[Ed. note: This may not be the "canon" version of events that took place during the early months of the FFML. Nevertheless, this may be helpful for those who are currently on the FFML who want to know what the early months were like. All addresses listed are subject to defunct-ness. As this was posted on the ML a long time ago, all rights are reserved to Damon Casale, aka Mouse, aka Kowa, aka the inheritor of the Bastard Taskmaster title...] [Just so you know, the Steve that Damon is referring to is a good friend of his. He made references to Steve a lot in the day. Also, this was about the time that the "spam" started flying, and was actually tolerated! Can you beat all that?] The Japanese Animation Fan Fiction Mailing List Archives Scrapbook (is that title long enough for you? ;) I decided on a whim to put together a slowly lengthening scrapbook of memories, the majority of which come from the FFML. Some are from IRC, but those are harder to keep reasonably edited. This segment of the scrapbook covers November. Right around the beginning of the month, we got a "bio" invitation from the one and only Space Gopher. Well... ----- I gots an idea - why don't we do a little show and tell.... Since most of the time we set here and bicker (nothing wrong with that, mind you) about each other - why not send out some Bio info on our selves -that way we can avoid some stupid little faux paws (or how ever the hell you spell that) like me thinking Isabel was male (Soorrrryy!!!!) How did you get a male name from 'Isabel' anyways?? My name, being Aaron, I could believe it (Erin) but Isabel?? Well, I've *been* doing a fictional autobio, but... :) 5'8", dark brown hair, brown eyes. I'm Italian (or at least, 1/4th of me is), but I don't have a swarthy complexion. Hobbies: (aside from anime) writing (of course), roller skating, hobby gaming (1830, Outpost, etc.), British SciFi, plus other stuff I can't think of right now. Spend most of my time working at Highlander cafe on campus, doing homework, going to class, or sleeping. Christian. Personable, but motenai. Oh well. [quick note - "motenai" means "unpopular with girls" in Japanese] Hang out with Steve when I'm in Florida. I'm 22. Going to Carnegie Mellon University, majoring in Physics, Computer Science Track. Hate the Physics; the CS is okay I guess. Started in '91, missed a year, and will be here next year. *sigh* I can actually cook reasonably well. (I had to learn; the cafeteria food was killing me ;) [note: It got better, really! And I can't afford not to live on it now, so I have to learn to like it 8P ] Favorite recipies: lasagna, banana bread, and macaroni and cheese (from scratch). The lasagna, 'cause I'm Italian of course! The banana bread, 'cause it's quick and makes a good snack. (and I inherited ye olde secret of making it stay moist from my grandmother) The mac and cheese, 'cause I can't live healthily all the time! :) (that, and it's cheap) Other hobbies. Playing the keyboard (not very well), composing computer music (not very well), the occasional computer game. No GF. (big surprise here) Can't think of anything else. Guess I should start on my CS homework now; it's due tomorrow, and I have about seven hours of code yoinking to do. [note to the uninformed: Both the "motenai" and the "no GF" status have changed since I posted this ] Oh, I'm about 5-7, Male, blond/brown hair, blue eyes, hobbies are Anime, reading and video games (can you say 'Nerd'? I knew you could :) I wear glasses...rather LARGE glasses, since I'm so nearsighted I can't even see a half foot in front of my eyes without everything blurring up (my computer screen, a foot? not. TV about 8 feet away? sheyeah, right) I'm 15 years old...um...what else? can't think of anything else, other than the fact that I have this innate knack to remember scripts to Anime and parts of fanfics at the drop of a hat...but can't remember how *OLD* I am sometimes....oh, I also have rather strange tastes in fanfics, I don't usually like pure comedies, but if they're stupid enough, I love them....yeep, I also have a tendancy to babble, like now :) {ya, shut up} [where have you been?] {snooping} [in who's stuff?] {yours} [WHAT?!?!?!?!] {how much ya gonna pay me to keep your secrets?} [I'll continue to keep you created] {um....deal} [good plan] I'm strange... The Richard Beaubien Personal Bios .... Age : 18 physically , 9 mentally . Sex : Male Height : 6'1 Weight : ..... Species : I'm acctually a Lab mouse in the middle of a plot to Take over the world . But rest assured that when I take over that I will devoute a Majority of my time to see that anime is translated probarly , and Carl Macek is forced to move to Antartica . Cooking skill : Somewhere Between Akane and C-ko's level of cooking Skill . Obsession's : Anime (really OBSESSING about Idol Project these day's) Hockey (Go Canucks) , Football (Go Redman) Ocupation : College Student , Scape goat (blamed for NCHS scandal) Tacking Dummy . Yearly Income : Nothing , Revnue Canada took it all . My opinon on the Referendum : I bet you would love to hear this :) Cute Factor : Non existent . Weird Fact about me : Two of my front teeth actually (I forget the actual dental term) look similiar to anime Fang's . This is very rare in real life . Life long dream : Write Manga , Mail someone Cesium , See the Ottawa sentors win the Stanley Cup , See Usagi go through an epsiode without crying at all , hear Kasumi say something intelligent , Use White wolf in a Fan-fic Bad Fan-fic I have written : Ah!!Ranma- sama?? Ranma 1/2 Be carefull what you wish for Ranma vs MMPR Crisis Managment Team Nermia Ranma 1/2 Kasumi's Adventure Note : Most people haven't read these , can't say I blame them ATM number : ....... Heh , you would like to know that .... Home Phone # : Klondike - 3172 , Phone collect any time (Just use 1-800-collect , the easier way to call collect) . Biggest Flaw : Spelling .... Thing's Most likely to Happen to me in the Future : Either be commited or elected PM of Canada :) ML I subscribe to : This and The Ranma List . My home computer : SNES , Apple 2 (just crashed) . My Dad's computer : IBM Aptivia .... My Video Setup : 1970 colour T.V , 1980's vcr (all made in America) My Dad's Video Setup : Surrond sound system with 29' T.V Guess who's gonna be breaking into My dad's soon : HEHEHE!!!! I guess that's all you need to know about me . Yes the majority of this is true...well most of it. Ja ne!! Sex: Male, but I'm so ugly it wouldn't matter which one anyway. Race: Korean-American, definitely lame. Age: 19, mentally 80, feel as if life is over for me and all I want to do is sit in the room at the home and watch tv all day. Height: 5' 11 Weight: 180 Home: At moment in College. Bard College along the Hudson river in NYS. Bard College is a really lamelamelame college that is a small liberal arts school. Its no surprise why I'm here, cause I'm LAMELAMELAME!! Hobbies: Definitely not anime, yeah right. used to be a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, then realized I'm to much of a wimp to ever get into a fight (I'm sorry, sir, here, have some gim-chee) so two years running I haven't done any exercise, just sit in my room and watch tv. I write stories about lame stuff like real life and Ranma. Once in a while, I'll think I'm actually good then write furiously for days on end and load people's mailboxes with other junk and fill up RAAS with more garbage. LAMELAMElAME. Girlfriend: The usual answer would be no, but miracuously, I have a beautiful girlfriend at the moment. I haven't got her to admit yet that the only reason she's with me is cause she feels sorry for me. what peeves me: When people think that the `G' sound in Korean sounds like a `K.' Also Jerkoffs like you!! Name: Isabel Fontenelle Arantes Nationality: Brazillian Lives/lived in: Wellesly Massachusets (for the moment), Mexico, Brazil, Moscow and London. (My dad is a diplomat, it's his job to move a lot) Age: 13 Hobbies: Wasting my teenager years staying home on the internet, and having a great time! ;) Oh yeah, I also collect anime and manga, in particular RT's work. Reading and writting is great, too. Friends off the internet: Practically none. Family: (My siblings are some of my closest friends) Afonso 19, Inez (female) 17, and Beatriz 16. And of course me wonderful parents. (Yeah right! ;)) Things that bore the hell out of me: Politics, most history, who's hotter than who in anything, alot of stuff related to computers, and anything else I can't remember right now. :) Height: Just below 5 feet. :( Weight: Ever heard of a female actually gave out their weight willingly?! Hair: A light brown, a little past my shoulders. Eyes: I think it's green-grey, no one can specify exactly what color it is. Interesting stuff about me: Other than that I speak portuguese and english, nothing! MY LITTLE BIO PAGE AGE : 24 (DAMN! I'm surrounded by PUNKS!) Born : 1971 Height : 6'2"(without the boots) Weight : @210 lbs Eyes : blueish grey Hair : Dark Brown - long Nickname : AlberCrombie - the space gopher (don't ask) Favorite Bar : Dirty Zelda's Ethnic background : Ethnicly Challenged Unhyphenated-American (white) Hobbies * Learning Japanese * Screwing around with various computers (unix is wonderful!) * Guitar (with some examples of what I play) + Rock (Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Billy Squire) + Thrash (MegaDeth, Metallica, Pantera, Iron Maiden) + Blues (Howlin' Wolf, SRV) + Country (Dwight Yokaham - still learning) + Jazz (just started) * Role-playing et al + AD&D (semi-retired) + Call of Cthulhu + Magic The Gathering Collectable Card Game (retired) * Comics - My favorite titles + Fantastic Four + New Titans + DeathStroke + Batman (all titles) + X-men (up to about 1991 - Now everything sucks big time!) + Cutey Bunney + Ranma 1/2 + Grey (the best post- apokoliptic story I've found) + Cerebus (Beware the Earth- Pig!) + Shanda the Panda + plus whatever else looks good at the moment * Hanging out with my friends * PUNS!!!!!! (hehehehehehhe!!!!!) * Getting plastered a few times a year - I love Rattlesnakes! * S.C.A. - The Society of Creative Anachronism A mideval reinactment society, 20K - 30K members world wide Favorite Movies: Twice Upon A Time (a George Lucas flick!) JAWS (let's hear it for the SHARK!) M.P. and the Holy Grail Rock 'N Rule Wizards Star Wars (et al) The Thing Favorite TV : Dr. Who Miami Vice Danger Mouse Ren and Stimpy The Maxx X-Files Beakman's World Adv. Batman and Robin Animaniacs Tiny Toons anything on The Discovery Channel, TLC, and Arts and Entertainment Monty Python's Flying Circus Favorite Anime: Ranma 1/2 (natch!) F^3 (If you have to ask, you ain't old enough!) BGC (and I *DO* like Crash) Dirty Pair Robot Carnival Lodoss War (And I think I'll like the Professional:Golgo 13 if I can find it) A.D.Police Nuku-Nuku Favorite Authors H.P. Lovecraft - The TRUE master of the modern weird-fantasy story Rumiko Takahashi - creator/writer of Ranma 1/2 Marv Wolfman - author of many Batman and Teen Titan's/New Titan's stories Gary Trudeu - creator/writer of Doonesbury - (the only way to learn about politics!) Jonny Hart - creator of 'BC' (the ultimate pun source) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Homes ('nuff said) Goals : To finish 'Communication Breakdown' - my only fanfic to date To graduate May 96 with a Mechanical Engineering Degree (I'VE BEEN HERE TOO DAMN LONG! - started '89) To figure out where all the years went from '89 to now. To visit Japan To find a job NOT in the engineering field (Which I really despise after all these years - don't ask) Finish my collection of Fantastic Four (got everything back to 180!) Win the damn lottery (I keep meaning to buy that bloody ticket) Make it to Katsucon 2 in March (I can't make it AnimeExpo!) Go back to the Chicago ComicCon next July After six years in college and deciding that I do not enjoy my major one little bit, I'm a little bitter - I think I'm allowed :) So my real goal is to end up working in the comics industry or anime industry. No joke! I like it a hell of a lot more than I do Engineering, and I think I can make it. Take my advice - If you are just going/ just went into college and you do not know what you want to do - FIGURE IT OUT QUICK! I really regret wasting the past six years - I really don't recommend discovering that you don't like what you are studying when it's really too late to quit. ICK! But other than that, I'm really a cool guy with a slight ego problem. :) O.K. My turn. (Borrowed your form, Isabel.) Name: Shannon M. Richmeyer (And yes, I am female.) You know I think this was directed towards me. I'd ask Shannon, but she'd think the question rhetorical. Nationality: U.S. Citizen Lives/lived in: Scotland, Greece, most of the United States, Florida at the moment. (My Dad was in the Navy.) Age: Older than dirt, younger than God. (35) Hobbies: Writing, anime, horse back riding, reading, Aikido and keeping up with an almost 4 yr. old dragon (um, I mean daughter.) And this and the Ranma ML. Amazing how these two can suck away all your free time. Job: Free-lance graphic artist Family: You don't want to know. Height: 5' 4" Weight: As Isabel said. Hair: Copper colored, short on top, just below shoulder blades in the back. Eyes: Moss green with light brown flecks. Interesting stuff about me: I refuse to live in Kansas and have both feet firmly set on the yellow brick road. I wanna be Bette Middler when I grow up. Or maybe Ripley from Alien. ^_- By the by: How many women are on this list? Is it only Sapphire, Isabel, Hitomi and me? OH!OH! LURKER! OVER HERE! ME! I'm a girl. Hope to get out a fanfic I've been working on... (Insert standard "My dog ate my computer" excuse here) BTW, If anyone cares, I'm 5'7", brown shoulder lenghth hair, brown eyes, and a personality that is a mix between Nabiki and Kodachi. Be glad you don't know me in real life.... (Insert kodachi-aprooved laugh here!) * Damon raises an eyebrow. "Should I be glad I haven't seen Ranma 1/2?" You haven't seen Ranma yet? Oh, shame of all shames! Seriously, though, go and try it out. The first series is definitely worth it; not all of the second, though... (Not my fault I don't like the fact that they've reinforced the martial arts in it!) I'm staying away from Ranma for multiple reasons, not the least of which is the silliness addiction that seems to permeate its followers. I own most of the Viz Ranma releases (one of the few benefits of working at an honest-to-god job while I'm still in school), and I like them quite a bit. I'm also not generally a very silly person -- I'm on the Ranma ML, and I'm not a member of any of the profusion of godawful churches they seem so fond of. I know that you, Damon, have read my fictional works to date ... they aren't silly. Ranma is, nominally, a light comedy. It's sort of like MI-lite, or perhaps UY on a load of lorazepam. I highly recommend that you judge the series on its own merits, rather than the behavior of a lot of perpetually giddy raa people (most of whom, incidentally, also happen to be generally excited newbies anyway). Besides, you're at CMU -- you can check out Ranma w/o having to buy it. I highly recommend that you watch it -- if for no other reason than understanding the profusion of Ranma fanfics (many of which are really good, BTW) and Ranma jokes/comments/analogies which seem to permeate this list, and any other net resource dealing with anime. As I mentioned above, I have other reasons for avoiding Ranma. I've seen snippets BTW, and I wasn't impressed, anyway. If the story were such that it lost its main reason for me not watching it, it would lose everything. The plot, IMO, is centered around one specific thing which I refuse to deal with. Ah, well then you may not have seen anything good at all! I can't stand 'An Akane to Remember' - it's abominably bad! And the other OAV's - blech. And the second series (most of Ranma) seems to be depressingly, uniformly, slapstick. I've only seen a few episodes but they all seem the same. So I don't blame you. However, the first 18 episodes - the first series - before it was cancelled for reworking for a different audience - now they are wonderful! And there are a few episodes which have long dialogues _very_ reminiscent of Maison Ikkoku. And, also, the 'central joke' is treated more seriously. I don't know what I've seen. But the central 'joke' is one of the reasons I'm avoiding it. [note: since this, I've seen "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire; still not impressed, and still repelled] Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Dread Worf I still can't stand. Ranma 1/2 being anime though it is, it's still no exception. Hmmm... I partially agree on the Hitchiker thing -- the last two, or three, books definitely approached sub- par. (IMHO, of course). They were okay *once*. Once was plenty. Yes, most of it has become dated, due to its own success, but the first page of the first book, IMO, is still hilarious. It has more and better jokes than the rest of the book! I agree. But I'd rather leave it alone. Give it another five years or so, and I might read it again. But not now. You don't watch Monty Python do you? What *ever* gave you that idea? :) I KNEW IT!! I KNEW IT!!! I knew there was a reason I didn't like you - You're too normal. You sound like some of my friends who like BevHills901284875, or Melrose Place or Wheel of Fourtune.... I don't. Can't stand most stuff on TV. I watch Deadly Games now and then, but that's about it. ME : Do you want to watch XXXX Them : Nah - we saw that once, remember? Me : but it was good! Them : so? We saw it. OOOHH! Look a new made-for-TV movie about somebody having a tragic romance on channel 3! Where's the popcorn...Or there's a Gomer Pyle, USMC marathon on Nick at Nite. You choose. Me : POUND! POUND! POUND! <--sound of my head and their floor I don't do tragic romances, either. And Gomer Pyle's it on too thick for me. The Princess Bride, I'll watch over and over again. And Nausicaa. As a rule, total silliness *might* be okay *once*. Other things, though... Now, here's the kicker - you get to guess whether I'm seriously insulting you or there should be a smiley at the end of this post. Enjoy! Whatever. :-p I figured I'd borrow AlberCrombie's format...it'll help keep me organized. Heh...I've also added a few comments... I'll add that some of this may seem familiar, for those of you who've read my fanfics. AGE : 24, almost 25 (DAMN! I'm surrounded by PUNKS!) Pipe down, punk. I'm older and wiser. ;) (just kidding, really!) Born : December, 1970 Height : 6'3" Weight : 220 lbs Eyes : Greenish-brown Hair : Red, alternates between long enough to be irritating to my mother, and short. Nickname : Never had one; I *do* answer to 'SkyKnight' now, however. Nationality: Canadian. I was born here, my parents were born here, hence I'm Canadian. (And I don't care what Statistics Canada puts on their census forms. I'm Canadian, not "other") Education: B.Sc in Honors Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Current Job Status: I'm currently a Jr. Project Engineer at Astra Pharma Inc., Missisauga, Ontario, Canada. It's kind of a catch-all type job, so don't ask for specifics on what I do, please. Hobbies -Re-learning to cook so that all my meals aren't either canned, instant, microwaveable, or ready in five minutes after adding boiling water. -Absolute Bubblegum Crisis Nut; I dream about ideas for it all day... -Writing massive Bubblegum Crisis fanfics. I haven't yet hit Gryphon and Zoner's level of size, but I'm getting there. (I'm also getting a huge kick out of doing it.) :) -Extreme greenhorn at computer graphics/rendering/animation. (Using Caligari trueSpace and Real3D...intend to do more than just as a hobby, eventually.) -Hopeless 'Conquer the Galaxy' style videogame addict. (Any other 'Master of Orion' junkies out there?) :) Wow, someone else who actually liked that. I sold my copy a while back, though. -Computer roleplaying games...specifically the first-person action/adv. kind. (Can't wait for Daggerfall!) 