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I was chatting with Brooklyn while I was typing the first part of this post so if things don't make sense (as if they normally do), . . .

Jan - <Hey! I’m not a moralist?> Somehow, I forgot to count you. <STVoyager, definitely. I liked that show!> Sorry, but the quality isn't there. Sorry, but using temporal paradoxes to help the crew get home doesn't cut it for me. I mean, next time around with the quantum slipstream drive, they could improve their time in it by 5 seconds. Keep that up and Voyager will end up making it home way too soon. <Sounds like a giant Hoover in here> I don't like taking chances so I prefer to hedge my bets.

Can anyone say we're trying to start World War 3? It's the US versus the rest of the world. Why am I saying that? We're being slapped with tariffs, trying to equalize things.

Green Baron - Do you support random checks to make sure that home schooled kids are both learning and not being abused?

Note: one of my uncles died on Thursday, and the funeral was today. No, I didn't know him that well. I was told that I might be a pall bearer, but thankfully I got excused because of my back problems. It's one of things that I felt uncomfortable saying no to.

Stupid question: why do we wear black/dark colors to funerals? If we are supposed to celebrating the life of a person, shouldn't bright, cheerfull colors be better?

Invsi Xavier - I think it has gotten much better as the number of battlebots has increased. Of course, I miss seeing that spider-bot that didn't have a prayer of winning because of its lack of speed.

Imzadi - <Oh well, I needed the extra sleep.> That's what I say every time I oversleep. As a result, if it's really critical, I have a back-up plan of someone calling me to wake me up. <I'm such a college student.> The average college student spends lots more $$$ than he/she makes. <<He's also one of those peopel with lots of common sense and little book smarts>: Not a good combination.> What about the reverse: little common sense and lots of book smarts? <So its 1030, I'm exhausted, yet I haven't accomplished anything.> I disagree. Are you sure that you didn't pollute the environment? <Very true.> Since you agree that I am in endangered species, does that not mean by the laws I'm entitled to a little more protection?

Fire Storm - <How dare you call a GAteway a computer!> Are you saying that I am not typing this post on a computer?

Christine - < the current season of Battlebots wrapped up on Tuesday with the middle and heavy finals. Three cheers for Hazard and Biohazard!> Alright. What happened to Vlad the Impaler? Are you sure that Son of Wyachi wasn't sabotaged?

Todd - <Yes, this place was very slow today (the Station 8 comment room was too); I suppose that everybody's been a little too busy to post much lately. Maybe it'll pick up again in a couple of weeks or so.> I think perhaps the entire gargoyles community has been slow lately.

SIryn - <Just so you all know, Yahoo groups will be down for this weekend, but will be back on Sunday.> Just so that you know, on Monday, I told everybody about Yahoo groups being down this weekend.

I started subscribing to Dilbert comic strip in my email.

Green Baron - <Then you have the admins of amorality.> ::starts running around, thinking about the amoral police:: <But out of all of Harry Douglas's Forsyth great great grandchildren,> I barely knew my grandfathers. My uncle who passed away had great grandchildren, so there is hope for seeing 4 generations around.

FYI: Spring 2002 starts on March 20, 2002 and continues until June 20, 2002.

Because I'm in such a good mood, I'll ask how corny and ridiculous the picture I'm linking to looks.

I am going to have to re-think my relationship with my dad. Apparantly, an unnamed person thinks I have not done enough to try to reach amnesty with my dad.

Yahoo Email is driving me nuts now. How? All my email to my old yahoo account is supposed to be forwarded to another email account. Appartantly, a few aren't. Damn it, I wish I could get a response from that guy about making my new yahoo account a moderator so I could delete my current one.
DPH
AR, USA
Saturday, March 16, 2002 08:18:25 PM
IP: 204.94.193.10

* BUFFY SPOILERS *

That episode was definitely a startling one. What really got me was the ending.

I'd been assuming that the "Sunnydale" existence was the "real" one, since, for one thing, if the whole thing was just a figment of Buffy's imagination, how do you explain the events that took place when she wasn't around? (Or the "Angel" spin-off, for that matter, which exists in the same universe, even if they don't acknowledge it as much since "Buffy" moved to UPN). And it made sense in light of the "demon poison" business.

But then, at the end, we see Buffy in the institution, unconscious, from the point of view of her parents and the doctor, and if *that* had been a delusion, it oughtn't to take place since she isn't conscious in it. So is the institution the reality in the series after all? But if so, then we're back to the situation in the above paragraph.

It simply weirds me out (which is, I suspect, most likely why the production team chose to end the episode that way).

* SPOILERS END *
Todd Jensen - [merlyn1@mindspring.com]
St. Louis, MO
Saturday, March 16, 2002 07:43:22 PM
IP: 168.191.109.207

Friday seemed like it was baby day at work. Many people brought in thier babies.
And I *SO* wanted to make cooking/snacking jokes!
(At least I did today. Made me feel better! "I love babies, but unfortunately I am all out of BBQ sauce!")

Gside: <You still expect sense from me?>
What was I thinking?
<That's it, all my money's being invested in newspaper subscriptions.>
Newspaper and magazines! You REALLY don't want those people at the Wall Street Journal or Time to go on the streets, do you?
<I've seen one with a built in periscope>
Gynocam? I mean, sure, I could see the medical use of that, but the fact that some people get off on seeing that...

Imzadi: <Yes. Defined as an alarm clock that plays mp3's>
I still don't see what's so special about that. I have had one for years.
I default to it mooing at me.
<look at it this way: its just a summer, and its not likely I'll be there for the rest of my life>
That's what we all say...
<Great, now we can have kids in there>
With knowledge comes loss.
<Worse still, they might breed>
That's like CompSci majors breeding! Ain't gonna happen!
<They hold heat...or cold>
That's what they said on Real Sex 28.
<Careful! This CR is logged >
Right or not, I will STILL see my show made!
<Ask her if she cares>
She dosn't, either way. No difference.
<Okay first, the company is called APPLE. The product is called Mac>
:) That just pisses you off when I do that, dosn't it? I keep forgetting the difference.
<Second, what keyboard is .25 inch plastic?>
The one that comes with the iMac. THose keyboards feel like they are made out of thick plastic, just like their computer cases.
<Heaven's no! Where would we get cookies from then?>
What was I thinking?!?
<SETI is a waste of time>
Why?
Personally, I would rather have my processing go towards finding life rather than protien folding or code cracking.

Shadowrider: <engineers must always look for the simplest way to achieve what they must, no matter of other solutions are more elegant>
Tell it to George W "Battlefield Nukes" Bush!

Jan: <We’ve had a very busy week at work>
Better a fist fight at the courthouse then the shootout at one up here in Michigan a few weeks ago.
<The sperm donor>
You know, from what you say, I tend to think you have no respect for the guy!
Fire Storm
Saturday, March 16, 2002 04:06:27 PM
IP: 208.143.21.10

Green Baron:> Hm, wrong reference. The second <<It was him or Allende. At least Pinochet kept the nastiness brief and stepped down when voted out, unlike the Sandinastas>> Was supposed to be: <>

Sorry for 2nd post.

Shadowrider
Saturday, March 16, 2002 03:13:43 PM
IP: 62.11.61.139

Hola people. No intro, I have an appointment in a hour, and I still must send a lot of emails...

Green Baron:> <<It was him or Allende. At least Pinochet kept the nastiness brief and stepped down when voted out, unlike the Sandinastas>> It was Pinochet. Allende was not probably the best in the world, but at least was not a bloodthirst dictator. So, ten years and more of terror look to you like a brief time? Hmmm...well, for sure it is a short time compared to eternity. About his supposed-to-be "step down", I am sorry I must disagree. What he did was to PRETEND he had stepped down, while using his absolute control over the military of Chile to continue ruling the country behind the throne, in spite of the will of peple.

<<It was him or Allende. At least Pinochet kept the nastiness brief and stepped down when voted out, unlike the Sandinastas>> "A judge in a leftist revenge tactic...Hah! I'm sorry, but I hear enough of this stuff in my country, thank you. I am beginning to be disgusted in hearing the conservatives screaming "Communist!" to everyone who dares to disagree with them in the slightest way, or -what a daring- even to investigate what they did...since they claim that god is on their side, consequently their actions are perfect in themselves, and those who don't agree with this are liars and communists. It is so, isn't it? Phah!
So, the poor dictator was ill? Had ache in his back? Poor little star! Probably the weight of the hundreds thousands lives he destroyed was too much for him. Sorry, but I feel no sympathy for his pain...not when I think to all those children who lost their parents just because they happened to think in the wrong way. Actually, when Balthasar Garzon ordered to arrest Pinochet, I hoped there was going to be at least a spark of justice in this world, and that the merciless murderer of so many innocents was going to rot in a cell for the rest of his days, no matter how short or long. Unluckily, the world powers showed again their hypocrasy. Yes, now the dictator is under trial...by judges with a gun pointed to their heads, and to the heads of their families. Anyone wants to guess how it is gonna end?
And your pope, the self proclaimed moral authority, had the courage not only to visit him (and not the thousands of desperate people who saw in his visit a chance to make their voice heard - what an illusion!), but to bless him, and give him the papal kiss. I wonder, did Pinochet had Woytila visit his dungeons as well? Did he organize a show with his best torturers to entertain his white-dressed guest? After all, it is good manners when you have a guest in your home, to show him the best pieces you have. And the self-proclaimed moral authority did eventually show on the balcony with the dictator, for the joy of the cameras of thousands TVs in the world, while some hundreds meters far from there, the same people who had hoped so much in his visit were mercilessly slaughtered by the private police of Pinochet. You dare to say that they tried to kidnap Pinochet? Well, Pinochet made thousands of people be kidnapped, and many of them did never return!
A bit harsh on what I said, you think? Well, it is what I think. Sorry, but I cannot accept anyone defending someone like Pinochet.
<<When teh elderyly and infiorm are kidnapped in the name of human rights, I wonder what the definition has become.>> The correct word is supposed to be "justice", although I admit that nowadays it is often used...'improperly'...so to say...

<< I need to read these letters, though I hope that my faith is not put into crisis afterwards, for I may have to abandon Christianity (not that such an event could really shake my faith, as we have had bad popes before. Next I fear there will be letters about John XXIII trying to promote Christian Marxsim). >> Yes, you should read those letters. Although, maybe it is useless...after all, you have already taken your conclusions. It is something I somehow envy to you religious people...the ability to judge even before knowing. It is something I've never been able to do...
Oh, sure...you've had bad popes before. This kind of "double standard, double weight" so deeply radicated in Catholic culture is something I have always found very funny. So, the bad actions (read: those actions that are recognized as 'bad' by enough people afterwards) have been made by the bad popes of the times gone, and their responsibility is only of the popes themselves (who are supposed to be God's messengers on this world, but probably God was looking somewhere else, of sleeping). Good actions, not. They have been made by the Church, cause Church is not a single man, but a totality, so those good actions must be credited to the greater glory of the true church...again, funny. In a bit horrid way...

<< It depends on who we lost>> Again, the double weight double standard...

