From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V1 #310 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 Thursday, November 19 1998 Volume 01 : Number 310 Today's Filings: ----------------- it's really quite lovely tonight spence, how could i ever forget you... Wine party WoW! a very good night indeed Re: Wine party dorkahontas Re: The Rockford Files V1 #309 Dan, Stacy, and Spencer's almost-but-not-quite-kinda-sorta adventure (if you could call it that) Re: spence, how could i ever forget you... I love having senority! kittens i've been fop-a-fied ideas abound Re: i've been fop-a-fied notes from the zulu Katie wants to be heard... A mega-response post Spencer's bio ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 03:52:44 -0500 From: Dan Cohen Subject: it's really quite lovely tonight I wish I didn't live in the near-urban suburbs so I could see more of the Leonids tonight. It's partly cloudy after three days of rain and nastiness, as if the clouds decided to part to let us see some of the showers. Obviously, the city lights drown a lot of it out, but you can still get the idea. It is, as the topic line reads, beautiful. My mom stayed up with us until about 2 or so to watch it; I'm the only one awake and I figure, hell, everyone's posting tonight... Spencer's joke is the funniest thing I've ever heard. I have to tell it to my compadre Eric (he's "the big fat stinky Jew", I'm "the little fat stinky Jew" since he's at least 8 inches taller than me), but I'm afraid he might not know what fellatio is. Time to think of an acceptable synonym. For what it's worth, although I can't let you all call collect, mon nombre de telephone est: (315) 453-9469. If you get a younger sister, leave a number and I'll find a prepaid card laying around or something. I'm rarely home before 6 pm EST, although this week of nasty health has been an exception to the rule. I hate having a sinus infection, or the flu, or whatever it is. It blows beyond comparison. My glands are starting to swell, which can't be a good sign. But I shall survive, a la Gloria Gaynor. Only I won't begin singing lousy gospel songs after my stint as a diva washes up. If Spencer truly wants to hear us all, perhaps we can arrange an Iparty some night. Kristin- I know the feeling, believe me. It turned out that a couple weeks ago, I couldn't go with my dad to a football game, which is our main source of autumn bonding, because I was needed at work. Last week, I couldn't go because he didn't have an extra ticket, so he had to cancel on me. We're talking about the Miami game if we can get tickets, but nothing's written in stone. Considering that we don't get too many chances to be father and son with our schedules, it's hard, but important to us both. I was a deranged executive for Halloween. I wore my suit from last year's production of "Harvey" and a big bloody mask, eyeball dangling out of socket, etc. Very cool. Much better than last year, when I was rushed for time and settled on a toga, which was not a good choice in forty-degree weather. There's something ever so much cooler about Halloween on a Saturday. OK, so Matthew kinda slapped some sense into me. I'm going to shut up about my love life for a while, because it really can't be all that interesting time and again. Besides, I frankly don't have the free time and/or the creative energy to say anything besides that it sucks. Boo-yeah. (And it's even worse if Jordan isn't doing it.) Someone said to me today, "Dan, what happened to your nose? It looks different for some reason." I didn't get it at first, but then I remembered my infamous tubing escapade in August. "Well, I broke it three months ago." "Yeah?" "Uh-huh." "Oh...yeah, that explains it." My only question is, if you see me every day for eleven weeks, you don't notice it right away? That's really crazy. Maybe I should start wearing my hair down to compensate. Which would mean, what, combing it so it's almost an inch away from my ears? :) Brandy got major-league back. I noticed that too. Oh, and yes, the movie sucked. But did I mention that Jennifer Love Hewitt is, um, well-endowed? Damn. I am looking forward to Very Bad Things though, to see if Cameron Diaz (gaw-DAMN) can do it again. And Daniel Stern's in it! I haven't seen him in anything since, like, Bushwhacked. Eek. Welp, I'll end it on that note. I should get another couple hours of sleep in...I can feel the happy medicine making me all sleepy and stuff. Night... ~Dan "And I was all like, listen, punk, I'll ram your head up your ass until you're sniffin' some kidney if you do that again!" "And then what happened?" "He kicked my ass." