Hello, Debbie-lirium! Glad to see you made it! Next time I head through Dallas I'll try to bring you my one and only much-beloved copy of Life On the Border... [For which I owe much thanks to Annachie!]

Welcome back, Grey!
--Cat

Yes, Welcome back Grey! Good to see you again!

Looks like I have another extra copy of the new book--anyone still need it? I got it from Amazon, and accidently ordered two instead of one! (must have been asleep)

I was brought in by the cat...we have horribly similar taste in FINE literature. I will try to find some books around here, but so far no luck. Cat, thank you for the offer of your firstborn. You know i've taken care of your other children in the past, i will do likewise with your one and only Life on the Border. Corva, what is Emerald City? That author also writes about ancient calligraphies, but i've never seen one of those books. I like this place. --THE END

Okay, I have found a chat board for one of the best fantasy books I know...and now I have to start reading fom december to get to July? How do I avoid catching up on months of gossip to talk to people?

And how do I find Fanfiction? As a hobby, I collect and pess four-leaf clovers, but they aren't doing me much good on the internet...anybody have a cyber-four-leaf clover equivalent?

oh, ough, the board is just like that for now i fear. the owner of the board went and got himself taken by aliens i think, or the gremlins have him at last and will not release him...so, longlong board...Emerald City is seattle town where i am heading, blurry eyed, away from my alaska moutains. HI GREY HI GREYHIGREY-it is sure great to have you back with us, ya want an update? drop me an email? The fanfiction is here and there...um, be right back with those heres and theres Crimson...

go to this here and the links will lead you where you are trying to go! http://www.endicott-studio.com/brdrlnd1.html

Welcome new people to the very long board!! I'm going to see Zorro (again)! Yippee! Saw some cool dragon shoes today, but alas they weren't in my size, boy was I mad. I want a pair of dragon shoes!! Might just have to do the embroidery myself, I guess. Sigh. :-P

That is, I press four leaf clovers, not pester them. On that subject, my friends, I have conflicting stories as to whether fives are good or bad...and nobody has any knid of clue what luck six-leaf clovers are? I have two, and HAVE NO CLUE...

it seems that you must attract them! or they you? i have a small friend (five years old) and all golden, that has the same gift as you but even she has not been so lucky as to fine a sixleafer! Has everyone read Gaiman & Vess' "Stardust"? It is a must for the lot of us-another BorderTown of sorts and a worthy read indeed!!! Sid-i am almsot certain that such shoes could be found in seattle town; sounds like you'll have to make rainy-con or your feet won't forgive you...

the closest I've come is a four leaf one, and I pressed it and carried it around with me for years... Corva, I wish I could come! But wedding plans next year are nixing any sort of travel... I'm planning to decorate a pair of jeans tonight...>g< and wear them to work on the morrow. hehe. 'twill shock those librarian people. I will have to do my own dragons, it seems. And I have a hard time drawing them, so I found a nice clip art picture that will work wonders. :-)

And what's wrong with pestering four-leafed clovers, I'd like to know? On a more serious note, I'll try to email you some addys for bordertown related materials, Crimson.

Sid>> Depending on where you are, you might want to look up your local SCA chapter and ask about light-fighting... it's about as close a you can get to rapier combat. Techwolf is probably the best one to ask about making that sort of combat.
Story's still coming along... It's a lot *longer* than I thought it would be. Still planning to send it around when I'm happy with it.

Best to you all,
--Cat

Sid...did i not get the local SCA info to you like i said i would? oogh, i'm usually better at things like that...if i do a minor/major space, please remind and tell me so that i can make it right! I'll send off some good SCA addresses this evening or tomorrow that will get you where you ar going to. Cat, can we have a taste? just a little one? please?

You probably did, at least someone did, but I lost them in the great email inbox cough.(along with 1500 other messages, that'll teach me.)So, send again if you would!

Hello everyone! We have a new e-mail addy at

wilderun@earthlink.net

So all of you who are not on the B-town list can find us there!!!

Just got done compiling a big ol' smegging post. Well, I didn't write a lot. I think the editting took the most time. Mucho editting which had to be just *so*. Anyway, ML people should be happy but more than likely confused. Now I'm off to clean out the in-box!

Hey Grey!!!

"thus passed a few swift years, and they were no longer children. He was a valiant youth, and his face, like the morning, Gladdened the earth with its light, and ripened thought into action. And she was a woman now, with the heart and hopes of a woman"...happy birthdays and years of growning to all.

Hi, Angel, Corva, Cat, Sid. I told the sidekick about Sticks' and Christine's tattooed wedding rings. He just had his first tattoo done, a celtic knotwork band around his upper arm. He looked at his finger thoughtfully and said, "That would be painful." We both think *your* tattoo is really cool, Corva (I showed him the Rave pic you sent).

ethereally, grey

many happy years to come van!

sid, any takers on book offer? i would like to borrow as it will be quite a while before i can afford to buy. workable?

started story this weekend.....not btown.....i usually stick to poetry, as i hate dialogue (for a few stupid reasons) and i take forever in naming characters (names are so very important)......but this one has been tugging my soul for many years now.....written a few poems to try to appease, but it won't let go.....lost in that now.....

anyhow, work project like a big dragon i battle.....so i must take sword in hand and talk with you later.......

ember
"i spend weekends reminding you why they called me Ice Queen....."

Cat, thank for the adresses. I'll get to them after class, and after tutoring (the time between the two reserved for catching up on this board) ember, good luck!

Claris> thanks for the card! i loved it and Christine was extremely touched!
Grey> hooo BOY did it hurt! *grin* but it's all almost healed!

just quit one of my jobs, so it MIGHT mean that i'll have more time wit' you all.. which is good cuz i miss ya!

I wanna see more pix! *grin* i saw the group shot (good looking bunch!) but want more!

welcome crimson! *grin*

'k gotta motor... peace.

Ember: borrowing's fine with me! If you email me with your address, I'll mail it out, then when you're finished you can mail it back to me, 'k?
Sticks, welcome back, and hope everything went wonderfully!
Grey, hello and welcome back to you too!

Thank you all for the wonderful birthday wishes! It looks like I have a good start for the next year! Thanks to you guys!

Have you noticed that this page is getting Mighty long!!! Hope everyone is doing well! Got to go Study!

hi guys! Oy so much to do! Sorrysorrysorry I haven't gone to get reprints of the rave pics - probably won't happen till mid Aug since I'll soon by Con-hopping and out of town for a couple weeks. :( Claris - any progress on getting the pics I sent you posted so folks can see?? Welcome home Mr and Mrs Sticks! And as far as 6-leaf clovers go, in my expert mongel Irish opinion, I'd say that's two leaves o' extra luck you have there, Crimson! ;) Faith n begorah! Just got a fan review of the new Legend of the Five Rings card set I did a bunch of art for and according to the guy, my Hitmoi piece ranked 2nd place in cool art for the whole set! Wheee! They like me - they really like me! I may even have folks bringing me cards to sign at GenCon! Watch out folks, I'm a Force in the gaming industry! :) If ya'll wanna see one of my most recent graphic design pieces, check out www.7thSea.com. It's still a top secret project and I can't say anymore about what it is, but it's gonna be cool. ;) Oh, and Zorro was so much fun! Antonio Banderas is SO mas sexual! I was tripping out during the training scenes cuz a lot of the sword stuff they were doing was what we do in kenjutsu, and Anthony Hopkins was acting JUST like our sensei! But we don't get to wear cool black masks and capes. Just white gi's, color belts and hakamas. Sadly, we test next month again and my pretty blue belt will (if I pass, anyways!) be retired for green. Ah well. I guess green is good, too. But when I get to brown, ugh! So passe! Okay, enough babbling! Luv, Elly

did anybody know that one has to fill out customs forms to send TEA to bermuda?!?!..pictures on their ways and good travels to them!

Elly, congrats on the art recognition. Even though art/writing comes from inside, it sure feels good when someone else likes it. I remember Annie Dillard saying something like, "In my experience, the general public does not love writers. Nor does it hate them. Mostly, it is completely indifferent to them."

On that cheery note, Grey

corva> i knew! *grin* sorry 'bout that... it's a bitch being another country... *LOL*

elly>will check soon! congrats!
i must get in touch with you re: my portfolio... now that i'm out a job, i need as much freelance as i can get! *LOL* i know it prolly won't be much, but every little bit helps....

hey! i'm thinking about starting a font foundry... anyone interested in designing fonts? it's just an idea now, but (hopefully) will become a reality soon.

dancing ferret will be a reality soon too.. as soon as my check clears, i'm going to internic to register the name.. the company that i got it from hasn't done it yet, so i told them i'd do it and to put the money already paid on rental of the space... once that's done, emails will be assigned, and the page will finally be designed! *LOL*

peace all...

Grey wrote: Elly, congrats on the art recognition. Even though art/writing comes from inside, it sure feels good when someone else likes it. I remember Annie Dillard saying something like, "In my experience, the general public does not love writers. Nor does it hate them. Mostly, it is completely indifferent to them.">> Well, I'm in the illustration biz, which means the whole purpose of my art is to convey ideas and images to people, as opposed to doing more personal, abstract work. So when folks respond, that's exactly what I'm going for. Lets me know I'm doin my job! Oh, and I found out that instead of coming in second in best art for the set (which I how I misread it), the other guys came in second to my piece, according to that one player. :D As far as writers, I don't know about that quote. Writers touch and effect a lot of folks in a lot of ways. I wouldn't say they were ignored. I mean, it was authors who brought all of us together, right? :) Sticks - I'd love to see your portfolio! Well, off to eat something afore I pass out! Luv, Elly

Elly>> I definitely agree with you that *we* love writers, couldn't live without 'em. But I do also have to agree with Annie that the "general public" seems to be indifferent. At least based on the large numbers of people who, when I tell them I'm a librarian, tell me that they don't have time to read. I never think about "making time" to read. Reading is. Usually, I have to "make time" to get dressed, cook, and basically keep the home fires burning--if I don't deliberately do it, it gets neglected. But reading and breathing go together. Of course, I don't admit this to "normal" people. *g*

Sticks>> Can't wait for the 'Ferret to come to life! Woo Hoo!

Went visiting some "normal" people last night. Found myself trying to explain to them why I spend so much time Btowning. They didn't get it. I ended up hashing together anthropological and sociological jargon in an effort to validate myself, then just gave up. I'm now thinking up some snappy one-liner that I can use if the subject ever comes up in "polite conversation" again. Any ideas, anybody?

