?
<<Ya work 16 hours and whattya get?>>: I don't know, but if you lift 16 tons, you get a day older and deeper in debt.

Fire Storm> <<We need script kiddies>>: I'd say crackers. They're probably less annoying.
<<Hopefully there will be pictures of her in the outfit on our website soon>>: It's that kind of website?
<<And that one ep of Ranma>>: I'm pretty sure Ranma never did that.
<<The second made me say WTF?>>: Share and enjoy is the motto of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, which made the drinks machine (whatever it was called) on the Heart of Gold.
<<How about Lola?>>: Sorry, what?
<<She is way too gentle to pull that off>>: Perhaps. What's her favorite Secret of Mana weapon?

Imzadi> <<they should be named "Doug" and "Pistoff" or "Crzy" and "SJ">>: Judging from creative violence alone, I'd vote Wilek and Fire Storm.
<<SJ and I don't fight nearly as much as we agree on everything>>: But it's almost the same concept as watching sweedish twins mud wrestle. Which one will come out on top?
<<There's other ways to be original than just lyrics>>: Probably the same logic behind why all Dylan songs sound good when he isn't doing them.
<<Is that all?>>: Of course not. But it's enough of a start.
<<Is that all?>>: With any luck. More of it for everyone else, and I need all the help I can get.
<<aren't those the same thing?>>: According to porn, no. You don't need an emotional epiphany. You just need to deliver a pizza to a girl without enough cash.
<<Don't feed birds bread>>: Shouldn't the yeast be dead?
<<Goliath just isn't convincing as a slick, swift Dread Pirate>>: But if Xanatos is Westly, who would be Humperdink?
<<That's just sick>>: It wasn't the first time I said it?
<<Threesome fantasies>>: But doesn't someone have to die? I'm sure not all hermaphrodites are necrophilliacs.
<<Thank you. That will no doubt help>>: You're taking advice from me? In this area?
<<guess we better keep you clothed for the rest of your life then>>: Just you try it.
<<Bankers just love hearing that>>: Not if you take money out of accounts they hold.
<<I'm sure everyone in here appreciates it tremendously>>: Hear hear.

Mme. Destine> <<Hey, Norm, are you okay?>>: A decorating store wouldn't do it for norm. Maybe a milling facility.

Niamhgold> <<Wizard ranked the top 100 cartoon shows of all time>>: Was it only domestic shows, or did it also cover foreign?

Warpmind> <<No summons>>: Oh well. They can act like early warnings. And I do like my current set of antlers with +3 wolves.

Emambu> <<Pitt decided to be clever this year and introduce us to the EnterNet system>>: And here I was annoyed with a 240 meg limit.
<<Are those the ones that featured naked skyscraper bungee jumping?>>: Not that I know of. It involves rival ninja clans and a pact with demons.
<<You planning on waiting several thousand years to watch it happen?>>: No. Just saying that similar things have happened.
<<That's about equal footing with us CS majors>>: And my engineering is compounded with my CShood. Making it one in 100?
<<just WHERE am I supposed to get fake black bile to throw up>>: The bio department.
<<Gehenna>>: VoS: Visions of?
<<MIA>>: Skippy too, for a good while now.

Christine> <<all else in line had Indiana Jones and Sliders stuff>>: No one had a Hildebrand bros calendar page?
<<each is upset at at least one of the other two>>: Rock paper scissors situation, or do two of them gang up on the other?

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Piscatway, NJ
Friday, September 7, 2001 12:56:41 AM
IP: wc02-hill012-hill.rutgers.edu

Hi guys. I'm sorry AGAIN that I hane not posted in here for quite a while. I have been preoccupied since school started up again.

Last Friday I passed my physical at MEPS but I still have to weigh in there on Monday. And I'm stressed out as hell.

On my forms for the physical, the status that checked out was "Active." But for the last couple of weeks I've been rethinking things. I still want to be a Marine, but I don't think I want to be on active duty. It's not the training or the kind of work I'm worried about. It's the lifestyle. I enjoy having my own room and computer among other things. While I would be able to put up with the communal lifestyle during training or during deployments, I do value my privacy. I have also finally found a niche here at Wayne State and would like to continue my education here.

While I have not been assigned a billet yet, I'm concerned that my recruiters are expecting me to go active. There are relatively few Marine reservists and the recruiters tend to push people into going active. And people going for active duty get in earlier than reservists. I'm hoping that I can get into the Reserve Infantry unit in Des Moines, Iowa.

I'll be Back.
Tim Phipps
Friday, September 7, 2001 12:11:22 AM
IP: wsc0083.wsc.edu

Winterwolf> Congrats! I can't wait til I'm an aunt, but I don't think that's ever going to happen. Hi Dreamie!
SOROW - [allison.abadie@mail.utexas.edu]
Friday, September 7, 2001 12:03:43 AM
IP: resnet-38-151.dorm.utexas.edu

**Winterwolf and Dreamie enter the CR while snuggling**

WINTERWOLF BIG NEWS! I'm an uncle. My sister gave birth at 4:45PM ET today to Mathew John. He weighs in at 6 pounds and is really cute. I was visiting until 9PM before I had to leave. My sister is doing fine and in a day or two the happy family should be home.

In other news work is slowing to a more reasonable pace now. I'm starting to wonder if I'm a workaholic because when I've finished everything at about 5PM I find myself looking for more to work on.

It has been over a week since the last post? I'll just say you know you feel like you haven't posted in ages when Emambu declares you MIA. Love ya Emambu! ;P

Hopefully these replies aren't too dated. ;)

Caliope> **HUGZ** I missed you. Are you taking anymore Japanese classes or was that just a one time deal? How do you feel after taking one class so far?

Rayvn> Hope you get Coyote back soon. Shortages of the one true love are excessively taxing. :(

Dreamie wants everyone to know we'll be posting a bigger post tomorrow. Stay tuned.

Posting with the picture Silhouette. We seem to have been short one picture last time.

Good night everybody!

**Winterwolf sweeps Dreamie off her feet and carries her away**

Dreamie and Winterwolf
Thursday, September 6, 2001 11:13:00 PM
IP: pool-141-155-116-95.ny5030.east.verizon.net

**Ravyn comes in happy-dancing** WOO-HOO!!!!!!

I've got a Vector Calculus exam in the morning!!! But no, that's not why I'm so happy...

...I'm so happy because COYOTE FINALLY FOUND A PLACE!!!! Yay!!!! So hopefully he should be back online next week...**crosses fingers**

Bet y'all will be happy to have one moping Coyote-withdrawl-suffering Ravyn off your hands. ;)

Well, I've gotta try to study...but I'm SOOOO happy!!! **giggles and skips out** :)
Ravyn
Thursday, September 6, 2001 11:07:03 PM
IP: manzy-mo-1-226.rescomp.arizona.edu

Hi, all!

Got back from DragonCon on Monday, but what with the first day of school (Becca's in first grade now!) and being scheduled for ten night shifts in a row because Julie quit, and catching up with sleep, I haven't had much of a chance to be even near the computer. This is the first time I've had a spare, waking moment. Gosh, but I wish they'd give us 'net access at work!

Anyway, DragonCon was fantastic. No complaints. Masses of people, tons of great panels, I met many new authors and all of them were nice. Traveled clear across the country to see James Doohan, who lives in Seattle. Ran into a guy who also has a short story in the zombie anthology. And to really drive home the small world thing, there I was on the last day, in the dealer's room, and what to my wondering eyes should appear but Heather, from our own fandom. She and I squealed and hugged and generally carried on. She said Siryn was there but I didn't see her. Ah, well.

I got John Rhys-Davies to sign a Macbeth card, when all else in line had Indiana Jones and Sliders stuff; he was surprised and delighted and remarked on what a great show it had been. Also got my copy of Cycle of the Werewolf signed by Bernie Wrightson, and my copy of The Book of the Dead II signed by both Craig Spector and Tom Savini. And I didn't have to pay money for any of those, huzzah!

Bought a Dork Tower shirt, a stuffed Cthulhu that is just adorable, a new battlemat and pens, a Miskatonic U. coffee cup for Tim, a toy Vulpix for Becca. Saw previews for Enterprise and LOTR, both of which look wonderful. Took snapshots of many celebs, and will post them once I finish the roll of film and get them back.

And I even sold a few books. Whee!

In other, astonishing news -- about six weeks ago, Becca's cat Darth got out and we were sure she was dead and gone. Not a streetwise feline. We got Ichabod shortly thereafter. And lo, last night as I stepped outside to go to work, there was Darth on the porch. Unbelievable. So now we have three cats, and each is upset at at least one of the other two, so there's lots of hissing going on.

Battlebots > I was dismayed to see my other favorite, Diesector (after Deadblow in my personal bot pantheon) get taken out. But at least he lost to Vladiator, who went on to take the nut. I love this show. It's too fun. One of these days, I intend to write a fanfic in which T.J. Lawton, who has the entire Cyberbiotics corporation at his disposal not to mention an edge with his technokinesis, enters some bots and maybe finally meets a romantic interest. He's such a weird character, especially for me. Makes for a challenge.

Dubble > I'd gladly recommend more Stephen King, but as memory serves, didn't you not like scary stuff? I suppose you could try the Dark Tower books, though of everything he's written, those are my least favorites. I personally adore IT, THE STAND, NEEDFUL THINGS, ooh, and just about all the others. For a great author who's not too gory or scary, you could try some Dean Koontz. His books are always shelved in the horror section but he protests, says that really only a couple of them truly qualify. Start with LIGHTNING or STRANGERS; they are on my top ten books I'd take if I was going to be stranded on the proverbial desert island. And hey, as long as you're in the market for some books, let me not fail to mention the latest Christine Morgan effort, Silversilk, available now for your reading pleasure ; )

Christine - [christine@sabledrake.com]
Thursday, September 6, 2001 10:51:13 PM
IP: 18-094.075.popsite.net

*In*

Hey, lain, did you get them? I emailed them to you earlier.

Emambu: Nooo! you HAVE to read them in order; they ALL build on each other. the Itzpapolotl book is simply the most recent of that series. The first one is "guilty Pleasures", named for the vampire strip club in it.
...And yeah, she *does* have a pretty big female fan following; that is what happens when a good writer makes her lead character a strong female role model. Not that she doesn't have a large male following, too.
(oh, and I have a theory why the book stores never bother to put her series in order- they know that as soon as any true fan sees them out of chronology, they will instantly fix it themselves. I know for a fact that I am not the only one.)

*poofs out*
Lynati
Thursday, September 6, 2001 06:26:26 PM
IP: 205.184.191.37

*sheepish grin* Almost forget...

SOROW: Good luck! Hope you get into one that you want. <<And I got really drunk last week too...yes, little miss innocent here got drunk>> It begins. :) Seriously though, please be careful when you do that. Nobody here wants you to get hurt.

---Emambu
Emambu - [erikmambu@hotmail.com]
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Thursday, September 6, 2001 06:10:56 PM
IP: dorms-pppoe-1-68-226.pittsburgh.resnet.pitt.edu

"The tree in winter is like
The lines upon my father's face
Or like the paths I tried to take
When I was young searching
For one clear way to understanding.
In every branch I found
A smaller branch leading me
Toward many ends and many sorrows.
Too fragile to bear my weight
All my branches broke
And I fell to the Earth confused.
I saw the tree in winter
Reaching toward the sky
With bare branches tangled
Like so many paths and yet
Each path had a purpose
Leading back to the roots of the tree." --Nancy Wood

*Emambu enters holding a paper towel against his head and sits down in his favorite chair. He looks at SJ, Josh, and Lain's posts* There's too much red in this room. Well, I'll fix that! :)

BTW, have you ever done something so stupid that it leaves you wondering how you're able to sleep at night without forgetting to breathe? I was watching an old MST episode and naturally was laughing my ass off because I hadn't seen that particular ep. in awhile. Anyway, in a fit of uncontrollable spastic mirth I jerked my head back and into the corner of my wall mounted book shelf. Left a nasty gash too, but the hair covers it up. Plus the bleeding stopped recently and I managed to finish watching the episode without killing myself. *chuckles and puts makes an L symbol on his forehead before tossing the paper towel into the trash*

Anyway, some of you will probably tell by the length of this post that I am still trying to get back to regular posting in the CR. Despite the flame wars and moments of utter overall ineptness, I do miss this board. It's an escape for me when reality decides to step in and play too large a role. Just like my reading, writing, and reviewing, this forum provides a necessity. It isn't perfect, but then I haven't been to a forum that was. Besides, sometimes the conflict can be intelligent and create a flavor. I miss that. And I miss the people in here that I can consider friends. So that's all I've got to say about that. This month will be interesting, and I'm hoping that I can still stay to my once/twice a week posting that I used to do for several months.

Network card troubles aside (though I think I got most of bugs worked out), the last few months was boring routine mixed with occasional random event. For example, I don't recommend working 70-hour weeks to anyone, especially if you're not getting overtime pay. How does that work you ask? Easy, work two jobs but not more than 40 hours a week per job. One job was working for my father, doing pretty much everything that one can possibly do when setting up a new office. I ran electrical wires, did carpentry, painting, furniture moving, setting up his network, and then spending the rest of summer troubleshooting and teaching. Basically, he's using this new on-line style of tracking and billing (a program called AthenaNet), and he's the first doctor in the state of PA to use it, so guess who had to learn it first? *grins* Ah well... it's a sweet system. I never realized before this summer that physician's really get screwed over when it comes to receiving money, between personal management and their own system of CPT procedures and ICD9 diagnostic codes. It's a real tangle, but AthenaNet helps clean up the mess somewhat. The second job was simple computer maintenance and repair. After my computer blew up in April, I realized that I didn't know nearly enough about computer hardware as I should. So that job helped. It's the hours I hated: 8:00PM to 1:30AM. Grrrr...

One the plus side though, I have a new car. I remember several of you expressing condolences when the "Ghetto Sled," my 89 Dodge Diplomat ex-cop car, died. Well, I gave it its Viking pyre (meaning the fire department practiced on it, I got to watch) after using the potato gun on it as a practice test. Put a nice sized hole in its side. ;) Anyway, not a few days later I found out that my Great Aunt wanted to give away (not sell, give away) an 89 (not 88 as I previously thought) Lincoln Towncar that once belonged to my Great uncle Ed. He had a heart attack while driving in the car and died a little over a year ago, so my Great Aunt saw no reason to have it around anymore. Last time I posted I said that I was working on getting the car. Not long after, I got the car. :) So now I have an 89 Lincoln Towncar, jet black exterior, maroon interior. The trunk holds three bodies snugly, and it even came with a billy club (Great Uncle Ed never was one to take chances) if I ever need it. It is the ultimate mafia car, perfect for me because I'm mostly Italian. :) So the newly christened "Mafia Cruiser" waits for the summer when I get to take her for a nice, long ride, maybe even all the way down to Virginia Beach.

Enough babbling from me:

Lady Mystic: <<I've been feeling "weirder" as the night progresses>> Look at the world today and tell me the pleasures of normality. <> I hope not either. Keep resting up. <<So anyway, I wanted to tackle the material and feedback concerning the Members section, but I think I should wait until I feel a bit better>> Josh is right, you take this job way too seriously. :) We're not going to come after you with pitchforks because you don't feel good. Honestly, your health is more important. <> You're making me feel guilty. ;)

Wilek: <<You have potential>> You're damn right I do. Beneath this choir boy, dean's list facade lurks a mind that you do not want to unearth, ever. <<You own a cheese grater, I trust?>> *grins* I'm Italian, what do you think? It's sweet, and it's adjustable too. I can slice something the width of arm hair, whole finger digits, and everything in between. <<Bob is cool, but Jay just...touches a nerve somewhere.>> Isn't that the point to Jay's character? <> Call me old fashioned but I never could say no to a good taffy pull. You can be sure DC will experience one when my network troubles are fixed 100%. <<In fact, since appropriating and adapting D'Ni linking technology, creating and traveling to new universes is as easy as stepping into a holodeck and describing them>> Yeah, but are you simply appropriating them, or are you actually writing new ages? Plus, you may want regulations on who travels where. I wouldn't want to see another Narayan resulting from the misuse of understanding that an age requires a balance of life in order to thrive. <<Some days, the place is almost...<gasp> realistic!>> I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before this room EVER becomes realistic and sane.

Gside: <<Welcome back Emambu.>> Maybe I'll be able to stick around this time too... <<Well, here I am at Rutgers, ethernet up and all that. Joy.> I wish I could share that joy. Unfortunately, Pitt decided to be clever this year and introduce us to the EnterNet system. We need it to connect to their server and the program does nothing but use 5mb of RAM, thus making my computer surf and download at slower speeds than last year. Grrr... mumble, mumble. <<It's called La Blue Girl, and the sequel La Blue Lady. Perhaps the premier tentacle hentai.>> Are those the ones that featured naked skyscraper bungee jumping? <<How does water wear down rocks?>> You planning on waiting several thousand years to watch it happen? <<Which reminds me, what kind of Freudian complex do hermaprhodites have?>> The best kind? <<True, but you forget that I am an engineer.>> So? That gives you a -what- one in ten shot? That's about equal footing with us CS majors.

Josh: <> natch. <<maybe a 5-minute wait>> Pffft... get put on hold by Verizon for 53 minutes only to have the guy on the other end begin by asking me how my day is. THIS after getting disconnected twice prior while on hold. I had to physically grab my throat for a second to keep my first thought from being uttered aloud. <<"You're pretty much done my job for me", he said>> That's when you should say something like, "sad isn't it?" hang up, and then call the company demanding your time back. <<Dell doesn't handle ANYTHING after 30 days>> Technically they do, but you have to practically have to beg them for an extension. <<Try running around school in your underwear.>> You had underwear? Lucky. <> I don't have much fur to fling, but I know that a certain Pitt Tech Support guy's vital organs are going to fly if I ever get my hands on him. <<Don't say that! That will be a very time-consuming (though no more costly) repair! I'm gonna pray for you to be wrong in this case.>> Me too because I had to spend $400 to upgrade/fix everything that was wrong. <<And there was no warranty, either, I'd imagine.>> *grins* You read me like a book. That's a mistake you only make once let me tell you. <<Awesome. Welcome to our world of toys.>> I want a refund. <<I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't tolerate any more stories about Demona being a lesbian.>> Read my story then. I know, that was shameless. <<My fragile fantasies just can't handle it ;-)>> What about Demona with a girl and a guy at once? Could you handle that? <<My computer rocks...except its broken ;-)>> Rephrase the statment then: your computer IS a rock. <<I'm thinking of doing a gargs remake of Princess Bride with modern dialogue...the problem is I don't know who should play Wesley>> Didn't Acyn do something like that already? <<seeing as this is, ya know, a GARGOYLES comment room>> It can be hard to tell sometimes... <<Technically, isn't THIS Xanatos' first stab at "cliched villany"?>> Nah, more like Coyote's first stab at cliched villainy. <> Post it in the Adult CR! <<YES! That movie rocked.>> *nods* "Some motherf**ker's always trying to iceskate uphill." <<SJ and I don't fight nearly as much as we agree on everything.>> Especially when you're one and the same person.

Niamhgold: <<Hey, there, compadre! ;)>> Hey there, yourself! How's it been? *hugs* <<Plus, there are days when I reboot my computer and it won't detect my proxy settings; then other days it _will_. D@mn finicky things ;)>> This is when you should track down a couple techs and start finding other (how shall I put this "more creative") uses for your art tools. <<But I'm not a comp. sci major, I just animate with them, so I could be wrong.>> Just before the motherboard blew on my last computer, I experienced random lock-ups. Fortunately though, I think this time the problem is heat and not a faulty board. <<Heh, if it's posted, I'm there ;) I might be slow on the feedback phase do to this formal analysis, but we'll see :)>> I'm not asking for the essay-length reviews like I sometimes do. I was thinking just a couple sentences about what people thought about the story, what they liked, what they think could be improved upon, etc. Still, I thank you for taking the time. Any feedback is better than no feedback. <<it's going to put a very big dent in my procrastination expertise>> Hard work sometimes pays off later but laziness always pays off now. <<But if I can snag one of these for any given amount of time, I will be able to get on AIM tonight.>> Good luck. What's your AIM name BTW? My old username was destroyed so I'm rebuilding my list. ;) <<it's scary to think that people at this school are so technologically inept that _I'm_ helping _them_!>> I have a feeling you're smarter than you give yourself credit for. <<Government conspiracies rock ;)>> Unless you're the target of their plot. BTW, good luck with your computer woes and dealing with your campus tech core. I hope you're able to end the situation as quickly and efficiently (but not necessarily painlessly, at least not the tech's part) as possible. :) <<100 cartoon shows of all time>> Sorta, kinda makes you wonder why it was cancelled in the first place. I mean, I know that it's one source, but Wizard's not the only site to give Gargoyles high marks like that. <<Simpsons pulled off first place, but by no means am I disappointed ;)>> Me neither. :) Say, could you provide a site link? I'd like to see what fell where.

Lynati: Congratulations again on your new computer! <<Methinks we're gping to have to push back the firing date.>> Any luck on getting that date pushed back? <<oh, that's okay. I've discovered that Emambu has at least as much stamina as you.>> You have NO idea how much I can take. Remember, I've gotten the "head exploding" line too. ;) <<we had to stop talking fic by 1:30 am>> And it was 2:30 where I was... BTW, does Laurell K. Hamilton have some kind of female cult following? I was in Barns and Noble the other day, looking for a fiction anthology necessary for a class. I made a passing reference to the saleswoman helping me that I was also into Sci-fi and fantasy, and that a friend recommended Laurell K. Hamilton. Well, her eyes lit up and she went on this whole speech about how cool this author is. She was practically shoving the books in my arms. The only reason I didn't buy any was that I only had enough money for the anthology. But she said I should start reading all of them except "Obsidian Butterfly" because that one is supposedly built upon previous works. *shrugs* I'll guess I'll be reading her stories sooner than I had thought. :)

Dubble: Hey, good to see you in here *hugs* <<Cuz I'm too lazy to catch up on this week right now. ;)>> Ah, now that's the procrastinating Dubble that I remember from the chat forum. ;)

Caliope: <<*HUGZ* How've ya been!? ^_^>> *Returns Hugs and gives her a tired smile* I've been busy, very, very busy. But hopefully that has ended even if I'm now back in school. But how have YOU been doing, oh mighty princess of PR, o holy Queen of Typos? Haven't heard from you in a good while. <<Puerto Rico! Isla del encanto y mar enamorado! :P>> Muhahaha!! That sounds like something out of those travel brochures. Costa Rica's the best. Un frase lea, "El pais con mas estabilidad economica que todos los otros paises de CentroAmerica." ;) Now THERE'S something you want to put in your list of attractions.

Spacebabie: <> Heh... sounds like my brother. <<My Dad went to the doctor yesterday and recieved a shot of estrogen.>> How is he doing? <<I'm glad Angel won, I liked him>> Yes! Someone else who was rooting for Angel. ;)

Lain: <<im outlining how nikumi, amanda and ri-yn escaped from pond for emambu..>> And a good job you did too. Nicely detailed though you can be sure I'll find more questions. ;) <<hey y'all.. (see? im practicing for christmas... ; ))>> Can you make Moonshine in your backyard? That'll really give you a leg up when you visit. :) <<no no, not THAT kind of baby..>> ouch, poor Gunjack. He's taking all sorts of abuse. Bad enough he gets blamed for everything around here. ;) <<my friend kevin calls it 'herbert'>> *rolls eyes* Herbert the Heron?

SJ: Welcome back! <<hell actually isn't in Detroit. It's in Augusta, Georgia.>> I think Centralia, PA should also get a nod in hell's general direction. <<if I went in depth I'd wind up with a huge, Traveler-sized post of nothing but bitching and moaning.>> When has that ever stopped you before? <<So, in summary, I've had a rather horrible last couple of weeks>> Sure sounds like it. Just out of curiosity, did anyone call you a "yankee" while you were down there? <<"Young man slaughters entire population of a southern city">> I'm sure God would have pardoned you. <<But I'm back home, now, in D.C.,>> Home of intense, political backstabbers and crack-whores. Sorry, I've been to D.C. about half a dozen times, and every time was a bad experience. That, and whoever designed your road system was not in the right frame of mind. <<Pardon me, but I thought this was a PG-rated webzine.>> I think the last issue has it teetering between PG-13 and R right now. <<Probably because I don't like environmentalists>> Yeah? Well, we don't like you! So there! ;) <<the odds of you getting bit by a shark are much less than the odds of you getting struck by lightning while masturbating to a Judas Priest record.>> Guess I better wait till next summer to go in the water then. <<If someone asks you to do it for them, fake having ebola>> And just WHERE am I supposed to get fake black bile to throw up? <> Must... refrain form making... wiseass... statement. <<Does EVERY movie that was moderately successful get a sequel?>> *nods* I'm really getting sick of that too. It's like whatever little originality Hollywood had got flushed down the drain to rot in the sewers. <<Give me Bruce Banner getting bombarded with gamma rays, or I won't be happy.>> *pounds table* Here here! <<I'm happy that the TMNT is experiencing a revival>> If this does well, and I hope it does, maybe a Gargoyles revival within a few years wouldn't be out of the question. TMNT was a show that I used to watch too, at least until the 3rd season when it started getting weird. Campy and repetitive, it was nonetheless fun. ;)

Fleur: <<You know, chicken pox is possibly the most revolting disease you can get that doesn't have a 100% fatality rate.>> I'll bet I could refute that claim by naming a couple STD's. :) But you're right, Chicken Pox sucks. I hope you get better soon. <<then there's the revolting _looking_ spots>> It's like being a teenager all over again. <> I'll say! Fleur + Boredom = Sadistic planning. *backs away slowly*

SOROW: Glad to hear you're having a good time in college! <<Texas just beat New Mexico State 40 to 7!>> Comparing those two teams though, that's a bit like having a soup cracker go up against a sand blaster. Or, having Pitt go up against East Tennessee St *devilish grin*. Still, congratulations! Hope your year stays fruitful and exciting (exciting in a good way I mean).

Warpmind: Cool song you have there ("Lullaby for a Vampire"). Thanks for sharing it. <<Finally! My 31st fanfic is UP!!!>> Muhahaha! Great story! Poor Brooklyn. I'm surprised he didn't pull a Kurtz and walk out of there wide-eyed whispering, "The Horror, the horror." I love the line where he pulls the cigar out, "Anything to get rid of the taste." This is where Jack Daniels and a cold shower really comes in handy. Overall, a fluid and witty read. A couple small grammatical errors but nothing worth getting in a twist over. Great job! <<Actually, Hell is a small town in Norway>> Where it's very cold too. Sounds someone back then had a satirical mindset.

Stephen: <<Hi there! LTNS!>> *Waves* Yeah, I know haven't been around much. I'm trying to remedy that problem. <<anyone want to take a stab at it?>> Is your story still in the proofreading stages? I'll certainly take a shot at it. :) <<It's a welcome break from the 8 to 5, six day weeks i've been working as of late...>> *chuckles* If you're looking for sympathy you find any from me. <<can't they get anyone else to do some voice overs for these dubs?>> *Wonders of this would be a good time to bring up my unsuccessful attempts at becoming a voice actor* <<except to wave to Christine, if she's back from DragonCon!>> I second that! *waves to Christine if she's around*

Gunjack: <<and gotta beg my prof not to send the sicilians after me! Wish me luck!>> You want I should have a talk with this professor? My cousin Donny's a very persuasive talker *motions some his relatives over* <<Note to self - When three tests are scheduled for the next morning, talking to girlfriend is NOT a valid substitute for studying.>> But it's so much more fun. <<Sometimes, I'm so stupid it scares me.>> That's going on my tombstone. <<A girlfriend helps. A LOT.>> Easier said than done, especially in my case. <<There will be a reckoning. And it WILL involve tentacles.>> *backs away slowly* <<so my only options are AIM and Yahoo... ; P>> Really? What's your AIM name? Don't worry, I never take IM iniatiative unless it's important, but it's still a good reference nonetheless. <<Singing and hollering? Well, the whole church thing>> Are you in a choir?

Revel: <<He is apparently AWOL or still at home and realized oh wait it was just a three day weekend>> My roomie last year disappeared for a three month period. It was a little distressing because he was a cool guy, but then I realized it was a lot of fun having a double to myself. ;) <<Because yes, it will rain on days you have to carry work across campus>> Naturally. What kind of work was it? <<they all wear cowboy hats and walk up to your car with their hand ready to shoot from the hip>> *sardonically* Sounds like fun.

Firestorm: <<Don't you ever frelling mention that again!>> Mention what? You mean Rygel's S&M scene? <<No kidding! I am amazed that people actually READ my stuff!>> *grumbles something unintelligeable* <<Figures! Ok... I am undead. Better?>> I thought you were a Xenomorph *shrugs* <<Not that I am complaining, mind you, but, you know... the hatchlings>> What about them? We all have to grow up sometime. Didn't that South Park episode on Sex Education teach you anything? ;) <<That's why I am making the DLD. Keep him happy!>> You'll be keeping more than just Imzadi happy with that I'm thinking. <<2004: No. :)>> Is this why the Gathering at 2004 will be so close to your house? Whatever you're making will be much too big to survive a long trip? <<Book? Must buy now...>> It's pretty much like the film only longer and with more stuff. It's worth getting though. <> "Gehenna!" Always liked that name. :) <<Everyone IS against me!>> Hey, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

Aingeal: <<i'm NOT amused>> Hence the wanting to blow something up. Well, I'm sure that the Potato Gun, with a little modification, could fire explosive rounds. My friends and I charge a small rent fee too. ;) <<i'm going to really hurt something... (prolly myself).... >> That's no fun. Hurt them instead. <<and anyone else I forgot in this blond moment I'm living in at the moment>> *grins and waves to Aingeal* <> Good luck, and don't let the bastards get you down.

Ravyn: <<if anyone feels the need, feel free to drop me a line or IM me...it keeps me busy>> What are your screen names? Of course, I'm not on much but you know, just in case... <<goes back to moping around without Coyote>> Absence makes the heart grow fonder. You'll see him again soon enough.

Jan: <<Just a quick note to say hello and that I'm FINALLY in my house!!>> Congratulations! <<a lot of work still left to be done tomorrow.>> Sounds like the work is slow but steady. Good luck with the cleaning. <> Sounds like I need to start hanging out in Lowe's a bit more often. ;) <<*backs away* a bird? a BIRD???? *screams and hides*>> I know a Hitchcock movie that would straighten you right out.

MIA: Winterwolf, Dreamie, Daniel Johnson, Kanthara, Beth, Daphne, and Allaine (The Philly population is down in this CR).

No Avmist reviews because this post is way too long as is. Next post though... definitely. Also *shameless plug begins* I have a Fanfic Debut on the main page. I could sure use some feedback, please. *end shameless plug* Take care all,

---Emambu

Emambu - [erikmambu@hotmail.com]
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Thursday, September 6, 2001 06:02:29 PM
IP: dorms-pppoe-1-68-226.pittsburgh.resnet.pitt.edu

Oh, sorry I forgot.
Revel: We DID stand up the whole game and my feet hurt really bad the next day!
SOROW
Thursday, September 6, 2001 05:29:44 PM
IP: resnet-38-151.dorm.utexas.edu

Hey guys! I've been so busy here in college, but I love it! I really think I'm starting to be happy again. Here's the news:
I'm going to be trying out for a bunch of dance teams here in Austin so wish me luck! I have to go get back in shape! And I got really drunk last week too...yes, little miss innocent here got drunk. It was hilarious, but don't worry cause I was with someone I trusted who took care of me. That's all for now, I'll check you all later!
SOROW - [allison.abadie@mail.utexas.edu]
Thursday, September 6, 2001 05:29:00 PM
IP: resnet-38-151.dorm.utexas.edu

*Warpmind enters, followed by what seems to be some rather malevolent, sentient vines.*
Sheesh, so much for trying to mix a better fertilizer for mom's houseplants...

Revel: Well, no.

Fire Storm: I see we're of the same opinion here. Good. :)

Gside: No summons. Well, the ones I get through headwear not counting...

Moochie: Ah, so you're not letting SJ bring the Cthulhu icons, huh? *Strikes out three pages of the proposed gift-list* Maybe I can get some more of that red currant jam I left at Lain's... if Lain approves, of course...

Josh: Yeah, Lycatrophy's a passive skill, improving the effect of werebear/werewolf conditions... As for my soul, well... it's like an appendix. Me, I hardly even use mine, anyway. };)

Lain: If it's a crane, does that mean you have no egrets? (That was a callback joke...) And if it's a heron... *Thinks* Once the heron to show the path, twice the heron to name him true... right? };)

Moochie again: An elder god, and an original name, to boot? How 'bout Azaheghrah? *Suddenly, a large, squirming mass splits DC open before dissolving on contact with the air.* Looks like that one would work... ��

And I guess that concludes my post... I should go sort my M:TG cards now, anyway - got 1500-2000 of them lying in small stacks on my desk. And I have a combat-ready deck where only most of the lands are anything less than Rare... }:) Later, folks.
Warpmind de InzanE - [warpmind@hotmail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Thursday, September 6, 2001 03:09:55 PM
IP: mp-217-217-10.daxnet.no

-3=1+1

**DPH fires some EMP grenades at DC. Nothing happens to DC.** Oh well, it was worth the try.

Imzadi or Wilek - What are your plans to prevent economic downturns, recessions, and depressions?

The end of the world has been postponed. Apparantly, the economic downturn has resulted in the depletion of savings for those in charge of destroying the world.

Hey, that'd be a good idea for a couple of battlebots representing the CR. Think about the publicity the TGS staff and this CR might receive. That might jumpstart the Mouse into start production of Gargoyles again, at least one can wish.

**BATTLEBOTS**
How does one beat 'Son of Wyachi'? From the battle stats, it's obvious that Biohazard won.
**END BATTLEBOTS**
DPH - [dph_of_rules@yahoo.com]
AR, USA
Thursday, September 6, 2001 01:31:54 PM
IP: max1-28.cwy.cei.net

** Niamhgold enters quickly **

Sorry, not much time at the moment; I'm between classes on my heck-day and all ;) But I did have a little bit of news I found within this month's issue of Wizard.
And, believe it or not, it's Gargoyles related. Who woulda thunk? ;)

Wizard ranked the top 100 cartoon shows of all time, and, sitting at number 29 (and ranked above Ghostbusters, Rugrats (take that, Klasky-Csupo! ;)), and Daria) is Gargoyles. I quote, "Goliath an his crew were cursed mythical creatures who were resurrected in New York City after 1,000 years of imprisonment. Now, they fight evil by night and become stone fixtures [interesting wording ;)] by day. Slick animation and moody atmospherics highlighted this un-Disneylike Disney 'toon, which also featured dark symbolism that may have gone over the kiddies' heads."

Sure, this is nowhere near to getting the show resurrected and Greg Weisman's Master Plan^TM unveiled, but I thought it was interesting to read ;) Of course, Simpsons pulled off first place, but by no means am I disappointed ;)

Josh: <...no need to tempt fate> Heh, I think the saying goes "don't fix what isn't broken." Of course, if I followed that line of thinking all the time, I'd have much more luck in _a lot_ of things ;)

Hope to have a longer post (and hopefully a network connection!) by later tonight. Until then, Adios! I'm off to draw nude models ;)
Niamhgold
Thursday, September 6, 2001 01:06:22 PM
IP: 206.41.205.201

Stephen > The novelty is gone with Demona and Andrea? I think the two newlymates would hardly agree. ;) And I never promised that this latest story was heavy on plot, either... this was more just a playful romp done to break the long dry spell I've been in, using the Avalon Mists challenge as my incentive (I work SO much better under a deadline). Anyway... I'm outlining the next "big" story right now and there are definitely some "twists" to it... so don't count me out just yet. >:)

"I have an orgasm everytime I go into Lowe's or some other home decorating store." - sounds like something from the "scenes we'll never see on 'This Old House'" file....

"Hey, Norm, are you okay?"
Madame Destine - [m_destine@hotmail.com]
Thursday, September 6, 2001 07:11:42 AM
IP: acaf7041.ipt.aol.com

Hey people.

Okay, so, my computer works. Yay! I spent a large portion of tonight reformatting my laptop's hard drive and prepping it to send to my mom. Initalized the hard drive (low level format), reinstalled the OS, installed AOL and Office2001 (don't yell at me, its what my mother wanted). All I need to do now is put on the printer drivers and some other stuff and all will be good. I'll ship it Friday.

I'll order my iBook so that it arrives on my birthday. Nothing quite like getting two new computers in the space of a month, is there?

