Few comments before I head off to bed (where I should have been about three hours ago, but something kept me up).

* Cheesy spoo? The bat? Someone is getting smacked for that.

* "You might survive a protest." I like that line for some reason.

* The scene with Amanda and her father was really well done. And for some reason I don't think Amanda is going to fuck around when it comes to Xenia, is she?

* An afternoon of light music and comet bombardment, huh? I think I just found a line to abuse while playing UT.

And on a slightly related note: had WinAmp running while reading this. And what song comes up during the scene of the Psi-Corps starting to raise Hell at WPI? Cheap Trick's "Dream Police". Freaky. :)

Reverend Hammer
Blue reverend needs fluffy pillows badly...

I'm halfway through it and I think I'll have to go and have a little lie down.
Hysterics, high adrenaline and and otherwise inexplicabel urge to defenestate the entirety of the PsiCops are not the emotional conditions I want to take to work in four hours.

The highlights thus far:

"First United Freespacer Church," Mac said quietly. "We have a moral aversion to getting killed."

Her tour of duty as a rear admiral had earned her the media nickname of 'the Pirate Killer,' and her earlier exploits as captain of USS Constellation, CFMF Defiant, and the Charlemagne had earned her another nickname, 'the Klingon Spooker.' The Klingon codename for her was 'Big Trouble in a Little Package'; the Kilrathi called her 'She Who Must be Avoided,' and the Romulans referred to her, poetically, as 'Go Around the Other Side of the Nebula.'

Oh Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

drakensisthered

So I simply said one of the great trite truths: "There is generally more than one side to a story." - Corwin, Roger Zelazny's 'Courts of Chaos'

LAST EDITED ON Nov-09-01 AT 08:36 AM (EST)

>Oh Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Man, I'm programmed by my childhood. I saw that and instantly imagined myself as a member of a multi-ethnic group of happy but thirsty ten-year-olds turning to the exploding brick wall and shouting delightedly, "Kool-Aid Man!"

--G.
-><-
Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

>>Oh Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
>
>Man, I'm programmed by my childhood. I saw that and instantly
>imagined myself as a member of a multi-ethnic group of happy but
>thirsty ten-year-olds turning to the exploding brick wall and shouting
>delightedly, "Kool-Aid Man!"
>
Um. What? It was a general comment of approval. In case you haven't picked this up, I sorta liked Hunted Rose. It was very well written had plot and the characters worked. Admittedly this is usually the case with what you write, but the quality was truly exceptional this time.

drakensisthered

SHE'S the 'Pirate Killer,' 'Klingon Spooker,' 'Big Trouble in a Little Package,' 'She Who Must be Avoided,' and 'Go Around the Other Side of the Nebula.' I'm the dumb blonde comic relief.

>
>>>Oh Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
>>
>>Man, I'm programmed by my childhood. I saw that and instantly
>>imagined myself as a member of a multi-ethnic group of happy but
>>thirsty ten-year-olds turning to the exploding brick wall and shouting
>>delightedly, "Kool-Aid Man!"
>>
>Um. What? It was a general comment of approval.

Maybe you're too young to remember... back when I was a kid, there were ads for Kool-Aid (if you're from a foreign country, Kool-Aid is a popular brand of powdered drink mix, available in a variety of fruit flavors, some of them quite weird - I'm very fond of their Blue Raspberry Lemonade variety) on Saturday-morning TV which featured a mascot character called Kool-Aid Man. Kool-Aid Man was a man in a gigantic plastic pitcher costume, like a sports mascot, if you ever found a sports team called, say, the Oskaloosa Pitchers Full of Fruit Punch. Thirsty kids would cry out for relief, and with a jaunty cry of "OH YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAH!", Kool-Aid Man would crash through the nearest wall, leaving a Kool-Aid-Man-shaped hole in his wake, and deliver unto the kids refreshment.

I saw so many of those ads during my formative years that your statement instantly triggered the recollection. :)

>In case you haven't
>picked this up, I sorta liked Hunted Rose. It was very well written
>had plot and the characters worked. Admittedly this is usually the
>case with what you write, but the quality was truly exceptional this
>time.