<<Pilate>> I suspect you missed my point. I am not interested (not here at least) in investigating what is true or false in the story of Pilate we get from the Bible. My point was this: Pilate had the power to stop Jesus' execution. Didn't do it, for fear or esle, and whashed his hands of the thing (and if I remember well, water turned to blood, but I could be wrong). For this he was doomed, and Dante Alighieri (just to mention one) puts him in Hell. For sure, he was a minor figure, both in actual history and in the biblical version. Yet, his valence was allegohoric, to mean that if you can do something to stop an evil or wrong action, and you don't do so, you are as guilty as those who commit the action itself. It is the principle, and to fulfill the principle Pilate is put in Hell. Now, since there is historical evidence that the church, both with ist guilty and knowing silence, and even in more direct ways, supported and cooperated with the Nazists (actually, they agreed more with Hitler than with Mussolini...), for the same principle, the whole church should be doomed. Even without the actual support to the Nazists, the two thousands of preaching against the Jews should be enough to put the catholic church on the guilt side (and, actually, there is no wonder that they did support Hitler: After all, he just put in practice what they had said for so much time...). But, again, the doubl weight double standard comes in their aid...

<< Enlighten me on him. Not a familiar name. >> Mons. Edward Milingo. Born in Kenya, if I remember well. He pretends to be an exorcist. For a ten years, his weird attitudes (weird for what is supposed to be the behaviour of a high-ranked priest, I mean - they are supposed to keep always their composure in public, isn't it?) gave him some popular benevolence and the silent hostility of the more integralist factions of the vatican. A year or so ago he announced he had decided to marry a Korean Woman, in a ceremony of some sect there in America. He actually did so, and then he announced his intention to return in Rome and put his clerical position in the hands of the pope. When he arrived in the vatican citym he was secluded in a undisclosed location. After a week of brain-washing he signed a paper in which was said he had repented, and that his marriage was not valid. Now he is in "vacation" in a indisclosed location (again) to "recover from his intense conditionof stress". A quite long vacation, since it is been seven months since the last time he was seen.

Kaioto:> What you point out is for sure part of the problem. The matter, in my opinion, is in the fact that the pope is just a man, elected by a restricted holigarchy, who has not to respond to anyone (except naturally those who allowed him to sit on the seat) and that so many people like to consider the voice in earth of some superior entity. The fact that, for the reasons you pointed out, it is so easy to control the vatican (aren't they supposed to care nothing of their lives, and to pursue only the will of their god?), makes the situation even more problematic.
I admit, though, that my opinion is biased on this, since I am beginning to think that the problem of this world is not in that religion or the other, but in the conception of religion itself. When people will stop allowing some self-proclaimed moral authority to tell them what is good or evil( and to promise eternal happiness to those who conform and eternal pain to those who don't) and will begin thinking with their own mind, will be too late anyway...

Josh:> << Lucky you. >> I know...;)
<<Maybe she's just been with too many guys.>> Oh-oh-ooh! And then I am supposed to be a malicious guy...;)
<<Some jerk-off has decided that in the place of the WTC, instead of rebuilding it, we should have...get this...search lights. >> Hmm...since those lights have been projected and built in Italy, I *cannot* say it was not a good idea...;)

Jan:> Space pens and pencils: I heard this story as well. Actually, one of my teachers told that to us, to explain how engineers must always look for the simplest way to achieve what they must, no matter of other solutions are more elegant...
<<I’ll change your email address and will get an email to you this weekend, ok? >> Will wait eagerly. By the way, I got a bounce warning this morning...why didn't you tell me the second half of the song didn't do it? I will resend in in some minutes! :)
<<Donor issues..>> <grins> Heh, definitely you know how to handle yourself with some kind of people, my friend! I think I appreciate your style...you know, I usually am the "reasonable" person...sometimes I'd like to be able to deal with jerks the way you do...;D

That is more or less everything. See everyone!

Shadowrider - [shdwrdr@tiscali.it]
Saturday, March 16, 2002 03:10:30 PM
IP: 62.11.61.139

Lexy > well, look at it this way ... someday, maybe you can do the same thing to your kids ; ) I hope things work out for the best. It's really tough when in-laws don't get along, as I wish I didn't know.

Off to see Ice Age! Should be a good 'un.

Christine - [christine@sabledrake.com]
Saturday, March 16, 2002 02:36:25 PM
IP: 67.226.61.17

Anyone want to play kickball with DC’s head?

Wednesday was killer on my feet. So I gave my self a pedicure. I soaked them and scrubbed them with a loufa and massaged them. Then I trimmed, filed, buffed and polished my toenails…with green polish. Then I rubbed on lotion and sprinkled powder .

Last night I made my first animation with the Jasc animation shop.

My brother bought a game called Final Frame. He says it’s so scary he nearly crapped his pants.

I actually woke up at 6:30 this morning.

Revel<<<sorry, memory is failing, almost break ];) >>>I can relate to that.

Winterwolf<<<I've heard about deep fried chocolate stuff like that though I haven't seen or gone looking for it.>>>When your local fair shows up check out the food booths.

Green Baron<<<put ticking boxes in front of any homes where Englishmen live :) >>>I’m also of British decent. No wonder I’m conflicted.<<<but I only see a few posts over the day.>>>I know was about to post but there weren’t any messages to post too.

Jaden<<<It turns out that I have nerve damage in my neck and shoulder.>>>Oh I hope you get well soon.<<<But I did get A's in both my classes so I'm happy.>>>Congrats.

Josh<<>>Which is good to know.<<<The CR is infinite.>>>I meant it wouldn’t fit into my moral standards…<<<Why? She's 18, it was her decision.>>>For duping the teachers and her parents well. Lets just say My parents would have given me hell if I did something like that.<<<Just one girl for the two of us?>>>Well actually she’d be for SJ since “Josh” is in love with Serena Tsukino.<<>>Hate when that happens.<<<"$on" in his IM's because I only IM him when I need money ;-) I'm such a college student.>>>Sounds like my brother.<<<Sucked to be surrounded by obnoxious kids though.>>>It was like that when I went to see Shrek.

Spacebabie - [LadyAndromeda@smstars.zzn.com]
Orlando, Fl, U.S.A
Saturday, March 16, 2002 10:26:04 AM
IP: 67.24.95.92

Woohoo! Great day today. I had my second interview with GE, and they clarified a bunch of stuff for me, told me all about the jobs they might want me for. They have some badass programs that I'd be a candidate for if they like me this summer, programs which fast-track to management and high pay and all kinds of other goodies. This is a killer opportunity for me, and in all likelihood I'm gonna take it. I'll be San Jose this summer.

And they pay bank too 8-) I'll have another interview or two on tuesday afternoon, where I'll talk to the various departments that are interested in me. The top candidate right now is nuclear engineering. Hehe, I'm gonna glow ;-)

Sadly, I'll have joined the ranks of cubicle dwellers :-( I know I swore I wouldn't end up that way, but I look at it this way: its just a summer, and its not likely I'll be there for the rest of my life. I'll get over it. Besides, by the time I'm done, my cubicle will look like my room...

I saw Ice Age tonight. It was HYSTERICAL. Sucked to be surrounded by obnoxious kids though.

I'll probably be spending this weekend studying for my geotech midterm. Once that's out of the way, though, its pretty close to smooth sailing. Just my open-book quiz on thursday, a couple of assignments, a couple of labs...and a week from now I'll be...asleep, probably ;-)

replies

Invsi: <<did anyone happen to catch celebeirty boxing on FOX?>>: I really wanted to, and I was annoyed that I missed it. I'll catch the next one though. <<without a question of the doubt the WERIDEST program>>: Weirder than South Park? <<A MP3 Alarm clock?>>: Yes. Defined as an alarm clock that plays mp3's. <>: Yes, I am strange, but why is that? <>: Yes, what's your point? <<Aren't you afraid you might burn it out or something like that?>>: Uh, no. Servers stay on for years at a time. <<Unless you have an Air conditoner in your room>>: Well I don't, but its usually pretty cold in there. In any case, it doesn't matter. Computers have no problems staying on for long periods of time. Its only windows that crashes occasionally. <<didn't mean to bore you>>: Not boring. You just proved you belong here.

Mooncat: <<The temperture in the midwest just dropped like a rock>>: I'm so glad I live in CA.

Christine: <<let them have your way>>: LOL! Negotiation: the art of letting someone else have your way ;-) <<you're tipping over a bookshelf on him>>: Um...praying mantis much?

Green Baron: <<Frankly I think that youa nd Kiaoto should expose each other to the worst parts of your nature. >>: Careful, they might take that the wrong way. <<especially since I won't consummate the wedding until the night after the priest declares us husband and wife>>: You're sharing more details than we need to hear. We already know you're gonna die a virgin. <<If you want to get a military vehicle, go for a tank>>: F*ck the tank. I want a harrier. Or an F-15. Unfortunately, only Hummers are sold to civilians. <>: I liked private school. Sure, it meant my family couldn't afford somethings that we would have liked, but the tradeoff was well worth it. Hell, I'm gonna be a GE engineer! ;-) <<only good thing about America's democracy is that most of the unwashed masses don't give enough of a shit to vote>>: I think that there are more people who don't know anything that vote than there are knowledgeable people that vote. That's why American Democracy sucks. <<I'd stay faithful to my hand for the rest of my days>>: I almost made that pledge a month ago. We'll see what happens. <<It only matters because of legal reasons>>: Well at some line, you have to draw a line between kid and responsible adult. Sure, its a maturity issue and different for each person, but I still don't think people her age should be dating people your age. <>: Depends on the woman. <<it may be because of restrictiosn set by a military computer>>: Whatever happened to "don't ask, don't tell"?

Fire Storm: <<Hey, it works!>>: Great, now we can have kids in there ;-) <<if I don't buy the papers, they will release the humanities majors out into civilization>>: Worse still, they might breed. <<And ones made of Pyrex>>: They hold heat...or cold. <>: Careful! This CR is logged ;-) <<Slap me like you mean it, baby>>: Don't worry, I will. <<like I know!>>: Then what good are you? <>: Ask her if she cares. <>: Okay first, the company is called APPLE. The product is called Mac. Second, what keyboard is .25 inch plastic? The laptop boards? They're a bit thicker than that. <>: Heaven's no! Where would we get cookies from then?

Lexy: <<The problem is we CAN spend money when they think it is ok, not when I think it is>>: If you really want to defeat them, then you have to point out gaping holes in their logic. Parents hate that, but nothing shuts them up faster. <<the wedding is being planned around the guests>>: What a complete waste of time. Have you ever tried to please 200 people at once? Why do you think Garg Con Chairs are so insane? <<No he's not, he doesn't have enough experience to go with you alone>>: Um, news flash for your mother in law: that doesn't matter. <<Kai and Al have been driving for three/four years. They can't help me with that>>: I'm so glad I'm not going to be 25 when my brother gets his permit ;-) << faught *sp?* >>: Fought. <>: Many families will guilt trip people into being quiet. My parents do it to me (though that is gonna change in about...oh, a week). My roommate's family does it to him. Its all about control of money. Whoever controls the money effectively "owns" the family. THe sooner you gain financial independence, the sooner you can tell them to f*ck off. Believe me, its a glorious day.

Jan: <<Mind if I sit here for a few moments?>>: As long as they aren't already sitting there being sappy. <<Sure.. I’ll do that in my spare time>>: You need a young male computer geek to help you. Recruit your son. <<I’ll fly my plane over to pick you up and we’ll go to the Gathering together, ok?>>: Sure, if I can get away from my job. <<just because he’s my cousin doesn’t mean that I know how to fly… I live in Missouri, not Arkansas – so I never dated him>>: LOL! <<How did your interview go today?>>: I KICKED ASS! <>: As I recall, you said the same thing when she got pregnant. <<my mom is sooooo weird!” *L* Of course, I have no idea of what she’s talking about>>: Well I do! << Sounds like a giant Hoover in here>>: His nose is turning brown.

