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Green Baron: Nope. I live in Fredericksburg, which is about 50 minutes to an hour from Falls Church. I actually had one guy at the concert complement my dedication, driving an hour what with gas prices being what they are. They're not serious yet, though. Regular's still only 2.59.

Cat: I just checked Mapquest, and it's about ten minutes from my house. I might just trek out there in the near future for the hell of it (the name sounds intriguing).
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@gmail.com]
Monday, September 26, 2005 10:17:42 AM
IP: 69.174.1.148

Harvester > Just give me an address - 2852 Jefferson Davis Hwy
By the way, does this place have a website? - try this: http://simplyfredericksburg.com/shopping/aquiatownecenter.shtml
Mecord's Cat
Monday, September 26, 2005 12:51:56 AM
IP: 70.56.98.173

One other thing.

HoE> So you're from Falls Church....If I didn't know better, I'd think you were Sevarius, JR., but he was before your time, and I have no idea if SJ is there anymore, as he finished law school and is now an attorney in the DC/Virginia area repaying his student loans no doubt, but that is a funny coincidence.
Green Baron - [greenbaron@hotmail.com]
FT Hood, TX
Sunday, September 25, 2005 12:52:57 PM
IP: 24.153.237.240

Greetings to all. I am now out of Broward County and I have an announcement that Ihave made on livejournal. I re-enlisted in the Army and am now at Ft Hood, TX, 90 minutes from Austin. I don't know my new unit yet, but at least I have a job and a purpose.
Green Baron - [greenbaron@hotmail.com]
FT Hood, TX
Sunday, September 25, 2005 12:49:27 PM
IP: 24.153.237.240

HOE - Sears Siding initiated the call. Since I was renting, I figured a dead call was not making him any money (Some callers are on the if I don't sell, I don't get paid route.) He was just plain rude. Most of my caller experience was for political polls, hospital surveys, get out the vote, and in one case, calling UNM Law School Alumni for fund support for the law school. The work was interesting and except for one lady I got a couple of time who had real hissy fits about being called and never asked to be taken off the list (I did take her off as a favor to her.), most of the people were ok. I will help with polls because I was on the other end and know just how hard it is to get someone to ask questions to. I hang up on any recorded solicitations, if they won't take the time to be told I'm not interested in person, I'm not interested in any thing the recording has to say.

It really takes a lot to set me off. I rarely have a problem with anything except plain rude behavior. I personally spell stupid D.O.E. Most people are their own worst enemy and tend to shoot themselves in the foot or the mouth.

I'm recovering from a one day Super Saturday Sale. One lady purchased 150 yards of muslin with the sale coupon, she was in the other day and got 50 yards. It has something to do with her business. Thankfully the bolts were sealed and didn't have to be measured. One day sales are brutal. I have to go in at 10:30 but the day should be quiet. They usually are after a feeding frienze.

Have a quiet Sunday world.

Starsinger
Sunday, September 25, 2005 10:21:08 AM
IP: 209.240.205.61

Cat: Just give me an address, and I'll go to Mapquest and see if I can't find an excuse to pass it sometime. By the way, does this place have a website?


Starsinger: First off, I'd just like to clarify that we aren't telemarketers or soliciters because we're not selling or advertising anything. We're trying to help the American Public by collecting their opinions on social, political, and economic issues and then making that information public domain in statistical format (those little news blurbs you see on CNN that say things like x% of Americans disapprove of George Bush overall). Of course, that's just one of the more common uses. The information is available for whoever wants to see it. One of our common clients is the Pew Research Center. The link in my name can tell you more. That little statistic on the right about Hurricane Katrina? That's one of the results of a two-day survey we did at the beginning of the month. I enjoyed that one a great deal, because it got me out of dialing this survey that I have been doing for a while and don't like. But I'm digressing.

