From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V1 #315 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 Tuesday, November 24 1998 Volume 01 : Number 315 Today's Filings: ----------------- dux.... Apologies Hannah and Kathyrin in one weekend! There is no joy in Muddville... I've Never Been Big On Mail Re: There is no joy in Muddville... please take cover I'm caught between the moon & New York City I hate home. Cricket ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 00:54:37 -0800 (PST) From: "Jordan W." Subject: dux.... i am dux! fucking yes! taking bows.. jodie: welcome to the fjord. nice to see another aussie powerfinger just played here. they were awesome. taves, whassup? you should get a job in Armidale. we are the education capital of the world. plus i live here. so we could start our own cult. plus we could have conBENshuns. yay. do apoligise for last night, was less than sober... Jordan _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 22:24:37 +1000 From: Jodie Subject: Apologies Goddayum - sorry about the double up post yesterday. My computer sucks majorly most of the time, and yesterday it sent a really old file that I did not want to send & did not realise I had sent until I saw the rf's today. SORRY!!! I would like to ask for some advice from you guys, particularly advice from a male aspect - all on behalf of a friend, of course!! My friend Sarah ( aka Sarsie) and I are big basketball fans and follow the CBA league religiously. Anyhoo, she quite likes one of the players from the club that we support, whose name is Paul (aka Potsie). Unless he is a very astute reader of body language, there is no way that he could have known of this attraction prior to July. Just for those who may be interested - he is a Gemini and Sarsie is an Aquarian. Ah, but what happened in July I hear you ponder ...... well in July Sarsie actually met this guy. And what a meeting - his team had just won the title in the National Basketball League (Go the sixers!!), and we had the self introduction happening - along with a hug and a kiss from him. This gave Sarah confidence, as she had been getting some positive body language from him ( she & I are both into reading body language), but now that she had actually spoken to him, it was time to take it further. The following weekend she rang him and asked him if he wanted to go out for coffee some time, and HE SAID YES!! He said that he was busy that week, but that she should call him the following week and he would have a better handle on his schedule by then. Sarah said she would call him on the Thursday. The Wednesday before the afore mentioned Thursday Sarah actually got to see him again at a Civic reception, and brought up the coffee date thing again, and he again reiterated for her to call him to set it up. Now heres the bummer - Sarah did not call him on the following night as planned, but waited to see if he would call her - which he did not. She has since spoken to him about rescheduling and has left messages with his roomie to call her back - all to no avail - (btw - roomies name is Tom aka Tank and not too bad looking also!!). She then saw him out at a game about two months after the commencement of the 'courtship' and he agreed to meet her for coffee after that game at a cafe near his house. After the game we were unavoidably detained by a really long train and bad traffic lights, and so took quite a while to get to the cafe and he was not there when we got there. Unsure whether he actually did go and could not wait or if he bailed on her. So, the questions are: 1) Would he agree to a date if he was not interested? 2) Should Sarah have called on the Thursday when she said she would? 3) Should she call him on a Thursday any time soon and fluff her way around the fact that it is not the original Thursday she was meant to call on? 4) Should she give it up as a lost cause? - btw - this would be hard for her to do, and probably upset her greatly. So, for those of the male gender on the list - How do you feel when an attractive girl phones you and wants to go out on a date? (try to remember your footloose and fancy free days, fl!) For the second time today, apologies, this time for the mercilessly long post, but a new perspective on the problem would be great. If any further info is required, well, you know where I can be found!! Thanks "Shall we shag now or shag later? How do you like to do it? Do you like to wash up first, you know - top & tails, whores bath. Personally, before I'm on the job I like to give my undercarriage a bit of a 'how's your father" - Austin Powers. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 16:48:44 -0500 From: "Lyons, Anne" Subject: Hannah and Kathyrin in one weekend! Psyche! So hey all! S'up? Yes, I am stoked that Hannah and Kathy-rin both posted in my weekend editions of the Fjord. How cool is that? Now onto my banal drivel: Me: I have to admit that I have yet to buy FOP. I intend to though... really. I just haven't been out of the house much for the past week or so. That is actually why I am posting today (Sunday) -- I felt like I hadn't gotten anything done in a week, so I figured I would come in and work on Sunday. Of course, posting here isn't actual *work* -- but since my boss is here and she saw me working hard (on a Sunday) earlier -- that means I get some playtime, doesn't it? Of course, Markus is screaming that he has been working weekends for the past month and a half and that I'm a big ol' wimp... but who cares what that freak sez, right? Obviously I'm just joshing him. We all love that percussionisissist, don't we? Which reminds me... Markus: Thanks for the correction... I wondered if it were bated, but left my rant in for the meager amount of humor contained therein. Which