Gside: <<The cycles of this place are much too slow to match my showering>>: There's a surprise. <<How's that different from normal? No morning boot up, and lost of unused time for SETI>>: SETI is a waste of time. Do RC5 or something. <<You still expect sense from me>>: That, or sense from sex toys. <<I've seen one with a built in periscope>>: Fiber optic?

I'm off to dream of nuclear-powered sheep.

Mounting is used for three things: climbing on a horse, linking in a hard disk unit in data systems, and, well, sex.
-Christa Keil

Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [@kicktothenuts.com]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Saturday, March 16, 2002 02:26:16 AM
IP: 64.161.25.174

so who put that flash movie there>?
nukesgoboom
Friday, March 15, 2002 11:34:23 PM
IP: 12.243.91.175

Imzadi> <<It's cuz Gside hasn't showered>>: The cycles of this place are much too slow to match my showering.
<<That doesn't save me much time, actually>>: Depends on what you want to do.
<<So its "that time of the month" for the CR?>>: Something like that.

Invsi> <<you'll have to leave your computer on all night>>: How's that different from normal? No morning boot up, and lost of unused time for SETI.

Fire Storm> <<Those don't even make SENSE!>>: You still expect sense from me?
<<if I don't buy the papers, they will release the humanities majors out into civilization>>: That's it, all my money's being invested in newspaper subscriptions.
<<And ones made of Pyrex>>: I've seen one with a built in periscope.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Fair Haven, NJ
Friday, March 15, 2002 11:12:38 PM
IP: 68.38.244.145

Vash: GargFans> I'm guessing "KQC" stands for Hudson's "Ketnar Quake Clan". I don't see it, though.

Fire storm: For clarification: When you went to Gargoyles-fans.org, you got a flash video of a skull and crossbones?

************Response.****************

It's working normally now. I don't know what happened.

To be specific, it was the TGS link from GFW.

The flash movie went something like:

[Animated red text in a similar font as "Comment Room" in logo]

"One two... Buckle your shoe..
Three, four... etc
five, six ..pick up Styks [as in the river]
seven, eight. .....eyc
.... NINE...
[Big Letters]TEN.. "

[****fades to black****]

[fade in (same red text)]

"Its coming..."

****[skull and crossbones wearing eyepatch and red bandanna fades in]****

[Red text}
"Ready or not... here we come..."

[****fade to black****

[fade in - continuous flashing "KQC" logo]

****** End of flash movie *******

I was worried there was a small chance it could have been a virus.

Sorry for making this a "Chat"

Leo
Friday, March 15, 2002 10:51:47 PM
IP: 172.137.158.176

Jiminy what a week! *plods over to Coyote and Ravyn’s chair* Mind if I sit here for a few moments? *sits down until told otherwise*

We’ve had a very busy week at work. I printed out the list of all warrants currently in my computer and had a grand total of 2,265. Now I am going to have to compare the list to the original warrants that are located in dispatch, find out which ones are no longer valid, remove them from my computer, reprint the list and then clean out my files. Sure.. I’ll do that in my spare time. *falls over*
Had a bitch-fight at the courthouse this week. I didn’t see the actual fight, but all of them ended up at the sheriff’s office afterwards – for various reasons – and of course they all filed ex partes against each other, so I ended up doing 10 of them within a 30 minute period.
“Lady A” had moved to Oklahoma after filing for a divorce from “Man A”. “A” had to be at court for some reason and when she drove up, her and her sister were in the process of getting the 3 children out of the car when “Man A” came up from behind while his father distracted the ladies. “Man A” then jumped into the car – with the youngest child still in the car and attempted to take off. The sister of “Lady A” also managed to get back into the car. In the meantime, when “Lady A” tried to chase after the car (on foot) “Man A’s” sister - “Lady B” entered the picture and began attacking “Lady A”. The fight was on at that point. So out in the courthouse yard (we have a town square with the courthouse in the center) these two women are bitch fighting… scratching, clawing, pulling hair, screaming, biting, etc. City and county police show up – along with most of the courthouse employees. While this was happening, sister of “Lady A” convinced “Man A” to return with the car and child. After the fight is broken up, the man’s family claims that the car is stolen, no insurance, etc. Lady A is able to provide the proper paperwork, but so does Man A. i.e. there’s something fishy concerning the registration and such on the car. So, our deputy impounds the car until that can be straightened out.
“Lady B” is arrested and hauled to jail for 3rd degree assault. I don’t know how it has all ended – it’s all still a civil matter at this point. I don’t know if Lady A will pursue in filing suit against Lady B or not. Lady A took the brunt of the fight – her neck and face was covered with scratches and bruises.
We’ve also had some irate “victims” in the office all week. One particular man wanted charges filed against his ex-wife’s husband for attacking him when he returned the kids from his visitation weekend. He had a video and audio tape of the confrontation. There will be no charges filed, however. In the state of MO, if you are trespassing and the person tells you to leave – if you do not leave – they can beat the crap out of you and no charges will be filed. (the tape revealed that the dad was actually provoking the step-dad and refused to leave the property after he was told repeatedly to do so) He was a tad ticked off when the decision came down from the Prosecuting Attorney’s office. It’s out of the law enforcement’s hands once it goes to the PA.

Green (purple) Baron> I can understand your disgust for the public school system… afterall, you did go to school in Louisiana. I know that at one time it was rated #48 – with Mississippi and Georgia (or Alabama) as 49 and 50 in the rankings.
<<if you want to marry a European, make certain they bathe everyday>> *L* Well, Denis does ;)

Lexy> I’m really sorry to hear that your future in-laws are giving you so much heartache. =( I do understand what they mean, though. My family is full of laughter, talking, etc. and it’s hard for them to comprehend someone who is quiet and shy. Suppertime around my entire family is quite an experience! *L* Well, that’s as long as my older brother and younger sister are not there at the same time as my younger brother… they don’t like each other. I’m the only sibling that is on good terms with all of the others. My brothers can tolerate each other for short periods of time, but not my younger brother and sister. They don’t fight – they basically just ignore each other. No one really knows why my sister dislikes my brother so much. She’s despised him for so long I doubt that she even knows why anymore. But we all still manage to live around their feelings and have a great time when we are all together… with plenty of laughter!
Families: I’ve always been blessed with such a fabulous family. Sure, we have our personality problems (as mentioned earlier) but overall, I know that I can always depend on my siblings or my parents (or aunts, uncles, cousins) for support and love. =) Both parents are still alive and will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this year.
I had my grandmothers around until I was in my 20’s but unfortunately I’ve never known my grandfathers. Both of them died while in their 30’s. I would have loved to have known my maternal grandfather – it seems that he and I have a lot in common with our personalities.

Josh> *L* yeah, I’ll fly my plane over to pick you up and we’ll go to the Gathering together, ok? ;) Actually, just because he’s my cousin doesn’t mean that I know how to fly… I live in Missouri, not Arkansas – so I never dated him.
Re: killing dogs that chase livestock – you have to remember that this is a rural area and livestock is the livelihood of many people here. As much as it breaks my heart to hear of a dog being shot, the farmers/ranchers must protect their investments. Dogs chasing cattle can cause a lot of damage and be very expensive if there is loss of livestock. Now, if a dog is just traveling across the field, then no – you don’t have the right to shoot it. Dogs aren’t aware of property lines or the concept of trespassing. Most farmers don’t just shoot dogs because they enjoy it – most have dogs of their own.
How did your interview go today?

We had a fitful night last night. The sperm donor decided he wanted to harass us with phone calls. He also kept saying that he was on his way up here to see the baby. I kept telling him that he would be wasting his time because he was not going to see Anna or the baby. He yelled obscenities thru out the phone calls and making threats. So today I had Anna file an ex parte against him so that if he actually did show up, he would be served and then wouldn’t be allowed to go near her nor call here anymore. He has called again tonight, but we were gone. If he calls again, I will read the ex parte to him over the phone and advise him that one has been filed. Technically, it’s considered served – but a bit hard to hold up in court or if an arrest is necessary. They wouldn’t arrest him in Houston if he violated the ex parte here, but hopefully by knowing that we mean business, he will leave her alone. The guy is a real dipwad - he kept saying, “yes, I signed away custody, but my paralegal told me that I still have rights!” ummmm… the paralegal needs to go back to school. The papers that he signed specifically stated that he would have no custody and no visitation. She is not asking for any type of support from him. This jerk doesn’t call her during her last 3 months of pregnancy, he doesn’t call until Zach is 4 days old, he has called her once since then and didn’t even bother to ask how the baby is doing, he doesn’t even email her and asks about Zach… and he thinks he can just drop in anytime he wants and receive the red carpet treatment?? Hardly. He sunk his battleship when he called me a f*cking bitch on the phone. Now he’s going to find out exactly how much of a one I can really be.
Anna provoked this latest confrontation with the donor and I told her that I could choke her until she passed out and when she woke up she’d hopefully wake up being smarter than she was before. I do think that she learned her lesson, though. Last night scared her. By 9:00am today, I had everything legally covered and the sheriff’s dept. and the city police notified in case he showed up here.
The next time he talks of coming up here, I’m going to offer directions… straight up 59 and drive thru Arkansas. Hehe (western side of Ark) Revel will know what I’m talking about traveling up 59 and DPH will understand driving thru western Arkansas – during the middle of the night and never have driven in mountains before. *snickers* I grew up driving in the Ozarks and I wouldn’t even drive that!

Revel> <<You never met my mother, I think she still olds the title for wierdest mother.>> *chuckles* I think Anna would argue with you over this one ;) she is always telling her friends, “my mom is sooooo weird!” *L* Of course, I have no idea of what she’s talking about. *innocent grin*

Stephen> congrats on becoming the editor of Avalon Mists! I know that you will do a fabulous job =)

DPH> *hears loud sucking sound* <<Sorry, but I prefer to get on the good side of the new admin right away.>> Sounds like a giant Hoover in here ;)
Hey! I’m not a moralist? =(
STVoyager, definitely. I liked that show!

Shadowrider> I’ll change your email address and will get an email to you this weekend, ok? =)

Jaden> ack!! Is there anything that can be done about the nerve damage??

Ivis> eesh, you dad sounds like he’s a real looser *hugs* I’m glad that you were able to rise above it and become the great guy that you are =) I had no idea that AtoN is your sister IRL!! That’s cool!

It’s my night to get up with Zach so that Anna can have a full night’s sleep, so I’m calling it an early night.
Jan
Friday, March 15, 2002 10:41:07 PM
IP: 12.110.237.86

verryyyyyyyyyyyyyy strange. i was like, wtffffff...

seriously, major explanation please ;/
NukesGoBoom
Friday, March 15, 2002 09:36:06 PM
IP: 12.243.91.175

GargFans> I'm guessing "KQC" stands for Hudson's "Ketnar Quake Clan". I don't see it, though.
Vash
Friday, March 15, 2002 09:10:47 PM
IP: 129.98.122.194

Admins: Sorry if this is making the CR a chat room.