Ethereally, Grey

Wow, nice work, Elly! *_*

A'right, folks, I semi-got my act semi-together and here it is: Rave photos at members.xoom.com/wherehouse/rave/ . Awfully sorry it took so long. Gomen! Gomen nasai! *bowbowbowbowgrovel*

OH Claris lady!!! that is so fine! Elly too!!! They(the pictures) wouldn't let me in at first but now-whoopie! Could ya find in it in you to send me the "razor wire group shot" and the "angel & nathan" shot by email so they might get themselves printed out? know i oughtta be able to figure out how to do that for myself but this ones knowings lean not that way...Grey-understood, alot of my life is like that though. Many folks pratice the don't ask, don't tell rule with me if they have been desturbed or wigged out before by me...lovely work Elly, where might we see more?

Elly: wow! Way cool! I've heard the game is good from former Magic: the Gethering fiends (that is not mispelled) so I guess I'll have to check out the Art, too! ;> I think I may be the only person on campus to have their magic cards organized by name of the artist...believe me, neither aritst nor author are ever to be ignored!

Reading is life. Reality is just for spawning new stories...no, reality is just one big story to read.

all Stories have/are truth

I feel the same about writing. Making time for it is alien for me; it is, it will always be part of me. I keep telling people that writing is akin to breathing. >g< I'm not sure they understand.
Reading is the same way, but I see writing as reading without really knowing how it is going to end, I write to see what will happen to the characters(who are sometimes more alive to me than they should be...)ah bien. Does that make sense or am I just babbling?

Congrats all around! Yes I am still alive, Cat also sent a nifty story for my zine. So now I've got (it looks like) 3 stories, (well one is really a prose poem I think) some haiku, some "odd emails" and some interesting quotes. It's off to a good start. I'm going to have a zine review and have started collecting sci-fi and fantasy themed zines... probably presented in Siskel and Ebert style by me and Rayz'r. Well, keep in touch, I gotta run! but how do I get one of them cards?

I usually resort to reffering to my writing habit as 'mental masturbation'. Sometimes they get it, sometimes not.

Oh, Angel, I like that!!

For me, writing and dreaming are intimately connected. There both places where I go to play with perspectives, sort out truths, and sometimes (if I'm lucky) receive revelations. So, *not* masturbation... well, not usually. But yes, I like writing stories when I'm not sure how they're going to end...

Finally replaced the mouse on my computer (it was getting worn out from all the use!). Bought a touchpad instead, takes a little getting used to, but I like it.

Carol back on the 9th. Not soon enough!

and that, briefly, is the news from Lawton.
Love y'all,
--Cat

Cool! Elly and Claris, thank you so much! Finally got to see the rave photos. Elly you did a great job. Boy did we look great or what? Corva, looking forward to yours. And yes, Elly in the last picture it does look like you're holding me up by the neck and my feet aren't touching the ground. Gack! Uh, let's see, what else. Sticks, interested in fonts. I've hand done fonts for band logos and such all my life. Never tried to do a whole alphabet before and don't really know what's intailed. Tell me more. Elly, congradulations on your art. Where can we see it. Did you do the &th Sea logo at that web site?.... Writing is so much like a drug for me it's not even funny. I leave bills unpaid, friends uncalled, letters unwirtten, chores undone. Things get left where ever I toss them on the way to the computer. I hide from my friends.. I hide from the world, and then come out pale and shaking when I'm done and don't know what to do with myself between jobs so I start writing again almost immediately. Good for the resume, bad for the social life. Thank the gods I have such an understanding support group. Angel, aren't you glad nobody got a picture of our mosgt spectacular dance floor move? G'night all!

NRL-the pictures aren't mine really, they are Angel's, just sending you copies...and wondering why they aren't with you yet...it seems i have pissed off the GreatPostalGod by forsaking It with so much emailing and the like...better get together some spiffy offerings, cool stamps, envelopes with far off cancalations(sp?) on 'em, comics from distant papers, um any other ideas?

Writing is as much a necessity as dreaming, and life without dreams isn't life at all. Therfore, can life without writing be life at all?

Writing is as much a necessity as dreaming, and life without dreams isn't life at all. Therfore, can life without writing be life at all? On a lighter note, it's great to see pictures of people after reading their lines on the internet... So, Emma Bull's hair looks like Orient's at the opening of Finder... And the rest of you looked beautifully (and handsomely) Bordertown!

yesterday, i spent the day helping my best friend move AND doing a job interview. by the end of the interview, the woman had switched from "what the position entails" to "what i want you to do..." and, according to my roomie, who works there, after i left they were fighting over who gets to have me! i have another interview with the bigger boss today.....weird....this all moved very fast. but it will, it sounds, be a sweeter deal, and much less stress and ick! soooo....thanks to all who've sent me good job kharma (and good kharma in general)....looks like i may finally be freeing myself of the govt collar. woohoo!

anyhow, off to finish the moving process....oh, and all of you rave kids looked just smashing!

ember
thinking finally that i may *not* die of a heartattack before my time.....

Congrats, Ember! Hope you love the new job as much as they love you! ;) Nathan, I missed an embarrassing dancefloor moment?? Damn! Ah well. Yes, I did the 7th Sea logo - having a lot of fun with the project - wait'll you guys see some of the other art we've got for it - awesome stuff!! As soon as we get a red light to give out info, I'll let you guys know all about it. If I talk before then they'll have to kill me. As far as seeing more of my art, I'm working on getting more up on the web. About writing being a drug - there are far worse addictions! I know what you mean, though. I often loose precious sleep cuz my brain won't shut off the idea generator. But at least it's a creative outlet that benefits people, and can possibly be a career (maybe you can get ahold of some of Crimon's clovers and stick them in the envelopes when you send out scripts? Might help a bit. ;) Corva, hmmm, you don't wanna be on the Postal Gods' bad side! But fear not, I have a cousin who works for them - I'll put in a good word for ya. P.S. You guys following the Whispers and Rumors Board? Some intersting stuff goin' down in B-Town. Luv, Elly

hey people!! i was gone for about forever!! heeh..i went visiting my aunts n uncles..but im back now..whats goin' on?? hehe i have to do some reading on the board so..hehe catcha laters..

thanks to you and to your kin elly!

Ember, a good, well paying, unstressful job is the key to putting the rest of your life in order. Congradulations, if it's not too early. Corva! Finally went down to the PO Box and got the pictures! They're great! Thank you! I'm sure they've been there all week. Only check on fridays mostly. Thanks to you and Angel both for taking and sending respectively. The one of Angel and Annachie at the Bradbury Building is worderful even if I did take it myself. They are the very soul of B-Town. Elly. Very impressive work. Love to see more, and yes, you missed Angel and I stage diving without the benifit of a stage. G'night all.

Hello everyone... new and old. Sorry I haven't been keeping touch, but believe me when I say that I miss you all. Life has been spinning much too fast. I got a new toy recently (a G3 Powerbook) and I've been spending the last few days trying to get linuxppc to run on it (unsuccessfully, but I'm still trying. Apparently, I might have too much memory on my system. Silly if you think about it). The Ren Faire has started up again, and it will be going on for the next six weeks, so my schedule is some what booked (which means I won't be able to go to Comicon, sorry NRL and Elly).

Corva>> The Gaiman 'Stardust' series was rad(!), and I second the motion that you all should read it. I'm still thinking about your email... I'll get back to you on monday :)

Claris & Elly>> Good job on the pix page and thanks for the time that you both put into it.

loved the pix!

woo hoo annachie! all good things come to those who wait? have fun and hear from you when you are ready. Glad all the little packages are getting where they were sent!

HEY, here's a deal!!! Ravyn, the mighty halfie responsible for the Rave, has received an unproofed edition of 'The Essential Bordertown'. Two were sent two Emma and Will and they kindly gave him one. Ravyn is putting it up for auction. I'm starting the bid at $30. All proceeds go to Children of the Night; a charity benefitting runaway youth.

Let's give it a week and see how it goes! I'll send results to him and somebody here will get it! Okay?

Love you guys, and happy to see ember and Annachie writings, seems like a while.

I

got

bored

**smiles**

Trying to fix...
Angel, I bid $40, if you could get that to whoever needs the info...
Saint raven> love spider... used to hang out in a place based on callahan's while in ottawa.. went out of business, but went out with a bang (not as big a bang as callahan's, but... *grin*)spider has turned me on to many things i probably wouldn't even know about otherwise, and for that i am eternally grateful.

peace all.. love ya... (BTW, I'd like to say that, in my opinion, we ARE the best LOOKING bunch of "cyber-friends" (god i hate that phrase) out there! *LOL*)

...NRL, this one is knowing and feeling just what you said...

Just wanted to add my own belated appreciation for the pix, Claris and Elly. So good to see everyone!

Am contemplating how to close a relationship with an old friend who has not been a friend for a long time. Infinite sadness.

--grey

Hi guys, Thanx for the thanx! ;) Claris did all the work on the site, all I did was snap pics and scan em in. Nathan, come look for me at the AEG booth at ComiCon! Maybe we can grab lunch or something? Annachie...you won't be going? :( Alas. Hope things stop spinning so fast for ya. I know how that is - not a moment to catch your breath. Welcome, Saint Raven! This board tends to be a mix of B-town discussion and personal babblings, but that's okay, cuz that's how we get to know each other and I think we're all here one way or another becuase Bordertown is a part of our lives. Still haven't gotten my mitts on a copy of the new book. Grrr. Stupid Barnes and Noble didn't have it today - was hoping to be able to read it on the plane. But hopefully I'll be able to pick it up in MIlwaukee when I get there. There's the collest little used bookshop downtown run by this great old Jewish/Russian guy. He was so nice to us last year. I'd like to give him some more business. If he sells new books, that is. If not, maybe I can score some oldies. So I'm off to GenCon tomorrow - I'm almost all packed (gotta get my kimono ready for the live L5R rpg- heh heh heh). Ember, your "you wear my love like a see-through dress" quote reminds me of a Susan Vega lyric - can't think of the whole line right now but it starts out something like: "If we had met on some midnight train...blah blah blah.. "would I have dressed in smoke and fire, for you to see through." Well, I kinda screwed it up, but it's a cool song about ' what could have happened if we'd met somehwere exotic and free instead of our real lives in the boring city' type of thing. But anyways. Argh. It's late. Gotta be up early tomorow and hop that silver bird to the land of cheese and beer. Last year, the most cheese I saw was made of foam and made to go on someone's head and the beer ...bleh! What's with that Pabst crapola, anyways?? Gimme a damn Killan's already! Sigh. Well, at least there's jello shooters to drown my grief over gross Wisconsin beer. ;) Can you drown in jello? Hmmm.... I'll check in when I get back next Monday! Have fun ya'll! Luv, Elly

I'd bid on the book but I'm a broke college kid getting broker... (heh. Bad grammer. Bad day.) If anybody wants a four-leaf clover, sent your adress to my e-mail account and I'll try to mail it to you. Should I go entrepenurial and demand instead a SASE with a dollar inside? Going fast, I only have a hundred and some, and am moving in two weeks far, far away from my favorite clover patches... Can anybody believe that IIT wants me to be in my Chicago dorm on th 16 of August? I'M GONNA MISS RENNIE FAIR!!!!!!! AAAGH!!!!! At least my misery has company; unlike moi of Southern Ohio, my roomie is from Hawaii. We'll freeze together.... Congrats to them-as-got-the-job! Is The essential Bordertown out yet? If I can babysit or beg, I might have money enough to buy it when I get to Chicago; bookstores here have no clue how to stock a fantasy section. "Oh, like Conan and Superman?" Aaargh. Anybody have a clue where I could find a Rennie Faire in Chicago? Or a Con of any sorts? Net adresses are welcome. Whew, this is long!

in or near chicago and needed an SF/Fantasy shop? try "The Stars Our Destination Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Bookstore" 1021 W. Belmont, Chicago, IL 60657-3302 Voice (773) 871-2722 Fax (773) 871-6816....independant bookseller need to help each other out as best we can against the Killer B's!!!! try asking TechWolf about a ren faire in your area;he is SCA folk and may well be able to help there. Have fun Elly! and good travels...