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 01:01:11 -0800 (PST) From: "Jordan W." Subject: spence, how could i ever forget you... ..you are the coolest. and i mean that, but i don't like clouds. i got up at 4 freaking AM. 4!!! and it was cloudy! and i only saw 20 meteroities. poo poo to that. but i played talisman for 4 hours with my friends while we knocked back a carton of stollies. lemon ruskies..mmmmm :9 i want to drink that wine with you. either that, or a nice semillion. ah, the pleasures of my mother's wine cellar. :) i could beat you all at cricket! damn, people! i'm the only opening batsman-wicketkeeper i've ever met. dan, i caught your disease. sometimes, i really wish that my life wasn't soo close to yours. so now i'm sick and posting when i should be studying for my physics assessment tomorrow. plus, i swear, spencer owes both a lesson in "how to become a swingin' cat". actually spence, what ever happened to that seminar that you, me and markus were having? i swear, we let dannie-boy into that for free :) ok, now here's a pop quiz, this weekend should i: (A) go to party A with my close friends, and stay sober. Chance of picking up, as well. (B) go to party B, get drunk and score. (C) go to gathering C, no chance of scoring, but good friends, good music, lotsa pot and alcohol or (D)Go to sleep for the entire weekend. :) it's nice to know you have options, isn't it (: markus and scott! where are you guys? Jordan _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 05:28:31 -0500 From: Spencer Corden Subject: Wine party It's final. There will be a "Wine and Whatever and Ever Amen" party at 'Chez Spencer' whenever you guys can get down here. Don't worry. I'll get some folding chairs so your butts won't go to sleep on the floor. Just got off ICQ with Dan and Stacy. I haven't laughed so hard in quite a while. Stacy is one damn fast typist. She would make a hell of a pianist. Would you care for some lessons, m'dear? Plus, it was 5:30 EST and Dan had class in 2 hours. You know, that's what sucks about college. But the cheap beer balances out the down sides of the equation. Break a law tomorrow. For me. Spencer "Avoidin' 'Johnny Law' at all costs" Corden ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 03:33:23 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: WoW! a very good night indeed ok. I have things to say of mass importance. If you do not listen to courtney's show, you should be ashamed, very ashamed. This show ROCKS! The first couple hours, I heard a great variety of lounge/jazz/swing (both modern and traditional in all catagories) and right now I am listening to some great stuff. Lets see, she played a Slimstyle band! (which reminds me I HAVE to call Rusty tommorow!!!!) She played Frank Sinatra for me! woohoo! And Now I heard the best REM song, I heard an awesome B&S song, I heard a great Elliot Smith song, I'm hearing all kidns or really great stuff. I am telling you, listen to this show. Every Tues 1am-5am MST. You do the math for your own timezone. here is the URL: http://www.usc.edu/dept/student-affairs/KSCR/index.html Ok. Other fun stuff tonight. Who has icq on here? let me know! Cuz last night a couple of us (me, Dan, and The Long Absent and Much Missed Spencer) all chatted for a while. A grand time was had by all. Life is good. I have good CDs to listen to. But right now I would much rather listen to Courtney. I'm not going to bed, cuz i'm having too much fun being awake. I have class at noon, I can do this. yay college! Stacy Cuz everyones my friend in New York City And evertything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty The streets are paved with diamonds And there's just so much to see But the best thing about New York City is you and me. --They Might Be Giants "New York City" http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf icq #7641939 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 03:38:54 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: Re: Wine party >There will be a "Wine and Whatever and Ever Amen" party at 'Chez Spencer' >whenever you guys can get down here. Don't worry. I'll get some folding >chairs so your butts won't go to sleep on the floor. Sounds like a plan. > >Just got off ICQ with Dan and Stacy. I haven't laughed so hard in quite a >while. Stacy is one damn fast typist. She would make a hell of a pianist. >Would you care for some lessons, m'dear? Plus, it was 5:30 EST and Dan had >class in 2 hours. Well, I actually did play the piano in middle and HS. But I quit cuz I didn't like the whole practicing thing. I played what I wanted to on my own time, and that didn't jive with the parents or the teacher. I've actually learned how to play Missing the War, though a bit slower than Ben plays it. > >You know, that's what sucks about college. But the cheap beer balances out >the down sides of the equation. cheap beer? I don't know where you went to college Spencer, but I get all the beer I want for free. Of course, I am a girl... Believe it or not, it does help. >Break a law tomorrow. For me. Hmm... well, wonder what I could do... Stacy *still buying too many CDs* Lynn Cuz everyones my friend in New York City And evertything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty The streets are paved with diamonds And there's just so much to see But the best thing about New York City is you and me. --They Might Be Giants "New York City" http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf icq #7641939 