Leo: For clarification: When you went to Gargoyles-fans.org, you got a flash video of a skull and crossbones?
Fire Storm
Friday, March 15, 2002 08:51:53 PM
IP: 208.143.21.10

Ok that explains some things. I was wondering why I was just now able to access it on Netscape, when I got this strange [KQC] Flash Movie with a skull and crossbones using IE(?????)
Leo
Friday, March 15, 2002 08:44:24 PM
IP: 172.171.174.79

Leo: The GFW is about as unstable as Keenspace or the Yahoo Groups.
And where did you get that quote?
Fire Storm
Friday, March 15, 2002 08:36:46 PM
IP: 208.143.21.10

What's up with the Gargoyles Fan Website? What is this Flash "Ready or not, Here We Come" *blinking [KQC]* thing?
Leo
Friday, March 15, 2002 08:21:01 PM
IP: 172.171.174.79

Josh- <<Silly in-laws. If I told my parents i wanted to do something cheap, they'd pat me on the back and say "go for it!">> No kidding! I thought, hey save money for the house, school etc. Nope. They are the type that like huge family gatherings. But yet, when they ask me what type of flowers I want etc., and I ask for something they usually will say, "not a bad idea, but we can get that cheeper here or there." And whenEVER I buy something, (I mean anything) they see bags in my hands and my M-in-law needs to know what I bought and how much. Always telling me, "Oh you bought that? Well you should be saving your money." Like I am spending like crazy. It's so annoying. Didn't I say we should have a cheep wedding? Now I can't even go out to eat on a sat if Kai is home, because that is spending money wastefully? The problem is we CAN spend money when they think it is ok, not when I think it is:P <<Do you really think you should be giving up anything? I mean, it *IS* the rest of your life. I'm not saying you shouldn't marry Kai, cuz he's cool...but maybe you should try explaining it to his parents.>> I did. And she listened a bit. The problem is that when we get right down to it we want TOTALLY different weddings. Only one of us can get our way. We have tried compramising, but I always lose because I don't know who we are inviting, and the wedding is being planned around the guests. So if I want this type of music (as a compramise I get something little like that) and I pick something they don't like, the answer is "no". Which I understand. If it is their wedding, I can't play my music. That would annoy the guests. But I just wish they stop asking me so many Q's as if I have an influence here. Just do it your way and be DONE with it. <<Oh, you so belong in this room.>> *sweat drops* oy. uh ha. <> I am trying to learn this. It is hard. I am so used to getting to the point. I just had dinner with them downstairs and I blew it again. She got really mad at me, and if it hadn't been for the others being there I would have gotten yelled at a lot more. It was sort my fault this time. She told me I had to practice driving this weekend, and that she was taking me. I said that Kai was, and she said,"No he's not, he doesn't have enough experience to go with you alone." So I said,"Well, Al (his roomy) is going too." She says, "No. You have to go with an adult." The way she said it..it really irritated me. So "duh..no you are NOT doing that." So I had a harder time answering her next Q which was what time tommorrow. I mean. To me the question is a mute one. I can't even leave the house unless she drives me to the parking lot, so why not just tell me when you can take me? But I _really_ should have just picked a time anyway. I see that now. It was just the way she railroaded my weekend plans to have the boys help me that irritated me. I mean.. all we were going to do was practive turning the car on, off, and if we got far enough in the lesson, driving in a circle in the parking lot. Kai and Al have been driving for three/four years. They can't help me with that? I guess I thought that was silly.

Christine- Actually, I forgot to mention this in my last post. You mentioned that this having to control the wedding thing usually stems from that person not getting to control their's. You were pretty close. When they got married they had (well say pressing financial issues) that made having a wedding not really possible. They were in a rush, and didn't even get married in a church which really bothered her. It was basically a shot-gun thing. Her daughter got married a few years ago. She saved for four years for a wedding in Hawaii, and her mom said "NO!". So she ended up in the same boat I am in now. She had to do things the way her mom wanted it. In a church, with the priest they knew, with the family, in a very traditional way. She didn't like it, and they faught *sp?* about it A LOT. But her mom got her way, and since the daughter knew the ppl going she stil had some fun. I am a little more screwed then that. So you were pretty much right. She actually admitted it to me in not so many words as well. Which is annoying. But in the end I am cornered. They don't want me to pay rent, because that would be offensive. So I have that hanging over me. They won't let me not have a wedding, so they insist on paying for it. So what can I say? "NO It has to be my way?" I am not paying for it, and I am living here for free. I feel like I have to keep my mouth shut ya know? In the end I honestly don't care anymore. I just need to figure out how to get things so she isn't so mad at me all day for being quieter then her. I read her loudness as anger and it makes me nervous. She views me being quiet as being totally rude. Who cares about the wedding when I have this problem to deal with? Kai is being so good about this. But he has to go back to school this weekend, and she has made it so she is the ONLY person allowed to take me driving..oh boy..this is going to be a looooooooong 2 months (<--when kai gets out of school! :D)

GB- *nods again* EEK their back! *runs*
Lexy
Friday, March 15, 2002 07:37:56 PM
IP: 66.31.222.137

Gside: <What about automatic rotation and swirling "pleasure beads"?>
Those don't even make SENSE!

DEFINATELY! That is one cool cat!
<Of course. Humanities majors, remember?>
Ah... and if I don't buy the papers, they will release the humanities majors out into civilization...

And ones made of Pyrex

Imzadi: <You aren't even sure if *you* want to work there>
No, I KNOW I don't want to work here.
<Much better than watching criminals fight each other>
I hate to say it, but you are right.
But my idea WILL be on TV one day!
<Don't make me he-bitch-man-slap you>
Slap me like you mean it, baby!
<Which is...?>
Oh, like I know!
<It won't happen>
That they won't have time or that we won't use them?
<Um, dude..."her" pleasure>
Yeah, but I should at least feel a SLIGHT difference, right?

I fail to see how a keyboard could be made out of .25 inch plastic, but Mac did it!
<You idiot! Thats...kindling>
I thought that's what Girl Scouts were for!
Fire Storm
Friday, March 15, 2002 06:46:05 PM
IP: 208.143.21.10

Mooncat: Want access to the Adult GFW?
When it asks for a name and password, leave both fields blank and press enter.
Hey, it works!
Fire Storm
Friday, March 15, 2002 06:11:51 PM
IP: 208.143.21.10

Lexy> Anytime. Well, your in-laws are paying for the wedding, but who is it for? Its for yo, so go ahead and speak up. They like someone who speaks up. Hell, bite your thumb at them if they upset you. You're entering a culture shock, but you can handle it. Frankly I think that youa nd Kiaoto should expose each other to the worst parts of your nature. I encourage all couples to do it. Make certain that you two know exactly what could happen. That way, if you two can still be with each oteher after knowing the worst scenarios, its a sign that you'll be lifers. I ahve no idea about anything elaborate for when/if I get married. It's a long way away. Even if I first got legally married, what would count for me is the one with the priest (especially since I won't consummate the wedding until the night after the priest declares us husband and wife, though I doubt I will be ready for that step for a long, long time).

Most improtantly youa nd Kaioto are to be one. Not you and the whole Lund family, though you soon become Lexy Lund :) Maybe you two should wait a bit longer on the wedding, with the upcoming conflicts ahead. That is something to think about.

Christine> Sounds like you'll be in Hell week. Have fun.

Imzadi> <<What I wouldn't give to run over stuff in one of those. Well, next time I have 70k I'll consider it.>> If you want to get a military vehicle, go for a tank ;)

<<Just because YOU didn't enjoy high school you seem to think that home-schooling is a better alternative.>> I actually loved high school. it was grade school I hated. I was so happy to go to De La Salle. I loved staying there and wished I could live there. I ahve fond memories of my teachers and friends I met, though I lost contact with a lot of them and I missed the five year reunion, becuase I was in Germany, but I'll make the ten year one, and so how we're doing so far. I was involved in tons of clubs and I frankly enjoyed HS more than College, but that was mainly becuase I was sick all the time in my sophomore year of College,a nd I hated going away to school when I could go to school for free at Loyola and use a 750 per semester scholarship to pay for books, fees,a nd soem fun stuff. I also worked at the bookstore and demagnetized a few texts, but I returned them when the semesetr was over :)

<<The homeschooled kids I know are the most F*CKED up people on the planet because they have no concept of how to interact with people. Homeschool is for kids who don't play well with others, and it breeds and fosters that same behavior.>> I ahven't noticed taht among friends of mine who were homeschooled, but that amounts to about a handful of people and these people all had jobs at the same time. I woudln't support teh one-on-one basis in general anyway. I would support teh idea of a couple of neighborhoods using the homeschooling on a larger scale where teh parenst would ahve teh kids educated with tehir peers, but basically tell the public schools and the teacher's Union to go f*ck themselves.

<<Have you ever considered that a majority of how our personalities develop and grow is affected by our experiences in high school?>> yes, but I don't particularly like the idea of state sponsred schooling. I much prefer private schooling. I have a feeling that in the next twenty years, only about 1% of public will have any educational value, unless changes are done quickly. New Orleans is already there.

<<Which begs the question: why isn't the admin selection process more democratic?>> Because democracy has failed, also the CR is not a democracy to start with, but I think that is a good thing. Th eonly good thing about America's democracy is that most of the unwashed masses don't give enough of a shit to vote.

<<At least what he did wasn't illegal.>> This is me we're talking about. I haven't done anything ilegal, unless you count white collar crime. Maybe if my roomie could control his Jake, he wouldn't have been in that mess. The marriage basically died when the daughter died in a car crash. When he todl me about he and his wife met, I began to relaize that the marriage would never have lasted and the whole relationship was a mistake from the get go. At the time he was a player only looking for one thing,a nd I can'ts ay I feel sorry for him. If I ever think I'd ahve a kid who is like that, I'd stay faithful to my hand for the rest of my days.

<<Why? I don't have things for 17 year olds. At least none that I know of.>> It only matters because of legal reasons. I doubt women mena much more to you than sex, anyway.

Mooncat> I can't get into the adult gargs site either, but it may be because of restrictiosn set by a military computer.

Green Baron - [greenbaron@hotmail.com]
Hanau, Germany
Friday, March 15, 2002 05:30:22 PM
IP: 140.156.11.59

Lexy > well, I guess if they're the ones paying for it, it makes sense to let them have your way. Glad to hear that you're putting your foot down and getting at least some of what you want. As for the fight, LOL, wait until you reach the stage where you're tipping over a bookshelf on him ... that was pretty much when I knew my first marriage was on the way down ...

Xavier > I can't help it ... there's just something about Battlebots that I love. It is far and away my favorite robot combat show.

Christine - [christine@sabledrake.com]
Friday, March 15, 2002 03:57:18 PM
IP: 67.226.47.238

Anyone know how to get ahold of the Gargoyle Fan Website's admin for the Adult section? A reader of mine tried to register to see my stories, but the password function is not working. I tried a test registration also, and the site is not accepting new ID/Passwords for some reason. My regular ID/password work fine though. I tried to e-mail Hudson from the "credits" page, but the e-mail bounced.

Any Site Admin help would be appreciated. I loath the thought of having to upload all my stuff to Fan Fiction dot net, =( I hate jumping through hoops for uploading stories there. Gah...

Anyhoo, hope everyone is having a good Friday/weekend. The temperture in the midwest just dropped like a rock. It's coooollllldddd....

Past two days enjoyed a small Witchblade tv series marathon as my friend just got into it and decided to go through my entire tape collection of the show. I'm glad she did take an interest, apparently they are re-running it on TNT and are about to show the one episode I missed taping. woo hoo!!!

Book I want very badly has a lay down date of the 26, but I will try to finagle and early copy. LKH's Caress of Twilight. I need my Laurell K. Hamilton fix. *^_^* Something to tide me over to her next Anita Blake novel.

Well, my plans to see Resident Evil tonight are screwed. The friend I planned to see it with usually works Fridays, but he doesn't tonight. So I made other plans to go to another friends house to make Fuzzy Navel Cakes -- she has the recipes, I have the Peach Schnaps and orange juice. This is the girl who made the chocolate kalua cake for my birthday. She is such a dream. I feel kind of bad letting her do this for me since she's on a diet. But I've been waiting for her to do a Fuzzy Navel cake for two years. Not going to pass up the opportunity now!

