MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 1866 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: grief and the media by Amy Trujillo 2) Re: What would I be. by Orelalaith 3) Re: grief and the media by Paustinnew-+AT+-aol.com 4) On names... by Orelalaith 5) Re: RPlist, LurkingMist,Katie, by "Raven WhiteWolf" 6) Re: resend email system loosing mail by Elizabeth Hoffman 7) Fluffish--don't hurt me! by "Abigail Laughlin" 8) Re: Stelvi Pass/Highjorune by "Abigail Laughlin" 9) Re: MERCEDES-LACKEY digest 1865 by Ellen K Fluharty 10) RE: Fat Mages by "Shaffer, Erin Elizabeth" 11) RPlist name,CoS, My name by LunaWrye-+AT+-aol.com 12) Re: Quotes, RP list by "Sara'in k'Lora" 13) flaming/profession by Rainwing-+AT+-aol.com 14) mystic ruins devoted to the gods of sheep by kalistia firemyst 15) :o) by Jeffery Kuebler 16) TO TIGRESS OR ANYONE WHO HAS IRL CONTACT WITH TIGRESS by Yvonne ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 23:22:24 -0600 From: Amy Trujillo To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: grief and the media Message-ID: <36B92E8A.7324-+AT+-southwind.net> Heyla listsibs, Katie, Dealing with death in any form is difficult, especially when it happens like that. My family recently had to deal with three deaths and I know how terrible it feels. Having to deal with the media and listening to their ghoulish obsession in that tragedy must be almost unbearable. A few years ago two girls in my school were hit by a semi truck and the media had a field day....to the point of be so insensitive that they showed the wreck and the bodies before all the family members knew what had happened. I think too often the media forgets that they are telling news about HUMANS, beings that feel and hurt. All they can see is the possible value the story has for their ratings and self promotion. Unfortunately we live in a society that condones or at least tolerates the medias "right" to torment and intrude upon people who are already devastated just because something is "newsworthy." Hold onto the good memories that you have, the media will soon find something else to obsess over and you and all of those affected will be able to grieve and remember in peace. My thoughts are with you, Amy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 02:59:27 -0500 (EST) From: Orelalaith To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: What would I be. Message-ID: On Thu, 4 Feb 1999 AERDEN-+AT+-delphi.com wrote: > On 3-FEB-1999 18:31:54.0 mercedes-lackey said to AERDEN > me>::sigh:: I'd probably be dead... the problem is, I realize that with all > me>the medical problems I've got, I'd probably be dead if not for modern > me>medicine... however, ignoring that fact, I'd probably be an artificer or > me>something like that. > > I know what you mean. I'd be in a lot of pain, going blind. Ain't > technology wonderful? (g) ::grin:: Yup... I mean, though I half-suspect it's a large part of WHY I'm sick (asthma & other random crap!) and half-blind (REALLY bad glasses!), I'd probably be bear food. ::sigh:: Can't help but feel that technology didn't do me any favors though... However, on the plus side, I'm a programmer so that could count as a Mage! :) > > Chantal > * -------------------------------------------------------------------- * "Eventually we come to a point where High Science becomes indistinguishable from High Magick" -NOT misquoting A.C. Clark, CORRECTLY quoting me! * -------------------------------------------------------------------- * http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~avariel uid : hsug-+AT+-ug.cs.sunysb.edu * -------------------------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 03:29:44 EST From: Paustinnew-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: grief and the media Message-ID: In a message dated 99-02-04 01:02:47 EST, you write: > think too often the media forgets that they are telling >news about HUMANS, beings that feel and hurt. All they can see is the >possible value the story has for their ratings and self promotion. >Unfortunately we live in a society that condones or at least tolerates >the medias "right" to torment and intrude upon people who are already >devastated just because something is "newsworthy." The best reporters are those who think the least about themselves, who try to bring you the news and make you understand how it feels to be the person who is suffering. Yes, many members of the media are concerned only about their ratings. But others do care about what they do, and the people they report about. The media has no "right" to torment anyone, any more than any other profession does. I don't seek to excuse much of what the media does. But the profession serves a purpose -- sometimes a noble purpose in bringing attention to issues that must be changed or