Well... gee, thanks. :)

>SHE'S the 'Pirate Killer,' 'Klingon Spooker,' 'Big Trouble in a Little
>Package,' 'She Who Must be Avoided,' and 'Go Around the Other Side of
>the Nebula.' I'm the dumb blonde comic relief.

"Look, pal, I only have one job on this stupid ship! It's dumb, but I'm gonna do it!"

--G.
-><-
Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

>Maybe you're too young to remember... back when I was a kid, there
>were ads for Kool-Aid (if you're from a foreign country, Kool-Aid is a
>popular brand of powdered drink mix, available in a variety of fruit
>flavors, some of them quite weird - I'm very fond of their Blue
>Raspberry Lemonade variety) on Saturday-morning TV which featured a
>mascot character called Kool-Aid Man. Kool-Aid Man was a man in a
>gigantic plastic pitcher costume, like a sports mascot, if you ever
>found a sports team called, say, the Oskaloosa Pitchers Full of Fruit
>Punch. Thirsty kids would cry out for relief, and with a jaunty cry
>of "OH YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAH!", Kool-Aid Man would crash through the
>nearest wall, leaving a Kool-Aid-Man-shaped hole in his wake, and
>deliver unto the kids refreshment.
>
>I saw so many of those ads during my formative years that your
>statement instantly triggered the recollection. :)

I'm from a foreign country. I'd call it planet sanity, but honesty compells me to admit our tv ads are no better. Thus I watch very little tv.

>>SHE'S the 'Pirate Killer,' 'Klingon Spooker,' 'Big Trouble in a Little
>>Package,' 'She Who Must be Avoided,' and 'Go Around the Other Side of
>>the Nebula.' I'm the dumb blonde comic relief.
>
>"Look, pal, I only have one job on this stupid ship! It's
>dumb, but I'm gonna do it!"

Making the stars of the show look good in comparison? ;-)

drakensisthered

SHE'S the 'Pirate Killer,' 'Klingon Spooker,' 'Big Trouble in a Little Package,' 'She Who Must be Avoided,' and 'Go Around the Other Side of the Nebula.' I'm the dumb blonde comic relief.

>>
>>>>Oh Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
>>>
>>>Man, I'm programmed by my childhood. I saw that and instantly
>>>imagined myself as a member of a multi-ethnic group of happy but
>>>thirsty ten-year-olds turning to the exploding brick wall and shouting
>>>delightedly, "Kool-Aid Man!"
>>>
>>Um. What? It was a general comment of approval.
>
>Maybe you're too young to remember... back when I was a kid, there
>were ads for Kool-Aid (if you're from a foreign country, Kool-Aid is a
>popular brand of powdered drink mix, available in a variety of fruit
>flavors, some of them quite weird - I'm very fond of their Blue
>Raspberry Lemonade variety) on Saturday-morning TV which featured a
>mascot character called Kool-Aid Man. Kool-Aid Man was a man in a
>gigantic plastic pitcher costume, like a sports mascot, if you ever
>found a sports team called, say, the Oskaloosa Pitchers Full of Fruit
>Punch. Thirsty kids would cry out for relief, and with a jaunty cry
>of "OH YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAH!", Kool-Aid Man would crash through the
>nearest wall, leaving a Kool-Aid-Man-shaped hole in his wake, and
>deliver unto the kids refreshment.
>
>I saw so many of those ads during my formative years that your
>statement instantly triggered the recollection. :)
>

You know, Gryph, this was sort of the Image I got as well... except that it was YOU cracking down the wall; and were greated as "FAN-FIC MAN!!!!!!"

___________________

Vaughn doesn't know I exist. I guess this explains why the rest of reality keeps ignoring me as well. >_<

>>SHE'S the 'Pirate Killer,' 'Klingon Spooker,' 'Big Trouble in a Little
>>Package,' 'She Who Must be Avoided,' and 'Go Around the Other Side of
>>the Nebula.' I'm the dumb blonde comic relief.
>
>"Look, pal, I only have one job on this stupid ship! It's
>dumb, but I'm gonna do it!"

