From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V2 #29 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, January 7 1999 Volume 02 : Number 029 Today's Fjordian Filings: -------------------------------------- And I'm back, ya'll! Happy New Year -- PART 1 Happy New Year -- PART 2 Positivity Ben in SPIN comment kool, or lack thereof. . . sorry to interupt again, Web-cam-o-Rama! Re: Positivity Okay, raise your hand if you are paranoid! Brrrrrrr.. Re: Okay, raise your hand if you are paranoid! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 09:00:14 -0500 From: shirak@umich.edu Subject: And I'm back, ya'll! Okay, I return from the holiday madness, feeling better about my decision to leave home, and worse about my taking Michigan over USC. No chance of a snow storm there... Anyway, I had a great New Years, except for the fact that the only people I kissed were three lesbians (my favorite lesbian and her two girlfriends,) my ex, and one girl who's like a sister to me and her sister. Mildly disconcerting, when you stop and think about it. Ah well, gotta love Ann Arbor. On Saturday, however, I had a blast. I went to a Rennessance party (yeah, I'm THAT kind of geek ;> ) with some of my friends out in BFE (Butt F*ck Egypt, for those who don't get it.) It snowed like mad, but I had fun drinking, avoiding nobility, and learning swordplay. Some of the people there are trained in every single midevil weapon there is. It's really scary. Anyway, I had my fun, and decided not to stay out in BFE but to attempt to venture home. Now, the trip in good weather, should have taken about 35-40 minutes. It took us four hours total to get back. My pants were frozen, my cloak was frozen, my sash was frozen, and I was not a happy camper, to say the least. But, I survived, and have been stuck at home ever since. Anyway, I just wanted everyone to remember my existance, and for my reading suggestion of the moment, try Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. Any friend of Tori Amos is a messed up man, and his villains show that. Laters all! I love you, each and every one, even if the FL is a Cubs fan! ;) ERIC Rule of Acquisition #76: Occaisonally declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 09:30:46 -0500 From: "Lyons, Anne" Subject: Happy New Year -- PART 1 I sent this yesterday but it was too long and it got bounced. So E sent it back to me and told me to cut it up. So I am. But I tell ya... it almost makes me want to forget my resolution. Here's PART 1: ********************************************************* > Hey all! > > Happy 1999 to all y'all! I love that we get to start anew every 365 days > (or so). At least that is how it feels to me... And I hope your season of > giving was all you hoped... remember... it's good to be the Santa. > > Here's some answers, odds-n-ends etc. > > Markus & E: Thanks again for the holiday greetings. You both made my day > (and on two separate days even!) > Sinforosa: Sign me up! Let me know if you still want me to hoof around to > likely radio stations (I was thinking WFNX Boston, WAMH Amherst, and > whatever the UMass station is...). If you have an agent or whatever, I > suppose you should ask shim first... > GAP commercial: S'news to me. I haven't heard a thing... > Thinking for myself: Is that what you think I should do? > F&LiLV: It's strange... while I loved the performances and the visuals... > the whole enchilada left me flat. I just felt myself wanting it to end... > Les Mis (the movie): I usually love Liam and I'm a fan of Miss Danes as > well... but I expected so much more from this... I guess it was just that > I really loved the book. > Shakepeare in Love: I can't wait to see it again. Really. It's too bad > there's so much nudity in it (for those of you who are big Gwyneth Paltrow > fans... run run run to your local theater for a peek!) -- or else they > could have used this baby in high school English classes to ram home the > point that literature is not created in a vacuum. Tom Stoppard & Marc > Norman are gods. The screenplay is that good. Besides the incredible > writing & gorgeous visuals (and I mean something besides La Paltrow's > breasts)... it's got some wonderful acting as well. Both Paltrow and > Joseph Fiennes were finally handed parts that they can sink their teeth > into. Not that they haven't done a commendable job in the past... but the > last two things I've seen them in (A Perfect Murder for GP, Elizabeth for > JF) were parts that were *extremely* one dimensional. Anyway... who cares > about JF's acting ability when he's got eyelashes that are approximately 3 > feet long? And, DAMN, are those lips begging for a little nibbling or > what?