Maybe if I juggle things just right, I can do the cake, then see a late showing of RE with my other friend... *crosses fingers*

Mmm... I'm not a big drinker, but I love liquer flavored sweets, like cakes. I may have to pick up a bundt cake pan. I'll definately be watching how she does this. I have cooked regular cakes often enough, but never upside down/bundt style. I love trying new things! *^_^*

Wah... it's cold!!!! I have the heater set for seventy, but down here in my office it feels like maybe 40... Maybe less than 40... whatever it is it's chilly.

Well, off to update my own site and try to get some writing done.

Bye for now
Mooncat
>^,,^<
Mooncat
Friday, March 15, 2002 10:10:18 AM
IP: 65.30.27.68

*walks in dressed like the evil magician Fo Fai with the long metal claws sticking out of his sleeves* Greetings, boys and girls come and let Fo Fai show you a magic trick that you young'uns will not believe...*cue evil glint in eye*

By the by did anyone happen to catch celebeirty boxing on FOX?

If you didn't it was without a question of the doubt the WERIDEST program since Battlebots. I don't know about you but all three of the matches was one sided. It seems like Danny, Todd, and Harding all know what thy were doing unfrotuantly there opponents didn't have a clue.

A note on the Harding match it seems that the ice queen is back up to her old tricks by hitting her opponent upside the head with the late punch. *laughs* AAh, Ms. Harding will never change. :)

Vanilla Ice> I think Vanilla Ice should take some advice from M.C Hammer, and other defunct celeberties and just stay gone. Cause everytime he appears it's humliating, first in Rap, then in the crap he calls Rock and now in boxing. After seeing the beating he was given by Bridges he'll never live down his past now.

Ahhh...Anyway..back to some real posts.*posts up Umbriel and dusts off his jacket*

Christine>Xavier > I was joking, finding it humorous, that's all. Not attacking you or anybody. Don't get your knickers in a twist, 'kay? ; )

*snorts and tips up his magician's cap and a crooked smile grows underneath his silver-grayish mustache.* You know, I can Say something really naughty right now but I'll save it for the Adult CR cause I have class...or something like that ;) j/k

Battlebots> I don't know about you, but I have starting to get really tired of battlebots, I don't know why I used to like it but, know with changes in my life I haven't had time for it. Que, Sera, Sera.

Josh> A MP3 Alarm clock? I don't know about you isn't that kind of strange? I mean you'll have to leave your computer on all night. Aren't you afraid you might burn it out or something like that? Unless you have an Air conditoner in your room or something like that then I say Clock on. ;)

. <<A fool and their money is soon parted>>: What does this have to do with your rant?

I don't know I was hopped up on Hot Chocolate and painkillers at the time I wrote it ;) j/k

Mooncat> I think if you are a parent, your children will become the center of your life, and your number one priority.

You know what that what my father once said that and then he divorced my mother and I have had no love for him since.

Anyway on to a real post.

ALright, I noticed that the posts her on famlies and stuff like that and I must admit that you all have very nice famlies and I feel for your losses and such I have lost my own family with my Uncle dying two years ago. Which was probaly my closest taste of actual death you can get. I remember when I was woken up by my moms and she said that my uncle was sick. He was throwing up blood and everything like that and I had to help him out of the house, we eventually did get him to a hospital and I saw him lying there, shivering I never felt so completley helpless in my entire life. We had to change the carpeting in the basement after that.

A Few months later he eventually passed away and I couldn't react at all I still can't react probaly because the fact I never got used to know him. Hell ,even after that incdient I never got to know him. *sighs*

But, those are the breaks.As far as my father geez um, does a**hole count, how about no good S.O.B count as something? DO I sound bitter? Well, yes I am. My father abused, my mother, was hardly there for me or my sister,was a pathological lier, and left my mother in debt. After the divorce my dad hardly made contact with us he only made contacts with us when he FELT it was most convient. And I'm not talking about weekend visits I mean this man would waltz in and out of our lives in 5 years intervals one time he hadn't come back to us for 15 years. And this man says that he wants to be part of my life and my sister's life? This man who didn't even have the common decency to pick up a phone and call?

When I turned 18 I figured out that my father has abandoned us, out of all the trauma he put me and my sister through after all the days I have cried myself to sleep when I was a young cub. I decided no more, I can no longer shed tears no longer for anyone, I won't allow myself to. I totally despice my father as of right now, I have no love for him and to compare me to him to even say I look or act on him is a red button to me. So far I am the rock of strength for my mother, sister, AotN, and my intermediate family.

Whoops, I'm rambling again...didn't mean to bore you. :D

*looks at post* Damn, my longest post yet let's measure that sombit**

Oh, yeah, click my link for some new art I did.

*walks out on a mystical sphere he created beneath while chanting ala Xena*

Sugu raku ni shite yaru. (I will soon end your pain) IX9

Invsi Xavier - [tjarred@hotmail.com]
The city, of, eternal sin
Friday, March 15, 2002 04:07:31 AM
IP: 204.120.54.78

Well, I've finally decided to switch to the MP3 Alarm Clock (written by none other than my roommate). Two years after developing it at my request, I'm finally annoyed enough with my current alarm clock that I'm willing to actually USE his program. The downside is that I won't be able to hit my alarm clock anymore (I don't like to abuse my iBook that much). The upside is that it will actually WAKE ME UP.

I missed my structures lecture because my alarm didn't go off. Oh well, I needed the extra sleep. And I still got there in time to ask my structures prof a few questions on the homework and the lab, which was good. He's decided not to assign a homework over the break, which means that I *need* to get my lab next week done ASAP to save myself any grief whatsoever during my soon-to-be-perfect spring break.

My dad has begun referring to me as "$on" in his IM's because I only IM him when I need money ;-) I'm such a college student.

The really good news was that my group got its lab back. This was the lab I did a couple weeks ago that wound up being 42 pages. Well, it turns out that we got the highest grade in the class! Before we got it back, I told them that half the responsibility for the lab grade was mine (I expected it to be a dismal grade, the way the TA's were bitching on and on about all the problems with the labs in general), since I put it together, wrote two sections, the conclusion, the intro, and edited the whole thing. Of course, since we did well, I took half the credit too 8-) It was nice knowing that our work paid off. A lot of groups didn't do so well, and I saw one girl in tears. Sheesh. It's only about 7% of your class grade! The bad news is that they marked it up pretty heavily anyway so I have plenty of revisions to make before the end of the semester.

Other than that...its the weekend! I started it by...doing homework. I hate when that happens.

Wow this was a slow day.

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Siryn: <>: Kinky. <<6.35 to attend a class I need to take anyways..not a bad deal>>: NICE! I want someone to pay me to take classes! <<Because if I don't know there is a problem, I can't fix it>>: What kind of a con chair are you! I'm sending the psychic vibes, why can't you pick them up!? ;-)

Green Baron: <<Maybe my browser is being odd, but I only see a few posts over the day>>: Nope, just us being odd. <<To some extent, it's an experience for someone whjo neevr rode before>>: What I wouldn't give to run over stuff in one of those. Well, next time I have 70k I'll consider it. <<I'd want you and SJ as admins>>: Which begs the question: why isn't the admin selection process more democratic? <<The CR would become very interesting, then>>: No, just very loud. <<You of all people judging me. That's funny>>: Why? I don't have things for 17 year olds. At least none that I know of. <<No, the otehr Dilbert-wannabe named Patrick>>: I knew who you meant. I was trying to avoid that thought too. <>: Well then he's almost as stupid as you are. At least what he did wasn't illegal. <<He's also one of those peopel with lots of common sense and little book smarts>>: Not a good combination. <<Excuse me for forming an opinion about my chidlhood>>: Its not an opinion about your childhood. Its an opinion about EVERYONE's childhood. Just because YOU didn't enjoy high school you seem to think that home-schooling is a better alternative. It isn't. The homeschooled kids I know are the most F*CKED up people on the planet because they have no concept of how to interact with people. Homeschool is for kids who don't play well with others, and it breeds and fosters that same behavior. <>: Have you ever considered that a majority of how our personalities develop and grow is affected by our experiences in high school?

Todd: <<this place was very slow today>>: It's cuz Gside hasn't showered.

Lexy: <>: Silly in-laws. If I told my parents i wanted to do something cheap, they'd pat me on the back and say "go for it!" <>: Do you really think you should be giving up anything? I mean, it *IS* the rest of your life. I'm not saying you shouldn't marry Kai, cuz he's cool...but maybe you should try explaining it to his parents. <>: Oh, you so belong in this room. <<I'm just not good at small talk>>: I understand completely. But for the sake of your in-laws...you might want to pretend. I had to learn to adapt fast when it came time to interview at engineering firms. They like shmoozing.

Gside: <<rm -r />>: That doesn't save me much time, actually. <>: Kinky. <<This place moves in cycles>>: So its "that time of the month" for the CR?

Second interview with GE tomorrow. Should be fun.

...and scantily clad females, of course. Who cares if it's below zero outside?
- Linus Torvalds

Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [@kicktothenuts.com]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Friday, March 15, 2002 02:40:01 AM
IP: 64.161.25.174

Imzadi> <>: Thank you.
<<The only thing that saves me time with is rm'ing>>: rm -r /
<<You can get those on condoms?>>: I thought we had moved on to marital aids. They also make microwaveable ones.

Todd Jensen> <<Maybe it'll pick up again in a couple of weeks or so>>: It always does. This place moves in cycles.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Piscatway, NJ
Friday, March 15, 2002 01:23:52 AM
IP: 198.151.130.133

Christine- A weird little Kid ha? Must get it from her weird mom;) As far as my in-laws go, they are paying for the wedding. That is why I am letting them have their way. I wanted to not have one at all to save money, and just do something fun at the Gathering. But they wouldn't allow it. Then when I said we could do nothing they said no too. So they pretty much made it so that they had to pay for it, so they would get their say. (since I don't have family to pay for this) I do want to do the 2 wedding thing. I am going to still do stuff at the Gathering for myself. But it won't be as fun as I would have liked. *pouts* At least I still get my honeymoon at Disney World. Kai almost backed out of that too, saying we couldn't afford it after the sizable wedding his family is planning, and The Gathering. But I put my foot down at that point. I basically said that I gave up my dream dress, I gave up my dream wedding, and now you want me to give up my honeymoon entierly? NA-AH! Not happen'en! And then, yea, I got my way;) Funny how that worked. There isn't too much I can do for my in-laws, because we are way too different. But Kai is helping me with talking a little more. *hears him come home* YEA!! *runs 2 hug* *comes back* Anyhow.. I'm sure I will have more tales to tell in here as this goes on. This was our first fight, and it won't be the last. Though, for the record, our 'fight' consisted of me being yelled at. I never yelled back. Actually, I was in so much shock I didn't say anything. Then cried. *shrugs* I really don't ever 'yell' at ppl, because of things in my past. It scares me a lot when ppl yell)

Josh- Well. I happen to act more like a guy in a lot of respects. I do talk A LOT. However, not with ppl that I have nothing in common with. I just never thought of saying much. And what am I supposed to say after making subs and pizza like I do every day? "How was your day Liz?" "OH! It was FAB. First I came to work, then I made pizza and subs all day. Remember? Just like yesterday. Can you believe it??". I'm just not good at small talk. Ever since I started work, my answer for how my day was has been, "Fine." If I go to work, and no body dies (or anything else interesting *evil grin*) then the day was just bla.. Grey..bland. Fine. And by the by, if I respond (a lot or a little) it is communication. It is not COMPLEX communication. But I communicated my thought. It was fine, and I am going to bed. Is a fine sentence IMO.