I've never been able to look at Sigourney Weaver in the same way again.....

Regards,
Jeanne

http://www.jhedge.com
http://go.compuserve.com/Anime

>Maybe you're too young to remember... back when I was a kid, there
>were ads for Kool-Aid (if you're from a foreign country, Kool-Aid is a
>popular brand of powdered drink mix, available in a variety of fruit
>flavors, some of them quite weird - I'm very fond of their Blue
>Raspberry Lemonade variety) on Saturday-morning TV which featured a
>mascot character called Kool-Aid Man. Kool-Aid Man was a man in a
>gigantic plastic pitcher costume, like a sports mascot, if you ever
>found a sports team called, say, the Oskaloosa Pitchers Full of Fruit
>Punch. Thirsty kids would cry out for relief, and with a jaunty cry
>of "OH YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAH!", Kool-Aid Man would crash through the
>nearest wall, leaving a Kool-Aid-Man-shaped hole in his wake, and
>deliver unto the kids refreshment.
>
>I saw so many of those ads during my formative years that your
>statement instantly triggered the recollection. :)

Apparently Kool-Aid Man recently got his footsteps immortalized in the Hollywood Sidewalk o' Fame. I kid you not.

Dan Brandon
----
Obscure Food-related Trivia .sig

>Apparently Kool-Aid Man recently got his footsteps immortalized in the
>Hollywood Sidewalk o' Fame. I kid you not.

Nit (and useless fact of the day): The footprints in concrete are at the Chinese Theater (which is now dwarfed by the "We can't decide on a single style of building so let's just throw a whole bunch together and see where it lands" monstrosity that is the new Kodak Theater that they plan to hold the Oscars at from now on). The Hollywood Walk of Fame are all the stars set into the sidewalk, which run up and down either side of Hollywood Boulevard for almost the length of the entire city of Hollywood proper.

If you're really interested, here's the link to the Kraft story about the event (If only just to prove I did a little research :)

http://www.kraftinternational.com/newsroom/05112000.html

I don't remember seeing Kool-Aid Man's footprints the last time I was at the Chinese, which doesn't mean a whole lot, there are a lot there, and I'm usually getting a chuckle out of seeing the R2-D2 and C-3PO prints again to look any harder than that. :) Maybe when I go catch Harry Potter there this weekend I'll look for the big guy...

------------------------
"Mike Wazowski!"
------------------------
Chad Collier--...and that was frighteningly longer than I intended this post to be.
Digital Bitch
J. Random VFX Company

Rev. Hammer wrote:
* Cheesy spoo? The bat? Someone is getting smacked for that.

Cheesy spoo is a combo of Cheesy Puffs and Spoo. It must be something akin to the food concoctions of a certain anime/manga character. (Make your own mind up, about which one.)

Of cause G'Kron has a bat he's a member of the Baseball team after all and it's his only melee weapon. (You need five Narns for a Bat Squad.)

drakensisthered wrote:
>"First United Freespacer Church," Mac said quietly. "We have a moral
>aversion to getting killed."

Now that sounds like a religious faction I can respect, after all the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy says don't scare a Freespacer.

>Her tour of duty as a rear admiral had earned her the media nickname
>of 'the Pirate Killer,' and her earlier exploits as captain of USS
>Constellation, CFMF Defiant, and the Charlemagne had earned her
>another nickname, 'the Klingon Spooker.' The Klingon codename for her
>was 'Big Trouble in a Little Package'; the Kilrathi called her 'She
>Who Must be Avoided,' and the Romulans referred to her, poetically, as
>'Go Around the Other Side of the Nebula.'

Yet more proof that Admiral Ayami Nakajima is something for a Starship captain to be concerned about.

So the Griffon does have missiles fitted. I was thinking about asking about that, seeing that I've only just seen the first DVD of Big O.

Captain John Sheridan, I was wondering where he was. Well, at least he won't be the One and IA president in UF.