8) Doom. More specifically, Aliens TC Doom. Interestingly enough, (and I've mentioned this to Steve) it can't scare me no matter what. Even the original Alien couldn't. But Steve's driving? *That* scares me. What's worse, his sister drives an ambulance, and he's afraid of *her* driving. :) -Roleplaying games, although, sadly, most of my friends have gotten off of AD&D, and none of them like Champions. :( -I did collect Magic-The Gathering cards for a while, but I got sick of trying to keep up with the 'Arms Race', and haven't played for a long time now. -Comics collecting to a small degree. All time fave was 'Prototype' published by Malibu, but they canned it. Damn. :( I did collect Iron Man for a while, but then they changed the armour design to one I hate, and changed Stark's character even more. :P -Manga collecting, just started. Currently trying to scrounge up the complete set of "Ghost in the Shell". -Ancient/Medieval History, with the emphasis being on arms and armour of the ages. -Archery. (Traditional Barebow style) -Hiking. Forgot about this one. Camping is one of mine. -Wannabe SCA member. -Blacksmithing. (Yes, with a forge, fire, hammer, and anvil.) :) * PUNS!!!!!! (hehehehehehhe!!!!!) - Ditto! (AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! :> ) Favorite Movies: Star Wars; The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly; Fistful of Dollars; For a Few Dollars More; The Quick and THe Dead; Terminator 1 & 2; Commando (for the corny lines...); Predator 1 & 2; All the Indianna Jones Flicks; All the 'Dirty Harry' movies; The Perfect Weapon; some of the Bruce Lee ones (can't think of the names offhand..); SOme of the Chuck Norris ones (FireWalker and Lone Wolf McQuade spring immediately to mind...) I Think I'll stop that list now....sorry. The *only* scifi movie that ever impressed me. (Terminator 2) And it wasn't because of the action, or the special effects. This one had a decent plot. (you usually don't find that in these types of movies) Favorite TV : Dr. Who (which we can't get up here anymore) Collecting. Between Steve and I, we have all the Tom Bakers except for Robot, and lots of misc. other stuff. Old Star Trek reruns Mission Impossible, the brief remake they did of it. THe Outer Limits The Royal Canadian Air Farce The Learning channel..any historical documentary Any National Geographic show. Benny Hill...can't get that either, anymore. *waaaaaaaah!* :( Favorite Anime: BubbleGum Crisis...Crash was okay, but Crisis is still better. Lodoss Wars All-purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku-Nuku (Or whatever the title is...) Ah! My Goddess Black Magic M-66 Dirty Pair Goals : Right now I really can't say; I've rediscovered my interest in computers, and am working at self- educating myself in some ways to lean more towards a computer oriented career. I'd love to get into animation & Graphics, but there's a thing missing to get into some of the local programs called 'an art degree'... To visit Japan Also one of mine...after I've learned some Japanese! :) Win the damn lottery (I keep meaning to buy that bloody ticket) Take a number, and get in line on that one! :) Make it to Katsucon 2 in March (I can't make it AnimeExpo!) Ditto. After six years in college and deciding that I do not enjoy my major one like what you are studying when it's really too late to quit. ICK! I'll have to say listen to this guy; he just paraphrased what it took me five-and-a-half years of university to discover. My marks weren't high enough to get into what I really wanted at the time, computers, and Chemical Engineering wasn't nearly chemically-oriented enough for my liking. By the time I realized this, I was already committed to finishing the program, both financially and in terms of educational credits. (Unless you LIKE starting over again...) The net result is I'm in a semi- engineering job with no idea of where I want to go; I'm content right now (having a paycheck does that for you), but I'm not spending more than a couple of years in the Pharmaceutical industry. I want to do more; I've got plenty of hopes and dreams, and I just hope I can find the intestinal fortitude to follow through on some of them... Short Personal Blurb: I'm the typical 'nice guy', wear glasses, am almost painfully shy at times, and don't make friends easily. From years of habit forced on me by school, I'm still pretty much a loner. No glasses, but the rest fits me as well. Oh well. Is everybody else shy, too? Unlikely, but considering this bunch... :-/ Actually, I'm probably about as shy as Bert...in Real Life(tm) I am at least, once I get online, I'm rather outspoken and it's hard to shut meup {got that right} [who asked you??] *sounds of fighting, then silence* *Aaron comes back, dusting off his clothes* that'll keep 'im for a while.. {I'll be baaaacckkkk!} [shyeah, right] (I know I am! Guess how I answer questions, usually. 'Yes' 'no' 'hmhm' *nod, smile*) But then, away from 'normal' (Who set up this 'normal' thing, anyway?) people, we uncape our true personalities and become fiends! No offense to anyone, of course. ^_^ "fiends"? Are you *sure* you meant that? Ummm... Pssst. We have a live one here, doctor. :^) Ok, so it isn't fiend, but I'm allowed to exgagerate, am I not? You're not allowed. No, never ever. :) I am not a fiend!! *I AM NOT A FIEND*!! Ahem. You may return to your regularly scheduled spam. ;) Alright - you're not a fiend - but you're ugly and your mother dresses you funny. :) That wasn't my mother; I dress that way on purpose. :) [I knew it was time to stop wearing that shirt; got it five years ago] Ugly? Not unless you found Godai unattractive. I resemble him (a *lot*) in real life. Well, I'm always looking for more friends...(insert diety of your choice here) knows I don't have enough of 'em outside of IRC and this ML :) Oh, and part of my Bio I neglected to add....I'm the night owl from hell, and play video games to the exclusion of all else at times...like today...since Sunday afternoon I've had a total of 3 hours sleep....I usually need about 10 hours per day, but I've got a game rented..that I just finished... I'm TIRED and strange :) Don't participate in the 'baka' threads (You know, stuff like 'I eat baka pepper!' 'Only bakas eat baka pepper!' ect, etc) and after a while, you see that a lot of the posters here aren't exactly little-miss-happy-bringer, or if you must, little-mr-happy-bringer. Ok, so it isn't fiend, but I'm allowed to exgagerate, am I not? Anyhow, that's enough about me. This may or may not give you ideas on what drives me to write now. Feel free to write me about anything; I'm almost always checking my mail. Sayonara! Um, okay. :) Oh, what the hell. :) Name: Dan Root Age: 20 going on 35 it seems. Height: 5'8" or so. Weight: 135 lbs Hair/Eyes: Brownish/Blue-grey I'm currently a student/computer consultant for Carnegie Mellon University in lovely Pittsburgh PA. Also the current president of CMU's Vermillion Anime club. Hobbies: Watching and reading Anime/manga. Learning Japanese. Drawing, piano, and adminning my personal Linux box. Once upon a time I used to role play a lot but I haven't been in a good campaign in years. Favorite Anime series: KOR, Ranma, A!MS, Miracle Girls, 3x3 Eyes, Dominion, Tenchi. etc. etc. Favorite non-anime TV: X-Files. (Don't watch much TV anymore) Musical Tastes: Hard Rock (Queen, Zepplin, Aerosmith) Jazz J-Pop (Of course :) Fanfics I've written/am writing: Pictures Through the Looking Glass Chapters 1-3 (KOR) Ranma Fanfiction Parody Fanfiction (not yet released) Fatemaker (AMG, in progress) Goals: Graduate in the next 2 years (shearight) Finish the *@@$#$%!& fanfics so I can get them out of my head. :) Get all of KOR TV on LD unsubbed. Beyond that I'm you average, everyday CS major at college :) Here's Steve's. Just in case anyone's curious. :) Sex: often (according to him, anyway) Age: 23 Hobbies: Tae Kwon Do (black belt, second degree, instructor trainee), Ninjutsu, Star Trek: TNG, camping, synthesizer, electric guitar, harmonica, very bad puns. (actually, the first two are more his way of life than anything else) Needs three more episodes of STTNG to complete his collection. [note: he has them *all* now. ] He can't read a note of music, and can still play well enough to have made several semi-professional appearances. He *dabbles* in anime, but somehow he found out about You'reasickodoji, and I'm wondering what to do now. Suggestions? Put him out of his misery? Good animation, the subject matter is in somewhat poor taste by most people's opinions. Rather difficult to do. In Tae Kwon Do, you learn how to kill before you learn how to injure. Other suggestions that are *possible*? Show him "My little pony" or a Barney (purple dinosaur) show. It'll snap him from Hyper-Hentai Mode to Blithering Un-thinking mode... ;) Too late, it didn't help. He seems to like Warner/purple thing spam as well, too. Dunno what's going on, but it seems fun. ^_^ Profile: Hi, my name is Wing. But you can call me Wing. Born in the wonderfully chaotic land of Hong Kong, I arrived in America quite young. Around the age of ~3 was when I got here, so please don't ask me to relate tales of the "homeland"... I like working with computers in addition to anime, experiencing life, learning, and having friends keep me company. :) I'm not really all that special except I don't act much like other students... and I'm way too nice, serious, helpful, understanding, and open to be a psychotic serial killer, so won't you be my friend too? (hehe) Sex: Male. Of course, it really doesn't matter too much, does it? Race: Asian(Cantonese). Proud of who I am, most of the time. ;) Age: 19(almost 20). I have been noted to display mannerisms, knowledge, wisdom, and ego-trips of someone much older... maybe 60ish... Height: 5' 7". Weight: 120-135. I don't get it... I can eat _ANYTHING_ and no weight gain... go figure... Same here, about the weight gain. I've stayed at exactly 125 for about four years now. Odd. Kewl!!! Another one! :) Heh. A fast metabolism is nice. Sometimes. When is it not? Only thing that comes to mind is if your system got injected with some nerve toxin... the high metabolism get's rather annoying then... Try, when you're trying to get work done and your stomach starts to tell you to put something in it. It can get real insistent *real* fast. Wing. [ *grumble* Hmmm... I'm hungry... time to eat!! ] Food is nice. Too bad I'm at the computer cluster, and home (and food!) is twenty minutes' walk away. And I need to finish my 212 (CS) homework first. Don't worry. I couldn't enjoy the food as I couldn't eat... *wail* *SM Bawl* Apparently, I acid-burned my tongue and throat while forcing myself to eat a slice of grapefruit... nasty little fruits aren't they? Well, it's been hurtin for the past week and today, it's "getting better" except that I can't really taste anything except a strong sour taste in my mouth. *tears* I just had some ice cream... couldn't taste a thing... sure hurt though... :| Never had grapefruit. I should feel lucky, I guess. Fruit has been known to give people stranger reactions. For example, Steve got some peach juice on his hands...which started melting off his skin. How that happened, I have no clue. (didn't bother anyone else, either) Steve is 162 and trying hard to lose two pounds. Why, I have no idea. Hmmm... in the scheme of things, what's 2 pounds? *shrug* [ and because one person could not lose two pounds, the planet became un- balanced and plunged into the sun... very slowly... ] Oooohhh... He hates being able to pinch an inch around the stomach area. He took up body conditioning a while back. Now most of the people in his class can wail on him, and he'll just stand there, take it, and smile. This has something to do with the pinched inch, but I'm not sure what. Oops... a bit off topic. Gomen ne! Everything is off topic today, don't worry about it. Home: Somewhere in smoggy LA. No need to look for me. The poison will probably kill most "outsiders". Job: Computer Lab Consultant. No, I don't know what it really means. All I know is that there are people in here claiming to know how to use the computers. My job is to stop those who don't from tearing the lab apart... some job eh? Anyone wanna help? :) Hobbies: ANIME!!! Of course, being a CS major, my interests splash into computers and games. Other than that, I know a book or 12's worth in magic, magick, psi, psychic abilities, chemistry, biology, psychology, music, art, philosophy, OOBE, OBE, AP, Calc, Startrek, weaponry, technology, plants, herbs, animals, poisons, etc... I also bike to school, love watching tv as I finish off bags of cheese nachos (when not sick), and currently looking for a girlfriend. Plenty of friends who are girls, but no SO. :| Also currently author to a rather incomplete and unknown fanfic called "The Breaking of the String". *sigh* Girlfriend: Well, from above, you can tell I'm not really checking this thing first... nope. No girlfriend... And no idea of what she'll look like. Pet Peaves: Poeple asking me "How do I save?" , while clicking mouse in midair - "it doesn't move!" *sigh* Name: Bruce Ronald Brunk (aka Bruce R. Brunk) Though for some reason half the people at work think my name is 'Bert'. Nationality: U.S. Citizen Lives/lived in: Oregon, the wet state north of California, Oregon, the state south of Washington, and Oregon. Age: Older than most of you, younger than Shannon. (28) going on 56. Hobbies: Writing, anime, manga, and unix. (See job as to why this list is so short) Job: Senior Systems Engineer FEI America, Inc. (If you've never seen my .sig.) Which means I: am in charge of quality control, phone support, any difficult computer problem in house, on sight local servicing, vendor relations, Difficult build jobs, directing/educating the assembly staff, and general all-around answer man. Assistants: 0. Family: Abandoned once, Disowned once, Currently none. Height: 5' 9" Weight: 235 Shoe Size: 9.5 Hair: Head: Brown, cycles between above the ears short to almost pony tail, just begining to go bald (See Job.) Beard: Red/Brown. Eyes: Green with lots of brown flecks. Interesting stuff about me: Not-So Interesting stuff about me: Dull and Boring Stuff about me: One time Brass Musician, Ranked 26th in the world (Contra-Bass Bugle) '84. Also Ex-Freelance Programer. Was adopted into one of the oldest families in the state. Family has State run museum. Can receit by memorey parental linage back 5 generations. Learned to hate this in college, as the school I went to was not far from the museum and just about every history major there felt it was his/her duty to inform me of my families deep roots in the state. Engaged once, never married, not looking. Likes: Rumiko Takahashi, Gally, BGC, Macross (Any), Patlabor, Nene, and Washu. (Hmm.. Red headed hackess'. Must be saying something about myself there.) Dislikes: Customers who come in and ask "Do your Micro$oft(c) Mice come with cables?" The inventory deparmant. Having the President and the Senior Vice President of FEI both telling me to do two totally different things "Right Now!" I am mainly a loner, I used to have a life, but work, daibettes, and mistakes from my youth took that from me. Evening All, (Walups Netcom for finally letting him connect!) Now where was I..... Bentley Bio: Name: Robert Knowles Bentley Nickname: Bentley, Bents, Bobo. Robobobo is incorrect and if you did you'd be toast! ;) Sex: Male Age: 20 DOB: 08-11-75 Address: 23 Parkway Circle, Warwick R.I. 02886. Phone: 401-738-4676 Fax: 401-738-4758 Email: bentley4@ix.netcom.com or s00158@grog.ric.edu Current Status: Single Current Job: Computer based testing proctor at Sylvan Learning Center Currently attending Rhode Island College. Junior with Sophmore grades or worse. But I am getting the hang o things. Currently a comp sci but leaning much more towards art. Current Puter System: Gateway p5-60, Apple 2gs. Height: 6'2" ish... Weight: Need to loose some...220 ish Hair: Brown Eyes: Hazel Beard: Red and curly Nationality: 1/3 Irish the rest English, Russian.(like you couldn't tell?? ;)) Hobbies: 1. Drawing, anything at the moment. Working on figure drawing and transfering stuff from hand to the puter. Working on character designs for The Beginning as well as polishing up a comic to go along with said Beginning. 2. Writing: The stories (as Basile and I call them.) Working on The Beginning, Flight Prologue and ERT. Stories go in this order as of right now: Camp (which is where this little adventure for the Terran Riders all begins), Flight (which I posted, any C+C from anyone else?), The Beginning (The latest version just got posted) Acedemy, Strike, The Return. SDF, Time Slip, ERT, Fort, Nil, Reunion. (Whew) Also dusting off a script form of The Beginning, which will be up here soon. I hope. Also working on getting Sapphire and WW into the Beginning....heh. Anyone else want to join in on saving the universe? Mail me. 3. Watching T.V. Fav Shows: (spam warning hehs) XFiles, DS9, Voyager, Bab5, Nowhere Man, ER, Cybil, Law and Order, Seaquest. Highlander, most of the NBC tues and thurs line ups cept Seinfeld (ekks!). Movie Magic, Sci Buzz, Cnet, Aeon Flux, The Maxx. Gargoyles, Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, B:TAS Xmen, the Tick. Space Above and Beyond, Simpsons. A few more which I can't think of. 4. Hoppin the internet: Mucking on Amuck, BakaMuck, Amush, Fur Toonia. Talking on MBA4 and Foothills. Listed on this ML, Bab5 creative, Xfiles and Gargoyles. Known as Bentley everyone cept for Fur known there as Alizerin. 5. Collect comics. Ekk too many at the moment. NHS, Gold Digger. Ghost Rider, Aliens vs Pred, any and all Robotech, Image Stuffies (Gen13, Dragon, Ballistic, Wetworks, Grifter, most of them cept Youngblood and a few others), Sovereign 7. Too many. ;) 6. Continue to strive towards keeping enough junk so I'll have to nuke my room three times over. Let's not talk about this. After I clean my room I can't find jack. ;) 7. Movies: Pred 1+2, Alien, Aliens (A3 blew chunks :(), Batman (Returns and Forever ditto with A3), Sneakers, Split Second, Judge Dredd, Mortal Kombat, Air America, Blues Brothers, Top Gun, The Crow, The third man (if not seen it go rent it good movie.) Citzen Kane, fish called wanda and lots more. 8. Anime: Forget all the sailor moon and most of the overfiend stuff. I'm game to almost anything. Mecha stuff tho I like alot. Mac plus, Lodoss, Dominon. More on this later. 