MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 714 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Pterry/ Family Birthdays by Raingcats-+AT+-aol.com 2) Re: Family Birthdays by Kintara-+AT+-aol.com 3) Re: Mishi!/Welcome back, shadowlover by mishi 4) My post to the publisher... by Sal 5) Re: Bardic voices/Mishi by Soljan-+AT+-aol.com 6) Re: Family/Pterry/love/nomination for Goddess/Tregarde/masters/TBB/ by Master of Karma 7) Firesong's Mom/Recommended books by LilacFairy-+AT+-aol.com 8) Pterry tpoll/genres/thanks/friendbond? by Claris Smith 9) Pterry poll by Derek MacArthur 10) Re: Mishi!/Welcome back, shadowlover by Raingcats-+AT+-aol.com 11) Re: How to handle your hair by Becky Anne Christensen 12) Personality Test by Becky Anne Christensen 13) Re: Introduction / Van's Parents / _Bardic Voices_ by Becky Anne Christensen 14) A braid grows slowly, day 14 by Morgana 15) Re: A braid grows slowly, day 14 by Becky Anne Christensen 16) Re: P.C.Hodgell by jc-+AT+-crosfield.co.uk (Jerry Cullingford) 17) A braid, part 2, 14 +15th by Morgana 18) Okay so I lied Braid by Morgana 19) Lifebond poem.... by "Jenna Wilson" 20) re: congrats/hair/Glith/Pterry who? by dbackhau-+AT+-isou10.estec.esa.nl 21) Another braid.. day 15. :) by Morgana 22) Music / Cooperation / Pterry / Blurbs / Semilurk by Jake 23) Re: the hair thing by aw2-+AT+-mail.idt.net (Kimberly) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 19:50:54 -0400 From: Raingcats-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Pterry/ Family Birthdays Message-ID: <960721195054_581662682-+AT+-emout10.mail.aol.com> >It isn't your imagination. But it does make me wonder. All right folks, >this is an official poll! Who does NOT like Pterry?(or hasn't read him). > This way I can find out if my latest personal theorem is on track or not. > (Misty and Pterry attract the same sort of people--romantics with a twisted >sense of humor). I've never read anything of his. Are his books like Misty's? What are the titles? Is his name Pterry? I always thought that that was just an abbreviation. Just full of questions ain't I? ____________________________________________________ > My birthday is August 29. I think that there are 2 people born on > November 29, one of them is Elizabeth (maybe). I'm the other one!!!! I was born on my father's birthday. I'll always forgive you but never forget you, Lady Nightshadow aka Shady Goddess of Forgiveness "I used to do a little but a little wouldn't do it so a little got more and more" - Guns and Roses "Mr. Brownstone" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 20:59:55 -0400 From: Kintara-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Family Birthdays Message-ID: <960721205955_161142184-+AT+-emout13.mail.aol.com> Just to take a head count how many people besides me are Leo's? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 21:26:31 -0400 From: mishi To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Mishi!/Welcome back, shadowlover Message-ID: <31F2D8C7.5D04-+AT+-prolog.net> Chen Chen wrote: > > :.Mishi, come back to us!.: Trying hard to mincall you Mishi, do come back > soon, maybe being around friends like us will help you recover faster! Runs > over to Mishi to give her a huge hug! > Thanks everyone for your hugs. I'm so glad to be part of all of this. I'm feeling a little more like myself today. I have a habit of locking my feelings inside when something happens and letting everyone else break down. I have always done that when someone close to me or someone I know die. I have younger cousins that look up to me and I feel that I can't break down, I have to be strong for them. My friends from town all called me and said things can you believe what happened and why did it have to happen to them? I let them grieve and I keep everyone's pain in me. I still went down to Rehoboth Beach on Saturday. I just went in the ocean and let the waves wash everything away. I was feeling quite relaxed and better and then a stupid little crab decided to have my big toe for lunch. I now have three cuts on my toe from that stupid thing. You know that crab is lucky that I don't like crab meat or I would have had him for dinner!!!! Thanks again for all your well wishes! :-) Love, luck, and lollipops, Mishi, the soon to be named of Goddess of Hyperness and Overbubbliness P.S. Claris (I think it was you, anyway) tell your friend that Bewitched is a pretty neat store. P.S.S. Cennydd, I didn't see anyway white Speedos, but there were a few blue ones. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 21:40:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Sal To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: My post to the publisher... Message-ID: Heyla! Just to let y'all know, I knew *precisely* where I was sending that post. I *WANTED* y'all to see it, so that you knew what I'd told the publisher, and so that (if you *really* want the Tregarde stuff published) you can BACK ME UP ON THIS! (Sorry ... Don't mean to yell, but I really *do* try to watch my headers... if I send out a message with someone in the "Cc" portion, you can bet your butt it was deliberate! (Unlike a certain *other* post, which Shall. Not. Be. Mentioned.(!) as I have already been forgiven for it by the Goddess of Forgiveness!)) In any case, I sent the post where I meant to, so please point your flame throwers somewhere other than at My Tailfeathers! Peace, - Sal %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Somebody should have labeled the future 'Some Assembly Required.' % % - Michael Garibaldi % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 21:42:12 -0400 From: Soljan-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Bardic voices/Mishi Message-ID: <960721214211_581721264-+AT+-emout07.mail.aol.com> >> Summersong said: >> >I hope I can be some kind of a singer. Anyone else out there who is a >> >musician? Me! I started playing piano when I was 8, but the teacher I had knew nothing and screwed me up. When I moved to my new house at age 11, I got a new teacher, who showed me what the other had done. I played with flat fingers, no curve at all, for 3 years. Not good! Anyone else who plays know how bad that is. You can't do anything if your fingers aren't curved! The next years were spent learning Susiki(sp?) style, which I really didn't like. Finally I quit because I had an argument with my dad over practicing. I really missed it though. The piano was my great-grandfathers. He died when I was five, and he gave it to me, over his own children, my mom and her 5 siblings, and the rest of their children. We have a picture of me sitting next to him at the piano sitting on it now. Let me see what kind it is. It has ivory keys, I know that much. It says, "Bogart-New York- Grand Upright." After my great-grandmother died this year, I felt really bad that she never heard me play, except for one recording I made. So, I'm starting again. The kind of music I want to play. Jazz, show tunes, bouncy stuff, more popular, not classical. My first lesson is Wednesday, I hope this time it lasts. I'm also a singer. I went to NYSSMA, our state's solo competition. You pick a song out of a huge manual based on voice range and level. Levels go from 2-6. This year was my first, I sang a level 3, alto. My best friend, who went to 2 others, sang _Ave Maria_. That was a 6. I got 21 out of 24 points, and I was very happy. Glith wrote: > All right folks, >this is an official poll! Who does NOT like Pterry?(or hasn't read him). Haven't read it. I probably will though. Kim-of-the-ever-changing-name wrote: >You know, for a population that's only supposed to have one percent INFJ >and one percent INTJ, this list has an *awful lot* of both of those >personality types. Or is this my pooky imagination acting up again? Anyway, >I think INTJ's description is a little harsh for me, since I'm not planning .on a scientific career, but I'm not going to be an author, either, which is >the case for INTJ and INFJ (by the way, I took that test a few more times >and I come out more INFJ than not I saw that too, and while we are a slightly international list, we're mostly U.S. Maybe us INFJ's and INTJ's are drawn to Misty's work like a magnet. I'm an INFJ, my sis is a INTJ. The careers are okay for me, I'm planning on being a botanist, which is in virtually *none* of the books I'm looking through except the "300 jobs" type books. Oh, Cennydd? Somehow Jake, Kory and I planned that rescue without talking it over at all. I guess we just go with the flow. I wasn't even expecting Kory. We're just talented I guess. And modest too. Lady Silvermoon LIG, Leader of the DDMF, Goddess of Sensitivity "May the moon light your path and guide you to your destiny." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 22:02:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Master of Karma To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Family/Pterry/love/nomination for Goddess/Tregarde/masters/TBB/ Message-ID: On Sun, 21 Jul 1996, Kimbada wrote: > Cenny, oh, pretty please, won't you send it to me, if you still have it? > Because it was really poetic, and I have this neat feeling it's going to be > one of those really useful things that we leave lying around on our > computers, just waiting to be accessed... > Puh-lease? Much as I might like the chocolate, I am afraid that I don't have it. I must have deleted it. It will be in the magewar archives on Mel's pages, though, won't it? -----EOM BTW, about the identity of Stephen Hickman and Tracy Hickman. I stand corrected. Now I will have to go back and dig out my Stephen Hickman novel and look at the forward. I could swear that there is explicit