brought to light. Media bashing is popular, and often deserved. But there is another side to the story. Pam, who goes by Map ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 03:11:59 -0500 (EST) From: Orelalaith To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: On names... Message-ID: Oopsie, erased the original thingie on names... but someone asked how we pick use-names? Me personally, I'm kinda eclectic on it... sometimes I'd pick a random real name, then play anagrams with it until it sounds good. OR I'd simply think of some natural phenomenon which reminds me of a charactor (If it's a story-charactor or an RPG charactor) ::shrug:: never used it for myself though... as for Orelalaith Noredil, I was playing with the Tolkien book of languages, and translated my given name, and though it sounded nice. BTW, to name a child, the Chinese simply name them either after an event which was happening at the time, or how you wish them to live thier lives. My father's family tends to use emotions, my uncles are Loyalty and Overcoming the odds (well, this is one word, but it translates into this), and my father's named Steadfastness. My mother's family named thier children after events in thier lives... my mother's names Victory (guess when SHE was born?) One of my uncles is named Bombshell (guess what was happening at the time?) Hmmm, I'm not remembering what everyone else's names are (we Chinese don't really call eachother by name in a family...) * -------------------------------------------------------------------- * "Eventually we come to a point where High Science becomes indistinguishable from High Magick" -NOT misquoting A.C. Clark, CORRECTLY quoting me! * -------------------------------------------------------------------- * http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~avariel uid : hsug-+AT+-ug.cs.sunysb.edu * -------------------------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 06:40:26 CST From: "Raven WhiteWolf" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: RPlist, LurkingMist,Katie, Message-ID: <19990204124026.1595.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com> >Katie. I am sorry to hear about the deaths. It is never easy but it >gets easier, the papers and TV crews WILL lose interest and leave >soon. Yes, South Bend, Indiana has heard of this... Things like that >happen all to frequently here. Trust me, it does get better! My English teacher was one of the teachers that got arrested for sleeping with a student in Minnesota. She was not the one that got pregnant, but she *was* the on who broke her post bail contract and contacted the boy. THEN when she was in prison here in town, she attempted to convince the other in-mates to contact the boy for her. As a result, she is now in a maximum security prison somewhere down south. On top of All of this, she had been lying to us for over a year. She told everyone that she had cancer! She never had cancer and faked the whole thing down to the bruises! She was just sick and twisted! >ObMisty >I would like a COMPLETE list of EVERY book Misty has ever written/co- >wirtten/helped with/or even has her name in...okay well maybe that is >a bit much but at least all the books she has written or >CO-written.... PLEASE does anyone know of a place to find that? Try Firebird first, they have a tendency to have those type of things. I know of several that are lesser known- -Sword and Sorcery 2 -Sword and Sorcery 3 and I do believe: -Sword and Sorcery 4(With Di Tregard) I'm at work, so I can't check other wise. Could someone please reply to me off-list ( whitewolf19-+AT+-hotmail.com ) what the RP thing is. I guess that I fell down on my lurking! If anyone wants a sheep that runs around your screen, let me know off list and I'll send it to you! ( whitewolf19-+AT+-hotmail.com ) My your significate Religious figure(or lack of) guide your path and keep you safe until we meet again! ~Raven WhiteWolf *Smile, it makes people wonder what you are up to!* ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 09:22:25 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) From: Elizabeth Hoffman To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: resend email system loosing mail Message-ID: Sorry this is a little late, I've just copied this from my sent mail folder. I've been waiting for it on the digest, that and a fairly urgent request for work. So here it goes again. --Nightsong wrote: Heather wrote: > Okay but anyway my mother brought up something that I >thought I'd ask you guys. She asked me what I reckoned was wrong with >Randale (he kinda faded away, was in pain, was tired all the time). I >suggested maybe a type of cancer but she said but then why would he be >the first person to get it? Wouldn't the healers know what it was if >thats what he had? So