9. Video Games: Any RPG and shooter and such. Mechwarrior 2 (anyone want to modem sometime? ;)) and Battletech being my fav sims at the moment. Got a Genesis and a Sega CD plan on getting a Saturn when prices fall and a few more games come out. 10: Music: Rock, Blues, Soundtracks (BGM stuffies), Classical, No rap, country or folk. Personality: Friendly, nice person. Still a little shy but not as bad as in HS. Doesn't drink, druggie or smoke. Driving is my bad spot...muahahahahhahahs! Not a good sign when mom closes her eyes in the back seat and opens them when you get home. Even Basile gets white knucled when I drive and that's saying something. ;) I tend to delay stuff till the last minute (don't we all?) I've gotten back into the computer, drawing and writing since I went to Katsucon and Akon6. (Anyone going to Katsucon 2 or Akon7? Me going..anyone want to room? :)) I tend to be motherly when my brother decides to show off. My parents: Dad works for United and my mom's an RN nurse of 20yrs. We've got family in England, S. Africa and other places. My parents at the moment are away down in S. Africa on their anniversary (party over Bents!) and my dad will be going back to Denver soon for retraining for the 767 (yays!). My plans: To become a writer and/or artist. Possibly for a major company. I would like to draw my own comic and or write my own story to be published. The thought of writing for t.v/movies is a good one. I'd first like to finish off college first tho ;) Can't think of anything else, Well my work is done here, ;) I suppose I fall neatly into the rubric of shyness everyone seems to be talking about. The only difference is that I might be considered shy online, as well. I like to consider my demeanor as an expression of ultimate economy of bandwidth, but that's an entirely separate story. Name: Charles Lewis Age: 20. Kicking and screaming, I'll turn 21 in about a month. Height: 6'3 and change. Weight: 240-ish (give or take) Home: Sunny, lovely, geriatric Sarasota, FL. Physical appearance and distinguishing scars: As a rule, I try to keep myself as unkempt as possible. I have a full, reddish beard and brown-red hair. I wear glasses, largely because I hated the effort contacts required. Occupation: You know, I'm really not sure about this one. I'm a student, in my fourth year, at New College (its own interesting story, check out its home page http://www.sar.usf.edu). I transferred from Hamilton College, where I had basically completed two majors (Computer Science and Philosophy -- in that order). I had sort of neglected the CS side of things, but resumed my apprenticeship under the tutleage of the UV vomit-god. In addition to (allegedly) attending college, I also work more-or-less full time as MIS director, and occasionally a pinch-hitting programmer, for a rapdily growing local development firm, which is also a subsidiary of a singularly massive and GENOM-like international computer company, where I get to fight tooth and nail with software and hardware products most people won't get to see for years and, worse still, bureaucrats from Long Island (given the choice, you can probably guess which I prefer). What this means, I'm not quite sure. I don't know what I want to do with my life -- I like the nice, happy paychecks from work, but I also like the idea of pursuing more education. I don't particularly get off on either at the moment, to be honest. Hobbies: Between school and work, I don't have a lot of time for hobbies as-such. Some of the trappings of both the job and the schooling serve as hobbies -- I still like to read books by ancient dead people, and I spend undue amounts of time doing UNIX system administration, development and general tweaking on my retinue of odd equipment. I have been reading fan-fictions for several years (I remember when ftp.std.com was founded as the archive -- let's put it that way), but just recently decided to write one (BGC: Machina non Grata -- ch.2 is done and will be released some time Thursday night, BTW). I like to write dark, hopefully disturbing work. I think I have a sense of humor (?), but I can't see writing comedies ... Ranma work is best left to those of lighter spirit than I. Favorite anime: That's a tough one. I like Takahashi stuff, as I think _almost_ everyone does. I think UY is one of my all-time favorites, simply because it has soooo much going on below the surface -- there's always a little something more to get from it. I'm also a big fan of the Macross family, dating way back. I would, traditionally, watch any anime at least once. Given the sort of things ADVision is releasing lately, I think that's changed. I can tolerate sex, violence and death (hell, I even enjoy them), but I can't tolerate plotless drivel -- with, or without, T&A. Without shame, I freely admit to enjoying all sorts of anime -- from Sailor Moon to MI to Gainax to Miyazaki, and I similarly admit to really enjoying dramatic anime. Musical tastes: I like to think that I run the gamut, although I've grown more than sick of classic rock. I seem to tend towards jazz and classical recently, but I also have a large collection of vintage blues ... and punk bootlegs. Anyhow, I think I've yammered enough -- I think I've broken Charles' law of bandwidth consumption! As a sideline - I can't help wondering at how much everyone providing a Bio is similar, I must have seen dozens of similiarities between everyone... Hey - I guess the saying 'Great minds think alike' applies here 'eh?? Well here's my personal stats.... Name: Brett Handy (sometimes goes by the name: DarkWind) Height: 6 foot 6 (about 200cm) Weight: 220lbs (about 110kg) Sex: I'm a guy of course.... (this is for you Wolf) Hair Colour: Brown Eye Colour: Brown Nationality: Australian Age: 21 Fav Sports: Fencing (not that I get much time anymore) Tennis *Rugby League* Football (not that whimpy game the Yanks play) {Ohhh I can just about hear the responses to this one....} Surfing Fav Hobbies: Role Playing (just about any game...) Reading Writing Watching Anime (bet you'd *never* have guessed :) Occupation: Currently a student, but looking for work in the Computer Industry. Self Description: If I wasn't such a big guy and into such violent sports, I'd probably be considered a 'nerd' (but no one's *ever* called called me that to my face :). I wear glasses when not playing sports and my friend's (mostly) first reaction when asked what kind of person I am is to tell you I'm a 'nice guy' (I gotta get a better class of friends). FanFic's Written (and being written): Shifters - A Ranma1/2 FanFic Bubblegum Shift - A BGC FanFic A Trek into the Past - A BGC FanFic Oh my God ? - An OMG FanFic Well that's pretty much it about me - if you've read my OMG FanFic you've probably already got an idea about what I'm like **Shameless Plug** First, the stats: Name: Andrew Mallalieu Stodden Age: 20 (born 04-22-75) Sex: Male Weight: 175 pounds Height: 6 feet 3 inches and change. Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue Complexion: Fair Hobbies: Rowing, Computers, Anime, sleep. Current: Security Gaurd, Computer Consultant, Trained Computer Hardware technician. Other Stuff: Well, I work nights mostly, I rent anime despite the fact that I don't own a VCR (I go over to friends houses and force it on them.) Not much else. (A new catagory!) Things about which are true but you won't believe: 1) I'm a flat broadcast telepath (I think it, you think it) 2) All my dreams are about the future, and they are always right. I did warn you you wouldn't believe, most don't. but anyone who has known me for a while does. I can conceptualize anything, and often end up building it. I have an endless range of inventions that are listed as possible, becuase of some lack of technology though, are not built. I don't have a girlfriend, stemming from the fact that I don't have any emotions. I'm not a writer in any sense of the word, and WliiA is the first thing I've written in seven years. Not much else really... oh well... MY LITTLE BIO PAGE AGE : Too Damm Old Born : That would be telling Height : 6' 0" Weight : That would be telling Eyes : grey Hair : Red - long 3/4 of the way down my back! Beard and mustache. Sex: Yes Please :) :) (Male) Nickname : none Favorite Bar : Have given up drinking :) Enthnic background : Consider my self Scottish Degrees: BA: Music, minor creative writing (poetry), teaching credental. BS: Computer Infomation Systems. Job: Computer programmer/analyst/system adminisrator for USC. Other: Can not spell! Girl Friend: None Cooking skill : Up there with Kasumi and Belldandy! Really, I know it sounds vain, but my mother DOES cook as well as Kasumi and Belldandy (and does it all by scratch!), and she began teaching me to cook at a very young age! And I have been cooking for my self for over ten years! Hobbies * Learning Japanese * Screwing around with various computers (unix is wonderful!) * Role-playing et al: + Currently run a traveller game. * Comics - My favorite titles + Ninja High School + Green Arrow + Oh My Goddess & Ah My Goddess + Ranma 1/2 + Ghost + Maison Ikkoku + Outlanders + Silbuster Favorite Movies: Much Ado About Nothing Henry the Fifth Anything with Kenneth Branagh The Princess Bride Star Wars (et al) Tampopo A Taxing Woman The return of a Taxing Woman Favorite TV : Dr. Who (no longer availble in my area :-( ) Favorite Anime: Ah My Goddess (Oh My Goddess) 801 T.T.S. Airbats KOR (which I do not watch as it makes me melancholy) Ranma 1/2 All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku-Nuku Project A-ko (All 6 of them) BGC (and I *DO* like Crash) A.D.Police Favorite Authors Willian Shakespeare (See my fanfic No Mere Mortal: I did not have to look up those quotes!) John Calvin Goals : To visit Japan To Visit Scotland Well, what the hell. I'm bored. Name: Rod P. Malapitan (RPM) Job: Main Site Jr. Computer Operator (zzzzzzz.... *snore*) Age: 22 Sex: so-so, er, I mean, Male. Hobbies: None to speak of, really. Misc: basketball fanatic, part-time insomniac (damn soda...), Recreational driver (ever seen Riding Bean? You get the idea) Height: not short Weight: not skinny Disposition: either act 7 years younger or 30 years older than I really am, depending on if I'm around friends or family, or just really strange people. material written: -The More Things Change... -Housewarming (asst. writer, actually, & editor) Well, that's that. Hobbyist by nature, fen by choice.... From the tender age of 5, when he first received Star Wars toys in a multitude of tiny packages under the sprawling Christmas tree, Mr. Williamson was doomed to ever onwards exist in a world of primarily introverted interests and introspective pursuits. Gifted with above average intelligence, he alienated his peer groups by being accelerated not one, but two grades in grammar and middle school. It was not until high school that he learned the healing power of laughter, and in acquiring "a damned odd sense of humour" (cf. _Williamson's roommates_, interview, September 1995), he managed to keep them laughing long enough that they forgot why it was he didn't belong. College provided a cascade of blinding epiphanies, from the fickle ways of romance ("three times you deny me" -- Tim Rice, _Jesus Christ Superstar_) to the harsh realities of science ("Math is HARD!" --Barbie, 1992). Chemistry, other than in a purely recreational sense, seemed to NOT be the wisest career/study path for this subject; instead, he shifted his thought paradigms to his work- study position--and studied computers, turning his grades around in record time. A near-fatal multi-month "merged permanence" of sorts led to Mr. Williamson's nadir, the summer of 1992. Drummed out of university, no job, no permanent residence, pariahed from his family, he despaired. And out of the ashes of his former life grew independence, self-reliance, a temporary position with the university that abhorred him, and finally permanent employment. Now he is 23, still heavy-set (a polite term meaning "fat"), owns a cute black and white cat named Shada (a shortened form of her proper appellation, Scheherazade), lives with two roommates, pays his own taxes, and spends all his spare money on "toys". Ever since the age of 5, he was doomed. For the past 18 years, his expenses have run from action figures to comic books to sf/fantasy/etc novels to compact discs to videotapes to laserdiscs to home theater equipment. By nature a collector (not a packrat, no; one must clear the old to make way for the new oftimes), the material he manages to wedge into 1/3 of the apartment he shares would easily fill 4/3 of it. He credits his current not-quite-sane state of mind to his wholehearted embracement of anime fandom in late 1993. He blames his lack of contribution to the fanfic ML, and verily, to the writing community at large, on a job which sometimes keeps him at work for 17 hour jags, much as this evening. And he bids good evening to you all. Hi! I'll join in the fun, if that really mattered. :) Age : Not TOO old Birthday : July, 8th. I'm a Cancer, like Sailor Moon! :) Height : 5'9" Weight : 140 lbs. Skinny. Eyes : Blue Hair : Dark brown, with goatee. Sex: Male. Nickname : Omega (internet), Krescan (obsolete) Favorite Bar : The Living Well. Stout is best; have some Guiness! Ethnic background : Heinz 57 (aka. Canadian). Includes: Irish, French, German, Dutch, Scottish, Danish, Spanish, Polish. See? We all can get along! :) Degrees: 180, 360, 90. ^_^ Job: Free-lance Video Editor. Also produced a TV show for Cable 10 in Mississaug, Ontario. Girl Friend: Not looking; still getting over a 5 year relationship.:( Hobbies * Languages/ linguistics: English, Russian, Japanese, German, French * Reviewing anime for publication (hope, hope). * Writing and recording music Favourite Music: King Crimson, Mike Oldfield (Amarok is the greates record ever made!), Dead Can Dance, Gary Numan, David Bowie, Yes. Favorite Movies: Blade Runner Heathers Empire Strikes Back (many others that I've drawn a blank on) Favorite TV : Dr. Who The Prisoner Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Earthworm Jim Sailor Moon :) Favorite Anime: Maison Ikkoku: the greatest TV series of all time!!! Oh My Goddess! City Hunter Irresponsible Captain Tyler Video Girl Ai Favorite Authors Douglas Adams Neil Gaiman Oscar Wilde Goals : To visit Japan To travel the Trans-Siberian Rail To become a writer (of television) To work on animation. Here's my 'Bio' for all those insomniacs out there ... Net Identity: Tempest (used to be 'mackie') Real Name: Robin Smith Age: The chassis is 36 but the mind is back in my teens; remember everyone's a buma/boomer :) The Zimmer-frame is on order :) Born: 20th June 1959 Sex: Male Height: 5' 11" or 1.8m Weight: for it. 162lbs or 69kg. Hasn't changed in the last 20+ years - makes you sick doesn't it ? Eyes: Blue-Grey, wear glasses : very short sighted Hair: Short, Brown and still got it all despite the job :) Sometimes seen with beard and nose underline. Nickname: "Batman's partner" and known as Tempest; because of the squalls that happen :) Nationality: British/English/UK Citizen - take your pick Allergies: Country Music. Education: Wasn't that when you're supposed to find out to count and spell ? Welder, Vehicle Tester, Programmer Jack of all trades - master of none :) Current Job Status: Unix Helpline support for 180+ sites of abusers Personal Status: Shy, retiring. Single again - not bothering after last time; I'll get over it one day. Looking after dad since his heart operation. Hobbies: Full time couch potato - Linna leave me alone I don't wanna go !! Reasonable cook - I can always eat from the four basic food groups: canned, frozen, instant, take-away :) BGC Crazy - say no more ^_^ Doom - sodding hopeless at it, but doesn't stop me playing; with the BGC patch of course. Manga - Just started : Gunnm, AD Police, GunSmith Cats An inveterate "Now how does this work/come apart" - usually there's no spare parts left after reassembly; doesn't mean it works though ^_^ Programming/Building/breaking computers. Trainee fanfic author. Built own car from parts. World War Two Aircraft. Formula 1 Motor racing. World Stupor Bike racing. Walk to relax. PUNS - oh yes yet another one : ARGHHHH RUN FOR THE HILLS !!! Favourite Movies: Any Clint Eastwood film; Blade Runner; A Matter of Life and Death; The Life and Times of Colonel Blimp; Always (Holly Hunter/Richard Dreyfus/Audrey Hepburn); Casablanca and Most Humpty Gokart films; Hard Boiled; A Better Tomorrow; James Bond; Star Wars Favourite TV: Dr. Who - Jon Pertwee/Tom Baker The Avengers - Diana Rigg as Emma Peel The New Avengers - Joanna Lumley as Purdey Batman (Adam West/Burt Ward/Alan Napier) Mission Impossible; The Prisoner; Red Dwarf; The Twilight Zone; The Goodies; Benny Hill; Monty Python; The Wombles; Danger Mouse Favourite Radio: Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again; Hello Cheeky; Hancock's Half Hour; The Goon Show Favourite Anime & Cartoons: BubbleGum Crisis (not over impressed by Crash); Anything by Miyazaki; Bastard!!; Ah! My Goddess; Dragon Half; Luna Varga; Vampire Pricess Miyu; Gunbuster; Road Runner; Bugs Bunny; Daffy Duck; but not that damned mouse !! Favourite Authors: Clive Cussler; Tom Clancy; Jeffrey Jenkins; Douglas Adams; Spike Milligan; Jilly Cooper Music: DON'T ask me to sing - I'm tone deaf, stepping on a cat's tail is more musical and less stressful (unless you're the cat). A lot of Anime soundtracks, guess what's played most ? Yup BGC! Blues; Jazz; Classical; 50s/60s/70s; Electronic stuff; Heavy Metal; Queen; Just about most things except techno/rap (sorry forgot the 'c' there) and Country (oops does it have an 'o' ?). Oops, sorry that ended up kind of long. Another incredibly boring ramble from, Robin. *click* LURKER MODE DEACTIVATED Okay, here goes. I've been subscribed to the list for a few weeks, I have all the stuff saved and will give C&C as soon as I get around to reading it (which may be Christmas). Name: Arline Lyons Age: 22 Nationality: Irish Sex:[CENSORED] Etoo... Female. Appearance: 5'7", okay weight, long dark brown hair, blue-grey eyes, glasses Occupation: Student, MA in Continental Philosophy at Warwick Interests: Manga/Anime,obviously. Got hooked on Ranma and DragonBall/Z through spending summers in France, where they were shown daily on TV. RPGs- Long standing AD&D player, only problem is that my DM is in Dublin... Conventions- committee and/or staff for Leprecon and Gaelcon (Irish games conventions) over the last 2/3 years. Music- NIN, Front 242, Clawfinger, Die Krupps, Jean-Michel Jarre, dance in general. Languages- fluent French, currently learning Japanese and German. Living/have lived in: Born NY, lived most of my life in Dublin with 5 years in Paris and then summers in Geneva or Paris. Dad works with Irish embassies. Now living in England for a year to do my MA. Forgot to check the name of the guy who started doing engineering and then found out it wasn't what he wanted... There was more than one. Truest thing ever said. If you're not sure what you want, try taking a year out before college. By the time even one year has gone by, it's so difficult to turn back. Thankfully, I liked philosophy, but I know others who made that mistake. Now, doing postgrad, I really want to get out of college. I'm glad I only committed for one year. In my case, after a year I *did* have the choice to make, but not because I really wanted it. My GPA after my first year was a low D. And I failed the introductory Electrical and Computer Engineering course that was required as a part of my (old) major. Such is life. Goals: Finishing my DBZ fanfic! I will post it here for you all to savage if you really want. Learning Japanese. Going out to Japan with the JET programme. Getting a job in writing, publishing, editing or, my favourite, translating. BTW - are there any DB/Z historians out there? ( The DB equivalent of AD&D rules lawyers, like?) My turn. I'll keep this short. My name is Ross John McKenzie Jr. I'm a 22 year old Grad student at UCSD (University of California @ San Diego). My specialization (at this point in my math career) is Combinatorial Math. Basically, that means I'm learning how to count things. I'm a big fan of fantasy literature (I think _The Lord of the Rings_ is one of the greatest series ever written, and _The Wheel of Time_ isn't far behind). That hobby has branched out into many others, including anime, RPG's, comic books, fencing, and lately, writing. I actually look like my emoticon; _long_ brown hair, glasses, beard, the works. And I wear white. All white. Always. Just because. Most importantly, I'm a Christian. Funny. (I mean that in the sense of odd, strange) Steve had a habit of wearing all black for a while. Did wonders for his complexion. (he's *very* pale) And he's a Christian too, oddly enough. I stole someone else's form, sorry. Name: White Wolf Age: 22 months Residence: Klondike Sex: Yes. Appearance: 3'6" at the shoulder, 80 lbs. Occupation: Hunter Interests: Anime & cute furry tasty rabbits. Goals: Finishing my AMG/Ranma fanfic. Learning Japanese. (Unfortunately, the rest of the bio can only be understood by wolves, so I had to stop here.) [note: Wolf replied to Bentley's offer for a place in Forbidden Ops. That was where this came from] Long light brown hair, brown eyes, I'm very talkative, (like you couldn't guess), and somewhat un-hyper. (Not a typo. I like to sit for hours without moving, just to think) I'm 6'0" and 155lbs. I like to drink, I'm normally non-violent, (don't piss me off, I have a short fuse) I don't smoke... anything else? Handle(s): Mousse Ai Lee (Ra) to a lesser degree: The MidSummerRayDreamKnight, The Shotgun Messiah, Infernal Denizen, Tevesh Szat, Seki Toshihiko, and Nightcrawler. Mousse is the only one people actually call me though. Real Name: Kaleiohu Rayce Lee (destroy this information) Sex/Age: Male, 19 (March 12, 1976) appearance: 5'7"/5'8", 120 lbs (approx.), black hair/eyes, glasses. If you know who Mousse is, you have an idea what I look like. there is a picture on my page: http://www.pixi.com/~mousse/ ethnic background: about 1/2 Chinese, 3/8 Japanese, 1/8 Hawaiian education: Graduated from Iolani School in 94', currently nowhere. religion: devout atheist. personal status: desperately seeking Shampoo. My luck is about as bad as the real Mousse. Hobbies: Anime, Ranma collecting, CD collecting, MacDoomII, writing, guitar. Favorite stuff: Movies: Hard Boiled, The Killer, StarWars series. Television: StarTrek (any), B5, Space AaB, Mtv. Actors: Chow Yun Fat, Winnona Ryder, Val Kilmer, Tim Curry. Anime: Ranma, Tenchi, A!MG, Nuku, DP, Macross Plus, Battle Angel. Also like: Riding Bean, Dominion, Ninja Scroll, Greenwood. Books: Musashi, anything by Piers Anthony, Dragonlance series. Music: Ranma CDs, ZARD, X-Japan, Various Japanese artists. other: GnR, Dance Hall Crashers, STP, EuroTechno