reference to Tracy Hickman as his wife, but you are right, TR Hickman is a guy (I just saw his home page, complete with photo--not much to doubt, now). May the seas be your solace and the forests a refuge for your spirit, Cennydd, Mage of the Green Silences. Kenneth Allen Hyde | No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife Univ. of Delaware | between the shoulder blades will seriously Dept. of Linguistics | cramp his style -- Old Jhereg proverb kenny-+AT+-Udel.Edu | A mind is a terrible toy to waste! -- Me **http://www.udel.edu/kenny/ken.html or .../kenny/green.silences.html** ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 23:09:10 -0400 From: LilacFairy-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Firesong's Mom/Recommended books Message-ID: <960721230910_242618691-+AT+-emout18.mail.aol.com> On Sun, 21 Jul 1996, Glith, Goddess of Tardiness wrote: >>>Lilac Fairy: >>On Misty characters I'd like to meet: the one I'd *really* like to meet is Firesong's mother!<< >Now there's an idea!! That lady must be a real tartar!! But I think I can give you a similar character who might be a bit like her(she also has a precocious son). Amelia Peabody is an Elizabeth Peters serial character. Her son makes his appearance in the 2nd or 3rd book. **snip** I'll bet that Firesong's mother only had the one child. It'd be full time job to keep up with him!!<<< You ARE the Goddess of Tardiness- I posted that a week ago! Oh Goddess- I never thought of Ramses Emerson when I tried to imagine Firesong as a child! But you're right, that's probably just what he would have been like! Brilliant, constantly devouring knowledge and totally obnoxious to be around. Kind of like ME when I was a kid! My favorite word was *why?* If anyone wants a quick, fun read, I can cheerfully recommend Peters' Amelia Peabody books. Start with *Crocodile on the Sandbank.* It's a mystery AND a spoof of gothic romances. I was thinking Firesong's Mom would be like Savil, no-nonsense, demanding, but she would totally love you and stand by you if you needed her. Or she'd be like Martis, a mage from two short stories in the anthology *Spellsingers*. I haven't seen these mentioned on the list. The anthology came out a few years ago, I think edited by MZB. Misty has two stories in it, *Balance* and *Dragon's Teeth*, with Martis, a middle-aged, adept-class mage, and Lyran, a young, pretty swordsman. We haven't *heard* Firesong mention any sibs, so I agree he's probably an *only.* And recognised as gifted from an early age. No wonder he has emotional problems! The Lilac Fairy returns to her woodland bower, and contemplates her sad tendency to fall in love with gay men who don't really exist- Vanyel, Firesong, and now the Mage of Green Silences. With a gentle sigh, she gazes thoughtfully at her magic wand, which is of course color coordinated with the rest of her ensemble. Lilac IS a sort of PINKISH-purple... Lee lilacfairy-+AT+-aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 22:15:03 -0500 From: Claris Smith To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Pterry tpoll/genres/thanks/friendbond? Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19960722031503.006fd780-+AT+-comp.uark.edu> In response to the Pterry tpoll, I have to say: I started CoM, and realized I'd read some Discworld stuff before (that sapient pearwood makes an impression, 'specially if you bark your shins on it . . .). My feeling is, it's OK, but it's not something I'm going to seek out to read. I've read a *lot* of humorous fantasy, and I have other series I liked a lot more. But, I'm just in a serious mood right now. Anyway, it boils down to: I love Misty, but I am NOT a Terry Pratchett fan! To tell the truth, I've been reading a lot of out-genre stuff lately. I think if you limit yourself to reading only sf and fantasy, you really reduce your horizons. Admittedly, most of my favorite books are sf or fantasy, but several aren't (Grandmaster by Cochran and Murphy, Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa, The Cuckoo's Egg by Stoll, most books by Tony Hillerman or Dick Francis or Timothy Hallinan, etc. etc.). I read certain mysteries, techno-thrillers, Japanese novels, historical novels, and so on. What do the rest of you think? Also, thanks to Vrondi and the other people who send birthingday greetings to my friend last month. She was very surprised, and thrilled, and you can look for her on the mailing list starting this fall! ObMisty: I was trying to remember. There are several close friendships in the Velgarth books, but is there anything approaching a life or even love-bond, but with friends? I've never met anybody (in PERSON) who seemed to have a lifebond or anything close to it, but I have met friends who seemed to be that closely knit. *Claris Smith, Art/History Major, GM/Gamewriter, sf/fantasy Artist, Gung Fu Student* *U. of A., Su Ko Ming, Razorbattles Art Show Coordinator, The Dragon Roars Editor* *ccsmith-+AT+-comp.uark.edu | 4045 Abington Ct. Fayetteville AR 72703-5065* -On a journey, ill, and over fields withered, dreams--go journeying still. (Basho)- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 00:02:56 -0400 From: Derek MacArthur To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Pterry poll Message-ID: <31F2FD70.1496-+AT+-mint.net> Glithoniel wrote: >It isn't your imagination. But it does make me wonder. All right >folks, >this is an official poll! Who does NOT like Pterry?(or hasn't read >him). I have never read Pterry, in fact, I have no idea who it is! Would someone like to clue me in? BTW, hi, I'm back. Derek's been commandeering the computer, but I beat him to it this time! Ha! :p Mooncloud (baa,baa) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 00:20:01 -0400 From: Raingcats-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Mishi!/Welcome back, shadowlover Message-ID: <960722002000_439055998-+AT+-emout14.mail.aol.com> >Thanks everyone for your hugs. I'm so glad to be part of all of this. >I'm feeling a little more like myself today. I have a habit of locking >my feelings inside when something happens and letting everyone else >break down. I have always done that when someone close to me or someone >I know die. I am so like you Mishi. I do the same thing, I let the pain stay inside and hurt me rather than letting it go. If I feel really bad I'll go in room and cry but I try not to cry in front of others. Makes me feel too vulnerable I guess. Anyway, this post wasn't to talk about me (though it turned out that way huh? Sorry) but I did want to say, Mishi, I'm really sorry, glad you had fun at the beach looking at the blue speedos and hope you feel better. I'll always forgive you but never forget you, Lady Nightshadow aka Shady Goddess of Forgiveness "I used to do a little but a little wouldn't do it so a little got more and more" - Guns and Roses "Mr. Brownstone" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 22:00:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: How to handle your hair Message-ID: On Sun, 21 Jul 1996, miyako hirao wrote: > Apologies to Auntie Mel for the irrelevance, but to wear your hair in a > knot is very difficult. You might want to try a bun (lots of bobby pins if > you have thick hair): 1. tie your hair back wherever you want your bun to > be. 2. braid your hair and secure with an elastic, preferably to match your > hair color. 3. wrap your braid around the base of the braid and secure with > bobby pins and hairspray. > > Love, > Summersong > I always wondered what they meant by a knot, I tried a knot at the base of my head, and it just fell right out. I have had to put all my hair in a bun for ballet performances (including my bangs) right in the middle back of my head. That was not very easy or fun, I have *lots* of long thick hair. I had to use so much hairspray to make it stay it was absolutely disgusting adn gross. I don't think authors spend much time considering the kind of hairstyles and the time it takes to accomplish them in their books. May the Light of the Emerald brighten your Path, *********************************************************************** * Lady Becky, Goddess of Tofu and Dry Breakfast Cereals * *Founder of the Association for the Preservation of Shiny Wax Turtles * * Keeper of the Mailing List Homepage at: * * http://www.psnw.com/~deb/becky/misty.html * *********************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 22:48:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Personality Test Message-ID: Well, I just took the personality test, and it said I was an ENFP, 5% of the population. The description was actually pretty acurate of me, but not completely. Still, it's pretty spiffy. May the Light of the Emerald brighten your Path, *********************************************************************** * Lady Becky, Goddess of Tofu and Dry Breakfast Cereals * *Founder of the Association for the Preservation of Shiny Wax Turtles * * Keeper of the Mailing List Homepage at: * * http://www.psnw.com/~deb/becky/misty.html * *********************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 23:13:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Introduction / Van's Parents / _Bardic Voices_ Message-ID: On Fri, 19 Jul 1996, Kimberly wrote: > Response number two: Why were all Shakespearean actors men? > Ummm, I believe it was because of the same reason all politicians, and almost everyone with a "job" was a man. Women jsut didn't do those kinds of things. Good heavens no, not a *woman* they just couldn't do it. (I'm being sarcastic here, just so you could tell) At least, that was the way our English teacher explained it to us. May the Light