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 05:17:33 -0800 From: flames on the side of my face Subject: dorkahontas well, i emailed the RF a reminder about my show. unfortunately in my infinite absent mindedness i sent it to onelist.com rather than smoe.org. but Stacy listened and called in! and we chatted away for a good 15 or 20 minutes. she made me jealous with all her CMJ stories, but i'm busy figuring out a way to go next year. anyhoo, i was about 20 minutes late to my show because Komeda did two encores, which prevented me from leaving. oh, but it was such a good show. i don't know how many of you saw them back in the day when they opened for BFF, but they are really fun live. and i don't know why, but swedish people are just more amusing. His Name Is Alive opened and were pretty good. very eclectic. and their stage had tiki torches and cardboard cut out jungle animals. and i must give the ever patented "big ups" to Chris at Minty Fresh for putting up with all my phone calls and getting Gustav the tour manager to put me on the list. i even got an all access pass but i didn't have time to use it as i had to scamper away to my show. For Halloween i was Posh Spice too. i had on the little black dress and the ever famous pout. well, i should hit the hay as it is 5am and i'm planning on hauling myself out of bed in time to go see Phantom Planet play on campus at noon. too bad Spencer's wine party is too far away. but a friend of mine is having a Beaujolais party on saturday to christen the new 1998 vintage. it should be fun. especially since a lot of music industry people will be there. schmooze schmooze schmooze. ~Courtney The Sultraness of Swing "As long as they don't get pelvic, we should be okay." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 11:05:21 -0500 From: shirak@umich.edu Subject: Re: The Rockford Files V1 #309 You know, I went into Tower Records to go pick up FoP yesterday, and they told me they didn't have it in stock anymore, 'cause some extremely cute blonde went out and picked up the last one. Great, so now I have to track Kristen down and do horrible nasty things to her. I really don't want to, but the little voices in my head are telling me to do it. ;) Anyway, life is hectic for me. I'm one of the assistant stage managers for our production of Grease, which goes up on Friday. 42 member cast versus a 7 member tech crew. Fun fun fun, 'til her daddy takes the T-Birds away. ;) It's a really great show, and a lot raunchier than the movie ever was. I mean, we've got vehicular sex, drinking, smoking, swearing, partial nudity, and homosexual overtones. What a show. ;) Anyway, I'm going to go terrorize Tower again, and see if they've seen the light of day. And if they haven't, I'll have to start hunting Kristen.... ;) Hail Eris! ERIC ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 11:35:48 -0500 From: Dan Cohen Subject: Dan, Stacy, and Spencer's almost-but-not-quite-kinda-sorta adventure (if you could call it that) Stacy is a killer typist. She responded to some derogatory remark I made about "Rent" before I was finished with the damn sentence. Wowie. And Spencer's a cheap pervert who actually called me. I think my mom's half-convinced I'm secretly a flaming drag queen (not that there's anything wrong with that) due to the fact that strange men named Spencer from Tennessee leave messages at 4 am. In _completely_ non-related news, I have it from very reliable sources that "Madame Boom-Boom Yamaha" will be appearing at Spence's party exactly the weekend that I'm out of town, um, looking at colleges to go to. I forgot to add that I haven't yet become a FoP-tart, as I never did make it to the mall yesterday. As I'm sick from school again (read: I woke up, took a look at myself, said "screw it," and went back to bed), I am stuck here with a dilemma. I could hike down to Borders, flaunting my out-of-school-ness. I could wait until after work, but then it'll be even more butt-cold than it is now and dark besides. I could wait until tomorrow and go after school, since I'm off work Thursdays. This is a likely scenario, but in all reality my lazy ass might not get fopped until the weekend. So much for being an active youth of America. Swedish people are ever so much more amusing. Yes, there's the whole exchange student thing, but I've noticed in general that Nordic people seem to have a happier outlook on life than we Americans. Like, we get pissed and bitchy when the sun sets at 4, but in Sweden it only shines for about three hours (when you're sub-Arctic) in winter. And our winters are shit compared to theirs. And I've run out of things to say about Swedish people. Damn...the Jordan/me parallel thing is too much. Someone should kill one of us to see what happens to the other one. Like, I'm going to punch myself really hard in the gut, OK? There. Did it hurt? Answer to your pop quiz: (E). Do A, B, and C. Nothing's better than being the party-hopper. Just be sure to go to the pot party last to avoid nasty smells when you're at the scoring party. You can all have some of my yummy nasal discharge...free