From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V1 #269 Reply-To: rockford-files@smoe.org Sender: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk The Rockford Files Friday, October 9 1998 Volume 01 : Number 269 Today's Filings: ----------------- the worst week of my life... I think I wanna post. What Tina and Spencer have in common... ATTENTION!! Back from the dead with a shout-out to y'all Re: ATTENTION!! whoopsy whose a member of that private club? FEAR OF POP CLIP!!!!!!! It's not shite. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 04:13:14 -0500 (CDT) From: Anoop Ranganath Subject: the worst week of my life... Well, this last week could easily qualify as the worst week of my life... This happens every semester. I don't do much with my classes, I just kind of get by from day to day, and I do well on everything, but I don't work ahead. And then one of those week comes up where everything falls down at once kind of like the planets lining up in a straight line to signify the end of the world. The shit really hit the fan this week. Friday, I started to work on a 30 page requirements document that was due on Tuesday for software engineering. That's plenty of time normally, but the next day was something our school calls Outreach Day. Outreach Day is basically the entire campus getting up for one Saturday, and going out and helping out the community. That combined with this computer science thing in the afternoon knocked out my Saturday. Then Sunday I had to work from 6:30-10:00 at night. After my shift, I went to the math building and started working on my paper. I didn't get back to my room for 16 hours. I took a shower, grabbed a case of iced tea, and went back. I finished this paper at 10:00 AM on Tuesday. Three hours before it was due. Normally this wouldn't be so bad. Staying up for a night or two isn't a problem for me. But the problem is that I've had bronchitis for the last two weeks. I just realized it was bronchitis a few days ago, so I've been feeling pretty miserable. So then I grabbed some sleep, and then started catching up on the classes I'd neglected for five days (I didn't go to any of my Monday classes). I finish all that up, and get a few hours of sleep and go to class today (Wednesday). I was miserable, I sat there and participated and everything, but I knew I looked like I'd been run over by a train. I got back, called home, and got a doctor's appointment scheduled. So this afternoon I had work to do for some of my classes. I finished that, and by that time I had to get to work. I manage a coffee shop on campus, and I was working from 6:30 to 10:00 again. Three Finger Cowboy was playing in the Cellar tonight (the coffee shop) and I was REALLY psyched, cause they are by far the best local band in the Birmingham, Alabama area. Anyways, one of my professors is sitting in the coffee shop, and he wants to talk to me. He basically wants to know if there's anything wrong in my life because I missed class on Friday and on Monday, and I was totally out of it today. (It's a Mon, Wed, Fri class). I told him about the paper and everything, and he asked if there was anything else wrong in my personal life. I tried to explain that everything else was OK, but he just didn't believe me. So, finally, I got bored, went to Waffle House, came back. And just decided to go home. It's 1:30 in the morning now, and home is two hours away. I just get in the car and drive. Now I'm here writing this email. Well, that's been my week, that's not what made it so bad really, it's just so much other stuff happened that I didn't have time to deal with, and it all got really frustrating. I've sorted it all out though. My to-do list is freaking huge now, cause i kept adding stuff to it for those 4 days, but was only working on that paper. I have lots of good news for you guys also, but I'll save that for another email. I have _so_ much stuff to write that I'm going to break it up into about 4 emails that I'll send out every few hours. Sorry in advance to those that get the digest. Here's some stuff I'd like to get out there. Jump, Little Children show. All Acoustic, small, and extremely kickass. First tape I've made, I'll have MP3s of it shortly. I'll be seeing them in Atlanta on October 16th at the Cotton Club. Anyone else going? Belle And Sebastian in Athens, GA on October 28. I think anyone within 420 miles should make it to this one. It's at the 40 Watt Club of REM fame. Anyways, we ALL have to go to this one. I just did a quick check, there's a bunch of you here from Chapel Hill, that's about 350 miles away. For anyone in South Carolina, it's much closer than that. Anywhere in GA, you'd better be there. We could meet up there or something. I