Longer and longer and longer... Crimson, try looking at this to see if there is a RenFaire near you... and where in Southern Ohio? I'm in Southern Ohio! Let's see if my link worked before I go any farther...

Okay, I'm braindead tonight... let's try this one: Renaissance-Faire.com

Okay. Sheesh. Elly, have fun, and tell us all about it when you get back. I think I'm going to quit now before I do something stupid...
No news from the agent, if anyone wondered. :-( I'm still waiting at the mailbox and inbox impatiently. Whoever said send something out then forget about it didn't know what he/she was talking about. *grin* haha.

did i do that?!?! IM SOWWY!! hehe...gues i forgot to em eheh..sorry..

hey does anyone know any urls for some really good stories i can read off a page? im really bord hehe i need something to do/read....i've already been to The Boredertown Page (http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/6674/BTown.html)..hehe read everything there..i like it all.. **smile**..but anyways =)

know where any other stuff like that is?

try visiting Sticks' walkthrough at http://207.49.108.198/flamingo/stickman/BTownpage/

okay that was wacked!! whe i said to em i meant i forgot to < / > 'em..hehe

and for Sid http://www.sca.org/ start there and find your local chatelaine(that is the person in each local branch that helps newcomers. not at all suprising to the lot of you, i'm sure, to find that has been my post before in the Society)

lyrin...huh? what are you on about? am feeling lost now...

Thanx Corva!!

hehe sorry..i speak er use wrong words to talk but i had made a mssg and something i typed dissapeared..=)

but n e ways....i read TLO's story and i had already read STick's and then then that board thing brought me here and then the gallery thing took me to the B-town page n i already read everything there so..im back to my position of being bored **smiles**

oh, wander around lyrin, there are a number of other stories to "find"

wonder 'round where?

sticks' walkabout, wander, there is much more to see!

i've wandered around tho..before hehe...i found it one time by meself and i did......i didn't get anywhere,,,,ehhe

A word about Saint Raven (aka Saint John the Blasphemer): this is the man who first forced me to read Bordertown stories, essentially at gunpoint. As you can see, I have never forgiven him, or any of the authors whose work I read. Callahan's was my revenge on him. Unfortunately, as he mentioned, his computer lacks the capacity to stomach this entire board, so he took the opportunity to look it over while he was up here visiting. I'll pass on any comments or replies that ought to reach him, however, and he assures me that as soon as his email works, he'll be in contact with the list.

Lyrin, are we to assume that you safely survived your bold adventure into the Underdark beneath your bed?

--Cat

Well, I'm off. ^_^ Hang in there, don't crash the board, kiddies. Ta-ra, Fluffy!

Ah, Lyrin, there are a lot of hidden stories in the walkabout. One from every person here, I think...I just realized I lost the url when I lost my bookmarks; thanks, corva, for posting it! And thanks for the address for SCA. Claris, have a nice time, hope you get to read the new book while you're there!

May all who are travelling have a safe and wonderful trip!

(i like this color hehe)Yup, Cat, I survived..hehe..and know what?...i think mom was lying about the boodie man living under there..hehe ..

okay Sid..hehe...i guess im bored enuff to search really hard for em **smile**

Actually, Sid, my story hasn't made it into Stick's pages yet. What with all his getting married and everything *g*. Or else maybe he just didn't like it... But Lyrin, if you wanna read it, I'll be glad to e-mail it to you. It's short.

Good travels to all our travellers, and Techie, I'm still keeping my fingers crossed (even though it's a little difficult to type this way *g*) about that job.

--Grey

Send away Grey! **smiles**..In the mean tim i think i'll write my own story **grin**

okay if there are any others that i should read..hehe of this stuff..then please tell me hehe these are the ones i've already read..

AtAtude pt.1&2, Words From the Marches, Red River Blues, The Blood In My Cup pt1,2&3, Town at the Edge of Destruction, Boogel's Diary pt 1&2, What I Did On My Holiday, Sister Sister You DO Offend Me , Gladiators, Anita and The Cat Woman , How I Came To Bordertown , TLO's Story, and Dragon Child...i tried to goto TW's but kept geting a mssg saying the URL was timed out....er something like that..but anyways.. =)

Grey, I didn't know that! Have I read yours? If not, please send me it! :-) Maybe this'll give him the hint to post it since he's old and married now.*g* Lyrin, you missed mine, that much I know. Mine is hidden. Have fun searching. *grin*

Okay, whoever still needs a copy of the book, I have one left if anyone is interested. I'm sending one to Ember (as soon as I get to the post office, but if anyone else needs one...let me know!)

**whines** but i can't find any other places to get to....and i went ove there to that thing that takes u to that MUSH thing and...**sighs**......hehe

what book?

Lyrin--have you seen the Stick Wizard part? Near there.

no....wheres that at?? **grin**

In the walkabout, past danceland, I think. I'll check to be exact.

um well....hehe...i can't get anywhere is seems but the wherehouse thing and the door next to it....hehe

Beside the Magic Lantern, and that's your last clue!*grin* (Have to make you work for these things, you know.
Book is the newest Borderland book.

Looks like I'm going to be moving to Columbus next year, to be with my fiance who will then be my hubby, so I might have to get rid of one of my harps...*sob* no room, no room. 'less, of course, I leave everything here. Parents would just love that. ha. I'm kind of looking forward to it, since that means I'll get to quit my job, but that also means I'll need a new one. bad and good there. But I don't really have to think about it until next year, so I won't. (but I think I'll be selling a lot of stuff over eBay.)

well good luck with it all hehe.. =)

So, is Lyrin missing anyone else's stories? I disremember how many were actually there.

HEY!!! no one has replied on my whining to see the angel and annachie pic. don't make me grouch!!!

lyrin: well, it's not that i want a job, but i do want to pay for a place to sleep and food to eat......as for school, i'd kill to go back.....maybe even to have some of my highschool years back (boy, that is a huge sign that my nostalgia engine is in overdrive!).....you come work and i'll school, 'kay?

*i* don't have anything on stick's page. 'cept the picture he did of me. no poems or stories though. so not everyone has one....*sniffle* i am an outcast! *wail*
*snicker*

okay, gonna take my aching self home (funky stress issues in my shoulder.....feh....) oh, and the line i quoted about wearing my love like a see through dress? it's a misquote of u2. in you're so cruel he says "she wears my love like a see-through dress"

night all!

eh...nah i sorta like school...definately not exactly the learning part hehe...

i don't have nothing anywhere..hehe..i like to write but,,,like theres something wrong with me i have some block er something....

**sings**whoa ohh ooh ooh ooh yeah...voulez-vouz .......i knew before bout five years ago then you seemed to the person that didn't act like the people i know yet theres something special about ya a bit insecure but still kinda cute..now i see ya again now you looking so good...voulez-vous dansez avec moi voulez-vouz danser avec moi ce soir..........

oops sorry hehe....'s up people? im just uh..hehe singing but n e ways...have a happy night!! **smiles**

Ember, but that's a great picture! And Angel and Annachie pic, was it on Claris' page? I remember looking at them all, but I don't remember if there was one with just A&A. And yeah, jobs are nice for the money to pay for my vices(books, clothes, tea, musical instruments, books... you get the idea...) but I'd much rather be home writing all day. One of these days, one of these days...But of course you all realize you'll have to buy my book when it's finally published... *g* Although, by that time, hardbacks will probably cost 50 bucks. I noticed they went up again. grr. I wonder if I'd get a discount being the author and all? Ah, don't pay attention to my wanderings... this board gets longer, and I look at it more every day. makes no sense, and I'd better get back to my chapter before I really can't spell.

Lyrin, what kind of stories do you write? And being blocked is no fun, but if you want to get over it bad enough, you will.

well...different kinds hehe...fro like a scarey storie to a love/romance story ......

emberly! you will be able to see all of my pictures soon enough but if you need them now, all you need do is ask-works better than trying any hints with this one. I rather thought you should put a poem or six under your picture! ...this one was/is no good at the school thing...um, leaving in about week now, off to the Emerald City, will be at thecrownest@earthlink.net as off the 24th?25th of August?...so odd it will be to out of the loop for a few weeks after being here so much for the last-wow-more than a year now...bout sticks' stories:Tech, TLO, Sticks, PaperAngel, Corva, Sid, Infurita(sp?), um, who am i missing? help me and Lyrin out? Grey's should be there, soon?

Apparently I'm behind in my readings... Just got TEB yesterday, too tired to do any reading last night. Also, I didn't realize that people had been adding stories off in the Walkabout... Argh! I have no time to read! Carol's coming back this weekend, so I'm cleaning pretty much constantly until then! (That's not really a complaint, though.)

Corva, safe travels!
--Cat

my thanks for all of the dear wishes for my journeying! they will be placed in a heavy vellum envelope along with alaskan flowers, glacier silt, pictures, goodbye hugs, road maps, mountain air, and memories for the goings....dropped a huge amount of cash for stories/books on tape to travel with us! has anyone heard of Odds Bodkin? a bard/talespinner not to be missed!!!...the count-down continues...good cleaning vibes from this soon to be clean house to yours cat! any luck lyrin?

dammit, i knew i forgot to do something! *grin* will put it up soon...

ember... i don't think i have anything from you... hopefully, i will shortly.. *grin*

peace.. just a short note..

nope not yet...im about to give up

Stickman-- do me a favor an take down Ronin's story anywhere you have it posted. It's about to be subsumed by the Mark II version, much expanded but incorporating pieces (particularly the opening) of the first. No point in having both versions up, as I'm off to finish up the new version now... (It turned out longer than I expected, is what delayed it...)