what do you think? ---- Maybe he had some kind of blood disease...sickle cell anemia? Or maybe it was a type of cancer, but the healers had never encountered it before. Even in real life there's a first time for everything. There was a time when we didn't know what cancer was. Or maybe it was something Misty just made up...some kind of magic disease. ----- I'm going to disagree about sickle cell anaemia, unless we're arguing that its something Leareth/Ma'ar/Falconsbane gave Randale magically. Otherwise he'd have had problems from birth on and anyway both his parents would have had sickle cell trait and that would have been mentioned. Anyone know more about thalessimias? They're a bit like sickle cell anaemia and you could get a similar result if you put a 'magical' block in the haemoglobin producing genes and it wouldn't have to be the same place, its a big region to target, possible? Any votes. I'd like a book on whats to the west of the Pelagiris, the Tayledras must know they've cleansed the land in that direction. Wasn't that where all the neutrals (neutral adepts) from Black Gryphon were? Was the Trevi / trelvi ? pass permanent gate (the first permanent gate Urtho exploded) in Black Gryphon where the big hole through to the Magma layer was in MPromise (I've forgotten the country, Bairnes?). With both sets of mage storms why didn't it go majorly unstable, there was no mention of it in the storms books, 700 years seems very fast to have cured the problem. ---------------------- Elizabeth Hoffman E.G.Hoffman-+AT+-soton.ac.uk ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 06:27:02 PST From: "Abigail Laughlin" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Fluffish--don't hurt me! Message-ID: <19990204142703.7880.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com> <> Well.. actually, for Isis I get mostly black and gold, with some white... Kassa is purple and red and gold. Timandra I'm not sure about... there's blue and brown and red and I think some black. Yvonne is harder... white and purple, with paler blue-greys, grey-violets, and pale dusky pink/pink-grey, all bled together like watercolors. <> Eeeeh... I dunno, but I think it may be a *tad* bit much. It brings to mind fantasy computer games called things like MysticQuest and The Ocarina of Time. (Okay, not quite... Fusing words without removing capitals, like CircleStone, is a real pet peeve of mine and makes me twitchy.) Personally, I think Circles of Stone would give the same effect without going over the top.... just IMHO. Your call. Zha'hai'allav'a, Raven "What's wrong with him?" --Dani's player "He's under the influence of an Elixir of Madness." --DM "What will fix him?" --Dani's player "A *very* sharp dagger." --Lilangeli's player ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 08:11:56 PST From: "Abigail Laughlin" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Stelvi Pass/Highjorune Message-ID: <19990204161157.20074.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com> <> That's the Jerlag Gate, in Stelvi Pass... and I don't think it was in the right place to be the hole in Highjorune (I think that's Lineas, not Baires, but I'd have to check). Urtho's Tower was where the Dhorisha Plains are now, and the Palace where Ma'ar died was where Lake Evendim is... (I think. I'm fairly sure it was the palace that went up, and not Ma'ar's personal stronghold further back. Stelvi pass was on the lines before Ma'ar pushed ahead and moved into the Palace, so it was probably... huh. Come to think of it, that could very wel be the place--but if the explosion punched through to the magma layer, wouldn't there have been a lot of molten rock right after the explosion? Hm. Zha'hai'allav'a, Raven "You take two points of damage." --DM "Oh, hurt me again." --Athis, in a voice halfway between sardonic and obscene. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 11:34:31 -0500 From: Ellen K Fluharty To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: MERCEDES-LACKEY digest 1865 Message-ID: <19990204.113432.-3946623.0.efluharty-+AT+-juno.com> Heyla listsibs, To Katie, So far, we haven't heard about your classmates' deaths here in Granville, WV. I don't know if that can be any comfort to you, but it hasn't spread this far. (either that, or I am more out of touch than a thought..;-) ) Hopefully when you return to school all of the vultures will have cleared out and your school and town can begin to heal. In Valdemar, death is probably handled as a mostly private thing. When Heralds die, there is a death bell but, it is still I think something that the heralds (and the herald's family) deal with privately among themselves. After all, without mass media to spread news quickly, the news of a death would take quite a while to reach a huge number of people who were uninvolved.... ******************** To Yvonne and Lady G, Thanks so much for the chocolate ice cream cookie dough sheep....