I did a little homework too. Very little.

So what did I learn from this whole experience? Several things:
1) unplug your machine before removing vital components
2) unplug your machine before INSTALLING vital components
3) Apple's tech support really is first-class on stuff that's got a warranty
4) doing your own troubleshooting before calling someone will not only save them a world of trouble, but will also make them more inclined to help you
5) don't take out vital components unless they're defective or otherwise not needed...no reason to tempt fate, is there?

Classes today were uneventful, and rather boring considering all I wanted to do was play with my toy.

Not much else doing.

Stephen: <<too much labor and not enough sales are detrimental to our store>>: I had the same problem trying to extract money out of my boss! <>: I've got some free time. I'll read it. Be warned, though, I *DO* look for more in a story than just sex. <<as a writer and reader of erotica a lot of the material was too-familiar>>: You'd think the whole "Demona as a lesbian" thing would nevver get old... <<Now that would be a battle I'd want ringside seats for. Nothing more dramatic than two males warring for possesion of a sexy female>>: I'd kick the crap out of him. I don't care how tough he is...when the prize is Elisa Dushku...its ON! <<With one named Imzadi and the other named SJ-something... would be a cool fight if they're in the same weight class>>: No way. If we were gonna have two battlebots from the CR duke it out, they should be named "Doug" and "Pistoff" or "Crzy" and "SJ". SJ and I don't fight nearly as much as we agree on everything.

The Queen of Pain: <>: I did plenty of the former...but the latter was cancelled. <<Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies. Do you know who these guys are>>: THOSE GUYS ROCK! They do covers of EVERYTHING, and they're freaking hysterical! <>: I'll take it if he doesn't want it! <<Those Gimmie Gimmies make Puffy, or Puff Daddy, or P-Diddy or whatever he wants to call himself now look original>>: There's other ways to be original than just lyrics. Disturbed's "Shout 2000", Orgy's "Blue Monday", Fear Factory's "Cars" are some of my favorite songs ever. <<What a deal we either get sharks or hurricanes>>: Beats LA: floods, fires, riots, mudslides, earthquakes. <<Janet Reno is going to run for govenor of Florida>>: I'd like to take this opportunity to talk about the blantant favoritism towards men in politics... <<Another Princes Bride fan I see((Who isn't?)) Are you going to get it on DVD>>: Probably not. I have zero desire to waste my hard earned money on DVD's.

Moochie: <<When three tests are scheduled for the next morning, talking to girlfriend is NOT a valid substitute for studying>>: One of the reasons I'm so glad to be single. <<a written test on the history/rules of tennis>>: I'm sorry, but if anything proves you go to a joke of a college, that is it. At least our easy classes have impressive-SOUNDING names. ;-) <<the study guide for which I TOTALLY FORGOT TO PICK UP this afternoon>>: You'll do better if you make your own. <<A girlfriend helps. A LOT>>: Rarely. <<I'd rather NOT start the whole antisocial loner cycle over again>>: I don't think any of us would. Starting it the first time is enough of a mistake. <<Except that some toys are really slow>>: The good ones do whatever they do QUICKLY. <<There will be a reckoning. And it WILL involve tentacles>>: ::yawn:: Is that all? <<Was it SJ who said that crazy girls are the most fun? I couldn't agree more>>: The problem is that you guys haven't dated any of the WRONG crazy girls. I have. And they're not fun. They're scary. <<no culture has a subjective claim to being "superior". Morality is part of culture, and without a diety it has no objectivity>>: I'm sorry. I don't see how "no culture is superior" is connected to "morality has no objectivity without a diety". In any case, I totally disagree. Someone can have objective morals without a deity. There doesn't need to be a god for someone to declare something "wrong". Hell, there doesn't even need to be reason! <<Hard and fast", eh>>: Something like that. <<Napster and mp3s are blocked, but students can share whatever they want across the ethernet>>: All MP3 downloads are blocked? <<They're attempting to be middlemen to a tesseract, and then they wonder why they get screwed>>: Not necessarily. Whoever controls the distribution stands to make a fortune. This is why bookies and stock brokers are in business. <<what the heck do "lifting" and "tweaking" mean?>>: Trust me, it'll hurt. <<Imagine having a computer that worked as a computer, but was geared specifically toward gaming. Wouldn't that be cool>>: It's called PS2. Or an Windows box with a GeForce3. <<I'm starting to come over to your side about the whole sex issue>>: You're not gonna have any? <<a moment of emotional epiphany as a great time to yank clothes off and go at it like minks>>: I'm sorry...aren't those the same thing?

Lain: <<it doesnt have feathers yet>>: Gross. Sounds like something my cat would leave on my doormat. <<we dont know what it eats>>: Don't feed birds bread. Its really bad for them. <<my maternal instinct is going ballistic>>: You are one confused ape. <<just thought youd like to know im a mum>>: Look out! The Canadians are breeding!

Dubble: <<Greece>>: Hope you had fun! My roommate just got back from a month in Greece, and he had a great time. <<I'll start reading posts as of next week though>>: Have fun doing that...ugh.

Ravyn: <<if anyone feels the need, feel free to drop me a line or IM me...it keeps me busy>>: Alright, if you're lucky. <<that bird sounds cute>>: Sounds like fish food to me. <<*that* puts me over my "cute" limit for the day>>: You have a much higher tolerance for that crap than I do. <<Darn right>>: Glad to have sickened you. <<Glad your computer's alive, though>>: Ditto. <<Oh, stop that>>: Yes, Back. <<I'm the same way in nifty car parts stores or car shows>>: I bet Coyote likes that...

Moochie: <<a good, orrigional name for an Elder God? A really nasty one>>: JOSHUA.

Gside: <<His might be a lifesize fully animated statue of Leda and the Swan. No, wait, that's mine>>: Mine will be several GB of pr0n. <<Bet my Microelectronic circuits could beat it>>: Yeah, probably. <<Goliath. But why must Lex die>>: Goliath just isn't convincing as a slick, swift Dread Pirate. And because Lex doesn't get abused quite enough. <<Even the hermaphroditic lesbian catgirls with tentacles>>: That's just sick. <<what kind of Freudian complex do hermaprhodites have>>: Threesome fantasies... <<Just pay attention to one at a time while the other pays attention to you, or she pays attention to the other>>: Thank you. That will no doubt help. <<For then you would have no hope of getting another woman>>: Hmmm...guess we better keep you clothed for the rest of your life then! <<True, but you forget that I am an engineer>>: I'm an engineer, and I've had girlfriends. I probably won't have another for a VERY long time, but at least I can say I have SOME experience.

Jan: <>: I feel the same way every time I walk into an Apple Store...which is once. <>: Bankers just love hearing that. <>: What kind of a gun advocate are you!?

FS: <<We need script kiddies>>: A POX on you, hear me!? A POX! <<Everyone IS against me>>: Only on Tuesdays. <>: Not you, obviously. Believe me, I do think that. Good luck getting ME out of bed when I'm sick. I'm sure SJ will have a few choice comments. <>: Somehow, I'll figure out a way to cram that changer into my tower... <<even the computer show dosn't have ANY Mac stuff>>: You're just not going to the right shows. <<Keep women away from the media when Imzadi is in charge>>: And many must be stationed in my harem. <<Is it Frankensteined>>: Not unless you consider taking out one card and replacing it with an identical card "frankensteined". Then again, if I took out my brain and replaced it with a working model, you might call me "frankensteined".

LM: You're alive! Feeling better, I hope. <<I've been feeling "weirder" as the night progresses>>: Could be realizing that's FS in bed next to you ;-) <<I'm also hoping a lot of rest will help>>: Sleep heals all wounds...in time. <<I'm starting to get *really* sick of resting and not being able to do anything while at rest>>: If you're thinking about your inactivity while you're "resting" then you're obviously not really resting. Go back and try it again, young lady ;-) <>: Oh, relax. We're not upset/annoyed/whatever. You do your job out of the kindness of your heart, and I'm sure everyone in here appreciates it tremendously.

Okay folks, its late and I have to be up for a boring math lecture tomorrow morning.

Your soul is like an appendix. I don't even use mine. -Calso, That 70's Show
Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [@kicktothenuts.com]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Thursday, September 6, 2001 04:04:15 AM
IP: adsl-64-161-25-14.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net

***** TGS CR INFO UPDATE *****

NOTE:

Just a small update this time. I haven't yet reached my normal level of daily functioning. I'm feeling a lot better compared to last week. Although, I'm not so sure about my condition lately... I've been feeling "weirder" as the night progresses. I'm having a really hard time concentrating and I don't feel... normal... physically. I hope it's not a relapse. I'm also hoping a lot of rest will help. (I'm starting to get *really* sick of resting and not being able to do anything while at rest.)

So anyway, I wanted to tackle the material and feedback concerning the Members section, but I think I should wait until I feel a bit better. I tried to work on the section while I was making other updates but had such a hard time thinking clearly that I had to quit. I apologize for any inconvenience this might cause. I feel really bad for not being able to function enough to do my work (properly or at all -- and not just TGS CR related stuff).

UPDATE:

The CR Archive has been updated to include weeks up to Friday, August 31, 2001 for a total of two weeks added to the 2001 database (8/18 - 8/25 and 8/25 - 8/31).

>> http://tgs.gargoyles-fans.org/cr/archive/2001/

URL typos for the text-only links on the pages for the graphical calendars September through December were corrected. The calendars themselves, including the events page, were left unaltered.

>> http://tgs.gargoyles-fans.org/cr/members/calendar/

***** END TGS CR INFO UPDATE *****
Lady Mystic - [<-- TGS CR INFO UPDATE !!!]
Head Admin of TGS CR Information
Thursday, September 6, 2001 03:55:29 AM
IP: 64.109.143.22

Gside: 
I never thought I would say this, but...
We need script kiddies.
<No, no, no. At a time when no one else would be wearing a costume>
Oh. Yes. I shall be lucky enough!
AND Hopefully there will be pictures of her in the outfit on our website soon!
<And the plot of a good couple h mangas I've read>
And that one ep of Ranma.
<Share and enjoy! Share and enjoy! But not a beverage that is almost, but not quite like tea.>
Ok, the first part I understood. The second made me say WTF?
<MP3s>
How about Lola?

Imzadi: <Actually, its just because YOU signed up.>
I *KNEW* IT!
Everyone IS against me!
<Only if she feeds you chicken soup afterward ;-)>
I end up taking care of her when I am sick. I just like taking care of her.
And if you think I am whipped, who cares?
<Because not spending that extra $100 will motivate you to expend 3 calories getting up and changing the DVD's every month. Personally I'd rather spend $150 on a single-disc player and leave the rest for other fun toys>
Hmm... Na. I would rather get the big toys!
<Is she a dominatrix in her spare time?>
Na. She is way too gentle to pull that off.
<I'm sure you could if you looked>
Probally. But even the computer show dosn't have ANY Mac stuff, and that would be the place to find at least SOMETHING!
<"Nearly" being the operative word>
Nearly being 99%. The other 1% specified that they did not want one in it.
<Just keep away all the women and that won't be a problem>
NOTE: Keep women away from the media when Imzadi is in charge.
<ITS ALIVE!!!>
Is it Frankensteined?

Ravyn: <Oooh. I used to have a beauty of a little sports car from the '80s that was turbocharged>
I want to get my hands on a few turbos so I can make some jet engines!
Fire Storm - [jeremycbcd@usa.net]
Thursday, September 6, 2001 02:00:36 AM
IP: 208.143.21.10

*In....again...*

Ravyn: Thank you!

lain: erkk. I saved my files as PDF instaed of PSD...I'll make a jpeg set of the six gargs I have so far...tomorrow...sorry for the delay...and, oh, yeah, the internet in the CGC lab is down, but that's okay because I have now reformatted one of my zips to PC and can send you the email atatchments from here. (my room.)
Tommorrow. the CGC IS open untuil 1 am, and it is 12:35 now, but I have to go sweep up and mop out half of the upper level of the Ceramics room now.
First day o work study. joy.

*hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to work...*
Lynati "Ya work 16 hours and whattya get? Another day older and deeper in debt..." Kshudra - [Lynati_1@hotmail.com]
Thursday, September 6, 2001 01:39:32 AM
IP: kcx-ks18a-09.rasserver.net

Jan> <> **giggles** I'm the same way in nifty car parts stores or car shows...but that's another story... ;) Have a fun time with that new place. :)
Ravyn - [webbedwarriors@yahoo.com]
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 11:48:22 PM
IP: manzy-mo-1-226.rescomp.arizona.edu

Ravyn> argh, I've lost your email address again =\
Thanks for the well wishes on my house :) I have an orgasm everytime I go into Lowe's or some other home decorating store! *L* So many choices! heh, I had to call my banker today and transfer some money into my checking account. I told her that I just couldn't stop shopping! ;)
I've managed to spend over $7,000 in one month! *giggles* oops!

Lain> *backs away* a bird? a BIRD???? *screams and hides* That is like sooooo nasty!! *shudders* (I have this unholy fear of birds... a bird-a-phobia) I wouldn't intentionally kill a bird, but I sure wouldn't be sitting down with one in my lap! *chuckles*

Spacebabie> I hope that your dad is feeling better :)

That's all for tonight... tired, I'm very tired...
Jan - [janmiller@mo-net.com]
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 11:18:19 PM
IP: modem20-203.mo-net.com

Neither eden or remus seem to want to let me on them (through either telnet or ftp) right now, so until they do, I can't put up any mp3s.

Sev. Jr.> Just what character set are you using?
<<A tool called that, in the vernacular, is called a "come-a-long">>: Nice. I had to pull about twelve feet worth this summer, and that wasn't fun.

Gunjack> <<if you bring so much as ONE unpronouncably named icon of Cthulhu>>: That'll be from Wilek. His might be a lifesize fully animated statue of Leda and the Swan. No, wait, that's mine.

Imzadi> <<Damn, that thing is heavy>>: Bet my Microelectronic circuits could beat it.
<>: Goliath. But why must Lex die?
<<You can get lycanthropy as a skill in DII?>>: Yup. Gives you better health and longer time in your were- forms.
<<Nothing is too much>>: Even the hermaphroditic lesbian catgirls with tentacles?
Which reminds me, what kind of Freudian complex do hermaprhodites have?
<<Is that like making out on a boat?>>: Almost, but you need a couple sea nymphs.
<<where is that CR MEMBER INFO ARCHIVE when we need it?>>: Waiting through a bout of streph.
<<Or the ones like me that really aren't all that good at multitasking>>: Just pay attention to one at a time while the other pays attention to you, or she pays attention to the other.
<>: As well you should. For then you would have no hope of getting another woman.
<<Does he make you wear high heels?>>: If he did, my feet would have already snapped off.

Gunjack> <<A girlfriend helps. A LOT>>: True, but you forget that I am an engineer.
<<I'd be just as happy with a forge as with a CNC mill>>: You could have the same amout of fun, but which is more fun conceptually?
<>: It'd better, they've got a storyline going.
<<And it WILL involve tentacle>>: But will there be Nyanniichuan involved beforehand?
<<consider a moment of emotional epiphany as a great time to yank clothes off and go at it like minks?>>: Brings in the readers.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside
Piscatway, NJ
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 10:39:16 PM
IP: wc02-hill012-hill.rutgers.edu

Wilek - Real fast, 'Mano... Can ya give me a good, orrigional name for an Elder God? A really nasty one?
Gunjack "Dreamcrafter" Valentine - [miphsingleton@hotmail.com]
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 10:28:28 PM
IP: 192.133.129.4

SJ> Huh. Sorry to cut off my post to you like that...I have no idea how that happened! Sorry. ;) Anyway, I wanted to say that yep, Coyote definitely does appreciate a good, nicely-running car, and so do I, so I sympathize with all the crazy vehicles you had to see and put up with during your stay in "Hell." ;)
Ravyn
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 10:24:13 PM
IP: manzy-mo-1-226.rescomp.arizona.edu

Hey, all. Sorry I haven't been posting all too often 'round here, but...well, I've been looooonely going through this Coyote-withdrawl...if anyone feels the need, feel free to drop me a line or IM me...it keeps me busy.

SJ> Man, your posts are just wonderful! ;) Glad you're back around. :) And yes, Coyote does appreciate a nice

Dubble> Wow, that trip sounds like fun. Glad you enjoyed it. :)

lain> AWWWWWWW....that bird sounds cute. :)

And *that* puts me over my "cute" limit for the day. ;)

Josh> <<Just a quickie (bet you never wanted to hear me say that!)...>> Darn right. ;) Glad your computer's alive, though. :) <<walks in with a big black book that says "Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics" on it>> **shudders** <<Hi, Back.>> **sticks her tongue out at him** Oh, stop that. ;)

Stephen> Hiyas! I mailed ya something today. :)

Lynati> Congrats on the new computer. :) Enjoy!

FS> LM was telling me about the good time y'all had at the Ren Faire. Cool. :) <<TURBOs, on the other hand...>> Oooh. I used to have a beauty of a little sports car from the '80s that was turbocharged...and boy, once I got that turbo working, that thing was SWEEEEEEET...**sighs** I miss that car... ;) Ask Coyote about the car if you ever get a chance...he actually got to see it. For a little while. ;)

LM> Thanks for chattin' with me the other evening. You are the best, girl! ;)

Jan> Glad you're finally in your new house! :) Hope you have fun arranging everything like you want to and all that fun stuff. :)

**sighs** Okay, that's all for me for now...catch y'all later. **goes back to moping around without Coyote**
Ravyn
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 10:22:07 PM
IP: manzy-mo-1-226.rescomp.arizona.edu

*peeks in* Uh...hi..Remember me? *L* I've been away on holiday, in Greece the last three weeks so i didn't have enough net time to post here or even check here. Was fun though! I had a good time. ^_^ And I'm starting school next week so I don't know if I'll have time to catch up on what I missed. I'll start reading posts as of next week though. *L* Cuz I'm too lazy to catch up on this week right now. ;)

Hope everyone who goes to school's settling in ok and all. *L*

Oh! Before I forget!

Christine>Do you by some slim chance remember reccomendingi read 'Eyes of the DRagon' by Stephen King? Well I got round to it a couple of weeks ago. I really enjoyed it! ^_^ Can you reccomend any others by him? *L*

Although I'm kinda up o my ears in Anne McCaffrey's Pern at the moment..*grins at Spike and STephen*

*is a really big reader* ;)

*stumbles out to get some sleep*
Dubble - [dubblebubble_13@hotmail.com]
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 09:25:12 PM
IP: webcacheh03a.cache.pol.co.uk

*enters, with Baby*
hey guys.. isnt he CUUUUUUUTE?!
*observes gunjack having a fit in the corner*
no no, not THAT kind of baby.. a baby bird. i found it, or rather it found me. its BIG for a baby... and i have no clue what kind it is. currently, its asleep in my lap but when it was wandering around, it had long legs, big wings and a long neck. it doesnt have feathers yet. its... uh.. almost as big as my roommates baby kitten..
i showed it to a friend of mine, who thinks it might be a baby heron, egret or crane (from the shape of the bill, wings and legs) but noone knows. im going to take it to the shelter tomorrow, but it was closed tonight so we got a blanket, some fish, nuts and bread (cos we dont know what it eats) and a box and a warm lamp. but its been sleeping with my body heat and my maternal instinct is going ballistic.. i just call it 'baby' cos i dont know what else.. my friend kevin calls it 'herbert' but... im not so sure about THAT..
anyway, just thought youd like to know im a mum.. at least for one night.
*sigh*

i gots ta go though, im on my friends roommates computer..
love you!
lain - [sanchinwalker@hotmail.com]
the Great White North
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 09:20:32 PM
IP: cr434331-a.lndn1.on.wave.home.com

*leans in*

Gunjack: oh, that's okay. I've discovered that Emambu has at least as much stamina as you.
...we had to stop talking fic by 1:30 am, tho, because I had to get up at 7:30 for class.
*SCHNORFFS affectionately*
..incidently, my Yahoo IM name is LynatiKshudra.
what's yours? ;)

Aaaaaaronnnnn.....AAAaarrrrronnn....you, too, Aaron. It's easy. just click the yahoo IM button near the email button.
You don't have to be scared. It's painless, really.
and I just found out that one of my friends from two rooms down remembers (and really liked) gargs. I wonder if I can convert her to the fandom...I apparently have already converted her almost to being one of the TWA...told her about this years Gathering. She was much...amused. She wants to know where the sixth one is, too...];)

*ennog eht*
Lynati
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 06:59:45 PM
IP: 205.185.1.80

Note to self - When three tests are scheduled for the next morning, talking to girlfriend is NOT a valid substitute for studying.

Sometimes, I'm so stupid it scares me.

On the bright side, two of the tests went well, and I can't seem to bring myself to feel remorse about not acing a written test on the history/rules of tennis. So this first battery of tests is out of the way, which means it's clear sailing 'till next (oh, SHOOT!) ....Thursday, when I have that psych exam, the study guide for which I TOTALLY FORGOT TO PICK UP this afternoon... ; P
Ah, screw it. No biggie.

So anyway, I've been working on a few more modelling ideas to work on. The highest priority now is a nifty little toy called the "needle imp". Basicly, it's a little bat-like demon that crawls up on your hand and hurls 4-inch steel pins at your enemies. Cute, ne'? Then I need to find piccies of the 1887 lever-action shotgun (of T2 and Mummy Returns fame), the Thompson, and of a good external-hammer lupara. After that, I can start figuring out what the gibbering horrors should look like...

On to replies!

Gside><<The horror. How would I survive without my H sites?>> A girlfriend helps. A LOT. <<Just start in on how weqaponry has affected your outlook on life, and you should be good.>> Seeing as how this whole college thing is a chance at a fresh start at life, I'd rather NOT start the whole antisocial loner cycle over again... <<Speed is a function of the quality of toys.>> Except that some toys are really slow. One of my favorites is a block of rosewood laminate, some sandpaper, and assorted pointy rocks. And I'd be just as happy with a forge as with a CNC mill. <<That, or the filtering software is exceedingly stupid.>> As it turns out, the second option was right. I still have to check if it'll allow Polymer City, though...

Imzadi><<Maybe I should call him "gunjy wungy" instead of moochie?>> There will be a reckoning. And it WILL involve tentacles. <> Was it SJ who said that crazy girls are the most fun? I couldn't agree more... : ) <<How good are you at DELIVERING?>> Pretty dang good, as it turns out. <<"my whole life flashed before me eyes...it was really boring">> Well, there HAVE been exciting parts... But whenever I get into those, I get branded as a wacko. <<How do you figure?>> Assuming culteral relativity is true (which I don't, but I seem to be a distinct minority there...), then no culture has a subjective claim to being "superior". Morality is part of culture, and without a diety it has no objectivity. <<That definitely falls under the "sex" category.>> "Hard and fast", eh? ; P ...If I had a penny... <<The brilliant christian morality that blocks dirty sites from your computer has no problem letting you steal billions of dollars in intellectual property?>> Actually, yes it does. Napster and mp3s are blocked, but students can share whatever they want across the ethernet. *shrugs* ...besides, I'll contend the thesis that file-sharing of music is "stealing", considering that the entire industry is built around DISTRIBUTION. They're attempting to be middlemen to a tesseract, and then they wonder why they get screwed... <<Most of which blow up in their faces...or is that the goblins>> That'd be the M:tG goblins. Tolkien considered Orcs and Goblins to be pretty much the same thing, if memory serves...

Lynati><<*makes disparraging sound* Oh, Now THERE is a compliment that'll get me writing again. *<-sarcasm dripping*.>> This is what you get for talking to me when I'm tired. Besides, I have my OWN projects to work on, y'know! ...And incidentally, it's gonna be a while before I get a messenger up and working. I found out that MSN WILL NOT work through the firewall, so my only options are AIM and Yahoo... ; P

Lain><<dont worry, moochie, i saved you some and, if you promise not to make a voodoo doll outa me, ill send it. then you can have a lock of my hair, how sappy and romantic is THAT?! : P>> I'm gonna try to convince you to reconsider yer stance on voodoo... *chuckles* <<which means he hasnt been hung, drawn, quartered, lifted, lowered, dragged, drowned, drugged, tweaked and splugged on a gilliken spike yet..>> Ick. So what the heck do "lifting" and "tweaking" mean? Or don't I want to know? o.O <<theres a good reason for it, ill tell you later.>> This is me, pointing and laughing. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! 8D

Wilek><<Amen. I can't go into why it bothers me without spoiling it, but...>> You say that like it's a bad thing... <<Who is this Naughtius? I wish to have...<snaps open claws> words with him.>> Grab the gunsuit, honey! It's time for a TENTACLE HUNT!!! <<Haven't in months.>> Megatokyo is actually a high-quality story-driven semimanga written by the indefatigable Piro and Largo. Read. <<What the frell does a console need one of those for? It's also coming out with a hard drive.>> Imagine having a computer that worked as a computer, but was geared specifically toward gaming. Wouldn't that be cool? << ...the frell?>> You. Do. Not. Want. To. Know. <> I can't tell if that's a defense mechanism or simply staggering niavite... <<What in the worlds is a dancing sword?>> A sword that fights by itself. VERY much fun. <<COOL.>> Glad you approve. Someday, I'll have to tell you about Raphael and the Paranoids and Saline... That was a pretty sweet storyline. <<And you have the best dreams...can we trade dream centers?>> You sure you wanna dream about Lain for the rest of your life? ; ) <<Antimaterial as in...antimatter? O_O>> Er, no. Antimaterial, as in "designed to knock out material (as opposed to personelle) targets". It can kill you through about five feet of rienforced concrete. And what with the Black Angel's sensors, she could SEE you to aim, too... <<What do you use it for, a paperweight?>> Actually, I use it to get my roomie to go somewhere else, so I can conduct certian negotiation in private. <<...but now I want it very very badly (I'm a fan of both Giger and Revelations).>> We should write it, then. <<I'll bring the Wolfwood crossgun that I bought!>> And I'll dress as vash, and we can watch Lain go nuts from indecision... ; ) <<Oh. I thought one tentacle was trying to get a contract and the other was the guard for the meteor who was trying to take over the world?>> Maybe THAT'S it... I haven't seen the game in twelve years, so I wouldn't know. <<GAHHHH!!!! O_O I have that, and my GODS I've never had anything break my brain with such alacrity.>> Have you tried the tutorials? It's really not that hard to use, once you learn how it works. One of the important realizations is that you should NEVER handle things "by eye". ALWAYS use the typing fields to manipulate your model. <<They allowed Sluggy?! O_O>> Whyever wouldn't they? <<This kind of thing illustrates why I prefer console gaming. I wish PCs could become more like consoles--all the operating software on EPROM boards and the hard disk used just to store the system files installed by third party software, and drivers for after-market hardware.>> That's actually a pretty interesting idea... So, using that system, how would I simultaniously run an internet browser, Milkshape, MS Works, Winamp, and maybe halflife in the background?
Incidentally, 'Mano, I'm starting to come over to your side about the whole sex issue. Why is it that authors (I'm thinking of a few of my webcomics specifically, at the moment) consider a moment of emotional epiphany as a great time to yank clothes off and go at it like minks? Friggin' idiots... ; P

Anyway, gotta go o the... how do you say it, Lain? Singing and hollering? Well, the whole church thing. Be back this evening to finish up, assuming my work doesn't take too long.

Peace!
Gunjack "Never Unplug" Valentine - [miphsingleton@hotmail.com]
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 06:21:22 PM
IP: 192.133.129.4

::Runs into the CR carrying a big gray thing with clear plastic handles and a big gray apple on the side::

Just a quickie (bet you never wanted to hear me say that!)...

ITS ALIVE!!!

That is all.
Josh
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 02:23:35 PM
IP: adsl-64-161-25-14.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net

Hey everyone. How are you this day.

Don't know how you all spent Labor day, but I started with sleeping in and ending the day with some nice grilled food, yes another holiday BBQ, but what we put on the barbie was shrimp and I mean the hug colosial shrimp cooked in its shell.
In School news, I have my poem ready to turn in to class and my Shakespeare class has started to read King Lear, and thanks to Buffy((and Angel)) I keep refering to Lear's youngest daughter as Cordy in my notes.

I love my brother but Gawd he is a moron at times. He baught the cd by Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies. Do you know who these guys are? Well if you ever seen those ads fo Undeclared then you know that they are the band that does the reissue of "Somewhere over the Rainbow" In fact every song on their CD is reissues. I can't believe he wasted his money on that. Those Gimmie Gimmies make Puffy, or Puff Daddy, or P-Diddy or whatever he wants to call himself now look original.

My Dad went to the doctor yesterday and recieved a shot of estrogen.

Since SJ talked about Sharks, i like to mention I have an interesting Theory...Notice how th hurricanes this season are minimal? Hurricanes need really warm water. Sharks prefer cooler water... so if the hurricanes are low then there are more sharks. What a deal we either get sharks or hurricanes, well I reather have the sharks. They don't cause as much damage as hurricanes, plus some of them are tasty.

Speaking of Sharks, Janet Reno is going to run for govenor of Florida.((Josh, SJ I'm going to lob the ball to you cause its just too easy for me.))

*****************SPOILERS FOR MURDER IN SMALL TOWN X********

I'm glad Angel won, I liked him. of course I wanted either him or Allen to win, so it was good that it boiled down to those two.
And I was right about it being Lambert, Nice to see how all the pieces of the puzzle fit.
*****************************End SPOILERS*******************

SJ>>>HUG welcome back

Lyanti>>>Grrrrr stop making me jealous.

Madame Destine>>>Actually I think that was Helen Lovejoy from the Simpsons who said that, its sort of her catchphrase

Josh>>>Another Princes Bride fan I see((Who isn't?)) Are you going to get it on DVD?

Well gotta get going.
Spacebabie
Orlando, Fl, U.S.A
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 09:52:30 AM
IP: proxy.lga.netsetter.com

That one part in my last post where I put "is as novel as it was" was supposed to read "isn't as novel as it was"...

Sorry for the second post.

Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Tampa, FL, USA
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 09:45:01 AM
IP: 65.34.2.61

Greetings all...

There's been a bit of a drop in my work hours (the Area Supervisor feels too much labor and not enough sales are detrimental to our store), so I'm enjoying a week of going into work at 11am and working untill 5pm. It's a welcome break from the 8 to 5, six day weeks i've been working as of late...

One quick thing to mention (although I think I did already) is that I finished my latest original story "Get An Afterlife!"...it's about time I returned to my erotica roots, although I'd like some new beta readers. <glances over at SJ and Imzadi> I don't suppose you two would be interested? Although I'd really like to see what you two thought of my work.

Anyway, onto some replies:

***WARNING! TOUCHY MATTER AHEAD!***

Madame Destine: Went back and read your story in more detail...the last time I was reading it late at night, at sleep half-muddled my impression of it. I have to admit the general scenes where Andrea is talking to Angela (or at least her stone-sleep form) were good... but, in truth while the rest of the story was exciting to put it mildly, as a writer and reader of erotica a lot of the material was too-familiar. It's a good tale, and your characterization of Demona is fantastic, but you really need something with a more vibrant twist in your stories. The novelty of Demona having a human, female lover is as novel as it was when it first came out.

*** TOUCHY MATTER ENDS***

IMZADI/SJ - RE: Elizabeth Dushku: Now that would be a battle I'd want ringside seats for. Nothing more dramatic than two males warring for possesion of a sexy female.

Side note: Wonder if some of the more mechanically inclined members of our fandom shouldn't get together and build a pair of robots to duke it out in Battlebots. With one named Imzadi and the other named SJ-something... would be a cool fight if they're in the same weight class. ^_^

SJ: Entertainment news is always a treat when it comes from you! <grins> Count me in as saying I think that Ang Lee plot for the Hulk movie bites the oyster's icecakes! If it isn't Bruce Banner and his gray-skinned alter-ego, then it ain't the ever-lovin' Hulk, period!

Looking forward to the TMNT movie, especially if it reflects the old Eastman/Laird comics...I had a few of the collected paperbacks of the original series around here somewhere... including the Paladium sourcebook for "TMNT Strangeness and Other Gobbledygook". Had to love the scenarios they made for the roleplaying game... even had a mad scientist archetype who must have been a model for your dad Sev. Senior, SJ... even loved live vivisection of test subjects. ^_^

MOONCAT - Welcome! What fics do you write?

ANIMATION BITS: Caught a bit of Adult Swim, but just the part where Cowboy Bebop was on. Great series start, though I was a bit miffed that the same voice actor for Roger Smith from "Big-O" was doing the voice of the CBb lead...can't they get anyone else to do some voice overs for these dubs?

Also caught the premier on PBS of "Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat"; a cute series about a signature "middle child" cat living in ancient China. The only reason why I mention it here is that one of our fellow fandom members worked on the project; Karine "Kanthara" Charbois(I can never get her last name right), artist and collaborator for Wintersmith Dreams. She did the storyboard work on some of the eps, and while not everyone may go for this show, I thought it was a cute show...perfect for younger kids who are curious about other cultures.

Well, that's all from me for now... except to wave to Christine, if she's back from DragonCon! Hope you had a good time!

Maintain and Check Six!

Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Tampa, FL, USA
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 09:42:28 AM
IP: 65.34.2.61

::walks in with a big black book that says "Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics" on it::

Damn, that thing is heavy!

No graphics card today. I knew it wouldn't come today, since it SHIPPED today, but still, I hoped. Oh well, tomorrow.

I had only two classes today, and I really don't HAVE to do any homework if I don't want to. Of course, I probably will anyway, since I have nothing better to do and its nice to get ahead.

I'm thinking of doing a gargs remake of Princess Bride with modern dialogue...the problem is I don't know who should play Wesley...

I saw two gargs episodes tonight (f*cking toon disney keeps rearranging their schedule). They're on at 11 and 1130 PM EST on Toon Dis...the ones I saw tonight were "Leader of the Pack" and "That Really Stupid TGC Episode Where Proteus Escapes Again".

I didn't pay much attention during the TGC episode, but there were some high points in Leader I thought I'd mention (seeing as this is, ya know, a GARGOYLES comment room). First, the whole escape scene was very well done. Coyote's lines were great (of course)...until the introduction scene. When Coyote announces he's "really" Xanatos, he starts behaving very out of character for the billionaire. Not that the Pack would notice, but the way he was ranting about revenge against the Gargoyles and how much he hates them and blah blah blah...made me very suspicious.

I like though that the real Xanatos is mysteriously absent for most of the episode and Owen is actually very good by himself.

Then Lex acts like an ass throughout the entire episode. The best part, though, was where Lex and Brook wake up in the tanker, and Lex says "I don't need Goliath!" and then proceeds to light up his eyes, raise his hands in a menancing fashion and stalk...THE HULL OF THE TANKER. That's right, there's no one there. Lex just marches off like an idiot.

Brooklyn also says "Solid steel, and who knows how many feet thick" one of the 85 times he says the show in the series. As usual, he has other great lines, such as "Come on Bronx, no sense staying up here where its safe" and "oh, yeah, we had 'em begging for mercy".

I also noticed something else: Coyote says "Oh ye of little faith" right after the escape when they're waiting for their jet. Technically, isn't THIS Xanatos' first stab at "cliched villany"?

Anyway.

Baldy: <<One werewolf, a werebear as soon as possible, and Lycantrophy until I'm at level 20>>: You can get lycanthropy as a skill in DII? <<go for a focused-charge fusion reaction>>: Do you have a way that WOULDN"T get me evicted? <<The manufacturers don't make money for it, so it's unfair that anyone else should>>: Bullsh*t. If I can provide for $80 what some other company wants $450 for, then screw the company. <>: How do you afford the second part?

Madame Destine: <<Sorry if the Demona of my ficverse is too much for you to handle>>: Its not too much. I have 30GB of PSL. Nothing is too much. I just can't reconcile it. <>: Cool! <<Won't someone PLEASE think of the children?>>: That, my dear, was the point.

Caliope: <<no rest for the wicked>>: If they're good at being wicked, they can rest plenty. <<lol thats mean!...wait, ofcorse its mean, NM>>: Its me! <<didnt you just say it>>: Yes. <<irony just doesnt travel well through cyber space>>: Actually, its proof that you just can't read it. No one else has any problems picking up on my sarcasm. You must be defective. <<where is the next gathering anyways?>>: Virginia Beach, VA...not too far from FL, actually... <<Isla del encanto y mar enamorado>>: The Island of Enchantment and Sea Loving? Is that like making out on a boat? <<did he finaly say something controversial enough and get kicked out or did he just leave or something>>: I don't think he'll ever do either. <<rivotting Filo class>>: Obviously your spelling class wasn't rivetting enough.