Secondly, please tell me a little more about this Sears Siding call you got. Did you call him or the other way around? And why would he start mocking you if you rented your apartment? I'm just a little confused as to the logic behind this young man's actions. I say this because I myself am never rude to someone unless they're rude to me first, and also, my response would actually be something a bit more multisyllabic than "nyah nyah." Anyway, you did raise an excellent point about how we're the ones calling them. If a respondent tells us they're busy, ideally what we should do is schedule a callback. But most of our supervisors frown upon this, and actually want us to try to keep the person on the phone. Me, I'm not like that because I understand when people are busy, so I usually just ask when the best time is to call back. That's another reason they might fire me in the near future, but I don't care. If someone tells me they're fixing dinner, they can go ahead and fix dinner. Golden Rule of Life: don't ever come between an animal and food (and I don't mean this remark to be racist. We're all animals). The problem I have is that I'm making an attempt to be polite, and at least explain to some of these people what it is we do just so they're not confusing us with telemarketers. I don't WANT to do anything like what I did to that gentleman a few nights ago, but some of these people just bring it upon themselves. If I'm not shouting at you, then I don't want you raising your voice at me. Frankly, I think it's a no-win situation. If I try to be polite to these people, they'll just take it as an invitation to step on me (and subconsciously I'll be giving them the message that they can get away with being rude to people), so I figure I might as well have a little fun with them. The only way we're going to cure this rampant infection in our society is by fighting fire with fire, and start making examples of these people. I've made my bed, and I'm prepared to accept the consequences. One of the reasons I've stayed at that job anyway is because the people I work for are idealists, and idealism is one of the few things in this universe that never loses its amusement value.

You might find this hard to believe, but I'm actually quite a tolerant person. I only tolerate the things that should be tolerated, such as race or orientation. And I'm actually one of the nicest people I know, but the problem is I resent this about myself because in my life, I feel it's been more of a hindrance than an asset. Ah, well. I've got ten fingers and both eyes and ears. All's well.


Patrick: I got an e-mail from amazon.com the other day, and figured I'd pass this along. You probably already knew this, but it looks like they just put out a 3 CD Genesis compilation. I originally was not going to buy it (since I own a lot of the studio albums anyway), until I read that a lot of the tracks have been remastered, particularly the 70s material (which despite the remastered CDs, still needed more remastering anyway). So I might just have to pick that up now and hear what they sound like, to see it they fixed a few of the issues some of the 70s songs had. "The Musical Box" is one of the most orgasmic pieces of music I've ever heard, but even on the CD I have, Gabriel's vocal track is all but buried by Banks and Hackett at the end. Shame they didn't put "One For the Vine" on there. With just a little more push from the right engineer, that song would be perfect.
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@gmail.com]
Sunday, September 25, 2005 12:32:50 AM
IP: 69.174.1.148

Hey Harvester,

If you ever get the chance to go through the Aquia Town Center in Stafford, take a picture of Gargoyles Coffee Shop for me, would you?

And both sides of telemarketing suck.
Mecord's Cat - [piseag2048 at lycos.com]
Saturday, September 24, 2005 09:53:40 PM
IP: 70.56.98.173

You've been reading my profile, my dear. I am indeed the intruder (and quite happy in the dark).

Anyway, those are all good points. Makes me feel sad that I have to shoot each one of them down, but fortunately, I don't have the capacity to do that right this minute. Just got home from Falls Church and wanted to stick my head in here to say that despite the fact that the sound engineer couldn't seem to properly adjust the levels on Eric Bloom's mike, Blue Oyster Cult freaking rocked. More to say tomorrow, but right now I'm hungry and tired. I just wanna drink a soft taco, eat my sheets and then slip between my beers. Or something along those lines.
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@gmail.com]
Dominance, Submission, Radios Appear
Saturday, September 24, 2005 01:00:48 AM
IP: 69.174.1.148

HOE - having been on both sides of the telephoning bit, I can say I think you were trying to get on the bad side of these people. The only time I ever was angry enough to call and complain about a telephone solicitor was Sear Siding. The young man when informed by me that I was renting the apt started to mock me. Nyah nyah nyah and hanging up was not user friendly nor business like. The other time was our local newspaper. Three calls in two days was two too many. You have to look at it from their viewpoint. I hate being interupted when I'm doing things. Sometimes I on close numbers getting out the door. I really hate people who don't take NO or are less then business like in their dealings with me. After all you made the call and are the intruder into their home and their time.


