Bridget: I shudder to think what people who have recently stumbled upon this board think of us now. =P
Dala: Social Darwinism, Bridget dear, we're weeding out the unworthy ones :)
Hey now. That's not fair... I'm a wench, not a whore.... -Amber
Isn't that a lot like looking before you leap? What fun is that? -Nithri
Dala: I wrote that as "vreak" at first. Hmm. Looks like some weird kind of meat. A cross between veal and steak.
Luke: Use it in your SA story. It can be the Alliance's meat of choice.
Casey: Except for Casey, since she's a vegetarian and everything... yep.
Dala: Casey can have . . . faux vreak. Vreak substitutes made of vfoy.
Lurvey. -Claire
For the love of little green apples! -Jess
I invent words . . . "wumble: (v.) to stumble and wander simultaneously, especially onto a noncorporeal message board." -Dala
In general, in books or movies, evil should be attractive. If evil wasn't seductive, why should resisting it be admirable? -Nithri
JD Salinger lived up here. Now we know what his problem was. -Jess, on her state
I can picture Juliette as Scrooge in a Christmas Carol, except the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Christmas Present recoil in defeat and the Ghost of Christmas Future decides to give the whole thing a pass. -Nithri
Read books, it makes you smart. -Dala
It's a war book, yes? Because Dala not like war. War book make Dala sleepy and cavewoman-esque. -Dala
I am a whore for happiness. -Casey
I've had what could easily be called an identity crisis going on since school started. High school is changing a lot of things. Geez... I sound like an episode of Dawson's Creek. -Rachael
You may have a point there. I think males do suffer from breast envy. It is the symbol of the creative and nuturing force that nature has deprived them of. I think that it is "penis envy" that the psychologist should realise is very uncommon. I know I would not want to have one. (I might want to borrow one from time to time, but that is entirely different.) -Prudence
No matter which way you go, I suppose, there's always hell at the end of love. Oh, that was cheerful. -Prudence
I feel young and old at the same time. Young because I know none of the things that they know, and old because they know none of the things that I know. -Amanda
I swear, I will never ride through the town square in the buff. -Amber
Thoreau is a self righteous whore. Wait, I mean, he's a great American writer. -Amber
I *really* liked that sig. And thing is, if you were posting on "Just Talk" you could have whatever you wanted in your sig. But because we're a tame, intellectual, and not perpetually-horny group of individuals, we must be kept in check. -Jena
It doesn't matter. Male or female writers both seem to cut and paste when it comes to what I used to think of as the good parts. And nothing matches my experience. No fumbling, no hair getting caught under elbows, no messing around with birth control, no threats. -Nithri
Logan is . . . well, he's also Hugh Jackman. Which means he's sex in socks. -Dala
It may not be in your ethics to feel shame at something like that, but once you have been branded with the scarlet letter, it's hard to take it off again. -Amber
9/11/2001, 911, is a date that will live in infamy. In many ways it feels wrong to do anything but dwell on it.
But to do that, to the exclusion of all else, would give those who perpetrated this atrocity, a victory.
Though we should mourn our losses, and never forget the thousands of innocent people who died because of some grudge they had no power to assuage, we must go on.
In the memory of those who will never again laugh or cry, who will never again see their children or grandchildren, who will never again read a book or watch a movie, who will never again send someone an e-mail just to let them know they're thinking of them, we must do all these things.
We must work and play and enjoy life, knowing that it can end at any time.
And here, in the memory of those who will never finish the book they were reading and talk about it with friends, we must write about the books we have read and what they have meant to us. -Nithri
Dostoyevsky is a whore. -Amber
Men....they will die. -Casey
As a vegetarian, I find the concept of boiled dead bird for the soul a bit disturbing. -Prudence
I figured it out. Valentine's Day has the same abbreviation as venereal disease. Which is an STD. And no one likes those, right? -Mara
I'm evil, but it's a good kind of evil. -Jess
I once got TOSed for trying to rise a chat room in a communist revolt against the host. -Casey
Here's to youthful fantasies breathing their dying breaths. -Jess
These were little boys who got shipped off to some Satan-begotten country in a uniform as green as themselves, carrying the first real gun they'd ever held before. Even as they fought for their lives- against both bullets and insanity- people in their own country were cursing them. These boys were expected to take the life of another human being... or have their own life taken by someone they had never even looked in the eyes before. They went to 'Nam not knowing what to expect... and the ugly face of war was the last thing they ever saw.