Commander Ivanova and Major Kira joint commanders of B5, now this is going to be interesting to watch. Is Ivanova still a latent teep in UF?

Hrm, Zoner seems to be doing some of Vaughn's routine in SoS.

--Rod.H
"Heh, Gatling gun, beats SMG."-- Me on Cowboy Bebop Ep 3

>So the Griffon does have missiles fitted. I was thinking about asking
>about that, seeing that I've only just seen the first DVD of Big O.

... huh?

>Commander Ivanova and Major Kira joint commanders of B5, now this is
>going to be interesting to watch.

They aren't joint commanders; Ivanova is deputy commander, Kira is chief of security.

>Is Ivanova still a latent teep in
>UF?

I would imagine so. It's a fairly important character feature.

--G.
-><-
Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

>The highlights thus far:
>
>"First United Freespacer Church," Mac said quietly. "We have a moral
>aversion to getting killed."

A lot of people seem to like that. }:-{D

>Her tour of duty as a rear admiral had earned her the media nickname
>of 'the Pirate Killer,' and her earlier exploits as captain of USS
>Constellation, CFMF Defiant, and the Charlemagne had earned her
>another nickname, 'the Klingon Spooker.' The Klingon codename for her
>was 'Big Trouble in a Little Package'; the Kilrathi called her 'She
>Who Must be Avoided,' and the Romulans referred to her, poetically, as
>'Go Around the Other Side of the Nebula.'

Yes, I steal from the best. }:-{D

Redneck

Red wizard needs money badly...
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White Lightning Productions - don't tell the Pope

>>Her tour of duty as a rear admiral had earned her the media nickname
>>of 'the Pirate Killer,' and her earlier exploits as captain of USS
>>Constellation, CFMF Defiant, and the Charlemagne had earned her
>>another nickname, 'the Klingon Spooker.' The Klingon codename for her
>>was 'Big Trouble in a Little Package'; the Kilrathi called her 'She
>>Who Must be Avoided,' and the Romulans referred to her, poetically, as
>>'Go Around the Other Side of the Nebula.'

I have to admit, I read the intro for her arrival and said, "Ah. The Freespacers decided that restraint was unneeded in a situation like this. They sent Aya."

She's always so amusing, too.

--
Geoff Depew - Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Malakite of Lightning and Angel of Tech Support Professionals
(They won't give me LARTs, they say that's restricted to Michael.)

>I have to admit, I read the intro for her arrival and said, "Ah. The
>Freespacers decided that restraint was unneeded in a situation like
>this. They sent Aya."
>
Personally, I figure the decided that restraint was needed on the other side, and that Aya's reputation might assist with that... Plus if push came to shove we all know that Aya's not one to back down.

>She's always so amusing, too.
>
That she is :)

Offsides

#include <duck.h>

>>Her tour of duty as a rear admiral had earned her the media nickname
>>of 'the Pirate Killer,' and her earlier exploits as captain of USS
>>Constellation, CFMF Defiant, and the Charlemagne had earned her
>>another nickname, 'the Klingon Spooker.' The Klingon codename for her
>>was 'Big Trouble in a Little Package'; the Kilrathi called her 'She
>>Who Must be Avoided,' and the Romulans referred to her, poetically, as
>>'Go Around the Other Side of the Nebula.'
>I have to admit, I read the intro for her arrival and said, "Ah. The
>Freespacers decided that restraint was unneeded in a situation like
>this. They sent Aya."

My reponse was more along the lines of 'To start war, pull keystone.'

>She's always so amusing, too.

Of course she is. It's Aya. She's made to cause shatters everywhere she goes.

Matrix Dragon

>I have to admit, I read the intro for her arrival and said, "Ah. The
>Freespacers decided that restraint was unneeded in a situation like
>this. They sent Aya."
>--
>Geoff Depew - Mephron

"Attention. The use of unnecessary force to arrest the Blues Brothers...has been approved."