--Cat

would it help get Lyrin to the other stories by feeding their addresses to him? I know of other folks who's computers haven't let them wander about and find things...dunno, just a late night thought....Zzzzzzzzzzz

Ember, the Angel and Annachie pic is one I took on Angel's camera when she was here. Corva sent me a color xerox of it. So she's got one, although color xeroxs are expencive. I'd post it for you if I had a scanner. G'night all.

It's done!!! I finished it! Ronin's Story Mark II is finished. I am now sending it out to those whose characters figure most prominently into it, and I'll figure out some way to make the finalized version of it available after I get their feedback... Ye Gods, but my brain is burnt. Apologies in advance for how looooooooonnnnnnnnggggggg it is...

--Cat

hey what baout us who just may want to read it? how long do we have to wait? and emberly should have no worries, she may putter through what ever photos and copies of such that i have...

Wow...be locked away from the net a few days and can barely read all the messages. thanks all for the adresses; I'll try to check them out when I'm not dashing here and there in this pack-for-college hysteria. Sid, I'm from Wheelersburg, which is (this will sound strange to non-native peoples) Two hours downriver (east) of Huntington, two and a half hours upriver (southest) of Cincinatti, (if you take the double-A highway in Kentucky) two hours straight south of Columbus, and about three hours north of Lexington. THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE!!!!! Um, half an hour upriver of Portsmouth, half an hour downriver of Ashland. Go to school at OU Ironton. And you?

Who need the Mad river? I live on the Ohio, which was so polluted it burned. Not just Once. Not just twice. Some of the fish that come out are just like you find down at the docks of Bordertown...

Cat> will do asap..

Still burned out from writing that ending. Counting the hours 'til Carol's return-- I've commissioned a cheesecake in her honor! te he.

Stickman>> Thanks. Once I have the strength (& feedback) for a final bout of editing, I'll get the replacement to you...

Um, Corva? you *are* one of the ones whose characters figure prominently... if you didn't get a copy of it last night, write me tonight & I'll correct that.

Love to all,
Cat

yeah that walkabout thing don't let me go nowheres.. nope nope nope...hehe i've occupied myself by working on my BLEAH page..hehe its still BLEAH but just a little more colorful **grin**...

**whispers** im a her... hehe

but anyways....i found unicorn pages too...Any of yal ever watched The last Unicorn or Leged?? Those are my favoritest movies!!

no, no, listen, don't listen to me, listen Butterfly - The Last Unicorn

leged = legend

Crimson--I'm in Bethel, in Clermont County, about 30 miles from Cincinnati. Wheelersburg sounds familiar, but I don't think I've ever been there. Looks like(on a map) you're about 100 miles away from me. At least, the map I'm using. :)

But yes, the Ohio is polluted. My dad works in Air Pollution Control, so he knows all about that.

Lyrin, when I get back from work, I'll find you addresses. Do you have an email address I can send them to or would you rather me post them here?

Cat, further comments on your wonderful story will be forthcoming. I didn't get a chance to finish it last night.(and I'm not kidding when I say wonderful--wow!!)

anyway, off to work.

Yooo Hooo! I'm Back! my modem died~ and then while at the Computer Doctor my SYSTEM crashed. It's fixed up now, I eventually have to get a new mother board (actually upgrade) etc, but for the time being I'm back and I had to hunt to find my way here! good thing I spelled Vandellyr right at Yahoo. Oh if anyone ever gets a chance, I need to find a way to read some of the storys about Deki and the Khandroma. I'm going back to bed, I've been up too late to many nights in a row.

Welcome back, Trinlay! Been wondering where you were!

HI TRIN!!!!!!!! got the story Cat! thanks! further reply soonish

go ahead and e-mail em to me if ya don't mind =) ..

Welcome Back Trinlay

Lyrin, sent as requested. Tell me if you already saw these, Ok?

I am doing my best to become organized (that 'o' word... at least my desk...)I can't believe the stuff I'm finding!!

i've already read Angel's..and you put that link on there twice **smile**..

eww the 'o' word!! hehe..i should do that but im too much of a slopy person to do that...but when ya do try its amazing the stuff you find that you'd thought you lost for good..hehe

o & btw ..i like your story! =)

ARGH! I take back any snide thoughts I had about people cleaning their rooms! I'm hip-deep in spring cleaning (in the summer, of course), and I'm going to be up all night in order to have the place habitable by the time Carol comes home! The scary part is, that doesn't even count *my* writing area-- it's gotten worse since I cleaned it a week ago!

--Cat

hehe...seems to me anytime i clean...i just rearrange the mess!! it never gets cleaner!!

If cleanliness is really next to godliness, then I am assuredly damned...

haha same here!!..

I HAVE DR PEPPER!!! WOOHOO!!! IM SO HAPPY!! OOH THERES ICE CREAM TOO!!

okay i apologize for my shouting and emotions hehe....couldn't help myself..just figured i'd share my happiness with you all!! **smile**

Hey der everyone, you might have seen my neighborhood on the national news. (Brown deer creek near milwaukee flooded again, 2 "100 year" floods in 2 summers! Cat, I'm going to need your snail address again... it went "bye" when my system crashed. .. along w several fonts that I was quite attached to and an nifty desktop theme. (Dangerous Animals, and Desdemona, Lucida handwrit, collona, comedy, etc have gone missing, and I'm hoping to find out where the previous owner of this machine had gotten them from.) Actually, any leads on FREE truetype fonts are appreciated. well off to see what I can find on the web.

HELP!! hehe i need a word....like okay say you hear these people talking only you don't know what they are saying...but you hear them....whats a word for that?!?! i know there is one i just can't think of what it is...any of you know???

Trinlay>> Me, or Rowancat? What the hell, here's mine for anybody who needs or wants it:
Cat (Heath McCrady)
7009B Stradford Ave
Lawton, OK 73505

Lyrin>> Muffled?

CAROL"S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

--Cat

Hehe about five minutes ago my mom gave me that same word hehe...guess its a good word....=)

HI CAROL you don;t know me but HI WELCOME BACK! lol sorry....

Lyrin, how about "half-heard?" Faint? Indistinct? There also needs to be a word for that feeling, which is similar to deja-vu, that there's a word for a situation but you just can't think of it when there really isn't such a word. Hmmm. G'night all.

background noise?

Welcome back, Carol! (Cat, I hope you got the house cleaned.*g*)
On a cleaning note, I now have a clean desk and am 56 dollars richer--that's how much change I had hiding out on my desk. Along with cleaning out coat pockets(record money found: $40), cleaning off my desk is the next big moneymaker.

Still no word from the agent, if anyone's wondering. I sent him a nice "Hi, haven't heard from you" email on Friday... we'll see. Probably doesn't help that I'm an impatient person.
On a lighter note, I'm now sewing a dragon... interesting pattern that I'm going to redo, cause it has too many pieces. But the dragon looks cool. I want to have one to sit on my shoulder when we go to the RenFaire this year. :)

Lyrin, try 'muttered' or 'garbled' for conversation, voices.... 'murmurred' if it's a more lyrical but indistinct conversation; the first two sound like it got chopped up. 'Muttered' if you want to intimate secrecy, 'mumbled' if you just want to have an indistinct conversation and place the blame on the speakers.... I always edit so much better than I write, because word choice freezes me.

trin> try The Chankstore or Create 8 Fonts

peace all...

I have too many fonts. I have too many fonts. I don't need to even glance at the links you posted, sticks! I really don't, but I'm sure I will.

Hey, btw, sticks, did you ever get my reply email about Harper?

thanx yal.. =) hey im so proud of me..lol...but like last night after i logged off i went to read on of the many unfinished stories of mine and i finished it!! woohoo....im proud of meself...**grin**

Okay. Now I'm confused. I go to add a font, and do exactly what the 'help' menu says, but there is no 'install new font' in my font folder. What gives? Anyone have any idea? Does Win95 have a font number limit?

Cat>> I'm so glad Carol's back. Now your life can run as it should--I know how outta whack things can get when a sidekick is gone. Lyrin>> I'll send you my story in a coupla days--I found it at last on a disk, but of course I couldn't resist fiddling with it. Sid>> I'm pretty sure you did read this one. It's called "Long Shadows." But if you want, I can send it again... NRL>> I have a friend who also coined the expression "vu ja de," meaning arriving in a situation and having no clue how you got there or what's going on *g*.

Am currently working on buying a house. Eck. Having been raised by hippy-anarchists, the thought of getting a mortgage is frightening. Currently, the most expensive thing I own is this computer. Good wishes would be welcome.

Grey

you and me can be frightened together by that Grey Lady!!! world spinning around me mapping my box maze and trying to recall just where on that map my ROAD MAP might be....eeeeeeeeeeeeekk, four days and counting! it is so odd that this move, after all the others i've done, is freaking me out so much! moving is the ultimate house cleaning...Lyrin, most crowded places make general conversation "white-noise" to me.

allrighty..hehe...well im off...to find something to do.....hehe..

Grey: i look forward to reading it =)

corva: any conversation that im not in is just annoying noise.....**grin n cackle**

sid: beats me...im not to puter-literate...

hey uh sid? hehe i got cursious and decided to look in my font folder thing...i was wondering did you look in the File dill did you look in there cause on mine it says Install New Font in the File Menu

i went to make sure that my mssge posted.....i didn;t know i italics'ed it

i don't get it.......i said i have win95 in <> those and it changed to italics...WICKED!!!!! okay im posting a bunch....hehe i'll be off now......but just to be back laters.....

Grey, I know you talked about a story a couple screens back; if you could send it sometime I'd appreciate it; good luck on morgages. Can you assume the mortgage of the last person in the house if you're just moving in? I know a couple who did that, and so paid off the last twelve years of a twent-year motgage. I may be off for a long time because of this moving to Chicago stuff... I just got my university files cleaned out here, (what a heartbreaking task... all those funny two-year old letters) Conversation is something I'm not always good at. Depends on how much caffeine I have (Cafeine and chocolate are the world's most addictive drugs. Don't believe me? Switch the pot to decaf and watch firsthand withdrawal...)

We know this bulletin board is getting long when I crash the library computer trying to load it!!!

thanks Cat, I'm working on getting everything typeset *just right* and laid out... I have a doodle from a way back that I'm going to put w/ your story for my zine. Anyone coming to Milwaukee please call me! I'd love to meet, maybe to to a museum or Safe House or something. (414)357-8103 Re: Renfaires in Chicago area. There is Bristol Faire (formerly King Richards) in Bristol Wisconsin. I think it only runs for a couple more weeks. It's about halfway btwn Chicago and Milwaukee. Day trip distance

Yeah, Saint Raven has the same problem on his PC!
--Cat

Yeah, Saint Raven has the same problem on his PC!
--Cat

Me and my friend we're just talking about how fast life goes, and like how now its just a few months and we'll be driving and it SEEMS like only yesturday we were painting blotchy paintings in Kindergraten......lol And then how like we'll keep in touch during college if we don't goto the same one, and then how later on in the years we'll be inviting each other over with the MR so our rugrats can play together...lol......its sorta funny but its weird....guess thats the way life is...just messed up in the head =)

life just keeps on doesn't it? it is what happens while you are busy "making plans"...sounds like there might be a chicago convergence of some sort huh?