of course. I know how to treat my friends. ~Dan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 13:25:30 -0600 From: "Scott Schneider" Subject: Re: spence, how could i ever forget you... >markus and scott! where are you guys? Lurking, as usual... Nothing really new here. I haven't bought FOP yet, as I don't have any money until I get paid on Friday. I didn't really like "In Love" on the CMJ sampler-- thought it was really cheesy sounding, but I'm willing to give the rest of the album a chance. Ginger and I adopted a kitten yesterday. She's a 10-week old brown and black tabby, and is very friendly and playful. Quite adorable. Garbage concert tonight in Madison. Wish me luck! Scott _____________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Scott at http://www.globaldialog.com/~sschneid ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 14:28:05 EST From: jaedonely@juno.com Subject: I love having senority! Hey guys, I think I may have a really cool job to do for school. I am a senior captain of the human rights squad and we are having World Of Difference Week soon, and I am Music Coordinator. So, that means I get to choose the music that is played during lunch all week!! HAHAHA!!! Unfortunately, I did have to condesend to the norm when picking types of music, but we will have Swing Day, 80s Day (YAY! YAY!) R&B Rap Day (what a chore...popular rap without swares that is not annoying....if I had my way Id play the Beasties) Oldies Day (I was thinking of some rockabilly, Elvis, a little Simon and Garfunkel, and definetly some prime classic rock) and lastly, Soundtrack Day, which is my evil plan to play Elliott Smith, but Ill probably end up playing stuff from those soundtracks that shamelessly cater to the youth market. I know you guys are opinionated, so youre welcome to send me personal music advice, but my school is very generic music wise. And Id love a set list from Courtney's show ...any week will do... ~Elisabeth "I know! You can pay a little Celine Dion, a little James Taylor"-my teacher(roll my eyes!) ___________________________________________________________________ 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: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:36:58 -0500 (EST) From: Ginger Nance Subject: kittens Okay, Scott mentioned our little kitten so I had to share my ramblings. She's adorable! I was visiting him this weekend and we went to the Humane Society and picked her out and to make things easier, just said we lived together. Hee hee. Chapel Hill and Madison are so close, right? :P So then last night he went and did all the final adoption stuff, and now I have to wait a month before I can see little Sonrisa again. Sad. Oh, her name is Sonrisa (which means smile in spanish)--Risa for short--b/c when she meows it looks like she's smiling. To quote Ms. Shorter: cute cute cute! Today was very strange. I went to Old Navy and couldn't find anything to buy! What is this world coming to?! Oh well. I'll try again in a week, then they'll have new stuff. I, too, am FOPless. And not really sad about it. What the hell is In Love?! "I CAN'T commit!" Ugh, Bill, go back to whatever it is you're doing these days. Grocery shopping on $15 a week rules. Rice rules. Pasta rules. I've become quite the starches/carbohydrates girl. I'm sure you care. Ginger :) Ginger Nance ginger_nance@unc.edu http://www.unc.edu/~gnance ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 17:19:33 EST From: Vwbugn5890@aol.com Subject: i've been fop-a-fied Katy-- sorry about your bad experience at sam goody with fear of pop. i went there to get my copy because it was the nearest record store and i couldn't wait any longer. but the guy working hadn't put it out yet and to my surprise he actually asked me if i was looking for something. and he knew what i was talking about when i asked him for it too...luckily it was behind the counter and i could buy it...very overpriced i might add Stacy-- i seem to be addicted to buying as well. my goal is to fill as many cd towers as i can. however, my parents don't feel the same way, seeing as how they also pay off the credit card bills. when i don't have the money to pay them back with they get rather upset and took away my card for like two weeks. whatever, they're such softies, got it back now and i'm buying away :) fear of pop is good stuff...personal favs are fear of pop, in love, i paid my money, and rubber sled... shan "And I'm melting..." ~ Gravity Kills ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:19:50 CST From: "Fearless Leader" Subject: ideas abound Hello members o files. I have been tossing the following idea around. The Holiday season (so PC) approaching, and if you are like me, I get nice and warm and fuzzy. I like to share the holidays with others, and whilst you have heard my grumblings in the past regarding the "end of civilized humans in general," I hold the contention that everybody can try to be nice around the holidays. So, and this is up to you guys, I wouldn't mind having a RF holiday mailing list available for those of