The Wizard: <>: I have so many great comments to that...none are CR-appropriate.

Lain: <<is that kinda like how they have the canadian films in the "foreign" section at blockbusters up here?>>: Do they really!? <>: It fits?

Gavin: <<If it happens, it happens....if not, it doesnt change a thing>>: You lie like a dog.

Revel: <<it will rain on days you have to carry work across campus>>: Murphy's law. <<SETI don't they already have a whole bunch of those in California already>>: Huh? A whole bunch of what? Projects? Groups? No, there's only ONE SETI. It's based in Berkeley. Groups are all over the world. <<Josh's birth day is one day before mine, kind of cool actually>>: Good thing you told me...where is that CR MEMBER INFO ARCHIVE when we need it? <<No more merciful beheadings and call off Christmas>>: Already done, sir.

Lynati: <<GUESS WHO HAS HER NEW COMPUTER SET UP?>>: Well, don't keep us in suspense! What are the stats? <<if they look crappy online like that, I'll ask you to nuke them>>: No, you don't seem to understand. Images that are 16000x12000 (which, for the record, is the size of the last image of Angela you sent me, yes that's THOUSAND) that are 4 meg don't "look good". They're OBNOXIOUS. This is just for people browsing. They're not downloading your character sketches to print or anything like that. They're not gonna look any better or worse when they're shrunken. If you send me 4 meg graphics files, I'll shrink them myself. The only pics I have on my site that are 1600x1200 (1% of the size of your images) are scenery shots that can be used as backgrounds and stuff. So lets keep the size down, shall we? <<nuzzles her computer>>: Careful, you'll turn into me.

FS: <<They said it was because not enough people signed up for the class>>: Actually, its just because YOU signed up. <<Now I get to hack my 200 disk CD changer to make it a 200 disk DVD-ROM changer>>: Sweet! <<Best way to catch a cold>>: Only if she feeds you chicken soup afterward ;-) <<So why not spend the extra $100 and get a changer that will handle nearly every DVD I will purchase?>>: Because not spending that extra $100 will motivate you to expend 3 calories getting up and changing the DVD's every month. Personally I'd rather spend $150 on a single-disc player and leave the rest for other fun toys. <<Tech manuals I know. Classic literature I don't>>: Wasn't classic literature. <<Lucky me, she thinks it is pretty comfortable>>: Is she a dominatrix in her spare time? <>: I'm sure you could if you looked. <<Nearly 100% of all pcs sold in the last 4 years have some sort of sound card in them>>: "Nearly" being the operative word. <<TV tuner?>>: It is. <>: Awww, shucks. I'm just charismatic like that. <<and support>>: Support for what? <>: I'll remember that. <<As long as you can keep your foot out of your mouth>>: Just keep away all the women and that won't be a problem. <<G2K2 is priority. The battlebots are not>>: Good to hear.

DPH: <<What's the progress on finding Visual Studio at the campus bookstore?>>: As soon as I actually make the next journey to the south side of campus, I'll let you know. It should be this weekend. I'll get you a price, you'll send me a check for half, when it clears I'll send you the box, then you'll send me a check for the other half. Otherwise I have Jan go out there and break both yer legs, ya deadbeat! ;-) <<Randomness/chaos does not exist in my universe>>: Sadly, that means that your universe doesn't exist, either. <<you do realize your new computer lost half of its value when it left the warehouse>>: Not remotely. It looses half its value when the warranty expires. <<helping out once in a computer lab gets you branded>>: I'm getting a shirt that says "no, I will not fix your computer".

Gside: <<Who wouldn't? Besides the zealously monogamous>>: Or the ones like me that really aren't all that good at multitasking (that's what I have a computer for!). <<Not a job I would like>>: Eh, you're full of sh*t. <<Does that mean you fear my leet nekkid skills>>: I fear anything that involves you being nekkid. <<No? Why not?>>: Some of them are actually ::shudders:: proud of it! <<how often you think in a language reflects your ability with it>>: Sometimes I think in MATLAB... <>: Does he make you wear high heels? <<they'll be easily viewable, and small pipers won't mind waiting to download>>: You'll have to forgive her, she hasn't learned the fine art of netiquitte.

SJ: <<Tonight's music of choice is System of a Down>>: SoD rocks! <<right after becoming supreme dictator of the world and wedding Eliza Dushku>>: You'd better hope you're me, because BOTH of those goals are in direct conflict with mine. <<Josh and I must fight for her>>: To the winner goes Elizabeth...and more importantly, THE WORLD! <<Which would sort of be like Tyler Durden fighting the Narrator in Fight Club, right?>>: I was thinking it'd be more like the scene where Ed Norton because the crap out of himself. <>: Me neither. No reason to jump-start the Apocalypse while I'm running things. <<unless Eliza wants them..maybe I'd have to give in>>: God no! If I had kids with her, they'd be as evil as they looked...NOT a good combination, considering the visages on me and her. Our children would be these sick geniuses that were devastatingly beautiful/handsom with a penchant for torture. Hmmm... <<getting struck by lightning while masturbating to a Judas Priest record>>: That happened to me just the other day! <<Nothing smells or tastes worse than bad fish>>: OH DEAR GOD. <<For your reading pleasure, I do try and insert at least a little double entendre into my commentary at all times>>: And its that double entendre that makes reading your posts SO much more enjoyable. <<Wow, open mouth, insert foot>>: I could have sworn that was my line. <<Wait till you see what I'm getting you for your reception gift>>: We gotta throw moochie a KILLER bachelor party. <<come-a-long" (sounds dirty, huh?)>>: Indeed. <<If someone asks you to do it for them, fake having ebola>>: I'd just say "go shove it up your arse". <<that was for Josh>>: Thanks. <>: Yeah! He uses those hands all the time! <>: But that blond chick is SOOOO hot! <<it's back now, on the UPN>>: I'm getting WB just in time for all the good shows to leave! <<it looks as if they're trying their damndest to make the new, hot Vulcan chick the next 7 of 9. I'm ambivalent>>: Why is it they think that emotionless women have some sex appeal? If they don't moan, they're not interesting! <<Janeway does a cameo as an Admiral>>: They don't want her behind the wheel anymore. Have you noticed that everytime there's a woman in charge of any ship on Star Trek (any series) the ship gets in a metric assload of trouble? <<proves that there is no justice in the universe>>: Did you have any doubts? <<ENOUGH WITH THE CLONING STUFF!!! It ain't captivating enough to be in *every* movie>>: It wasn't captivating enough in "Judge Dredd" <<Does EVERY movie that was moderately successful get a sequel>>: Yes. <<damn you, Hollywood elitist scum, for shunning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon>>: Which sucked so hard they felt it in Australia. <<How many goddamn dinosaurs are left on that island anyway>>: Until they vaporize the place, there will always be more. <<I'm very sad to report that it looks as if she won't be in Buffy this fall. Or Angel as well>>: That's okay, Apple is sending her to me priority since my tower stopped working. <<if you can't get enough Eliza, like me and Josh>>: Mmmmm. <<I'm pretty sure she shares a lesbian sex scene with actress Angela Featherstone>>: I think I'll have to buy that on DVD... <<there is something to tide you over until Faith does appear on the show. If you're a pervert, a degenerate sociopathic sicko, there's a pic for you linked to my name>>: Ooh, that'd be me. <<Underaged Michelle Trachtenberg, wearing leather pants>>: AHHHHHHH! GOD NO! <<Did you just click on the link? Did you?>>: I was about to scroll down...until I saw the name. <<No one wants to see man-ass>>: True that! <<Blade 2 is coming along>>: YES! That movie rocked. <<Batman & Robin: The Gay Fantasia Adventure" (okay, that wasn't *really* the title of the 4th Batman flick, but it SHOULD HAVE BEEN>>: You're just jealous cuz you don't have Batman's nipples ;-) <<Let's appeal to an even younger audience>>: I'm sorry, but if Jean Grey had been in MY high school...I would have found a way to get held back. <<One of my favorite shows growing up the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles>>: Me too! Did you have all the toys? <<who would have thought that THIS would be the franchise from the 80s / 90s that got a second life?>>: I would have bet on Transformers...and I was hoping for it too. <<Starting October 1st, the show will become part of Cartoon Network's Toonami afternoon block>>: About f*cking time! <<that's all for me tonight>>: What, nothing for me!? Or is that just redundant?

Moochie: <<Oh... my... good... LORD>>: Did the good christian boy actually GET that? <<get her to explain next monday, tuesday, and wednesday to you>>: I got the explanation...very funny you two.

Okay folks, naptime. The next time we speak, it had better be on my g4...

Now comes the really boring character development.
-Ben Barron, while watching Gladiator

Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [@kicktothenuts.com]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 03:11:53 AM
IP: adsl-64-161-25-24.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net

*a wadded up piece of computer paper flies out of the fabric gate and whacks Gunjack on the head*
Lynati "I'm going to bed now" Kshudra
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 02:17:03 AM
IP: 207.221.70.23

Neener Neener!

SJ><<For your reading pleasure, I do try and insert at least a little double entendre into my commentary at all times.>> Oh... my... good... LORD... ; P <<Wow, open mouth, insert foot.>> That's okay. We both thought it was pretty funny. And next time you talk to Lain, get her to explain next monday, tuesday, and wednesday to you. <<Wait till you see what I'm getting you for your reception gift! Here's a hint: it's illegal in all states in the Union, and a blasphemy in the eyes of God. Gonna be sweet!!!>> I swear, if you bring so much as ONE unpronouncably named icon of Cthulhu to the reception... <<A tool called that, in the vernacular, is called a "come-a-long" (sounds dirty, huh?)>> OOOO!!! COMEALONGS!!! I LOVE those things!!! :D :D :D ...I got to play around with one last time I visited my grandparents. We used it to lift a 50-60 gallon gas tank out of the bed of my Grampa's truck. I still want one for purposes of climbing up biuldings. Don't go dissing the comealong, 'Mano... <<Thank God know one else in here seems to...>> I don't get it, but my brain's coming up with some VERY bad guesses... o.O

Okay! Three tests tomorrow! Gotta study! Gotta avoid sicilian hitmen from disgruntled professor who's interview I've missed twice!
Gunjack "Fiddlesticks" Valentine - [miphsingleton@hotmail.com]
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 01:21:28 AM
IP: 192.133.129.4

Tonight's music of choice is System of a Down, "Toxicity".

Tonight, I bring you a word of advisement: STAY OUT OF THE WATER!!!

Yes, we're right in the middle of a JAWS redux. This is one of the biggest stories on the face of the nation right now…..a couple people got killed over the holiday weekend by sharks. Brutal. But, for some odd reason, I find all of this funny. I mean, I'm sorry that people are hurt, or are dead. I certainly don't want that. BUT….I just, for some perverse reason, get a kick out of this.

Probably because I don't like environmentalists. Or rather, I don't like the guilt trip they try and lay upon us all. "You're destroying the environment!" Yes, I am, actually. It's my third largest goal in life, right after becoming supreme dictator of the world and wedding Eliza Dushku (Josh and I must fight for her. Which would sort of be like Tyler Durden fighting the Narrator in Fight Club, right?). "You're ruining things for the children!" I really don't plan to have any (unless Eliza wants them…..maybe I'd have to give in…), so my heart doesn't bleed. But a lot of environmentalists and marine biologists are screaming their heads off that sharks aren't this aggressive, and that the odds of you getting bit by a shark are much less than the odds of you getting struck by lightning while masturbating to a Judas Priest record. Yet, there has been about 248 shark attacks in the last 2 weeks. It's craziness! It's like Jaws all over again! But I can't work up any sympathy for sharks. Nasty creatures. Smelly and awful. Nothing smells or tastes worse than bad fish.

For your reading pleasure, I do try and insert at least a little double entendre into my commentary at all times.

Moochie and Sweet Lil' lain: Wow, open mouth, insert foot. The whole engagement miscommunication came from something lain said. She said something about how Gunjack has had a profound impact upon her life (for the better). Then she said something about fiancées having a bad impact upon her father. My brain was a bit addled…I assumed she meant that Moochie was her fiancée (since I know that lain's father isn't terribly thrilled with her dating Gunjack, hence the "negative impact"). She was instead referring to her *father's* fiancée. Oops. Forgive me.
But just so you know, I'm planning your wedding anyway. Maybe it won't happen for a while, but I always like to be prepared. Wait till you see what I'm getting you for your reception gift! Here's a hint: it's illegal in all states in the Union, and a blasphemy in the eyes of God. Gonna be sweet!!!

Gside: << <<six-foot fence wire around the property>>: Ow. What'd you use to pull it tight? >> A tool called that, in the vernacular, is called a "come-a-long" (sounds dirty, huh?). I don't know the technical term for it. But it's sort of a cross between a winch and a ratchet. You take the winch, attach it to the tension bar of the wire you want to pull, then attach the ratchet end of the winch to something stationary (something firm, like a fence post or a tree or something) and start ratcheting. The winch is retracted, which pulls the wire tight. Easy enough to use, but goddamn horrifying to loosen. There's two levers that you need to pull to loosen the wrench once it's tightened….and when the tool is *really* tight, it's dangerous to release it. Not this time, but once before years ago, I cut myself pretty badly on my hand once trying to loosen it, and this time my father almost broke a finger. In other words, fence pulling IS NOT FUN. If someone asks you to do it for them, fake having ebola.

Jan: <> Go shove it up your arse.
Sorry, that was for Josh. ;) The real answer is, you'd have to pay me. A LOT. I'm talking at least 5 digits here. I can't be expected to damage these delicate hands, touched by God, can I?

Caliope: <<Hey, your my main sorce of entertainment info, There's Sevarius Jr, Omniscient Knowledge Dispenser and Dave, Almighty Anime God. Two gods around which my life revolves!>> Why thank you! I am a bit disappointed that you referred to me as a "god", little g, but I'll get over it. ;)
But, in your honor, I have decided to include TONS OF ENTERTAINMENT INFORMATION!!!

So let's get on with it!!!

****ENTERTAINMENT STUFF!!!****

Well, since Caliope inspired this long entertainment wrap-up, I'm gonna go into Roswell news first.

I don't dig Roswell. I hate teen angst shows…..and Roswell just strikes me as Dawson's Creek with a bunch of aliens. But that's my own selfish preferences. The good news, of course, for all of you Roswell fans, is that there's actually a third season to watch. The show was pretty much cancelled after the first season by the WB, who brought it back thanks to fan support for a second season, only to cancel it AGAIN. But it's back now, on the UPN, and it will debut on October 9th. Furthermore, it gets one hell of a crossover this season.

Roswell will actually x-over with the new Trek show, "Star Trek: Enterprise". Not in the way you would think, though; one of the Roswell teens, Max, will attempt to audition for a role on the Enterprise tv show in an upcoming episode of Roswell. Jonathan Frakes will guest star, as himself, who will be in charge of the casting and directing duties for the Enterprise episode. So, there you go, a crossover event, if an unconventional one.

More Star Trek stuff: About the Enterprise show, it looks as if they're trying their damndest to make the new, hot Vulcan chick the next 7 of 9. I'm ambivalent.
There are some rumors about the eventual 10th Star Trek film. As reported many times, it will most likely be the last film for the Next Gen crew (which means that the film franchise will die. What, they're going to make films with the DS9 or Voyager crews? That sound you just heard was the collective scream from the movie-going public at the thought of such a thing.). Other rumors are: **SPOILER ALERT** Data will find his brother…..a 3rd android creation. But he's retarded. I kid you not. Also, Data will probably die. Janeway does a cameo as an Admiral. Yes, unbelievably, they promoted her above Jean-Luc, which proves that there is no justice in the universe. The main villain will be - are you sitting down? - a clone of Jean-Luc Picard, who leads a bunch of rogue Romulans (called Remulans or some such nonsense, since they grew up on the sister planet to Romulus, Remus) to war with the Federation. They want Jude Law to play the clone. I say fat chance of that. At this point, no respectable actor outside of those who have already guest-starred on Trek would dare touch this franchise. I find this all absurd. Clones? Again? I hate to give Lucas any credit, but I think that next year ol' Georgie Porgie will have the market cornered on clones. **END SPOILER**

Speaking of Star Wars….apparently, at one point in the movie, there's supposed to be this fight scene between Obi-Wan and Boba Fett….or Jago Fett, or whatever they're calling him. The guy that Lucas said was never meant to be an important character, which is of course WHY HE'S SO PROMINENTLY FEATURED IN NEW MOVIES!!! LUCAS, YOU SELF-RIGHTEOUS HACK!!! I HOPE YOU GET A RASH ON YOUR NAUGHTY BITS FROM ALL OF THAT MONEY YOU ROLL AROUND IN NAKED! YOU KNOW, THE MONEY YOU STOLE FROM US, YOU SHAMELESS BASTARD?!?! GET IN THE COFFIN AND DIE, BITCH!!!!
Sorry, that was a nice little catharsis.

And speaking of clones, the plot of the Matrix 2 will allegedly include clones. Clones of Keanu, in the Matrix, fighting with the real Keanu.
Bleeeegh. Look, I know it's in the news….hell, I've built my whole CR schtick upon being the son of an evil geneticist….but ENOUGH WITH THE CLONING STUFF!!! It ain't captivating enough to be in *every* movie!!!

In Vin Diesel news, he's got a whole boatload of crap coming up. He's netting 10 million to star in "XXX", which is not a porno flick (though it seems like it should be) but rather a "hip hop James Bond". I don't want a hip hop anything. He's also been offered (allegedly) the lead role in the long-in-development war-comic flick, "Sgt. Rock". This is better than the previous choice for Rock, which was Ahnuld. If you don't see how utterly wrong it would be for a guy who sounds like the ubermensche to play America's greatest soldier, than I bow to your superior ignorance. I say they should just kill 2 birds with one stone and hire The Rock to play Sgt. Rock. That'd be great. But only if Kurt Angle, Your Olympic Hero, could get a part in the film, it's true, it's damn true.
Also, Vin is all but in to play Hellboy in the upcoming live-action adaptation of the comic. I don't think it'll be him in a suit or anything; Hellboy will be CGI, with Vin supplying the voice, and as I've said before, Vin is perfect for that role. He has also talked with the director of Terminator 3 to star in that film, and he'll most likely be starring in 2 sequels to his earlier work: Pitch Black 2: The Chronicles of Riddick (Pitch Black being one of the most underrated sci-fi films of the past few years) and Fast and the Furious 2 (if they can get it up and running, and I say fat chance of that, but then again, who knows?)
So there you go. Vin Diesel is the hottest actor on the planet. I say good. At least I'm not seeing Matt Damon or Ben Affleck's pasty white-boy asses on my movie screen that much anymore.

In random movie news, they're considering a Gladiator prequel. Ahem. Does EVERY movie that was moderately successful get a sequel? I mean, Christ, let it die already. Gladiator was a fun film (during the gory bits). It was nice there. It shouldn't have won the Oscar (damn you, Hollywood elitist scum, for shunning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!). And it doesn't deserve a prequel.

But this silliness continues. Cause now there's a rumor running around that Stephen Spielberg wants to make Jurassic Park FOUR. CHRIST! How many goddamn dinosaurs are left on that island anyway? I tire of it all. I never thought I'd say this, but they have made me tired of flesh-eating dinosaurs.

In Eliza Dushku news, I'm very sad to report that it looks as if she won't be in Buffy this fall. Or Angel as well. She has said in interviews that she has not been contacted to work in either show. That's not saying that she won't pop up somewhere in the season, but if she's telling the truth (and she might not, because Joss had admitted to encouraging the cast, and himself, to spread disinformation about the real direction of the show) than we won't see her for a while in the Buffyverse.
Of course, if you can't get enough Eliza, like me and Josh, she's in "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back", which you knew about, and in the upcoming flick "Soul Survivors" which opens I think this week (or the next). This is a film that was made a loooong time ago. I think it's been on the shelf for a year or so. The really outstanding news: I'm pretty sure she shares a lesbian sex scene with actress Angela Featherstone! The bad news: Angela Featherstone is really made up to look real butch in this flick, so it's a little odd to see her play "Eat the Peach" with Eliza. I don't exactly want a reenactment of "Boys Don't Cry" here. But some more good news: Even butch, Angela Featherstone is still a fetching woman. Or as they say in the land of boiled cabbage, "she's a rather handsome wench."

However, there is something to tide you over until Faith does appear on the show. If you're a pervert, a degenerate sociopathic sicko, there's a pic for you linked to my name. Underaged Michelle Trachtenberg, wearing leather pants.

Did you just click on the link? Did you? You disgust me. That's almost as offensive as Patrick knowing what a Roman war helmet is (and Patty, believe it or not, it DOES disturb me that you understood that reference. Thank God know one else in here seems to…).

And now we move on to a whole SLEW of Comic-Book Movie News!

The Witchblade TV show has been renewed by TNT. I'm sort of into this show now. I didn't want to like it, seeing as I think the comic is all but worthless, but I do. The show's strength comes from the quality of the acting by the cast, IMO. Yancy Butler is good, as are….well, pretty much the entire cast. Even the guy from Baywatch tries hard, but I'll never forgive them for showing his ass earlier this season. Jesus, you have Yancy Butler in your show, an attractive woman, and you have to show the GUY's ass? No one wants to see man-ass. This is a comic book show, ricky. Only loser fanboys (like me) bother watching it. We wanna see Yancy wear the chain-mail bikini, okay?

Marvel has a whole crap load of stuff coming out or in production. A Deathlok movie is in the works. Blade 2 is coming along nicely, and they're seriously thinking about greenlighting a *third* Blade film (work that franchise, baby!). The Spider-Man movie is going good, and they want to get a DareDevil film out by 2002. The Hulk film, however, I got problems with. Here's the plot to the Hulk flick, directed by Ang Lee:

"A scientist's genetic experiment to create super-human colonialists bound for Mars goes wrong and he gains the ability to mutate into a super-strong being. The same experiment transforms three escaped convicts into hideous super-mutants and only the scientist's alter ego, the Hulk, can stop them."

No, no, NO. That's not the story of the Incredible Hulk. And don't give me crap about "making it relevant for the 21st century". Bullsh!t. Give me Bruce Banner getting bombarded with gamma rays, or I won't be happy.
Now I've heard the arguments about nitpicking before. "You should just be happy that they're making a Hulk film". No, I shouldn't be. I want them to do it RIGHT. Know what happens when you do something wrong? You get Dolph Lundgren's "The Punisher". Or you get "Captain America". Or you get, *shudder*, "Roger Corman presents: The Fantastic Four!". If you do a comic book movie right, and respect the source material, you wind up with a "Superman", a "Batman", or an "X-Men". You muck things up you get "Batman & Robin: The Gay Fantasia Adventure" (okay, that wasn't *really* the title of the 4th Batman flick, but it SHOULD HAVE BEEN).

On the TV front, "X-Men: Evolution" will debut its second season on Sept 15. This season, the creative staff has promised more mutants, but younger---they'll primarily be in the 13-15 year old range. Yay. Let's appeal to an even younger audience. What is this, Mighty Mutant Power Rangers?
The good news, I guess, is that the mutants who will appear will be Jubilee, and pretty much all of the original New Mutants (the good ones, before the Evil That Is Rob Liefeld came into the picture and screwed everything up).

TURTLE POWER!!! One of my favorite shows growing up the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Campy as hell, but I loved that show. Well….the first couple of seasons, anyway, before they really went crazy and even replaced James Avery (who was the Buddy Epsen of Shredders). Plus the comic was always cool, because they had this cartoon quality, only the book was hardcore and actually had people DIE, violently, unlike the 'toon. I'm digressing like a madman. The TMNT is returning, though, in a HUGE way. In addition to the CGI film that's going to come out (eventually) from John Woo, of all people (I've heard that the budget for the flick is in the 40 to 60 million dollar range!?!?), there will be: a NEW Saturday morning cartoon show, a proposed *live-action* miniseries (let's hope it's more like the movies and not the really awful TV show of a couple years back), and several new video games.
Honestly, I'm happy that the TMNT is experiencing a revival, but who would have thought that THIS would be the franchise from the 80s / 90s that got a second life?

Batman Beyond fans: Starting October 1st, the show will become part of Cartoon Network's Toonami afternoon block.

Speaking of Cartoon Network, has anyone seen their new "Adult Swim" programming on the late nights? I'm dying to get a glimpse of it. From what I hear, it's fantastic. You got Space Ghost, and the Brak Show (which I've heard is just insanely bizarre, which I love), and Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (which I've heard described as very Robert Smigel-esque, which would be GREAT), and Cowboy Bebop….anyone see this? Is it as good as the hype?

Anyway, that's all for me tonight. You now know everything that's important (to me, at least) in Hollywood today.

Why have you forsaken me?
In your eyes forsaken me?
In your thoughts forsaken me?
In your heart forsaken me?
Trust in my
Self-righteous suicide
I cry
When angels deserve to die

--- System of a Down, "Chop Suey"
Sevarius Jr. - [sevariusjr@hotmail.com]
Wednesday, September 5, 2001 12:39:01 AM
IP: 66-44-58-57.s57.tnt3.lnhva.md.dialup.rcn.com

Tried out the DII expansion today. Named my Druid Rad. Tell me why.
And now, I have a BGII game to get through, and I still haven't finished FFVII. I'm behind.

Imzadi> <<And you're trying to talk her into a threesome>>: Who wouldn't? Besides the zealously monogamous.
<>: Not a job I would like.
<<I'll be somewhere else>>: Does that mean you fear my leet nekkid skills?
<<Any way I can get it from you?>>: I currently have only one episode of LBG, and know where to get two issues of the LGB manga. They might fit on my eden account. Warpmind will be getting th evideo file eventually.
<<You're just hoping its you>>: Absolutely.
<>: No? Why not?

Warpmind> <<That should keep me going until level 40ish>>: Not going to get any summons? It'd be nice to have a couple wandering around drawing fire.
<<And a curled hand doesn't look evil enough?>>: No, the cramps would be annoying.
<<which language I think in?>>: Just a random ponder. I'd assume Norwegian would be your first language, and most often used in real life. That, and how often you think in a language reflects your ability with it.
<<for the measly sum of maybe thirty or fourty bucks, and my soul>>: And don't forget the family discount rates.

Cal�ope> <>: I also got some a good while ago in my knee.
<<more of a sprained anckle>>: I feel for you. Had many in my time, and I get to blame my father for it. I go around all the time in high tops.
<<From where?>>: My father's school has a hall o' maps, with a bunch of different scales on the walls (close NJ, all NJ, US, world, stars, moonscape). Since the world map still had the USSR, I got to help take it down and (wallpaper) paste up the new one.
<<where is the next gathering anyways?>>: Virginia Beach.

Lynati> <<GUESS WHO CURRENTLY IS AMAZED AT THE SPEED OF HER NEW COMPUTER>>: Congratulations.
<<But if they look crappy online like that>>: No, they'll be easily viewable, and small pipers won't mind waiting to download.

Fire Storm> <<Also let me know exactly how you do it too, ok?>>: I was just going to ask if you knew any place to start looking. My brief look around only showed articles on how to prevent it.
<<Very good. Holloween>>: No, no, no. At a time when no one else would be wearing a costume.
<<Best way to catch a cold>>: And the plot of a good couple h mangas I've read.
<<If you steal and share, it should be free>>: Share and enjoy! Share and enjoy! But not a beverage that is almost, but not quite like tea.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside
Piscatway, NJ
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 11:56:07 PM
IP: wc02-hill012-hill.rutgers.edu

Imzadi - You forgot about Netlag. Anyway, DisHarmony can't be killed, only containted. The only secure way to do that is a cryogenic supsension chamber. But getting her in there is the problem. Even if you did, you'd need a constant power supply with security forces around it. DisHarmony has been known to bring up conflicts where none existed and I am not sure that keeping DisHarmony around is good for your sanity level. What's the progress on finding Visual Studio at the campus bookstore? Randomness/chaos does not exist in my universe.

**my universe**
In my universe, everything and every action has a purpose. Illogic does not exist. Of course, this thoery only works if one assumes there is a godlike being around.
**END my universe**

Lynati - you do realize your new computer lost half of its value when it left the warehouse, right?

Niamgold - I should warn you, helping out once in a computer lab gets you branded for the rest of your campus life. You might not ever be able to enjoy yourself in a computer lab again, without someone asking you for help. My reputation proceeded me too often.

Alpha Omega Beta Gamma Sigma Delta Lamda Mu
DPH - [dph_of_rules@yahoo.com]
AR, USA
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 11:24:41 PM
IP: max1-65.cwy.cei.net

You know that Night-Flame@usa.net is no longer in service, right?

Right.
Fire Storm - [Jeremycbcd@usa.net]
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 09:37:17 PM
IP: 208.143.21.10

Gside: <Could be the professors themselves. Or maybe the dean of the curriculum, or what ever they would call that position.>
They said it was because not enough people signed up for the class.
It still sucks.
<Toy>
You had better believe it!
Now I get to hack my 200 disk CD changer to make it a 200 disk DVD-ROM changer!
<Should I get around to it, it'll probably show up on my CR IP>
Also let me know exactly how you do it too, ok?
<But what are the chances of her wearing it before the next ren fair?>
Very good. Holloween! ;)

Gunjack: <"The power of cheesecake.">
I can just hear that announcer saying that.
<I'm not even going to ASK what THAT was a reference to... Probably a spoiler anyway>
A reference to a character in Exploitation Now
<The barrel is made out of steel (or ceramet, if you wanna get fancy). The shot is made of lead. How is lead going to strip steel?>
Just something I remember hearing at the gun and knife shows in the area.
<Scale it down to 25-30mm, and it'd be much easier on the back... *ideas begin spawning*>
45mm explosive round, 6 round chamber, variable gas accelerant
9mm on the top.

Imzadi: <Gee...where could you have gotten THAT from...>
Best way to catch a cold!
<Two questions: 1) how much? 2) do you even HAVE that many DVD's?>
1: $500 2: No. Hell, combine my DVD's and my audio CDs and I don't have that many!
The reason I wanted this one is a 5 disk changer costs nearly as much as this one. So why not spend the extra $100 and get a changer that will handle nearly every DVD I will purchase?
<So much for us thinking you're cultured>
Tech manuals I know. Classic literature I don't.
<I'm sure her ribs will appreciate that>
Lucky me, she thinks it is pretty comfortable.
<Well, on ebay you can always find boards and chips, etc>
And that there is the biggest problem. I can't find anything locally.
<many PC's dont even HAVE sound cards>
Nearly 100% of all pcs sold in the last 4 years have some sort of sound card in them.
<How about ATI's Xclaim USB adapter?>
TV tuner?
<1.0 is all that will be ready!? I'm not paying for that!>
I know. First functional prototype.
<Why do you have this fear? Not that I'm denying it, mind you, I just like to get a feel for why people think certain things about me. Also, keep in mind that neither you nor DPH have actually MET me, and I'm sure people that were at G2k1 don't share your opinions>
I have seen how quickly you got friends and support in here. I think it is a pretty legitimate fear. As long as you can keep your foot out of your mouth! ;)
<Nice. I can't wait to see them compete. Okay, now instead of building them, put the money away and go to G2k2.>
G2K2 is priority. The battlebots are not.

Warpmind: <};) As for pirating, ayuh! The manufacturers don't make money for it, so it's unfair that anyone else should!>
Definately! If you steal and share, it should be free!
Now, if you and 5 friends all go in on a piece of software, that's different.

lain: <oooooooooo army clothes from aaaaall over.. is that kinda like how they have the canadian films in the "foreign" section at blockbusters up here?>
Something like that.
Although, at Harry's, I am more likely to find something from the Suadia Arabian army then the US army!
Fire Storm - [Night-Flame@usa.net]
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 08:07:33 PM
IP: 208.143.21.10

*thunder cracks, and maniacal laughter is heard, of the Hyde variety. The fabric gate streams wide open, and Lynati flies through, top speeeeeeed*

GUESS WHO HAS HER NEW COMPUTER SET UP??
GUESS WHO CURRENTLY IS AMAZED AT THE SPEED OF HER NEW COMPUTER??
...Give up??
IT'S MEEEEEE!!!

*is very very very very very verrryyyy happy, can you tell? ;)*
*smacks into a wall*
Ow.
*Gets up and hugs Gunjy* right, right. It's been a while since I've seen that one.
Oh, I guess my messenger service *is* still working.
I got another garg B/W'd earlier today, between classes. But the internet at the time wasn't working, so I couldn't forward it to lain. :( Later, I guess.

Imzadi: oh, fine. But if they look crappy online like that, I'll ask you to nuke them.
*debates sending Imzy a copy of her garg-self in its shiny MiSTing outfit to add to the regular icon set as other CR members have done*
Oh, that reminds me...Gunjack, did you ask/get that one from lain? And if so, do you think I should ask Imzadi to make it the icon for me? hmm? hmm? o;O

Ah. I think I need to go to class now, or at least do classwork.

*nuzzles her computer, and flutters out of the room Dragon-Half Mink style, only without the annoying chanting of Dick Saucer's name*

Lynati "Hey! it still shows all my links!! COOL!! " Kshudra - [Lynati_1@hotmail.com]
ooooOOOOooooOOOOooo, ooooOOOOOOoooOOOooo, OOOoooo
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 03:40:40 PM
IP: 207.221.70.56

Lain><<well.. i went to check my email to answer those questions i thought you were gonna send me but.. i guess you didnt send them.>> Nope... I wasn't really sure if Canada counted as a different culture, and I was too busy losing track of time while reading CRFH. Got to bed at one, got to sleep at two, skipped chappel this morning, and missed the interview with my speech teacher. Incidentally, this was the rescheduled interview, since I also missed the LAST one. Methinks he's gonna waste me... :| <<she says "hi" and "he should go pick some grass.. TODAY" and "i had lettuce growing on the kitchen floor in winnipeg">> Pick up some grass? What the heck does THAT mean? o.O <<but she has a boyfriend so jeffs outa luck..>> Actually, no, he isn't. Apparently, he found a chica while down in the valley. Mum says he's totally mesmerized... :D

So! Still gotta memorize verses, do laundry, finish psych homework that's due in 3.5 hours, and gotta beg my prof not to send the sicilians after me! Wish me luck!
<<uh.. unpack and SLEEEEP!!!!!!>> Tired much? A certian mutual friend of ours was threatening to keep you up till three AM last night... is that how it went down?
Gunjack "@#&*" Valentine
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 03:37:31 PM
IP: 192.133.129.4

I'll be surprised if this works since I for got to test it first.
I noticed I forgot to post in Orange last time, oh well. Well I'm back, but I noticed my roomie is not. He is apparently AWOL or still at home and realized oh wait it was just a three day weekend. Of course I was thinking of *accidentally* doing the same thing. (I hope you caught that)
My tip for the day: Be sure to have garbage bags to cover your work for days like today. Because yes, it will rain on days you have to carry work across campus. (Bask in my wisdom)

Josh- SETI don't they already have a whole bunch of those in California already. And just for the record, Hell is a tiny town in Texas that disguises its name by calling itself Willis. This is the place where three out of the four police vehicles are Z71 pickups, they all wear cowboy hats and walk up to your car with their hand ready to shoot from the hip. Yes, this is experience.

Warp the Bald- but have you ever acctually had the money or absent state of mind to ever actually travel to Hell, Norway.

Here is something that just came to mind, I know that didn't take much but Josh's birth day is one day before mine, kind of cool actually. Makes it easier to remember.

"No more merciful beheadings and call off Christmas!"
-The Sheriff, Robin Hood-

Later
Revel - [samrx5@cs.com]
denton, tx
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 02:28:00 PM
IP: acadb31b.ipt.aol.com

Josh> *laughs* well, If it happens, it happens....if not, it doesnt change a thing...