know there's a whole entourage of people going from my school. WE ALL HAVE TO GO!!! We could called it ConBELLEtion. BENtent? Yeah, I have some. The fellow in Jump, Little Children was wearing the Kiss My Ass Ben Folds Five shirt at their little performance here. I talked with them for a while, they're excessively cool. It was just like talking to some guy you ran into in a music store or something. Well, I have posts about love, life, and breaking the law, but I'm getting awfully tired. Well, hang in their guys, the week's half over. Anoop ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 09:14:23 CDT From: "Fearless Leader" Subject: I think I wanna post. A few of the usual suspects rear their cyber-selfs last issue. Jordan. I am not sure if I am a batman fl. I have always taken a liking to spider man, and of course, the wonder twins. But I don't think I want to get into a seinfeldian discussion about superheros. Anoop. I thought you blew yourself up in an engineering experiment, trying to clone the 3 wonder band members. Katy. Color me pissed. I totally forgot about the show and missed it. I am sure you have it taped. You must email if you do so I can get a copy. I was pretty darned *happy* from a night of socializing with political idiots all night. hey, free beer. It looks more and more likely that some old, beat up bus will be traveling from state to state, looking for fjords. Somehow I need to make this excursion into a movie, or documentary at the very least. Ah, check this out. A fjord sighting. As me and my pal were pulling into the fundraiser Monday, what does the license plate in front of us say? FJORD. heh.I thought of EACH AND EVERY ONE YOU CRAZY, ZANY PEOPLE. Now that everyone is back in school, has anyone in the carolinas seen running from anna yet? maybe they aren't together anymore. bentent. I am thinking. anybody have a birthday coming up (besides tina, who will be 40 on the 14th)? I'm in the mood for a party. Alright. Anybody's pet celebrating a bday? I can party for muffy or snowy if necessary. got some. ben folds is one HELL of a guitar player. make some noise. - -fl ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 17:13:40 -0400 From: Spencer Corden Subject: What Tina and Spencer have in common... FL inquired: <> Oddly enough, I will *also* be celebrating on the 14th. My poor, sainted mother went through excruciating labor pains in order for my birth almost 28 years ago. She claims she feels a whole lot better now. I don't doubt her. Anyway, everybody drink one (or 12, whatever...) for me and Tina on the 14th. I sure as hell will be enjoying an *extra* dry martini and some lounge music. Spencer "will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64?" Corden ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 18:51:03 EDT From: Eriklyons1@aol.com Subject: ATTENTION!! Since this *IS* an Elliot Smith maillist, here's some info: There is a webcast, LIVE, tomorrow night @ jamTV's website. Just saw it today. carry on. - -fl ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 19:10:32 -0400 From: Dan Cohen Subject: Back from the dead with a shout-out to y'all Yes, I know. It has been a hell of a long time since I've graced the files of Mr. Rockford with my golden voice, but I feel vivacious and frothy this merry afternoon (it was a near-record sixty degrees this morning so I wore Birkenstocks to school, but it grew chillier and rainier as the day wore on...poo on me for not listening to Dave the Weatherman! Anyway, it's been a pretty interesting week. Apparently, the Homecoming thing isn't happening unless Helena decides to ask me to the Sadie Hawkins thang Saturday night. If worse comes to worse, I might commit social heresy and ask her myself. But anyhow. I have a large, illegal party to go to Sunday night at my bro-dawg EJ's. EJ's mom found out that the thing was going down and warned him about it. So I guess the girls aren't spending the night, as was the original plan. And he's only going to invite about 10 people. And the girls are all staying at Tricia's, but "might stop by". Etc, etc... I didn't tell y'all about Saturday night, so I will now. Saturday night I went to Funscape with my friends Rob and Ej and Rob's psuedo-girlfriend Meredith. "Stupposedly" they're not going out, but as you'll see, that's not quite true. We horsed around in Funscape for awhile, played some air hockey, and Rob and I had a few classic showdowns in Tekken 3 and the big ol' jet ski game. Then we decided to leave, because Rob and EJ still can't drive past 9 pm. The decision was made to go to EJ's and watch a movie ("Waiting for Guffman", which Rob naturally left at his house) and also spend the night. Terry LaCasse, who is a freshman who EJ knows, came along, followed by Tricia, who had recently broken up with her boyfriend and was being REALLY aggressive toward EJ. So we decided to watch the Disney version of Hercules. I curled up on the floor and the two couples took the couch. About halfway through, Terry and I heard these slurping noises. It was like being in a surround-sound mack-fest. Yowch. But I realized something, too...as much as I really thought it was a bit rude of them to just go at it, all I wanted, that night, in that place, was someone to be with at the very least. The door was open. It was forty degrees out. I just wanted a hand to hold (not my own, before you get any ideas). And I realized as Hercules did his thing and they slurped that that was really the only thing that keeps me from being a well-rounded person. I'm such a joker that I've effectively forced everyone around me not to take me seriously. And I have no one, really, to confide in. Hmm. Same deal with watching "Dawson's" last night...that whole scene where Joey and Dawson kissed, while it was oh-so-anticlimactic and awfully "Boy Meets World"-ish, it was what I wanted. I'm getting so sentimental now, but it's true. I only hope I can at least get semi-drunk at the party Sunday night and break out the D-force. Oh yes, and Jen needs to be dropped down a well. Katie Holmes is my object of intense sexual desire (well, one of them, anyway). Yecch. Well, I'm not at Mr. Liverpool because I'm penniless, although I really wanted to see Jason Fasulo do his Austin Powers impersonation complete with strip-down-to-Speedo, because Jason Fasulo is the mandingo. Bottom line is I get paid tomorrow. If only I can score a last-minute date to the dance... ~!!!DAN!!! UIN: 13907258 Scooter Ride Through Hell: http://www.wwwvoice.com/index3.html Quote of the Day: "Bleh." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 19:11:38 -0400 From: Dan Cohen Subject: Re: ATTENTION!! Eriklyons1@aol.com wrote: > Since this *IS* an Elliot Smith maillist, here's some info: > > There is a webcast, LIVE, tomorrow night @ jamTV's website. Just saw it today. > > carry on. > > -fl Yeah, really, guys, get with the program. What's this Folding Five shit anyways? ~Dan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 19:13:13 -0400 From: Dan Cohen Subject: whoopsy *JUST* so I don't get flamed...that URL in the last post is actually as follows: http://www.wwwvoice.com/index3.HTM (not .html) ~Dan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 19:34:59 EDT From: jaedonely@juno.com Subject: whose a member of that private club? Hey guys, Gotta give myself props for my 17th on the 20th, I dont have school that day and I told my friends that they must take me out. To youse who have birthdays on the 14th, I believe you share a bday with one Brendan LInehan, my stupid crush whose like Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting, he just isnt a genius, hes a good runner.=) It is a stupid [guilty] crush, the only time he paid attention to me this week was Wednesday, when I wasnt wearing the uniform, and I looked hot because I had to go to a Harvard book award breakfast at the Harvard Club. I did look cute though, and I actually had fun flirting with Brendan, who currently has a nasty black eye... I am not having sex, I am in fact a pure and chaste catholic schoolgirl, and the biggest walking pathetically single hormone I know.=) Worked at the Big Party one night this week, talked with the cute kid Nick, setting up a base level of knowledge, its all good. It was actually kind of fun, the little kids were running around, being cute, and trying on these goofy halloween costumes. And Nick is hot, and I overheard him defending me against this other girl whose negative. Good sign men? THis weeks rolling stone sent me into a frenzy. 1) Did you guys see Rufus Wainwright in beautiful, gorgeous color? anyone know if hell be in boston? 2) My heroes, Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson, kicking it in nice suits! Alls well with the world! Love to you all! ~Elisabeth ___________________________________________________________________ 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 or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 00:56:02 -0500 From: "Anoop Ranganath" Subject: FEAR OF POP CLIP!!!!!!! It's not shite. Well, I'm sure this is old news for you guys, but this clip just popped up in the newsgroups. It's the Shatner track. http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicAntihit/home.html http://www.canoe.ca/JamRealAudio/fearofpop.ram Enjoy kids. I know I did. It's very 80's technoish. I laughed my ass off. Anoop ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V1 #269 *********************************