GB- Yup. Thanks:)

Siryn- I am emailing you on the matter:D
Lexy
Thursday, March 14, 2002 11:38:18 PM
IP: 66.31.222.137

Creepshow > Becca enjoyed the tape, and immediately began pointing out the differences between the movie and the comic book. What a weird little kid ; )

TV > the current season of Battlebots wrapped up on Tuesday with the middle and heavy finals. Three cheers for Hazard and Biohazard! And on Survivor, Maraamu just doomed themselves by getting rid of the only guy in the entire tribe that had his act together. Beware, Gina! I hope they juggle the tribes ... or split them into 3, that would be interesting.

Next week is going to be a rough one. I volunteered to work 2 extra noc shifts, and then realized that's the week Becca's school has half-days for conferences. I should be real crabby round about next Friday. Ugh. But at least I will get overtime and next Sunday off out of the deal.

Christine - [christine@sabledrake.com]
Thursday, March 14, 2002 09:48:36 PM
IP: 67.226.90.227

Yes, this place was very slow today (the Station 8 comment room was too); I suppose that everybody's been a little too busy to post much lately. Maybe it'll pick up again in a couple of weeks or so.
Todd Jensen - [merlyn1@mindspring.com]
St. Louis, MO
Thursday, March 14, 2002 06:21:59 PM
IP: 63.183.39.228

Another day. Maybe my browser is being odd, but I only see a few posts over the day.

Jaden> I still have PT, unfortunately. I have to get a max on all events and taht requires 71 more points. A good improvement over what I got in basic, but still a good ways away. I also have no idea about my next assignment, either, so they may have differnet rules altogether.

Are you on profile for your neck and shoulder?

<<Humvees are fun to ride around in aren't they. >> To some extent, it's an experience for someone whjo neevr rode before.

Imzadi> <<She's alive. Probably playing with her new boy-toy.>> I doubt that with Daphne, but if she is, good for her.

<<They will NEVER let me be an admin. Because they don't trust me to avoid getting involved in the flame wars>> I'd want you and SJ as admins. The CR would become very interesting, then :)

<<Gee, imagine that. Slimeball.>> You of all people judging me. That's funny.

<<Perish the thought.>> No, the otehr Dilbert-wannabe named Patrick.

<<Wait till I set in. I am the king of jailbait jokes, as two of my best friends are totally into high schoolers.>> I get plenty of that kind of crap from my roomate though he is bitter form a marriage formed by the fact that he got a girl pregnant. If his wife wasn't pregnant, she'd have finished bootcamp and be grunting right now. He shares soem of your views on relationships, except he used to be an on-fire Assembly of God type, plus he has the most annoying accent, being form Alabama/Florida. I am so glad people in New Orleans sound more cosmopolitan. He's also one of those peopel with lots of common sense and little book smarts. He can be a decent fellow sometimes, but there are times I have an overwhelming desire to kill him.

<> Excuse me for forming an opinion about my chidlhood. I am not some homeschooling crusader, but I certainly don't have your intense dislike of it. I just don't believe in the one size fits all method of state sponsored education, especially when I intend to live in a city. I just don't intend to eliminate all options. There might even be a good public school where I live, but I have a lot of doubts.

<<Homosexuality?>> No, that's an Englsih trait. I was referring to the whole dynasty thing.
Green Baron - [greenbaron@hotmail.com]
Hanau
Thursday, March 14, 2002 01:37:35 PM
IP: 140.156.11.59

GAHHHH

WHAT A WEEK. Luckily, I have almost come out on top.. Siryn 1 RIT 0!!! Mwhahaha. Not to mention, I will have MORE than enough credits to graduate with, so all my saved money can go to animaton school! Gah.. but I feel like I've been running around alll day.

And I'm working too..notetaker for the deaf. Oh well, 6.35 to attend a class I need to take anyways..not a bad deal.

Lexy> ACK...I TOTALLY know where you are coming from. I have had roomates previously who won't tell me there is a problem etc. And of course it festers etc. (That's why I keep telling people, if they want to bitch about the gathering, bitch TO my face. Because if I don't know there is a problem, I can't fix it.) *HUGGLES* I think you all need to sit down. I don't think that you have the communication problem. They do. If your inlaws wanted you to come to dinner, they should have made mention of it. *hugs hugs hugsss*

PS. I sent you an email, haven't gotten word yet, if you would like me to call you friday or this saturday, give me a time and I'll be happy to discuss things with you. :) *HUGSSSSSSS* And don't worry about phone bills k? :)

Gathering announcement> Just so you all know, Yahoo groups will be down for this weekend, but will be back on Sunday. There WILL be a new update email sent out either Sunday or Monday. So, stay tuned! Information will include: Updated Gathering Schedule, Contest information, more reservation infomation, etc.
Siryn - [gatheringofgargoyles@yahoo.com]
Thursday, March 14, 2002 01:27:44 PM
IP: 129.21.153.76

Good god I'm tired. And I did so little today. I have no idea how that happened, but I'm crashing early tonight.

I skipped out of lab early because, well, it was boring and looked pretty simple. It still looks pretty simple. Maybe that will change when I start working on it. Or maybe I'll get lucky. Then the prof was pretty insistent that this weeks homework assignment would compensate for the ease of last weeks'...great, like I didn't already have enough to do next week. Since its the week before spring break, everyone and their dog thinks they're entitled to an assignment from me.

The lab had its entertaining side too, though. The prof demonstrated RISA-2D, a nifty program for structural engineers that basically takes all the work out of the problems. Very nice. Crappy interface, though, and only runs on windows. So my prof borrowed someone's PC (he normally uses a Titanium Powerbook), and fumbled and cursed his way through the presentation. He was insanely jealous that I was able to follow along on my iBook.

I keep offering him software, but he seems to have some sort of ethical bias against unbridled theft. Oh well, can't save everyone.

Shortly after I attended the first meeting of the newly-formed UCB-MUG, which was pretty sweet. The Apple campus reps gave a great presentation and talked about what the group was for, and the head of Berkeley Accounts was there to tell us about the sweet stuff she'd set up (trip to Apple Campus, speeches by the lead BSD programmers, etc).

At 7 I headed to the engineering library, where I worked on designing a freeway flyover with my transportation engineering lab group. Let me tell you something: that sucked. Design of freeways is very difficult because there are MANY right answers. One of our team is just gonna play around with autocad until all the lines match up and that will be our design. Somehow, I suspect that's how CALtrans does it. What was cool though is that Berkeley has set up a bunch of WLAN's around campus and I was able to log in and search the web for stuff that would help us design it.

For those who don't have it, you cannot possibly fathom the joy of wireless internet. For those who do...you know what I'm talking about.

So its 1030, I'm exhausted, yet I haven't accomplished anything.

If I can just live through the next 8 more days, I'll be on vacation.

Anyone know where I can score a copy of MechWarrior 2 for mac?

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Spacebabie: <>: I know my South Park. <<As long as your stereotyping yourself>>: Of course. <<It wouldn’t fit>>: The CR is infinite. <<There is a porno bar near the high tech area if your interested>>: Yes, thank you. <>: Why? She's 18, it was her decision. <<Maybe I should create a Niahmgold for the Guyz>>: Just one girl for the two of us? I don't think so. I'm not into sharing...cuz its gross.

Stephen: <<Print Version of AvMists>>: That's gonna be a PDF, right?

Winterwolf: <<I'm starting the joy of tax filing for me and some family>>: Which family member suckered you into that?

Trok: <>: No one knows anything and its never coming.

Green Baron: <<Now if only we could give Johnny Walker the same punishment for treason>>: Who says we can't? <<She's been absent as of late>>: She's alive. Probably playing with her new boy-toy. <<Perhaps this is typcial of someone with my Scottish blood and sense of history>>: Homosexuality? <<Make Imzadi one, too. Then you have the admins of amorality>>: They will NEVER let me be an admin. Because they don't trust me to avoid getting involved in the flame wars (even though once I was an admin I'd have the power to stop the flame wars, so I wouldn't need to flame). <<you're marrying the whole family>>: Why do you think I'm staying single forever? <<My mother has reservations about my beloved, because of her age>>: Gee, imagine that. Slimeball. <<he has made soem jailbait jokes about my relationship>>: Wait till I set in. I am the king of jailbait jokes, as two of my best friends are totally into high schoolers. <>: Perish the thought. <>: No, that's walking away. Its different. <>: I can't stress this enough to you, it seems: HOME SCHOOLING IS NOT A GOOD THING. <<There are some thinsg in life I can never comprehend>>: So true. <<probably caught some disease from having sex with his camel. I jsut used syphilus, becuase someone told me it was first contracted by people humping sheep>>: Ah, I get it now. <>: It is, believe me. <<one has an all you can eat lunch for $8.00>>: See now I don't trust that. I don't trust "all you can eat" sushi. Probably because all such experiences for me have sucked. <>: Its economics geared towards large-scale engineering projects. << Go for it. Have her move in with Josh and SJ :) Or have Sorow move in with them>>: Now THAT is a party! <<put ticking boxes in front of any homes where Englishmen live>>: I'm sure they'll see the humor in that.

Fire Storm: <>: You aren't even sure if *you* want to work there. <<The place sucks>>: You haven't seen anything yet. <<the Darwin award for March goes to>>: A dead guy, usually. <<they want to be near you>>: Doesn't everyone? <<A pay-per-view event if I ever heard of one!>>: Much better than watching criminals fight each other. <>: Don't make me he-bitch-man-slap you. <<Check out the GNC page>>: Which is...? <>: It won't happen. <<How dare you call a GAteway a computer!>>: Wait, who said it was a computer?! <<no difference what so ever>>: Um, dude..."her" pleasure. <<it will be made out of .25 inch plastic>>: I fail to see how a mouse could be out out of .25 inch plastic. <>: You idiot! Thats...kindling.

Gside: <>: Do not. <<How about me. Nothing left to do, and no classes Friday>>: I hate you too. <<We Want Jack Daniels>>: No we don't. That stuff is awful. <>: Hmmm...doesn't ring a bell. <<To save time with the commands you know>>: The only thing that saves me time with is rm'ing ;-) <<What about automatic rotation and swirling "pleasure beads"?>>: You can get those on condoms?!

Jaden: <<Isn't that wonderful?>>: Uh, no.

DPH: <>: Good plan. <<the occasional troll>>: They usually leave quickly. <<That's the first time I had heard Voyager praised>>: It's all relative. Even Speed 2 was good compared to SOMETHING. <<An amoral admin wouldn't let little things like friendships get in the way of bannign people>>: No, they wouldn't. <<are you saying that having an amoral admin is disadvantageous?>>: Not at all. In fact, I prefer having amoral admins because they don't act stupidly. <<Solar-paneled roof could cut some costs>>: Solar power is inefficient right now. <<I'm an endangered species in the CR>>: Very true.

Alright folks I'm exhausted. Time to crash. 8 more days. 8 more days. 8 more days...

I suspect all fortran programs look like 'firsts'.
- Olaf Kirch

Josh "Imzadi" Wurzel - [@kicktothenuts.com]
Berkeley, CA, US of A
Thursday, March 14, 2002 01:53:09 AM
IP: 64.160.47.135

Imzadi - <Suck up> I would rather hedge my bets than take chances. <With me at G2k3, who the hell needs to be a policed in here?> the occasional troll. <Voyager. By a LOT.> Hmm. That's the first time I had heard Voyager praised. Are you sure? An amoral admin wouldn't let little things like friendships get in the way of bannign people. Or are you saying that having an amoral admin is disadvantageous? <But it would probably have to give money to airports, and refueling is expensive.> Hmm. Solar-paneled roof could cut some costs. Given costs of renting in NYC, it must actually break in. Think about the advantages. <What did Jesus Christ do to you?> 'JC' asked about when Timedancer season 4 would premiere. Note: I didn't pull the trigger.