stuff. Comic: Usagi Yojimbo, some X-men, and certain artists. Place: Japan, Hawaii, places with snow. Food: Rice, Pizza, anything I cook, crackers. Sports: sumo, billiards, bowling. Fanfiction status: Three in progress. Long Journey (working title); Currently working on. R1/2: Kawaiikune (Terminator crossover); slight writers block. A Day at the Nekohanten (Mousse's tale); not enough time to work on. e.t.a: at least one finished by the end of the year. I'm gone for a few days and my mailbox is almost full and that's saying a lot since my mailbox can hold about 15 megs! Why do people mail me when I'm gone and don't when I'm here??? *sigh* Anyway, glad to be back :) Sorry - 's muh fault, thought it would be cool to share info - I promise not to do anything like this again. maybe. Promises, promises :) Hmm...bios, huh? I guess I can do that :) Saf ***** Name: Sapphire the Anime Bounty Hunter Tigress; Sapphire the Blue Tigress; Tigress Lady; Saf Gender: female ... Species: Humanoid Tiger (but you knew that already :) Age: old enough to drink, young enough to party! ;) Ah - the true 'golden years' - Height: about 5'7" Weight: CLASSIFIED (and it won't help to peek at my driver's license either cuz I lied on the form. Who doesn't?) Appearance: blue with darker blue stripes; tawny golden eyes; long, dark blue hair, usually in a braid over my shoulder Occupation: Bounty Hunter for hire. You want it captured; just call me. (no spiders though - YUKK!) Home: The Golden Grove. Hardly ever there since bounty hunters are constantly on the move Usual outfit: black leather - long pants, vest, ankle boots, and a headband to keep my hair out of my eyes. Of course, this is my hunting outfit ;) WOOF! *ahem*...er, sorry - I had to bark, I mean have you ever heard a gopher do anything but a kind of squeak? It's sad, but we have to steal other critters' sound FXs if we are to prove that we are as cool as we know we are. Cool? Of course you're cool! Gophers live underground don't they? I've never heard of gopher tunnels being hot ;) Favorite weapons: blue-laser bullwhip electric shock net my claws, usually with poison or sleep-inducing drugs Likes: almost any kind of music, dancing, coffee or vanilla ice cream, off-the-wall humor, and anime! :) ... Hates: Spiders and Heights You forgot a hate : stuffed *CUTE* tigers, etc. heheheheheh..... [note: redirected to the "cute" thread; see below] Other Stuff: trained in acrobatics and various styles of martial arts (obviously, I like to fight up close and personal), biased against most forms of transportation except my own two feet You know, I'm suddenly reminded of a certain martial artist from Florida. This is really odd. Interesting, tho. Oh really? Who? The Retired Mutant Ninja Arachnophobes? ;) Did you forget my fictional autobio already?? WHO's Mr. Bodyguard and weapons man in it? :) I even posted a character sketch of him, plus a bio. Didn't you notice? Oh yes, _Steve_. No, I didn't forget him. I was just teasing. ;) Saf "HELP!! I'm being attacked by killer spiders!!" Eh...heh. I'm going to have to *get* you for that one, you know... *grrrumphle* Oh yeah? You and who else? *Saf grins impudently and flexes her claws* Saf "Intimidation is FUN!" Who else? Mochiron!! "Hey, Steve. Got a little job for ya." "Yeah?" "You get to tame a tiger." "Oh, Steve. Catch!" *Saf throws a glass cage of spiders at Steve's feet. The cage breaks and the spiders are loose. Heh. I may be afraid of spiders but not if they're in containers or a couple feet away. :) Realize that Steve is not afraid of spiders to the point of being unable to do something about them. Let's just say he finds a way to deal with them, no matter what. He'd most likely whip out his gasohol-loaded supersoaker, and crisp them *and* you. So be careful. I *did* warn you, remember. :) Besides, he's more fun if you stay on his good side. (that's his right side; his left has a tendency to react a little more quickly, and catch you with a painful side kick ;) He also plays the electric guitar and the keyboard. Something tells me you'd appreciate that kind of performance more than the one I mentioned above. 8) Besides, why would I want to do that to a fellow netter? Remember, I only said I was *considering* calling you cute. Not that I ever did. Psychology is such a wonderful thing. (works well on Steve, too) Name : Thomas Kinnen Age : 26 Born : 19 Aug 1969 Height : 5'11" Weight : Too much right now Eyes : Green Hair : Black, Short on top and getting long in back.... Location: Fort Myers, Florida - USA - 120 miles south of Tampa - Retirement Central. Status : Just paid for the rings... (See my web page for a picture of my better half) Current Job Status: Now : Work at a computer store. Senior technician, support for our internet service/BBS access, and inhouse DB programmer. Then: 5 1/2 years in the US Army Band (Still wondering if going into computers was a right move ) Hobbies: Anime (Gee big suprise), Music, Playing with the internet, Driving my Wife to be (English/teaching Degree) crazy with my bad grammar and spelling, (This is getting spell checked and reviewed as I type, you would not want to see it before hand ), and computers on days I don't have to work. Favorite Movies (non Anime): Star Wars, Shadow, Star Trek Movies, Highlander, Godzilla, Hunt for Red October, Patroit Games, Clear and present Danger, Blade Runner, Blues Brothers, Blazing Saddles, Indiana Jones Favorite TV : Star Trek (all), SeaQuest, B-5, Dr Who, ER, X-Files, Strange Luck, Highlander, Kung-Fu the Legend Continues Favorite Anime: BGC, Green Legend Ran, UY, Ranma, Macross (in it's various forms), VPM, Iczer, Dirty Pair, Tenchi, Phantom Quest, Moldiver, AMG! Name: Ricardo Martinez Garza Sex: siempre que se puede, err, I mean Male Lives: Monterrey, Mexico (Different from Monterey you North California dudes) Age: I'm too old for this s...actually 24 :) Birthday: 12-Dic (Quick, you have 5 seconds to forget it) Hobbies: Reading, writing, anime, learning japanese, making weird friends (seems Im in the right place ^_-), Job: Store clerk (Not everyone can have Hitomi's job ^_-) Height: 1.80 mts (and too lazy to do the conversion) Weight: Increasing ;_; (albeit still on the average side) Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Fanfics Written: Akane por siempre (darn, my best fanfic and no one knows I wrote it) Improbable Encounter The Road Not Traveled (Work in progress) Alright.... It's an hour 'tll Speed Racer (on at 3:30 am YTV) so I thought I'd post a bio.... Well, mine. I have yet to write (post) anything but since I've been commenting I can't relly say I've been lurking. O.K.... Where to go from here....? Boy...I don't mind talking...as long as it's not really about myself.... Name :Neil A. Sinclair (I like the "A" as it gives the whole thing a grander look.... and of course the initals N.A.) Nicknames : Various.... one of the oldest (from GR 2) which a couple of friends still call me at strange times "Pinky" (don't ask) Space, Ne-chan, Ne-Ne (not to be confused with Nene of course) Froggy. "that bastard Neil Sinclair" (strange private joke) and due to "Silence of the Lambs" Neil the Meal. I'll also answer to Ian....for some reason people call me this Age: 30....but more like 16 on a good day....1236 on a bad one. I'm a Leo. Growl.... grr.... (well you get the picture) Height: 5'8 Weight: 174 Reddish brown hair (reddish blond?) and a beard....well when I feel like it and don't want to look 16 Item: lips 2 indifferent red (I always wanted to say that) Eyes: sort of a wonky blue that range from grey to green (I think it might be the picture tube) glasses (which I am constantly told are too big for my face) Nationality... Canadian. You can tell my ancestors are Scottish however ....which means of course I have nice legs :) Occupation: perpetual student. I'm doing a second degree (English) and of course taking Japanese...makes no sense and already have a double Major in Creative Writing and Psychlogy (spelling I do not do) I'm applying to the J.E.T. program for next year Hobbies: Anime (who would have guessed), Film Comics (well the good ones) Reading....most stuff but mainly SF and Fantasy. Painting, writing (poetry and prose) photography, playing basketball (poorly). coffee, and generating mayhem (actually this is more of a side- effect of me simply existing) I currently have 2 insane roomates..... one a mad net-junkie and the other a flirtatious witch (as in wicca) No S.O. but I did have a nasty engaement two years ago. -good Lord, for someone who doesn't want to talk about himself I've blathered on - Okay, since I'm one of the new guys on the block (thanks to Tiem Nguyen's encouragement to join this ML), here's some trashcan/recycling bin/shredder fodder...er...I mean my bio! Real Name: Peter L. Ward AKA: Kyusaku on IRC #anime! (usually on between 10:30PM - 1:00 AM PST) Description (so one can avoid in real life): Race: Half-Thai, half-Caucasian Place of Birth: Santa Clara, CA, USA Current residence: San Jose, CA, USA Age: 26 (2/17/69) Height: 6' Weight: around 160-165lbs Eyes: brown, with glasses Hair: black, short on top and sides, shoulder-length in back Hobbies/Interests/Tastes (or lack of) Books: typically sf such as Gibson, Effinger, Douglas Adams, Robert Aspirin. Also have been known to read books on computer graphics, chaos theory (as if it ever got through my thick skull), and such. Movies (non-anime): Star Wars trilogy, Star Trek, Ladyhawke, Buckaroo Banzai, Alien/Aliens, Roger Rabbit, Schindler's List (yeah, a movie with at least *some* redeeming value amongst all these others), Gremlins/Gremlins 2, and several others. Haven't been keeping up with current releases though...not much time on my hands between projects and work. Anime (current): El Hazard, AMG, Ranma 1/2, VGAi, Tenchi Muyo, Macross+, Dragon Half, Nuku Nuku, Armitage III, Moldiver Anime (classics): Yamato (how I got my start!), Gatchaman, Dirty Pair, Macross, A-ko, Wings of Honneamise, Gunbuster, Gundam, Lupin III, BGC Music: depends on mood, but avoids stuff like country, muzak, and other abominations like the plague. Current projects RPGs: Running a TFOS (possibly Sihoulette-A rules soon) campaign called SBX-777 Heavenly Express (a AMG/Ranma 1/2 crossover) Fanfics: Aa! Megami-sensei! (just completed episode 3 of 26), a prequel to Heavenly Express, which itself may be a fanfic series Sketches/Character designs for both of the above projects WWW: The Urd Shrine (see sig for the URL) Painting Boomer and Knight Saber minis Going back to school at De Anza College in Cupertino next quarter Future projects: Fanfics: a possible Heavenly Express fanfic, as well as a Aa! Megami-sensei! II, further down the road if AMSensei proves to be popular enough. * Damon looks around at the lost bio thread... Hey, where'd you go all of a sudden? Gee, no more piddies...waaah! ;) "I am Ronald Reagan of Borg! You will be...eh...I don't recall." * Damon sighs. "Oh well." Good night, and may the blue bird of happiness not plop on your doorstep. (yep, I'm *really* tired!) ----- [Thu, 2 Nov 1995 10:54:45 EST] We just hit 100 subscribers 5 minutes ago. Let's get the next hundred! ... [Mon, 6 Nov 1995 23:24:41 EST] We only have 94 on the list. (yeah, we lost a bunch recently) ----- Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 16:50:04 -0500 (EST) From: Damon Jason Casale To: fanfic@andrew.cais.com Subject: Spammy Don't we have anything better to discuss? My mailbox just got hit with 77 messages today, most along the lines of: >>>>>>>>>> Kill her. >>>>>>>>> Don't. >>>>>>>> Kill her. etc. I know you guys can do better than that if you try. From: Damon Jason Casale To: fanfic@andrew.cais.com Subject: Re: Blue Thunder Rising In-Reply-To: References: Excerpts from mail: 8-Nov-95 Blue Thunder Rising by Duane L. Pinnock@grove.u > Blue Thunder Rising? Hey!! How annoying. Somebody borrowed my title, kinda. :( What's worse, it was a Ranma fanfic. The name of my precious Blue Lightning hath been defiled! A sacrifice must be made!! *grr...* (lots of wet, drippy sarcasm and plenty of invisible smilies added) ----- And now, for what you've all been waiting for. The bounty hunts begin. *grin* ----- Hates: Spiders and Heights You forgot a hate : stuffed *CUTE* tigers, etc. heheheheheh..... Hey, I have no problems with stuffed tigers. Tigers have to eat, you know ;) I don't even have problems with stuffed *cute* tigers. But if you try to call *ME* CUTE, I'll put a bounty on you myself! Grrr! Saf "I am *NOT* CUTE!" What's so bad about being cute? I'd like to be cute! _Cute_ is for toys and small children. Personally, I'd rather be _deadly_! Sapphire, The Blue Tigress "Anime Bounty Huntress - for hire" Hmmm... for hire??? Deadly can be cute. ;] Deadly can, but I'm NOT! :P *******Take for instance....AZUZA! (or is that cute being deadly?)****** Charolette forever.......and ever.... and ever...... Oh, puh-leeze! Next you'll be comparing me to BARNEY! ARGH! Saf "Yum-yum-doodly-dum. hehhehheheh..**" "Poor Barney, may he forever rest in _pieces_!" What a novel idea. All the write elements... 8^)p You could always be Cute AND deadly :) I _could_ but I'd rather not. I'd rather just be _deadly_. ;) Hey, be both, be cute to lure your vic- I mean 'targets' in, then...let's just say 'time to hose down the sidewalk' :P Hmmm... Personally, I think cute is cool! Of course, deadly doesn't hurt either... ^_^ Yep. Witness "Mom and Dad Save the World". Remember the critters that looked like smiling mushrooms floating around in the sewers? :) (of course, I would not deign to compare Saf to a smiling mushroom, but you get the point) I'm _sure_ you wouldn't do something like that. But, just in case... *Saf starts sharpening a little knife to slice Damon into little bits if he does compare her to a mushroom. There are plenty of other things to compare you to. See below. Saf "I LIKE having a bloodthirsty image!" Then you and the Scyth have a lot in common. Take a look at the intro chapter for Scyth II. [can you say...distract and confuse? Neat psychological tactic, ne? *grin*] Cute is deadly. My girlfriend makes me listen to the Beatles and other bad groups that should have died when they died. And also annoying singers such as Mariah Carey and Paul Simon. Heh. You called the Beatles bad. You die. Heh. * Bents glad Basile ain't around, that crack about Mariah not nice....:/) 'Cute' is in the eye of the beholder..you two might not see yourselves as 'cute' but it's a fair bet that someone does. Personally, I think that ALL females (Rosanne excepted) are 'cute' at least a little bit...and I've never seen a tiger (especially a blue bounty hunter tigress :) or teenage girl who wasn't 'cute'...I still don't know what everyone sees in Shampoo and Kodachi tho..they're just strange...*ducks thrown kipple from the Shampoo/Kodachi fans* That's just my personal opinion of course..if you disagree, go ahead and post it to the list :) there's too little mail the past 24 hours...Spam is good :) (the 'net version of course, I'll always think SPAM is what the government does with all those Alien bodies they swipe from UFO crashes :) {you are strange} [yes I am] {You're proud of it, aren't you?} [yup!] {you're no fun} [right again!] {feh *stalks off to turture some other poor fool*} She doesn't want to be cute - it spoils her 'she-cat' image. (She doesn't want people to think of her as a cuddly, fuzzy, silly Mughi - for example) Actually - she can't help it - cute is the eye of the beholder. She sounds cute, so I think she is cute - but that's how the InterNet works. Cool, huh. This is is going to get me killed. :) Saph - put the gun down....Saph, *SAPH*!!!!! uh-oh. Darned right it's going to get you killed! Uh-oh. I hereby proclaim an open season on AlberCrombie. You can bring him in in any condition as long as he's alive. _I_ want to be the one to kill him! Reward negotiable. ^_^ Auhhhhh..... How cute. The bounty hunter for hire hires others to do the hunt. I never said that I wasn't going to hunt for him myself. I just thought it'd make it more interesting if _everyone_ was after him. If he's not paranoid already, he's definitely going to be after this. *evil grin* Awww....she *DOES* care! ;] Of _course_ I care! I care so much that I'm going to have you hunted all over the internet and when you're captured, I'm going to kill you myself. *Various bounty hunters perk up their ears and start packing their weapons for an AlberCrombie hunt* HEY!HEY!HEY! You in the back - put down the chicken. If I'm going to be hunted, I would prefer it to be done with modern weapons. Thank you. Modern weapons? How about your death? Shall it be the electric chair? Or death by biofeedback? How about being sent into the sun? ;) Is AlberCrombie a follower of Chaos? A soldier of Neos Gold or Big Gold? *chuckle* You're in for it now, AlberCrombie! God, the things I do to get a date...... A _date_? A DATE? You insult me and you ask me for a DATE? * Saf fumes and mutters even more dire threats then has a _wonderful_ idea. She smiles at Al and calls in a sweet voice: Al? How about having that date at the Museum of Ancient Inquisitions? I hear they have some _wonderful_ exhibits of the racks, thumbscrews and other equipment from the Spanish Inquisition! ;) Saf "Hmm...choices, choices. boiling in oil? drawn and quartered? flayed to death? shark bait?...." What about all of the above? *evil grin* Sounds good to me. All of the above plus some. *evil laughter* How about finding his least favorate anime and make him watch its entire run, over and over until he begs you to kill him. Then DON"T DO IT!!! (sx: Evil laugher - track 10) Beheading by multiple paper cuts? *shiver* That's rather painful... *shivers some more* Please! No need to get bloodthirsty folks. Let us just haul him down to Jhusenkyo for a rousing game of 'Guess the Tragic Legend!' Whadda ya say Blue? Oooh, I LIKE this one :) Death by chocolate cheese cake is always fun. Friend of mine in Iowa swears up and down that one of these days she'll make me a choc. cheese cake with cyanide. hey, I'll die happy! Sorry, but dying happy is _not_ in my plans for you. BTW - just how much is that reward?! AlberCrombie - GIH (Gopher In Hiding) Why do you want to know? You could collect it yourself but I don't think you'd be able to spend it. ;) Well, let's see, I just discovered this nice patch of young bamboo beside the pond outside my house. We could stake him out. Young bamboo is very sharp and grows at about 4 inches a day. Whatcha' think? You are nasty. Who, me? Sweet, little ol' innocent me? (blink, blink) Shannon (Come on out, Albie! We don't want to hurt you. Much.) Sounds very tortuous... Great idea! And we can pour honey all over him and invite the fireants. *evil grin* And I have a recipe for gopher stew. Gotta' get rid of the body somehow, you know. Though I've never had BBQ gopher. Hummm... choices, choices. I've got a recipe for roast gopher. Let's compare recipes sometime and we can have a gopher feast when he's caught. ;) How about death by exposure to Barney? Or worse yet... Bugs and Tweety re-runs... *cringes* Hmm... Barney... I LIKE that idea! Oh, wait, no, I can't do that. Then _I'll_ have to see Barney too! *cringe* :( I want to watch him die but I don't want to die too. *sigh* Any other ideas? *chuckle* That's truly an interesting twist. ^_^ Ah! Just strap on a vr-goggle onto his face (over eyes) and watch _him_ go down as _he_ watches _him_. Cool! I'll have him staked out on Windlily's bamboo with honey and fireants all over him and a vr-goggle strapped over his eyes with Barney playing. *evil grin* Don't forget Yoko Ono songs inbetween Barny Eps...with clips from "Three's Company" of course...what am I SAYING!?!?!?! I'm part of the 'Saf is Cute' campaign too! Move over 'Crombie! I'm a hidin' too! *whips out giant spatula and a plasma rifle that makes the BFG-9000 in DOOM look like a pea-shooter* keep away from me! I don't know how to use this! *accidentally pulls the trigger and incinerates a large part of Mexico* oops...SEE?!?!?! *eye twitch* STAY AWAY!!!!!!!!! *eye twitch^2* They're coming to take me away, HA HA! they're coming to take me away....if they don't mind being broken down to their component molecules *eye twitch* {I'd normaly say somthing sarcastic and biting here, but he *really* likes big guns...He want's his own valkyrie just for the obscenely huge gun...he might blow me to bits just to see how big a 'boom' it makes *cowers behind a very tiny robotech-ish shield system and prays it dosen't go 'boom' if Aaron fires* help me...} AAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!! Not a campaign! I hate politics! Politicians are !@(^%&%$$&*..... *Saf rants and raves for a few more minutes then calms down enough to post a bounty on Aaron. Watch out, Aaron. Your life is about to drastically shorten. *evil grin* Saf "Shoot^H^H^H^H^H _Fry_ all the politicians!" Wing [ w:"Aaaggghh!!!" N:"C'mon Wing! _I_ won't bite. ^_^" ] Better yet, Akane's cooking! Bwahahahahahaa! You pitiful fools! I now control the Earth's supply of polka-dotted radishes! (I seem to be in a "weirder-than-usual" mood today....) Too many Marsmallow coconut sugar bagels with whipped cream? Nah. ALL HAIL NABIKI! [Hey...that's supposed to be "Marshmallow Coconut Frosted Sugar Bagels with Whipped Cream... 8) ] Er... Nabiki-san, I'm just curious, but what do Marshmellow coconut sugar bagels with whipped cream have to do with anything? I.. [ Nagisa decides at this point to interrupt me with a "distraction", which involved whispering something to me... ] Nagisa: Hi! Sorry, but Wing's... er... he's a little pre-occupied now, I didn't understand the bit about the babel thing... oh well, I hope you are in a more "normal" mood sooner or late... AAAGGHH!! [ Managing to regain my composure and tickling Nagisa into returning control of my computer, I found she has already sent the mail... ] * Bentley eeps at Sapp's posting about Al. "I tinks she serious, better enter the witness relocation program or something like that." Hah! There is NO place where that gopher can hide from ME! * Bentley hrmms. "How bout Simpsons/Ranma cross over! Now that's something I could crank out...possibly. Someone who would actually like Akane cooking!" Hehs.... (Predator Music starts up.....) I tink Al you better act like Tom Viel and vanish.. ;) Who's Tom Viel? *Bentley thuds head on computer desk Nowhere Man's main protagonist, cross between the fugitive and the prisoner. It's on UPN United Paramount Network. Show is awesome. Pure and simple. About a guy who takes a pic and big bro wants it back so they erase his life. psst Sapp, how much is the reward? >) Appearing Soon! AC in the Fugitive 2! How much? Weeell, how about a prepaid Anime Express Card (Never leave home without it)? ;) We can discuss credit limits after he's caught. You know, you make it sound soo tempting to actually *agree* with 'Crombie. 8^) Tempting, huh? Which method would YOU prefer to die by? ;) Uh-oh. At this rate there may be a decrease in population soon. I just wanted to see how she'd respond. I'm a psychologist at heart, whether I want to be or not. Is this a good thing? I don't know. You tell me. ;) What method? Lessee...choices, choices... Hrmmm...thinking... You know, natural causes sounds the best to me. 8^) You mean being attacked by a ravening tigress is _not_ natural? Do things like that happen every day? My first guess would be, not. :) "Do you want to live forever?" - Highlander (I think; haven't watched it in ages) Or most cliched war movies. Yeah they have a tendancy to have corny phrases like that in them too... Highlander is more appropriate in this case. It's one of Steve's favorites. ;) Hmmm - well the quote from Highlander *should* be "Who wants to live forever?", and I think that this is much more approiate in this case.. I mean you guys started this by calling her cute, she threatened you with grievous bodily harm and you continued to keep it up *sigh* I hope she never finds out where you live :) I'm not sure I'd mind all that much. I'd get to find out if she *is* cute or not. :) Hmmm - yes well I guess that might be some kind of encouragement :) That, and I've never met a net.personality. (that is, someone I've met over the net) Intriguing possibilities present themselves. Well I suppose that 'violent tendencies' do count as a personality.... More than that. Didn't you read the bio she posted? That's what started all of this. Hmmm - I'll have to take another look - maybe I've found a soul- mate for my little sister :) I thought this was started way back when shee told us to never *ever* call her 'saphy' *has flashes of Kei and Yuri after someone calls then the Dirty Pair* ......my life just flashed before my eyes.... Um, before that. Like, what's the title of this thread? :) [note: at the time, the title was "bios?!"] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Address: darkwnd@sv.net.au WWW page: http://www.sv.net.au/~darkwnd "Oh very good Worf, *eat* any good books lately???" - Q after being banished from the Continuum --------------------------------------------------------------------- Like your .sig. Big fan of Q myself. (no Sesame Street jokes, now!) Oh, really? You wouldn't find out if I caught you from behind, blindfolded you, and made you walk into a busy intersection. *grin* Only one problem with that. I took up practicing Tae Kwon Do for a little while with Steve. Some of his jumpiness rubbed off on me. I don't *get* surprised from behind. Ever. But enough rambling. I have a story to post. *sigh* I still have to finish writing mine, much less posting it. :( Ah, well. Back to the old keyboard. Good luck. What is it, BTW? [note: I have, at present, met two net personalities. One is on this list. Nabiki. The other is not. "Ranma-IM", Eric Grief. And for those of you who have been keeping up on these things, I will be meeting Saf this June. *smile* And that's not a bad thing, either! She knows where I live, and there are no longer any threats of hell and bloody mayhem being bandied about. In fact...well, I won't spoil it. I'll let my story speak for itself. *smile*] "Bubblegum Warners" and "Nabiki and the Airship". Hopefully, I'll get _something_ done this weekend. Sapphire, The lazy Blue Tigress Excerpt from The Hunt for AlberCrombie vvvvv .beep... .beep....beeeep.... "Movement..." Bentley looked over his shoulder, motion tracker in one hand, sidearm in the other. "Where?" He asked. King latched the safety down to fire on his rifle, the motion tracker attached to said hip mounted rifle blinked and beeped. He slowly turned on his heel and went down to one knee. The rifle attached to his right hip unlocked from it's housing and allowed for more free movement. His dark eyes only left the tracker for one moment, to look down the narrow dark hallway they had just transgressed. "Behind us, can't get an acurate fix." Bentley turned on the light that dangled from his belt and pointed it down the open hallway. The light passed over the ransacked hallway of the underground bunker. Doors that lined the walls were smashed in, wall panels pulled back and giant holes in the floor. He adjusted the comm set that adorned the left side of his head and slid the mic down to his mouth. "Anyone else got anything?" He asked in the mic. "Zippo," RR replied. "Damon?" "Nada, Steve's checking the armory, we don't need this one stinkin gopher, we got enough money for all." ...beeeep.....beeeeppp.....bbbeeeeeppp.... "I'll take that under advisment," Sapphire's voice retorted. "He called me _cute_, he's mine!" King blinked and looked the hallway. The rifle's HUD appeared in front of his eyes, giving them a white glow. The HUD from the rifle gave him was all he needed. "Tell her to get down here then, solid movement. 20 meters, heading straight up." "O.k, listen up every one." Bentley waited for silence. "If anyone would like a piece of this gopher get down to deck 30. Gopher Huntin ho." "YESSS!" They all crindged at the volume of Sapphire's voice and turned down their volumes down. "I hate this job," Bentley muttered and slammed stun rounds into his sidearm. King chuckled. "Oh an easy hop and catch he says, ha." Fin Now back to the Beginning part 3ish.... Bents Nice one, Bents :) Waiting for his cut of the money... :) Don't worry. You'll get it :) ^^^^^ You know, some would be of the opinion that these kinds of antics qualify you as one of the more endearing species roaming the net. I, of course, would *not* be one of those someones. ;) (although I still enjoy the psychological challenge }8^) But Steve probably would. Heh. Hello. ^_^ Personally, after reading the various posts about Saf hunting, torturing, etc., I really wouldn't want to run into Saf in a dark alley... -_- Awww, come on, don't be a coward. Join in the fun! I won't hurt you...much. ;) Er... there's a difference between cowardice and rational thinking. Isn't that right Nagisa? Nagisa: " Hmmm? *smiles as she walks out of the room* Coward! Baka! ^_^" Oh..Kay... Well, I still hold my ground on my opinion. But hey, who am I to say. Maybe most of those being hunted are right and Saf deserves to have the word cute plastered all over... "Nagisa, whaddya think?" N: "Hmmm... let Saf torture them!! ^_^;;" *groan* Oh well, guess ya can't win em all... Wing. -Seeker of Nagisa. * Saf highfives Nagisa. [Coming back into the room] Nagisa: "Alright! See Wing! I'm not the only one who has an open mind!" Me: *groan* Sounds like Wing should join AlberCrombie. Nagisa, want to help me? ;) Nagisa: "Kewl! Sounds like fun, but I'm already having fun with Wing. Isn't that right Wing?" [tickling Wing until he's off the chair and on the ground begging with tears in his eyes] Wing Nagisa <*WHEEE-WOOO*> (bad whistle) Nagisa! Nagisa : [looks up, stops tickling Wing] Huh? (*SPLAT!*) [Nagisa finds herself covered in custard creme pie] Nagisa : AAAAAAAHHHHHH!! Wing : heh. Wing.... Wing : yah? Nagisa : AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! Run. Wing : [looking at Nagisa, then back to The Gopher] Right! Nagisa : GRRRRRR!!!!!! [The Gopher disappears down a hole] heheheheh AlberCrombie [while running, looks back] I'm gonna get ya Gopher!!! [slips and falls.] Nagisa : Aha!! Gotcha!!! [leaps and lands full body on Wing.] Wing : [squirms a bit and twists around to face Nagisa] You!.... I.. Nagisa : [having been giggling before, now quiet as her eyes lock with Wing's.] oh... [both blushing a bit, Nagisa instinctively leaning forward and Wing pulling himself up towards her... *ffzzffzzzzzzzzttttttxxxxxxx*] NO CARRIER [note: reference to "The More Things Change" below] (I'd give it the Gopher Seal of Approvial - but that means Saph might spot me - I'll give it to ya later!) AlberCrombie (Gopher in Hiding) *Saf prowls around a bit more then goes off to search elsewhere. Saf "I'll find you yet, AlberCrombie! ;) " [quickly looking around nervously] BTW...have you seen the Tigerbi.......er....Tigress around lately? Been kinda quiet - no big explosions, no poison darts flying. ;) Ah hah! I've found you! *Saf throws her net over AlberCrombie but he quickly burrows underground and away. Drat! I forgot that gophers can go underground. I'LL GET YOU YET, ALBERCROMBIE!!! Saf Bounty Huntress ----- Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 20:40:53 -0500 (EST) From: Damon Jason Casale To: fanfic@andrew.cais.com Subject: An idea I hate it when I get those. It usually means less free time. But anyway, the traffic on this list has started to look a lot like an RPG session. Would anyone be interested in an email RPG, set in an anime universe? I dunno if I'd have the time to GM one, but it's a thought anyway. ----- I read this. Then I looked at the above. Hmmm... 8) ----- Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 21:02:40 -0500 (EST) From: White Wolf To: fanfic@andrew.cais.com Subject: Re: An idea Hm...... that sounds nasty. An IRC RPG would work better. ----- On to other things, finally. Like Blue Lightning addons. 8) ...and a slightly more agreeable Saf? What's going on here... (strains of the Twilight Zone play in the background) ^_- ----- Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 18:49:15 -0500 (EST) From: Damon Jason Casale To: fanfic@andrew.cais.com Subject: Just curious What did you guys (and gals!) think of the theme music for Blue Lightning? Appropriate? No? Good? Bad? Depressing? Say something. The silence is deafening. * Maison Ikkoku * Kyoko Otonashi * Video Girl Ai * Amano Ai * * Blue Lightning * Kerin Gray * Blue Lightning forever!! I would say something but I'm having a little trouble trying to get the program to work. *sigh* I'll tell you what I think of it whenever I get it working. What's the problem, specifically? Mod4Win never gave me any trouble. Could be that the version you have is more unstable than 2.12 was. (that's the version I have) Amazing. The quantity of sleep I managed last night has done wonders for my lucidity and sanity. I no longer feel like baiting Saf any more. 8^) * Saf hands Damon a teddy bear to keep him company at night. Sweet nightmares, Damon. ;) I doubt that teddy's an Auton, so I'm not overly worried. What's an 'Auton'? Ah! You haven't been initiated to the joys of Doctor Who! Now I get to convert you. Heathen! Bow before the grandeur of the almighty Doctor Who!! :) PS It's a British SciFi show with bad special effects but mostly decent stories. If you're interested, we could tape trade. The Auton was a receptical (plastic replicas of human beings) for the alien intelligence the 'Nestene' who were naturally enough planning to take over the world - Isn't this a compulsory full time occupation for aliens ? If I remember correctly the hand/wrist used to hinge open to reveal a very unfriendly gun and the facial features became like a plastic face mask. The Autons first apeared in "Spearhead from Space" the first colour episode with Jon Pertwee as The Doctor in the British TV sci-fi series Dr Who. Spearhead from Space - 3 Jan 1970 to 24 Jan 1970 Terror of the Autons - 2 Jan 1971 to 23 Jan 1971 The special effects look terrible compared to today but for their time they weren't bad (shaky sets discounted) and the stories were generally well planned. Dr Who ran from 1963 to 1990? I'm not certain when the final end came, as by then I'd stopped watching. Corrections are welcome; as the last time I saw any of this was the original air dates and my RAM chips are faulty. :) Anyone want to add anything else ? [note: In "Terror of the Autons", one of them looked like an ugly plastic teddy] I usually listen to "In My Dreams" and "Starshine" before I go to sleep. (the Blue Lightning theme music) Haven't had a nightmare in ages. Last dream that even came close, I mucked around with and cranked out "Scyth". I got the music to work. It sounded great! Hmmm... did I say that already before? Oh well,... It actually gives one the sense that something great will be happening, like the slow pan of a rather massive and slim spaceship... ah.... Take a *close* look at the very end of volume 1, "The Long Goodbye". It's the ninth part, the one before the last one. Blue Lightning is *not* slim. It's an oblate spheroid. A squashed sphere. But thanks for the comment. :) Hmmm... ^_^ I'm... er... speachless... Nagisa? Nagisa: " Eh? Nani? Oh!! KAWAII!!! I want one!! ^_^" *sigh* So does everybody on the block. Save John F. Kennedy. Kill Rush Limbaugh before he becomes a talk show host. Yeah, I know. Time travel is cool, but... Ok, I guess it's not quite the ship I thought it was... The Seeker is. That's Nena's ship. :) C'mon, I had a low budget, and the CIA after me. You expected me to come up with something functional *and* good looking? Er, Nagisa? Why don't you ever say anything nice about _my_ drawings!! Nagisa: " Those were yours? heh.. I thought it was just your kid brother's scribblings... *shrug* maybe you should take some classes. ^_^ " Why me... Because you happen to enjoy writing dialogue to and for yourself. But that's beside the point. :) Other than that, I thought that the melody was rather awe-inspiring. This is "Starshine"? The music for volume 3? Hmmm? Isn't it? ?_? There are two songs. "In My Dreams" was the theme music for volume 1. It got posted, I think. It's on ftp.cdrom.com in the same place as Starshine. /pub/demos/music/songs/s3m/i/inmydrms.zip. I think. Oh, if you're interested in comparing it to the original, take a listen to "In The Mist". inthmist.zip, I think. You know, you seem to have a tendency to get wrapped up in your stories. Wrapped up!!?? Me!!?? [Wing looks over at Nagisa who is "wrapped around" his waist, fast asleep.] Er... ok, guess I do get "wrapped" up in my stories. Well, it's infectious. Me with Blue Lightning, for example. :) I'll bet it's kinda hard to get wrapped up by that ship... ^_^ Wrapped up *by*? No, it's quite easy. All I have to do is break the computer controlling the artificial gravity, and turn on the jump drive. Plip. The ship sucks itself into a black hole. And I get *wrapped up* by the ship. But I wouldn't want to do that. Wing. [ Still looking down at Nagisa... kawaii-ko.. ne? ] Dunno. You said, the Iczer universe? Hm. If she wasn't in Iczer 1, then I wouldn't have seen her. By your description, not sure I'd want to. I'd like to survive the meeting, thanks. :) [note: at present, I'm very wrapped up in a real life story. But the tale shall have to be put on hold until June. Perhaps I will become wrapped up in that story. Only time shall tell... *smile*] If I remember what I read about Iczelion correctly, this Nagisa wanted to be a pro women's wrestler..the Nagisa from Iczer-1 was as ditzy as Usagi and C-ko...and about as dense if I recall correctly (I saw the sub *shudder* don't hurt me if I'm wrong please!) I'm missing out on something. Music? Where? Huh? Use simple words and concepts so I understand. A while back, I posted that I'd found some .S3M's on the net. Computer music. I'd mucked around with one of them, changing it a little bit, and come up with two songs that I thought sounded appropriate as theme music for the first and third volumes of Blue Lightning. Interested? Read Blue Lightning yet? No Sound Card, only 2 megs of RAM (Can't open a large text file in windows without having a 4 meg swap file) No space to put windows on (124 hdd and less than a meg left...I need money and disks...maybe one of those nice optical storage thingies...I could stick all my anime crud on one and save over a hundred floppies from an early grave) Aww... If you're desperate, I guess I could tape them and snailmail 'em to you... This's why *I* haven't replied about it (till now :) My other Computer is a Super Nintendo.. My *only* computer is an Amiga 500. My roommate is the one with the DX4-100. Maybe next semester... *sigh* [Note: it didn't happen then. And now, that's my *former* roommate. So I'm stuck with the Pentium 120's on campus at Carnegie Mellon U... 8) ] ----- And then there was the random boredom... ----- Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 21:08:30 -0500 (EST) From: Damon Jason Casale To: fanfic@andrew.cais.com Subject: Did everybody just fall asleep? I haven't gotten anything from the mailing list in four minutes! It was every fifteen seconds before! What gives? :) Some of us have a RL, much as we hate to admit it sometimes. On the other hand, RL is _much_ better for some things. ;) Saf, just what would that be, exactly? I haven't found anything yet... ;^) Physical contact, for one. I can't exactly hit you over the internet except like this: "Damon no baka!" *BONK* :P :P :P Yes, but that's good for *you*, not *me*. I don't know. Knowing what you look like might be cool. Sorry. You'll have to use your imagination cuz I ain't tellin'. So there! :P [She lied. She did tell. And I'm grateful. *smile*] Awww.... Your net.personality 'sounds' like a cross between Kerin and Chris. (in Blue Lightning) So do you mind me having the wrong idea? (if it *is* the wrong idea!! :) Oh, that's right. I never did describe Kerin, did I? Kerin: 5'6", 140 lbs, long, mousey brown hair, eyes hazel/gray. Fine featured. Gregarious personality, very personable. But don't get her angry. Chris: 5'11", 175 lbs. (? not sure about that figure; need to check) Blond. Looks a lot like Priss (now that I think about it) with shorter (blond) hair, and no hardsuit. Very acidic personality, troubled past. I mentioned once to somebody that she was like a "hardware" babe without the hardware. Go ahead and have the wrong idea. Most people do anyway, even if they _have_ met me. ;) YEAH!! Psychology is wonderful, ain't it? Heheheh. 8) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 22:10:29 -0500 (EST) From: Damon Jason Casale To: fanfic@andrew.cais.com Subject: Blake's 7 Wonder of wonders. I just got into a Blake's 7 email RPG, playing the character of Avon. I think I can really throw myself into the character here. You know, maybe I should work on that Blake's 7 fanfic I threatened to post to the ML. *GriN* I dare ya! Go ahead! I'll even *read* it, so there!!! :) It's got about two and a half pages of text done right now, so it's kinda going nowhere until I get more free time. Maybe during Thanksgiving Break I'll plink away at it. Okay, who here has been so deprived as to have not seen Blake's 7? 8^) I've only heard of it a couple of times. What's it about? If you've ever seen Doctor Who, you have an inkling of the special effects quality. Setting: a future in which Earth and several other worlds are ruled by an overweening Federation. Blake was part of the resistance movement, but was captured. They couldn't kill him, because he would become a martyr and a rallying cause. So they mindwiped him, made him "confess", ("I was misguided", etc.), then mindwiped that. The first story opens with Blake finding just a *little* of this out. As the series progresses, he finds a ship (called the Liberator) and a crew, and goes voyaging throughout the galaxy, fighting for freedom. It's very well done. The plots and the acting get better and better. Avon, the computer genius, is a very dark character that takes over the lead when Blake disappears midway through the series. And the series went on under the same name, doing a "Doctor Who" almost. If you're interested, I can dub a tape of the first seven episodes, (they're 50 minutes long each) and snailmail it to you. It's not anime, no. But it might just as well have been, for the storyline and the quality of the work. I've seen a few episodes, but Dr. Who is much better (even if Terry Nation was involved with both). ;-) It gets better and better. I stuck with it through the first season, and I was glad I did. The characterization they put into it really made it worthwhile. IMHO, this is as good as Doctor Who gets. And I've seen a lot of Doctor Who. Of course, there's much more Doctor Who out there, so... If I can ever get the damn series, I would watch it (not buying videos! Uh-uh! No way!) since I'm willing to give it a fair shake. What, Blake's 7? Assuming you'd eventually buy it, I'm willing to snailmail a tape or two of episodes to you. (in return for shipping and tape costs, about $10 for three tapes) Some aspects intrigue me: Blake dies before the series end, and a few things about the last season when everybody dies! :) :) Hey, don't spoil it for everyone! And IMO, not everybody died. And since my fanfic will be a "Post Gauda Prime" story, (after the last episode for all you non-Blake's 7 people out there) you'll find out exactly what my opinion of what DID happen, is. Interesting .sig. Still remember "The Arc of Infinity". I much prefer the Omega of the Three Doctors. Lift off my mask and you'll see that there is nothing there. Nothing at all. I vaguely remember it, but I don't have a copy. I'd like to get one, though. Maybe we could tape trade? Blake's 7 for Doctor Who? That is, if you have two VCR's... (pleasepleaseplease let it be true! ;) * Maison Ikkoku * Kyoko Otonashi * Video Girl Ai * Amano Ai * ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * Blue Lightning * Kerin Gray * Blue Lightning forever!! But then, nowadays I think MI is greatest TV series in the world!!!! Then wait until Blue Lightning hits the scene. 8^) But I agree. Maison Ikkoku is very down- to-earth, realistic, and hits quite close to home for a lot of people. Which is what makes it so popular. *raises hand* *Saf waves her hand in the air. Me! I haven't seen it either. ME!!! Oo! Oo! Me! (but then I've been in hiding) Care to rectify that situation? If you're talking about B7 - I got plenty of time before I die :) Tape trade, then? If you're talking about the hiding...that will be fixed soon enough...... ;] Uh oh. That doesn't sound good. Unless you've made up with Saf, that is. That'd be great! AlberCrombie> HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!!!!! AAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!! *snort* C'mon, it wasn't that funny. Besides, she's a cool net.personality to hang out with. (I think) :) You THINK??? Of course, I'm cool to hang out with. ;) Hey, great! Don't you know maniacal laughter when you hear it?! No. Should I? I mean, if I think Saf is safe to hang out with, should I? };^) :P :P :P :P :P This is maniacal laughter: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHEEHEEHEEHEE!!!! *wondering if she's been insulted or not... me SAFE?* ;) That's what I meant, baka!! *bonk!!* Heh. :) A great show! Probably one of the few in history to survive the loss of the title character (and not change the title afterword). Avon is a scary, but I wouldn't want to get Jenna or Soolin *really* peeved at me. I might not wake up I'm not worried. On the show, it was clear they needed Avon, whether they liked him or not. He knew that, and used it to his advantage plenty. So unless my RPG compatriots decide to do something out of character, I'm safe. :) ----- And...did Saf ever become agreeable? *slow, spreading smile* ----- "I LIKE having a bloodthirsty image!" Who here agrees with me that Saf needs a guy? if she really feels this way she's gonna be mighty lonely..'less she finds someone who's been a Very Bad Boy and needs to be Punished :P NOT ME! Besides, I said 'bloodthirsty image' not '_being_ bloodthirsty'! I wouldn't presume to voice opinions on what Saf needs. Besides, she might stop critiquing my stories. :^) "Saf? I'd like you to meet Hobbes, Hobbes, meet Saf" *Hobbes runs off screaming, yelling that Calvin is safer than Saf* "Well *I* thought it was a good idea..." Bad idea, _very_ bad idea, Aaron. * Saf pulls out her dart gun and shoot Aaron...several times. Nighty-night, Aaron. You're lucky that those were just sleeping darts. :P Saf "NEVER insult a tiger!" As I said. 8) If *you* think Saf needs a guy, then try being friends with her and see what happens. I don't know if you'll get very far... ;-) ...but you can if you want to. Me, I'll introduce her to Steve and leave it at that. (if I get the chance, that is) Not sure she's my type, but she's most definitely Steve's. Then again, I don't know what my type is, come to think of it. No present GF. No past GF. I'm GFless, I guess. Oh well. _I_ wouldn't say that I'm his type. I think you're mixing up my net.personality with my RL one. And, Damon, don't try to matchmake for me. I get enough of that already. *sigh* Oh, so you mean you're not so bloodthirsty in RL? Kewl!! No, I'm not _that_ bloodthirsty. *Laughter rings out in the room* HEY, QUIT LAUGHING BACK THERE OR I'LL HIDE YOUR CAR KEYS!!! See, I didn't threaten them with any bodily harm at all. ;) Oh. Steve is about that annoying, so I get the picture. :) (did you get that?) [note: Both of us did. And according to each other...both of us are...well... heh. You get the picture. *smile*] *thinks to himself* (that means maybe I have a chance after all! Naaah... ;) Saf "No, I do _not_ want to go out with him and that's _final_!" Hey, whatever. I said I'd introduce you, nothing else. [Quick note: she did finally decide to "go out" with someone, though. I'll let her tell that tale. *happy smile*] It wasn't exactly directed towards you. That's a perfected response to matchmaking by relatives who usually don't take 'no' for an answer the first hundred or so times, if you see what I mean. Sapphire, The Blue Tigress "Relatives... *sigh*" Heh. How...amusing. My bro keeps wanting to find me a GF for some strange reason. :) ----- The Beginning...of the end. 8) ----- Heh...cute with the 'did someone call you cute?' remark. Blue furred aliens...cute. (*slaps on his hardsuit and gets ready for reprisals*) ;) Bentley turned towards a growling Huntsman and pointed at Skyknight. "Sic'em!" The Huntsman roared and dove towards Sky.... Bents shakes his head. "Can see it now, The hunt for SkyKnight 2." ;) Hey, thanks Bents! I've sort of got my hands full with my other hunts. ;) Well since Sapphire is as of right now a main character, WW is sorta supporting...(you'll be turning up laters). Anyone else want to join in? Bad guy, good guy, whoever. Anyone else on C+C on the other stuff? Beginning, Flight. I am going over the prologue switching from present to past...jeez too many mistooks... What is in the box given to Sapphire by the mysterious person? Will Sappy make it to Earth in one piece? (You called her Sappy...deep @#$%! Aiee!) "Sappy?" "SAPPY?!?" *sigh* I've already given up on 'Sapphy' or even 'Saffy'... Call me whatever you want to. Just don't call me CUTE. GRRRR! Sapphire, Saf, Sapphy, Saffy, Sappy, whatever, just not CUTE *thinks she's getting to be too much of a softie* Star, (As in Star Sapphire) How about "Kawaii"? Is that also a negative? Couldn't resist. ^_^ Due to eye surgery I have been lurking for so long... Not anymore, now I can get into trouble like the rest of you! Gomen nasai, Sapphire-chan Konban wa ps One more time... My 13 year old son posts as "johnd (The Younger) hence my handle. Sure as hell isn't wisdom! Age... probably oldest on ML by a damn good margin (sigh). * Saf borrows Ukyou's spatula and WHAMS johnd! Don't call me CUTE in ANY language! Saf "I am *NOT* CUTE!" I don't know, never came after me, she must like "young" meat and I'm too over the hill for her. I never came after you because you were too mature to make the same mistake some of these 'youngsters' made. But, if you want to be hunted... HEY, EVERYONE, THERE'S NOW A BOUNTY ON BRUCE! ;) And will she get caught? Find out, same ml channel, same ml time! (cue hookey music) Bents "How much for the little girl? Your wife?" "We're on a misson from God." ----- * Damon tries his best to sound auspicious. "At precisely post number 3188...." * Damon looks at the expectant crowd. "Foxx joined the FFML." ----- I don't remember subscribing to this mailing list.... But, the people here are more.. interesting than the inferiors on the "Shampoo warship" mailing list... My fault. I run the Shampoo List & this one, and I accidently put you on this one. Bentley bangs head on desk. "Not more Ranma...make it stop! When does the hurting stop!" Shampoo Warship ML, I can see that, I really can....;) Mr interesting Bents "Mulder! Mulder!" "What is it Scully?" "Fox! I believe! I believe!" (cue alien) -Eek the Cat Tis sad, I know... * Foxx folds his arms and leans against the wall... But... * Foxx suddenly grins... Feel free to use P-Chan here as a football!!! ROTFL!!!!!! I like the idea of volley ball more...no? Hmmm.... Akane would've still viciously assailed me though..... Fortunately... * Foxx holds up a bra... I can sell this to Happosai... * Foxx laughs much like Kodachi... What does "ROTFL" mean? Rolling on the floor, Laughing. When will people learn that the entire Kunou clan will rule all someday? Dream on. ^_^ HEY! This is a fanfiction mailing list! So.... Could I put my Bravo!/Ranma 1/2/Sailor Moon crossover here? Of course!!! [note: this was regarding a fanfic called "Autumn"] *happy sigh* Liked it. Good stuff. And they call me a Romantic. Allow me to be the first to congratulate you on your fanfic! Although I think that love is for the weak and foolish, I still have enjoyed all of the other seasons you wrote.... Love is for those lucky to find it, strong enough to hold it. [I wonder why I bothered including *that*... *smile*] If you want a real, straightforward definition of "Spamming": Spam (in 'net-speak) is electronic junk mail. Spamming is sending lots of electronic junk-mail. What we have here, is a failure... Sorry. Technically, we have a noise problem. ----- Dumm, dumm de dumm... The posting stats finally got posted. Well...they did prove useful. I got on Saf's good side, in a *very* roundabout sort of way, because of them... ----- Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 22:39:45 -0500 (EST) From: White Wolf To: FanFic ML Subject: Posting Stats: Aug '95 Yeah, yeah I know this is REALLY late. But hey, at least we finally know, huh? ------------------------- Posting Stats for Aug '95 ------------------------- (24) Hitomi Ichinohei (13) White Wolf (5) Harvey Torrance Griffin (4) david@dws018.cs.unr.edu (Joseph David) (4) Damon Jason Casale (2) esharpe@hsc.usc.edu (Ed Sharpe) (2) Stefan Gagne (2) John Peasley (1) elf@igc.net (andy) (1) Salomon Farin (1) Philip Chau (1) Mike A Lyons (1) "Ben M. Williamson" (BTW, I lost the first half of August, so if you posted then and don't see your name here, sorry!) ----- And another month!! ------------------------- Posting Stats for Sep '95 ------------------------- 50 White Wolf 34 ranma204@igc.net (Brian) 30 Hitomi Ichinohei 18 "Ben L. Harrison" <72440.2345@compuserve.com> 17 Bruce Brunk 12 Windlily@aol.com 7 For Love of Peorth 6 terrin@netcom.com (Isabel Arantes) 6 Roy Rim 4 John Peasley 3 shawnh@qb.island.net (Shawn Holmes) 3 esharpe@hsc.usc.edu (Ed Sharpe) 3 The Blue Tigress 3 BELLAMY@delphi.com 2 joenikki@netcom.com (Joseph Palmer) 2 elf@igc.net (andy) 2 david@dws018.cs.unr.edu (Joseph David) 2 bentley4@ix.netcom.com (Robert K Bentley ) 2 "David C. Yi" 1 tbhimdi@freenet.vcu.edu (Tashfeen Bhimdi) 1 mbcole@aztec.asu.edu (MATT COLE) 1 jeff@casbah.acns.nwu.edu 1 William S Warriner 1 Talswapr@aol.com 1 Robin Smith 1 Jennefer H Knizley 1 Harvey Torrance Griffin 1 Ed Sharpe 1 "Charles H. Lewis" ----- And the one you've been waiting for...!! ------------------------- Posting Stats for Oct '95 ------------------------- 311 White Wolf Eh, could be. The King of the Hill! * Charles had a big mysterious smile pasted on his face. Go figure :) Must be all those spams. Oh, a wise guy, eh? Yup :) Very Wise ^_^ Thanks for the compliment. :p 222 Hitomi Ichinohei At least, mostly constructive posts. So, you actually made something out of them? ;) She's a spammer too. Yeah, but a good spammer :) 125 Damon Jason Casale Who the hell is he ? :) Spammy Jr. 8^) Yeah... You have done good my child. Who would have thought. They're related!!!! J/K I'm not that cruel :) Author of Blue Lightning and Scyth. Ahhhh, the person who thought he could beat an Imperial Planetoid with a very small ship :) Probably could. Can this particular planetoid shield itself from being imploded with a black hole? My ship can... }8^) [note: this thread became the "planetoid/Blue Lightning" spam thread; I didn't include it for obvious reasons...] Enormously verbose person. ;) Still talking, too! 116 AlberCrombie I thought he was hiding out?? This was OCTOBER's posts. 102 Roy Rim Ahhh, the incredibly arrogant person. :) Well, that was the top five... No comment. Boy, you did hit the nail on the head with this one :) I'm glad somebody agrees with me. Yep, i agree whole-heartly. Maybe, we should gather our strengh in numbers and run him out of the fanfic ml biz forever. HA HA HA Well, I guess it is nice to dream. ^_^ Well I wouldn't go that far. He's just a little pest :) I can't wait to hear what he's going to say to that. ^_^ Well, maybe that is going abit too far, but like I said I can dream can't I. Oh, well, life goes on. As far as being a little pest, come on get real. He should win the Pest of the Year award hands down. Hes got my vote. he he ^_^ 78 Andrew Stodden 74 "Ben L. Harrison" <72440.2345@compuserve.com> 70 ranma204@igc.net (Brian) Hey Octopi-boy, I thought you were gonna try to be in he top 3 for total posts!! *pppppppbbbbtttttthhhhhhhbbbbbbppppp!* *snicker* 63 Bruce Brunk #9? I'm slipping. :( Slipping? Look at the competition!!! Master Spammers all. You should be proud to be in the top ten! PS. Where's the 'R.' ? V Bruce R. Brunk brbrunk@agora.rdrop.com I dunno. It wasn't in the address I guess. Just struck me Wolf, this could be a very _Bad_ idea. What we have here maybe the spamyist ML on the net. Nothing wrong with that at all. It the spamyist ML on the net because we have a lot of very opiniated people here. Like me :) But with posting a stats list? You're throwing gas on a fire here. I wanted to know for sure I was top poster, and I wanted everyone else to know too. (Big ego? Me?? No way!) People could start sending stuff through the list what they would have sent e-mail normal, just to boost their rating. :) Uh-huh, I totally agree with you :) That better not happen. "Spam to the gills." - A certain ML Moderator. Yeah, and I WON!!! 61 skyknght@sentex.net (Bert Van Vliet) 56 Aaron Stolz I'm in 11th! COOLNESS! :) 52 "Charles C. Liu" Alright, I'm in 12th place!! Not bad. Gotta learn how to spam like WW and RR ;) *sigh* "Control. Control. You must learn control!" -- Yoda :^) Yes master Yoda ^_^ Heh. * Foxx shouts profusely.... You quote all that muck for just one little line? And people complain about MY replies! Augh! * Foxx wanders out of the room.... What are you talking about??? First, RR posted 1/2 what Hitomi did, and 1/3 of what I did. (And if you spam like me... well just don't, 'k?) We shall bow to your superior numbers. (but mine is 42! }8^)pp Well, he was spaming a lot in the beinging of Oct. He must of got tired of doing it though. And I was just kiding of trying to spam like you. I could never match the master :) And if you did, the stats might not be very accurate. 48 RpM-acct2/5 44 Harvey Torrance Griffin 35 bentley4@ix.netcom.com (Robert K Bentley ) 34 terrin@netcom.com (Isabel Arantes) 32 The Blue Tigress What happened, Saf? Not enough people to threaten? *rrowr* Eep? ;) Sorry, Damon. October was a busy RL month for me. :P 31 elf@igc.net (andy) Wow, i'm in the top 20 KEWL 30 "Yung (William) Wong" 29 beaubienrd@mala.bc.ca 25 Thomas Kinnen 24 mbcole@aztec.asu.edu (MATT COLE) 24 Robin Smith 23 Daniel A Root 20 For Love of Peorth 18 mousse@pixi.com (Mousse) 15 "David C. Yi" 14 Ed Sharpe 14 Brett Handy Yo Brett, you're way down here! 10 Windlily@aol.com 10 Mike A Lyons 10 "Neil Sinclair" 9 John Peasley 9 Dan Young 9 "'D'Artagnan' Frank Ho" 8 Ross McKenzie 8 BELLAMY@delphi.com 7 tiem.nguyen@successbbs.com (Tiem Nguyen) 7 dmartine@ccr.dsi.uanl.mx 7 Shane M Nakasone 7 Duane Linford Pinnock 7 "Charles H. Lewis" 6 Sailor Gallifrey 6 Mike Finn 5 g3021488@student.anu.edu.au (Ross Gilbertson) 5 Jennefer H Knizley 5 Alex Pinachos 4 david@dws018.cs.unr.edu (Joseph David) 4 david.calvarese@mindless.org (DAVID CALVARESE) 3 jeff@casbah.acns.nwu.edu 3 Neil Sinclair 3 Greywolf@FFARM.AMPR.AB.CA (Greywolf) 3 Francis Gilbert 3 Chan Wei Lik 2 junior@mnl.sequel.net 2 William S Warriner 2 Raistlin 2 Grant M Uyeshiro 2 Bror Hellman 2 "John T. Dillworth III" 1 joenikki@netcom.com (Joseph Palmer) 1 ff332@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Richard D. Dunn) 1 Reg Lee 1 Mechaman 1 "John C. Lee" * Foxx wanders into the room... Where am I? And what is this? What is this? A competition? *Foxx wanders out of the room... Odd... They never did that sort of thing in the Dr. Tofu militia.... Who the heck are you anyway??? ^_^ Dode, meet the mad spammer of the Shampoo list. He got subbed on here by my mistake, and stayed by his choice. * Foxx bows deeply... I am known as Foxx... I am the embodiment of all the thoughts you wish you never thought... I am the voice of all things you wish you've never said.... I do things no one dares do... And tread where no dare tread.... It's quite a lucrative buisiness.... And who might you be? Me, Me, you want to know who I am? Well, Foxx (if that is your real name), I am a loyal and devote follower of the ALL Mighty, ALL Supreme Goddess Kodachi. Those who do not follow her will be sorely punished. Hmmm I wonder how many people are going to reply to this thread? Too many. ^_^ * Foxx nukes the rest of the message, along with the sig... I still don't get the "Spammer" bit.... I'm a baka, you're a baka, wouldn't you like to be a baka too? Drink Baka Pepper. It's the spammiest! I wonder how many people y'all have chased off the ML with the reams upon reams of useless mail, none of which relates to fanfiction. If you guys want to talk back and forth at each other, why don't you go to IRC? Out of the last 200 messages, less than 10% have actually had anything to do with fanfiction--either stories or commentary. Go ahead and call me "fascist net.pig" if you want, but you've probably had people unsubscribe due to noise levels and/or full mail spools. Please, please, PLEASE keep the straight- up noise down, and go back to commenting on stories.... *sigh* Hey, We the Spammers of the Fanfic ML have the right to spam as much as we want to and besides the Master Spammer runs the ML anyway!!! ^_^ Dode, quit it. You're overdoing it, and not saying anything of value. Hey, that's true. Spam is