Starsinger
Friday, September 23, 2005 02:32:41 PM
IP: 209.240.205.61

DPH: *pats on back* hang in there man. you're almost done. just keep repeating that to yourself. wish ya the best.


now, does anyone want to help me go to the parking lot of my apt. to move/vandalize the stupid car that parked RIGHT BEHIND MINE, perpendicularly? yeah. i called the office, i hope they get towed. that is sooo not a parking space, and there are like five good ones available. damn them *walks off to bed, growling about stupid hoosiers*
Dezi
Friday, September 23, 2005 02:40:44 AM
IP: 68.54.214.198

Normally, I don't attach an image to my post unless I'm convinced it's going to be a long post, so read between the lines.

**Warning: incoming rant**

I'm stressed out. This whole college semester just plain sucks. So far it's been all downhill. When in heck do I reach the bottom so that things have to get better?

What exactly am I complaining it? Let's start with a recap, leading to present day events.

At the beginning of the semester, I couldn't attend the semester because of bad grades and ignored mail. Next day, I find out I can attend, but I have to follow rules and my schedule got completed overhauled. That was week 1. Week 2 started with me buying books, then realizing I had to revise my overhauled schedule. Joy. Plus returning a book that I didn't need resulting in me waiting in line for an hour. [All that goes to show my basic theory that I shouldn't buy my books until after I attended every class.] That was a minor inconvience. I had to upgrade my pc from windows:me to windows:xp to do homework at home. Still recovering from that because I don't have sound working and the easiest solution is to buy a new sound card. (already have problems with my current speakers) Week 3, stressor shows up again. I start attending mandatory weekly meetings as a condition of my being able to attend this semester. I have to start using my campus email system despite the fact that it's a spammer's paradise. I had to go to the campus computer help desk to get my campus email situation straightened out. This week: yesterday, after taking my shower, some of my shower tiles decided to fall out. So I had to scrape the wall to get it leveled off as best I can before I put new tiles up. I managed to put 10 new tiles up, but I still got a bunch to go. today, I'm getting frustrated with one of my classes that has a weekly group assignment due because I'm doing most of the work and there is no single time that my entire group can meet as a whole. I'm sick of it

**end rant**

The only good thing I have going is I got a new academic advisor who promised to help me work out what classes I still have left to take before I graduate. Why is that such a big deal? I'm down to 5-6 classes left, I think, and I can't plan my Spring semester with any degree of certainity without knowing which classes I have left to take because I'm 1-2 semesters away from graduation.

Rightsider - the cr can't be purified. The illogical and unpredictable have permant dwellings here. *Lights up one of the many incredibly dark corners in the cr* See all the ash. That's remnants of the various flame wars. The ash will always be hear as long as there are unresolved hurt feelings.

I remember the "good old days" when there was rp in the cr. I wish we could restart the rp.

Spen - <This could be just my computer, but the "Future Tense" version of the Timedancer theme does not load correctly.> The current disassembler of the tgs website has contacted me to ask you what's the operating system you are using to try to download the timedancer theme song.
dph
ar, usa
Thursday, September 22, 2005 11:02:30 PM
IP: 63.232.223.35

*enters with Dr. Sevarius in tow. After shooting several zombies through the head with his trusty magnum, Harvester helps Sevarius load Seven's body onto some strange floating bed. Sevarius exits with the body while Harvester stays to talk*

And I just keep on getting into trouble. Well, maybe. I think the polling center might finally have the excuse to fire me that they've been looking for. I pissed two people off royally in the span of half an hour. The first lady interrupted me when I was trying to explain what we were doing. Then she asked that we never call again. What follows is the exchange I had with her.

Me: "So you're saying you don't care about helping to improve life in America?"
Model Citizen: "Yep, I don't give a damn."
Me: "Well, aren't you a model human being?"

And decorum prevents me from repeating what she said next, but she didn't seem too happy. I don't know why she was so upset. I was complementing her, because what I said was true. Helping strangers is contradictory to our nature. So she's a slave to her DNA. Always something to be proud of.