Green Baron- Then, I'm an endangered species in the CR.

Here's a nice bit of trivia: Everybody knows I have cats, right? Ok, I have never assigned them names yet and there is no need to.

FYI: Spring 2002 starts on March 20, 2002 and continues until June 20, 2002.
DPH
AR, USA
Thursday, March 14, 2002 12:15:17 AM
IP: 204.94.193.79

Guess what? It turns out that I have nerve damage in my neck and shoulder. Isn't that wonderful? But I did get A's in both my classes so I'm happy. Anyone else having a great week?

Imzadi- No, that just what I call the big piece of junk I work on.

Green Baron- Welcome Back! No PT formations!? EVER!? I'm so jealous I don't think I can even put it into words. I just had a PT test and I managed to MAX my push-ups not I just have to work on my run and sit-ups. But I the best I would get is one day a week of doing pt solo. Humvees are fun to ride around in aren't they.

Aaron<ask if refills are free> in someplace in CA they just shoot you as a mercy killing. :P

Well I'm going to sleep.
Later.
Jaden - [jaden1444@aol.com]
Wednesday, March 13, 2002 11:21:11 PM
IP: 172.192.3.99

Mooncat> <<Cat of the Moon is the same thing for me, Mooncat>>: I know that, I just didn't separate my comments.
<<Tsuki no Usagi = Moon of Rabbit>>: But still, if you're going to translate instead of translterate/metaphrase/whatever the right word it, you need to adjust for Japanese putting their heads in the opposite direction from English. So their of is backwards, with the modified noun coming at the end. It's the same reason verbs come at the end. I think.

Imzadi> <<Is that a euphamism?>>: It might be something like sweater puppies.
<<For the record: I hate you>>: How about me. Nothing left to do, and no classes Friday.
<<What Would Josh Do?>>: We Want Jack Daniels.
<<Or just a lot of pictures of computers and women in bras>>: I seem to remember a lot of short lines of letters.
<<I'm talking about THE murphy>>: But Sannuti is channeling that aspect of Murphy.
<<Why would I use the command prompt?>>: To save time with the commands you know.

Fire Storm> <<Studded, with Spirals, ribbed... no difference what so ever>>: What about automatic rotation and swirling "pleasure beads"?
<<Watch it ooze and eat a kitten!>>: I also liked the water balloon incident.
<<Yeah, but I always figured that all that paper was just garbage>>: Of course. Humanities majors, remember?

And the new mp3 is a rather odd Japanese/English rap. I Have Sherbet from Sorceror Hunters.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@eden.rutgers.edu]
Piscatway, NJ
Wednesday, March 13, 2002 10:25:57 PM
IP: 198.151.130.133

Coyote: <LM: Uhmm ... are you sure you *really* want to work for FS' employer?>
I am not sure *I* want her to work there. The place sucks!
BUT they hire a lot of people and aren't picky.

Jan: <which included a newspaper from the Eastern Star and the address label said, "treasurer".>
And the Darwin award for March goes to...

Imzadi: <My parents got me a couple of them...so I'd have one when I lost the first ;-) They keep turning up though after I think I've lost them. Very weird>
For some reason, they want to be near you.
Go fig.
<where do you buy a plasma cutter?>
Well, I am not home, so I can't reccomend the usual welding sites I go to, BUT there are people on eBay selling them and I am sure there are a few local places near you that have them.
Hell, even the Sears catalog has one or two!
<Agreed. And entertaining>
A pay-per-view event if I ever heard of one!
<Or, I could do it>
Hmm... I was thinking of a REAL leader, but I suppose you may do...
for now.
<Ack! Where can I get it?>
Check out the GNC page.
<You hippies, always worrying>
I am worried we won't take them out before they can use their nukes!
<No, its a computer. That's like calling a Gateway a cow>
How dare you call a GAteway a computer!
<Oh, like that's ever been a criterion for punishment before>
True. If it was based on what they deserve, polititions would have their hands chopped off for stealing from the people and drug dealers would be able to open retail.
<LOL.>
Studded, with Spirals, ribbed... no difference what so ever.
<They do rock. Of course, it will be a cold day in hell before Apple ships one>
And if they do, it will be made out of .25 inch plastic.

Spacebabie: <Let me guess Anubis and Sehkmet?>
Nope. Two gods that wern't even in Gargoyles.
I forget their names, though.
Well... at least mine.

Gside: <Choo-Choo Bear? The boneless wonder?>
The one and only! Watch it ooze and eat a kitten!
<All I know is I have to filp past a whole bunch of pages to get to them, so I'd assume they have something written on them.>
Yeah, but I always figured that all that paper was just garbage.
<Some people can. And then there is the collection mentality.>
Scary.
<Have you chmoded yet?>
Daily.

***BUFFY SPOILERS!***

Spacebabie: <Whoa! Head trip.>
No kidding! Talk about Outer Limits!

***END BUFFY!***
Fire Storm
Wednesday, March 13, 2002 07:09:14 PM
IP: 208.143.21.10

::Dis-Connect is chained to a wooden stake and a dozen soldiers have aimed their rifles at him. Meanwhile a grim NCO with the diamond patch of the Finance Corps reads from a set of orders.

"Attention to Orders. Mr. Dis Connect has often plagued us through teh civillian world and killing him has relieved a littel of our attention, but today he has gone beyond his normal level of troubel making. The internet systems for HHD/A 39th Finance Battlaion in Hanau, Germany was down for a godo portion of the morning and while it proved annoying to the Finance soldiers, he has affected their mission to pay the soldiers in the Hanau area. For his cirmes, he has been found guilty of high treason and is to be executed repeatedly. The soldiers fire theri M16 rifles until their cartridges are empty. They then don bayonets and repeatedly stab DC until he has run out of blood.::

Gruesome and harsh, but he had it coming. DisConnect should know better than to mess with the Finance Corps. Now if only we could give Johnny Walker the same punishment for treason.

Spike> You do have the ability to lift spirits.

DPH> <<I'll stick with being one of the resident moralists in the CR.>> I think you're it. The only other really moral person in the CR is Daphne and she doesn't really discuss it much in a public forum. She's been absent as of late. I hope she got my last e-mail.

<<Let's see. Next time you had back to the continental US, you can easily make 20 grand.>> Probably so. The rugs appreciates in value, though I want to hold onto them. These rugs are double knotted as opposed tos ingle knotted persian rugs (which are better known) so they should still be in good shape long after I'm dead.

<<My only brother doesn't have children of his own.>> But out of all of Harry Douglas's Forsyth great great grandchildren, there are three males. Two are in theirs 30s and I think they're both gay, so I am the last of my branch of Clan Forsyth in the US. I have no idea about fourth cousins (Forsyths) who are probably in London. I also would like a dynasty. Perhaps this is typcial of someone with my Scottish blood and sense of history.

<<There are some advantages to having an amoral admin.>> Make Imzadi one, too. Then you have the admins of amorality.

Lexy> Poor dear. Well, it si betetr you larn of this now instead of after the wedding since my Investments Professor told us that marriage is an investment and you're marrying the whole family. Have you taken the pre-Cana courses yet? I am certain you and Kaioto will bear with thase problems and they will love you, even if you were riased differently. My mother has reservations about my beloved, because of her age, but she has decided that if we do marry, she will accept her into her family and offer plenty of moral, spiritual, and financial help. My aftehr has simply decided to keep an open mind and wait to meet her. Dr. Barnes (who is very much a second father to me) is happy for me, though he has made soem jailbait jokes about my relationship and my beloevd will get him back :) Beisdes, they have to find it a plus that you're Italian.

Mooncat> ::hugs:: NO matter hwo much I ahve coem to accept death in my family, its till stings. I ahve lost my grandparents and an Uncle. My godfather is probably next because he is in poor health and does little to take care of himself. My father has had oen heart attack and he will live longerthan his father because of the advances in technology and his blockage was removed, while his father's wasn't.

My father and his father were never close. My father was rebellious and athletic. His father wanted a scholar. My grandftaher was very bright and was an honors student at Tulane and UVA. He was a schoalr of Latina nd Greek,a s well as French and taught English at the Saubornne in teh 1930s. However he was unprepared for raising my father and was disapointed in my father's academic performance, especially since my father had the brains, but wouldn't apply himself. In one summer, my father received an eighth grade education so he could go to Blue Ridge Prep. My father left those lessons crying every night, because of how harsh his father was in the high intensity learning. sadly, tehy neevr really understood each other and never got along too well. In 1972, my grandfather died, and my fatehr told me of how he just went numb. My father's biggest regret was that he never had that many good times with his father and later pushed him out of his life, but at the age of 26, he had no more father. With raising me, he had a reverse of teh situation he was raised with. My fatehr wanted a more athletic child, prehaps one more rebellious. Instead he got a child who was schoalrly, bookish, and very conservative (and this is not just about politics). He teased me about taking latin in HS instead of Spanish, and while he quit pressing the issue, he would have wanted me to be more athletic. He was not prefect and for most of my life was an alchoholic,a nd I despised him for it. After my sophomroe year of College, I cut him out of my life completely for two years, and one day I decided to give him a second chance, so I e-mailed him. He wanted to see me, so luckily he only lived a mile away. I visited him and told him about my palns to join the Army, plus about College an dtaht I had one last semester. He told me that he wished he went to College and he wished he majored in Finance like I did. He todl me he was proud of me for going to College and for majoring in Business, and he said he wished his father met me, for he would be proud of me, too. A few weeks later, my mother aksed me to move in with my father and even tried to throw soem obstacles in the path, like wanting me to leave immediately. Her hoep was that I woudl spend part of my investments on a place to stay for a week and on the dorms in College. My father offered me one of his two guestrooms and I was much happier to be with him. For a while, I let loose my negative feelings about my own mother and even palnned not to write her in basic, but I eventually began to soften towards her realizing I cna get along with her if I see her on occassion, plus whenever I visited her, I got to see and be with Attila. Granted I don't think my motehr wanted me to leave. She wnated me to beg her to let me stay and then let her tighten her leash on me, but she felt that I was divorcing her when I move din with my father. My sister considered me opportunistic for moving in with my fatehr, especially since it improved my lifestyle a lot,a nd I coudl walk to Blockbusters at 9pm without my mother going frantic.

I really regret the time I closed my father out of my life and I am glad I did recant, before it was too late. I don't knwo exactly how you feel about your father, but my motehr would. She feels a great deal of loss over her father's death and never felt that close to anyone, except for her closest brother who died twelve years ago. I wish there was some way you two could start talking. It may help both of you, though she is probably closer to your mother's age (she's 56), but at least you two have both lost a father.

<<I miss him so much, sometimes it feels like a fist crushing my heart. I should have had decades more time to spend with him. He was only 54 when he died. Now all I have left are the memories of the stories he told me about his life growing up.>> My mother was more fortunate. Her father was 90 when he died, but it mentally cruched my mother so much. All she had left were two brothers who she was never to close to (especially one hwo has closed everyone form his life) and a son who was never very loving or very compassionate. Your loss is more tragic by far. I know you're not one to give out much information about your life to someone youd on't knwo, but if you wnat to e-mail my mother, youc an e-mail me. My motehr is not on-line too often, but she needs more friends and teh few she ahs are all RL ones.