of the Emerald brighten your Path, *********************************************************************** * Lady Becky, Goddess of Tofu and Dry Breakfast Cereals * *Founder of the Association for the Preservation of Shiny Wax Turtles * * Keeper of the Mailing List Homepage at: * * http://www.psnw.com/~deb/becky/misty.html * *********************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 00:33:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Morgana To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: A braid grows slowly, day 14 Message-ID: >From Jake, long ago, on the 14th of July, mentioning Piers as a bard..... Well, I hate to say this, but I like he's stuff, mostly just the Incarnations, but also the others as well.... should I run now or later? Speaking of books and publishers being scum..... Anyone know where I could get a copy of P.C Hodgell's Dark side of the moon? Sorry, run out of things to read. :) Lady Wintersong.... I am in the same boat. 450+ messages, and I'm only on July 14th, but I shall presevere! :) Peter.... the tranlation from Ma'ar to Learth to Falconsbane worked for me, as we watched a series of BG's go from just a normal tyrant, to a somewhat stranger tryrant, to today's utterly twisted and degranded Falconsbane.... and each time he 'reincartnated', a bit more of he's soul dissenigrated...... Welcome Lady Mandy! Thy name is most wonderous, as it is connected to myne own cousins'... Amanda. :) Kory... question for ya. :) Why does every lifebond/thing *have* to be vital? Not all things in this world are vital, point of fact, vidio games they rot your brain out and make money for those who have to much *so speaks an embittered arcade employee* :) Maybe she just wanted to show something special happening to some folks not too special, like Merdi and what's her/his name in TLHM series... :) IMHO of course Well, I think this is long enough for a post..... if this is all old news, ignore me. :) Morgana, Goddess of Things Unseen Student of the hectic lifestyle And fishy elf. ** I told the priest - Don't count on any second coming. God got his a** kicked the first time he came down her slumming. He had the balls to come, the gall to die and then forgive us - No, I don't wonder why, I wonder what he thought it would get us..... ** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 00:56:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: A braid grows slowly, day 14 Message-ID: On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Morgana wrote: > Lady Wintersong.... I am in the same boat. 450+ messages, and I'm only on > July 14th, but I shall presevere! :) > > Morgana, Goddess of Things Unseen I was in the same boat, but I gave up hope and jumped overboard with the delete lifeboat. I gave up on catching up and just deleted the remaining messages. They were all from weeks ago, so hopefully I didn't miss much. When I'm behind, I read newest to latest messages. Every so often though, I just can't deal with it and have to catch up the quick and dirty way, by deleting everything and saying "All right, no more messages!" Okay okay, so I cheat a little......but at least I don't have hundreds of messages waiting for me anymore. :) May the Light of the Emerald brighten your Path, *********************************************************************** * Lady Becky, Goddess of Tofu and Dry Breakfast Cereals * *Founder of the Association for the Preservation of Shiny Wax Turtles * * Keeper of the Mailing List Homepage at: * * http://www.psnw.com/~deb/becky/misty.html * *********************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 09:36:57 +0100 (BST) From: jc-+AT+-crosfield.co.uk (Jerry Cullingford) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: P.C.Hodgell Message-ID: <9607220836.AA00946-+AT+-crosfield.co.uk> Morgana asked: > Speaking of books and publishers being scum..... Anyone know where I > could get a copy of P.C Hodgell's Dark side of the moon? Sorry, run out > of things to read. :) Try Hypatia Press (http://www.teleport.com/~hypatia/HYP00.html). They do hardcover versions of _God Stalk_, _Dark of the Moon_, _Seekers Mask_, and a collection of the Jame short stories called something like _Blood and Ivory_. _God Stalk_ and _Dark of the Moon_ were published in a UK trade paperback as _Chronicles of the Kencyrath_ some years back, but its out of print as far as I know. -Jerry -- _|_ / | Jerry Cullingford jc-+AT+-crosfield.co.uk (Work) \_|_ jc-+AT+-selune.demon.co.uk (Home) \__/ Hemel Hempstead, UK jerry-+AT+-shell.portal.com (alternate) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 01:44:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Morgana To: mailinglist Lackey Subject: A braid, part 2, 14 +15th Message-ID: Jake... just one point disagreement, The murder in Storm Rising was in the very end, and