reminds me... Sandi: Don't tar everyone who responded to Katie (that is, the non-San Antone resident) with the same brush... if you check my post, you will find it accusation- & meanness-free. I felt badly that she felt the need to cast aspersions on Erik and many other list members (myself included), but I actually found her post to be quite humorous and responded in kind. I guess I don't really have a point, except to say that not everyone responded with vitriolic spew. And as to your comments on Fear of Slop... even though I have yet to hear the song in question... I agree with you. I thought that sexual screaming on albums went out with "John! Yoko! Johhhhn! Yoooooo Kooooooo!" But I digress... I saw AmHistX yesterday. I quite liked it. Of course, I think Edward Norton is pure genius, so that might bias me a bit. But for the life of me, I can't figure out what the hell Tony Kayte was ranting about... But... I did feel that Edward Furlong's perfomance was a bit off. Can't put my finger on exactly what was off... just that it was off. And I think looking for the 3-D boat in the mall for so long must have really done something to Ethan Suplee to make him manifest his white rage so fully. There's a joke in there... think about it. = ) Let's see... Happy 29 to Markus! Happy 21 to Ginger! Happy Happy to Matthew! Happy Happy Happy Day to everyone else who have b-days in December! DAYamn, we have a lot of Nov-Dec-Jan b-days on this list! Me? I'm turning two-nine on one-twenty. Damn. I'm old. OK -- now I need to go home and get excited for the X-Files. Mmmmmmmmm... time travel. Have a nice Monday everyone! - -Anne P.S. Are you guys tripping? I'm not publishing my private number on here! Y'all can pay to use the 900 number like everyone else. = ) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 09:33:44 -0500 From: shirak@umich.edu Subject: There is no joy in Muddville... Besides, what other way can you make four months of your measley salary last a lifetime? And what else have I ever asked you for, besides the ability to read my mind? And I didn't get that either. Yet. Anyone who recognizes where that line comes from rocks my world. If not, I'll give you the answer after the next Files. Anyway, let me explain the title. I told you all that my ex was coming back into town. Well, I don't know whether it was just longing for what once was or the six months of involuntary abstinence, but there was a part of me that was hoping for something to happen. Well, I looked in her eyes when we first saw each other again (reading eyes is one of the most useful skills you can ever learn) and anything that was once there was gone. I mean, she was friendly and happy to see me and all, but it was just the realization that we were over. It's partially my fault for being incapable of falling out of love, but it was still just a shitty feeling. That, and Grease is over now so I don't get to stare longingly at the girl who played Rizzo. My love life sucks. Anyway, on to happier thoughts. I have to agree that FoP sounds like something Ben did for fun, and that's exactly why I like it so much. It's so rare that you hear people playing for the joy of creating music, rather than catering to their genre or fans or labels. It's a work that comes out of Ben playing around with things he wanted to do. You don't have to think it's a musical masterpiece, you just have to appreciate the randomness, the strangeness, the (dare I say it?) Discordianism to the whole thing. Anyway, duty calls. I'll catch you people later. Love each and every one of you! Hail Eris. ERIC ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 08:33:07 -0800 From: "Kamp, Marcus S" Subject: I've Never Been Big On Mail I won't even dignify any Katie defenses w/a response...oops, guess that IS a response. Oh, well. JORDAN (I think): You can't "do" anything about your friend who was sexually abused. All you can do is stay friends w/them. The last thing someone in that situation wants is to be treated any differently. They don't want you to walk on eggshells, treat them like a victim, go out of your way to "check on them", or any some such. That experience makes one feel as if one is somehow "different" from everyone around them, so treating them as if they are only worsens things. Yes, by all means, be there to listen or help if they wanna talk or ask for something, but only if THEY ask/bring it up...don't force the issue. Let it come out on their terms. There's a weird stigma about such things that doesn't exist in other types of abusive situations. Our society's way hung up on sex & that makes that particular type of abuse especially difficult to handle. You're right to ask, because it's also a difficult situation for friends to handle. If ya just continue your friendship as normally as possible, they'll have an easier time coming to terms w/what's happened & YOU'LL grow more comfortable w/knowing how to handle it as well. I'm not saying avoid the issue or whisper about it or any of that shyte, but just hang on & be there for 'em if they need. Don't go out of your way as I can almost guarantee they already feel a wee tad bit outside the norm. The best thing to do is to be a solid, dependable friend. Deadly Faerie Tales countdown: 7 days. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 16:11:46 -0600 From: Vamprrella Subject: Re: There is no joy in Muddville... shirak@umich.edu wrote: > Besides, > what other way can you make four months > of your measley salary last a lifetime? > And what else have I ever asked you for, > besides the ability to read my mind? > And I didn't get that either. > Yet. Rasputina! Wowzers.... someone actually likes 'em besides me and, oh, everyone on the Raspi mailing list (entitled "The Goths".... heehee). So do I rock your world now, Eric? ;) See ya, Kristin ICQ#4662877 "I want that diamond I want it so All of my irritating friends will know That I have worth Not only that But that you love me even though I'm fat." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 16:09:58 CST From: "Fearless Leader" Subject: please take cover this could make you laugh. As I was browsing through some CHEAP cds today, I came across one which asks the question, "where are they now?" it'll make ya wanna... jump jump yup. Kriss Kross. wholly mully. shiver me timbers. um, I didn't buy. I was thinkin' of purchasing it and making copies for Markus and Spence, but I remember they told me they had a copy already stashed in the clothes they used to wear backwards. This flash from your past has been brought to you by Fear of Pop, the latest release from Ben Folds, of the zany group, Ben Folds Five. See, I can thrown down on some Bentent with the best of yawl. Get busy tonight. - -FL Oh, and I don't remember my footloose and fancy free days. Well, I do, but my pre-marital agreement states I cannot discuss them while currently hitched. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 23:43:34 -0500 From: Spencer Corden Subject: I'm caught between the moon & New York City Man, oh man! The ICQ#'s and phone #'s flew out faster than you can say, "FL wears Dukes of Hazzard Underoos". Mine is 23638959. So I guess I'll see youze guys on the mojo line, eh? Christopher Kross. Oh, god. I can't believe you didn't spring for it, FL. What's a lousy $3.49 between friends? Shit, I forgot. I already have it stashed away. I guess memory is the first thing to go. Well, that and my rational thought. Go figure. Jodie inquires: <> Confused and wondering when she'll get her sight and good taste back. In all seriousness, that has happened to me a few times (quick snickering, Markus, E, and Anne. Especially Anne.). Each time, I accepted and had a pretty good time. One time, though, I ended up with a real psycho. Sitting on my couch, having a drink, this one girl told me that she wanted to help people. She went on to say that she wanted to be a psychologist and asked me if I thought she could do it. I responded, saying that if she went to college and got the appropriate degree, anything was possible. And I swear to god, this was her response: "Spencer, do you think I could be a psychologist *without* going to college?" My immediate next words were, "I'm sorry, Monique, but you'll have to go now." And now, it's time for the Spec-errific top ten list: TOP TEN THINGS I'VE HEARD STONED PEOPLE SAY: 10. Man, how good would some *mayonnaise* be on this beef jerky? 9. I never realized 'til now how *deep* Barney is... 8. I can taste every single sesame seed on this bun. 7. hi. my name is matthew. 6. I'm his buddy, Markus. 5. Pink Floyd must have studied 'Wizard of Oz' forever to get the music on 'Dark Side of the Moon' to sync up.... 4. Dude, this *really* makes Disneyworld a 'Magic Kingdom'. 3. You mean FL grows this shit in his own back yard? 2. I mean, really. I'd do Martha Stewart if I was really desparate. and the #1 THING I'VE HEARD A STONED PERSON SAY: 1. Wait. What'd I just say? Sorry to tie up so much bandwidth. You guys enjoy the holiday, all right? Spencer "I can pin Anne in under a minute, Xena suit and all" Corden ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 23:41:51 -0500 From: john_oc@juno.com Subject: I hate home. I hate being home. School just let out for Christmas holidays...now don't get me wrong, I am glad that we are out from now til after new year's, but being with my family for 5 weeks after being at school grates on you. I can't wait until, I get an apartment next year. You know what else I hate? Being dumped. More specifically, being dumped without being told. Now, I don't know what I do to women, but this is the second time this has happened to me. This girl I have been seeing, Holly, just out of the blue stopped talking and returning my phone calls. She goes to school in New York, whilst I am in Ohio, and she hasn't returned my phone callse for a month now. I stopped calling her two weeks ago. At first I thought she was sick, then I thought she was just busy, but now I've given up. Out of the blue, no explanation, no goodbye. Can we say, "Too embarassed to tell me she met someone else?" I can, and I guarantee that's what happened. Anyway, I'm depressed. And Ohio, is just too damn boring for me too! God, I hate my hometown. Hudson, Ohio is chock full of the snobbiest people I know. I was walking down the street with my mom today shopping, and to middle-age ladies in front of us, stop suddenly outside a tailor's, saying "Oh my gawd, it's a tailor. I didn't know this was here!", the other pipes in..."Oh, oh, I hope they do alterations! Lets check!" This is a typical example of the conduct of people in Hudson. I can't stand it!!!! Materialism every where!!! I am going to move to Idaho. Oh well, that's enough of my rant for today...any other jobless in Ohio that want to hang and share music? I need ways to spend my time!!!! (rock) John "Close your eyes and you'll see nothing at all or maybe it's everything at once." --Issac Brock, Modest Mouse ___________________________________________________________________ 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: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 00:04:38 -0500 From: Spencer Corden Subject: Cricket Almost forgot. When I said about a week or so ago that I was being challenged by FL at cricket, I meant the dart game of cricket. Sorry for the confusion. Well, that post was about as exciting as my butt. Spencer "Hindsight in my case is about 80/60" Corden ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V1 #315 *********************************