(ooo...caffeine!) and the sheep chocolate mint cookie. Yum, Yum.... "Thanks for your support.," Ellen says, getting crumbs everywhere... ********************* On the soundtracks thread: One of my favorite soundtracks (for a movie) has to be the one from Labyrinth. I've always thought that the instrumental music written for the goblin city could be used for any kind of fight scene. I often think of things in terms of music, but it usually music I've made up in my head. ******************** Peace, Ellen shena Liha'irden Lady in Green Keeper of Ingrid, the boogie woogie beanie lamb WV Spy for CfWD She'endra to Laurel shena Dester'tale ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 13:32:51 -0600 From: "Shaffer, Erin Elizabeth" To: "'mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk'" Subject: RE: Fat Mages Message-ID: >>>Speaking of mages, something occured to me today at school...at some >point in winds, Darkwind mentions to Elspeth that there are no fat >mages, except those that grossly overeat all the time...yet in storms, >it mentions a time or two that most of Tremane's mages are out of >shape/slightly overweight due to middle age coming on...I don't think >that, being a part of the Army, they'd be liable to overeat all of the >time, so...*shrug* What's yalls opinion?<< > I think this has to do with a LOT of things. First, working with NODE magic is what decreases appitite if I remember correctly. Second, Tayledras don't get out of shape period, and Heralds rarely do. Generally mages are active people besides just magic. Secondly, in the Empire mages lived a life of major luxury. Extavigant lifestyle for the rich, starvation for the poor...like most such societies here on Earth. The EE reminds me of our Roman Empire, and remember how Romans ate! Imagine if vomitoriums weren't so common, hey? Rome would have died out purely from obesity. And the mages in the armys didn't fight, so I'd guess they didn't train like soldiers. Just my guesses. Davin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 15:29:16 EST From: LunaWrye-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: RPlist name,CoS, My name Message-ID: <7ce5d22c.36ba031c-+AT+-aol.com> Oh don't worry. I would never use Spiral Dance. It is lovely but it has much significance elsewhere obviously... Hmmm. Circle of Stone. I just don't see...... perhaps..... but it just doesn't' sound like words to me. I need an unusual way to slip in something meaning word, or story or such. often times Ruins include picture stories or such to tell of things..... but maybe. There has been talk of color ... and such. I feel. The emotion that comes from the word, or I hear the other meanings it can have. which is why it is hard to pick a name. It has to SOUND like a place, or thing. But also it has to sound like a place or thing that involves the telling of a story, or words, or ideas, or such. Communication of someway. Not JUST a place. I don't know if anyone can understand that..... but that is how I am. I have been a kind of prisoner in my own mind, heart, house. And I have been severely abused. This is why me name Freedom Justice Walker has such significance to me. I want the Freedom to bring Justice down upon those that have harmed me. Then I will Walk away and find a place and time to heal myself with true friends. I am not there yet. But someday I hope to me. That name inspires in me hope and very strong emotion. If I ever do by chance publish a book that is the name It shall be under, for under this mask I wear that is who I am. I would love a more pretty nickname. Like SilverHeart or SkyFire, or Gemini Airn but always under it all Freedom Justice Walker sticks for some reason.... Luck Be. Freedom Justice Walker Walk Free ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 14:36:35 PST From: "Sara'in k'Lora" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Quotes, RP list Message-ID: <19990204223636.24462.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com> <> I think she has parrots. Somewhere, in some authors note or something, she says something like (WARNING: this is not exact) "I prefer children with feathers. I have macaws, cocatoos..." Quite a bird person. Even though parrots are an obsesion I can understand... <> Sorry to take so long about this, but I think there is a webpage with a list of Shin'a'in quotes and such. You can find it at . It's a great little site, but not mine... <> Hey, I'd be happy to help with that... If you don't have the members already. *Is a little behind on list reading* And could you reply off-list? Put something distinctive in the header (To: Sara'in) or I'll never get to it... Sara'in k'Lora Shin'a'in trained sword-dancer Bonded to macaw Sundancer (It seems the bird got the Tayledras name...) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 18:38:43 EST From: Rainwing-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: flaming/profession Message-ID: <192a1e7d.36ba2f83-+AT+-aol.com> Greetings list-sibs, Thank you for all your wonderful welcomes and splooshings I have read the Newbie Fest and Auntie Mel's rules of thumb, but I don't quite understand flaming. Exactly what is it and why does it happen? Thanks =0) Ellen shena Liha'irden wrote: << I was wondering, if you had a choice about what kind of profession you could pursue in Velgarth and you couldn't be a Herald, Healer, Bard or Mage of any type, what would you be and why? >> I definitely agree with being a Hawkbrother, that would be great. I'd also like to be a Shin'a'in horse breeder. Or maybe a mercenary. I'd like to be an artificer, but I'm terrible at math. Crystal sheep to brighten thy windows, Rainwing ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 17:54:16 -0600 From: kalistia firemyst To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: mystic ruins devoted to the gods of sheep Message-ID: <19990204.175447.14078.0.kalistia-+AT+-juno.com> skywolf: me and my friends can sing RENT all the way through, and do, quite frequently...where ya gonna see it? i saw 'riginal cast in nyc and the tour in houston ::big grin!:: and btw, i totally agree with you (skywolf) on the grade things...i don't like the fact that education and grading is so impersonal...you have so long to learn this or that, and if you're a slow learner in certain things (me!!!) like calculus or physics schtuff, too bad...i think in valdemar, as far as talia was concerned, the sharing of the notes was so she'd be familiar with what was going on in the classes, and i think there was a grading system, but possibly one of those prove to me what you know or understand...anyone else have any ideas? katie: haven't heard about the deaths in texas...my thoughts go out to you and everyone involved possibly and obmisty...when i read anything i get emotions from the names...sometimes colours accompany the thoughts, but usually in form of some type of costuming (i act, and these things run constantly in my brain, and besides, the voices say it's ok) Ellen shena Liha'irden: i agree about the soundtrack to the labyrinth, (in fact i'm listening to it now) and i'm still trying to learn the lyrics to chilly down, you know 'em? Obsidian: i'm not sure what you should do about the pics and your page, but the least is to give credit where it's due (imho)...have you possibly asked the person who you got the pics from what they did to put 'em on? they might be able to help ya...just a thought... Freedom Justice Walker: i'd be interested in your rpg, if ya could give me info too, i'd be willing to bribe you with *insert flavor here* sheep... and about the name...i dunno, i could brainstorm with some of my buds if you could gimmie a tad more info... and i wish i could boast a use-name like you, i pretty much got mine from a deja vu-ish dream... ...where'd everyone else aquire there's, that hasn't already said? too much babble for one day...sorry for the fluff...what's it take to become a knight of fluff? fluffy sleepy-time sheep for all... zha'hai'allav'a kalistia firemyst newly appointed head of the CfWD texas spy division taurean by birth and attitude ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 22:14:59 -0500 From: Jeffery Kuebler To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: :o) Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19990204221459.006a4450-+AT+-pop.mindspring.com> Hi everyone~ Katie, I know how you feel, and I'm very sorry you have to go through this. When I was a freshman, three sophomores (would now be seniors) were killed in a car crash the week of homecoming. I didn't know any of the girls, but I knew the girl whose house they were rolling that night, and the crash happened in my neighborhood. My mom woke me up the morning after it happened and told me about it, but nothing could prepare me for what happened when I walked into school that morning. The grief was tangible. Most people look at me funny when I say that, but I'm very sensitive to emotions, and I swear the grief wrapped around me as soon as I walked into the building. Our school didn't close down or anything. Councelors visited the classes that the girls were in, they were remembered at the homecoming game and dance. The football players wore black stripes on their helmets, and the marching band wore black ribbons on our arms. And a candlelight procession was held. Their names are still put on their class shirts, and they are remembered well. I'm sorry that you have to go through something like this, and please know that