Heh; if anyone else on here is up Chicago-way, it'd be interesting to meet y'all. >>>I finally got an idea for fanfic... let me run this by everyone for commentary. If four leaf clovers are good luck (remove curses) and five-leaf are rumoured to be bad luck (capable of powerfull curses) then could I have a curse so powrfull it could only be removed by 6-leaf clover, not four? >>>life goes so fast... My mom is driving me to Chicago, so there's no chance of going down the road to B-town! Mundane minds...

sid> yup.. got it and replied... hmmm.. mail disappearance.. not good...i'm very interested...
also, you can NEVER have too many fonts!

to install a font, just unzip it to a folder, or the desktop, and drag it to the fonts folder...

wanna go to a con.. *pout*

Hi, guys. I'm back.

HI Guys I'm back! Whew, what a trip! I'm completely exhausted, my voice sounds like one of those Budwieser frogs and my feet and legs are so sore from standing, walking and dancing. But I had a blast. Our products did really well, tourneys went well, saw a bunch of bitchin portfolios, met a lot of way cool people, got some neat books and games, partied hearty at the SafeHouse. Trin - augh! You just missed me! I was at the SafeHouse everynight from Tues-Sun, execept for Saturday (when we ended up on the hotel roof howling at the moon! Ooowwoooooo! :D). Rained most of the time, but a warm summer rain. I sold all of the Hitomi prints I made, plus a matted copy of a lineart piece that was in the art show. Signed a lot of L5R cards and even my one Magic card! That was so cool! ;) I missed you guys! Finally found TEB last night at the local bookstore, gotten through the first few sections - where's my damn backpack??? For folks looking for stories, I know Stickman posted a BTown story I wrote called The Emerald Dragon, but I'm not sure where it is. Sticks?? Can ya help us out?? ;) Well, I must sleep now - must recover so I can trot off to the San Diego ComiCon on Friday. If any of you are gonna be there, come by the AEG booth and ask for Cris! It's good to be back, my friends! Luv, Elly

Welcome Back Claris and Elly..=)

i started school today, and we have some new dumb ass principal, and he brought along abut 200 hundred new rules and policies and he messed up the schools lunch peroid in which he split into A and B lunches......freshman have A lunch and B is for sophomores - seniors, im glad im a sophomore this year!! hehe......and we can't bring bags to the school unless they are clear or mesh bags.....**rolls her eyes** hehe....were not allowed to have food or drink exept during lunch before and after school.....so hehe....why do they have ALL those coke machines and snack machines?? just so they can turn em all of i guess....**shrugs** so..hehe anyways

nite all =)

hey folks...road is calling and the map is in hand...take/give good care, fine travels to all...."see" you once more round about the 26th of the month...gonna miss you all!

Travelin' time for all it seems. Corva, good luck on the move. Hope it all goes smoothly. Elly, I'll see you in SD. Decided I'd bring some spec animation scripts I've written; a Batman Animated and a Men In Black Animated, down to the con and do a little schmoozing. Eighteen copies, and I just wrote my agent's name and address on each one. Does that mean I can get ten percent of his ten percent? Mainly going down just to have fun, but ya gotta work the room. Good travels all. G'night. See you when I get back on Monday.

thought i'd drop a quick note that didi will be at comicon. don't know if she mentioned it on the list (i couldn't get onto my email....grrrr....) but if there is some sort of intercom to go paging people with.....didi is something like 5'5" with short hair and would prolly come if called *grin* seriously, if there is a way for you kids to accost her down there, i am sure it would rock her world.

good travels to all.....corva, don't forget to call me when you get in (woohoo!)

think someone tried to break into my place last night....think it also happened about a week ago too.....that plus some other things i don't like about my living situation has me angry/edgy....i want to move, i want to be safe, i want to use my tactical baton to smash the person who would dare try to invade *MY* space........sigh.......and i am having no luck apartment hunting......feh........

don't mind me. i'm just grumbly cause i am so tired i have a permanent headache......

lyrin: i empathize with your situation. i had a few experiences like yours....new principals with rules that don't make sense. not that i didn't see the reasons behind their stupid new rules, but it always sucks when someone tries to control some piece of your life.....unfortunately, it never entirely stops.....so just pretend to play along (unless you're up for the fight, in which case i'll send ya battle vibes) and think nasty thoughts at the principal.....

sigh.....sorry, here i am, an old lady who should "know better" and i'm too cranky to care......check me out, encouraging violence...and i am such a submissive lamb *snicker*

miss emberella better go before she gets kicked off the list for bad behavior....

oh, elly, which card did you do? hate that game, but like the art (too connected to that stupid game and company to have simple issues......)

okay, time to go pretend i want to be here......tomorrow is my last day at this job....and it feels like the last couple days of school.....not a lot to do, restless, and fulla attitude......

miss ember
"i am not an accidental grrl"

HI folks, Corva, Good Journeys to you - your rainbow- feathered voice will be missed till you return! NRL - I'll see you in SD - if I can get away from the booth, I'll introduce you to my buddy Evan Dorkin, who has written for Space Ghost Coast to Coast and the Superman Animated Series - perhaps he can help you out in your quest? ;) Ember - I did a Portal card for Magic called "Bee Sting" - it's a green card with a goblin running away all wacky from a swarm of bees. What's you're connection to WotC? Have you done work for them? I used to play Magic till it got too expensive and competitive - then the fun went out of it for me. Have you ever played L5R? Thats the ccg my work designs, and we make a huge effort to provide good customer service and keep card costs down and promote honorable behavior among our fans. Well, gotta go - off to the drawing board (or the Mac, as the case may be this week). Luv, Elly

Man I have GOT to get over there!!! I'm SOOO jealous of you all... Elly... will be looking out for the card! I now MUST have it! *grin* (See, we're lucky/unlucky down here.. there are maybe 4 people on the island that play magic, so it's still fun to play, and there is honour etc, 'cuz we enjoy playing, and not just killing as many opponents as we can {which i found to be the case on a trip to the states... buncha kids playing.. hey, can i join in for a couple of games?.. sure... start playing.. just got a basic little deck and a coupla others that i had just bought... lost every game within 4 or 5 turns... ummm... guys... where's the FUN in this?} i prefer the 3 hour, 4 or 5 person games... the downside.. there are only 4 or 5 people that play here.. *grin*)i have your story up, but i'll be damned if i can remember where i put it... *grin* i'll have a look, and, if not, i'll send it up to the ferret site (those bastards STILL haven't registered the f**king name... GRRR....)
i wanna go to the con... *pout*

elly: you know evan dorkin?!?!?!? man........he's awesome........um, as far as me n WotC.....back when the business was run out of peter and kathy's basement, many of my closest friends worked there (including didi).....(actually, i knew peter and kathy before that, but that was cause i hung out with peter's sister for a while)....anyhow, many of those friends got canned in the first, terrible mass firing.....though a good handful still do work there (just got back from lunch with one). also, i am on a card cause jesper myfors and i are friends. and i'm his favourite model *grin* and the building is right next door to the one i work in (that is one of the things i will miss when i start my new job monday....no longer close to the few dear friends who work there.....)......um....magic...i never learned to play. because, before it even got competitive, "everyone" was playing....including the boyfriend of that time (now a dear friend)....and i hated to feel like one of those girls who just stands around while her boys game. and after enough people tell me i really must learn to do something that i was only vaguely interested in to start, i get cranky.....the 3-year-old in me plants her feet and refuses to cooperate. anyhow, the only game i ever did learn (well, the only card-based) was jyhad. mostly cause my little brother was playing both magic and jyhad. and since i refused to learn magic, i gave in to jyhad so we could play together. but i haven't played in sooooo many years.....and only played once or twice......*shrug* i am usually literally broke anyhow. so it behooves me to *not* have a habit that encourages any sort of money being spent.....*grin*

and now that i've written an essay on myself and wotc.......

though i keepo thinking now i should learn magic. cause the little boys upstairs looked so disappointed that my only interst in magic was the occasional nifty artwork.....*grin*

don't worry stick, my roomie and didi are at comicon too, and i'm stuck here in an unhappy apartment all alone *pout* *snicker*

miss ember
"i am no mermaid and i am no fisherman's slave"

The way you say that, ember, it doesn't sound like you're wanting to learn a card game... *grin* The first sentence I read was 'though I keep thinking now I should learn magic...' and I thought, where? I want to learn too! *g*
anyway, I digress. Break is over. Should be back upfront. I'm hopefully going to redo my webpage tonight, (hopefully. if I remember), so...

Sticky: do you have Desdemona, Lucida Handwritten and /or Collona? I was using Desdemona for the masthead of my 'zine, and really need a "friendly" looking "handwritten" script font. most of the freeware fonts are kinda "rough n tough" looking. I've got enough of those but need a few more formal fonts, and at least one Arts & Crafts font like Willow or Galadriel... know anywhere I can find those? thanks. TK (experiencing Zine-o-philia)

Card games>> I played and enjoyed Give Me The Brain just recently. It's from a company called Cheapass Games; if they have a website, I don't know where it is (haven't looked). With four players, the game was really fun... Haven't played magic in years; it's kind of like role-playing in that it can be really fun or really un-fun depending on whom you're playing with, and most of the people I enjoyed are too far away now!

--Cat

Elly, see? Schmoozing already. That would be great, thanks. Played Magic a few times with my brother who beat me just about every time. Finally realized why. Because he's get a math brain and when you strip away all the color and pretty pictures it's all just addition and subtraction, and if you can't keep it all in your head, you lose. My favorite card game was a predecessor of Magic called Wiz War. Me and my borhter were fanatics about it for a while. A great, fun game with a scence of humor and a lot of stategy and wacky spells, such as the "Thumb of God" in which when you played the card you could flick a dice at the board with your thumb and all the pieces would then remain where they scattered to. Well, it's 1:00 and I have to get up at 9:00 to make the train to SD. Guess I better start packing. G'night all!

I personally think we should come up with a card game for us townies! *LOL*
"Paper Angel.... 3/3.... tap one red mana to kick the ass of whoever's pissing you off...."*LMAO*

ember> that's one of the things i meant to say, but couldn't think of how to say it... "Elly>You know Evan Dorkin? man, he's awesome... " Thank you.. *grin*

trin> ummm... did you check all of create 8 fonts? 'coz there are a whole load of fonts there, and there SHOULD be one you're looking for...

peace all...