Snootch to the Mother F!cking Nootch!!!!!!!
Gavin
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 01:53:19 PM
IP: dh171.scarlett.mtsu.edu

gunjack>> well.. i went to check my email to answer those questions i thought you were gonna send me but.. i guess you didnt send them. oh well, ill phone you tonight and you can get yer assignment done that way : ) *huggles* (cos you sound like you need them.. and just because.. )
oh, and anne-marie is here. she says "hi" and "he should go pick some grass.. TODAY" and "i had lettuce growing on the kitchen floor in winnipeg" but she has a boyfriend so jeffs outa luck.. sorry! oh well, *I* still love you!!!!!!!! : D

lynati>> mmmmmmmm im not sure if i have those disks or not.. ill have to check.. my room looks like a tornado hit it cos i had to pile more stuff in there cos of my roommates cat (ally.. get it? ally-cat? har har..) school starts on thursday for me. yeehaw. i need sleeeeeeep..

firestorm>> oooooooooo army clothes from aaaaall over.. is that kinda like how they have the canadian films in the "foreign" section at blockbusters up here?

josh>> oh.. i already HAVE moochies soul.. i keep it in a jar on my shelf.. didnt you know? ive had it for aaaaaages! it looks slightly less like swiss cheese than it did when i tricked him out of it..

uh.. thats about it. i have to go buy books now, then go get a phone card for tonight, then.. uh.. unpack and SLEEEEP!!!!!!

lotsa love,
lain - [sanchinwalker@hotmail.com]
the Great White North
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 01:13:34 PM
IP: sunset.lib.uwo.ca

** Niamhgold enters **

I despise situations in which I have no control ;) Apparently, the network isn't working properly because of the lightning storm the other night, which hit telephone lines and, to get the Internet working again, they need to replace some hubs. Or at least that's what I'm told ;) Government conspiracies rock ;)

In other news, had this really spooky dream about my friend; she comes in this morning, crying, and turns out it's true. Freaking weird, and not in the good way.

Thanks to all who have wished me luck! Hope to be around later tonight ;)
Niamhgold
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 11:11:04 AM
IP: 206.41.205.202

Hi!!! * ^_~ *
Hope everyone's peachy! I'm doing OK, my parents get back from Argentina this wednsday, so the party's over :P But I had a good weekend, went out alot with a few old friends. I saw Jay and Silent Bob and Rat Race. Both were fun, tho I liked first one better :P

Gside> <<take a look at fleshwound.jpeg in my directory.>> Ouch! I dont think I've ever had stiches, I'm more of a sprained anckle, bad knee, light fleshwounds and burns type of girl :P <<Hanging the world?>> O.o From where? :P <<Though mine was more relaxing during my true down time.>> lol yeah thats a diference, no rest for the wicked over on my side of things this summer, but I figure thats what the rest of the year is for, right? :P << Home For Infinite Losers>> Ah....ok!

Josh> <<Hippy>> lol I never thought of it that way! <<Get chicks. Yet.>> lol thats mean!...wait, ofcorse its mean, NM :P <<its a CR-legal way of saying "hell".>>....didnt you just say it....didnt_I_just say it?! O.o <<These people are scary >> lol Thank you! :P <<I'm not. Carson Daly is complete tool. My point is that this was even MORE painful than TRL.>> lol another proof that irony just doesnt travel well through cyber space :P <<Splender>> Oh! I think they have a single out, I saw a video! The lead singer is black! I could have sworn he was some grungie white guy! :D <<Are you saving for Gathering 2k2?>> Proabably not, I'm going to florida to work this next summer...where is the next gathering anyways? <<Where do you live anyway?>> Puerto Rico! Isla del encanto y mar enamorado! :P << ::cough:: ::gag::>> lol trust me, they're not that bad, I know another cople that just over do it! <<Wish I knew.>> Me too, did he finaly say something controversial enough and get kicked out or did he just leave or something?...ah, NM! There he is! :P

Emambu!!! *HUGZ* How've ya been!? ^_^

Sevarius Jr.> Ah! There you are! WB, You've been missed! ^_^ <<Thank you! For accurately defining me as omniscient. ;)>> LOL Hey, your my main sorce of entertainment info, There's Sevarious Jr, Omnicient Knowledge Dispenser and Dave, Almighty Anime God. Two gods around which my life revolves! :P~~~ << Buffy will debut on Oct. 2>> Yey! Thanx! *HUGZ* Any idea about when Roswell will start?

OK, gotta get going, wouldnt want too miss my rivotting Filo class *rolls eyes* :P Bye guys!!! *HUGZ all and skips on out*
Caliope
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 09:36:40 AM
IP: 136.145.83.198

Josh > Sorry if the Demona of my ficverse is too much for you to handle. ;) And as for Angela and Broadway... be careful what you wish for... I plan on having a special director's cut of this latest story to post in the archive in another week or two.

SJ > Christine explained several times over the past month as she asked for submissions that this month's Avalon Mist's would have a "brown paper wrapper" section for the Titania's Secret section. And re: Angela - yes, I get your reference (I know you'd surely be shocked if I didn't).

"Won't someone PLEASE think of the children?!?" - Kyle's mom, "South Park"
Madame Destine - [m_destine@hotmail.com]
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 07:15:07 AM
IP: ac9e471f.ipt.aol.com

*Warpmind enters, stomach growling.*
Guhh... want food... can't get food... must stay in library... (Yes, I'm filling in for the librarian again...)

Oh, well, from bright to brighter - remember I mentioned power problems yesterday? Well, it seems that my Diablo 2 game is jinxed. I was saving my Druid at the time of one of the power outs, and, well, the files were corrupted because they were HALFWAY WRITTEN when the power went out. :( So my druid is begun anew, at the rogues' encampment... *Sigh* Oh, well, on the bright side - I know exactly which skills to hone from the very beginning... One werewolf, a werebear as soon as possible, and Lycantrophy until I'm at level 20 on that, then on with Werebear. That should keep me going until level 40ish... }:)

Fire Storm: In my book, the flammable way of disposing of a sofa is pretty pansy, too - go for a focused-charge fusion reaction - TOO HOT for flames. };) As for pirating, ayuh! The manufacturers don't make money for it, so it's unfair that anyone else should! (And that's about as far as my loyalty to people who make software goes, I'm afraid...) Oh, and SHODAN protocol? Um... System Shock reference, right? (Never played those...) Hmmm... for AIs, there shouldn't be any need for any such constraints, as AIs are not self-aware, and cannot logically act illogically. An AS, on the other hand, SHOULD have at least some humane guidelines, depending on purpose and expansion. (A prison control system AS, with no connection to the world outside the prison would require fewer restrictions than, say, an AS internet protocol...)

Gside: And a curled hand doesn't look evil enough? ;) Um... which language I think in??? *Blink* Well... English, most of the time... sometimes, dual-operating in Norwegian, and occasionally just in Norwegian...

Josh: No, I don't live in Hell. But, I can get a two-way ticket by train there, for the measly sum of maybe thirty or fourty bucks, and my soul. };)

Well, that rounds up this post... Cheerio, everyone.
Warpmind de InzanE - [warpmind@hotmail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 06:42:17 AM
IP: hume.ti.telenor.net

::walks in, totally devoid of any books, hi-lighters, or other implements of torture..uh, school::

Hi guys and gals.

I woke up nice and early today, around 1PM or so, and actually managed to DO some homework. I killed off my CE130 reading, my CE130 assignment, AND my math homework in just about an hour. So I'm free through Wednesday. I'll probably start on the MechE homework due thursday and the fluids homework due friday, though...just cuz I'm anal. And of course I've got more math homework and CE130 reading due on Friday to boot.

I just hope I get my graphics card soon and that it really does solve my problem with the tower. Not that I'm concerned financially about repairs, they'll be free. I just want my toy back.

Went to a BBQ at my friend Ben's house today...my god he has the MOST amazing property. You think the pics of my apartment are nice...you should see this place. Oh wait, you CAN. I brought my camera and took pics. Check out kicktothenuts.com/bensplace. His house overlooks the campus, the city, and the football field.

Ya know, as funny as I think Pistoff is when he posts in here...I just can't seem to derive any entertainment from his message board.

I think my friends and I are gonna start our own SETI group. We've got about 7 g4 processors between the four of us, as well as several high-powered g3s...I think we could break top 500 pretty darn quick.

Anyway, that was pretty much my day. On to replies!

The Wizard: <<it's scary to think that people at this school are so technologically inept that _I'm_ helping _them_>>: I think you know enough to at least pretend to troubleshoot for people ;-) Just remember, MacTank charges $29.95 per incident. <<Wish me luck on the test tomorrow...I'm going to need it>>: Good luck, but I really don't think you'll need it. <<I'm just a f*cking tracer>>: Seriously! <<Just remember to put those piccies on the web>>: As soon as Lynati learns what sizes and formats are acceptable for web images, we will. <<I'll try to bully people of this Macs later tonight...but it might be difficult. I'll just have to grab a taser>>: Fight for your iMac! ;-) <<Tell your friend that article is hilarious>>: Will do.

Siryn: <<temp page>>: Looks great. <>: Don't forget compatibility with Omniweb, iCab, and Opera. I can help with viewing/checking if you need.

Lain: <<moochie is now on the slippery slope to HELL cos he called me, the left-wing-atheist-heathen-girlfriend, instead of going to church last night>>: How long before you have complete and total dominion over his soul?

Baldy: <<working on my post, and the POWER GOES>>: Now you see why I save my posts ;-) <<Hell is a small town in Norway>>: Gee, that wouldn't happen to be YOUR town in Norway, would it? <<YOU obviously never knew what "tight funds" mean>>: Au contraire. I know what it means. In fact, I have to worry about it right now...just not as much as some people. And remember, its all relative. <>: Brilliant ;-)

Ravyn: <<I'm back!!>>: Hi, Back.

Lynati: Okay lets seriously talk about web images. I do technically have unlimited space on my friend's server, but that's FOR ME. If you want me to put your images up, lets put something up that people will actually take the time to download and view. That means small images. Nothing larger than the height of someone's monitor (so no taller than about 600 pixels, and no wider than 800), and decently sized jpg files: they really shouldn't need to be any larger than 2-300k. These are just pictures, remember. We're not using them for art.

Moochie: <<the person who left that flier might be a raging psychopath with a AR-18>>: Oh, that scene. <<It warms the cockles, I say>>: I say it warms the sub-cockles. <<How is lead going to strip steel>>: Um, at high speeds, friction WILL strip steel. Its not as hard as you think. <<you could put it inside a plastic cup that'll keep the two from touching>>: Which would INCINERATE at friction levels inside a rifle barrel. <<Scale it down to 25-30mm, and it'd be much easier on the back>>: Not to mention fun in a paintball tourney!

Gavin: <<I'm trying to get Tara to be a bit more lenient towards homosexuality and bi-sexuality because I have friends that are that way>>: And you're trying to talk her into a threesome.

Jaden: <<Work on the weekends, when I become ruler of this world that is the first thing I'm going to change>>: Unless you count school, though, I don't work the other 5 days of the week.

FS: <<Who is responsable for canceling BOTH of my classes>>: That would be me. My bad. <<Like LM, I have Streph>>: Gee...where could you have gotten THAT from... <<My DVD player died, so I got pissed and bought the one I wanted. The Sony 300+1 disk changer! SW33T>>: Two questions: 1) how much? 2) do you even HAVE that many DVD's? <<like I know what that is>>: So much for us thinking you're cultured. <<any idea what the average is>>: No clue. <<so bodyguarding skillz>>: Yes, yes. That will do nicely. <>: I'm sure her ribs will appreciate that. <<Let me guess: You did it the pansy non-flamable way>>: If we could have gotten it out of the apartment in one piece, we would have had a bonfire elsewhere. No raging infernos allowed in our apartment building. <<UNLESS you buy the good warranty>>: Right. But the free one with apple is one year, 3 if you buy the good warranty. <>: Well, on ebay you can always find boards and chips, etc. So you CAN build one yourself if you were so inclined, I guess. But part of the Apple motto is "We make the whole widget". Kind of like MS, but without all the licensing B.S. Part of using/buying Apple parts is the warranty, the design, the way the parts interact with the OS. Not that you couldn't build a PPC to run Linux on. <<Substandard video and sound. And all that crap software>>: Well, mac standard sound cards are better than PC standard sound cards (many PC's dont even HAVE sound cards), and of course you can always put a new one in. Mac towers also ship with your choice of GeForce2, GeForce2 w/ Twinview, or GeForce3. I don't think any of those are too crappy. As for software...iMovie, MacOS X, and all the standard free stuff that comes with every computer like IE, NS, OE, AOL, a calulator, Palm desktop, etc. None of it is really that crappy. Considering its free AND fully functional right out of the box, I'd say its a good setup. I'm fully convinced that my bro's iMac will be able to run all the way to college for him without him ever needing to steal a piece of software (except for games, but those don't count). <>: Heh, heh. <<wouldn't the buckshot basicailly kill the rifling in the barrel>>: Oh, hell yeah it would. <<TV, Video-in and Video-OUT cards. Can't find anything compareable with those features for under $600>>: How about ATI's Xclaim USB adapter? <<Pirated software should be free>>: Um... <<but, you know... the hatchlings>>: I ate them, we don't have to worry about them anymore. <<boobs AND beer! Kill two birds with one trampoline>>: LOL! <<Exoskeleton v1.0 with decorative armor>>: 1.0 is all that will be ready!? I'm not paying for that! <<who is Jack>>: The guy that all the magazines are written about. Remember when he's reading the articles like "I am Jack's Medula Oblongata" or "I am Jack's Colon". <<You Terrans are crunchy and are good with a cold Coke>>: Many go well with Chocolate syrup. <<a PDA with legs and defensive capabilities>>: And boobs and beer, of course. <>: Why do you have this fear? Not that I'm denying it, mind you, I just like to get a feel for why people think certain things about me. Also, keep in mind that neither you nor DPH have actually MET me, and I'm sure people that were at G2k1 don't share your opinions. <<That's why I am making the DLD. Keep him happy>>: A happy Josh is good...besides a successful DLD project is sure to net you a high-paying job in my future government. And/or a country. <<Although, sadly, I doubt it>>: I want my next car to have a jet engine under the hood...nah, on second though, I want a Harrier. <<Your actions would be better aimed at more... virginal targets>>: Male or female? In any case, we have a scant few in here... <>: Nice. I can't wait to see them compete. Okay, now instead of building them, put the money away and go to G2k2. <<DO you think there should be a SHODAN Protocol to prevent ANY AI or AS system from having it's moral constraints removed>>: I don't like the idea of someone telling me what I can and can't program. That said, I REALLY don't like the idea of having some crazy intelligence that thinks much faster than we do doing a lot of really bad stuff.

DPH: <>: That won't stop anything. All I have to do to avoid CR villians is leave the CR. DC means nothing when I'm sitting on an OC48 at my castle, and Otto Mobile means nothing when I'm flying around or being driven. Dis Harmony will be my friend for a short while at the beginning of my coup until I execute her. So I fear no villians.

Jan: <<I'm FINALLY in my house>>: Congrats! <>: I've been in my apartment for a year already and every few weeks I see something and say "I didn't know that was there!" <<Since you are now experienced in fence building... I need a fence put up>>: I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that SJ is gonna tell you to put it up yer arse... ;-)

Siofra: <<There is actually a Hell in Michigan too>>: Right, Detroit. We've been over this. <<Care to explain that>>: Not really. Unless you have some brilliant advice/epiphany about how *I* can get a girl...a girl I'd actually like to DATE instead of just SHTUP. But no one I know seems to have said advice, so I'll just keep my trap shut.

Gside: <<Yes, so? It's 2^9, aka 2^10/2>>: That wasn't for you. <>: I'll be somewhere else. <<Or for a more Shakespearian way of saying it: From naught>>: Right. That. <<It's called La Blue Girl, and the sequel La Blue Lady. Perhaps the premier tentacle hentai>>: I think, before the lost of my PSL folder, I may have had such a thing. Any way I can get it from you? <<True, you just can't compete>>: Or, when my opposition starts making my arguments for me, I don't need to keep talking. <<Woohoo>>: You're just hoping its you. I don't think the other virgins are as...hopeful. <<How does water wear down rocks>>: Slowly ;-)

Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.
-John Von Neumann, 1951

Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [@kicktothenuts.com]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 03:52:06 AM
IP: c852362-a.pinol1.sfba.home.com

They showed Mononoke Hime (dubbed) on RU at the Movies. And it's on the schedule a good couple more times.

Imzadi> <<A HALF MEGABYTE IS 512K>>: Yes, so? It's 2^9, aka 2^10/2.
<<Everyone's gonna strip?>>: I know I will.
<<Through a hole the size of a lemon>>: Or for a more Shakespearian way of saying it: From naught.
<<The bible is unclear as to whether god wrote them or moses chiseled them from listening to god>>: But the point was more lugging than writing.
<<Is this H I should have>>: Well, yes, but that's not the name. It's called La Blue Girl, and the sequel La Blue Lady. Perhaps the premier tentacle hentai.
<<What's the worst he could say?>>: The truth.
<<Always embarrassing to miss one of those>>: Not really, since I haven't seen either. But especially since I used to frequent the Stash.
<>: True, you just can't compete.

Niamhgold> <<Gotta brush up on my Quark>>: My brother said the same thing yesterday. The record company he went to recently gave him a test, and he was rusty.
<<Wish me luck on the test tomorrow>>: Good luck.

Warpmind> <<Monocles are SO much more distinguished for the Evil Eyes>>: True, but then you'd have to keep your hand curled all the time.
Random question: what language do you think in?

Fire Storm> <<Who is responsable for canceling BOTH of my classes>>: Could be the professors themselves. Or maybe the dean of the curriculum, or what ever they would call that position.
<<The Sony 300+1 disk changer!>>: Toy.
<<Oh, like I know what that is!>>: I believe the hero of a series of novels, and of a recent A&E miniseries.
<<And let me know your results, ok?>>: Should I get around to it, it'll probably show up on my CR IP.
<>: Nope, he was summoned in one of the early EN episodes. Round abouts August 18 last year.
<<Go for the eyes, Boo!>>: No, no, no. The WLH is from Supermegatopia.<>: But what are the chances of her wearing it before the next ren fair?
<<Your actions would be better aimed at more... virginal targets>>: Woohoo.

Gunjack> <<it turns out that websense blocks Elflife>>: Probably because of the recent uncensored Glynhal
<<I'm not even going to ASK what THAT was a reference to>>: Jordan, of course.
<<How is lead going to strip steel?>>: How does water wear down rocks?

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside
Piscatway, NJ
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 12:36:12 AM
IP: wc02-hill012-hill.rutgers.edu

FS: Cool! We wanted to go on the Irish weekend. My cousin's Irish dance school usually dances for it, but this year they aren't. We still thought it would be fun to go for it, though. I'm re-doing my elf costume, and my bf is making a ren-style outfit and he already has a cloak that he bought there last year. We're even taking my eleven year old sis, who is going to dress up with us too. I'm really looking forward to it! Have fun!
Siofra
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 12:35:12 AM
IP: pm323-10.dialip.mich.net

Siofra: <Is the festival you are talking about the one in Holly?>
Yep. Thats the one!
LM and I hope to go back up there on the 22nd or 23rd. Romantic Weekend!
Fire Storm
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 12:17:41 AM
IP: 64.109.143.22

Well, I'm back home at the moment, but leaving for school again tomorrow. I spent all weekend with my boyfriend and his family at their cabin on the lake, and then I came home to finish packing up the rest of my stuff for school. Getting up early tomorrow to work on my costume for the RenFest this weekend, and then loading up and heading on back to Ann Arbor.

LM/FS: Is the festival you are talking about the one in Holly? If it is, that's the one I'm going to be at this weekend :-)

SJ: There is actually a Hell in Michigan too ;-)

Josh: <<or maybe "Lauren"...nah, she might see that.>> Care to explain that?

Not much to say right now, kinda bummed because I miss my bf already, and I'm not even gone yet. The pathetic part is that I'll see him on Friday when I come home for the Fest we are going to and I'm still upset :-/
Oh well, It'll get better...
Thats it for now
Siofra - [siofra7@hotmail.com]
Michigan
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 12:01:23 AM
IP: pm323-10.dialip.mich.net

Firestorm><<Guess I missed that part on Explotation Now.>> And I quote: "The power of cheesecake." As an aside, it turns out that websense blocks Elflife, but NOT Explotation Now. How's THAT for irony? <<Hmm... cybernetic hand...>> I'm not even going to ASK what THAT was a reference to... Probably a spoiler anyway. <<That was my original idea. But wouldn't the buckshot basicailly kill the rifling in the barrel?>> The barrel is made out of steel (or ceramet, if you wanna get fancy). The shot is made of lead. How is lead going to strip steel? And even if you were using DU shot for some sadistic reason, you could put it inside a plastic cup that'll keep the two from touching. But why use a rifled barrel? Whith a smoothbore, you can use Alphabets for precise fire (and alphabets are WAY better for knocking holes in things, as well as being REALLY accurate...)and fin-stabilized shells for HE. And if you REALLY want to get fancy, you could biuld in an extendable chamber and auto-adjusting gas vents that way, you could very the length of shells being used (thereby gaining both grenade and mortar capability; mortars are just longer shells)... Ooo, or you could do the extending chamber part, but use liquid propellent! Hey! That'd make the whole thing a heckuva lot lighter, since the chamber wouldn't have to acomidate all the propellent... Anyway, this sucker'll be awfully heavy. Scale it down to 25-30mm, and it'd be much easier on the back... *ideas begin spawning*

Gah! Must... Memorize... Verses..!
Real post when I have time. That could be a while. :\
Gunjack "Poindexter" Valentine - [miphsingleton@hotmail.com]
Monday, September 3, 2001 11:50:06 PM
IP: 192.133.129.4

Just a quick note to say hello and that I'm FINALLY in my house!! *happy feet dance*

I've been extremely busy with the move from the apartment, painting, wallpapering, and putting up border in various rooms. The past residents did not clean up after themselves nor had they cleaned the house for the past 2 years - so I'm cleaning in addition to the remodeling. O.o
I gave Michael a break today from working on projects to installing the computer system. There are some kinks to be worked out and cable to be properly placed, but for the current time, we can all get online for at least short periods during the day. My 2nd phone line will be installed on Thursday.
I have finished my bathroom and am very pleased with the final results. :) I painted and then hung border... it was quite comical - I wasn't sure which of the 3 Stooges I looked the most like. *L* Wet border with glue on it in 9 ft strips wrapping itself around my arm, leg, then sticking to the curtains and window... but it's finally up (with help from Anna) and I must say it looks beautiful =)
Ceiling fans were hung today and another room was painted. I also found another pair of shoes! I hate moving... everything disappears for at least 3 months.

SJ> *L* I feel your pain, my friend! I have been in many towns such as what you described Augusta to be like. I lived in Louisiana for a few years plus I grew up in the Ozarks ;) My father's family lives in eastern Missouri and when my mom would begin thinking that we didn't have much, he would load us up and go visit the "kinfolk" for a weekend. That's usually all it took for mom to realize once again how well off we really were! *L* I remember some of his cousins visiting us and they raved the entire time they were here because my mom and dad had their very own bathroom connected to their bedroom... and we didn't even have to go outside to use it! Our house was about 2,500 sq ft and they thought we lived in a mansion. They were also impressed that our floors didn't slant to one side and that we had a dining room set that all matched and no chrome. *L*
We kids always returned home with some type of bladder infection because we all refused to use the outhouse and would hold it for long lengths of time - until we would go back into town to the motel. There was also a water well on the backporch of my great aunt's house - but I wouldn't drink any water because there was a cricket on the inside of the well wall. Yeah, I had a pampered life ;) *L*
Sorry to hear of your troubles though... especially the break-in. =\ Since you are now experienced in fence building... I need a fence put up... ;)

Well, I didn't have time to read all of the comments so I can't respond to any other ones at this time. Besides, I'm calling it a night - a lot of work still left to be done tomorrow.
Jan
Monday, September 3, 2001 11:37:12 PM
IP: modem25-291.mo-net.com

Hmm. I have an idea for keeping Imzadi from taking over the world. Two words: CR villains. Between all the various CR villains, no single person can directly conquer the world. Controlling the world from behind the scenes is a diferent matter, though.

For the 1st time ever, I've cooked something that upset my stomach. It was 'cheese biscuits' and I followed the recipe precisely.

My proposed CR math rules were a joke, considering how insanity runs around here.

**DPH leaves the CR or does he use a hologram to make himself invisible?**

DPH - [dph_of_rules@yahoo.com]
AR, USA
Monday, September 3, 2001 11:28:58 PM
IP: max1-72.cwy.cei.net

::FS walks into the CR, pulsed plasma mini-guns locked and loaded in both hands::
OK! Who is responsable for canceling BOTH of my classes, ESPECIALLY the one I REALLY wanted to take?

Like LM, I have Streph, but because of my little canary getting it before me, I went to the doctor and got d4 p|11z to get stop it before it got worse.

My DVD player died, so I got pissed and bought the one I wanted. The Sony 300+1 disk changer! SW33T!

Gside: <Why, Horatio Hornblower, of course>
Oh, like I know what that is!
<Perhaps I should look into packet spoofing>
YES! And let me know your results, ok?
<the group I was with was instructed twice to "69, everyone.">
Reminds me of "Please kill me" and "Can you kill JohnDoe?" I swear, I want to make mafia jokes SO badly!
<That was officially a tie>
I do believe that is a first!
<A fellow from Exploitation Now. He gets summoned by too much sailor suited cheesecake.>
Really? I thought he was just someone made up for the guest strip on Megatokyo. Guess I missed that part on Explotation Now.
Hmm... cybernetic hand...
<Would that be Teh World's Largest Hamster?>
Go for the eyes, Boo!

Imzadi: <Depends on the human>
Seriously though, any idea what the average is?
<Okay, but no more than any other woman>
Ok... so bodyguarding skillz?
<You're in the Berkeley group? I was in team MacAddict before I gave up>
Team Sluggy Freelance
<You must be a gamer>
Worse. Technophile.
<The last of course being the most important>
DAMN FRIGGING STRAIGHT!
Hey... there was a marathon on Friday. DEFINATELY not enough corset.
BUT I bought LM a nice black leather one on Saturday at the Ren Fair, so that makes things better!
<At least it was much lighter than our other sofa, which we finished destroying and disposing of last night>
Let me guess: You did it the pansy non-flamable way.
Woos! ;)
<By comparison, Dell doesn't handle ANYTHING after 30 days>
UNLESS you buy the good warranty.

Figures! Ok... I am undead. Better?
<You're right. It's pretty freakin silly>
SILLY? I was laughing my 4$$ off!
The ONLy thing I really see wrong with Macs is that I can't buy just the parts and make one myself. But thats just me. I don't trust companies to make my computer. They put too much crap in it. Substandard video and sound. And all that crap software.
<We are gonna have some serious quarrels over which celebrities to do away with>
Hmm...

Ok, I can't think of anything what won't have a snappy reply to it, so...
Ok, ok. With that wording, I guess I had that coming.

Gunjack: <What's the point? Just get a nice 40mm recoiless cannon. With the right ammo, it can be ANY of those!>
That was my original idea. But wouldn't the buckshot basicailly kill the rifling in the barrel?
<It warms the cockles, I say...>
I like how he is SO calm after wards. "I need to take this"

Niamhgold: <Amen!! ATI video cards really $uck>
The problem is that I LOVE ATI cards! Especially as TV, Video-in and Video-OUT cards. Can't find anything compareable with those features for under $600
<From Warpmind: By the way, could you e-mail me the full-size pics of the Weird Sisters that Josh iconized?>
Me too!

Warpmind: 
Definately. Pirated software should be free.

Madame Destine: Good as always!

Christine: I have to agree with SJ. Avalon Mists DID seem a bit adult this time around. Not that I am complaining, mind you, but, you know... the hatchlings.
Oh, I think your CR is pretty much dead! :)

Lain: <so i ask the guy if they have any CANADIAN army stuff but.. nooooooo>
You should come to the army surplus place near me! (Harry's. The place with the red white and blue painted fighter drop fuel tank). Half their stuff is from forign military!

Wilek: <Or maybe the other restless dead--I have to wonder why he was guarding that graveyard>
OH, HIM! Ok... I think it was a parody of his character in FMJ.
<I'm stupid, so I don't remember those parts.>
No, your smart. You forgot about that movie!
<True. Maybe NML just took place in an alternate timeline or something>
NML is cool! I am SO putting it in my fic!
<OK. How 'bout we attend a taping of the Man Show while we're at it?>
Hmm... boobs AND beer! Kill two birds with one trampoline!
<Cool...didja grab a picture? If not, will you ever see it again?>
No pic... yet. But I see it daily!
<Dare I enquire?>
2001: Exoskeleton v1.0 with decorative armor
2004: No. :)
<Amen. I can't go into why it bothers me without spoiling it, but...>
BUT I CAN'T STOP WATCHING IT!
And who is Jack!?!?!

Remember: You Terrans are crunchy and are good with a cold Coke.
Mmmm! Iron based blood!
<Unfortunately? If I sought a mellifluous mechanical minx for mating, I wouldn't want a mindless marionette>
Personally? Me neither. For ME I am making my HAL. Basicailly a PDA with legs and defensive capabilities.

DPH: 
Agreed. But I fear that Imzadi may have the charisma to get a million troops on his side.
That's why I am making the DLD. Keep him happy!
PLUS, bribes always help! ;)

It may sound wierd, but try a bodice. From what I have been told, waitresses use them for back problems.
(And yes, I know you are a guy.

SJ: <They sound like they have a jet engine hidden under the hood>
Although, sadly, I doubt it. Too expensive.
TURBOs, on the other hand...
<But that's nothing compared to the sheer evil plans I have to corrupt the soul of Green Baron>
::In an evil calm voice:: But we have already brought him over to the dark side. Your actions would be better aimed at more... virginal targets.
<Wow. Now THAT is an establishment I'd love to frequent>
Absofreekinglootly!
<People don't respect that movie, or the book it's based upon>
It made a good point. It was screwed up. BUt I liked it! Book? Must buy now...
Along with the one for Payback.

:)

Jaden: 
Agreed. But a glass carriage down a busy New York street? A BIT excessive, if you ask me.

Battlebots: I have the names for my Super-heavyweight and heavyweight robots: Mad Xenomorph and HURT//MAIM//KILL
I am still undecided about my lightweight one, though.
I need to build those darn things now!

QUESTION: DO you think there should be a SHODAN Protocol to prevent ANY AI or AS system from having it's moral constraints removed?
(An act punishable by long prison sentances or death)
I mean, we need ways to protect ourselves from the possibility of someone creating a system that tries to do what SHODAN tried to do.
Fire Storm - [jeremycbcd@usa.net]
Monday, September 3, 2001 10:56:54 PM
IP: 64.109.143.22

Imzadi- Work on the weekends, when I become ruler of this world that is the first thing I'm going to change.

Aaliyah- I was very upset to hear of here passing. She was had a bright future ahead of her.

Fleur- I'm the same way with my sisters, just nag until they do it. Get well soon.

Well that's all for now,
Later.

Jaden - [jaden12@hotmail.com]
Monday, September 3, 2001 08:30:59 PM
IP: 211.216.216.46

just a quick post....

SJ> hey, I'm trying to get Tara to be a bit more lenient towards homosexuality and bi-sexuality because I have friends that are that way. and also pistoff's site has changed to http://www.pistoff.0catch.com/index.html.

Snootch to the Mother F!cking Nootch!!!!!!!
Gavin
Monday, September 3, 2001 08:24:29 PM
IP: dh171.scarlett.mtsu.edu

Half-right, Lyn... The part where he beats himself up is later. That time, he just slowly walks toward his boss while talking about how the person who left that flier might be a raging psychopath with a AR-18 semi-automatic gas-powered carbine... "Or maybe you should just not bring me every piece of trash you come across. *SNATCH*" ...It warms the cockles, I say...

Back to memorization for HB quiz!
Gunjack "Needle Imp" Valentine
Monday, September 3, 2001 07:28:26 PM
IP: 192.133.129.4

*sneaks in*

Imzadi: The scene in fight club...the boss finds a flier for a fight-club related issue still in the cpoying machine, and goes to ask "Jack" what it is about...and he then proceeds to beat the crap out of *himself*, so when security comes in it just looks *BAD* for the boss...I think there is a pretty decent quote in there...the one about machingunning down one's fellow employees, or suchlike.

Niamhgold:The main problem I realized that I was fixing in ps colorwise was my ink-lines being too dark or running just slightly over eachother, and making the result look bad. I'd just find a proper clor equivalent and clone-stamp over the area. But cleaning up the B/W versions and printing out a clean copy to color should make that a moot point. other than that it was simply erasing all the little areas where I got sloppy and colored a smidge outside the lines. And I don't as yet have a place to put them up...well, Imzy offered his place, so maybe I'll take him up on that. I did rough-color versions of the first four, and I think I'm going to leave them as such and do seperate smooth versions. I don't think I want to put either of the unfinished (B/W or rough-colored) versions of any pic up, tho. I'll do finished versions soon and post those.
And yeah, I had a disk with a few other art pieces on it...but it was in the box w/ my computer stuff, so it is gone. I was meaning to re-scan those, anyway. hey, wait...

lain, do you still have those two pieces I sent you a while back, saved on disk maybe? I don't think you ever did get around to posting those. *shrugs*
<gargy-wargies> coolies. I can send you several colorless versions as a sneak preview...I couldn't do any more today because the lab is closed..and the library doesn't have scanners or photoshop.
I'll do it tomorrow, when I have access to a zip drive.
<finding ring> oooOOOooo, lain is talented...hee hee...

Okay, I've got a play to read. TTFN.
*Poof*
Lynati "T.W.A." Kshudra
Monday, September 3, 2001 06:37:40 PM
IP: 208.12.249.253

I'm back!!! ;)

And I miss my Coyote...

SJ, darn good to see you around again, man. ;)

I'll write more later...
Ravyn - [going through Coyote-withdrawl]
Monday, September 3, 2001 05:49:43 PM
IP: manzy-mo-1-226.rescomp.arizona.edu

*Warpmind enters, HIGHLY upset, and goes on to put DC through an unpleasant-looking, highly messy device, involving several sharp, pointy objects, what appears to be a complex system of pipes and meat grinders, and a few sackfulls of feathers.*
Grrr... working on my post, and the POWER GOES! :(

Hi, Aingeal!

SJ: Hell is not Augusta, Georgia. Actually, Hell is a small town in Norway... look it up; it should be pretty easy to find. ;) Around 26 degrees, 15 minutes N, 10 degrees, 53 minutes E. ;)

Gside: Monocles are SO much more distinguished for the Evil Eyes. };)

Josh: Thank you. I do proofread while writing. Fortunately, my grasp of English is sufficient to ward off MOST bad typos. Unfortunately, some still sneak up on me. ;) As for the sewage systems, just remember, YOU obviously never knew what "tight funds" mean. };) And they BOTH made the tablets - God made the first set, then Moses broke them and had to carve new ones. Fun article, by the way. I think I'll use it as an ad for my soon-to-be-established diet clinic. };)

Well, that's the end of my post... better post it now, in case the power leaves again...
Ciao.
Warpmind de InzanE - [warpmind@hotmail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Monday, September 3, 2001 04:47:29 PM
IP: mp-217-239-52.daxnet.no

sj>> moochie and i are engaged???? whend THIS happen?! awwwww SHUCKS!!!!!! i think you got that mixed up.. may DAD and HIS girlfriend are engaged.. not moochie and i. *looks at moochie... blinks... looks back to sj* aaaaaaaaaanyway.. i was a hero last night cos i el girlfriendo lost el ringo and *I* found it. in the dark. in the back yard. in the grass. yay me. and i also got my first phone, too. my dad gave it to me. okay, so its a rotary dial but its better than the other "air phone" i have.. so whats your phone number again, sj? huh huh huh?

lynati>> gargie-wargies????? BWA HAHAHA!!!!! ME WAN SEE!!!!! *reverts back to childhood..*

gunjy>> i hoooope you got your speech done for today.. (just so everyone knows, moochie is now on the slippery slope to HELL cos he called me, the left-wing-atheist-heathen-girlfriend, instead of going to church last night..)
bwa ha ha, my corruption is complete... (sorry love, i couldnt resist that one.. it was tooooo tempting..)
i sent you another email, too. about what GOD thought of you missing church. ; )

AAAAAAAAK!!!!!! I HAVE TO GO OR MY DAD WILL EAT ME FOR BEING ON THE COMPUTER TOO LONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
love you all!!!!!!

lain "break that wall, break it in two" iwakura - [sanchinwalker@hotmail.com]
@home, eh?
Monday, September 3, 2001 01:42:38 PM
IP: ttyb05.ptbo.igs.net

Hey,

Well the temp page is up. It'll hopefully updated frequently to keep you up to date until I get the whole page set up. (which will occur as soon as the Gathering Date mess is sorted out)

And, before people flood my email box, the page is written in Css stylesheet code, so if your browsers aren't MIE 5 or netscape 4.7 and above, there might be some viewing problems. I am working on getting those corrected and have a more viewer friendly page, but hopefully for now everyone will be happy with this one?