* Not to mention the always delectable Ben Affleck** stretching his > acting chops to take on a smaller, but fun, role. All in all -- this was > one of the two best films I saw in '98 (along with SPR). And these two > films by far eclipse anything I saw in '97 or '96... Anyway. Anyone who > sees this... feel free to drop me a line and we can chat about the > Shakepearian construct of the film itself... > 8-track: I still have some stashed away, my friend. Let me know if you > would prefer The Four Seasons, Nat 'King' Cole, The Beach Boys, The > Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack, Jim Croce, Three Dog Night or something > else... > Jez/Letters: I never sent a letter to BeFeF... so I have no idea. > Rey: Hi Rey! > Snow: We in Massachusetts didn't get any -- we just got freezing & normal > rain. I'm not sure whether I am relieved to have missed the dumping or > jealous of you midwesterners! > The Identity of Sardonic Spice: I know! I know! I know! Pick me!!! ********************************************************* [TO BE CONTINUED...] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 09:31:11 -0500 From: "Lyons, Anne" Subject: Happy New Year -- PART 2 [Anne's too-long-post is CONTINUED...] ********************************************************* Dreams: I have YET to annealize Stacy's dream (at least I *think* it was Stacy... I apologize!). So I will do that one first and then John's driving dream. MOUNTAIN DREAM: Stacy, a while ago, had a dream about climbing a mountain. Wait a minute... this is WRONG. I shouldn't attempt to annealyze without re-reading that baby... I need to go look it up... hold on... OK... here it is: >I do rememnber my dream. It was weird. I was climbing a >mountain, and when I got to the top, I rode my bike down... and the scenery >was beautiful, and cruising down the dirt road on my bike was nice and >fast, but then I took a wrong turn and was headed down a very dangerous >path... I had to stop, and it was like I was falling, or about to fall, and >I had to climb, claw, and scratch my way back to the top, and someone was >helping me, they grabbed my arms, and pulled me up as I climbed. But I >don't know who that was. But then, when I got to safety, I looked at the >path I almost fell down, and it wasn't really that scary after all. It >wasn't even that dangerous. It wasn't really a cliff that I should be >hangin off of. In fact, people were walking up that path, and it was >shorter than the road I would have taken! Sometime later in the dream, I >went to the Conan O Brian show with Rey and Leigh... [more deleted] Well... now... not to embarrass anyone (*grin*)... but in the unconscious dreams about mountains are translate to how you feel about your sexuality and sensuality. So dreams where you are frightened of climbing etc would translate to you being afraid of something that is going on in your sex life. So here's my call. You weren't frightened when you were climbing up... just when you were riding down... so that would call to mind being frightened of what comes AFTER intimacy... i.e. you were frightened of some of the future pitfalls of relationships. Let me put it this way -- once you ascend a mountain... there is still the descent to contend with and that is what frightened you more. BUT... then you put your faith into someone to help you through the "difficult part" -- which is a terrific thing, because it means that although you are frightened of what may happen in a full-fledged relationship... you are not afraid to reach out to someone for help (whether that is your partner or a friend or a family member). Then, after that someone helps you, you notice that the descent truly isn't that bad after all -- that many other people go through it all the time -- and there is always someone there to help you. Later in your dream, you revisit the time where you met your boyfriend Rey... so that says to me that that is the "unknown" person who helps you on the mountain. Or it could be Leigh or even Conan... *grin* -- but I would put my money that your unconscious was casting Rey in that part. So, to sum up... you have absolutely no problems with sexuality and sensuality (indeed -- the "scenery was beautiful"!). You may have had some fears surrounding intimate relationships, but because you "learned" to rely on someone else, you learned that the rewards are worth the scary parts of the mountain! Good dream, all in all... Or of course, you could have been partaking of a little too much eggnog... and that might have caused the 8 foot tall Conan... = ) DRIVING DREAM: John recently had a dream about driving -- but driving from the passenger side of the car (I won't clip it, as it was not too long ago). Here are my thoughts: Well, first off... the interpretation depends on whether there is someone in the driver's seat at all... If there IS a driver, and yet you are still driving from the passenger side... I would guess that this is mainly a control dream. Someone else is driving... but