not the main story plot, that being Karal, and his adjustment to everything. :) So, it's not a murder story. :) And I liked Silver Gryphon. :) Showed a different/new society. People to meet.... Talia, Vaynel, Karal, Di, Jennifer Talldeer..... Lessa and Melloney from Pern, Sparhawk and Talin from whereever. :) Uhm... and Lazarus Long and family Sharon, met Catwoman, Catwoman, met Sharon, another Labrynth fan. :) I happen to love that cd and movie... ... More people to meet, Nevyn Drizzt, Catti-brie and everyone Mishi mentioned... and... thanks Caryn, Kevin, Dia, and David from that wonderful series by GGK. :) And lots more, but I'm going to stop now. :) Ami.... okay, bout the threeway bond. If I remember correctly, Sherril hung around the other two, with a kind of longing, and Ylsa thought that she might be part of the bond, but we never found out because Sherril allways hung back, not wanting to offened and/or intrude Obmisty: Does Velgrath have any goblins, or the equvilent? I know this isn't even a book related thing but.... in Vampire: Dark Ages I am playing a guttersnipe, who is not by any stretch of the imagination, a noble. She has a smart a** mouth, bad attitude, is pretending to be a boy, and embraced Tremere. :) Defenately not a 'normal' vampire. Well, that's all for tonight..... got thru 70+ mails tonight. Love the thoughts, and hope you enjoy mine. :) Night! :) Morgana, Goddess of Things Unseen Student of the hectic lifestyle And fishy elf. ** I told the priest - Don't count on any second coming. God got his a** kicked the first time he came down her slumming. He had the balls to come, the gall to die and then forgive us - No, I don't wonder why, I wonder what he thought it would get us..... ** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 02:05:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Morgana To: mailinglist Lackey Subject: Okay so I lied Braid Message-ID: Kory, Beth did do that protective circle thingy on Eric's apartment, but that was a prepared thing... maybe Bethie just has natural walls? Was born with them and stuff? Misty's in that book? As who?? :) Dave... send me email about snipping in Pine! :) Thank you! :) I always liked to think the lifebond was just two parts of the soul, in two different bodies, reuniting, like the people of the Black Kings believe IIRC.... and maybe it was to show it happening to your ordinary *semi* joes..... Well, as I continue to read, my sentiments are preechoed, but what the hay, the moe the merrier.. in condensed form of course. Anyway.... Wind to Thy wings.... Morgana, Goddess of Things Unseen Student of the hectic lifestyle And fishy elf. ** I told the priest - Don't count on any second coming. God got his a** kicked the first time he came down her slumming. He had the balls to come, the gall to die and then forgive us - No, I don't wonder why, I wonder what he thought it would get us..... ** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 10:11:08 EST From: "Jenna Wilson" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Lifebond poem.... Message-ID: <5C6DB25642E-+AT+-SIMCL.STJOHNS.EDU> Has anyone ever played King's Quest VI? The love poem Alexander gives to Cassima has always made me think of what a lifebond must be like: "What was it when I looked at you? What power has chained me through and through And binds my heart with links so tight I cannot live without the sight of thee? What nameless thing has captured me And left me powerless to flee? What thing is it without a name That brings my mind ever back the same to thee? The name of love cannot apply Its commoness cannot descry The haunted, hunted, painful cry That my heart makes for thee That ever my soul eternal makes for thee." What do you all think? :) -+AT+->--- Jenna Stormcloud and the menagerie, Lady of the Mists, One in Black, Mistress of Hot Caffeinated Beverages, Soon-to-be Goddess of Chat Rooms and Obsession Jenna-+AT+-SIMCL.STJOHNS.EDU ~~~~~ WilsonJ-+AT+-SJUMUSIC.STJOHNS.EDU http://members.tripod.com/~Stormcloud/index.html (personal page) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jul 96 17:29:35 +0200 From: dbackhau-+AT+-isou10.estec.esa.nl To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: re: congrats/hair/Glith/Pterry who? Message-ID: <9607221529.AA15352-+AT+-isou10.estec.esa.nl> Greetings, > Good News! Good News!!! Good News!!!!! **Now** I understand why you got quite so, ....whossa word ... snippy when I appropriated Rynath as a name. He's a Ragart now BTW - told'ja he was an R...., and he's still only in Chapter 1, the PRO-logue (so who's seen Up Pompeii then??? That sort the Brits out from the rest!) Congrats - and Rynath is safe from me! +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ Glith say: > Not only did the S/K/Y lifebond save Talia's life, ... Well, I'm sitting here, thinking how