--rR

>>Her tour of duty as a rear admiral had earned her the media nickname
>>of 'the Pirate Killer,' and her earlier exploits as captain of USS
>>Constellation, CFMF Defiant, and the Charlemagne had earned her
>>another nickname, 'the Klingon Spooker.' The Klingon codename for her
>>was 'Big Trouble in a Little Package'; the Kilrathi called her 'She
>>Who Must be Avoided,' and the Romulans referred to her, poetically, as
>>'Go Around the Other Side of the Nebula.'
>
>Yes, I steal from the best. }:-{D

IMO, it's not stealing as much as a karmic tie. A while back Gryphon mentioned that Amelia Wil Tesla Sailoon (however you want to spell her last name) may be worked into the story at a later date. (Amelia's from the anime series The Slayers.) I was wondering if Lina Inverse would arrive as well. Well, Aya seems to be UF's version of Lina, altered to fit a "space opera" setting.

When I read this descrioption, I had a HUGE grin, as The Slayers is one of my favorite anime series.

--Chris

"What is the difference between a fighter and a warrior?"
"The warrior is (easily) defeated, especially at higher levels."

I just have to point out my two favotie parts. The Narn with a bat, and the entire Durandal rescue. As an obsesive player of Marathon, the "Go down the hall, flip the red switch" comment completely broke me. Looks like Durandal's found a substitute for his Mjolnor.

The only thing I was hoping for that didn't make it in was Wakaba shouting "Hi no YAAAA!" or something similar.

-Nightmare Butterfly
I like the idea of Wakaba shooting fireballs.

>The only thing I was hoping for that didn't make it in was Wakaba
>shouting "Hi no YAAAA!" or something similar.

Heh.. True, she was granted power by the Magical Midget. Though I'm not sure that she's under remotely enough stress yet to be forced to do any magic. Thus far, she's been fairly well insulated by the rest of the Duellists.

Berk Watkins
Student of Quantum Bogodynamics...

>I just have to point out my two favotie parts. The Narn with a bat,
>and the entire Durandal rescue. As an obsesive player of Marathon, the
>"Go down the hall, flip the red switch" comment completely broke me.
>Looks like Durandal's found a substitute for his Mjolnor.

I just want to know if Aya is referred to, by some race somewhere, as "the *little* floaty thing what kicks our asses..."

Duane

>I just have to point out my two favotie parts. The Narn with a bat,
>and the entire Durandal rescue. As an obsesive player of Marathon, the
>"Go down the hall, flip the red switch" comment completely broke me.
>Looks like Durandal's found a substitute for his Mjolnor.

...the entire inception of that sequence was utterly wrong. I sort of popped into Gryph's office one day and went "DURANDAL WANTS ME TO FLIP SWITCHES FOR HIM!!!!"

"...what?"

Ard. :)

Ard Sumhenner
Ronin Research, Sacramento, CA

>Few comments before I head off to bed (where I should have been about
>three hours ago, but something kept me up).
>
>* Cheesy spoo? The bat? Someone is getting smacked for that.
>
>* "You might survive a protest." I like that line for some reason.

Guilty, on both counts.

Redneck

Red wizard needs money badly...
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White Lightning Productions - don't tell the Pope

>>Few comments before I head off to bed (where I should have been about
>>three hours ago, but something kept me up).
>>
>>* Cheesy spoo? The bat? Someone is getting smacked for that.
>>
>>* "You might survive a protest." I like that line for some reason.
>
>Guilty, on both counts.

Observe how the servant of Right and punisher of Bad Jokes staggers mightily forth, his face purple and sides aching with oxygen deprivation. Finally, by a supernatural effort of will, he manages to raise a whistle and clamp in the center of his fixed and helpless grin.

*PHWEEE-EE-EE-EE-EE-ee-ee-...*

Immediatly, he collapses to the ground in a frantic bid to regain control of his respitory system. Alas, too late.

Five Narns trample him underfoot, moving at a dead run towards the offending figure of their target. Each slams his trusty baseball bat into the victim as he tears by, before trundleing off into the sunset.

*WHAM* *WHAM* *WHAM* *WHAM* *WHAM*

Blessed be.
Nathan Baxter
(RE: why I'm laughing so hard. That's Ardaniel's fault.)