you take over from the passenger side. This might mean that there is something in your life that someone is doing for you that you feel you could do better. But instead of "taking over" (making the driver get out and you get in to drive)... you just try to "help" from where you are (driving from the passenger side). It might be because that person is older or more experienced (they have their "license" so to speak) and you feel like you *can't* take over entirely because you are "not allowed" (i.e. no "license"). If, however, there is no one driving... and you are just driving from the opposite side... the interpretation is a bit different. In that case... you are stepping up to get the job done because no one else is able to do it. But you are still holding back something of yourself... you are still driving from the passenger side. So maybe there is a situation in your life where someone else "dropped the ball" and you have had to pick up the slack*** and take control. But you are not totally committed to the project or situation -- and perhaps you feel a bit guilty about that. Maybe you resent having to take over -- so you feel that you shouldn't have to fully commit yourself. Or maybe you feel like someone else will take over at any moment, and you won't have to ever really be "in the driver's seat". Or of course, you could have had a few too many bowls of Apple Jacks before heading off to bed... And BTW... I'd love to hear if my annealyses are WAY off or dead on or somewhere in between... I like doing stuff like this (I read Tarot cards too)... but if I am TOTALLY off base, I just need to stop. = D So let me know... Oof. This is a long one, ain't it? *smile* Take care of yourselves! - -Anne P.S. One of my New Year's Resolutions is to send at least one message per week to the RF... so look out! = ) * Is it extremely obvious that I am heading toward my sexual peak or what? LOL! ** Now it seems REALLY obvious that I am rapidly approaching my early 30s! *** Could I please use a few more trite cliches? Ugh. My writing skills have certainly deteriorated. My already tatterdemalion thoughts have scattered to the four winds! The more you take the less you feel The less you know the more you believe The more you have the more it takes today... ********************************************************* [Stick a fork in me... I'm done.] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 10:41:54 PST From: "Markus Kamp" Subject: Positivity I just wanna take a moment & say I love it when we support each other in our BFFanatacism instead of cutting each other down in an attempt to seem cooler than everyone else. I don't miss that shyte from the MA @ all! Just thought I'd share my happy thought! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 15:54:42 -0500 From: Jessica Brandt Subject: Ben in SPIN comment >There's a small picture of Ben, writing at the piano with notebook and pen in >hand. He looks a bit pale, and his bald spot and receeding hairline are very >visible, as well as a bit of a beard. That's about it. Hrrrmmm... Ah! The "Tortured Artist" pose....thank God for rock 'n roll Sandi: Ya kill me! :) that is all. Did you read the new Shrub? ahh... Jess *********************************************************** "Boy, get that stockin' outta your mouth."- Tom Maxwell * --+-READ THE SHRUBBERY-+-- * http://www.theshrubbery.prohosting.com --New Every Month- -Humor, Music, News and More-- *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 15:32:33 CST From: "Fearless Leader" Subject: kool, or lack thereof. . . well major markus, you are once AGAIN correct. I have come to terms with the fact that I shall never be cooler than anyone. When I have personal moments of "coolness" I am always happy there is someone there to share it with. The coolness was spreading like honey in chicago, and there were plenty of people to share it with. Thank god the firefighters were there to cool us down. Pause one moment. okay. raise your soda, beer, martini, boone's farm bottle, 20/20 wrapped in a paper bag. here's to those who are cool and know how to share cool. oops. raise ot once more. here's to that damn sinforosa cd FINALLY making out of production. one more time. let's hear it for trashy talk shows that always reassur me that MY life is not nearly as bad as I thought it was. what the hell, let's get loaded....ONE more time. here's to my bro-in-law, new addition to the list, who needs a pick me up. everyone send your best vibes to him, as this will be his first issue. he just adores benny and those two other guys, um, robert and david, er, I mean dennis....oh, wait, I mean darren, yeah, darren.... okay, so I am raising a bottle of scotch. screw it to me. okay, so I am at work getting drunk. it's not like I work for boeing or something, where big brother is ALWAYS watching