Hi guys, Cat - I just bought Give Me The Brain at the con - haven't played it yet, but I've been told its a blast and I've played some other Cheapass Games and they've all been fun. I met the Cheapass guys at GenCon and they might be interested in me doing art for thier games. Cool!!! :D I have to get a cartoony portfolio together for them. They were so funny - they were wearing these pink and white striped "burger joint uniforms" to promote thier semi-sequal to Give Me the Brain, called Lord of the Fries. Too funny. Another cool little game you might wanna check out is Guillotine, made by WotC, but it's not a ccg. That one's great fun, too. I met Evan Dorkin several years ago at the San Diego con, when I was trying to get into the comics biz. He and his girlfirend, Sarah Dyer, who does a great all-femme comics anthology called Action Girl, were absolutely wonderful in giving me good advice and moral support during that difficult time. I only get to see them at the cons, since they live in NY, but we try to hang out there and keep in touch periodically thru email. If you can find any of Evan's Pirate Corp$ (later changed to Hectic Planet), that is by far his best work. Milk $ Cheese are funny, but in PC$, he does some great character-driven stories that I think all you townies would appreciate. I'll see if I can't score a few extra copies at the con for trade. As far as a BTown ccg - well, I suggested a BTown rpg to AEG when I first started working there, but no one else was hip to it. I think I read something about Teri Windling owning the rights to such a thing, but I don't think it's ever ben published. I think (no, I KNOW) it would be an awesome role=playing setting! Well, send me all your healing vibes so I can ditch this cold that hit me yesterday and be in good shape for the con. I'm gonna dowse myself in echineacia today. :P Immune System Failing....Harddrive Crash Imminent...Danger! Danger!! Luv, Elly

apologies all around for the absence of posts. Life caught up and tapped me for the Red mana. Sticky, you slay me, buddy. I wanna be exalted on a card like Miss ember!!! Why do all the little boys get to take her into their hot little hands and not-- (thoughtful pause) Better you than me missy! Was at a party where I drank too much vodka at the start and said really awful things (not mean). My mouth was filthy filthy filthy. I had to tell the 'I'm a gay, black man' story a few times, which rated the evening as kinky. It was a birthday party. I was refferred to as 'vanilla' so things went down hill as my drunken pride spurred me to show everyone I wasn't vanilla. I'm just happy they laughed when I explained why the birthday boy needed to be cremated. Lessee, I nearly ran out of the house when they threatened B'day boy with removing clothes. Gahhhh! The mention of Depends and g-strings in the same sentence had me and Van's s.o. screaming. Our inner children where not scarred, they were put into comas. I was hit on by all the girls, which was fine, and proclaimed 'one of the guys' by the gay men, but not their type of guy as I still have this other equipment, which I don't mind. All the submissives and Dom/mes were a trip. I couldn't do that. I don't like to dominate and if *anybody* tried to dominate me it would be me in the bizarre homicides dictionary. "Girl knocks out victim, fills them full of candy, superglues all victim's orifices shut, hangs them upside down in a tree and beats them with a stick until the sweets explode from various injuries."

Should probably sign off, I'm rambling and I need to go see family members. Help G'mum since her basement flooded and see the local parental unit.

Elly, you are commanded to get well and I will get back to the ML today or tomorrow. Promise.

And here I was wondering why I never go to parties with you, Angel. *gdr* (BTW, you game for a visit sometime in the next couple months? ^_^)

Stickman>> LMAO as well! That was great!

Elly>> Will keep an eye out for Lord of the Fries... My buying has been restricted by money (well, it still is, come to think of it), and also by the fact that Lawton, Ok is sort of a cultural black hole. Get well!!!!

Paper Angel>> Carol says hello, and to tell you that she finally got her ear pierced. For my part, I'm just begging you and Van to find time to read over the story-- commentary would be nice, but at least tell me if I represented the two of you properly!!!

Thinking I should sleep now,
--Cat

know what sucks?? when you really really wanna hear a song and its usually like on everyother song on the radio but when you wanna hear it it don't come on?? well thats happening now....i wanna hear I Don;t Want To Miss A Thing and like aaahhhhhhhhhh ehhe anyways....

Y'know, radio stations are one of the best examples of synchronicity around... (Can everyone hear the Police playing in the background now?) It scares me how often just thinking about something will cause it to suddenly receive air time... Or, as Lyrin points out, to evaporate entirely!

--Cat

i'll get to work on that card ASAP!

Saw something yesterday that I thought would amuse y'all...I was out on the highway pretty early with the sidekick and we passed an old, battered pick-up truck with a gun rack. Now, we see jillions of these things in Oklahoma, and my mind immediately went, "Ding! Redneck!" But then I did a double-take and yelled to the sidekick, "Slow down and let that red truck pass us--he's got a sword in his gun rack!" Sure enough. When he passed us we could clearly see a well-used fencing saber in his gun rack. LOL. It totally made my day. Will have to work it into a BTown story someday.

Ethereally, Grey

hehehe@greys story..hehe..

today at lunch me and my friends followed some guy we liked around....i have no idea why but we did..and so like somehow he twisted it all around and made it to where he was following us hehe it was funny..and he finally talked to us and was like why you following me...we couldn;t even speak all we did ws laugh..i bet he thinks we're psycho..

Grey, I like that. Reminds me of the time we were headed somewhere in town, on the expressway, and I glanced over and saw this guy in a cowboy hat walking along the expressway with a guitar case in his hand... no car in sight. I want to put that in a story sometime too.

...Thinking... do I listen to music with english lyrics anymore...?
STICKY! You aren't!?! Babe, you so cool, I feel the heat bleed, when you near.

Grey, Sid, those are great stories and inspirations.
Claris, couple months? Sheesh, more like a couple hours! Bad thing! Me an' Van are frantic, trying to clean and straighten our homes! Too bad I couldn't take you to that party. I was drunk enough to need a Parental Warning sticker on my mouth.
Lyrin: leading cause of paranoia in youth today! >grin<
Cat, busy busy! Read and liked! I think that story is one of the best representations of your talent I have seen to date!
Oh, and I'm writing a very silly, sick, sad story about a riot grrl band of Gargrrls. I'm calling the band >snort, snicker< Toxic Shock. It will be my stab at humor.

Angel, if you stab at humor, does it bleed jokes? Well, I'm back from the San Diego con. Had a great, tiring time. Got to see lots of cool stuff and hang out with cool people. Saw Elly, who dutifully introduced me to Sarah Dyer, who was nice but not much help. Ah well, schmoozing is like that, sometimes. Thanks anyway, Elly. On the other hand, an old friend of mine I hadn't seen in years jumped into an elevator at my hotel just as the doors were starting to close and in less than a minute I found out he was now directing animated shows and was looking for writers, so.... Things happen out of the blue sometimes too. Cool! What else? HAd the worst taco I've ever had. Saw odd people of every shape and size. Hung out with masked wrestlers both male and female. Went to Tijuana, had a mexican Coke (they still use straight cane sugar) Weeee!!!! Went to the Fantagraphics party. Saw friends from all over the country. Flirted with people I shouldn't have. Didn't flirt with people I should have. Walked more in three days than I have in the last three months, saw, but was too shy to speak to Apollo Smile and compared eyebrows with Mike Kaluta. Yup. A pretty damn good time. G'night all!

NRL> sounds like a great time.. take me next time! *grin*

Sticks, I'll get back to you about harper tonight, I hope.

NRL, like the joke! sounds like you had fun, wish I could have been there!

Wow, I have missed so much... Now I'm a broke college kid in Chicago, and I need to play the political games to keep scholarships but I want to go hang out with the Goths (who love the Ren Faire outfit I brought) but I am so close to Bristol Faire, and I can't find a ride!!!! AAAGH!! Help! HELP!!! >>Pass the brain is a good game for post-midnight Soon I'll figure out this 'EL' and get downtown, right now I'm still doing scheduling. I am on a college campus with 3 guys to every girl, 7 frats, 2 sororities who don't even bother to rush, and have figured out that frats loves girls attening their rush (where girls go, guys follow. Good for rush.) >>I'll be out for a while until I unlearn OU's computer system and learn this one. Keep on dancing...

Hey, Stickman>> would it help, when I send the Mark II version fo Ronin's story, if I put all the line breaks in it? I don't know much about html, but I can go through and write >br< at the end of each paragraph. Might save you some tedium... Lemme know, okay?

hiya folks back from the San Diego Con as well. Sorry I wasn't much help, NRL, but sounds like luck found you! :) Good luck with that! And it was good to see you again anyways, though I was doped up on cold medicine and enslaved at the booth. Yes, the con was, as usual, surreal in the extreme. From five year olds in Batman and Robin suits to porn stars in latex to 30 year olds in spandex to 14 year olds in Sailor Moon outfits, to goth chicks and Tank Girl look-alikes to things I can't even describe, it's always a visual extravaganza. Caught up on my books, saw some old friends, went on the Great Hotel Room Quest, sort of saw a sea lion (I think - it was dark - it was either a sea lion, a seal or a dolphin!!), ate yummy seafood and gathered portfolios. I'm feeling much better now - that echinaecia stuff really works! Angel - I'll be up for some partying Angel-style when I'm fully recovered! Whoo hoo! I'll even flirt with you! ;) I hadn't realized that was the hip thing to do at the Ferret. Sigh, oh well. Well, I should go to bed early tonight. Hugs all round! Luv, Elly

Mmmmm, goth chicks and Tank Girl look alikes! My favorites! How could I forget? Sticks, Sid, next year I'll send my private B52 bomber to come pick you up and we'll all go together. Just as soon as I get that bomber. Elly, glad you're feeling better. And fret not about not helping more. It was great to see you. Too bad we couldn't hang out more. I would have liked to talk to you more about AEG and just stuff. Oh well. Next time. G'night, all.

cat> that would help, but try this... <br> <img src="clrdot.gif" width="15" height="1"> it's a transparant picture that i use to put the indent in.. thanks! *grin*

sid> got it... liked it... we'll do lunch! *LOL*

Elly> wanna take me next time? i think I have talked NRL into it.. *grin*

NRL> you're on, buddy boy!

Oh, yeah, nrl! You'd be the talk of the town!

Sticks, got your reply, will send what I have tonight--love your idea!
Will talk to you all more later.

NRL, you're such a freaking celeb. *g* Mike Kaluta, wow!!! And as for Apollo Smile...well, if you'd spoken to her, I'd have to quit speaking to YOU. ;p
Yeah, Angel, sorry about that, I suddenly went WTF?! WHY WAIT?! Eheheheh...Angel's making me spend money, people, she keeps showing me prettttty things. *_* Oh, the Kuan Yin 'temple' was awe-inspiring. I didn't drop to my knees but I came smegging close. Sigh...Mm, and chocolate, and black M&Ms, and...yes, I'm having a good time up here. ^_~ Even if it is INSANELY HOT... (and I don't just mean Angel's choice in lingerie either! *eg,d,&r*)

Claris and Carolyn are getting ready to go now we've feasted on sugary sugary donuts. If anybody aside from Corva has read Francesca Block you'd understand when I say I felt like I was living one of her stories. Sugar and fantasy and art and music and being childish. Had a blast and little sleep. ...and Claris, just imagine how you'd have felt if you'd been staying in my unAC'd aptmt.