The second guy was sort of my fault. I kept goading him, even though he kept shouting at me to take his number off the list. Finally, he threatened to call the Attorney General, at which point I burst out laughing, told him I was absolutely terrified, and hung up on him. So I won't be surprised if they send me home tomorrow. At least I'm 80 percent positive that I'll have something with benefits to fall back on in the near future, if it comes to that.

Christine: I was referring to something I did the previous week, something I'm still attempting to rectify this week. But it looks like I just threw some gas on the fire instead. I'm working on it, though.

RightSider: Perhaps the book can tell us what to do. If only I hadn't dropped it the other day. So I'm sure the legions of hellspawn have it now.

*watches with dismay as an immense, winged demon of shadow and flame armed with a sword and a three-thonged whip emerges from the crack*

Man, I hate it when I'm right. Okay, I'm totally working on this, I swear. Which I will go do right now.

*leaves to check on Sevarius*
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@gmail.com]
Thursday, September 22, 2005 12:22:41 AM
IP: 69.174.1.148

Spen>[How can they be from the Seventh Pit? Seven no longer exists.] Maybe the skeletons found themselves homeless after their pit disappeared, and the ritual allowed them to enter our reality?

Or maybe seven was partially revived?

Who can say? It's black magic.

Anyway, somebody should probably purify the CR before something else comes out of that hole. [Begins searching yellow pages for some kind of exorcist.]




RightSider
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 10:52:40 PM
IP: 24.111.99.126

Oops, sorry for disturbing the flow of the Top Ten! Was in a hurry, didn't even think of it. For shame!
Christine - [christine@sabledrake.com]
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 08:44:42 PM
IP: 71.112.172.65

*Looks at exit Blaise-ism, screams and murders tense demons.*
Sorry for the double post.
Spen
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 08:29:46 PM
IP: 207.177.11.252

*Spen comes up to the door of the CR, writes down a few comments, folds the paper into an airplane, (which is pretty odd since I can't really do that) and throws it into the room. the paper reads:

Taleweaver : " It also doesn't help that there hasn't been a series story in like... forever. There Hunter story was a nice diversion, but its the series story that gets people talking." Then why is it that the busiest week in CR history was during the off season?

Gunjack : "When you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME." I guess it's a good thing that Harvester didn't say "presume" instead?

Rightsider : "Army of Skeletons from the Seventh Pit" How can they be from the Seventh Pit? Seven no longer exists.

TGS site maintainer : This could be just my computer, but the "Future Tense" version of the Timedancer theme does not load correctly.

Todd : Ah, that explains it.

*Does not leave the CR, since I never entered, and heads over to Station 8.*
Spen
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 08:28:01 PM
IP: 207.177.11.252

HARVESTER - Thanks for your comments. I don't know how much those aspects stood out to me at the time that I first saw "Enter Macbeth". The parts that I remember focusing on the most at the time were, first of all, Macbeth's name (which left me wondering if he had any actual connection to the Macbeth of Shakespeare), and second, his castle-like home (which I very much liked, and thought that it was a pity that the whole thing burned down).

I've already finished the "Avalon" reviews, and have begun the review of "Shadows of the Past" (probably one of the best of the Avalon World Tour stories). I don't know how long it'll take me until I reach the end of the second season - probably at least another month. We'll see how it goes.
Todd Jensen
St. Louis, MO
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 07:15:32 PM
IP: 4.244.18.189

*hacks a skeleton to pieces with his blade and speaks while dodging attacks from three more*

Well, I made this mess. So I might as well clean it up. I guess in this case, the scientific cure would be to just kill the bastards.

Now for a bit of real-life weirdness. I just opened the passenger door to my car and found a 20-ounce bottle of Mountain Dew that I do not remember buying wedged in between the seat and the door. There was plenty of opportunity for someone to place a bottle of Dew there. When I work my delivery job, I usually leave the car unlocked because I'm in and out, although business has been slow lately. But there are vantage points in the restaurant where I can constantly see my car, so it's never presented a problem for me. Either someone planted it there, or it fell out of the pocket of the waitress to whom I gave a ride home. Anyhoo, despite the fact that it was full, the seal had been broken, so I dumped it out onto my lawn. This means that I might have unleashed another horrible thing upon the world. Now I know how Charlie Brown feels.