<<If you are ever in my neck of the woods, you are welcome to stop by and play with my kittens.>> Thanks. I'll letyou knwo if I wind up around the midwest so you can let me know where you are. I have definite cat withdrawal symptoms rightnow and I'd love to hold and noozle a purring kitten right now, or even to have a cat walk by and moon me, like Attila always did. I don't knwo when I'll be in Kansas next, but I hope its not becuase I have to spend a few years in Leavanworth :)

I think you'll make a great parenst if you do have kids, since you'd pour your heart into it,a nd if you do decide to get amrried and have a litter, I know a certain Dilbert-wannabe who would gladly help you out :)

<<Anyhoo, Cat of the Moon works out so much better than "the kitty who is mooning you" as one silly friend once came up with. *^_~*>> Well, I know a few cats who greet people by mooning them.

Christine> <> Becca must have a good tolerance for scary stuff. Crzy told me about how she saw the Exorcist at 8 and it still freaks her out. Well, Creepshow is funnier than The Exorcist, but all the Exorcist parodies were amusing.

IMPFAC> <<He’s sort of evolved into a quasi-legend to me. Even though I never got close to him, I still admire him deeply. He was a stoic, conservative WWII veteran who did his duty quietly and asked little in return. All I have left of him are scant memories and the crisply folded flag from his funeral.>> I can imagine he was pretty heroic. It si hard to imagine how heroic people were back then. If I see you flying that flag, I'll proudly salute the flaga nd your grandfather's memory. I made a donation to the WWII Memorial and I put ins oem infromation about my father's father who was an Army AirCorps Captain in the South Pacific and Air Raid Warden before he volunteered. My motehr's afther was Chief of Intenral Security for the Attorney General from 59 until the 70s and helped to fight domestic enemies especially Communsim at home (real threats, like Patty Hearst's crew), plsu he was an FBI agent in the 30s. I guess taht si part of what made me decide to join the Army or any branch for that matter. I guess I wanted to be a little bit more like my grandfather's generation.

Imzadi> <<Um, alright. That sounds kind of lame to me. What is better than happiness?>> Well, it's different when my mother decided what my idea of happiness was and over-reacted when I wasn't happy. I was a child and childhood is miserable. I hated school and being mocked by other kids. I woudln't her to teach me just by herself, but she was hell- bent on my socialization. I didn't smile regularly until HS and then she was upset that I spent more time at school than home. My motehr meant well, but she was foolish in her decisions. She should have left it up to me to be happy or not, and concerned herself with stuff she could control. If my mother wanted me to be happy, she coudl ahve given me more order and direction and helped me achieve independence. Instead she wouldn't let me use mass transit at night, because of her smothering isntinct and closet racism. I never felt as free as I did when I had a monthly RTA pass and could travel anywhere in the city,a nd she should have encourasged me to use it isntead of being all worried about me going anywhere on it at night. She hsoudl have shown me how to use the bus to the airport insetad of making me take a taxi and waste all that money. Our views of happiness are often subjective and if we want a child to be happy, let them discover it themselves, insetad of imposing your view on them.

<<Then why is Jerry Falwell still around?>> Beacuse he balances out Alan Dershowitz :)

<<The IRS would argue with you.>> It's not money or taxes that matter in thsi case. It's all pov. I never lived in a house less than a hundred years old. I woudl probably be uncomfortable living in a one story house, too.

<<Its a really expensive designer brand of clothing for women. and when I say really expensive, I mean REALLY expensive. Like $400 wallets.>> There are some thinsg in life I can never comprehend. Oh well, good thing we're all different. I'd love to sell that stuff, though.

<<Huh?>> I'm just saying that anyone who considers September 11 a Zionist plot has probably caught some disease from having sex with his camel. I jsut used syphilus, becuase someone told me it was first contracted by people humping sheep.

<<Or hell, north hollywood.>> I heard it was a dump, but I didn't know it was that bad.

<> I agree. There are two sushi buffets back home and one has an all you can eat lunch for $8.00. Its perfect to load up on sushi especially eel sushi.

<> I loved Economics class. I never heard of Engineering Economics, but I once took a Economicsan dteh Media and I got an A on a paper about the smurfs being Communists.

Spacebabie> <<C’mon now that is way too cruel.>> This is Attila. I loved my little baby, but he was a venegful mean spirited little bastard.

<<Maybe I should create a Niahmgold for the Guyz>> Go for it. Have her move in with Josh and SJ :) Or have Sorow move in with them.

Don't forget to go to Bennigans for St. Patrick's day and put ticking boxes in front of any homes where Englishmen live :)
Green Baron - [greenbaron@hotmail.com]
Hanau, Germany
Wednesday, March 13, 2002 03:02:37 PM
IP: 140.156.11.59

Hi you all! I'm a TGS (gargoyles) fan and I'm reading TGS. I've almost finished Season3 (gargoyles) and I would like to know if Season4 is coming soon, or if someone knows anything about it. I'm really addicted and I can hardly wait to read more. I need Season4!!!
trok
Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
Wednesday, March 13, 2002 02:11:28 PM
IP: 130.206.168.226

Hi everyone. Sorry, still no real post, no time. Just a warning...

*****WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!*****

Due to repeated and unexplained failures of my previous email server, I am now switching to a new address. The old address will be still active for a few weeks, but the new one will be the one I will actually use from now on. The new address is:

shdwrdr@tiscali.it

Furthermore, I am quite sure there are some emails that have been sent to me and have not arrived...I don't know who actually sent them, so if anyone emailed me in the last four-five days, please resend it, cause it didn't do it.

****END WARNING****

Ok, that's all. Thanks for the audience, real post in a couple days I hope.
See everyone!

Shadowrider - [shdwrdr@tiscali.it]
Wednesday, March 13, 2002 01:58:25 PM
IP: 62.11.60.68

**Winterwolf walks into the CR**

Hi. I'm starting the joy of tax filing for me and some family after this post. Blah.

Jan> <Fried Snickers> I've heard about deep fried chocolate stuff like that though I haven't seen or gone looking for it. Sounds like a good thing to pass on. ;)

Josh> <Listen to me, I'm such a nerd> Duh! ;P

Revel> O.o Interesting... Now the real question is which one is better between those three. :)

Lexy> I can empathize with you on the communication issue. Both sides need to find a compromise with each other before someone is driven crazy. You're right about communication. If they have a problem with some ways that you conduct yourself they need to find some constructive (preferably nonnegative) way of telling you.

Dreamie> I love you!

Well time to get back to surfing. Bye bye everybody.

**Winterwolf scampers off**

Winterwolf
Seattle, WA
Wednesday, March 13, 2002 01:26:05 PM
IP: 12.231.21.141

Because I have to say it.

Christine- You never met my mother, I think she still olds the title for wierdest mother.

Spacebabie-sorry, memory is failing, almost break ];)
Revel
Wednesday, March 13, 2002 01:18:33 PM
IP: 129.120.230.108

Greetings all...

Just popping in with a little reminder: Avalon Mists may have just posted, but you can get a jump on things and send in your submissions well before the May 27th Deadline!

We're expecting big things ahead for the new issue, and aside from the usual Art and Fiction Challenges, featured stories, Character Spotlights and other stuff, we've got two great suprises in store for the fans. One of course is the planned Print Version of AvMists, which will be avalible for download and printout directly from the AvMists site. The second surprise is AvMists will be home to an ongoing Gargoyles-related fiction series... one that will be a great suppliment for all of our fans, but we can't reveal the content yet! Watch this space for future details!

You can send your submission to ssobotka33616@yahoo.com, or contact me to query for snail mail (if you don't have a scanner) at the same address.

Looking forward to seeing all the great submissions! Maintain and Check Six!

Stephen R. Sobotka Jr.
Editor-in-Chief, Avalon Mists 2002

Stephen R. Sobotka Jr. - [ssobotka33616@yahoo.com]
Tampa, FL, USA
Wednesday, March 13, 2002 12:39:31 PM
IP: 65.35.135.128

Mom and I paid tribute to our Irish ancestors and went to Bennigan’s last night. I had a Bailey colada Slainte! Bennigans is also the original home of the Death by Chocolate.

Buffy Spoilers………………………………......................................................................
Whoa! Head trip. Talk about a new way of that old proverb “Am I man dreaming I’m a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming I’m a man.” I doubt the psycho Buffy is real though, that alternative thing has been done before. Although that was creepy with Buffy trying to kill Dawn and her friends. The doctor did voice the thoughts of us fans about battling demons and gods and now she is dealing with nerds that have high tech friends.

Green Baron<<<He won't be pleased. >>> I figured.<<<He'll do something awful like have SJ in a sandwich between Hillary Clinton and Janet Reno >>> C’mon now that is way too cruel.

Revel<<<can tell the difference between a Dodge, Chevy, and Ford Diesel just from the way they sound.>>>Cool talent, but can you tell the color? Uh You messed up your quote there.

Josh<<<CARPET! Licking this CARPET for hours.>>>I knew you’d be there to help out in a pinch.<<<greedy jew who's good with money...who'd have thought? >>>As long as your stereotyping yourself.<<<That's not atmosphere. Where's the strip club?>>> It wouldn’t fit. There is a porno bar near the high tech area if your interested.<<<That girl isn't even that hot. >>>I wanted to use Smackers on that girl and her parents.

DPH<<>>My brother has already put himself in the game. Maybe I should create a Niahmgold for the Guyz

Christine<<<Creepshow is on and I'm taping it for Becca>>>Nah your not weird. I saw that when I was Becca’s age, I also saw Poltergeist did not faze me, I was also around Becca’s age when I saw E.T in theaters…thinking about taking her for the anniversary?
Spacebabie - [LadyAndromeda@smstars.zzn.com]
Orlando, Fl, U.S.A
Wednesday, March 13, 2002 12:07:40 PM
IP: 64.159.110.226

I kicked major butt on my engineering economics midterm today. A greedy jew who's good with money...who'd have thought?

So my day was over at 1230 and I've had very little to do. In other words: bored out of my gourd.

9 more days till break.

And I was actually able to dig up a copy of MechWarrior 2 for mac...the game that made me switch to the platform in the first place.

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Mooncat: <<They sliced it thinner than in than my fave restaurants, so I think for amount of Tako>>: Cheapskates. <<it makes it stretch farther>>: Yeah, but all that's different is the amount of rice you're eating. And rice is essentially free. <<Unagi (eel)>>: I *love* sea eel. <<things like lobster, etc get shipped live.>>: yeah but the fish don't. <<like a mainline of pure pleasure straight to the brain>>: I'm not a big fan of spicy lobster cone rolls...but most sushi restaurants make a killer dynamite. <<Got to love modern tech that brings you fresh produce from anywhere in the world right to your local grocer>>: You mean...airplanes? <<Once they get the mouthful swallowed, they forget they just had somethng nasty tasting, and immediately start purring and being playing on your lap>>: I'm not gonna say a word. <<must go to sleep before I pass out on the computer>>: You could wake up with qwertyitis. <<you are welcome to stop by and play with my kittens>>: Is that a euphamism? <>: I agree. Which is why I'm never having them ;-)

Patrick: <<It's is NOT dirt, it's SOIL!>>: My geotech professor says "the difference between dirt and soil is $100 bucks an hour". <<especially when it's being served at a "fast food" type place.>>: I just never trust sushi that's below a certain price. Its never as good.

Spacebabie: <<Now for some atmosphere>>&