me.... heh heh. okay, joke. ha ha. very funny metherfecker. glad to see eric is consorting with beautiful lesbians, anne still has wonderful way of telling it like it is, spencer has a impeccable way of lurking, markus is markus, and I think I feel a sinforosa review coming in an issue of the shrub. you think you got in rough? erikcam is in effect. I am SO busy during the day. don't hate me cause I'm beautiful! http://members.tripod.com/elyons/erikcam.htm and NO, there are no boogers in my nose, but thanks for looking. gawd, life is rough. peace on earth. - -FL ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 15:51:13 CST From: "Fearless Leader" Subject: sorry to interupt again, but, you CAN hate me for not typing very well and not using correct grammar. and for not having anything else to say. scroll on. .......... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 17:04:24 -0500 From: Dan Cohen Subject: Web-cam-o-Rama! I too have joined the photographic revolution (although I don't have the high-quality shit of one FL)... http://emsky.ddns.org/dan.html (Java-enabled) the actual picture is at http://emsky.ddns.org/ispy.jpg if you wish to go that route, but you can figure that out yourself by reading the page source. Off to the DMV. It's nice to be legal. Happy birthday to me! ~Dan Cohen "Shit yeah it's cool." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 19:32:43 EST From: Sandibrady@aol.com Subject: Re: Positivity In a message dated 1/6/99 1:44:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, mskdrum@hotmail.com writes: << I just wanna take a moment & say I love it when we support each other in our BFFanatacism instead of cutting each other down in an attempt to seem cooler than everyone else. I don't miss that shyte from the MA @ all! >> Was this a nasty poke at my post? My post wasn't cutting anyone down...it was just telling it like it is...I can see everyone doing what that guy wrote as far as the supposed conversation regarding Rubber Sled/Robert Sledge thing goes...a lot of you all already did that with all the "do you think there's any Rubber Sled/Robert Sledge connection?" and such. Perhaps if people read my post open minded and could actually read that article I so sweetly transcribed and could laugh, this list would be a better place... It was funny. The last line about the sound of Sony's money going down the drain was just hysterical, whether you liked the album or not. Ahhhhh....... - -Shortcake- A wise man whom I plan to marry one day once said: "Everything doesn't have to a soap opera." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 19:53:27 EST From: Eriklyons1@aol.com Subject: Okay, raise your hand if you are paranoid! READ posts. ENJOY posts. stop being paranoid. that is the last thing this list needs. it also doesn't need anybody cutting it down (in a round-about-way). I've said this before, and welp, here goes again.... we are mature, and grown up. we don't need a lesson in one-up(wo)manship on the list. IF you object to anyone, personally or otherwise, take it up with them, NOT THE LIST. I can vouch for those of you who indeed DO JUST THAT. You are examples to be modeled after. Thank you. Remember, this list is what you make of it. If you don't like it, quietly go on your way and you can be assured none of us will bother you. If you like it, we are glad to mix it up with you! I guess I am just saying, if you have dirty laundry, wait until the laundry- mat is empty to wash it. Thanks. - -Erik ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 21:23:45 EST From: SHAP99@aol.com Subject: Brrrrrrr.. ITS FREEZING HERE!!! You people living up north would probably think this pathetic because its barely in the 20's here in Florida. I am freezing my butt off. My school trains Olympic swimmers, so all of those swimmers have to practice outside in the cold. The pool is 82 degrees and they swim 5 miles for practice... I think thats like 280 laps or something like that. Geez, I guess when they get out of the pool the windchill makes it -10. Brrrrrrrrr..... It actually gonna be in the teens tomorrow!!! I'm watching the news, its supposed to be back in the 70's by Friday. this is wacky weather. Well, I should be going to the music store some time this week to get Rufus' cd. My mom saw him on some morning show and she likes him too. I guess I'll be sharing my cd. I was just wondering, while there are 1200 people who get the MA, how many get this mailing list? lov ya - ----> jez ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 23:07:42 EST From: Sandibrady@aol.com Subject: Re: Okay, raise your hand if you are paranoid! In response to Erik's last post: EXACTLY....don't take it out on the list. Perhaps the listowner should live by his own rules. ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V2 #29 ********************************