Todd: I liked your comments on "Enter Macbeth." I'd have to say that out of the first 13 episodes, that one invoked the strongest "what the hell is going on?" reaction out of me. I don't know if it was Carl Johnson's idea, but I also liked how the music we heard that accompanied that shot of the stained glass window was done on bagpipes. I know that particular theme was used many times in the show, but I don't think it was ever used as effectively as it was in that episode.

But the main reason I found that episode so memorable was because it was one of the few times where we really got to see just what a fierce (and sometimes downright frightening) warrior Goliath was. I always looked upon it as his refusal to admit that Elisa might be right, which clashed with the idea that, as he told her, the castle was their final tie to something familiar, something they understood. So Macbeth's attack basically provided an outlet to vent his frustration. But to this day, I still get goosebumps every time I hear that roar, right after the door comes down in his face and he starts pounding and clawing at it (followed immediately by Brooklyn's reaction in the basement, a well-placed moment of levity).

*gets tired of dodging sword swings, pulls out his trusty lightning gun, and blasts the offending skeletons to dust*

I still have to give this back at some point. Hope the battery lasts.
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@gmail.com]
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 12:32:41 PM
IP: 69.174.1.148

SPEN - Probably it escaped my attention at the time; I usually ignore the RP posts unless the room is exceptionally slow.
Todd Jensen
St. Louis, MO
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 07:22:39 AM
IP: 4.244.12.76

*prepars (I'm pretty sure I misspelled that) to enter the room, but notices the skeletons and decides to leave a message on the door.*

Harvester : Don't worry, I'll take full responsability for this.

Todd : If you don't like having dark rituals in the CR, why didn't you complain when Wilek sacrificed DC to Tchernabog?

Oh, and one more thing : Happy birthday, Josh!
Spen
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:47:47 PM
IP: 207.177.11.252

Kyp: I think that page needs to be re-done...and fell by the way-side. Thank you for the reminder. I'll take a look to see what the status of it is, and if the info is solid, I'll talk to the public site admin about updating it.

*returns to editing TGS stories, and not just Hungry Shadows...*
Lynati
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 08:19:48 PM
IP: 70.248.27.115

I've just noticed that the link to the halflings page in the ressource section was down. I just thought I needed to tell the administrators.
Kyp - [azerty083@hotmail.com]
Douai, France
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 05:00:03 PM
IP: 82.238.54.8

[takes out skeleton with battle-ax the size of Connecticut] Maybe we should hammer out the rules on dark rituals after we deal with the Army of Skeletons from the Seventh Pit?

[Swings ax, narrowing missing the support beam for the CR in the process]

You know, if we're still alive?


Rightsider
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 04:03:43 PM
IP: 24.111.99.126

Gunjack: eee, you put the scary Hyena pic up!! And yes, you had better write, before someone decides to draw your garg form in a compromising position. Someone who has too much time on her hands, when she *could* be distracted with beta-reading. ]; )
Lynati "it's not a threat; more like blackmail" Kshudra
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 02:04:30 PM
IP: 69.148.198.233

Todd><<Hey, no dark rituals in the comment room! If you must do them, please do them in the privacy of your own home, where fewer people will get hurt.>>

*Freezes in mid-cavort, having been dancing about a massive bonfire with a pair of antlers strapped to his head*

Say whaaaaaa?

...Man, way to ruin the fun. Geez, Guess I'll have to go *write* and crap now. 8 P
Gunjack "The Boy Ain't Right" Valentine
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:59:32 AM
IP: 205.250.217.92

HARVESTER - Hey, no dark rituals in the comment room! If you must do them, please do them in the privacy of your own home, where fewer people will get hurt.
Todd Jensen
St. Louis, MO
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 07:07:51 AM
IP: 4.244.12.39

Harvaster><<Can we assume...>> Never assume. When you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME. ;)

...Having said that, we are working on it again. My end is going slow, due to various personal deficiencies, but it is moving.