If you have any questions comments, etc to me personally, contact me at siryn7@aol.com

If you have any questions, comments etc concerning the Gathering 2002 please contact gatheringofthegargoyles@yahoo.com

Special thanks to everyone who has contacted me with their questions and concerns so far, I do appreciate recieving imput. (even though sometimes I may seem a little stressed about it)

http://gathering.art-chicks.com/

There you go, have fun!
Siryn --2002 Convention Chair - [gatheringofgargoyles@yahoo.com]
Monday, September 3, 2001 12:41:20 PM
IP: roc-24-93-24-2.rochester.rr.com

Argh...

Should've read *off these Macs. Darned keyboard ;)

The Man: LOL. Tell your friend that article is hilarious ;)
Niamhgold (again)
Monday, September 3, 2001 09:40:28 AM
IP: 206.41.205.203

** Niamhgold enters **

** Bams head against wall ** Campus tech said they'd be open today, but are they? Nope. Argh. Not that I'm complaining about the _day_ that they're not open (it's Labor Day, after all ;)), but they specifically said they would be when I asked on Friday. Ah, well, I am having fun randomly helping people with their computers outside of network troubles (it's scary to think that people at this school are so technologically inept that _I'm_ helping _them_! :: shudders ::), plus studying for my electronic-media-and-culture test out is really keeping me busy. Gotta brush up on my Quark, which means I'm going to be sitting at Pagemaker all day. Wish me luck on the test tomorrow...I'm going to need it ;(.

Not much time for replies, so I'll reply to the person that I swear, i didn't mean to miss in my last post:

Lynati: Sorry, did not mean to miss yours! Cool, so you're a prismacolor friend. Nice; I use them a lot. I rather stay away from fixing "mistakes" in Photoshop. Actually, mistakes can make a picture _more_ beautiful. I figure that if I'm going to color in digital at all, it should be all or nothing (with the exception of inking...I'm just a f*cking tracer, is all ;)). Just remember to put those piccies on the web! I'm excited to see...in the meantime, do you have any files you'd share of even non-gargs stuff?

SJ: Nice to see you again :) i'm going to work on posting to you a little more often, too ;)

Stephen: I'll try and work on getting a well-composed email to you by the middle of the week :) Thanks for being so prompt in your reply!

Adios, all, I'll try to bully people of this Macs later tonight...but it might be difficult. I'll just have to grab a taser! ;)
Niamhgold
Monday, September 3, 2001 09:39:13 AM
IP: 206.41.205.203

also, click on my name for an entertaining article my friend sent me...WARNING: it contains adult content.
Josh again
Monday, September 3, 2001 06:57:38 AM
IP: adsl-64-161-26-202.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net

::walks into CR, holding a massive tome in his left hand, a hi-lighter in his right, looking down at the pages yet somehow managing to avoid bumping into everything::

Hi folks!

First things first: A HALF MEGABYTE IS 512K

::pats SJ on the back:: Long time no see, self!

Woke up today at around 2PM, logged in to work for a few hours. I got an email from my boss about compensation...seems he's still trying to invent creative ways to not pay me for my time. We'll have to have a little talk about that one. Around 5:30 Mike and I went to the south side of campus (drawing the standard stares from chicks because of the car) and picked up two MST3K DVD's and stopped at the hoagie place for lunch.

I was tempted to buy Lateralus...but I didn't. I'm just not into spending money on CD's right now. I'm still saving up for two more hard drives, an extra 512 megs of RAM, a firewire DVDROM drive, a new printer, and a new laptop. In the meantime, I can copy new CD's for 10 cents a piece.

I got the funniest tech support call today...from my brother (these calls are free, so I don't get paid for them). He was having printing problems. Why was he having printing problems? Because the paper wasn't seated properly. Why wasn't the paper seated properly? Because my brilliant hermanito was under the impression that the printer only held ONE piece of paper at a time.

He felt pretty silly when my Dad walked into his room and properly seated 40 pages of paper in the machine. I told him the tech support was only free if he stopped being a moron.

I still miss my machine, which is sitting in the corner of my room. I still haven't decided what to call it. On the one hand, I really like the Princess Bride stuff. On the other...I've got all those freakin beautiful gargoyles icons...Demona will be my PSL folder no matter what happens...or maybe "Lauren"...nah, she might see that.

We hosted a mini-movie night at our apartment and showed the two MST3K eps Mike bought.

My friend Zach said this to me today. "I told my dad I was thinking of going mac. It was like coming out of the closet." I thought that was pretty freakin funny.

On to replies!

The Wizard: <<I'm adjusting to this ridiculous ten-minute time limit on the gatehouse computers>>: In god's name HOW!? <<any earlier than that, though, and I'd have to shoot myself>>: To put yourself out of your own misery. <<all the comps in the Gatehouse are iMacs with no compatible disk drives.>>: CD ROM. Burn them. <>: He's from NYC, is he? <<Now where did _that_ one come from?>>: From spending way too much time talking with me. <>: And want to piss me off too ;-) <>: Thank you for explaining our recent IM conversations. <<no chicka bow. One bow kinda girl, remember?>>: Yeah, whatever. <<Can't say the bangs weren't enjoyable, though>>: I bet. <<One day all shall be revealed>>: Everyone's gonna strip? <<how do you think I came into this world>>: Through a hole the size of a lemon. <<I'm sure I could find a great place that's pro-PC>>: Best of luck with that. <<doesn't it make more sense to get it when you're being a bad boy?>>: Not really, when girls always say "I'm just looking for a nice guy" ::cough:: bullsh*t ::cough:: <<Unless it has something to do with my coffee, please explain>>: You had to be at G2k1, where we were MiSTing "The Gathering". I was using shadow puppets to pick Oberon's nose. <<Are you also going to put a dartboard on the toilet seat cover?>>: God no! <>: Send them a kicktothenuts.com.

Revel: <<maybe you can salvage it or do what I do with old car parts, use them as paper weights>>: NEVER! Don't even suggest such a thing.

Baldy: <<My 31st fanfic is UP!>>: I read it. It was very funny. And you actually proofread! <<we must have our sewage systems in some sort of cannon form, to unload with extreme precision at the houses of snotty, stuck-up rich guys who just never learned what "tight funds" mean>>: Best of luck with that. <<Actually, Moses did it, not God. God made them, but it was Moses who lugged the stone tablets down the mountainside>>: Actually, no. The bible is unclear as to whether god wrote them or moses chiseled them from listening to god. The movie shows god writing them with bolts of lightning.

Lynati: <>: Good luck getting a dime out of those bastards. <<and imzy, it was "the tenth" at the very very latest>>: Fascinating.

FS: <>: I need a reader that can store files on my CF card...that'd be sweet. <<Which is why they take me so long to put out. She is quite busy>>: I guess all I can really say here is, "put out faster, damnit". ;-)

Aingeal: <<I'm going to blow something up some time>>: I want to be a demolition expert too. <<if anone knows a GOOD site to get software (design) packages at education prices, let me know please>>: Berkeley Student Store. What do you need?

SJ: Hey! Welcome back. <<I'd wind up with a huge, Traveler-sized post of nothing but bitching and moaning>>: We should be so lucky! <>: I don't think I'll ever do that again. <<No computer or net access available. Not even cable TV. It sucked>>: Good god! How did you survive!? <<It's a redneck, white trash cesspool of the Deep South>>: Isn't that a bit redundant? <<nothing, spells white trash more than pawn shops>>: So true. <<THEY REALLY ARE HICKS LIVING IN TRAILERS>>: Did you have doubts!? Stereotypes are usually true, despite the yelling and screaming to the contrary. <<Maybe it's cause I live in an actual city, instead of a poor southern equivalent of one>>: Its scary going from a culture center to one deprived of culture, isn't it? <<if there was ever an excuse for road rage, I had it down there>>: Were you ever behind the wheel of a car? <<Young man slaughters entire population of a southern city>>: Then I would fully embrace you as my clone. <<That's�.somewhat surprising coming from you>>: Yeah, it doesn't fit well with the other music I like. I don't know why I like it, I just do. I don't even hear the standard christian imagery crap. I just hear songs about girls. Like EVERY OTHER SONG EVER WRITTEN. <>: I get it from my parents, who as I'm sure you can guess are into the whole "fine dining" thing. <<why bother whan God has seen fit to give man the gift of the Hotpocket>>: Amen. <<the bunny channel is rather tame to me>>: Its tame to me too. But we can't get Vivid on a subscription base. So this is as good as it gets. Plus, it has varying levels of "tameness", usually hitting just the base of what I consider pr0n. <<If you're gonna see it, see it all>>: Sometimes you do. <>: I got my empirically. <<the coolest kid I knew was the one with the entire set of Transformers toys>>: Damn, you were a loser. Just like me. <<you were hanging out with a kid whose dad owned a castle>>: Yeah. The kid later dropped out of high school, started a band, and toured with Dave Matthews. <<Kirsten Dunst wasn't enough for you? Damn, she is for me. She's one of my many future ex-wives>>: I've seen her in person (she was at my RHPS in LA) and she's not that great. In general I prefer brunettes to blondes. <<Most people on MTV these days are>>: This is true. <<Do you agree with me that she's hotter with long hair>>: HELL YES! She also lost a few pounds, so now she's got less of a baby look and more of a "drool over me" look. And I do. <<A rhetorical question begging to be answered anyway>>: So why didn't you? <>: Maybe you're not my clone...I'm a little more secure than that. <<You hate Jay? But Jay is fantastic>>: Amen. My friend Nico has started hanging with him. <<He's an acquired taste I guess.>>: Now THAT was homoerotic. <<Puritanical Wilek becomes sexually corrupted>>: I'll call CNN. <<that's nothing compared to the sheer evil plans I have to corrupt the soul of Green Baron>>: He's already got a girlfriend. <<Live from the Battlebots arena>>: Robot Jox, a movie about exactly that, was made by the guy who owned the castle in Italy. <<What about Tool? Or NIN? Or Stabbing Westward, Gravity Kills, or Disturbed? There's lots of good, dark and evil music out there! You just have to wade through the Britneys and the Fred Dursts of the world to get to it>>: Yes, but I want to go on a shooting spree when I listen to any of those. <<most of what Bob says IS profound>>: Except for "THE SIGN YOU MORON". <<You may be on an island there my friend. You just gave me one really wicked fantasy>>: Okay, you are my clone...I got the same fantasy. <<Certain people in here got all bitchy when I told them they were the all singing, all-dancing sh!t of the world>>: Yeah, well, what do they know. <>: No, no they didn't. Yeah, you think about sex a lot. But you think about things besides sex and beer...sometimes. <<you run to ol' SJ and tell me>>: And you'll "comfort" her, right? Yeah, I know that one. <<someone has got to look out for the young ones, right>>: Provided they are of legal age of consent. <<helping Anna in the Magic Box>>: I'd like to help Anna and Buffy with their magic boxes... <<Canada has an army>>: That's what I said to my cousins when I was staying up there. <>: It was. Until a few days ago. <<Angela wearing a Roman war helmet>>: Huh? I assume she's not wearing anything else.

Moochie: <<the one where the main character's boss shows him the advert for fight club, and he scares the crap out of the poor guy>>: Huh!? I have no idea what scene you're talking about, and I've probably seen it 20 times.

Gside: <<The further adventures of Mido Miko>>: Is this H I should have? If so, could you send it to me? <<That is not a question you generally want to ask Wilek>>: What's the worst he could say? <<"Huh?">>: I was thinking more along the lines of "I'd better fix this". <<!$@#>>: Always embarrassing to miss one of those. <<you can't do much if you are too.>>: Ah, this was true. <<I'm telling you I was the King of Spain. And now I work at the Pizza Pizza>>: I could have been king. Instead, I work at S-mart ;-) <<But you don't have the wondrous Jersey water. Guaranteed to preserve your body better than formaldahyde>>: Well, I guess my argument is done. <<Nope>>: Bulls' Balls. <<not as many as porn would have us believe, I'm sure>>: Well I guess that depends on which porn you watch. <<aren't strawberries supposed to be an aphrodesiac>>: They are supposed to be.

Okay folks, 4AM...bedtime. See ya'll tomorrow.

Pinky, you have the reasoning skills of a burlap sack.
-The Brain, "Pinky and the Brain"

Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [@kicktothenuts.com]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Monday, September 3, 2001 06:54:45 AM
IP: adsl-64-161-26-202.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net

Well, here I am at Rutgers, ethernet up and all that. Joy.

Imzadi> <<see what happens when porn soundtrack is slipped into Niamh's discman>>: The further adventures of Mido Miko.
<<That is not necessarily a good thing>>: Case in point: me.
<<What do you do that keeps you so busy?>>: That is not a question you generally want to ask Wilek.
<>: "Huh?"
<<Fezzik will be the 100GB MP3 drive>>: Natch.
<<Thanks for the info>>: Not a problem.
<<Close, though>>: My point.
<<Chasing Amy>>: !$@#.
<<Not when your favorite word comes into play>>: But you can't do much if you are too.
<<Ecstasy>>: Ah.
<<You too?>>: I'm telling you I was the King of Spain. And now I work at the Pizza Pizza.
<<But she'd be there instead of California>>: But you don't have the wondrous Jersey water. Guaranteed to preserve your body better than formaldahyde.
<<Just what the world needs more of>>: My thoughts exactly.
<<In that case, I'd rather have the 17" flatscreen>>: Same here.
<<Ever had Rocky Mountain Oysters?>>: Nope.
<<Something else with which Wilek is thoroughly unfamiliar>>: True, but you had just mentioned the group.
<<Seriously, some chicks are into that stuff>>: But not as many as porn would have us believe, I'm sure.

Niamhgold> <<Lime, but I think they're going to spice things up with that sparkling champagne flavor>>: Fun. Though aren't strawberries supposed to be an aphrodesiac? And does that have anything to do with Jello?
Warpmind> <<And my mom told me you can't prove I'm a werecoyote>>: Sure, Roger. And have you looked into a contact for the hand?

Sev. Jr.> <<six-foot fence wire around the property>>: Ow. What'd you use to pull it tight?
<<of course, it was just a clone that died>>: Isn't that still debatable.?

Gunjack> <>: I'd say all the endearing terms and visits.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside
Piscatway, NJ
Monday, September 3, 2001 01:57:44 AM
IP: nat01-mccr-ext.rutgers.edu

*slips in again*

I have now scanned and cleaned up 4 pics of garg-wargies.
yay for me.
...My hand REALLY hurts.

Aaron, if you happen to check the CR anytime soon, I am going to try to call you...fairly soon.

G'nite. lab is closed tomorrow, but the comps at the library might be available after 5 PM.

*drifts out, massaging her hand.*
Lynati "Funny, I think we were on the same boat back in 1694..." Kshudra
Sunday, September 2, 2001 10:39:34 PM
IP: 208.12.249.253

SJ - One more thing... Can you give me a quote from Fight Club? Specifically, the one where the main character's boss shows him the advert for fight club, and he scares the crap out of the poor guy?
Muchos gracias. Back to speech.
Gunjack "Questioning Toes" Valentine
Sunday, September 2, 2001 10:31:36 PM
IP: 192.133.129.4

SJ - thanks for the information on Farscape. I do, however, take issue with the stereotypes of Southerns. It just depends on where you are. In home city, there is a nice neighborhood (really expensive houses). Sure there are trailer parks, but those are generally discouraged. Yes, I've seen some bad places people live while working for the Census Bureau, but I believe those are the exception, rather than the rule. People generally don't prefer manufactured homes/trailers. Of course, when I was in 'advanced' in middle school, I could tell there was a significant difference between income levels of my family and those of my classmates' families (their families made more money).

**DPH makes a quick phone call and from out of seemingly nowhere come the moral police.** I feel the need for some protection while I'm here. Don't worry, they won't harm anybody, they just protect those who have strong morals, like myself.

**BATTLEBOTS**
Wah!! Wah!! I wanted Biohazard to win the Giant nut for the heavy weight division. Could that bot become any shorter? I mean if he could reduce the height by 1-2 inches, it might be just low enough to be safe from the current holder of the giant nut. Hmm, why not let 'Son of Wyachi' duke it out against Jay Leno's battlebot? I am also wondering how to beat 'Son of Wyachi'.
**END BATTLEBOTS**

DPH - [dph_of_rules@yahoo.com]
AR, USA
Sunday, September 2, 2001 10:29:50 PM
IP: max1-49.cwy.cei.net

SJ><<Okay, I sort of missed this boat: are you and Moochie now ENGAGED? Jesus, you go away for 2 weeks and miss everything.>> BWAHA! Uh, not exactly a soup question, is it? I AM kinda curious where you got THAT idea from, though... *questioning look at Lain*

Back to writting my %@&$* speech!! I HATE THIS !#@#&$^&@#$r#%^&%^w@ Thing!
Gunjack "Typewriter Teeth" Valentine - [miphsingleton@hotmail.com]
Sunday, September 2, 2001 10:19:41 PM
IP: 192.133.129.4

Pardon my dust. That last bit of my post was a quote from the film, "Swimming with Sharks", starring Kevin Spacey.
Sevarius Jr.
Sunday, September 2, 2001 09:33:15 PM
IP: 66-44-91-63.s571.tnt4.lnhva.md.dialup.rcn.com

Well, as I said the other day, I'm back from hell. Hell being Augusta, Georgia. I said that I would explain further, so I will, but only briefly, because if I went in depth I'd wind up with a huge, Traveler-sized post of nothing but bitching and moaning.

Roughly 2 weeks ago, I head out of town with my parents. They wanted me to travel with them down to Augusta, GA, cause they own property down there and had some business to take care of concerning that property. Well, I hate it down there. But I went as a favor to them. That was my first mistake. This, ladies and gentlemen, is how karma begins to bite you on the ass.

Now the trip down there is bad enough. By car, it's about a 10 hour drive. This time around, it was more like 12 hours OR MORE, because there was a lot of traffic and other unforeseen circumstances that forced us to travel by some alternate routes, and thus added to the travel time. And let me not forget to mention that about 10 hours into the trip, at around midnight, we had a blown tire. I'm not talking a little flat here. I'm talking Firestone blown. We were traveling in a big conversion van�the older kind, not the ones put out nowadays that are made of fiberglass and paper mache. Anyway, it took 2 floor jacks just to lift the damn van up high enough to change the tire, and from that point on we had to drive slower than before because the spare was a slightly smaller tire, and the weight of the van was enough that we were afraid that this tire would blow too. So anyway, after this abortion of a road trip, I think to myself, this is as bad as it gets. Here's a word of advice to all of you out there: NEVER say anything to the effect of "It can't get any worse than this!" Cause you know what? That's like painting a bullseye on your hiney. Karma WILL go ahead and take a bite out of your ass. It did mine.

We pull into the place we're staying at, one of the houses that my parents own down in Augusta, and we go inside. It's about 2 in the morning, we're dead tired. And my dad asks, right away when we get inside: "Did we leave this place in this mess when we were down here last time?"

Yep. Since the last time my folks had been down there at this house (a span of several months had past), someone had broken in. Broken a window getting in, stole a few things (a couple TVs, some tools my father had, the microwave-which really pissed me off-some other small stuff). But the burglars had ransacked the place. Like in the movies. Stuff everywhere. It's terribly depressing to travel for at least a dozen hours, have to deal with a flat tire, arrive at your destination at an ungodly hour in the morning, and THEN find the place burglarized and just totally screwed up. It took at least a hour or two to get stuff straight so that we could even get in the beds and sleep for a few hours.

So, the past couple of weeks I was down there with my parents trying to make this house burglar-proof. Repairs had to be made to the house (vandalism, thanks to the burglars), as well as several security measures, such as a new security door, bars on the windows, and six-foot fence wire around the property, which I had to help install (NOT an easy feat, considering the property is at least an acre or two in size and covered with brush on the perimeters). So that was the hell I had been dealing with the past couple weeks. No computer or net access available. Not even cable TV. It sucked.

The city of Augusta, however, is what really drove me crazy. For those of you who aren't familiar with Augusta, GA, it is most widely known as the location of the Masters golf tournament every year. The town also has a military base (Fort Gordon, and Green Baron if you are reading this, count your lucky stars you didn't get stationed there), and a medical college. In my opinion, however, the whole goddamned city sucks. It's a redneck, white trash cesspool of the Deep South.

There are fast food restaurants everywhere. I mean EVERYWHERE. DOZENS of them. You go down any commercial street, and you can't spit without hitting a McDonalds or a Popeye's Chicken. Nauseating. And there are tattoo parlors everywhere. EVERYWHERE. I swear to God. I have never before seen so many ink shops in one area before in my entire life, and I live in the D.C. area, which is a major metropolitan location. And they weren't all in one area, either. They were spread out throughout the WHOLE town. God, they were seedy looking too. I know, tatt parlors usually don't look like Saks Fifth Avenue, but I mean, these places�..honestly, before you let them stick you with anything, just pick up a bucket of AIDS and chug it down. You'd get the same result.
If there was one thing that was more abundant that the ink parlors, it was the pawn shops. Folks, nothing, and I mean nothing, spells white trash more than pawn shops. And there were scores of the damn things in Augusta. All kinds, all shapes and sizes, but all had that nasty, sleazy look to them. It was frightening.

And there were trailers everywhere. You know how Southern people say it's a stereotype that all Southerners are hicks who live in trailers? The truth is that they're just lying to protect their image. THEY REALLY ARE HICKS LIVING IN TRAILERS. I saw enough of them down there to prove it. Living in trailers, or run down shacks, and driving the ugliest, rustiest cars and pickup trucks imaginable. And that's the other thing! The cars down there? They don't have emissions. If you don't know what emissions are, ask Coyote. Coyote, do you like a well-running automobile? Thought you did! You'd hate it down there. Since they lack any sort of emissions inspection, all the cars (or I should say pickup trucks / SUVs, cause that's all they drive down there, practically) in Augusta run like hell. They sound like they have a jet engine hidden under the hood. There's nothing quite like trying to sleep at night when you have cars ROARING (and I mean roaring�..as loud as a semi, I swear) past your house. It was shameful.
The people��I don't know. Maybe it's cause I live in an actual city, instead of a poor southern equivalent of one. But everyone down there seemed kind of�..dumb (case in point, I was in a gas station when, over the radio, I heard that Aaliyah died. I liked Aaliyah. Not a big fan of her music, but she was alright. There was a cop in the store who made an incredibly insensitive joke to the clerk about Aaliyah's death. How do you say "one classy gentleman!"). At the very least, they lived life "at a slower pace". Take that to mean they move like freaking turtles. They're slow, infuriatingly slow. Especially when driving. I saw them pull stunts that would get them killed here in D.C. They'll pull out into oncoming traffic at an intersection, and THEN go like, 25 miles an hour. That doesn't work when the guy you just cut off is barreling down on you at 55 mph. I swear, if there was ever an excuse for road rage, I had it down there. Numerous times.

So, in summary, I've had a rather horrible last couple of weeks. You all came very close to seeing me on the national news. "Young man slaughters entire population of a southern city" or something like that. But I'm back home, now, in D.C., and I couldn't be happier.

On to the replies, somewhat incomplete as they may be.

Tara: Hey, don't see you in here all that much. I was going to be an asshole and tease you about your views on homosexuality (Tara and I disagree on the subject), but then you went and did something sweet like plugging Pistoff's site.

That's http://pistoff.koolhost.com to the uninitiated!

So I decided not to. Forgive me for my baser impulses.

Josh: Holy Jesus, I just read on your site that you liked the Jars of Clay album? That's�.somewhat surprising coming from you. I just, didn't picture you being into that. Of course, I liked that first album as well, and that's really bizarre coming from someone who's addicted to Tool and Nine Inch Nails. <> I get teased about this by my big sister all the time. I mean, I dig cooking and all that, but sometimes why bother whan God has seen fit to give man the gift of the Hotpocket? Better than Mana from Heaven. <<Mike and I are eventually reaching the point where we're just gonna let the bunny channel run 24-7.>> I'm giving away a bit of personal info here but�.the bunny channel is rather tame to me. If you're gonna see it, see it all. I have my gynecological degree from the Larry Flynt School of Anatomy. <<At 8 I took a trip with
my then best friend, whose father was a movie director and owned a castle in a city whose name I don't remember.>> Damn, now I really hope I AM your clone. At 8 years old, the coolest kid I knew was the one with the entire set of Transformers toys. At 8, you were hanging out with a kid whose dad owned a castle. F!ckin A. <<American Psycho>> Let me lecture you about Huey Lewis and the News. Hey, Paul!!! <> What, Kirsten Dunst wasn't enough for you? Damn, she is for me. She's one of my many future ex-wives. <> The same would apply for me. <<Carson Daly is a complete tool.>> Duh. Most people on MTV these days are. <<I'm thinking about naming my computer "Fezzik", Andre the Giant's character from "The Princess Bride".>> I applaud that, seeing as I'm a big Andre fan. I saw a biography on him not to long ago. Jesus, that guy had a hard life�.his disease kept him growing ALL the time. Imagine already being over 7 feet tall and several hundred pounds, and you're STILL getting bigger. <<We came back and watched Dark Angel>> Do you agree with me that she's hotter with long hair? <<Only Fred Durst could jack lyrics from Trent Reznor after getting permission and having Reznor not care...how stupid are Limp fans.>> A rhetorical question begging to be answered anyway.

Wilek: This is the one, quasi-homoerotic thing that you will ever hear coming out of my mouth: I miss you posting in here. There, I said it. I meant it, but now I feel all dirty. <> You hate Jay? But Jay is fantastic! He does come off a little strong sometimes, though. Oh well. He's an acquired taste I guess. <<and gets you LOTS of porn. Hentai porn.>> I like that idea! Puritanical Wilek becomes sexually corrupted! ( so what if it's suicide? ;) But that's nothing compared to the sheer evil plans I have to corrupt the soul of Green Baron. Bwah ha ha! <<You haven't seen the best thing to happen to sci-fi TV since Babylon 5?! O_o Watch Farscape, and be enlightened.>> Damn straight. I extol its virtues a little further down. <<Now, football with Gundams would be cool; there would be high spectator casualties and everything.>> Live from the Battlebots arena! <<They're probably the only mainstream group whose greater body of work I can stand to listen to without going on a shooting spree.>> What about Tool? Or NIN? Or Stabbing Westward, Gravity Kills, or Disturbed? There's lots of good, dark and evil music out there! You just have to wade through the Britneys and the Fred Dursts of the world to get to it. <<It's a bar/restaurant or something designed by H.R. Giger. I think there are
pics at www.giger.com.>> O.o Wow. Now THAT is an establishment I'd love to frequent. <<The Joker shot her, I think.>> Yes, he did. In the absolutely fabulous one-shot written by Alan Moore, "The Killing Joke". Not only is it hardcore in its brutality and violence, but it does the unthinkable: makes the Joker a sympathetic character. Well, at one point it does, anyway. When he's not trying to drive Jim Gordon utterly insane. <<Where does the "Ozz" come in?>> Ozzy Osbourne. It's his show. Haven't you ever heard "Crazy Train"? <<why isn't he allowed to talk? The one time I saw him talk in Jay's presence, Jay rather forcefully informed him not to.>> I believe that Jay explained this in "Chasing Amy". Bob is allowed to talk, but doesn't most of the time, so that when he does open his mouth to say something, it will sound more profound. Or, at the least, that's what Jay says about Silent Bob. He's half right at least, most of what Bob says IS profound. But that's probably because he's the writer / director. ;) <<For one thing, I don't relish the thought of plugging a monitor cable up her arse>> You may be on an island there my friend. You just gave me one really wicked fantasy. <<I'm thinking, human-leather trenchcoat...>> Maybe after I finish my girl-suit. It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again��<<Hellboy>> You�.aren't familiar�..with Hellboy? As in, you haven't gotten any of the graphic novels? Oh my. Oh my goodness. That won't do. Run out, go to a comic shop (or big bookstore), and pick them up. And be introduced to a whole wonderful, dark world that's right up your alley.

Stephen: Thank you. And to requote Sammy, I also mean that. J

Aingeal: My sympathies. At last, I am finally done with college. August 18 was my conferral date, and all that is left is for them to send me my diploma. But I'm done. And even though it took me just 4 years, it felt like an eternity. I know how you feel about wanting to get it all done with.

Ordell: <<EFC is excellent as well, although everyone tells me it gets ultra crappy after season one. Anyone here have on opinion on that?>> It does. Get ultra crappy that is. Now, you're always in danger when a series shows up that's been created by someone who's already dead. Cause you never know�.they could be raiding the guy's grocery lists looking for ideas to make into tv shows (hence the new "Andromeda" TV show�..hey, Mrs. Roddenbury-let your husband's corpse rot, okay? No more TV shows from you). But E:FC was a GREAT show in the first season. Then, for some unexplainable reason, they killed off the main character (Boon? I think that was his name) in the last episode of the first season, and replace him with this talentless pretty boy named, I think, "Liam". Boom, show goes down the crapper. Ever hear the expression "Jump the Shark"? That's where it happened for EFC. It was a great show the first season, it just sucked after that.
I agree about Farscape, though. Anyone who is not watching that show should. They've just started putting out the first season on DVD, and I highly suggest picking it up. The show is, quite simply, the best sci-fi show on cable, and maybe, just maybe, it might be the best sci-fi show on the air today (in current production, that is). I would almost say it's the best genre show on TV today, but with competition from the likes of Buffy, I don't know if I could give it that nod. And it's got balls, too. They're not afraid to kill off major characters. Repeatedly. Hell, just a few weeks ago, they killed of the MAIN character (of course, it was just a clone that died, but it was still pretty powerful). Needless to say, it's a fantastic show, and not to be missed. Great stories, great acting, great special effects and makeup, it's the total package. [Farscape fans: Go pick up the new paperback novel, "House of Cards". It's some good fun. ;) ]

Gunjack: <> People don't respect that movie, or the book it's based upon. Certain people in here got all bitchy when I told them they were the all singing, all-dancing sh!t of the world. I am Jack's unappreciated comedy.

DPH: Ka Dargo was a prisoner because he was framed for the death of his wife. His wife was Sebacean, and they don't take kindly to aliens breeding with them. So his brother-in-law killed his wife (his sister) and framed him for it. Zhaan killed her lover, but for a good reason (I believe to prevent the Sebaceans from focusing on her home planet of Delvia). And Dominar Rygel was a prisoner because he had been dethroned (and thus imprisoned) by his cousin. And the wormhole that Crichton entered was accidental. Fortunately for him, it was a stable wormhole, because as we discover in season 3 (the current season), if it had been an unstable wormhole, he'd have been liquidated. Literally.
Was that episode with Crichton going home the one where he was just manipulated by aliens? I think that's called "A Human Reaction". Powerful episode, because it's probably true to life. If we did meet alien life, we would probably have that reaction to it. We can't get along with ourselves, so how can we get along with another species of being? That episode, though, is maybe the most important of episode 1, because it basically sets the main plot for seasons 2 AND 3. The events that occur there have a direct effect on the later seasons.
I haven't heard whether or not the show has been renewed for a 4th season yet or not, but it should be. It's an exciting time to be a fan of the show, too, because basically it looks as if the writers are building things up to a big war between the Scarrans and the Peacekeepers, with the Moya crew caught in the middle.

SOROW: <<No frat parties yet. But the year is very young.>> I have mixed emotions now. On the one hand, you're growing up and out doing exciting things�..without me�.and that's just a bit sad to me, but in a good way. But then I think of all the fun you'll have, and I'm happy for you.
But you be careful around those frat boys. I know what goes through their minds�..cause those thoughts ran through mine�.Don't take any crap from them. They give you trouble, you run to ol' SJ and tell me. You'd be surprised at how apologetic I can make someone, as long as I have some bolt cutters handy�.
I know I'm being silly. ;) But someone has got to look out for the young ones, right? ;) :p

Caliope: <<And WHERE is Sevarius Jr When I need his Omnisient knowledg any way?...>> Thank you! For accurately defining me as omniscient. ;)
As for Buffy, I believe it's set to debut sometime in October. Let me check. **loud rummaging sounds and paper shuffling** Okay, Buffy will debut on Oct. 2. Angel will debut a week before, on Sept. 24. How about some more�

***BUFFY SPOILERS!!!***
* I mentioned before that there would be a "little bad" group. This group, described in comedic fashion as a college boy "Legion of Doom", will consist of Jonathan (who we've seen before), Warren (who was the guy who created the April and Buffy bots), and another guy named Andrew. They WILL have some powers of their own, the least of which is that they can masquerade around as demons.
* The fifth episode of the season (more like the 4th, since the season premiere will be 2 hours) will be a "groundhog day" type episode, and will involved Buffy trying to find her place in the world, and engaging in such activities as going to classes with Willow / Tara, working at a construction site with Xander, helping Anna in the Magic Box, and getting drunk with Spike at a bar.
***END SPOILERS***

lain: Okay, I sort of missed this boat: are you and Moochie now ENGAGED? Jesus, you go away for 2 weeks and miss everything. If so, congratulations! If not, please ignore my ramblings. <<so i ask the guy if they have any CANADIAN army stuff>> Canada has an army?
And if you're worried, I'm not going to talk about "them". ;)

Avalon Mists: Pardon me, but I thought this was a PG-rated webzine. But maybe I'm just mistaken.
If I am, please let me know. Cause I have a lovely story I've written about Angela wearing a Roman war helmet that I'd like to submit.
To whoever gets that reference: You are as sick as I am. And you should be ashamed of yourself.

Buddy Ackerman: What I am concerned with is detail. I asked you go get me a packet of Sweet-N-Low. You bring me back Equal. That isn't what I asked for. That isn't what I wanted. That isn't what I needed and that shit isn't going to work around here.
Guy: I, I just thought...
Buddy Ackerman: You thought. Do me a fucking favor. Shut up, listen, and learn. Look, I know that this is your first day and you don't really know how things work around here, so I will tell you. You have no brain. No judgement calls are necessary. What you think means nothing. What you feel means nothing. You are here for me. You are here to protect my interests and to serve my needs. So, while it may look like a little thing to you, when I ask for a packet of Sweet-N-Low, that's what I want. And it's your responsibility to see that I get what I want.
Sevarius Jr. - [sevariusjr@hotmail.com]
Sunday, September 2, 2001 09:26:09 PM
IP: 66-44-91-63.s571.tnt4.lnhva.md.dialup.rcn.com

*runs in and gives Aingeal a giant hug*

Lynati
Sunday, September 2, 2001 09:05:52 PM
IP: 208.12.249.253

Well... I'm feeling lost... ::waves at Lynati:: Hi.. i didn't get *too* lost going back to Steve after leaving your place... really... it only took about 2 hours longer than it should have.....

::sighs:: I'm giong to rant about my college.. if you dont want to hear it scroll down now.....

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I'm going to blow something up some time.. but i've got to waittill my friends get their degrees.. since it seems they'll be greaduating before me it shouldn't be a problem... D@MN BUGGERS! My school's business office is trying to tell me I've got to pay $450 a credit for a class that I'm taking... on my own with no instruction.... and the same for internship credits that are supposed to be $150 per credit.... they claim that the $150 is only for summer.... GRRRR I just want OUT! so.. i will be waiting till summer to get the internship done.. which means tht i wont graduate till next Dec or Apr... i'm NOT amused.

They also dont offer enough of the classes i needed to graduate, so i've got to do a 6 credit internship, not a 3 credit one..... i'm going to really hurt something... (prolly myself)....

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Ok .. i think i'm done.... maybe.. heh.

Anyway.... hi to all the people I know... ::hugs to Winterwolf, Wilek, Lain, Lynati, Val, Warps, Archwolf and Mecord (if they ever look in here anymore), and anyone else I forgot in this blond moment I'm living in at the moment.

I will return when school lets me.

::waves:: PS... if anone knows a GOOD site to get software (design) packages at education prices, let me know please.... thank you.

Aingeal "Trying to Graduate"
Lost, insane, SVU
Sunday, September 2, 2001 03:59:51 PM
IP: 3di160.rica.net

DERN LOT BOYS!

The post below was mine!
Fire Storm - [jeremycbcd@usa.net]
Sunday, September 2, 2001 03:44:57 PM
IP: 208.143.21.10

I left most of my post at home (I thought I put it on my CF card.) Oh well. A little now, more tomorrow.

WIlek: 
Oddly, I have never played the game. But I want to.
<Surgically? :/ I was hoping for something that could transplant a mind into a new brain>
Yeah, but that tech is 40 years away, and I fear my body will give out in 20, so I need something to last me 20 years.
<You haven't seen the best thing to happen to sci-fi TV since Babylon 5?!>
I just forgot the name of Moira and Talon's repair hockey pucks.
<Rygel's S&M scene>
Don't you ever frelling mention that again!