loing ago it is that I last read Arrows1, but I don't recall the S/K/Y bond saving Talia's life - when she drowned it was her bond with Rolan that saved her, and Ylsa was killed not that long after she recovered - sooooooo, where's your textevd then? +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ Cat\/\/oman wrote: > which I still haven't figured out how to do. (the knot thing) > I guess all her characters have heavier hair than I do, because > my hair just does *not* stay that way for longer than about 2 > minutes. Pins help, along with practice. Sticking my hair "up" everyday for x years meant that I could do it in the dark, without a mirror, in about 45 seconds, and it stayed up all day regardless,(wow, that's a bit actress and bishopy innit?) sorry, it's the brit in me - spots double entendres in everything! Try plaiting it first, then coiling - 's what I did. My longest hairs are now about 2cm - went for the summer crop on Friday - brill! +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ Kimmo prayed: > not a male who my imagination has not grieviously slighted> ... Now I'd say, that as Gilthoniel was a male in TLOTR, that our Glith is a fella - it's certainly how I "read" his mails - c'mon Glith - who's right here, or are you androgynous? Kimber also reckons that > love never dies; that it can twist and > change into hatred, or that it can mellow into friendship or burn > up into romantic love, but it doesn't really _die_. Not in the > sense of ceasing to exist completely, anyway. It can. The individual can totally and utterly cease to matter - not 'cos of hate, nor nothing - they simply do not feature in your life or thinking anymore. +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ Mooncloud, in besting Derek at the "let's see who can get to the computer first" race, said, amazingly: > I have never read Pterry, in fact, I have no idea who it is! Pterry is Terry Pratchett, I believe the biggest selling author in the world at the moment. He writes daft fantasy books, stuffed with, as his fan club would have it, endless references to literature/science/ politics/obscure sayings and homilies ..... some are pretty obscure, and it becomes an obsession to spot them For example, from the annotated Pratchett file: "p. 31/26] "The answer flowed into his mind with all the inevitability of a tax demand." An acknowledgment of the "nothing is certain but death and taxes" saying." He has taken a while to convince American publishers to publish him, but is beginning to get published over there. He either makes you giggle in a manic manner, or leaves you somewhat cold. Try looking at http://lspace.cp.tn.tudelft.nl/ to get a flavour. +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ 'kay - I'm late, ciao ciao, Esmeralda Evensbane ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 08:55:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Morgana To: mailinglist Lackey Subject: Another braid.. day 15. :) Message-ID: Seranna... I wanna be a relitive!!! :) Uhm... but I don't know which one.... Summersong, Ria briefly showed her dreamface in SfT, but other then that..... I'm think she'll be back in the next KoGaS book. :) And then Tannin will show *his* face, and maybe Jennifer too. :) Then Kestral and Di will decide to make this book the Serrated Edge/Scrd Ground/KoGaS 10th year reunion..... Well, we can hope! Kimber... What about Inky from Gryphon? I can just see it... someone steps on her toes, saying that they can do so and so better, and she upstages them with something cool. :) Esmarelda.... I do the same thing with rp characters, be they paper, live action, or Mush. Put alot of work into them, make these totally great alts, and.... nothing. Half of them are idling cause I have too many. :) And IIRC, did Karal's fatherfigure tell him that he would prolly never have a lifebond or anything like that, but if he was lucky, he would find a partener to walk beside with, but not share his path? I believe it was in the section where they were discussing Karal being a soulhealer... Barbara... Here! here! The Keltiad series is great! Have you read the Hedge of Mist yet? Well, I think this braid is more the long enough, and... wow! July 15th is all done! Oh well, bye all! :) Morgana, Goddess of Things Unseen Student of the hectic lifestyle And fishy elf. ** I told the priest - Don't count on any second coming. God got his a** kicked the first time he came down her slumming. He had the balls to come, the gall to die and then forgive us - No, I don't wonder why, I wonder what he thought it would get us..... ** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 12:31:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Jake To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Music / Cooperation / Pterry / Blurbs / Semilurk Message-ID: <199607221631.MAA08145-+AT+-orion.webspan.net> Summersong said: >I hope I can be some kind of a singer. Anyone else out there who is a >musician? *raises his hand* (Like you people didn't figure this out) Hey! Me! Me! Brass band through high school (trombone and euphonium) and also fronted a band during my early years in high school (Doors cover band, *grinning* I was lead vocals (Silvermoon--that's my range. What is it called?)). Currently I play the bass (guitar, not the fish ;> ) in a more folkish/progressive style (instead of that *shudder* thrash/grunge/metal style) and I'm working on learning a classical "bardic" instrument. I've gotta find one that isn't hundreds upon hundreds of dollars, first. Anyone have a spare gittern, lyre, lute or bodhran they would like to get rid of? Uncle Jake's advice to aspiring singers #1: Do not, DO NOT sing filk in the car, especiallly when you think no one is around you. I was blasting a Julia Ecklar version of THREES the other day, singing along, and I caught a strange look from the couple in the next car... *Grin* 333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 Silvermoon wrote: >Oh, Cennydd? Somehow Jake, Kory and I planned that rescue without talking >it over at all. I guess we just go with the flow. I wasn't even expecting >Kory. We're just talented I guess. And modest too. You know, this is scary, Cen, because Silvermoon's RIGHT. I haven't spoken to her OR Kory about this. 333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 Thess wrote: >quoted courtesy of the Terry Pratchett Quote File maintained by >R.R. Collier. And Kim not Kimber replied: >What file? huh? Adress? URL? 'scuse??? ftp.lspace.org. It should be under /pub/pratchett or /people/pub/pratchett, I don't remember. It's also available via the Web, through a web page called The Great A'Tuin (don't know URL) The quote file is around 60 or so printed pages. And whomever was asking, Pterry is Terry Pratchett. It's an inside joke from his book PYRAMIDS. 333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 Mat wrote: > Hey Jake! Make sure you check your blurb before it goes to print! *grins* I may write it myself if they let me. Oh, and thanks for the tape, Mat. I love it! 333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 The book work and the job search is leaving less and less time for my pleasures in life, specifically talking to all you WONDERFUL people over electronic mail! I am not going into full lurkmode, but I am going into semi-lurk. I'm not going to be posting as much outside of humor and the occasional braid, at least until my book is done, and it's coming along well. The book, that is. *grin* Slowly being buried by tons of manuscript pages, Jakus -- O--------------------------------O O-----------------------------------O | Jake Adamo / Rynath in Green | | Misty Information FAQ Admin. | | rynath-+AT+-webspan.net | | God of Parody and Top Ten Lists | | http://www.webspan.net/~rynath | | Avatar of Humor / Ladies in Green | O--------------------------------O O-----------------------------------O "Be grateful she is in her cups, milord. At least no one ELSE is in them." -- Rynath the Bard, from the upcoming book CITADEL OF FIRE. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 12:55:02 -0400 From: aw2-+AT+-mail.idt.net (Kimberly) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: the hair thing Message-ID: Mat wrote: >Okay, okay! I surrender! I was just reading WoFate, when Elspeth does >the knot thing, and I realized how many times I've read that line. For >example, Di always wears her hair like that. Eeek! I'm sorry, Mat. I didn't need to go through all those correvtions or anything; I think I was jsut testing my "Misty useless knowledge" factor. I'm not quite up to figuring out where butterflies are in the series yet, though. (besides the section where Stef's horse shies on the road because of a butterfly -- wait, was that a butterfly or a bug?) Anyway, while I'm on hair, hwo do people *un*-knot their knots. I played with hairspray and wet-just-out-of-the-shower hair for a while, and I finally got it to stay in a knot for a while. Then, I realized that this knot was virtually glued together in those coils, and I ended up rippping out half of my scalp... ObMisty: can anyone find if there are any vaguely related cultural roots between Valdemar/Iftel/Karse? B/c they border each other, so they must have at one time communicated, though I can't find a textevd... and anyway, does anything mention how Karse and Iftel escaped the wrath of the Empire? I know how Valdemar did, but not the other two *gryn* Love and Hugs, Kimbery-of-the-many-names and maybe lady Thess'll look at Glith's thing and name me Goddess of Names? (whatever function that serves...) Bye! ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 714 *********************************