Aaaugh! I had a lovely post all typed out and the puter ate it... *pout* Ah well... I should try to come by more often, I miss way too much this way. *sigh* Anyhoo, I'm perched up here in Vancouver, waiting for Callahanicon to start next weekend in Seattle. (Got family here and Seattle)... (Yup, I'm also a part of Callahan's -- alt.callahans or #callahans on Undernet. They're good people. :) ) Saint Raven -- do you know these places, by any chance?

Where's the addy on how to resubscribe to the list?

BTW, if anyone wants to see what I look like, go to www.abs.net/~donovan/cal_pics.html and look for the one that says 'TLO'... WARNING: MASSIVE GRAPHICS OVERLOAD -- lasciate ogni speranza voi ch'entrate. ;)

This chica is dead on her feet, so safe dreams for now... *smile* *LeYawn* *thud* NO CARR

Hi yal.. =) I finally got IE 4.0 hehe..anyways..i was looking thru the card catalog at the library and they have nothing what so ever that i wanna read..**shakes her head** i need to go to some big town library hehe **grins** laters..

Hi yal.. =) I finally got IE 4.0 hehe..anyways..i was looking thru the card catalog at the library and they have nothing what so ever that i wanna read..**shakes her head** i need to go to some big town library hehe **grins** laters..

Never realized this bb existed - nice surprise to find it. In any event, just in case you didn't know, "The Essential Bordertown" is available (for a very decent discount) through amazon books online (amazon.com).

TLO! Great picture! It was worth the wait.

Lyrin, I work in a library, so I get to read 'most everything that comes in here... but they don't usually get books by my favorite authors. Btw, did you get the stories I sent you?

Welcome, Michael!

Wow, another Border author! (oh, and now we have two screenwriters...) Wonderful to meet you. ^_^

TLO, you're back! Yay! *g* To subscribe to the Bordertown mailing list, send an email with no subject to listserv@unm.edu with message body "subscribe bordertown-l Firstname Lastname" See you there!

Welcome aboard (well, so to speak)!

Wierd thought: I haven't been to an actual library since I graduated... I went to work in a bookstore, so I just bought whatever I wanted to read. Employee discount... I kind of miss that, though that's about all I miss.

Stickman>> Working on transcribing the story... the word 'tedium' doesn't even begin to describe it, so I'm doing it a bit at a time. Will have it to you soon, I hope-- tho if not by Wednesday, then sometime next week as I'll be out of town all this coming weekend...

--Cat

Welcome Micheal. Always good to see the owners drop in. We've had Midori, Terry and Ellen Kushner I think, a long time ago. TLO, yes, great pic.Another face steps out of the mist. G'night all.

nope i didn't.....i don't think...

nope i didn't.....i don't think...

nope i didn't.....i don't think...

hey tlo! i live in seattle and corva should be here to live any minute now *checks watch impatiently* so you should send one of us an email when you're here and we can meet, perhaps?

am in a new job now. already a better place to be......woohoo! now if i could just find a nicer living space.......

anyhow, off to the new chore! good journeys all.....

ember
all her friends had been tried for treason
and crimes she'd not defined

Is the list down? I haven't gotten anything since Van & Angel's blank message... sent two tests, one last night and one this morning.

welcome... nice to have another michael! *grin*

cat>s'cool... i'm actually too busy right now to do anything! *grin* but i will have spare time in a coupla day's, so take yer time!

peace...

p.s. TLO.. whotta hottie! *smile*

hmmm... where IS everybody?

hey, everybody! I'm back in bordertown from surreal college life! Okay, life is taking a turn for the wierder... Welcome, michael. Ooops, gota get back to class! No rest for the wanderers

Who, me? Been wondering the same, sticks.

im well...bored lol..okay i gots a question ehhe...okay if a halfie married a halfie and they had a child together okay they each have fifty/fifty human/elven right? so they have both human genes and elven genes...there for the child could inherit the elf genes from both parents and no human genes there for the child would be sorta full blooded....right?!!?!? because i was reading this thing about wolfdogs and to determine if they are more wolf or dog you have to know what the father and mother were....so the mom is full blood arctic wolf and the father was a siberian husky there for there can be the combos 50/50 or three fourths one and 1/4 the other so if my dog had puppies with a full blood wolf then they wouldn't all be the same amount wolf id al be different........SO!! my point is is that two halfies CAn have a full blood kid =) and tell me if this is possible or not.....LOL

WHY DOES THAT ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME!!!! okay what turned my stuff to italics was they = the pupps inside those things that come up when u press shift and . or , LOL

Genetically sound reasoning, lyrin... And keep in mind that the expected never happens on the border. >>sticks, I'm dealing with class schedules and dorm life. Where I am, I don't know either... I keep expecting to turn around and find the border. >>Lyrin: Half to half/ what runs true/ human or fullblood/old world or new?/

Hiya Kids, doin' fine on my end. Gettin' through the new BTown book slowly amoungst the other reccomended reading I've been given for work. One of which is a really interesting book about Isaac Newton and his double life as practical scientist and alchemical scholar. Hmmmm! I really like the "guidebook" sections of TEB. I think with a little development, this material could turn into a rockin' rpg. Sigh. Will my dream ever become a reality?? My other vision is a bitchin' animated movie - al la Akira but not so anime. But with that mature-audiences feel. God, just the Danceland story would make such a cool movie!! I've kinda started making notes on what info would be needed to make a core BTown rpg rulebook. We'd need a mechanics system, tho. I asked our head game designer at work and he suggested adapting the Everway rules. I haven't had the chance to check them out, but it might work. The main mechanics subject would be the technology/magic unpridictablilty angle. This gives a lot of option to roll the dice. I'm not much of a dice person, really - most of the role playing I've done was heavy-story, light-dice, which I think is ideal. But some random factors would add a lot, I think. Just compiling a list of places in BTown has my head buzzin with cool ideas for adventures. Oh, and Ms. Windling, if you're reading this and concerned with copyright violation, don't worry- I have no intention of doing anything with this without your permission!! Right now it's just a personal obsession! If anyone has any ideas or is interested in contributing, let me know! This post is like a freakin' novel so I'll go away now and do laundry. Take care, guys! {{{{{{{{{{BTowners)))))))))) Luv, Elly

A fine idea, Elly. One I've had many times, but never found the energy to do anthing with. Yeah, where is everybody? I've been in dead line hell. This is a good thing on the one hand, because it mean's somebody's paying me to write. But a bad thing on the other hand, because they're not paying me very much and they want it RIGHT AWAY! I'm rewriting this guy's script, and it's a major overhaul and a little nerve wracking. Ever get halfway though a project that somebody's paying you for, or expecting you to complete and you're not sure how to finish it. Uh-oh! I'll make it out. Today was the crisis day, and I think I'm back on track, I hope. Off to sleep. G'night all.

hehe...i was bored and i got to thinking about it so like i asked.....lol..anyways LA DI DA...no e-mail

Why can't life just make sense?!
Why aren't people the way you expect them to be?
Why does it upset me so much that that's not how things are?

Did you ever wonder if anyone would notice if you disappeared off the face of the earth?

It's been interesting reading the messages on this bulletin board (and certainly a nice break from some of the manuals I've been writing and editing). I noticed one person from the Seattle area. Any others? Reason I ask is - every summer I conduct a class at the college where I teach called "Making Movies." Last summer we made a seventy minute vampire film called "Nighters." We shot it digitally and transferred it to 16mm. film. There are definitely some echoes of the Border in the piece. We had a screening last month at the Broadway Performance Hall in Seattle and on Sept. 26th we're having a screening at the Carlson Theater at Bellevue Community College. Before you get too excited, realize that the people working on and acting in this thing never did anything like it before (most students had one or two quarters of video). There's also a sound designer I'd like to have killed, but other than that, the students did a terrific job (we're talking a budget of about $500.00). In any case, if any of you are interested, let me know and I can email or snail mail you an invitation. In any event, I'm glad I found this site and enjoy reading messages written by so many creative and interesting people. Wish my students were as creative.

Whassa matta, Claris? Who dissappointed you? Who do we kill? And we'd notice if you dissappeared. After a few days of someone not appearing on the board I always get antsy. Speaking of which, has Angel dissappeared? Haven't heard from her or her elf in some time now. Is it beacuase the board is too long? Should I e'mail people? SHould I sleep? Yes. G'night.

lalala....i often wonder them things too claris....but only explination is that thats just the way it is...unfair....no excuse really.....and people often tell me they would notice if i was gone..........and i think eventually someone will......

Among other interesting things, i've found that many of the stranger friends of mine are part of Alien Sound and lighting, and that if i help set up, i learn interesting things about stages and lighting... it's like getting to know good music; the more i know, the more i understand some of the fan-fics and published stories posted. >>yes, i do notice when people drop off the face of the earth. It's that long "Aaaaiieeeee!" on the way that clues me in.

Hiya kids! hey, that Nighters movie sounds cool. If there's a videotape available you might have some interested parties! Claris, sometimes people are selfish and don't realize that folks are affected by what they do. :( Hope no one's hurt you too bad, but as Nathan, pointed out, we got your back, baby! Yeee! And yes, Nathan, you must sleep you bloodthirsty avenger! :) Hope your writing project is coming along well. And Claris - there's plenty of folks who'd wonder where you'd trotted off to if you disappeared - and we'd hope you'd bring back pictures of what it's like off of the face of the earth! Sounds like an interesting place! As far as Angel and Van - I believe our feathered mistress had gone on walkabout but will be returning to the fold shortly. I hope so, cuz I want to find out if Elly's gonna be able to use her key! I'm on pins and needles!! Tensions are running high in BTown and our Guide has forsaken us!! :O Some good news for me - Eric went halvsies (no relation to halfies) with me on an air conditioner and it's working away as we speak to cool down my place and keep me from perspiring till I expire! Yay! Gods bless modern technology! And thanx to the fortunes that we didn't have to jimmy it with a spellbox. Fontana may be akin to Hell, but at least the machines work. :) Night all! Luv, Elly

Well I apologise for taking so long, but the first round of pics from BLand III : The Dancing Ferret are FINALLY up...Quite a few are there, so you might want to load the page and walk away for a few secs...Hope everyone likes! For those of you who Don't know it's : www.borderzone.com G'night! Ravyn

Appreciate the interest in NIGHTERS. VHS copies should be available soon. Since it was a school project, we're not allowed to make money on it, but I'll have to charge folks for tape stock and shipping (probably no more than $5.00). Email me if interested, and I'll email back the address and who to make the checks out to. Anyone in the Seattle environs who want to see the thing screened are invited to the showing Sept. 26th.