Traveler: <And just how did you know my buddy had gotten an ATI Radeon?>
I know these things! ;)
Simple, really. You mentioned AMD and video problems. It was a 50/50 shot.

Imzadi: <Thank god SOMEONE does.>
Not only do I go through them, LM also does...
Which is why they take me so long to put out. She is quite busy!
(Although, I have been thinking about just re-reading them on my own, but her feedback helps)
<Some people will read anything>
No kidding! I am amazed that people actually READ my stuff!
Anonymous
Sunday, September 2, 2001 03:44:15 PM
IP: 208.143.21.10

*runs in*

I gotta be quick cause I have things...class things...to do.
I didin't get online at all yesterday...stupid police must have gone to the south wing even tho I said "make sure it is the NORTH side", cause I stayed in my room for 6 1/2 hours and no one showed up, and when I called dispatch they said that people had been out there and I wasn't in...which is so not true. and THEN they tell me; "oh, you can prolly just file a stealing report over the phone", which would ave been nice if someone had told me earlier.
But I now have a case no. that I can report to the insurance company, so 6 1/2 hours of my life wasted aside, I acconmplished what I needed to. (I hope).

Emambu: I got your emails, and will be writing a response after I finish building a 3 ft square dolly and read the play "Good" and skim more waste water off the top of my slurry, and then thow it on the plaster to dry...we are supposed to have it all dry by tomorrow, and me and my lab partner are the furthest along and aren't even near where we need to be. Methinks we're gping to have to push back the firing date.

There are computer boxes in the mailroom. Are they mine? mail room not open until tomorrow. ahg.
(and imzy, it was "the tenth" at the very very latest.)

Niamhgold: it seems you missed my post in the now "last week" room. (That, or nothing I said was interesting enough to respond to. *shrugs* I just thought I 'd let you know in case it WAS because you had missed it...errr...)

*runs away*
Lynati
Sunday, September 2, 2001 02:43:34 PM
IP: 208.12.249.253

Hi. While the internet connection seems to be working, I gotta tell ya'll what I found the other day. I was in Blockbuster and my frind Chris saw a deck of Clow cards. They come with a plastic replica of the Book of Clow. It's so cool. Now I just have to find some use for them.

See ya'll later. I may have time for something resembling a real post later on.
David G. - [david_goodner@yahoo.com]
Arlington, TX, USA
Sunday, September 2, 2001 01:44:03 PM
IP: adsl-65-65-208-62.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net

*Warpmind enters, grinning mischievously.*
Finally! My 31st fanfic is UP!!! Brooklyn gets lucky - TOO lucky! It's available in the archive. }:)

Wilek: Ah, yes, we must build our castles in the air. And, of course, we must have our sewage systems in some sort of cannon form, to unload with extreme precision at the houses of snotty, stuck-up rich guys who just never learned what "tight funds" mean. };) As for your mailing address - you COULD just get one of them anonymous post boxes - JJ Luna wrote some good suggestions on that. :) I don't know about the rest of Magicka's music, as that song is the ONLY one I have by them... yet. As for the midi file - I never claimed I learned THAT fast - after all, I DID use the sheet music, and just copied the bars note by note into the midi composer... :) When a dunce like me can do it, so can you. :)

Fleur: It may be easier to get rid of when one is a kid, but YE GODS is it itchy!!!

Moochie: I really wish you hadn't mentioned that chant. Rearranging the sequence a little, that one really works, you know. (And my mom told me you can't prove I'm a werecoyote.) };)

Josh: Actually, Moses did it, not God. God made them, but it was Moses who lugged the stone tablets down the mountainside.

Niamhgold: Done. E-mail me as soon as you can, huh? ;)

Well, that concludes my post. Back to GURPS.
Warpmind de InzanE - [warpmind@hotmail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Sunday, September 2, 2001 01:30:40 PM
IP: mp-217-201-210.daxnet.no

Well I'm temporarily at home for Labor Day, three day weekend is the only excuse I need to get away. I had to bring my watercolor with me and I actually wanted to leave it on the side of the freeway, but that's just because I haven't watercolored in three years.

Sorrow- look at the bright side, if you went to A&M you would have to stand the entire time during the game.

Josh- sorry about the tower. maybe you can salvage it or do what I do with old car parts, use them as paper weights.

Jan- I go to school at UNT in Denton, at leat that's what they tell me ;)

"Did I.Q.'s just slip several points while I was away."
-Ripley, Alien Resurection-
Revel - [samrx5@cs.com]
some where between reality and dream
Sunday, September 2, 2001 11:53:23 AM
IP: 1cust14.tnt26.hou3.da.uu.net

** Niamhgold enters **

Hola, all :) I'm adjusting to this ridiculous ten-minute time limit on the gatehouse computers...all I have to do is get up just twenty minutes earlier than everyone else, and I'm in the clear (any earlier than that, though, and I'd have to shoot myself ;)). Spent the night talking, working, playing darts/foosball (and WINNING) and MiSTing Neon Genesis with the three guys I sat with during the lightning storm the other night. Today, though? Blargh, nothing ;)

Warpmind: <By the way, could you e-mail me the full-size pics of the Weird Sisters that Josh iconized? }:)> If you tell me what oddities are in store for the dangerous trio, sure ;) But you'll have to wait until they reconfigure my PC for this new portal, because all my files are on my comp, and all the comps in the Gatehouse are iMacs with no compatible disk drives. ;)

Wilek: <What asylum did your teacher break out of?> I dunno, but I suspect he knew the Penguin, Joker, and Riddler, amongst others ;) <In any event, keep him away from the sharp objects> Uh-oh. And I'm a tack, too ;) <Mostly gargoyles, Fey, aliens, cyborgs, and the miscellaneous corners of the zoo> And monkeys, lots of dead-girlfriends'-pet-monkeys. <Witness the second coming of Bazooka Joe> Heh. "Second coming." Heh. ** Looks around guiltily ** Now where did _that_ one come from? ;)

Stephen: <Hey, saw your rendering of Delilah for "Titania's Secret" in AvMists... contact me! We must talk. ^_^> Will do ;)

Daddy: <The whole posting in pink thing...gotta go> Yes, yes, I agree. I only post in pink when I'm incredibly p!ssed off. <Phone, der> If it comes to parents, I'd rather be on AIM. Then, mysteriously, if I hate the conversation, I can just "suddenly" disappear ;) Bwhahahaha ;) <Morons> �ctually, I believe what I ended up saying to them was that "you guys decidedly $uck." Of course, Moron works just as well. <Its well documented what thunderstorms do to you...chika bow bow?> True as that saying may be (no, I shall not deny the almighty power of a thunderstorm ;)), no chicka bow. One bow kinda girl, remember? ;) Can't say the bangs weren't enjoyable, though... ;P <Wrong. Its NEVER a good thing> I'd agree. <Of what?> One day all shall be revealed. <I'm gonna send him a kicktothenuts.com> LOL. <clearing out massive floor space for beanbag chairs> I shall pass that along to them...currently you either have to sit on the beat-up couch or the floor. <Or as my mom says, "where there's a will..."> Heh, how do you think I came into this world? ;) Yeah, this is where the whole Wesley/Buttercup thing gets difficult. <Note to self: see what happens when porn soundtrack is slipped into Niamh's discman> How do you know it hasn't already been done? ;) <Snail mail, por favor. I prefer hard copies...> ** cough ** No comment ;) <...to files. Do you have my address?> Oh, nevermind ;) No, don't have mailing address...email. <You'll have to move into another place, though, because only our mac-user friends are allowed in here ;-)> Eh, I'm sure I could find a great place that's pro-PC. Lol. But doesn't it make more sense to get it when you're being a bad boy? ;) <...how stupid are Limp fans> Stupid enough to think they can dance to it, too. <<>: Because...?> Heh. Haven't you had enough already? ;) <Greg W avoided my brilliantly phrased "boogers" question. I hate it when he does that> Unless it has something to do with my coffee, please explain. <and watched TV and ate junk food> Point....I think. <Mike and I want to put those cow-in-a-can things in our sofa so that when you sit on it...it moos. > Are you also going to put a dartboard on the toilet seat cover?

Gside: Lime, but I think they're going to spice things up with that sparkling champagne flavor...

I WILL have the internet back on my computer tomorrow, whether I have to kick these tech morons in the...

Adios >:)

Niamhgold
Sunday, September 2, 2001 09:49:36 AM
IP: 206.41.205.100

Hi folks!

After crashing at about 4AM, I woke up after a scant 9.5 hours of sleep. Actually, I was woken up several times by phone calls from people trying to reach my roommate, who sleeps until sunset usually.

I logged in to work. I actually made some money since I get paid by the hour. But I sat home all day (I make money for doing that, now) and watched TV and ate junk food. Then I did some homework. I managed to read an entire chapter in my CE100 book AND get my Stat homework done! Go me!

Mike and I want to put those cow-in-a-can things in our sofa so that when you sit on it...it moos.

Curses! Greg W avoided my brilliantly phrased "boogers" question. I hate it when he does that.

On to replies!

The Wizard: The whole posting in pink thing...gotta go. <<for the moment this CR is one of the only ways I can get in touch with people outside of school>>: Phone, der. <<MICA techs are working on the school's web portal system, changing things around and screwing with campus systems>>: Morons. <<they just decided to STOP and pick it up on Tuesday>>: Lazy morons. <<we had the world's *greatest* thunderstorm last night>>: Sweet! <<Sat on the roof of the commons with four guys who weren't insanely afraid of it>>: Its well documented what thunderstorms do to you...chika bow bow? <<are any of us normal in here>>: Not by a long shot. <>: Wrong. Its NEVER a good thing. <<As usual, proved yourself worthy>>: Of what? <>: I'm gonna send him a kicktothenuts.com <<managed to build a loft for his bed (it's currently ten feet off the ground) so that he could make an alcove for his three computers underneath>>: That's what we did in our dorm room. We lofted our bed about 5 feet up and put our desks underneath, clearing out massive floor space for beanbag chairs. <>: You'd be surprised where two people can cram themselves without injury. Or as my mom says, "where there's a will..." <<A very good time to be ignoring ethics/morals>>: Any time is a good time for that. <<with the present destruction of Demona>>: I don't think I could call my PSL drive "buttercup" though. <<Talking from personal experience>>: Don't be rediculous. I was just suggesting another high-stress situation. <<More growling...and not in the good way>>: Kinky. <<Headphones, a sketchpad, and/or a good imagination>>: Note to self: see what happens when porn soundtrack is slipped into Niamh's discman. <<I've got a b-day present that can either be mailed or emailed, your choice>>: Snail mail, por favor. I prefer hard copies to files. Do you have my address? <<we harrass each other on a continuous basis>>: This makes it all better. <<Keep your eyes on the list of possible incoming Berkeley transfers>>: Will do. You'll have to move into another place, though, because only our mac-user friends are allowed in here ;-) <<I'm starting to call it the punchline of a very bad joke>>: LOL. Such is art school. <<to buy a right-click mouse for a mac I'd have to *own* one, which I'm not going to do>>: My point is that avoiding the platform solely because of the right mouse button would be the second-stupidest thing I've ever seen. <<Right, just get to the good stuff>>: Amen. <<How is it, then, that you're always complaining about lack of chicks>>: Not that kind of screwed. I didn't get that when I was being GOOD! <<or at least the dorks playing crappy Limp Bizkit>>: Only Fred Durst could jack lyrics from Trent Reznor after getting permission and having Reznor not care...how stupid are Limp fans. <<But not as painful>>: Says you. <<Do you want me to get into the details>>: Sure. <<She's what he calls a "sizzler>>: That's not a good enough reason, especially if he's emotionally invested in her. <>: Because...?

Madame Destine: I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't tolerate any more stories about Demona being a lesbian. My fragile fantasies just can't handle it ;-) It at least needed the scene where Angela shows Broadway her new dress.

Smut pandering bitch queen of all creation: Nice story in AvMists about Aiden. Of course, it missed the critical scene where she shows Lex.

Lain: <>: But since there's no such thing as a Canadian army, he laughed at you. <<how sappy and romantic is THAT>>: Actually, I'd call it psycho. <<that must mean im memorable : D wahoo!>>: That is not necessarily a good thing. <<which means he hasnt been hung, drawn, quartered, lifted, lowered, dragged, drowned, drugged, tweaked and splugged on a gilliken spike yet>>: What about castrated? <<my 90mhz-slower-than-the-second-coming mutant enemy-who-cant-run-cdroms-from-cereal-boxes>>: You don't understand. I can't do ANYTHING! (but I can do it at 1.6 GHz!) <<she does word-processing. thats about it>>: I CAN'T EVEN DO THAT!!! It's useless. I can't even use it as a server because remote login and filesharing are OFF. <<it plays at about 1 frame per second>>: I get ZERO. <<not one word of trouble out of you though, allright?>>: This is SJ we're talking about, right?

Baldy: <<full-size pics of the Weird Sisters that Josh iconized>>: Took you long enough! <<Moses did it, why can't I>>: Moses didn't do it. God did. Watch the movie again ;-) <<he only had ten simple rules>>: "I bring you these 15...::crack::...uh, 10 commandments!" <<admitting you actually HAVE it, if not even USE it>>: Not at all. I'm all for sticking it to Microsoft. I'm not embarrassed to admit that I have IE and OE on my laptop...though only because my job requires it.

Wilek: Welcome back. So does this mean you're on a semi-irregular posting schedule? <<The actor is as repugnant as his character>>: Yes. Kevin Smith said that Jay is a romanticized version of Jason Mewes. <>: We are gonna have some serious quarrels over which celebrities to do away with. <<How 'bout we attend a taping of the Man Show while we're at it>>: Mmmmm...juggies... <<If I sought a mellifluous mechanical minx for mating, I wouldn't want a mindless marionette>>: This isn't mating. Just sex. And nice alliteration. <<What the frell does a console need one of those for? It's also coming out with a hard drive>>: That's what it needs it for. <>: What about the rest of his stuff? <<Not as efficient as proper clothing, but it's better than nothing>>: Um, no. No its not. <<the Riven main theme>>: Is that an MP3?! Can I get it from you? <<football with Gundams would be cool; there would be high spectator casualties and everything.>>: Ever seen the movie "Robot Jox"? <<So much for the Brown Ring Of Quality>>: Well, two things. One, on my WaveLAN card its a red ring (don't ask) and someone (not lucent, just some linux ha><0r) FINALLY wrote drivers for the card in OS X (and now it works flawlessly). But I still blame Lucent for not supporting their own damn card. <>: Hungrily? <<the frell? O_o Umm, no>>: South Park reference. <<Imzadi checks his pocket, and finds that the 'pet' is Shub-Nigurrath.>>: This means nothing to me. <<On what? Is it worth wading through the H bits>>: Rarely, but its the H bits that you want to catch. What were we talking about again? <<to make the world more worthy of my rule, and increase its chances of SURVIVING said rule>>: Its here, you want it. That's as worthy as it needs to be. <<never throw any idea out without evaluating it first and seeing if you can use it>>: Well, yeah. But I guess I forgot to add that in. <<Mmm...pronoun verb infinitive pronoun noun.>>: Too hard to remember. <<Very much. 8) Remind me to visit sometime>>: You have an open invitation...provided you aren't arriving with an armed escort. <>: The former may require the latter...though I wouldn't be on it. Depends on what you want me changed to do. <<reetings Earthling. I am an extraterrestrial being from the planet <untranslatable>. I have been sent to earth in the form of this answering machine to propagate with your species in order to spread my highly superior race throughout the universe. You may not realize it, but right now I am having sex with your ear, and I know you like it because you are smiling! You may leave a message at the tone, but then please call back, because I am very very horny!>>: LOL! Brilliant. <<hijacking is pretty darned terroristic>>: Bah, what do they know? <<this is a good thing...how>>: And we see why you're still a virgin ;-) <<Only in the short term; in the long run, it really messes things up>>: You have to play the short term stuff sometimes. If you're always looking at the future, one day you'll be old and realize your whole life was spent planning for the next moment...which is a terrible way to live. <<Met my geneticist?>>: No, and if I do, I'm gonna run like a muppet. <<The decision rests in the hands of whomever reaches them first>>: ::pounces on all Juggies simultaneously:: MINE! <<you're aware that this was a metaphor>>: Yup. That's what made it so funny. <<Hence, I guess, my love of Dogma>>: Truly a wonderful movie. <<Maybe you could put your current headquarters
on top of a giant building>>: Maybe. But it'd have to be much less phallic, because the Getty museum is a MUCH larger area than Castle Wyvern. <<It's a bar/restaurant or something designed by H.R. Giger.>>: Sounds like a scary place. <<All the really really smart people moved there and evolved into Greys. They disguise themselves as stern Germans for the tourists>>: Why the hell would they disguise themselves as Germans!? <<Maybe you should talk to them about becoming an affiliate>>: Yeah right. They can kiss my butt. This name is NOT for sale for anything less than $1000. <<Where does the "Ozz" come in?>>: That would be Ozzy Osborne. <<What on earth do they need USB for>>: Digital audio is better than analog. At least for computers. <<YOW! O_O>>: I have a $150 Monsoon M-700 set with sub right now...what a killer system it is. <<Not even for elimination? Wouldn't that cause eventual toxic shock>>: Probably. But it also explains why people are so full of sh*t. <<if I have to
be a bastard, it may as well be due to my malevolent intelligence>>: Sadly, just over half of my bastard-ness is from ignorance, apparently. <<Then why does he say it?>>: Why not? <<Everyone's wrong about something. Why do you think I'm going to have a council of advisors>>: I will too, but not because I'm wrong. I'm never wrong when I don't make a guess, and people who are better educated in certain subjects will make correct guesses. <<Holy GAWDS>>: That's a lot of pr()n. <<They all take place in the same universe?>>: Yup. <<When, as exactly as you can manage, were you born>>: Roughly midnight, September 20, 1981. <<Everything>>: You are so wrong. <<How is this a bad thing>>: For another $800, I'd gladly buy another 17" flatscreen and have an Elizabeth Dushku. She's easily worth $800. <<it's not like she would be able to display the system status and operations, like a monitor would. For one thing, I don't relish the thought of plugging a monitor cable up her arse, and I should think neither would she>>: Okay you obviously are totally lost. Greg, you know what I'm talking about, right!? <<what is Virtual PC capable of? Will it run, say, Quake 3?>>: Yes, it will. But its not designed for gaming use. You'd get fewer FPS. <>: They fooled you. It really IS a command line, you just can't see it. <<You, me, whipped cream, barbed wire, and a blowtorch.>>: Thanks, but no thanks. <<How in the world DOES one determine which is the fastest processor>>: There is no single fastest processor. It all depends on what you do. For graphics and heavy number crunching, you want a mac (or other PowerPC based computer). For games and video editing, you probably want an Athalon, though really all you need for gaming is a good graphics card (a GeForce3 will make an awesome gaming machine unless your processor is slower than 400 MHz). But I will tell you that my dual-processor G4 is pretty damn zippy, even in the not-yet-optimized OS X. It crunches SETI blocks in a few hours. <>: Upgrading the OS on a mac usually isn't a problem. If the hardware can handle it, it works. If not, the upgrade won't let you instal itself. <<I'm thinking a very large repulsorlift platform with an upper altitude approaching low orbit>>: That's not a bad idea. <>: What do you do that keeps you so busy? <<What in the worlds is a dancing sword>>: A VERY fun toy that doesn't require a weilder to be deadly. <<D'Ni linking technology>>: SWEET! I've got to get Myst III. <<It doesn't even work with Explorer--I tried>>: It worked fine in IE on my mac... <<Bribe them and they'll leave you alone>>: I don't think that's what he meant. <<when oh when will I get a new computer>>: What are you getting? Details! <>: Very slowly, if at all. I'd recommend forgetting about all but the few REALLY important ones...then just forwarding them all to yourself. <<As opposed to...?>>: Live ones. <<Management has mastered this art, if Dilbert is to be trusted>>: Last I saw, Dogbert was working on something similar. <<They won't play 97% of the games I like, and 70% of the reason I have a PC is for the games>>: Really? That many!? Damn. I don't play much other than StarCraft...and I really only need ONE first-person shooter (they are ALL the same: CS, UT, Doom, Quake, Voyager, whatever). <>: That's pretty much all they're good for anyway. <<What asylum did your teacher break out of>>: Art School. <<there are so few humans here>>: Speak for yourself. <<Witness the second coming of Bazooka Joe>>: No thank you. <<Giant Evil Hamster>>: Snowball!?

Stephen: <<just what do you need that much of a computer for>>: To quote my favorite villian, "Reason not the need! I wanted it, so I took it." Seriously though, right now I really don't need the kind of power its got. But my plan is for it to last about 3-4 years, and if I want it to do that then I need top of the line now. I know some people get away with using machines for a very long time, but quite frankly there's always some new thing that I want my machine to do, and this machine will not only run new programs as they come out, it will run them quickly. It will also have room to expand and add new hardware technologies as they become available. I guess really the other option would be to just buy a new iMac or something ever year. Since an iMac is about 1/3 the price of my tower, that would only be slightly less economical, the machines would be newer and better...but then I'd have to deal with all the transferring of files, etc.

DPH: <>: Peace means never having to say you're sorry...because the other person is a rotting corpse. <>: Best of luck with that. Its hard not to use descriptive words when referring to someone. <<how does one measure the objective speed of a computer?>>: Well, that's a tough question. There is no "objective" speed of a computer that will cover all tasks. It depends on what you like to do. For your standard web surfing, mp3 playing, and word processing, any machine is just as fast/good as any other, whether mac or windows. Though I personally don't like the Windows interface. For cruching SETI blocks or photoshop, you want a Mac. What you don't want is a Wintel machine for any mission-critical programs. For that you want Unix, whether it runs on AMD or PPC hardware. Athalons are good for video editing (though its pretty decent on macs too...most professional video editing is done on macs because they have great effects packages), and of course for gaming you're gonna want a PC, because no matter how fast your mac is, it doesn't matter if it won't run the games you want to play. <>: Too bad for you ;-) <<Take out life insurance with every credible insurance company in the world, and there might be enough money to pay off $2-3 trillion on the US dept. Or could it be more money>>: Well, first they'd have to buy the policies...which would put us MUCH further into debt. <<The stupidest thing in the universe to do is get between a power-hungry nerd and his/her computer unless you want to die>>: Exactly! Tell it to my graphics card.

Spot: <<chicken pox is possibly the most revolting disease you can get that doesn't have a 100% fatality rate>>: Leprosy isn't too pretty either. <<I'd scare small children and end up being locked up in a bell-tower somewhere>>: Which is pretty much what happens to an engineer every day. <<Something about bad headaches, and getting to hospital before your brain explodes, or something like that>>: That would be a problem for a budding scientist like yourself. <<And very different situations>>: Though there are many situations where its not so great. <<Under ordinary circumstances, I like this body. (Which has probably just got you doubting if I am female after all>>: Unless your a super-model female, in which case its conceivable that you do like your body ;-) <<then there's the physics-lovers, who are straddling said fence, but personally, I think they're nuts>>: I think they're far more brilliant than the groups on either side of the fence. <<I've got a tendency to be cruder than most females>>: You should talk to Niamhgold sometime. <<I'm just kicking myself for not getting this thing earlier>>: I only got a light case in 7th grade...its conceivable that it could come back and cripple me (but not kill me, because I'm immortal). <>: Right you are! <<And you didn't even get a tan>>: Actually, Dante's Inferno is the only historical "reference" that describes Hell as a hot place...and that's just one or two circles. The bottom of Hell is a lake of ice. <<trots off to start on her three storey pile of homework>>: Featherweight. I've got a 5-story here...and I haven't bothered to start it yet.

SOROW: Oh yeah, well Cal just lost AGAIN ;-)

Gside: <<Do you have a dearly departed laptop to name Domingo posthumusly>>: Well...the one I'm typing on now IS being sold to my mother...I guess that's "departing". I wonder what my mom would say if her otherwise out-of-the-box laptop had the hard drive name "Dominigo". <<if you get a third machine, you get to choose between Vizzini and DP Roberts>>: Actually, I was thinking about naming my new iBook Vizzini and my dual hard drives in my tower Inigo and Fezzik. Or maybe I'll name my three hard drives in my tower Inigo, Vizzini, and Fezzik (Fezzik will be the 100GB MP3 drive) and call my laptop DP Roberts. The problem is that my tower has dual processors...a.k.a. DP800...so DP roberts is sounding like a decent name for that too. Hmmm... <<And Fezzik has two zs>>: Thanks for the info. <<DC's Going to fly. Maybe some fur will go with him if we experiment first>>: Call Anton Sevarius. <<Dogma, anyone>>: Not a cow. Close, though. <<Me>>: Someone else needs a hobby. <<Mallrats>>: Chasing Amy. <<Outer Mongolia>>: Sh!t. I guess I will then. <<The fun usually ends after everyone is dead>>: Not when your favorite word comes into play. <<CivEs came first and demanded their own separate major>>: Well we'd have more people if we didn't. Then we'd have more funding. <<Takes more computations to solve>>: I see. <<Right, but what's it stand for>>: Ecstasy. <<Half of us are Chris>>: Half of us are Mike. <<Once, I was the King of Spain>>: You too? <<We've got a nice engineering program here, and the travel'd be better than where you are now>>: But she'd be there instead of California. <<Or at least grateful enough>>: In my experience, that never works. <<he was responsible for just about all pre Victorian bestiality porn.>>: Just what the world needs more of. <<If Ms. Dushku were shipped without a birthday suit, she would have to be flayed>>: In that case, I'd rather have the 17" flatscreen. <<Don't knock it 'till you've tried it>>: Ever had Rocky Mountain Oysters? <<Ozzy Ozbourne. Member of Black Sabbath>>: Something else with which Wilek is thoroughly unfamiliar. <<You never can tell>>: Seriously, some chicks are into that stuff. <<FLOPS. Or more recently, SETI chunks>>: My badass G4 gets 11.8 GIGAFLOPS. SUCK IT! My roommate's dual-500 gets a "paltry" 5.4 gigaflops. I crunch SETI blocks before breakfast. My computer rocks...except its broken ;-) PPC or other RISC-based chips really are the way to go for SETI blocks or any other hard number crunching.

Okay folks, its nearly 5AM. Time for sleep.

The ideal date is someone who parties with you till 4:30 in the morning and then turns into a pizza.
- Van Halen

Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [@kicktothenuts.com]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Sunday, September 2, 2001 07:54:00 AM
IP: adsl-64-170-155-66.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net

Imzadi> <<What do you guys think?>>: Not bad. Do you have a dearly departed laptop to name Domingo posthumusly? And if you get a third machine, you get to choose between Vizzini and DP Roberts. And Fezzik has two zs.
<<but if it doesn't stop...the fur's gonna fly>>: No, DC's Going to fly. Maybe some fur will go with him if we experiment first.
<<that's noon your time so it might not make you feel any better at all>>: Nope, all that matters is distance from sunrise.
<<24-k gold statue of the big mouse>>: Dogma, anyone?
<<Who has time to read them!?>>: Me.
<<You're a f*cking tracer!>>: Mallrats?
<<Thank god SOMEONE does>>: True, true.
<>: Don't we all.
<<Never surrender!>>: I'll probably just wait out until I get an income and can spend money on them without as much financial worry.
<<And if I don't?>>: Outer Mongolia.
<<what makes you think I WANT to delay it?>>: The fun usually ends after everyone is dead.
<<Why don't they just make them the same major but different specializations?>>: Because CivEs came first and demanded their own separate major.
<<What's wrong with Gaussian Elimination?>>: Takes more computations to solve.
<<No, "E". From the front of the mouth>>: Right, but what's it stand for?
<<You missed that>>: Usually.
<<About $700 on 7 books for 5 classes>>: Well, one was an optional paperback Spice manual, and a bunch of my profs haven't talked to the bookstore yet.
<<That's AMAZING!>>: Thank you.
<<My leet nekid skillz wouldn't have helped here>>: I find they always help.
<<You've only had one man?>>: Nope. My record with men is the same as my record with women.
<<Who cares!>>: If you'll notice, I agreed first. I only asked to ensure nothing clashed with the Jello's flavor.
<<To the room where Jell-O night is helled>>: With any luck. It is currently the room o'Chrises. Half of us are Chris.
<>: Once, I was the King of Spain.
<<Keep your eyes on the list of possible incoming Berkeley transfers>>: You wouldn't be going to Rutgers? We've got a nice engineering program here, and the travel'd be better than where you are now.

Warpmind> <<'ll be carrying a large collection of amendments>>: That's why.

Wilek> <<Who is this Naughtius?>>: A fellow from Exploitation Now. He gets summoned by too much sailor suited cheesecake.
<<Is Mary Manson's remix any good?>>: I go for the classics. Ergo, I only know the version on the Surrealistic Pillow.
<>: It wasn't worth the expense for the required mystical considerations.
<<What reason could you possibly have for wanting burst open catgirl corpses?>>: None, those are for you. I want to save them and have them be eternally grateful. Or at least grateful enough.
<<How's that for a scary thought>>: True, but the inhabitants of said species must be quite happy.
<<Thanks>>: Not a problem.
<<a light darksuit>>: Sorry, what?
<<I'm practically the only one who agrees with you>>: Truly? I do not recall a similar outcry when the title was announced.
<<...the frell?>>: Pretty much. She's a character from Sexy Losers.
<<It's irrational if you are so afraid of encountering such people that you never go out>>: Ah. I had not thought of that extreme.
<<Are you taking MP3 requests?>>: Always. But it depends on whether I like the song.
<<Dance Of Curse from Vision Of Escaflowne>>: Sounds like it shall be up soon. I already like Sora and the Chant.
<<That kind of thing is why, in my ficverse, the crown of Avalon has ordered Zeus flash-frozen in an iron coffin and buried in Antarctica>>: Shame. And he was responsible for just about all pre Victorian bestiality porn.
<<I'm stupid right now. Clarify?>>: Of course. Referring to one being in their birthday suit, is another way of saying they're nekkid. If Ms. Dushku were shipped without a birthday suit, she would have to be flayed.
<<I'm guessing there's a story here?>>: Yup. Though I thought I already gave a summary.
<>: You read SMT. It's from the Crushed series.
<<a plate of cold giraffe cojones>>: Don't knock it 'till you've tried it.
<<Where does the "Ozz" come in?>>: Ozzy Ozbourne. Member of Black Sabbath.
<>: You never can tell. (Reminds me on an interesting Chrono Trigger lemon.)
<<How in the world DOES one determine which is the fastest processor>>: FLOPS. Or more recently, SETI chunks.
<<Of cabbages and kings?>>: And why the sea is boiling hot-- And whether pigs have wings.
<<Giant Evil Hamster>>: Would that be Teh World's Largest Hamster?

Fleur> <<You mean there's an interesting war going on somewhere and I'm missing out?!>>: It's never too late to join in.
<<Who has a few suspiscious pieces of potato stuck to its fur?>>: Not necessarialy.

Gunjack> Chant: Sounds nice.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Sunday, September 2, 2001 01:37:52 AM
IP: proxy3-external.etntwn1.nj.home.com

Wilek><<Chant? <listens intently>>> Do. It's good stuff. Better yet, get yerself a copy of the Hellboy graphic novels. It's in my top two or three favorites, alongside GItS and Appleseed, and it'd be RIGHT up your alley. Near as I can tell, the plot revolves around a government paranormal investigations team tangling with SERIOUSLY nasty Things Man Was Not Meant To Know. Anyway, here's the quote...

Chained in Heaven are they. Seven is their number. Bred in depths of ocean, neither male nor female are they. They are as the howling wind, which knoweth not mercy, which knoweth not pity.
NUNN-JAHAD!
Heedless are they to pray and supplication. They are the serpent. They are the furious beast. The windstorm.
ADAD-JAHAD!
Evil winds they are. The evil breath that heraldeth the baneful storm. They are mighty children. Heralds of pestilence. Throne bearers of Erishigal, who is Queen and Lord over the great darkness between worlds!
AMON-JAHAD!
They are the flood which rusheth through the land. Seven Gods of might. Seven Demons of oppression. Seven in Heaven and seven on Earth.
IRRA-JAHAD!
Of giant strength and giant tread are they. Knowing no care they grind the land like corn.
BEUU-JAHAD!
Knowing no mercy they rage against mankind, to spill blood like rain and devour flesh.
NERGAL-JAHAD!
Let the Seven now rise from the abyss. Away be cast all chains. Freedom is to them. Power is to them.
NAMRAT-JAHAD!
Enormous serpents, merciless in slaughter, seven dragons with glittering scales. Tempest monsters. They are the rising wind which casteth darkness over the blighted land.
Yes! Yes! Rise the black winds! Howl the demon scream of birth and triumph! Tremble before the coming of the end of...

-Rasputin
"Seeds of Destruction"
Gunjack "By These Words I Do Command" Valentine - [miphsingleton@hotmail.com]
No Need, Creature, Hell is coming HERE!!
Saturday, September 1, 2001 11:46:15 PM
IP: 192.133.129.4

college news: Texas just beat New Mexico State 40 to 7! WE ROCK! WE ROCK! *runs out humming UT anthem*
SOROW
Saturday, September 1, 2001 10:54:51 PM
IP: resnet-38-151.dorm.utexas.edu

You know, chicken pox is possibly the most revolting disease you can get that doesn't have a 100% fatality rate. I mean, you've got the whole _feeling_ revolting side of things, with the coughing, etc., then there's the revolting _looking_ spots. It's probably a good thing I'm infectious, because if I went out looking the way I do right now, I'd scare small children and end up being locked up in a bell-tower somewhere.
Of course, if it weren't happening to _me_, it'd be so cool! Oooh, I wonder if I could play around with this thing - you know, if I spliced out the genes that code for the capsule proteins of the influenza virus, and used it in the chicken pox virus, I'd have a virus that you couldn't become immune too. Hmm, wait, no that's wrong. I shouldn't do that. The sleeping sickness virus would be better, it changes coat proteins faster.... (This is why I should not be forced to stay in my house for a week. I don't take well to boredom.)

And now that I've scared you all, replies!

Ravyn> >Well, far as I know, poor Coyote dear's still livin' out of a suitcase...< Aww. I hope he finds a home soon.

Gside> >Do you remember my favorite long word?< Oh. My. God. >Actually, yes.< You mean there's an interesting war going on somewhere and I'm missing out?! Damn! >Want a dead, kerosene soaked squirrel?< Who has a few suspiscious pieces of potato stuck to its fur? ;)

Josh> >Chicken Pox can kill an adult...not to get you worried or anything.< Thanks. ;) Actually, the doctor had already warned me. Something about bad headaches, and getting to hospital before your brain explodes, or something like that. >Pussy isn't so bad...oh, different pronunciation...< *l* And very different situations! >Trade it in for a better model.There is ALWAYS someone who can call you a "newbie". Conversely, there is always someone you can impress with your "vast" knowledge.< True. >Spoken like a true engineer.< Scientist, in my case. Although they're very similar, except you guys use more maths, and tend toward inanimate objects, while my side of the fence like living things. Of course, then there's the physics-lovers, who are straddling said fence, but personally, I think they're nuts. :) >Something. Its really hard to tell when you don't mention anything either way. I imagine one would have to be illiterate to think I was a woman from my posts. I think it IS the engineer in you that makes people think you're a guy.< I don't think there's much doubt in _anybody's_ mind that you're male. ;) And you're right - I don't act obviously female. 'course it doesn't help that I've got a tendency to be cruder than most females :) >She should post a PO box so we can send her some!< Good idea! Anyone here Swiss? Let's give this girl some _real_ chocolate! ><<I'm blue with a hint of red>>: Which means what?< I'm not entirely sure. Apparently, I'm mostly nice, compassionate, good listener, etc., but the little bit of red suggests I'm also a complete b!tch. Which is pretty accurate, actually. ;) >Okay, now we KNOW you're female.< More to do with the fact we've known each other since before we were five, I'm afraid. He's the only person on the planet who can get away with being incredibly annoyingly overprotective of me. We endure in each other what we'd abuse anybody else for doing. :) >This is coming from my laptop, since I managed to turn my $4000 tower in a smoldering doorstop.< Owchie. >Mac/Wintel bias aside, this whole computer thing happening to me is pretty funny< Yes, it is. Not that I don't sympathise, but the irony is delicious.