us who would like share the holiday spirit with each other. THIS IS VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION. So, you may post your opinion to me in private or on the list. IF you don't mind sharing address, I can gather them, post them and/or email them to those who wish to have them. I don't mean to intrude on any privacy issues. I just like to spread the love! Tis VERY nice to see Spence. In just one post, he has given me the itch to drive to his wine party. And Jordan will be there? No, that would cost a bundle and cut into his Party Fund. I demand there be some type of High-Profile entertainment at your house. Maybe Bill Shatner in concert? Dammit Jim. Sandi, how goes it my friend? I think Ginger and Scott are practicing with the kitty for future younguns. Note: The cat will always land on his/her feet if you drop it. Babies haven't perfected that move yet. Except for Kate, for she can do no wrong (except that mushy crap that comes out of her butt and stinks, stinks, stinks.....). All the rave was yesterday's Super Tuesday for music releases, yet no mention of Mr. Folds. Damn that Mtv. Although, Jewel....mmmmmmm.... don't hate me cause I like Jewel. On a Jay-Z related note, Annie is at the community theatre this weekend and the Annie they cast is just adorable. time to go home. cha cha cha. - -fl ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:15:48 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: Re: i've been fop-a-fied my Fop buying experience story... I really didn't want to take the car to go to Zia to buy it, and I have pretty much renounced every chain store here in Tucson. So, I shop at Zia, and occassionally Zips. So, I go down to Zips (its a bike ride away, right on University Blvd) and I looked in Fear. No Fop. So I looked under Folds. No Fop. I looked under Ben. Again, no Fop. So I looked for One Amazing Night, the Burt Bacherach tribute. Not there. I was disheartened. I searched the store for something I mgiht want to buy, but for once, Zips didn't have any used CDs that I wanted, and their new ones were for once too high. I was sad. I asked the lady at the counter about it, and she was super nice, saying she could special order. But I wanted it today, dammit. Sill not wanting to break out the ol' Volvo (I LOVE my car... but I didn't want to drive it a mile to Zia. It seemed like such a waste) I knew there was another store biking-distance from here called CD Depot. I'd never been there. Thought "what the hell. I'm getting it on the day it comes out, and I am NOT driving to Zia." So I went to CD Depot. I was so pleasantly surprized when I walked in the door, the guy at the counter greeted me, and wa really nice and asked me if he could help me find anything. I said "yes, Fear of Pop, Volume 1" and he looks thoughtful for a moment... and I say "Ben Folds' solo project." "Ah yes! I knowwhat you are talking about now. Tell me, where would you look for it?" and I told him, 1st fear, then folds, then ben. He had it with Ben Folds Five, which is actually under Folds. Anyway, he was super nice and very helpful, and the prices there were too damn cheap so I bought more stuff. >fear of pop is good stuff...personal favs are fear of pop, in love, i paid my >money, and rubber sled... I love those ones too. Stacy Day comes I wake, I wake with a hard heartache I go down to your place We sit and chat about New York... --Rufus Wainwright "Danny Boy" http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf icq #7641939 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 17:42:49 -0600 From: "Thomas Kluis" Subject: notes from the zulu Hey! I too tried to purchase FoP at Cheapo records today, but they were confused about the whole deal. Should be in tomorrow. I did want to buy a bunch of Maxell XL-II's so I can boot the BNL show this weekend, I figured if I was going to drop a big load of cash, it might as well be all in the same day. I'm hoping to get into tonight's screening of "Very Bad Things" at the U of M, I love Mr. Favreau. Lucky bastard marries Ms. Diaz in the movie (or tries at least). I was a Zulu warrior for Halloween, but I think I already posted about that. I'm finally over that damn cold, though. Elisabeth- a human rights squad? I am continually amazed with the activities of normal size schools. My graduating class was 70, so we had very few of those type of organizations. Stacy- I lost my ICQ#, and if you still have it from this summer, would you email it to me? Spencer- PHC is taped in Minneapolis for most of the year, and I got in the rush line for the second show of the year. SOme old gentleman came up to me and offered me a great ticket with his family for face value! I was five rows from the stage, right in the middle. It was one of the most memorable two hours of my life, I love the show. Do you ever listen to This American Life on NPR? That's one of my other favorite shows (along w/Car Talk). Jordan- I'm for (E) the party hopping choice. Anyway, that's all for me right now. OH, if anyone has BFF or DMB MP3s they want to exchange, let me