I'd miss you Claris! *grin*
count me in for a video!
Thanks Ravyn
peace...

Ravyn- Ferret pics look cool! They remind me how much fun that was and makes me anxious for the next one!! Can't wait to see the rest (but I suppose I can suffer through!). Luv, Elly

Yes, Claris! All the time.

Sid, I'd notice if you went away, where would we bewithout your comments? People have noticed I've disappeared (haven't been to a frat house in a week.) as in, "Hey, when are you coming overand giving more massages? Are classes that hard already?" Speaking of missing people? Where's Cat? Next weekend i get to stay the night with an insane man, wake up and go watch people try to 'kill' each other in a LARP too violent for the SCA to approve. I'm going to be a mage/healer (medic) and be protected by some VERY large and dangerous males from all the other dangerous males. Is this sane? No. But it's fun...

Thanks for the words, guys. And I don't think I can use any violent help (this time *LOL*) but thanks for the offers. I think I'll have to endure this one myself. Trying to trust in the universe, though it's not always easy. ^_^; BTW, I hope those of you in WA will take up M'sr Korelenko's offer. One more Border-crafter turns out to be just as neat a person as we would have hoped!

not always from here, though, disappearing, that is. I've been sorely tempted to drop everything and keep on driving until I run out of gas sometimes, though. :)

The movie sounds neat! I might have to take you up on a video. *cough* I like vampires...

okay im not comprehending these mssgs LOL i mean i read em but some reason...they don't make sense...lol

about mocies...hehe i say dead man on campus friday..and lalala i wanna see that movie blade....is that one any good?? looks good to me....hehe its about vamps Sid hehe i think lala so says my cousin cody anywas....and this prolly has nothing to do with what yall are talking about but TOO BAD!! im trying ehhe

The answer: Tennessee. I went back up to the first college I attended, in order to see my cousin get married. Since she's on my Dad's side of the family, there was a lot of additional family to see and interact with-- not to mention an old family tradition to the effect that if you stand still long enough, you're an honorary family member! Lot's of fun, and a great location-- the buildings are all constructed of rough-cut sandstone, and the campus police have been kind enough to put a ladder up to one of my favorite rooftops while I was away. Admittedly, I don't think they intended anyone to actually use it (what with the locked metal screen over the bottom six feet or so), but if that was the case then they shouldn't have put a ladder there, right? Still, I had to find another way down-- I don't think they'd have been too happy with me if I'd still been there when they arrived... I miss night-climbing...

On the other hand, the student body hasn't changed much, so I was also forcibly reminded of exactly why I transferred out. Very snobby place...

Claris>> You may assure yourself that your absence would be noticed; and in fact, I hereby forbid you to vanish! ;-p

--Cat

Sewanee was, (is, and always will be for me) the perfect setting for a werewolf story. Perhaps it's the close proximity of highbrow intellectual snobbery and untamed, uncut forest. It is possible, for example, to walk from the quadrangle, down past one of the dormitories, along a road, and out to the edge of the cliff-- a trip that takes perhaps twenty minutes on foot. From there, it is possible in a matter of minutes to isolate oneself from all signs of civilization.

The paths through the forest serve to emphasize, rather than counter, the fact that these woods (both around the town and in places within it) are still basically primal; it's like one of the old stories: stray from the path and be lost. The woods (during the summer) are never silent; the insects make a constant, humming chorus around you, a sussurrus of sound that flows around you and envelopes you. It's generally pretty humid, and during the day it can be fairly hot. In winter the trees are bare, the woods much quieter, and the moonlight peeks through the trees to the fallen leaves below. Most impressive of all, above the size of the trees, above the sense of isolation, above the way the forest surrounds you, is the sense of presence. It's easy enough to see, in a place like this, why all those cathedrals are decorated to resemble forests. It's awesome (original sense of the word).

The college itself itself is, in a more sophisticated way, equally impressive. While the town is mostly wooden houses, some large, some small, the college buildings are walled in rough-cut chunks of mortared sandstone.The design is semi-gothic, with ramps and stairway and arched windows; several of the walkways have crenellated walls, many of the stairs are iron and spiral. The arms that form either end of the quadrangle are home to small towers, each containing such a stair. Lastly, St. Luke's chapel forms one entire side of the quadrangle, a cross-shaped church with a rose window on the front, a bell tower (home to the Sewanee Carrilon) on one side, stained glass and high arches all around.

All of this makes the rooftops easily accessible, in some cases even pleasant, places to visit. (Go at night and don't let anybody see you, though-- the police get very excited about this sort of thing.) In the back of the quadrangle is the observatory, a moderately difficult free climb, but well worth it for the occasional pleasure of surprising a lingering astronomy student.

Finally, there are the caves, which deserve a monograph all their own. Places of pitch blackness, home to bats and a few albino insects, ranging in size from the narrowest crawlspaces to some fairly large caverns, the caves occupy a position of honor at Sewanee-- spelunking is an experience everyone should have. The Domain has more caves per square mile than any other area of Tennessee.

This is where I spent my first 2 1/2 years of college; and I still love the place. (It's the students I had nothing in common with...)

There's a website for it somewhere, but I like my description better...

--Cat

Wow, Cat! Sounds like your trip was way cool! Your descriptions were fabulous! I wish I could see it. I was treated so some natural splendor myself today. It's been terribly hot - major heatwave with record highs in the thriple digits. And humid, too. Today was especially wet, but around 6 or so, the wind started to kick up and soon the sky got all gloomy and dark and there was a brief flurry of huge raindrops, then we got to witness an amazing lightening storm! Flashes every few seconds, with big, majestic forks blazing down here and there. Some arching across the sky, some up above the clouds that made the whole sky glow. It was fantastic! I rushed home after work and sat out on my patio with a beer and just watched the lightshow for an hour or so. It's still flashing out in the distance. It was way cool! Blade was pretty fun. It's a wacky action flick, but it had a lot of cool stuff and some neat fight scenes and a cool club scene at the beginning is pretty intense. I liked it. Just don't go in expecting Interview with a Vampire! But it does have a lot of Vampire: the Masquerade envy. There's one passing scene that I swear to god is taken directly from a Tim Bradstreet illustration. By the way, if anyone digs on Tim's art, my company has just published an art book of his stuff. Gorgeous book - great art and presentation. And Tim's a genuinely nice guy - got to meet him cuz he's come out a couple times to do signings at shows for us. Big teddy bear of a guy! Lemme know if anyone's interested and I'll get ordering information for ya. Well, off to bed soon for me! Take care, all!! Luv, Elly

Cat, once again a beautiful evocation of place. Very nice work, although the bit where the albino insects ranged in size from the narrowest crawlsapce to fairly large caverns made me wonder a moment if you had'nt been sampling mushrooms in those woods. LOL. G'night all.

Wow, Cat! Sounds like a wonderful place to visit. I'll put it on my list. :)

NRL...alnino insects...LOL!!!

Oh, Cat, you make me homesick... Such loving description I can almost see it, like the hills and caves and abandoned coal mines of home; you bring tears to my eyes when i look up from the parking lot and see the chicago skyline one way, the projects the other... Michael... at which college do you teach? By the By, if I'm not confusing myself, i think when i was skimming through archives i met my own name, a long, long time before i came on. Should i be embarrased? I found a new clover patch here, so I'm happy sitting on the lawn and searching for the four-leaf clovers. Found some, too.

Crimson - in answer to your query I teach at Bellevue Community College in the Media Communication & Technology department.

Michael->Thanks... have a person down the hall who was inquiring. When I said 'I dunno, somewhere around Seattle I guess" They jumped on the mention of anything near their home (hundred miles is near?)

Crimson - yes, a hundred miles is considered "near" out here, as opposed to New York City where I originate from: if you can't reach a place by subway it's far far away. BCC is a good college - a little too much attention on the technology and too little on theory. Where are you guys located?

Okay, so maybe the insects don't get *that* big... ! LOL

I'm currently living in Lawton, Oklahoma-- not quite the middle of nowhere, though you can see it from here-- but I make my home in Ft Worth, Texas, if that makes any sense...

homesickness>> Yeah, I really miss the place (if not, by and large, the people)-- it has a great energy to it, enough presence to make an animist of anybody. One of things I tried to do while I was up there is gather my impressions of the place, so that I would have a sort of written reminder of what it's like. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Elly-- I'm jealous! We haven't had a good lightning storm here in months!

--Cat

I come from the woods and the wilds of the Southern Ohio River Valley, where the hills rise as the streams fall to the ohio, and the soil is clay, the rocks shale and coal, the humidity never dries below 40%, where we still use middle-english grammer in our slang, and the chemical plants and refineries gloss a strong, deep, hill tradition, where we are more at home with Kentucky and West Virginia than far-away flat Columbus...where mist rising after rain means moonshine, and the hills swarm with deer hunters, and the children leave to find jobs or stay on welfare, but keep coming back,where cityglow fades quickly away and stars shine. It wasn't until I came to live in Chicago that I realized how very deep and strong my roots are, and I don't want to go back but I miss it so much... *deep breath* sorry. I wax homesick at the oddest times!

So long, I ne'er did notice. School is underway and my Biology is kicking my ass. Missed your silent voices. After a lackadaisical summer I feel rushed for every moment. I'm doing something everyday. Today was the first day I got 7 whole hours of sleep! Woo, baby, that felt nice for a change.

Claris, puh-leeeeeeez don't drop off the planet? Must I beg?

Elly, I have *tons* of notes and compilings of people and places of B'Town as I have run a private game since 5 years ago. In the ML game 'Ground Zero' is a players character. (God, I used to *hate* that char. Violent.) I still have no AC. I went to relocate one from the abandoned apartment building next to mine only to find it was an empty casing. It inspired a haiku, which, if you don't know where it came from, sounds depressing and serene. The adventure in the abandoned apt. bldg. was bizarre. However, I'm not certain I could match Cat's glowing descriptions!

NRL, did I tell you I read the script you sent home with me? I think I wrote something about it in the note accompanying the pictures I owe you. AAARgh! Must mail those, I have some money now!!! (I have money, this means my car will break down within the week.) I'm looking into a local college which has a three year and single year exchange program with Japan. I also have aps for Washington in St. Louis (scary). I still haven't info on Seattle colleges. >sigh< We'll see.

Lyrin, that's some theory! While exceptionally impossible in the World, I think B'Town could see it happen. I have my own theory that halfies are sterile, m'self. Along the idea lines of mules...
I really need to run, love the bunch of you!!!

BCC? are we talking about the one way out in Bronx land? with the gre