Warpmind> >So there's a fowl pox on ye? Alas, 'tis something that makes me glad I'm rid of THAT one... :/ Get well soon, friend.< Thanks. You know, I'm just kicking myself for not getting this thing earlier - it's supposed to be easier when you're a kid. :)

Lynanti> >aaron is having computer issues...one of his ate itself, and the other melted down...or soemthing...< Owch. I was wondering where he'd got to. Thanks for filling me in.

*taps on the glass* Hey Aaron! Good luck!

Spacebabie> >Get well. I remember having that when I was in the sixth grade. I felt icky and I just wanted to cover my entire body in Calamine lotion.< Thanks. Calamine lotion has been my very good friend, lately. That, and this smelly green stuff you put in the bath. >I'm surpised your not refering to Fleur as Spot since she said "My new name is Spot" >I am going to try to make peace with my dad.< Good luck. >For those of you worried about the end of time coming because I have decided to try to make peace with my dad, I am thinking about redefining what peace with my dad means.< Remember, baby steps. It won't happen all at once, although it would be really nice if it did. (And I am still going to add this to my list of 'Signs of the Apocolypse' ;))

Gunjack> > Yeek! o.O ...Good luck on the recovery...< Thanks. :) >They're 1/50th our size, and yet they act like they own the place.< Understanding dawns.... >They're arrogant, cocky, and occasionally psycho enough to attack people.< Sounds like my lecturers. >Plus, unlike people, they don't report you to the Dean when you fire mashed taters at them.< LOL! That's the _real_ reason, right? ;)

Lady Mystic> >Just stopping by to let you know that I've been sick for most of this week with Strep Throat and have been too ill to do anything but sleep.< Oh you poor thing! Get well soon, and I hope you're better in time for Ren Faire. (And don't even _think_ about updating until you're completely healthy, ya hear? :))

Xanathar> >*grins excitedly* only one more day until my holiday's begin,I can't wait!:)< Can I hate you? :)

SJ> Welcome back! >Well, in case any of you were wondering where I was, I'm back from hell.< And you didn't even get a tan. ;) >In the mean time, could someone please point me to the CR archive? Can you get there from the TGS mainsite? I need to scope out the CR from August 10 through today, to formulate some replies. I got a lot of catching up to do.< Unfortunately, the archive only goes to the 17 or 18 August, 'cos poor Lady Mystic's sick and hasn't been able to update. Of course, knowing our resident Amazing Overachiever, you won't have to wait long.

Traveller> >This is also why some people will experence sound issues such as quality/loss of sound/system crashes on both Intel and AMD based boxes. < So _that's_ why my #$@%ing sound card has been nothing but trouble since I bought it. 'Suze me, I have to go play frisbee with the local rotweiler. And I'm with Wilek, get back here more often. :)

Wilek> Heyas! >Yow. O_o Where's Sli Sludge got off to? I have a flamethrower that would like to make the acquaintance of his every orifice.< What a nice offer! ;)Thanks. Tell you what, I'll help you hunt him down (then try out my 'new, improved Chicken Pox' idea out on him...)

*trots off to start on her three storey pile of homework*
TTFN!
Fleur - [newgoyle@hotmail.com]
Saturday, September 1, 2001 10:32:55 PM
IP: proxy3.mel.pacific.net.au

For those of you worried about the end of time coming because I have decided to try to make peace with my dad, I am thinking about redefining what peace with my dad means. I am trying to avoid using certain words with reference to my dad, but it is difficult.

**RANT OF THE DAY**
My dad (getting very hard not to say certain things) decided he wanted me to push mow the rest of my yard despite the fact I have back problems. I lasted maybe 15 minutes pushing before the back pain became too severe too handle. I took me over 1 hour to recover from that level of pain. Then, he told me he wants me to mow the yard some more. I DON'T THINK SO!!
**END RANT OF THE DAY**

Imzadi - how does one measure the objective speed of a computer? By measuring the amount of time it takes to do a specific task, such as counting to 1 billion? Wait a minute, completing a certain task may take more steps to complete on one processor than another processor.

I am getting the feeling I would rather have Wilek run the world than Imzadi. Wilek, you do have nothing against time travel, right?

**LIFE INSURANCE**
Hmm. I was just thinking that it might be possible to pay off the US debt with life insurance money. Take out life insurance with every credible insurance company in the world, and there might be enough money to pay off $2-3 trillion on the US dept. Or could it be more money?

Proving that I knew ahead of time when my mom was going to die would be difficult, especially considering I was only planning on being around in the past exactly when the life insurance premium was due. Like I said, the worst possible scenario is someone finds out my mom had cancer before she was diagnosed.
**END LIFE INSURANCE**

I told the amoral police the location of a priceless treasure: The treasure was at the bottom of a sewer. If they figured out I was lying, they will leave me alone.

Wilek, have you ever that overdeveloped technological universe? You might want to check out the warranty on the robots from there. They're guaranteed not to be destroyed/ceased to exist (I've known only 1 way to destroy them, but it was tricky). They would be your perfect body guards.

The stupidest thing in the universe to do is get between a power-hungry nerd and his/her computer unless you want to die.
DPH - [dph_of_rules@yahoo.com]
AR, USA
Saturday, September 1, 2001 09:02:21 PM
IP: max1-32.cwy.cei.net

Greetings all...

Well, it's only one day off this weekend, so I knuckled down and got some writing done. My latest original story "Get An Afterlife!" is finally done, now I have to let it get through the beta read stage... anyone want to take a stab at it?

SJ - Glad to see you back, and to quote Sammy Jr. "And I mean that!" ^_^

Robby - Huh... looks like you may have been a bit off the mark in saying I'd disagree with you over Disney's treatment of Miazaki's films. You see, I may defend the Mouse's efforts to get it's own animation out, but I am not, reapeat NOT pleased with the way they treated "Princess Mononoke", nor any of the previous releases prior... Kiki's Delivery Service went directly to video (bad move! Didn't even give it a chance in the theaters), and "Laputa, Castle In The Sky" never even got released! EEEEH! Wrong! Not good! Major Penalties there, Mickey!

The only film of Miazaki that did well in the states was "My Neighbor Totoro", but then again it was released by Fox Home Video, and they did a better job of marketing with it, too...

Josh Imzadi - Dang, sounds like a major bummer with your Mac troubles... hope they get resolved soon. Though I have to ask (if I didn't realize it before, I've been preoccupide) just what do you need that much of a computer for?

Christine - Have fun at DragonCon! Will try to make it to one of the future cons you attend... it's been a damn shame everytime we try to meet, things never seem to work out.

Miamgold - Hey, saw your rendering of Delilah for "Titania's Secret" in AvMists... contact me! We must talk. ^_^

Emambu - Hi there! LTNS!

Well, that's all from me... Maintain and Check Six!

Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Tampa, FL, USA
Saturday, September 1, 2001 08:52:52 PM
IP: 65.34.2.61

Fire Storm> <<::FS whips out a Napalm thrower and douses Wilek with flaming gasoline gel::>> <hugs everyone> <<Anyone want some smores?>> MEEEEEeeeeeeEEEEEeeEEEEeeeeEeEee! <hops up and down like an idiot> ^_^ I love those. Crackers are so much better when they're drowning in chocolate and marshmallow. <<No one but Jason Mews knows... thats assuming even HE knows WTF it means. In real life (At least before Chasing Amy), he is even MORE of a stoner than Jay!>> Huh. The actor is as repugnant as his character? (I hate Jay...Bob is cool, but Jay just...touches a nerve somewhere. With a dental drill.) Then I will have a very special job lined up for him when I'm in charge... <<Dogma: He is awake through this and even gives some nice insight.>> The standard version? Because that sure doesn't apply to the special edition. Barely said a word; I don't even know how he managed to stay in his chair (there was occasional video coverage of the commentary room). <<Dude. Post. More?>> I'll do my best, mem-sahib! :D <<She is a nutter. Keeps rambling about the Jabberwokky and some queen. She shoule really be locked up... Oh wait. She is.>> I take it someone's been playing my favorite PC game? 8) <<@whothefsckdoyouthingyouare.com>> HEhe! >:) <<But he STILL refused to go!>> I've always wondered about that. He had some manner of unfinished business among the living, I presume? Or maybe the other restless dead--I have to wonder why he was guarding that graveyard. What was he trying to keep out? Or in? <<what about when the 'man animal's head exploded? Or the cows.>> I'm stupid, so I don't remember those parts. :} <<But the clones are all of Jar-Jar!>> [Wilek sits for a while with a thoughtful look. Having seemingly decided upon a course of action, he places his hand on a scanner while entering three passwords into a console next to it. The whole thing opens into a new console with a screen, at which Wilek enters the coordinates for Naboo and hits a button that appears to read "Standby".] Just in case. <> True. Maybe NML just took place in an alternate timeline or something. <<We's gonna take you to a strip club>> Hm...<crazed sly look that he tries deperately but successfully to hide, along with a Lament Configuration> OK. How 'bout we attend a taping of the Man Show while we're at it? hehe <<and gets you LOTS of porn. Hentai porn.>> Even if I wanted it, it would never be possible. And even if it were possible, it would never be allowed. And even if it would be allowed, the numbers would demand an accounting. <<But for v2.0, I was just gonna connect my brain in a new body.>> Surgically? :/ I was hoping for something that could transplant a mind into a new brain. <> Cool...didja grab a picture? If not, will you ever see it again? ^_^ <<Scary fact: There is a 90% chance my G2002 costume will involve welding. There is also a 90% chance that my G2004 costume won't fit in the con room. ;)>> Dare I enquire? <<Just saw Fight Club for the first (and second) time. Watched it twice with Lady Mystic... That movie is fscked up to the go##^%n EXTREME!>> Amen. I can't go into why it bothers me without spoiling it, but... O_o <<"Lord Naughtius! PLEASE... NOO!!... AHHHH... AHN! OH!' ;)>> Who is this Naughtius? I wish to have...<snaps open claws> words with him. <<Since I have no idea what a DRD is, who knows.>> <GASPITY GASP GASP> You haven't seen the best thing to happen to sci-fi TV since Babylon 5?! O_o Watch Farscape, and be enlightened. (Hopefully you'll catch the episode with the four-eyed psychic fetus. He only had a small part, but in his precious minutes on screen, he made my sick, sad little world a sicker, sadder place, and for that I am grateful.) Oh, and be advised--for one or two episodes per season, the show goes utterly Malkie; flat-out full tilt whackaloon bug-frelling NUTS. You will feel like you're losing your mind while watching such eps. I shall never forget Rygel's S&M scene. <<DLD= Demona Love Doll. A project I have kinda started that will incorperate the first production models of my endoskeleton prototype, some basic AI reoutines, and, how do I put this... Intimate procedural programming.>> I have Miss Destine on speed dial. I wonder how long it would take her to take down a xenomorph (a matter of when and how rather than if)...let's negotiate. >;) <<The H model of Ping with wings and a tail, if you read Megatokyo.>> Haven't in months. The All-Stripper Squadron sent me scuttling for my Toybox O' Torment--come to think of it, that verse's population entire is ripe for my ministrations--and by the time I had my utility belt stocked, I'd started thinking about cheese or something (Behold its power!) and quite forgot what I'd set out to do. Refresh my memory? (Waitaminnit. That's Supermegatopia. Nevermind.) <<Unfortunately, she has to think some>> Unfortunately? If I sought a mellifluous mechanical minx for mating, I wouldn't want a mindless marionette. <> Did you know that the PS2 has one of those? What the frell does a console need one of those for? It's also coming out with a hard drive. Disgusting. I want a game machine, not the all singing all dancing schiesse of the industry. DVD playback I can understand, since the hardware was already in place and quite necessary, but the rest...

Gside> <<One pill will make you smaller, and one pill will make you larger, but the pill that mother gives you will do nothing at all.>> I once heard a snitchet of that song, and kind of liked it. Is Mary Manson's remix any good? Because I liked his cover of Sweet Dreams... <<I've read that five times, and it still makes no sense.>> Yeah--the more lacy underwear there is, the more naughty bits can be concealed, especially with creative tailoring and layering. Not as efficient as proper clothing, but it's better than nothing. <<Actually, most of my favorites (Mars, Toccata, 1812) aren't conducive to meditation>> Same here, although a few are...like the Riven main theme, and Requiem For The Gods. And I have an electric guitar requiem version of Calling From Heaven that's good for morbid moods. <<I'm on top with Wilek.>> Schiesse. I'd much rather be on top of a scission crasher the size of Vermont. <> I don't like football anyhow. :P Now, football with Gundams would be cool; there would be high spectator casualties and everything. <<You don't know the half of it. They also had to blend in some tentacle monster to get the proper number of tails. And oh, what those tails can do...>> Oh dear. I thought the multi-tail DNA came from a Kitsune? <<Or make it, depending on which species goes for you.>> Um...<<And I'm sure we could both go for some catgirls. For different reasons, of course.>> What reason could you possibly have for wanting burst open catgirl corpses? Or do I wanna know? O_o <> I would too, if I were any good at it. O_o <<Don't forget, it also slowly kills your liver.>> Yet another reason to forsake it. <<Except for orbital death rays.>> Actually, the justification for those is planetary security. If I didn't need them, I wouldn't have them. <<Not from unless there's another breed with bouncy, nubile DRDs.>> How's that for a scary thought. O_o <<You need it in the present tense if you want an s.>> Oops. :} <<If it has more flags, it's shorter. If there's a hole in the middle, it's longer. Height means higher pitch, as does #. b makes it a tad lower in pitch. Various bars and ; mean rest. I think that's about it.>> Thanks! ^_^ <takes a note, as it were> This will make a great starting point...<<Hermaphroditic lesbian catgirls with tentacles?>> [Wilek puts on his game face and summons a light darksuit with wristblades.] Bring it, catbitch. (At least I won't have to worry about her doing anything uncouth to me, since she prefers girls...) <<Phantom Menace is a pretty good name>> I'm practically the only one who agrees with you. O_o <<everyone complains about the movie>> Am I the only one who doesn't? Jar-Jar deserves everything you can throw at him, but other than him I didn't find much to dislike. <<But one must alwyas watch out for the dutch wife fairy.>> ...the frell? <<the irrational (with which I disagree) fear of those who enjoy stuffing flaming dead hamsters of the same gender in various orifices.>> It's rational if such a person is in your presence and wishes to stay there. It's irrational if you are so afraid of encountering such people that you never go out, screen acquaintances for the slightest indication of such predilections (by "slightest", I'm talking such things as pet ownership), etc. Like any fear, its rationality is a matter of degree. Random thought> Are you taking MP3 requests? Because I have one--Dance Of Curse from Vision Of Escaflowne. I once saw it compared to O Fortuna--except, and I quote, "more energetic and frightening"--and that is the quickest way to get me to give anything a listen. ^_^ Leda And The Swan> That kind of thing is why, in my ficverse, the crown of Avalon has ordered Zeus flash-frozen in an iron coffin and buried in Antarctica. <<That's Wilek's shipment.>> I'm stupid right now. Clarify? :} <<Wilek doing it. The number of elder gods summoned yearly would skyrocket.>> HEhe! Not to mention sales of the soundtrack to Massa de Requiem per Shuggay...<<No cruicifying student cartoonists for awkwardly pulling off a gag centering around a toucy subject?>> I'm guessing there's a story here? <<Nah, though go for a more classic ingredient: the seed of a minotaur.>> I was unaware that they were plants.

Imzadi> <<Lucent is filled with lazy bums who deserve their crappy stock price>> So much for the Brown Ring Of Quality. <<Now THAT would violate the weight limits.>> Then they should raise the weight limits. How much would that rock? >8) <<It's been too long, my friend/rival.>> Amen! :D <> Holy schiesse, I hope that never happens. I don't think the Japanese companies would go for it though; they look at the X-Box the way we would look at a waiter who just offered us a plate of cold giraffe cojones. <<Did Scott Baio give you pink eye?>> --the frell? O_o Umm, no. <<Yeah, you're pretty cool.>> <Eek The Cat voice> I was not aware. ^_^ <<No, that's not really all that interesting either.>> Hm. Then...<fwip> I put my pet in your pocket. [Imzadi checks his pocket, and finds that the 'pet' is Shub-Nigurrath.] <<Well then you're gonna miss out.>> On what? Is it worth wading through the H bits? <<You get to filter yourself for the best parts.>> Yup. Extemporaneity is not my strong suit. <<Is there a reason besides entertainment for doing that?>> Of course--to make the world more worthy of my rule, and increase its chances of SURVIVING said rule. <<<<How long an interval are we talking about?>>: 30 minutes>> Huh. Must have been during the training course. <<<<Frankly I prefer Faith & The Muse>>: Huh?>> They're a goth band I've become acquainted with via the albums Elyria and Evidence Of Heaven. They're probably the only mainstream group whose greater body of work I can stand to listen to without going on a shooting spree. <<Where did you read this?>> I forget. O_o I'll check the Essential Chronology later, for purposes of fact checking--the fact that my memory is like a nuclear accelerator is probably not conducive to accurate recall. <<Here's a list: Vector Prime, Dark Tide I & II, Agents of Chaos I & II, Balance Point, and Edge of Victory I and II (I don't think that last one is out yet). Happy reading!>> <makes a note> Thankee! ^_^ <> Not always, IMO...never throw any idea out without evaluating it first and seeing if you can use it. <<My friends often use the phrase "I'd like to verb her noun" when talking about a hot woman.>> <L> "Mmm...pronoun verb infinitive pronoun noun." :P <<I've uploaded a picture of my headquarters...I hope it meets with your approval.>> Very much. 8) Remind me to visit sometime. <> Good thing I'm not going to try it then. I need you changed, not broken. ;) <<Post it!>> :) And I quote: "<mechanical voice, gradually accelerating> Greetings Earthling. I am an extraterrestrial being from the planet <untranslatable>. I have been sent to earth in the form of this answering machine to propagate with your species in order to spread my highly superior race throughout the universe. You may not realize it, but right now I am having sex with your ear, and I know you like it because you are smiling! You may leave a message at the tone, but then please call back, because I am very very horny!" :P <<Sometimes. But does that really make me a terrorist!?>> Well, hijacking is pretty darned terroristic. <<Most of the time, nothing. Its a social thing, like smoking only less damaging. And most of the time it tastes awful>> Ah. So it's not as damaging as it is worthless. <<sometimes it just lowers inhibitions>> And this is a good thing...how? <<Because its more fun.>> Only in the short term; in the long run, it really messes things up. <<<<get me to renounce my Y chromosome>>: I don't think you can do that.>> Met my geneticist? <<<<A digestive system is actually kind of cool looking once it's been dried and mounted properly>>: Where did THAT come from?>> "Beautiful on the inside". <<But those juggies are SOOOO hot! You may NOT kill them.>> The decision rests in the hands of whomever reaches them first. >:) <<Check the S8 CR. Look for the post with 85 spelling errors and grammar errors...in a 12 word post.>> <L> Thanks. :) <<<<you don't know what I know about the history and chemistry of the matter>>: Well then enlighten us.>> I would very much like to. But so far, my findings have been suppressed; revealing them here might carry...consequences. <<Oh yes, yes it is. In fact, if its loud and smelly, that's a PERFECT reason to throw it out with the bathwater.>> Uhh...you're aware that this was a metaphor? <<<<Remember that one wedding?>>: No...?>> Where He turned water to wine? Granted, what they called wine back then, we'd call grape juice today, but anyway. <<Yup yup. Death and destruction runs a close second to comedy though. For me.>> I tend to prefer comedy as sort of a spice for the action. I especially like action that amounts to a move in a great game between two or more vast powers. Hence, I guess, my love of Dogma. <<Before this I was gonna do an Eyrie-like design in Switzerland.>> Cool. Maybe you could put your current headquarters on top of a giant building? <<<<Giger Bar in Chur, Switzerland>>: Not familiar with that>> It's a bar/restaurant or something designed by H.R. Giger. I think there are pics at www.giger.com. <<I'm starting to really believe that it IS the best place to rule the world from.>> Oh, it is. All the really really smart people moved there and evolved into Greys. They disguise themselves as stern Germans for the tourists. <<What if my password contains a letter twice?>> Copy and paste. :P <<Cooler than kicktothenuts.com!?>> Actually, that would make a great evilemail.com domain name. Maybe you should talk to them about becoming an affiliate. <<How'd she lose the ability to walk in the first place?>> The Joker shot her, I think. <<<<Who or what is Black Sabbath?>>: A band. Old school heavy. <<Or Ozzfest for that matter?>>: An all day hard rock concert.>> Ah. Glad I gave it a miss. Where does the "Ozz" come in? Do they play the rock versions of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and "If I Only Had A Brain" that I've heard? <<Though they were recently inducted into the Museum of Modern Art somewhere as definitive pieces of 20th century technology.>> Ah. Remind me to get a few molecular structure readings. <<Yes. They're called "pro speakers" and they're made by Harmon Kardon. They sell for about $60 and they're USB.>> USB? Crud; I was hoping for standard audio jacks. What on earth do they need USB for? Do they have their own internal sound card? <<I'd go with the $200 soundsticks>> YOW! O_O <<<>: Why?>> I wish I knew. O_o <<Because you're living in the woods.>> That's closer to being literally true than you think. Still, I could at least have a few werewolves or a crazed witch or a haunted lake or *something*. Preferably all three--a pack of werewolves trying to stop a crazed witch from awakening the evil in a haunted lake. I want ringside seats. <<Or maybe you just have no friends.>> I have a lot of friends, here anyhow, but only a very few of them know my address. <<You take too long.>> So I've noticed. O_o <<Nah, no one usees their ass anymore.>> Not even for elimination? Wouldn't that cause eventual toxic shock? <<Tard, as in short for "REtard"...the "stupid" part of your bastard-ness.>> Ah. I'm glad that was so low; if I have to be a bastard, it may as well be due to my malevolent intelligence. <<<<I've heard that a lot, in Dogma and the Clerks animated series...what on earth does it mean>>: Nothing, really.>> Then why does he say it? <<You are confused. I am never wrong.>> Everyone's wrong about something. Why do you think I'm going to have a council of advisors? <<Total, that's 152.93 TB. How's THAT for storage?!>> Holy GAWDS. O_O O_O O_O <<obscure and blatant references to Kevin Smith's other movies>> They all take place in the same universe?! O_o Didn't J&SB, I don't know...NOTICE...something odd, about some of the other characters in Strikes Back? Like, a guy who looked an awful lot like a dead apostle, among a variety of other people who look like various other dead things? <<a moronic pot dealer>> I wonder how he would like the ministrations of my cheese grater. <<a guy who doesn't talk>> Why isn't he allowed to talk? The one time I saw him talk in Jay's presence, Jay rather forcefully informed him not to. O_o <<at least Alanis Morrisette won't be making any more appearances as God. That was f*cking scary.>> I thought it was adorable. ^_^ <<In reality, they were all created the moment of my birth.>> Were we. When, as exactly as you can manage, were you born? <<we're just gonna let the bunny channel run 24-7. I mean, what else matters?>> Everything. :P <<<<Clerks: The animated Series>>: Is that actually the work of Kevin Smith?>> Oh yes. I think J&SB even have their original actors for voices. <> How is this a bad thing? Because it's not like she would be able to display the system status and operations, like a monitor would. For one thing, I don't relish the thought of plugging a monitor cable up her arse, and I should think neither would she. <<<>: Ugh. I don't think the macs could stand it though.>> Incidentally, what is Virtual PC capable of? Will it run, say, Quake 3? <<Bah. Morals were a waste of my teenage years. I'd have had much more fun if I'd dropped them sooner. Since then, my life's been much more entertaining.>> I never cast off my morals...just re-engineered them. <<<<little weiner I called my conscience>>: No wonder it was protrayed by a cricket.>> My conscience would probably be portrayed by Vlad Tepes. Or maybe Hannibal Lecter. <<Windows is desperately in need of a GUI>> I thought it had one? This doesn't LOOK much like a command line. :P <<You realize that if you succeed, all that's required to jump-start the apocalypse is me breeding?>> [Wilek presses a button, and a woman with muscles like Arnold Schwarzenegger stomps in and picks Imzadi up by his shirt collar: "You, me, whipped cream, barbed wire, and a blowtorch."] :) <<This is coming from my laptop, since I managed to turn my $4000 tower in a smoldering doorstop. No jokes, please. This isn't funny. Damn things boots up, there's just no display. I tested the monitor, it works fine on my roommate's machine. No other monitors work on mine.>> Yow. O_o I wonder how Mr. Disconnect would like to be forced to do ghastly things with an ice crusher... <<they've suffered sales losses because of the so-called "Megahertz Myth". So once people stop looking at clock speeds (everyone's gonna have to agree on SOME sort of standardized system of speed ratings for actual consumer use), I'm anxious to see where Intel's market share goes.>> How in the world DOES one determine which is the fastest processor? I hope this is resolved before I get my next computer...<<and then its the power switch>> Yow. O_o That's only happened to me twice, and under EXTREMELY unusual circumstances...<<Did it ever occur to anyone to UPGRADE the OS>> I did that once, so I could play a new game I wanted...it ended in tragedy. O_o

Warpmind> <<As for World Domination Headquarters, I think a castle would do quite well. For sure, we'd need lots and lots of secret passages.>> Cool. :) And of course the whole thing would have to be mobile. I'm thinking a very large repulsorlift platform with an upper altitude approaching low orbit. <> I'll try. Unfortunately, I have even less time for e-mails than I do for posts. O_o <<you shoulda seen Lexington in drag. How he got those long-sleeved cloves on, I'll never know...>> Huh. I shall have to make inquiries. <<the Coil Corridor - yes, there's bound to be something left. A wafer thin film on the far wall, most likely; any coinage they might have carried is sure to be flattened as well...>> Maybe the metal foil from the armor and such can be salvaged for scrap? <<Hmmm... let you play with the guy who sent me the dolly? Well, if I find the person, I'll let you know, you can e-mail me your mailing address>> Not an option, I'm afraid. O_o <<Wilek, you wanted a small part, too, right? A frightened kid fleeing something, right?>> Not really a kid, just me. :) <> Cool. :) <<an mp3 I suspect at least some of you will find appealing... it's called "Lullaby for a Vampire", by a band called Magicka. Enjoy. :)>> [Wilek listens...and falls to his knees with an expression of stunned rapture.] Woah. WOAH. Is the rest of their stuff like this? <<+10 indestructible dancing sword>> What in the worlds is a dancing sword? <<I'm toneblind. I can't read sheet music.>> I'm in the same boat--a song I'm working on isn't coming out right. :/ Also with drawing...I'm very artistic in mindset, especially in character design, but I can't draw. :/ <<*Unveils a large machine covered in many tubes, hoses, dials, wired, suction cups, pins and other unsavory-looking items, including three turney basters* the DongleHooptyTweaker!>> I like. A lot. You have great potential. :D <<Vanishes through L-space>> Intriguing. Details? ^_^ <<To prove it, I've encoded "Eyes On You" from Final Fantasy 8, for my experience and your enjoyment.>> Holy--! :O In like a week you go from nothing to this?! I feel even stupider than usual. -_-'

DPH> <<You're not going to block people from traveling to this universe, right?>> Of course not; travel will be as free as it is now. In fact, since appropriating and adapting D'Ni linking technology, creating and traveling to new universes is as easy as stepping into a holodeck and describing them. And they're utterly secure--I have a secure sanctum Age called Kaymakli that I intend to use as a bomb shelter of sorts, in case the Project goes REALLY wrong. <<that's sad when someone thinks they're random.>> How so? O_o <<DPH hands out a few remotes, but gives one word of caution: don't press a button on them if you want to have been born. The remotes just kill your parents before you were born.>> [Wilek panics for a moment, looks sidelong at his remote, and carefully removes the batteries and their connectors, then transports the remote to a high security storage Age, along with a note to install a device to self destruct the remote if it is used without a proper passcode.] <<The personality test works with only Internet Explorer. That sucks.>> It doesn't even work with Explorer--I tried. :/ <<Oh no, the amoral police are after me.>> Bribe them and they'll leave you alone. <> [Somewhere in the distance, a single gong from a curiously dissonant bell is heard.] Another sign, another step, until the great Unweaving...

Xanathar> <<I've played it on an Athlon 800 and it's F&*%^$g sweet!,the rooms on some levels are literally swarming with monsters and there is no slow down at all!!>> OOOooohhh...when oh when will I get a new computer...(I wonder how one goes about transferring archived e-mail to a new system.) <> You too? :) Ahh, those were the days...I tend to think that Gargoyles would have been better recieved back then.

Lynati> <<A moment of silence, please, for Uncalled For; my computer, which was missing from my locked storage unit upon my return to Kansas City.>> <grrr>...when you find the piece of garbage who stole it, give him a screwdriver to the temple for me. >:( <<aaron is having computer issues...one of his ate itself>> O_o OK, that's creepy...

Ravyn> <<Hey, great to see you 'round again, man! ;)>> You too! ^_^ <<Umm...well, as far as I can remember, no...but you can always e-mail me if you want to. ;)>> I'll try to get around to it. :)

Fleur> Pox> Yow. O_o Where's Sli Sludge got off to? I have a flamethrower that would like to make the acquaintance of his every orifice.

Archwolf> Welcome back! ^_^

GXB> <<dead carcasses>> As opposed to...? ;P

Gunjack> Spindler/Mimics> COOL. ^_^ And you have the best dreams...can we trade dream centers? Unfortunately you would get the short end of the deal and wake up frothing blood and clawing at your eyes every single night for the rest of your life (I've only ever had one dream I can begin to comprehend), but life isn't complete without a little eldritch horror. <<hypervelocity liquid-propellent antimaterial rifle>> Antimaterial as in...antimatter? O_O <<they found his body still clutching the pilings of a bridge some distance downstream. Creepy, Ne'?>> That was one of my more interesting setbacks...<<It is very, VERY, *VERY* good to hear from ya again, 'mano... gonna be dropping in more often?>> Hope to. ^_^ <> Cool. :) Did you play Twisted Metal Black? I've heard very good things about it...Apparently it is the story of a bunch of escaped mental patients who have been given customized vehicles that are better armed than the typical Third World nation, set loose in the civilized world, and informed that There Can Be Only One. Tis almost enough to make me reconsider my stance on the price. <<Now we just need a TV>> You...have a game console without a TV? O_o What do you use it for, a paperweight? :P <<Have you been watching that "H.R. Giger's guide to Revelation" book again? o.O>> Never heard of it (Foofy is entirely the product of my broken little brain), but now I want it very very badly (I'm a fan of both Giger and Revelations). 8) <<With a little practice, you can make language a total impediment to understanding>> Management has mastered this art, if Dilbert is to be trusted...<<Laddie, we REALLY need to have a LONG talk...>> Of cabbages and kings? <<Soomer or later, we DO need to have a Nereus Project meeting. And what better place for it than in the living room of a Socialist Agnostic Pacifist Canadian? ; )>> I'll bring the Wolfwood crossgun that I bought! ;P <<was the METEOR that was trying to publish a manuscript. The tentacle was just its gaurd/secretary.>> Oh. I thought one tentacle was trying to get a contract and the other was the guard for the meteor who was trying to take over the world? <<But good to see you too! Let's blow something up!>> Coolies! There's this planet orbiting Epsilon Indri whose color scheme doesn't match my new shirt. You procure the pizza, chips, and fireworks, and I'll fire up the Chaos Anthem. YEE-HAW! <<Oh, and I finally got Milkshape running again>> GAHHHH!!!! O_O I have that, and my GODS I've never had anything break my brain with such alacrity. <<Maybe you should try that wicked chant>> Chant? <listens intently> <<Anyway, I can still get to PA, Sluggy, Megatokyo>> They allowed Sluggy?! O_O

SJ> YOU'RE BAAAAAAAAAAACCK!! :D :D :D Here have a few power drills to use on DC. I'm thinking, human-leather trenchcoat...

Traveler> Where WERE you?! :D We really need more insanity in here. Some days, the place is almost...<gasp> realistic! <<I'm biased against Macs for a very good reason.>> So am I--They won't play 97% of the games I like, and 70% of the reason I have a PC is for the games. Compatability woes> This kind of thing illustrates why I prefer console gaming. I wish PCs could become more like consoles--all the operating software on EPROM boards and the hard disk used just to store the system files installed by third party software, and drivers for after-market hardware. Unfortunately, as harbinged by the PS2 and XBox, the scale seems to be swinging the other way. <sigh> Nintendo save us...

Niamhgold> <<Plus, the assignment for Life Drawing is ludricrous: draw my left hand with my right hand, draw my right hand with my left hand (which, for obvious reasons, came out looking like a starfish or something ;)), draw my feet with any hand of my choice, and then draw my foot with my OTHER FOOT.>> What asylum did your teacher break out of? In any event, keep him away from the sharp objects. <<I'll always watch Disney cartoons, but they haven't been keeping up to par anymore...>> Yeh. All they really have going for them anymore is character design. <<How can you have human contact in a CR, anyways?>> You have a point--there are so few humans here. Mostly gargoyles, Fey, aliens, cyborgs, and the miscellaneous corners of the zoo. ;P <<Now, how about condoms with comics all over them?>> Witness the second coming of Bazooka Joe.

Mme. Destine> <<Eddie Izzard>> I saw one of his shows once and quite liked it. Wonder when they'll be out on DVD.

Lain> <<yer GODs a dumbass>> Which one? I'm thinking Azathoth; he is a Blind Idiot God after all. ;P

<usual wellwishes, greets, and snoogies to the many wonderful people I've managed to forget v^_^>
Wilek "Giant Evil Hamster" Nereus
Saturday, September 1, 2001 04:46:50 PM
IP: 216.104.228.119

*Warpmind enters, grinning from ear to ear.*
Hi, everyone. I'm beginning to figure out this Midi composition thingy. AND I'm begiing to make heads and tails of sheet music, too! To prove it, I've encoded "Eyes On You" from Final Fantasy 8, for my experience and your enjoyment. Please, go ahead and click my name. :)

Niamhgold: You no like loons? Better not get Canadian coins, then. ;) By the way, could you e-mail me the full-size pics of the Weird Sisters that Josh iconized? }:)

Gside: Cast in stone, well... Moses did it, why can't I? (Though, he only had ten simple rules, I'll be carrying a large collection of amendments, as well...)

Josh: I'd think you'd be too embarassed to take money for MS software... I mean, that'd be like admitting you actually HAVE it, if not even USE it... ;) And it's not for a lack of witty responses, it's from having too many alternatives. };)

Well, that about concludes the post. Ciao, everyone.
Warpmind de InzanE - [warpmind@hotmail.com]
Middle, Nowhere, Norway
Saturday, September 1, 2001 03:31:20 PM
IP: mp-217-239-73.daxnet.no

hey y'all.. (see? im practicing for christmas... ; ))
well *I* had a fun day today.. got some sweaters.. and i was GONNA get army pants but they didnt have any. well, they DID but they said "US ARMY" all over them.. and THATS just BAD. so i ask the guy if they have any CANADIAN army stuff but.. nooooooo.. couldnt have THAT.. wonder what they do with all the old clothing. no wait, this is the canadian army, they probably grind it up and thats why the food tastes so bad..
then i went to get a haircut (PRAISE THE.. something..) so now i have shoooooooort hair and im lovin it. its the coolest haircut ever. dont worry, moochie, i saved you some and, if you promise not to make a voodoo doll outa me, ill send it. then you can have a lock of my hair, how sappy and romantic is THAT?! : P
THEN i went to get some lunch and there is this guy there. he says "HI!!!!!" and i think "do i KNOW you?" then he goes on about how he went to highschool with me, tells me his name etc etc.. and i still cant remember him.. so if i dont know HIM and he knows ME, that must mean im memorable : D wahoo!!! but then he went on about how he got married last weekend and im thinkin.. "married?? we went to HIGHSCHOOL together and youre MARRIED?!?! that is SOOOOO NOT ALLOWED!!!!" and hes not the only one.. it seems like everybodys gettin hitched.. its wierd.. i feel old..

on a nifty note, dad and i havent argued once.. we had a pleasant conversation (for three hours, how the heck did i stay awake that long?!) during which he said "the jury is still out" about moochie.. which means he hasnt been hung, drawn, quartered, lifted, lowered, dragged, drowned, drugged, tweaked and splugged on a gilliken spike yet.. (dont you feel healthy now, moochie?) i think maybe he had been condemned before but now hes warmin up a little. good stuff.

moochie>> yer GODs a dumbass. tell him i said so. theres a good reason for it, ill tell you later. but hes a dumbass. oh, and in case you handnt noticed... IM ONLINE!

joshey-woshey-poo>> *pats him on the head* your machine will be okay.. and so will you.. *withdraws hand quickly, lest it be lost..* see, i just dont have patience for people complaining about how their high-tech machines dont work. me and my 90mhz-slower-than-the-second-coming mutant enemy-who-cant-run-cdroms-from-cereal-boxes.. she does word-processing. thats about it. i got half-life on there.. but it plays at about 1 frame per second. its really rather funny.. someday when im rich and famous and have a big shiny high-tech computer thingie, then ill complain with you and have sympathy, okay? ; )
i still love you, though.. ; )

sj>> hey you jerk! welcome back! not one word of trouble out of you though, allright? (yeah.. riiiight.. ; P)

lain
@home
Saturday, September 1, 2001 03:23:04 PM
IP: ttya04.ptbo.igs.net

Josh > Go to Avalon Mists (click my name) and select the "Challenge Results" link to get to the Titania's Secret catalog. Links to my story and Christines are near the bottom of the page. :)

"You can claim this land for England. We already live here!"
"Oh really? Do you have a flag?"
- Eddie Izzard on colonialism
Madame Destine - [m_destine@hotmail.com]
Saturday, September 1, 2001 11:56:02 AM
IP: ac8f23c1.ipt.aol.com

** Niamhgold enters **

All right, for the moment this CR is one of the only ways I can get in touch with people outside of school. Growls. The problem? MICA techs are working on the school's web portal system, changing things around and screwing with campus systems. That wouldn't be a big deal, but they started it yesterday afternoon, and since it's a long weekend they just decided to STOP and pick it up on Tuesday. More growls. So, for now, I've got the CR and whatever time I can get on the gatehouse computers. But if I can snag one of these for any given amount of time, I will be able to get on AIM tonight. Whatever. ;)

In other news...we had the world's *greatest* thunderstorm last night. Sat on the roof of the commons with four guys who weren't insanely afraid of it and we actually saw the Belvedere Hotel get struck (there was a fire that ensued, but I don't think anyone got hurt). It was fun :) Going to see Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back this afternoon and then it's back to campus to get work done...