know. Don't drive like my brother Tom ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 19:18:16 EST From: Eriklyons1@aol.com Subject: Katie wants to be heard... the following is a note from Katie (funshnbear@aol.com). it didn't make it past the server, but by the tone of the email, she wants a few of you to join her. far be it from me to not let this be america and not let you filers have a chance to make up your own mind. mind you, I have never said a bad word to her and had no idea this note was coming. and by the way, congrats to those of you who she likes. maybe someday I can live up to her standards.... so here it is, Katie's note: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This list sucks, I'm [leaving]. People who rule on this list (past and present): Dan, Ginger, Scott, Sara, Lucy, Sandi, Emily, Calvin, Kathryn, Courtney, and Jordan. Funny most of those people are on the pit. Since this list pretty much gives me jack info, there's no use reading repeat posts and then it's sprinkled with some "I'm in my late twenties, early thirties so that makes me better than you" drivel that well.. is about as entertaining as watching my cat clean itself. You should ask my mom what she thinks of you guys, it's fucking hilarious. Infact I think that you should ask half the list what they think about a certain fearless leader. Speaking of which, he's anything but .. fearless that is. You should see the stuff he wrote to "Ben" entertaining on a rainy day. Whatever. - - Katie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 19:53:54 EST From: Lennonita@aol.com Subject: A mega-response post These are all mashed together, so respond at will... How does one even PLAY cricket? When I was in England I watched it on the telly a few times...so confused. Though I guess anybody who didn't know the rules of football might feel the same way... Spencer, about that lasagne comment...no feckin way! Katy: Every time I wear my Ben Folds Five WaEA t-shirt, someone invariably asks me, "Who's Ben and what does he fold five of?" Stacy: RENT is great! Aren't you glad you've been initiated into the Clan of Rentaholics? Just don't get psycho with it. I've seen it BECOME people's lives. *shudder* I've recently joined ICQ and can't figure out how to use the damn thing worth crap. I'm # 22523593. (feel free to chat with me or whatever.) That reminded me of something funny...USC sent me an application. Enclosed is page with a short note and stickers on it that I'm supposed to put on all my app. materials. It says something like, "Dear Megan, we'd like to let you know that at USC you're more than just a number to us..." ...but the stickers are a bunch of bar codes! I'm more than a number, I'M A FREAKIN' BAR CODE, DAMMIT! YEAAH! I'm not applying there anyway. Whoever it is who wants go to to Univ. of Wash. in St. Louis...I know several people who go there. They like it muchly. (muchly SHOULD be a word.) Eric, your production of Grease sounds fabulous. I wanted to do Rent this year, but we'd have to edit the life out of it. Having Maureen be "lebanese" just wouldn't cut it... I like FoP. It's good driving music. I, um...*ahem* ah... *cough*sortalikeInLoveforsomereason*...really, I do. Are they saying "coriander starchild" in the background of that at some point? And I SWEAR he's saying Robert Sledge. It sounds like it more at the end. FL, I, too am sad I didn't live up to Katie's expectations. As she puts it, "Whatever." Long. Rambling. Semi-coherent. It's just another post in the life of...Meg. Someday I'll post something real about my life instead of just responses. Meg "I hope I can get all this work done without killing my personal child." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:32:55 -0500 From: Spencer Corden Subject: Spencer's bio For the record: 1. I'm in my late 20's. But not by choice. Talk to my parents about that. 2. I'm better than all of you only because Jesus loves me. This I know. For, the Bible tells me so. 3. I was voted "Most Likely To Type Drivel On A Mailing List" in high school. 4. I just got really expensive front row tix to watch Katie's cat clean itself. 5. Erik *is* fearless. I once saw him drink milk that was one day over the expiration date. 6. I ought to at least be on the waiting list of 'people who rule', b/c Dan told me all about the secret handshake. You just touch thumbs and say "Oof!". 7. I have my mother come over once in a while and read the Files. She says that she loves you all. Especially Markus. Make up your own joke there... In all sincerity, I'm sorry that Katie decided to leave. More than that, I'm so surprised that there are apparently others who aren't happy here. That's a shame. This is a great forum for us, and FL worked damn hard so that we could exchange random ideas outside of "Brick" in an intelligent, informal, and comical arena. So let's all give it up for the man, OK? Oh shit. My zipper's down. Gotta go. Spencer "Let your love flow, like a mountain stream" Corden ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V1 #310 *********************************