priceless. Spam is... Not logical! "Logic is a bird, tweeting in a meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers...which smell bad." "Are you sure your circuits are registering correctly? Your ears are green." --Spock Umm...did that come out right? ;) Spam may be priceless, but I just got over 300 messages in the last 12 hours and I'd guess 2/3 of them were some of this 'priceless spam' from the FF ML. :p Um. Oh, I remember the right word! Worthless, that's it! Heh. :) ...no, I'm NOT going to join the spam. Ever since the posting stats were uploaded, this list has become a "belt-size wars" issue (you know, who's got the biggest...?). Since I really don't want to wade through 200 messages a day to get the handful worth reading, I'm unsubscribing. I don't really feel petulant about it, just very, very tired. So, sorry, folks. Isabel, keep writing, you've got a great style and potential. Brett, your OMGod is fun to read, even if I don't like author-as-character fanfics as a rule. See some of you on r.a.a.s. --Angst-sensei (Thinks there should be a fanfic-noiseless@...) I should have seen this one coming. White Wolf posts stats on who posted the most notes to the ML, and everyone immediately jumps on the bandwagon posting spam. I didn't need to come home to 255+posts and several comm overruns. Now that I've said that, I feel much better. I have decided, from this and other posts, never to post stats again. Don't even ask. ----- Saf worked on *her* fanfic, "Bubblegum Warners"...and I run away from Bentley's. ----- Ok, I finally got around to working on this thing again while I was brewing some root beer and waiting for it to steep and cool down. (I can't wait to try this batch. It's the first time I've brewed anything. *grin*) This chapter's nowhere near finished because I got stuck partway through. I'm hoping a little voting will give me some inspiration. Just what you're voting on is at the end. Sapphire, The Blue Tigress "I'm too tired to think of a witty quote right now so :P :P :P !!!" ----- A few people have expressed interest about getting into Forbidden Ops. I've got descriptions from Bruce and Sapphire already. What I need from anyone else is a description of them. Hair, eyes, traits, likes, dislikes, what type of person they are, ect ect ect. And course the biggie question: Good guy, bad or inbetween. * Damon pops out of an interdimensional portal, looking wet, dirty, and flustered. * Damon looks around, and focuses on the reader... "Do NOT!! go in there." "Whew!" *Damon runs away from Forbidden Ops as fast as is impossible. Heh. :) I've already told him that I liked it, "Wolfie boy". *grin* Make you a deal. I don't call you Sapphy, (or cute) you don't call me wolfie. Deal. I take it you're going to ask Bents to change that line in Forbidden Ops. :) No, I like it. Sapphire "Oh where, oh where has my little W***** gone? Oh where, oh where can he be..." Sorry, WW, I just couldn't resist. ;) I promise it won't happen again. ----- I found out Saf wasn't so bloodthirsty after all... ----- Who here agrees with me that Saf needs a guy? if she really feels this way she's gonna be mighty lonely..'less she finds someone who's been a Very Bad Boy and needs to be Punished :P If *you* think Saf needs a guy, then try being friends with her and see what happens. I don't know if you'll get very far... ;-) ...but you can if you want to. Oh, so you mean you're not so bloodthirsty in RL? Kewl!! No, I'm not _that_ bloodthirsty. *Laughter rings out in the room* HEY, QUIT LAUGHING BACK THERE OR I'LL HIDE YOUR CAR KEYS!!! See, I didn't threaten them with any bodily harm at all. ;) What happened, Saf? Not enough people to threaten? *rrowr* Eep? ;) Sorry, Damon. October was a busy RL month for me. :P Hey, wow. It's amazing. She didn't threaten me with hell and bloody mayhem for saying that! :) 'Course, that was at about 2 in the morning. And I'm not planning on making a habit of it, but... Cool! (does this mean I'm on her good side now? ;) Hmmm....not quite yet. Work at it a bit more and maybe you'll get there ;) GOODIE! I was feeling neglected. I almost considered coming out of hiding. Now that I know you weren't ignoring us on purpose I assume that you will resume that contract on my head? I was worried, no one's taken a pot shot at the ol' gopher lately. Didn't know how to take that. *turns to AlberCrombie* pot shot? *whacks 'Crombie with a pot* There ya go :) AlberCrombie, you really are *dying* for attention, aren't you?? Crazy kids these days... :) Bored, actually. ;] So in your boredom, you risk your cyber hide?? Why? You're crazier than I am. Sheesh. I'm not neglecting you and _do_ come out of hiding...I have a _lovely, little_ surprise just for you. *grin* Oh, you wanted a pot shot? * Saf takes a dart, fills it with pot and shoots it toward the gopher. Darn! Missed again. Looks like I have to practice with this thing a bit more. Ah well, long range weapons aren't my strong point anyway. The Gopher [ps, 32 is a cute number ;} ] heheh Oh yeah? Well, I only have two things to say to you: :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P and DIE!!!!!! ;> Don't ever forget about a test. Tuesday, next week. Quantum Physics. And I *ain't* gonna pass it either. *sigh* * Saf hands Damon an OZian knowledge pill. Take this with a glass of water before the test. Good luck! :) If only it were that easy. Ugh. Just remembered. My Computer Programming mini-project is due Tuesday. I need to get that done, *and* study for the test. Bleargh. Good bye, sleep. It's been nice knowing you. ----- Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 13:32:09 -0800 (PST) From: The Blue Tigress Subject: irc To: fanfic@andrew.cais.com Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII YYYAAAYYY!!! I've got irc now, thanks to Dan. (Thanks, Dan!) Could someone tell me what server to connect to? Yes!!! Connect to: IRC.PRIMENET.COM See ya on #ranma!, Saf. Saf (can't wait to join in the fun!) ----- That was Friday the 17th. Thanksgiving break started the following Wednesday, the 22nd. It wouldn't be too much longer before I met Saf on IRC... Right around that time, Andy Skuse (Panda-kun) joined the FFML. And where there was Andy, there was...Daktari. ----- * Andy unwittingly finds himself knee-deep in the tall grass of the savanna; unarmed and in the natural domain of- The Blue Tigress . . . The savanna? This particular cat would rather be in a forest where there's shade. Besides, MY _natural domain_ extends much farther than just the savanna. ;) Andy considers his encounter with the Blue Tigress the day before. Perhaps a journey into the shadowed realm of the forest would be interesting . . . Ok, what do I have to do? Am I getting through to you people? Yes, your stories are getting through. I'm just very backlogged going through all the stuff from this ML. And not everyone reads every story. I'm sort of tired of Ranma and have been skipping over them for the moment. I'm not even going to look at my Ranma fanfic for a couple of days, much less work on it. I am a recent first-time FanFic poster on this mailing list (off to his left, Andy hears the tall grass rustle. The wind?) and the comments I received on my Fic provided me with the initial incentive to bear down and continue this satisfying leisure- time activity ( Andy's body stiffens. A bead of sweat makes its way over the sunburnt terrain of his face. The omnipresent chorus of cicadas suddenly evaporates into a humid silence) but they do not determine whether I will post again or not (a hot wind washes the grass breaking the glassy peace and prompting a hunger driven, guttural purge from a point a few yards away) as I write primarily for myself but enjoy sharing my production for the possible enjoyment of others (Andy spies a gnarled, twisted growth of bark and leaf before him some forty feet away. He suddenly ends his paralysis and begins sprinting through the knife-edged green towards the tree) and... Don't you know that running away from hunters trigger their chasing instinct? Anyway, tigers can climb trees, too, although we prefer not to...have this little problem with heights. :P As he enters the dark green world of the forest he can sense that he is being watched. He considers his encounter the previous day and wonders if he is gambling with his life. ...if they respond with constructive criticism or heartfelt praise well after the posting of the story then so be it (a blue, furred projectile springs from its grassy blind and bounds powerfully over blade and root to cut off the flight of its prey) as these readers cannot exist solely for the purpose of scanning this ML and commenting and criticising without stopping for food or drink (Andy approaches the tree scanning its trunk for handholds. There are none. Behind him he can hear the rhythmic swish of grass being trampled as his pursuer draws near. He turns to face the regal creature with blood... I like that phrase..."regal creature"...has a nice ring to it, don't you think? ;) Andy recalls the image of the Blue Tigress as it stood an arm's length away preparing to make its attack. It did not come forward in a blinding random flurry. It walked about like a Queen around a servant who did not know the meaning of respect. ...pounding in his ears and watches in terror as the emerald blades part) or to go about their daily business (Andy pans his view wildly, searching for some kind of defense. Nothing!) so in closing I would like to relay that while the C & C of other FanFicians is welcome at any time and enjoyable to fathom, neither its arrival or processing is elementary to my writing (black, stilletto bars spike the fine, blue... Hey! That's 'dark blue' bars, not black! He recalls the camouflage of the Tigress and shakes his head, "Blue not Black, Blue not Black, Blue not- ...mat of the beast's back and sides. Andy observes the predator's... Ooohhh, calling me a 'beast' now, are you? GGGGRRRRRR!!!!! Andy looks up suddenly into the canopy of the forest. A loud gutteral sound breaks the silence. Fear begins to worm its way into his brain. He scans the possible roosts of the great trees and almost passes by the awesome visage of The Blue Tigress as she rests. Andy cannot help but be awestruck by the 'beauty of the beast'. Ahh, perhaps not a beast, for a beast is savage and unthinking. The Blue Tigress considers her prey before attacking. The sign of an intelligent hunter. ...carefully placed steps as they trace out a circle around the tree. Glistening, black lips pull back to reveal ivory coloured death, studding the maw of the great cat.) but it is conducive to a simple pleasure and to my continued support of this List and its contributors (needle-like whiskers rise and settle whilst speartip ears flatten after each outburst of primal anger from deep within. Andy closes his eyes and waits, accepting his doom. And in a final reflection, respecting the circle of life on the savanna). You _better_ accept your doom! It's coming...but just not yet....I like suspense :) Andy realizes that he may have made a mistake in making this trip into the forest. The Queen of the forest and savaana is restless. Andy wonders if the scampish 'wild damon' somehow escaped its tirades at the water hole yesterday. Fortunate indeed. Andy (I don't know where the hell that came from) Skuse ^_^ Hmpf! Doesn't matter where it came from. It's where it's _going_ that should worry you! Sapphire, The Blue Tigress "A beast, am I? Well, we'll just see about that!" P.S. Welcome to the ML, Andy! ;) Andy stops on the faint trail and begins his slow retreat. He has learned a lesson this day. The Blue Tigress is not a predictable creature. And respecting a wild animal does not mean that you will not be devoured. For hunger reigns in this world; the world of DAKTARI! That was great! It now resides in my fanfic folder. I especially the liked the weaving of the calm narrative with the spice of fear as "she" approached.. Hey John. Well, thanks! I guess I was intrigued by the comments on "Saph's blood-thirsty rep" during last weeks spam-fest and decided to combine my thoughts on the "late comments" issue with my observations of The Blue Tigress in her element. And of course to make the point that writing should be fun. In my wierd little way^_^ Andy Skuse P.S. I noticed you didn't try to use the body of my message in your reply. I'd like to see someone attempt it :) Aw, c'mon. She's not *that* bad. Personally, I think she's kinda... *Saf waits in anticipation for the next word, electric net at the ready... Actually, I was thinking of a *different* 'c' word...but I don't think you'd appreciate that one either. But then again, one can always dream. See below. Don't say it! I know. If I had, she'd really be mad at me. I'd be another target, like AlberCrombie. As it is, I haven't actually called her...well, you get the picture. 8^) *Saf sighs in disappointment and scratches Damon's name off her hitlist. Thank you, your royal highness. * Damon spies a blue teddy bear sitting on nearby chair, leering... Uh oh. :) What was that about nightmares, Saf?? *evil grin* So you remembered that post, too. BTW, my grandmother actually did send a teddy in the box I just got yesterday. I have no idea why; she usually doesn't do things like that. HAVE YOU TWO BEEN COLLABORATING?? *grumphhle* Nope. I've never met her. Maybe she's p-sychic. Or maybe she's been spying on you. Feel like Big Brother...or, in this case, Big Grandmother... is watching you? ;) Nope. Come to find out she wanted something to go with a cup she sent me. Both the teddy and the cup have a scarf on them, and she knows I like scarves. Unusual, but not so frighteningly prescient as I once thought. ;p Saf "To sleep, perchance to dream..." The dream was...interesting. But darn it, I don't have any more free time to write another fanfic. 8^)pp ...but now I do. Expect something different, soon. [And I proceeded to write "Something totally different". For those of you who may be interested, it's post #4163. Unfinished, but it gets off to a great start.] DAKTARI 2; The adventure continues . . . Andy's retreat from the forest is temporarily cut off. The beast turns suddenly, a new scent on the wind. Far stronger than that of the quivering human before her. To Andy's amazement the Blue Tigress turns away slowly, it's nose raised slightly to inhale more of the language of the wind. A new prey has taunted her by daring to commit the most violent offense. She suddenly springs away through the grass whence she came to be no more than a memory and a symbol of respect on the savanna. Andy can only pity... 'a symbol of respect'? Do you really respect me? Cool! ;) Andy gambles and stares up into the canopy again to glimpse The Blue Tigress just once more. A curled back lip and soft growl ends the throw of the dice and Andy continues his methodical retreat. ...the creature that dared taunt The Blue Tigress with his boldness. He considers a trip to the water hole to see if the brazen 'wild damon' is... * Saf ponders....Shall I tame the 'wild damon' or just kill it?.... The adventurer ponders the events the day before as he rubs the sleep from his still tired eyes. How did the 'wild damon' escape? It had shown little respect for The Huntress. Perhaps it had narrowly escaped. Or perhaps The Tigress was only playing with its victim. ...brave enough to set foot in sight of The Blue Tigress. No, he laughs, that would surely be death. Surely. Death? * Saf ponders Andy's offenses for a moment. Naah, you only called me a 'beast' so I'll only horribly maim you...in a 'beast'-like way, of course. ;) Sapphire, The Blue Tigress "If I'm a hunting beast, then that means you're...DINNER!" A growl from the trees quickens Andy's pace as he reaches the edge of the forest. His Range Rover is only fifty feet away. He could run- He considers the advice of his guide Umpoopoo. "Do not run from a Tiger. It makes them run too." Only fifty feet away . . . Here, puss puss puss. HERE, puss! 8^) Hehe. GGGRRRRR!!!! Don't do that either. I'm not a pussy cat. I'm a TIGER and you _dont_ call tigers unless you want to _be_ dinner. * Saf thinks about adding Damon to the horribly maim and disfigure list right after Andy. Actually, one of those Doctor Who episodes? Take a look, I think you'll like the...um...guest stars, in that one. She doesn't know where I live, so I'm not overly worried. Um, wait a sec. I just sent those doctor who tapes...with my return address??!? Ugh, somebody shoot the mailman, quick! ;) *evil grin* Just wait till those tapes get here, buster. You'll be in BIG trouble then! ;) No, don't think so. Actually, I think you'll end up thanking me for an entirely different reason. But I don't want to spoil your fun, so... Sapphire, The Blue Tigress "Hmm...at this rate, the whole ML will have wanted posters on them." You want us to post? I thought we were doing that already. ;) The 'wild damon' arrives at the watering hole and tests the waters. Zebra, gazelle and hippo alike take their turns using the muddy liquid for a bath and refeshment. The wild damon lowers its head to drink. From the grassy embankment a few yards away The Blue Tigress watches patiently as her prey satisfies his thirst and then taunts the regal feline by turning its back and romping playfully about on the muddy bank. The Blue Tigress reflects that she has been away from the easy pickings of the watering hole for far too long. But luckily, this damon has a few tricks up his sleeve. I know where *she* lives. Hehe. }8^) [note: to send her the tapes, I had to have her address in the first place] Andy's retreat temporarily halts at the edge of the forest. His Range Rover only fifty feet away . . . Damon, I'm going to miss your "Blue Lightning" series - too bad you aggravated the "blue" person, heh, heh. Or is that, the "non-human entity with the kawaikune complex? Heh. I don't think I aggravated her. It might *seem* that way...but remember this is just people writing dialogue and scenes for her. While I won't say for *sure* that she's not going to be mad, (don't want to incorrige her ;) I'll at least say she has nothing on me whereof to accuse me. I didn't use the 'c' word. (Or the 'k' word for that matter) So...I'll just play it safe for now, and try being nice to her. If I'm lucky, (probably not, but I might as well try anyway) it might even work. 8) BTW, what's going on? Why are you going to miss Blue Lightning? Are you leaving or something? *sigh* What is this? Irritate the tigress week? Andy calls me a 'beast'...Damon think I'm a pussy cat...and now I'm called an 'non-human entity'? LISTEN UP, EVERYBODY! _I_ _AM_ _A_ _TIGRESS_!!!!! And as everyone knows, the female is more deadly than the male so you'd better remember that fact. :P :P :P :P :P :P :P When she gets defensive, it's so... KAWAII! :) Whoops! ^_^ GGGRRRR!!!!!! *Saf takes a taser, sets it on very very painful, and proceeds to zap Omega with it until he recants his statement* ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! Hmm...I never knew your hair could stand up so high. ;) Saf, I feel the outrageous honour to be zapped by your most nebulous presence! :) Scout's honour, I will recant once you have zapped me just a few more times--PLEASE! OK! :) ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! There! Now will you recant? AUGHHHHH!!! With my hair straight up I can see the grey! No!! It's your fault, damn you! *Saf looks at Omega carefully* What's wrong with a little grey? I think it makes you look distinguished. ;) You are cursed: whenever you sleep, you'll dream that you are watching Sailor Moon--FOREVER!!!! * Saf just shrugs. Sailor Moon is ok...in small doses or with the sound turned off. I can live with it. ;) Andy turns back to the dark confines of the forest and searches frantically for The Blue Tigress where it rested only moments ago. But it is gone. He turns back to regard the safety of his vehicle only fifty feet away. Suddenly he detects movement from the corner of his eye. He spins and is face to face with The Blue Tigress. But this time there is something different about The Hunter's appearance. The great cat begins to glow with a sapphire radiance as its outline begins to change. Blue crystalline beams undulate and flicker like the pulse of tribal drums. Paws transform into feet and hands. Fur transforms into skin and long flowing hair. But the glittering eyes remain. So now I'm a shapechanger, huh? ;) "Bow down before The Queen and your maiming will be swift and merciful." Andy drops to the ground and emulates a waiting servant. "That's better. Perhaps you have learned the meaning of respect. Now . . ." I hope I never sound this pompous! Sounds like Kuno. The Blue Tigress reaches down with a silken hand adorned with long, blue nails and lifts Andy's head up to peer into his terrified eyes. " . . . Now go. And do not tempt me again by such foolish actions as I have seen. Go- and do not forget who I am- Sapphire The Queen of the forest and savanna and lots of other places that you may roam. Go . . ." What a lot of gobbledy-gook! I'm not one for speeches, so I'd probably just whack him on the head like this: *Saf takes a LARGE mallet and WHACKS Andy! Andy rises slowly, tearing his gaze from The Queens hypnotic stare. Turning reluctantly he makes his way towards his Range Rover. A moment later he gambles once more and turns to see The Queen one last time. But she is gone. Only a memory and a legend amongst the people of the tribes. Respect indeed. Andy Skuse (Humble servant . . . That has a nice ring to it) 'Humble servant'? Then kindly do not put words in my mouth. It's irritate the tigress week?? Cool! Hey! I wanna feed the blue furry dog. ^_^ *whack* *slap* *punch* OUCH!!!! Nagisa[angry]: Have some respect for others, Wing!! Ahhhh... I was just kidding! Nagisa[whacking him again]: If you call Saf a blue furry .... again, I'll re-program your computer! Ha! You don't know how to do that!! Nagisa[grinning evilly]: True, but this axe does... hehe... ps Re-reading last sentence 30 or 40 times to make sure I'm NOT about to become the next target, although I couldn't resist the phrasing... 