...Replies!

The Man/Daddy: Heh, are any of us normal in here? Although I can't say this separation from the internet isn't a *good* thing. Problem is I'd like to just use all the software on my computer in conjunction with the net ;) Anyways, glad to see you got the problem worked out. As usual, proved yourself worthy ;) <Murphy laughing in my face> I hate it when he does that ;) <The poor delivery guys had to carry the thing up 4 stories (no elevator)> D@mn, that sucks. i think the coolest thing on campus I've seen, in that respect, is Jay, who managed to build a loft for his bed (it's currently ten feet off the ground) so that he could make an alcove for his three computers underneath. He tapes all his study guides on the underneath of his bed so that he can read them while working...interesting, but I think it's going to be dangerous when his girlfriend comes to visit ;) <They didn't even ask if I'd been screwing with it (which I was) or if I had third-party hardware installed (which I do), both things that void the Apple warranty> A very good time to be ignoring ethics/morals. <Few things sound better than NIN in a BMW, BTW> Nice, I'd imagine (imagine being the key word ;)). <What do you guys think?> Go for it...sure, you'd be getting out of the Gargoyles line of things, but with the present destruction of Demona, it might be fitting ;) Like you said, there is no right and wrong. We'd all be happy if there were such a distinction. The only thing we can depend on his humanity, the only constant thread. <Try running around school in your underwear> Talking from personal experience? ** More growling...and not in the good way ** <At least not ONE class. How do you survive?> Headphones, a sketchpad, and/or a good imagination ** cough cough "Drawing class" cough cough ** Which reminds me...I've got a b-day present that can either be mailed or emailed, your choice <What are the odds that Tuesday would be BOTH of our easiest days?> Heh, it's a Good Thing^TM. With the exception of the EMAC test, I should be around this Tuesday. <since you spend so much time mocking your mac-using roommate (give her a break, girls have enough trouble with computers)> LOL. If it's any consolation, we harrass each other on a continuous basis. <Try being an engineer some time> If these people don't get this mythical portal working in the next day, I think I might. Keep your eyes on the list of possible incoming Berkeley transfers. <You call this place a college!?> I'm starting to call it the punchline of a very bad joke. <walk 5 blocks and plunk down $10 for a new mouse!?> Heh, don't yell at me...to buy a right-click mouse for a mac I'd have to *own* one, which I'm not going to do ;) <Sitting is overrated anyway> Right, just get to the good stuff. ;) <Liar.> Am not! ;) How is it, then, that you're always complaining about lack of chicks? <::puts head out window::> Hopefully you hit the tech guys, or at least the dorks playing crappy Limp Bizkit ;) <No, I really do. IKEA stuff is the best> Sweet. Point with no further argument, then ;) <Headless horsemEn> LOL. Nice <Sharp as a tack> But not as painful ;) <Who has time to read them!?> Do you want me to get into the details? ;P <Whenever you're ready> I'll try really hard. Maybe I'll just recharge my cards, though, instead. <Why doesn't he dump her?> She's what he calls a "sizzler" Besides, I don't think he knows yet, and I'm not really good friends with him...but I suggested to his best bud Brian to let him in on the *secret* <<<<I'm going to be stuck in my room all weekend, so people, please bother me>>: Ditto.> I doubt you want that ;)

God d@mmit, more trouble...I've gotta go, sorry!!
Adios

Niamhgold
God Dam, B@stards, USA
Saturday, September 1, 2001 11:17:25 AM
IP: 206.41.205.100

::walks into the CR, looking much less sullen than would be expected::

This is gonna be a long post...that's what I get for not posting yesterday's replies.

Thanks to everyone who offered their condolences. I know many "normal" people couldn't comprehend this, but separation of a geek and his brand new toy...not a good thing for anyone nearby.

Okay, first things first. Mac/Wintel bias aside, this whole computer thing happening to me is pretty funny. For all my vaunted "ease of use" arguments for the mac, to have this happen to me is pretty much Murphy laughing in my face. Here's some more details. My roommate has a dual-500 G4 tower with an AGP 2X slot. I've got an AGP 4X. He's got a 16MB graphics card (Rage 128 Pro), I've got a 32MB graphics card (GeForce2 MX). We decided that we would see if my graphics card would work in his machine (the specs say it works on 2X). If it worked, he'd buy it off me and I'd buy a GeForce3 (not that I need it, but who could turn down a $200 GeForce3?). So I shut down my machine and took out the card (I didn't unplug it first, and this may have fried the card). We put it in his machine (this ALSO may have fried the card) and boot it up...machine powers on but no visual on his display. We tried a couple different ADC monitors, no luck. We figured his tower couldn't push the card. So we put it back in my machine and his original card back in his. At first, his monitors wouldn't display, but we found out they just needed additional time (the Cinema Display takes a LONG time after powerup before actually turning ON). My computer, however, booted up but refused to send video to the monitor. The ADC connector is a single cable for power, USB, and digital video. I know the monitor is getting power because the power light turns on. I tested the monitor on my roommates machine and it worked. So it wasn't the monitor. It was the graphics card. I checked the seating; it was in right. Took out the third-party RAM: still no video.

Today was a long and interesting day. I woke up at 9AM only to have the phone ring just as I got into the shower. It was IKEA, delivering our brand new black leather sofa. Thank god I had the presence of mind to wake my roommate (yes, he would have slept right through it). The poor delivery guys had to carry the thing up 4 stories (no elevator). At least it was much lighter than our other sofa, which we finished destroying and disposing of last night.

After a few classes (and I found a cute chick in my CE130 discussion, which rocked), I went back to the apartment and we drove my tower to the local mac store, where the bastards informed me that they were NOT an Apple Certified Service Center and could not do warranty work (my tower has a 1-year hardware warranty included with the purchase). So I had to carry my tower BACK up 4 flights of stairs with nothing to show for my trouble.

After my math class (and a quiz that I think was pretty easy: "do these systems of equations have solutions? Explain? Do NOT list any solutions"). I got on the phone with Apple. In addition to my one-year hardware warranty, I get 90 days of free tech support incidents. When I finally reach a tech support guy (maybe a 5-minute wait), the guy says "good afternoon", to which I'm dying to yell "I'm calling YOU, it must not be!" Anyway, when we started talking about the problem, the tech guy was really impressed. "You're pretty much done my job for me", he said, referring to my standard troubleshooting for it. He was suggesting taking in to a nearby Apple Service Center, but the nearest one was CompUSA and EVERY mac user knows NEVER take a computer to CompUSA. Its a nightmare. Problems go unfixed, machines get damaged, etc. So that was out. My other options were to either have them ship me a new graphics card or have one of their guys come out to me and repair the thing (yes, to my apartment).

They're shipping a card to me on Tuesday, it'll be here Wednesday. If I install the card and it still doesn't work, I'll call them again and they'll send a guy to fix it.

Yeah, this whole thing sucks, but at least Apple is taking care of it. They didn't even ask if I'd been screwing with it (which I was) or if I had third-party hardware installed (which I do), both things that void the Apple warranty.

By comparison, Dell doesn't handle ANYTHING after 30 days. I know because my dad made me call them when his P4/WinME didn't work (boy is THAT a bad combination...but that's another story).

After dealing with Apple and watching Princess Bride, Mike and I traveled the vast distances across campus to "SouthSide" and had dinner at a great restaurant called Blake's, which always features cute waitresses and a cute clientele. We saw a few people we know, and of course received the custom stares from girls when driving around in Mike's brand new BMW 325 blasting NIN. Few things sound better than NIN in a BMW, BTW.

We came back and watched Dark Angel (they finally freakin' kissed) and Stargate (sweet episode) and a number of other stuff.

I'm thinking about naming my computer "Fezzik", Andre the Giant's character from "The Princess Bride". I would then name my new laptop "Inigo". Not "Wesley" though, because no self-respecting Star Trek fan would name ANYTHING "Wesley". What do you guys think?

In other news, Intel and AMD will be recanting their whole "MHz = speed" advertising campaigns...because they're bald-faced lies. AMD is encountering a problem because their chip speeds no longer clock as high as Intel's (they are now refusing to list MHz numbers on their chips and forbidding marketers from listing the chip speeds as well), and Intel is encountering a problem because their new Itanium 64-bit chip maxes out at 800 MHz. How can they convince people that an 800 MHz chip is faster than their new 2GHz P4? The fact is that MHz numbers do matter, but only in a particular chip design. You can't compare the "speed" of a P4 to that of a P3, G4, or Athalon. This will be nice for Apple because they've suffered sales losses because of the so-called "Megahertz Myth". So once people stop looking at clock speeds (everyone's gonna have to agree on SOME sort of standardized system of speed ratings for actual consumer use), I'm anxious to see where Intel's market share goes.

Anyway, on to replies from last night!

Madame Destine: <<shameless self promotion>>: Um, where'd it go?! I wanted to read it, but I don't see it on the AvMists site!

Xanathar: <<My sympathy's go out to you>>: Thank you. What's worse is that I haven't been able to bill for my time yet! <<Hey SJ!!,where are ya dude!?>>: Over there.

David G: <<If you don't believe in an objective system of right and wrong, they as far as you're
concerned morals and ethics are the same, and therefore nothing can be ethical but not moral. (I think you'd be wrong, though>>: Well, I don't believe in objective right and wrong. I just don't really understand it, maybe because I just don't feel "bad" when I see something "wrong". <<Then you're remarkably non-hypocritical. You're a danger to civilization, but at least you're a forthright one>>: I try not to be a hypocrite, because I find them so obnoxious.

Moochie: <>: You think that's bad? Try running around school in your underwear.

Lynati: <>: That's a long way away! Outpost: free shipping UPS 3 days; mac OR pc. Oh well. <<the phone card turned out to be evil>>: Its not the card, its the bastard company that sells the minutes. <>: Post them! I'll host them if no one else will (but only if you shrink the images down to half a meg or less). <<What is it recent;ly with CR poster's computers having issues>>: I dunno, but if it doesn't stop...the fur's gonna fly.

Baldy: <<he'd hauled in about 2000$ last year alone on illegal copies of Microsoft software>>: I'll be next in that fine trade, I think. <>: Boy are YOU gonna be po' like kenny for a while ;-) <<Insert witty, intelligent response here>>: Does that mean that for once you don't have one!? <<the dark side of the loon>>: That was AWFUL! <<So many jokes, such a short life expectancy>>: That's a far cry from a short LIFE, so I'd expect you to start right away. <<try moving the card a nigh-microscopit distance in the slot>>: Did it. Twice. Didn't help.

The Wizard: <<these nine-hour days>>: On THIS planet they're 24. <>: There are only a few things I can do for 3 hours straight...class is NOT one of them. At least not ONE class. How do you survive? <<Anyone, anyone?>>: Bueler? Bueler? <<up at nine tomorrow for another lit. class>>: If it makes you feel any better, I wake up at 9 three days a week. Then again, that's noon your time so it might not make you feel any better at all. <>: They're my second easiest day. What are the odds that Tuesday would be BOTH of our easiest days? (1 in 25, duh). <<the big mouse can go eat some big cheese>>: A 24-k gold statue of the big mouse is being sold on ebay right now: over 100 lbs of gold. <<no, I'm not making any jokes, for once>>: I would have expected it from you, actually, since you spend so much time mocking your mac-using roommate (give her a break, girls have enough trouble with computers). <<Hope you can get it working again.>>: Ditto. <>: Try being an engineer some time. <<this kind of work calls for immediate attention...not what I'm used to giving it>>: LOL. No fear. It only hurts the first time. <<draw my left hand with my right hand, draw my right hand with my left hand (which, for obvious reasons, came out looking like a starfish or something ;)), draw my feet with any hand of my choice, and then draw my foot with my OTHER FOOT>>: This is a CLASS!? You call this place a college!? <<Busy busy busy, but, still, FOUR DAYS OFF!>>: I'm insanely jealous. <<you can't go within five hundred yards of them>>: And they sh*t all over everything, right? <>: Its not a dilemma! I'm using one right now! Are you people really so dense that you can't figure out how to walk 5 blocks and plunk down $10 for a new mouse!? <>: Four years? No, I think four DAYS. <<No, they did _not_ ask me to help them test it out>>: That's alright. Sitting is overrated anyway. <<Why else would I be in here, or still going to this school, for that matter>>: You didn't realize that you'd get into any engineering school you applied to? <<Darn depressing that is, too>>: Liar. <>: I do. <<Not any more than some good fun on a Friday night>>: I don't know WHERE you're going on Friday nights, but this is a LOT more expensive. <<does OE also do this with PDF attachments>>: No idea, I don't use OE. <<we all know what that means>>: Only those that were paying attention. <<only half of the engineers _have_ butts>>: You're just jealous. <<something's going to come back to me unless I practice *some* form of ethics>>: I got screwed when I was good, I got screwed when I'm bad. So I gave up. <<Not on the carpet, please>>: ::puts head out window:: <<If you were being honest, point>>: No, I really do. IKEA stuff is the best. <<The winged horsemen, fathered by Josh. Although 10% of them have a chance of having no head>>: Headless horsemEn. <<cough and chuckles>>: Exactly my point. <<but the experiments and test subjects>>: Only if I can find some. <<Chicken Run!>>: Sharp as a tack. <<how about condoms with comics all over them>>: Who has time to read them!? <<thus I shall IM you when you've gotten the computer kinks figured out>>: Whenever you're ready. <>: That SUCKS. Why doesn't he dump her? <<inking is fun>>: "You're a f*cking tracer!" <<all I wanna do is _sleep_>>: You have bad priorities. <<I'm going to be stuck in my room all weekend, so people, please bother me>>: Ditto.

FS: <>: I don't believe you. <<Just got to actually proof them then I can post them.>>: Thank god SOMEONE does. <<it still amazes me that Alone got 5 stars>>: Some people will read anything ;-) <<Like hell this isn't funny>>: You're right. It's pretty freakin silly.

Smut pandering b*tch queen of all creation: <<DragonCon>>: Have fun!

SOROW: <<Books are so damn expensive here>>: My book bill for this semester was the equivalent of $600 US. Lots of big heavy hardcover texts for lots of engineering classes. They only get worse, dear. Keep us updated on classes.

DPH: <<Just like Imzadi needs SJ>>: It's not that simple. We're the same. One cannot exist without the other. <>: I miss the guy too. <>: No it doesn't. Lying is far more effective. <>: I'm included in that group, according to my friends. <<who controls how much sleep I get>>: If its anyone other than you, you need to violently beat your father. <>: I think the 50,000 watt security system is sufficient. <<Some of my depression has re-surfaced>>: Do you take anything for that? <>: I know exactly what that's like, believe it or not. I hate it when issues get buried under other ones, though. Its really not healthy. <<The pain is unreal. I don't feel that hungry, but if I don't eat enough, I can't sleep>>: Feel better. Best of luck. Try some sunlight. Even though I hate it, it usually helps me when I'm feeling down. <<Killing outside of self-defense is something you're against, right?>>: Not necessarily. I'm not gonna go around doing it myself, because I don't feel the need to deprive most people of their life, and even if I do I don't really want to go to jail. But I'm all for a little chlorine in the gene pool. Even if I ruled the world, I wouldn't go around killing people because I think it'd suck to put families of the victims through those emotions. I don't want to have caused that...except in a few cases where people have really pissed me off. <<CR MATH GUIDE>>: I neither have the time nor interest to learn yet ANOTHER set of mathematical conventions. Sorry. <<if you know someone is going to die of cancer, you can't possibly be accused of killing them, right>>: No, but if the insurance company knows that you know the future, they're not gonna pay.

Lady Mystic: <<strep>>: Fell better! <<Faire>>: Have fun! <<which means I won't be able to update the archive until Sunday>>: You take your job way to seriously. No rush.

Gside: <<She may have been thinking of the scene in Apollo 13>>: Only a few of us get to do that. The rest just build stuff. Or design stuff so others can build it. <<My hope of that has been slowly decreasing over the years>>: Never surrender! Chicks really do NOT dig that. <<Should you trust my memory, Puerto Rico>>: And if I don't? <<I'd think fluid dynamics would interest you more. At least so you could have your fun and delay the apocalypse>>: You'd think so, but my CE100 prof is pretty darn boring. I keep sitting in class thinking of ways to apply the material to "delaying the apocalypse", but I'm not having much success so far. And what makes you think I WANT to delay it? <<Because MechEs and CivEs branch off from the same base>>: Yeah yeah. Why don't they just make them the same major but different specializations? <<Make a lower triangular matrix from the ratios used to make an upper triangular matrix, then solve them in series. Realy decreases the number of computations needed>>: I see. What's wrong with Gaussian Elimination? <<Eh?>>: No, "E". From the front of the mouth. <<They usually limit themselves to chalking sidewalks>>: You missed that. <>: I know. <<They don't think it's a neat idea, only we do>>: Right. My bad. But "they" voted Zaphod as president, so they're not so bright either. <>: Not impressed. About $700 on 7 books for 5 classes. <<That was officially a tie>>: That's AMAZING! <<Or at least remind you to use your leet nekid skillz when doing so>>: My leet nekid skillz wouldn't have helped here. <<it would make carrying the thing around rather difficult>>: True. <<I'm in Fair Haven, Jersey; Cal�ope's in PR. But you knew that>>: I, however, forgot. <<that'd still be better than my current track record>>: You've only had one man? <>: Who cares!? <<I'll be too busy making sure everything's packed and actually moving in>>: To the room where Jell-O night is helled.

The Man: <<This isn't funny>>: Oh, stuff it. You'd be laughing hysterically if someone's P4 blew up.

Traveler: <>: Obviously this is not a mac-specific problem. A better statement would be "that's what you get for trying to put a graphics card in a machine that can't handle it". <<laughing>>: Okay, it wasn't THAT funny. <<It had to be said>>: This is true. <>: Me too. Though if they are, Apple will fix those too. For free. Freakin' better, the machine is only a week old! <>: And the good reason for being biased against Macs is...? <<sometimes I think the reason Mac's still don't have a right mouse button is because Jobs can't patent it and call it an artistic expression of his genius since it's already in use>>: No, its not. I can tell you the exact reason that macs only have one button: ease of use. Say whatever you want about it, but the whole idea behind the mac is that its easy to use (whether or not you agree with it, that is the IDEA that drives the development). More buttons = more complicated. Can you imagine trying to teach your grandmother to use a single vs. double button mouse? Single button: "move the pointer over that and click. move there and click twice" Double button: "click. no, wrong button. double click. no, the other button" "wait, click which button?". See? Its just more complicated for someone learning the machine. Now, for more advanced users, its really easy to buy a 2-button mouse (I personaly use a logitech optical 3-button+scroll wheel) for a few bucks and sell the optical mouse that ships standard (which has a street value of $50-$60). Most of my friends are REALLY experienced mac users (I live with one developer and another lives below me), and about half of the "power users" still use the one-button mouse. I guess its just a preference thing, really. <<I did so many reinstalls of MacOS 7 and later 8...and futzing with the system files... And if I had a nickel for every time I or someone else lost what they were working on when it would crash without warning because of a memory leak>>: Yeah, its a pain in the old system. But I never used the old system. I've been using since 8.6, when most of those problems didn't exist to the level you're discussing. Programs still do that, but in Windows when a program crashes I wind up restarting anyway because the protected memory in Windows is not done well. One crash triggers the rest. After AOL crashes I lose explorer, and then its the power switch. <<Mac's are only NOW getting protected system memory in OSX>>: This is true. But I used Windows for 10 years before buying my Powerbook, and I'm not all that impressed with their protected memory system, or their virtual memory management. <<that's probably ONLY freaking because it was already present in the BSD codebase the Apple engineers started with when building OSX!>>: Okay, you're only saying "probably" because you hate macs. The reality is that when Rhapsody was being developed (before OS X HAD a BSD base), the engineers decided what features a modern OS would need (MacOS at that point was nearly 15 years old and needed an overhaul). Obviously, protected memory made the list. Rhapsody had protected memory long before OS X was anywhere near production. So that's just flat out not true. <<can you really blame them when the BSD network stack rocks so hard>>: No I can't. Why would I? BSD is free and open. Microsoft has every right to take it. What they DON"T have a right to do is "embrace and extend", where they take free technologies, put their own twist on it, and then charge for it and make it proprietary. <<however with Mac's, the only recourse you have to get it fixed is to send it to Apple. With a PC you built yourself, you can comericaly purchace a replacement part and have it shipped next day air to you>>: Sorry to disappoint you, but that's also just not true. I could have ordered a replacement card from cdw or clubmac or whomever, but I wanted Apple to replace it since I've had the machine all of four days. Radeon, ATI, and Nvidia all sell cards with the ADC connector after-market for purchase at any Fry's or CompUSA or whatever. <<If you have a Dell/Gateway/IBM system that's still under warrenty though you'd have a similar experence as with Apple>>: But their warranty is only 30 days compared to Apple's year. <<if you need your computer NOW, you always have the option of (and most likely voiding your warrenty by) ordering the parts and doing the work yourself, unlike Apple.>>: Sorry, another mistake. The only think you can't fix yourself on Apple's machine is the motherboard/chip, because those parts aren't sold elsewhere. Also, there are thousands of repair places that are authorized by Apple to perform repairs on the hardware without shipping to Apple (motherboard repairs require a ship to Apple, though). <<which while a superior interface to IDE, made it hella-expensive to upgrade a hard drive>>: So, you don't like macs because of an interface they USED to have standard that is now optional? SCSI disks are expensive, yeah, but when macs were shipping with them standard, macs were REALLY expensive machines. Now they have IDE (optional SCSI) and are MUCH cheaper. I'm still not finding the "good reason" for not liking macs except for having to reinstall the OS a bunch of times on machines at a school that were probably obsolete at the time. Did it ever occur to anyone to UPGRADE the OS? I don't hate windows because I had to re-install it at least once a month when I had my Gateway. As for the crashes, crashes in Windows cause you to lose your work too. Stuff like that should teach people to save often.

Emambu: <<Sounds like you blew your motherboard>>: Don't say that! That will be a very time-consuming (though no more costly) repair! I'm gonna pray for you to be wrong in this case. <>: And there was no warranty, either, I'd imagine. <<my condolences because I know what it's like>>: Thank you. <>: Awesome. Welcome to our world of toys.

Ravyn: <<That's awful. I'm really sorry!>>: Thanks. <<Hope you can get whatever fixed or replaced that needs to be>>: No worries, I'll get it taken care of.

Queen of Pain: <<in Michigan its illegal for the kids to play tag at recess cause its a form of sexual harasment>>: Silly state. Only in this country could something that STUPID happen. <<his mother ued and won.>>: Again, only in this country. <<Was that a Ben Stein reference>>: Of course! <<that sucks! I hope you get it fixed>>: Ditto. <<It was supposed to be in this color>>: Blame Moochie.

Patrick Toman: <<runs in and plants a flag>>: "I claim this land in the name of Spain!" ::checks script:: "No, wait. My bad. Top ten!" ;-)

Lain: <>: I don't suppose you could STOP doing that before we all degenerate into babies? <<stillness is precious>>: WRONG! ;-)

SJ: Welcome back! <<hell actually isn't in Detroit. It's in Augusta, Georgia>>: If anyone would know, its you. <<could someone please point me to the CR archive>>: Even a technophobe would be able to figure THAT one out. <>: I look forward to a VERY long post. <<killing something with my bare hands>>: Bird or mammal?

Okay folks, its nice and late. Time to crash. Damn, that took hours to write.

I do not care if he is good, I want to know if he is LUCKY!
-Napoleon

Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [@kicktothenuts.com]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Saturday, September 1, 2001 06:23:46 AM
IP: adsl-64-161-25-26.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net

Fire Storm - <<Traveler: Apparently, some ATI video cards and AMD don't mix. So maybe it was the video card. >>

Nope-ereno my techie brother-in-arms. And just how did you know my buddy had gotten an ATI Radeon? I'm going to have to turn off your access to the satilite network. LOL Anyway if I remember correctaly that was a VIA issue when using a motherboard based on the KX/KT-133 chipset, and my friend under my recomendation bought a Gigabyte GA-7DXR which uses the AMD 760 chipset. Of course put into practice (since it's cheaper for manufactures and you get more options) this means an AMD 761 Northbridge and the infamious/nefarious etc, et al.. VIA 686B Southbridge. So no problem there, besides that was many months ago and driver updates on both sides of the fence have addressed that.

Then we have the well known issue between the 686B
and Creative Live! series sound cards... *sigh* The "small" matter of large file transfers being croupted when moving through the PCI bus to harddrives on the Promise RAID controller. This problem has been solved with subsequent driver updates (I believe), but was (as usual) Creative's fault for not designing the Live! cards to conform to the freaking industry standard PCI spec. This is also why some people will experence sound issues such as quality/loss of sound/system crashes on both Intel and AMD based boxes. This was a non-issue as well though since I had also recommend that for what he wanted to do with his sound system and the copmuter that he get a Hercules Game Theater XP. In spite of that though, the first thing I had my friend do once we had his system up and running was to flash the system BIOS. Hell he didn't even have the OS installed yet, I had him boot from a Win98SE emergency boot floppy with the flash utility and BIOS image on another floppy. heheheh

Also tried swapping his video card for an old one I had laying around and that didn't work. What finaly tipped me off was that the while the drives were spinning up, the system ready/power light wasn't comming on. So I took a look at the 1.4Ghz CPU... and guess what? One corner of the die itself was chipped/crushed. My friend said it had come like that and the box it was shipped in was half crushed. We put in a spare Duron and blam, system ready light and BIOS boot is displaying on screen. A short fight with the company he bought the CPU from later and he was sent a replacement.

Niamhgold - <<but that sentence didn't explain exactly why you're biased against Macs. I've gone from PC to Mac to PC...but using Macs at the same time for in-class stuff. Yeah, I hate the right-mouse-button dilemma, but I'm wondering what else makes you dislike them so much ;)>>

You're right it didn't. There was more to go with that explaining shortly just WHY I'm biased against them... I just shortened it before I posted. I've always been "talented" technicaly with machines/electronics and in exchange for extra credit in high school, I helped "maintain" the Mac's in one of the labs. I did so many reinstalls of MacOS 7 and later 8... and futzing with the system files... And if I had a nickel for every time I or someone else lost what they were working on when it would crash without warning because of a memory leak... *sigh* Hell as I understand, Mac's are only NOW getting protected system memory in OSX... and that's probably ONLY freaking because it was already present in the BSD codebase the Apple engineers started with when building OSX!!! <And Josh, I am aware of what Microsoft took from the BSD codebase. Though can you really blame them when the BSD network stack rocks so hard? >;))>

Oh and what was that about ATI video cards sucking? ;P All of them except the Radeon series with the sole exception of the Radeon VE, I will agree with you. I have a Radeon SE... almost Matrox 2d and fantastic 3d speeds. I'm running in Win2k so I had to play a little with some beta drivers for it, but now I have very little difference in framerate between my system and a similar system running one of the Win9x kernels.

<<Actually, same type of thing happened to me on my PC, and could happen to anyone regardless of what system they have.>> Yes it can, however with Mac's, the only recourse you have to get it fixed is to send it to Apple. With a PC you built yourself, you can comericaly purchace a replacement part and have it shipped next day air to you. If you have a Dell/Gateway/IBM system that's still under warrenty though you'd have a similar experence as with Apple. However if you need your computer NOW, you always have the option of (and most likely voiding your warrenty by) ordering the parts and doing the work yourself, unlike Apple.

Hell it wasn't THAT long ago when Mac's only had SCSI for it's disk system which while a superior interface to IDE, made it hella-expensive to upgrade a hard drive. I should know... my computers entire disk system is SCSI.. hehehe Did THAT burn a hole in my wallet. Haven't been able to saturate the bus yet though! BBUUWWHAHAHAHA!!!
Traveler
Saturday, September 1, 2001 02:37:14 AM
IP: ny-hamburg1b-101.buf.adelphia.net

Imzadi> <<teach me to think twice before removing it to test it in another machine>>: Or at least remind you to use your leet nekid skillz when doing so.

Warpmind> <<nothing's cast in stone yet>>: And it would make carrying the thing around rather difficult.
<>: Huh. I though you read supermegatopia(.com). Start reading from Crushed's Introduction of Doom!, and you'll get to it.

Welcome back Emambu.

Niamhgold> <<Fair Haven, Puerto Rico>>: I'm in Fair Haven, Jersey; Cal�ope's in PR. But you knew that.
<<how's the traffic there?>>: Well, the Fireman's Fair is on right now, so you have to be careful going out at night.
<<Only until you've got a few men in line,>>: Nah, that'd still be better than my current track record.
<<One of my friends had her belly signed by Jerry>>: I'm talking about Pete Abrams here.
<<Only if you come to Jell-O Night>>: I have no objections here. What flavor?
<<I'm going to be stuck in my room all weekend, so people, please bother me>>: Sorry, I'll be too busy making sure everything's packed and actually moving in.

Lynati> <<Lodus (sp?)>>: Lodoss. In other news, I've been seeing the Ring preview all over the place recently.

Sev. Jr.> <<could someone please point me to the CR archive?>>: Follow the CR Info link at the top of the CR. It'll be linked off that page.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Saturday, September 1, 2001 02:29:25 AM
IP: proxy3-external.etntwn1.nj.home.com

Top something or other.

Well, in case any of you were wondering where I was, I'm back from hell. And no, Josh, hell actually isn't in Detroit. It's in Augusta, Georgia.

But those wacky hijinks are a story for another day (and by that I mean tomorrow or Sunday or sometime in the next couple days).

In the mean time, could someone please point me to the CR archive? Can you get there from the TGS mainsite? I need to scope out the CR from August 10 through today, to formulate some replies. I got a lot of catching up to do.

I shall return to these hallowed halls soon. Right now, I must relieve my pent up aggression by killing something with my bare hands.
Sevarius Jr. - [sevariusjr@hotmail.com]
Saturday, September 1, 2001 12:01:50 AM
IP: 66-44-91-59.s567.tnt4.lnhva.md.dialup.rcn.com

gunjack>> you take care of yourself, my gunjack.. okay? i love you very much.. dont get too frustrated with msn, its all bill gates' fault, not yours. so stop beating you head against the wall and get over here so i can kiss that better! there.. see? dont you feel better? *kisses his forehead gently again*
now come here, my love, and just be still for awhile with me. stillness is precious.
see you tomorrow, msn-willing.
love,
lain
Friday, August 31, 2001 11:29:53 PM
IP: ttya06.ptbo.igs.net

JPH- Well that episode will have significance in the later seasons since this the wormhole aliens implant the knowledge of the wormhole in Crichton.
Galvatron
Friday, August 31, 2001 11:02:33 PM
IP: 01-152.037.popsite.net

How can there be harmony without individuality?
How can there by peace without agreement from all involved parties?

Am I asking these questions rheotorically or not? You be the judge.

How do I want to achieve a 3d user interface? trackball/keyboard

**FARSCAPE SPOILERS**
Hmm. I saw the episode where Critton went through the wormhole to go home. I felt down by the ending of the episode.
**END FARSCAPE SPOILERS**

1+1=-3

**CR MATH GUIDE**
OK, to help people understand rational operations in the CR, I will list a quick guide with symbols and meaning:
'=' means not equal to.
'<>' means equal to.
'<' means less than or equal to.
'>' means greater than or equal to.
'<=' means less than.
'>=' means greater than.

As soon as 1/2 the CR residents understand the CR code of math, it changes. Who knows, next time '=' might mean greater than.
**END CR MATH**

Imzadi - well, if you know someone is going to die of cancer, you can't possibly be accused of killing them, right? My scenario involved taking out $120 million life insurance policies on my mom with 2,000 or so life insurance companies [if I was sure there were enough that would surive, I'd take out with lots more]. That would make my immediate family the wealthiest family in America, if not the world.
DPH - [dph_of_rules@yahoo.com]
AR, USA
Friday, August 31, 2001 10:40:08 PM
IP: max1-4.cwy.cei.net

you stinky-bums! well.. im still here for maybe another half hour before i need sleepy-time. im outlining how nikumi, amanda and ri-yn escaped from pond for emambu.. msn seems to be working fine for me.......
wuv you!
lain
Friday, August 31, 2001 10:28:19 PM
IP: ttya06.ptbo.igs.net

Gah! Lain! I forgot about turning messenger on!! Um, I'm trying to connect now, but it's not working too well... If I don't see ya tonight, I'll be here most of tomorrow working on homework... Feel free to distract me. ; )
Gunjack Valentine - [miphsingleton@hotmail.com]
Friday, August 31, 2001 10:14:40 PM
IP: 192.133.129.4

.. almost top ten.. ALMOST..

and.. oh gunjy wuuuuuuuuuunjy... i have instant messengerey wessengery..

(but not for long cos i obviously need sleepy-weepy-poos..)
love anyways,
lain
the Great White North @home
Friday, August 31, 2001 09:58:50 PM
IP: ttya06.ptbo.igs.net

TOP 10?
DPH
Friday, August 31, 2001 09:22:57 PM
IP: max1-40.cwy.cei.net

:: runs in and plants a flag ::

Top ten!
Patrick Toman
Friday, August 31, 2001 09:07:37 PM
IP: ac8a409e.ipt.aol.com

** Niamhgold enters again **

Ugh, having network troubles AGAIN and am therefore in the college Gatehouse. I am going to hurt these people ;) Well, just a heads up for anyone...I'm only online for short spurts, for as long as I can get on one of these in-demand machines. Blargh ;)

Adios!
Niamhgold
Friday, August 31, 2001 08:47:01 PM
IP: 206.41.205.100

Seventh?
Gunjack Valentine - [miphsingleton@hotmail.com]
Friday, August 31, 2001 08:45:48 PM
IP: 192.133.129.4

6th!!!
Niamhgold
Friday, August 31, 2001 08:45:10 PM
IP: 206.41.205.100

5th!!
Galvatron
Friday, August 31, 2001 08:18:55 PM
IP: 02-162.037.popsite.net

That was officially a tie.
Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Friday, August 31, 2001 07:12:20 PM
IP: proxy3-external.etntwn1.nj.home.com

3rd.
Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Friday, August 31, 2001 07:11:50 PM
IP: proxy3-external.etntwn1.nj.home.com

Third!

Why the early wipe?
Spacebabie
Orlando, Fl
Friday, August 31, 2001 07:11:50 PM
IP: proxy.ord.netsetter.com

Second!
Josh
Friday, August 31, 2001 07:00:37 PM
IP: c852362-a.pinol1.sfba.home.com

First!
Fire Storm
Friday, August 31, 2001 06:57:08 PM
IP: 64.109.143.22