my prayers will be with you and your school. BTW- Don't ever feel bad about venting on this list. That's one of the greatest things about it. There are so many people on here who have experienced so many different things from so many different perspectives, and I think being exposed to those perspectives makes us better people. -+AT+->---`------- *The Lady Astreia makes a formal entrance, greeting her friends with chocolate sheep lollypops, and sinks gracefully down to the floor at the base of a huge oak tree, her emerald colored skirts billowing around her, and she falls off to sleep for the first time in three days... (wake me when it's time to stop)* ZODIAC THING: I'm a Virgo. Can anyone tell me what my personality is supposed to be like, and I'll see if it coincides with *my* opinion of myself. DARKNESS THING: I have always viewed darkness as a good thing. Maybe I'm just strange, but it has always seemed to be a source of healing and peace. It's also a beginning, a place from which the light comes. The Neverending Story (one of my fav movies) When the Nothing destroyed Fantasia, it was returned to darkness, from which a new and better Fantasia was born. I'm also a musician, and one thing I've noticed is that silence is great. It's from silence that music comes. And if any of you have ever tried to be in a place that's totally silent, you'll get really frustrated, because there are always cars on the highway, or crickets, or even just the wind. I think darkness and silence are both underrated. VOCATION IN VALDEMAR THING: I'd be a bard like Stefan. I love music. Music is my life, and I'd want to be able to help people with it. I'd want to be able to share my gift with others. In my spare time I would study at the collegeum, and maybe become a teacher. I think I'd also like to be a firecat. Firecats are so cool (Altra was one of my favorite characters, and I'm such a total cat person) FLYONS AND DRAGONS: I am, as you know, the Keeper of Dragons. If anyone knows of any good sights with dragon pictures or dragon anythings, please tell me. Right now I have a very large collection of unicorn pictures (if any of you want the sights, please ask). And I have never seen a flyon, but I'd really like to. If anyone has a picture or knows a sight, please tell me!!! Thanks. HAPPY THING: I ordered the Shadow Stalker CD. Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh! *Jumps for joy and can't wait till it gets here!!!! I have HH&H and LL&L. If any of you have soem of the other Velgarth soundtracks, I'd be interested in your opinion of them. Question: When you first heard the Misty soundtrack, was it not what you expected? Did it kind of grow on you until you can't remember not liking it? *OTHER HAPPY THING: I got more books!! Books are the greatest, and I just got four of them. Bound to make any crappy day better. I got the Princess Bride. If you've seen the movie, but haven't read the book, you're missing out. The book is about a thousand times more hillarious. I also got The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. It's a children's book, but it's always been one of my favs. Has anyone else read it? I got Heart of Darkness, because I had to for English, and a book called The Glass Dragon. I know nothing about it, but it's about dragons, and it looked good. HELP!!! By the average age group of the people on this list, I think you could help me here. I'm a junior in high school, and I have a really good friend who is a senior and getting ready to go off to college. The problem is, is she's getting a major case of Senioritis, and I've suddenly become too immature, and I don't understand how she feels about anything! (I'm exactly three weeks younger than her). For those of you who are in college and remember your last years in high school, or those of you who may have the same situation, does nayone have any suggestions? Darkness, Silence, and Peace to you all Zhai'helleva, ~Lady Astreia, Proud Knight of Fluff, American Spy for CfWD, Keeper of Dragons, Slayer of Morons, Bardic Trainee, and Princess of Bruhaha and Everything Obscure. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 21:14:08 -0800 From: Yvonne To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: TO TIGRESS OR ANYONE WHO HAS IRL CONTACT WITH TIGRESS Message-ID: <36BA7E20.3155-+AT+-planet.eon.net> Heyla! Sorry about this, but I was wondering if TIGRESS or ANYONE WHO HAS CONTACT WITH TIGRESS could do me a favor. See, I did some advertising and there are a couple of ppl who would like to 'sub to the List, except they haven't been accepted yet. They're kinda anxious to get on, but can't, and I really don't want to have to act as a Listserver again. *sigh* Thanks! Yvonne :) ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 1866 **********************************