30 or 40 times, huh? Looks like you didn't re-read it enough. * Saf writes Johnd's name on a piece of paper, tacks it on the dartboard, and practices shooting her dartgun at it. Nagisa[directs Wing's attention to the board]: That _could_ be you... Saf (thinks these guys are having too much fun with this) The fun comes from your reaction, that's all. Bruce R. "I'm not afraid." Brunk Fun?? [feeling for broken bones] I tend to disagree... To: Members of the ML Re: Pre-memorial service Please read and comment on "Scyth" and the "Blue Lighting" series very, very quickly since our resident felinoid entity is going to (how does the CIA express it?) remove Damon with extreme prejudice (for flat out stupidity in POing her, heh, heh)... A bit premature, don't you think? I haven't decided what I'm going to do with him yet. I've already decided that he gets to live... although in a lot of pain. *grin* johnd (The Quivering Coward - get him, not me!) Ah, so *that's* it. No, don't think she'll do that. Besides, she likes the story herself. Killing me would create problems there. ;) *mutters to himself* Now where did I put that Luger? Ah, here it is... ;^)pp quiver....that reminds me... * Saf puts away her dartgun and pulls out a bow and some arrows and starts shooting at the dartboard again. I haven't done this in quite a while...maybe I should make Johnd stand in front of the dartboard. ;) ----- After a while, it degenerated...and then something unexpected happened. ----- From the relative safety of his Range Rover out on the savanna Andy hears the tribal drums of the world of- DAKTARI!!! I'd say she's very predictable. But then again, that's a good thing for those of us who choose to sit on the outskirts of this cyber reality and contemplate the beauty and grandeur from afar. I wouldn't say that I'm _very_ predictable. Just a bit. Especially on certain topics. ;) Okay, I'll agree with that. (there; now she'll stop bothering me ;) Now when have I ever _bothered_ you? I just reply to your posts when they concern me (which seems to be an awful lot lately for some strange reason) ;) Hm. Threatening death and mayhem is *not* bothering me?? Well... Never mind. Seems to have blown over, anyway. *Saf gives Damon a hug and goes away to _bother_ someone else for a while. Awww...how sweet. Suddenly, I don't mind being "bothered" so much anymore. ;) The 'wild damon' has revived from its slumber. Poking it's head out from its burrow (similar to that of a gopher's ^_^) it surveys the land surrounding the watering hole. The setting is calm and serene. Suddenly a large, blue paw reaches down from above, its claws piercing the wild damon's thick hide. Sapphire The Blue Tigress hauls its prey up onto the burrows dusty roof. The 'wild damon' squirms in The Hunters grasp but to no avail. "Ahhh breakfast," Sapphire exudes, "the most important meal of the day." The wild damon foregoes its struggle and begins to speak, "Ah . . . your highness! You should have let me know it was you. My word, you are absolutely radiant this morning! Have you been eating more gophers lately? Your fur shines like the very sun! And your eyes, they sparkle like- like-" The Blue Tigress waited, "Yes?" Will you stop putting words in my mouth? Try this: The 'wild damon' is not a gopher. It does not hide at the hint of trouble. It is a wolf, with all the cunning, intelligence, and bravery that such an animal is known for. Hardly. The wild damon is no brother of mine. However, I like the cunning, intelligence, and bravery remarks. You have respect for at least one predator. You'd be surprised. I'm currently holding my own, and rather well, in a play-by-email Blake's 7 game, in the character of Avon. Let's just say that Avon is a very dark character, whom you would *not* expect to be the "good" guy, if you just happened to meet him. But he is, anyway. The Blue Tigress spied him, and gave chase...then halted, puzzled, for the wild damon did not run. It stood there, admiring. I don't think so. I would not take on a Tigress. She outweighs me by 600 pounds at least. (272 kilograms) I would. Call me crazy, but I think I know what I'm doing. In this, perhaps I am more brave than you? No, stupid. ^_^ Nah, I have the psychological advantage. }8^) Besides, now I have blackmail material. Heh. :) So, what you are saying is - you think she's fat? ooohh - I just called her cute - you are in real trouble. ;p [No, I have her address, baka! And now I have more than that. Not that it matters any more... *smile*] The tigress approached, suspicious. Prey that did not run was rare. This one would be a challenge. The wolf howled, a lonely cry. It bowed, and padded away silently into the depths of the night, the tigress watching him go. This would be accurate. Of course. I never grovel, but I am always ready to display the requisite respect so as not to get my hide chewed. This too. But of course. I'm always one for realism, or hadn't you noticed? Heh. :) A wolf eh? Somehow 'hy' 'ena' seeing it that way. :^) Nah. Damon you're a good sport. Thanks. ^_^ But don't be so quick to rule out the hyena as an animal-identity. While the hyena gets a bad rep (like some blue tigers around here) it is an incredibly intelligent animal. Probably as intelligent as most wolves (except white ones) when it comes to hunting. There have been a number of excellent PBS specials on over the past year that... Eh???? Oi. ...have exposed the hyena's true lifestyle. Hyenas travel in groups with a matriarchal structure. They were shown attacking a lioness that had been shunned from it's pride and the results were not in the lioness' favor (wonder what Saf thinks about that^_^). Hm. But a tigress is about 200 pounds heavier than a lioness. Care to change your animal identity? No. Hyenas are still primarily scavengers, whatever their other traits. Yes, I've seen those PBS specials. But I'm not a scavenger. That is, I don't take other people's story ideas and run with them. Heh. Guess that makes just about everyone *else* on this list a scavenger, though. ;) Shows what you know. Wolves scavenge too. I just found that out. But even so, they're much more subtle about it. Hyenas aren't. Wolves are somehow more...noble, if you know what I mean. Well thank you. ^_^ Ah, point taken. But I have been working on a non-anime story that I think is still in the spirit of anime stories and characters. I just hadn't considered posting it here. Hmmm. BTW, you're a BGC fan aren't you? Did you read the revise I did on BGCross 1 & 2 last night? Besides we got one here already (sorry about this spamfic WW. DAKTARI was a horrible show to begin with^_^) Well, I didn't have much choice of animals. It was either a wolf or a fox. And I didn't want to be a foxx. :) Hmm... Considering that, you realize all of us in the wolf family (It is *not* the dog family. Those are our stupid cousins.) spam a ton? Then I shall have to endeavor to rise above my brethren. Heh. :) Ah, looking for the 'cool' animals. How about a cheetah or a jaguar or a panther? Have we got some of those here already? I am not a predator either. So I'm left with the fox, or the wolf. I am. ^_^ If you say so. I haven't been really seriously threatened yet, at least not to within an inch of my life, so I have no reason to lash out. Yet. Eh? Foxes and wolves not predators? They certainly don't pull into the local McPreys and order a Quail Pounder with cheese, rabbit McNuggets and a Large Blood milkshake do they? I happened to spot a fox early one morning as I arrived at work a few months back, sneaking off with a young Canada gosling in it's mouth. I'd say that qualifies as a predator. Come to think about it, that was awfully close to scavenger-like behavior. I wonder if that gosling was the weakest one of the nest? And I ain't gonna say nothin about wolves! ^_^ Okay, I don't like to be thought of as a predator. I'm more the subtle type. Look at it that way. :) I can see that. If you've ever seen Blake's 7, you might compare me to Avon, with a better sense of humor. Andy> Now I haven't seen that yet. If you wish, I could rectify that situation, assuming you wanted to start up a tape trade. Which reminds me. I'm *playing* Avon in a play-by-email RPG currently. And I'm having a blast. It's been a pleasure working with you Damon for this weekends Spam-a-thon. Let's go to the tote-board . . . 0!!! Yeesh. I think it's somebody else's turn. Jerry Lewis?!! What a surprise! "HEY LADY!!!! OOOHH, Waahh!!" You need a RL, *badly*. ;) I am heading out the door to resume it as I write this. Keep an eye on Jerry for me will ya? I'll hold that second opinion for you. (out take from "The Outrageous Okona", ST:TNG) Oh and ah- Good luck. Yer gonna need it when Saph checks her mail. WW isn't buying it and neither am I :^) It is not for you to "buy" it. And I'm not "buying it", either. (the *other* meaning of the phrase) But I *am* being relatively serious. I'm not about to get Saf mad. Not after I managed an address and... ...but I'll let you think about that. :) PS Saf, they already knew about the address, since I mentioned sending the Doctor Who tapes to you. Yes, I remember. Don't worry, I won't whack you for that. :) ----- Thanksgiving Break was getting closer... ----- We seem to have a dearth of felines at the moment... Morning, Tigress. O, master of the brown, squishy stuff. :) [note: the title of this thread was "Blue Tigress Spamfics"] Hey hey, this spam! We are trying to cut back, remember? Well, I don't eat spam anyway. And for some strange reason, I can't seem to gain any weight beyond 125 lbs. Besides, that was my first real spam in... ...well, it's been a while. And I was hoping Tigress was online. Guess not. Oh well. I'll get back to my CS homework now... ***** I can't leave you people alone for 12 hours - can I? It was clean when I left, and now there's spam on the walls. WHAT WILL HITOMI THINK? Jeez! Here...[hands Damon a mop] ..and you.....[hands WW a bucket and sponge] and I'm not forgetting you, either [snags Saf as she tries to sneak out the back - handing her a paint can and brush] oh, yah - you three [looking at Aaron and company] Since you are so inclined to be multiple people, you can do multiple work, here's a broom, a weedwacker, and a roll of duct tape. I want this place spotless when I get back!!!!!! just to make sure, hehe, I'm locking the door and taking the key. wadda mess...... *SLAM* -click- * Andy steps out from behind the door. Whew, that was close. I guess he must have missed my Spam-a-thon show with Damon. Heh heh. Not to worry! That was the fake key. I have the real one right here. -click- Um.. wrong one. -click- Just a second, I have it here somewhere... -click- [A couple hundred clicks later.] -click- Um... ok, we have a problem. * Saf just takes out a personal fold gate, turns it on, and leaves. A note and a package drops out of the gate and to the floor as the gate closes. It reads: It's not my fault. If _certain_ people would stop all this speculation about me and stop calling me _cute_, there would be a lot less spam. If you post something involving me, _of course_ I'm going to reply. Oh, and give this package to AlberCrombie when he comes back, will you? Thanks ;) Saf P.S. Good luck to the rest of you getting out of here. I hope it'll be a little while till you get out. Maybe then this'll all die down quietly. ;P *Damon whips out his sonic screwdriver, and the lock clicks over and opens. Sorry, I have 212 homework to finish. Did I mention that the door was spring loaded? SpRoinG! *SLAM* -click- Hold on! I have the bloody key... somewhere. (bloody card? nah.) "Kyaa!" The door decides to stay open this time, leaning drunkenly, its top hinge hanging loose. I want sleep. I'm going home now. Good morning. Me too. Work is done, time to IRC. You have no RL, you know that? ;) Yes. And your point is...? Just listening to Purple Motion's "Unreal II", before the bus comes. Home to study my Japanese for about an hour, then to Japanese class at 9:30 EST. (It's 8:15 EST now) ***** ...I was hoping Tigress was online. Guess not. Oh well. I think I was on then. But I don't get any 'You have new mail' messages unless I'm actually reading my mail. I'll get back to my CS homework now... Good luck with your CS hw, Damon. :) Not done yet!! 45.6 hours straight, and still chugging along.... *grrumphle* Btw, Saf, are you gonna be on irc? If so, check out #ranma! ^_^ Nice friendly place. Yes, I'll be on it tomorrow night. I'm a bit too tired tonight. Sapphire, The Tired Blue Tigress "Relatives are one of life's greatest disruptive influences." *YOU'RE* tired??!? Hmph. I'm still amazed I'm actually lucid. [Someone should have shot me and put me out of her misery... 8(] ----- That last was Tuesday, the day before Thanksgiving break. She was on IRC the next night, just before she went home for Thanksgiving. I joined, on a whim. We met.... For all my stupid pranks, and even after everything I'd done, she hugged me hello, glad to see me. I just stood there, dumbfounded. Took me a little while just to wave back, shyly. And while I watched her blow bubbles, keeping pretty much to herself, that first night, I thought about what had just happened. ----- Hey, I've never called you cute, cutie. _Cutie_ is out, too, _Wolfie_ :P Saphie? *sigh* All right, Wolfie, you can call me Saphie if it makes you feel special :P Thanks Saphie, you cutie! Argh! * Saf takes a bar of soap and washes out WW's mouth with it. Don't call me CUTIE! It's even worse than CUTE! Yeah. Be polite to the lady. * Damon notices the leather. "Err..." ;) I'm stayin' out of this! Yuck. Ok, no more cutie. Saphie is so *cute* when she's mad! ----- Oh, and meanwhile, Saf captured the Gopher. ^_- Made up with Andy, too. ----- BTW, never startle a cat. We don't react too well to surprises. Nah - just use a firehose. ;} A FIREHOSE??? * Saf investigates and finds AlberCrombie. I've got you now, you gopher! * Saf throws her electric net over him and quickly turns it on, zapping him unconscious. HA! Now you're going to pay! * Saf gathers her net in.... Saf "MMmmm...gopher stew!" *popping his head up* you mean you're not after me anymore? Hmm...I probably should have started taking names down when it started getting a bit involved. Was I hunting you, Aaron? My memory's like a sieve tonight. I know I'm not hunting Damon or Andy anymore. :) AND? AND? (I can't stand the suspence) I always did want to go out in style.... ....be gentle ;] I think you are all looney...I dunno if you noticed it, but Saf's a terrible shot. It took her a net to catch me. By annoying her, I've been helping her target practice. :} BTW: Saf, what did ever become of me? ***** Well. Okay, if the theory of opposite approaches works for George Costanza then maybe it'll work for me. Who's George Costanza? Saf's cute. Andy :) AARRRGGHH!!!! *Saf takes out another taser, sets it on 'very painful, excruciatingly painful, so painful you wish you were dead painful', and starts zapping Andy with it* ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! Saf *wondering if there's an obedience school for MLers* Saf, Andy's probably been chasing Lum again, and after her response to his advances, your taser is probably just tickling him. Use the Jeriten approach next time. I have a handy dandy mark VIIb flamethrower that you can borrow... And, if that dosen't work, I'll nail him from my personal orbital laser complex for you (6 1000 terrawatt micro-focused lasers - instant crispy critter!). Btw, in order to use any of the above retaliatory weoponry, johnd comes off the dartboard at once - it hurts! I have, at least temporarily, learned my lesson. Humbly yours... johnd ps An obedience school implies the target has the intelligence to understand the training! On this ML, you've got to be joking. ^_^ Hello John. Well, you might like to know that Saf and I have declared a truce and I believe are well on our way to becoming fast friends :) I have completed my spam withdrawal period and am working very hard at posting only Fanfic chapters (3 & 4 of which I posted this morning ;) and the occasional constructive criticism or praise of any fanfics I read^_^ It might also interest you to know that upon the creation of our truce, I presented Saf with a custom-made weapon that might very well put an end to her teasing. But you'll have to ask her ;) Yo Andy, You're no damned fun! If you read my "ps", then you know what my ulterior motive was in sacrificing you. Getting me off the dartboard! I hate diplomatic agreements... Hey John. I'd like to see you off the dartboard too but I learned my lesson and I think I've brought enough mallets upon my head and tasers upon my flesh ^_^ Andy (Mr. No Damned Fun) ^_^ ----- For some odd reason, people started getting the idea to post Christmas lists during Thanksgiving break. ----- Dear Santa, I have been very good this year and haven't caused too many problems. :) I would like for Cristmas.... 1 4 head hifi VCR Got. all 5 of A!MG Nope. a new Unix box (with Linux) Got it. Got it. Got it. New cpu maybe. a Tigress taming kit (batteries not included) They don't make 'em. Nope, no need. 1 stuffed mughi doll I want a stuffed P-chan. Ryo-Ohki. < AlberCrombie> A do-it-yourself Bean Bandit Kit - headband - leather jacket - cool car - shoulder pads - 30lbs ribs and a case of bud I want! $1000 gift certificate to Gunsmith Cats would be better. my two front teef Got it. 1, 2 they're still there. and Nuku-Nuku in a stocking hung by the chimney with care! I want! Akiko Mishima is more to my liking. Nene Romanova would be unbelievible!!!!!!!!!! thank you AlberCrombie, The Good Little Gopher :} P.S. I'm all out of cookies and milk, so how about ramen and sake? Peanut butter sandwiches? Sounds somthin' like what I'd like :) (especially that last one! here kitty! *giggle*) 'cept I could do without the do-it-yourself Bean Bandit Kit...a nice plasma bazooka would be great tho =) (or the more mundane RAM/HDD/motherboard/hardware/software/whole new computer upgrade if I have to :) ----- Then... ----- Hiya all! Finally getting around to my email tonight. :) Hmmm...only about 300 messages in 5 days? I'm disappointed. Guess a lot of you folks went home for T-Day. Ah well, so did I. *Saf thinks about the turkey dinner she didn't get to eat cuz she was a little sick that night* :( And I helped make most of it, too! *sigh* Now, on to reading the mail! :) Sapphire, The Blue Tigress P.S. And, Damon? I've got the tapes! :) :) :) ----- *happy sigh* She didn't carry through on making use of my place of residence information, either. I wonder why... ^_^ I'm not looking forward to doing December's. This took far, far too long. But I'll try to manage it...somehow... The memories made it all worth it. *smile* Damon Casale, [defunct address deleted]