And now for something almost completely different...

Clicky clicky.


Gunjack "Pinata Stick" Valentine - [< Stepping Razor]
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 12:13:49 AM
IP: 205.250.217.92

*finishes drawing a pentagram on the ground, then seals up his skin of ram's blood and starts placing the candles*

First off, I just want to say it's really weird that Christine never called "Seven" when she posted. Perhaps I have done something bad. Second, I've been away from a computer for some time, and would just like to say that I swear upon my honor that the thought of using the Necronomicon entered my head before I read Spen's post. But I'll still share credit with him on this. On the plus side, though, that means I can also share blame with him if this makes things worse.

*lights candles and begins tying the arms and legs of seven's corpse to stakes in the ground in the center of the pentagram*

Lynati and Gunjack: Can we assume from the posts I just read that TGS might soon be getting something it's been eagerly anticipating? Something hungry? If this is the case (and this is also in response to what Todd said last week), that would definitely provide some new discussion material for the CR.

Todd: I'll have something to talk about in the near future. "Ride the Wild Winds" is a bit longer than what I've read in the season so far, but I'm almost through it.


*finishes preperations, pulls out a magic tome bound in human flesh and opens to a certain page*

Klatu, barada, ni-[sneezes]

*notes with dismay that the ground begins to quake and many skeletal hands begin poking through fissures in the earth*

Oooo-kay. If ever I needed a drink, it was now. So I'm gonna go get one. Have fun, boys and girls.

*places tome on the ground and backs away into shadows*
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@gmail.com]
Monday, September 19, 2005 07:55:15 PM
IP: 69.174.1.148

well, where's my pokage?
V
Monday, September 19, 2005 06:34:39 PM
IP: 205.250.217.92

*wanders in, slaps big sticky note on the wall*

~ 10 ~

*goes off to poke Gunjack about fic*
Lynati
Monday, September 19, 2005 02:53:00 PM
IP: 69.148.198.233

*wanders in, slaps big sticky note on the wall*

~ 10 ~

*goes off to poke Gunjack about fic*
Lynati
Monday, September 19, 2005 02:46:44 PM
IP: 69.148.198.233

9th!
's Been a loooong while since I checked up on things here!
BTW I love the B-day card idea! That so rocks! Whoever thought of it deserves massive props!
Cheers!
Luminous_Aphrodite
Mayer, AZ
Monday, September 19, 2005 01:37:02 PM
IP: 207.200.116.131

8 -- not quite too late...
silvadel
Monday, September 19, 2005 10:29:44 AM
IP: 24.149.178.180

Hey, folks! Long time no post. Sorry 'bout that. But I wanted to pop in with a link to the annual online birthday card for Greg Weisman. The big day is Sept. 28th, so be sure to stop by and leave your well-wishes before then! And spread the word!

Clickie or go to: http://www.sabledrake.com/greg_bday_2005.htm
Christine - [christine@sabledrake.com]
Monday, September 19, 2005 07:42:37 AM
IP: 70.56.94.10

Sixth is it.
Starsinger
Monday, September 19, 2005 07:18:58 AM
IP: 209.240.205.61

5th....

and with _SIX_ new reviews... again written by Todd Jensen. Go, read and applaud (him, of course, not me)
Guandalug la'Fay - [guandalug@gargoyles-fans.org]
Monday, September 19, 2005 05:11:25 AM
IP: 129.217.139.164

Fourth!
Spen
Monday, September 19, 2005 03:05:33 AM
IP: 207.177.11.252

3rd!!
dph
ar, usa
Monday, September 19, 2005 01:42:43 AM
IP: 63.232.248.240

Second~!
Dezi
Monday, September 19, 2005 01:30:50 AM
IP: 68.54.214.198

First.
Gunjack "sepulchre" Valentine
Monday, September 19, 2005 01:13:59 AM
IP: 205.250.217.92