They were boys. Average people. And they've affected me. -Jess
While I ocasionally defend our generation, most of the time it just seems . . . pointless. Directionless. With really, really, really bad music. -Dala
I don't even want uplifting in my bras. -Prudence
Gag me with a spoon and beat over the head with a dead fish. That book and Ethan Frome sucked rabid monkey [TOS]. No offense, Casey since you liked it.... -Bridget
Heh. They should give spell check some kind of funtional intelligence . . . but then the world might be taken over by intelligent spell checks. So scratch that idea. -Dala
Eye luff ewe. -Skulx
The Wizard of Oz had ruby slippers...and flying monkeys. Nothing can top flying monkeys.
....Stop looking at me like that.... -Faeline
Oh well, everything in excess, take big bites, moderation is for monks. -Nithri, quoting Robert A. Heinlein
Foolish Monkeys of Jabez! -Craig/Eis
We can sit here and talk about different paths that people have walked, but everyone looks up at the moon and stars -- great and small -- and they dream. My question is, what the heck did they think about when they saw the moon? Did they feel small? Did they yearn to touch it, to possess it? Did they feel like a fire was in them?
Did they think that they would die the way they did? Alone, despite those surrounding them? And did they think that they would be forgotten in the years and centuries to come?
We remember the greats. We remember Caesar and Pompey. We remember Charlemagne. We remember Hitler. We remember Shakespeare and Dante. We remember all of these people the history books force us to remember.
We -- meaning society in general -- do not stop to think about the other people who made history history. It was not made up of one hundred great people, but billions of people.
It's really sad to think that no matter how hard we try, we will all be forgotten. Gone. Scattered. A grain of sand in the Desert. "Things change. Heaven, Hell, and the world moves on." Who remembers the compassionate Roman girl who spent her days trying to make life easier for others, but died of a plague before she could do anything great? Or the father of three, stoned for affirming his beliefs? Or the crucified thief?
These names are lost in the tide of history.
Who remembers? And who cares?
It is inevitable, this state of being forgotten. No matter what we do or say, Death treats us all equally. Hundreds of years from now, no one will care. Great or small, they would not care. People shrug and say that Nero died centuries ago, who cares? Move on to the next subject.
If they do that to a Roman emperor, what would they do to a simple little girl?
Does anyone ever willingly consign to that stretch of nothingness awaiting them, only to be thought of in general, in numbers?
And did that "wretched young Londoner" think that centuries into the future some young girl would be thinking of him, dead and gone? And would he laugh at fate? -Juliette
Polite society be damned. -Faeline
No. I will not inflict pain on Casey. Because we all know Casey hates everything that isn't a tree or isn't Russian. I suppose a Russian tree would top it all off. -Libby
In English class, we spend half of our time diagramming sentences the teacher recites orally, and the other half drawing pictures while pretending to diagram the sentences the teacher recites orally. In order to prevent ourselves from having to diagram sentences being recited orally, we ask many questions about the etymological derivation, history, and different meanings of the words being diagrammed in the orally recited sentences. (actually, I am the only one that does this) -Elizabeth
::giggles:: I think I'd be honored if you hated my writing, Casey. -Dala
Personally, I delight in writing "Help me" in my textbooks. It's an accurate statement. -Skulx
Skulx: My mother's graduating class had a maximum of 9 students in it. Of course, that was because she went to a Catholic boarding school in the Himalayas.
Casey: Your mother is so cool.
I just enjoy Shakespeare bashing, is that so wrong? -Juliette
I saw a book (a strange occurance in a library of all places). -Jess
Nope. Unless a book contains forshadowing in the last chapter that could only be missed by a blind, paralyzed sheep, then I'm not reading the sequels. So there. -Jess
Someone: the highwayman came riding up to the old in door.
Someone else: inn door. Wouldn't have said anything but the way you spelled it implied there was also an "out" door.
Elizabeth: ....and now for the rest of my life I will be forced to imagine The Highwayman as taking place in a Walgreens, the only store in town that I can think of as having "In" and "Out" doors. I suppose that Bess could be a clerk working the night shift and the highwayman a convenience store robber.
Jess: I'm trying to imagine Casey's best day... it would include Sylvia Plath and several Russian authors sitting up in a big tree in Russia during the summer...
Casey: With Holden Caulfield. You can not forget him. YOU CAN NOT.
Skulx: Met him back in the '70s when she worked for TIME, I think, and he had a very snobbish, holier-than-thou air about him. And there's your random fact of the day.
Dala: Have I mentioned, Skulxy, that your parents are really, really cool?
I want Yoda. I. Want. Him. -Skulx
Juliette: She doesn't start ripping people's brains out, does she? I learned in bio that I cannot deal with brains. Sheep, pig, whatever. I can do anything but the brain.
Jess: I'm a fan of the cow heart myself.
Oh, quit looking at me like that...
Charles Dickens is a monkey! -Craig
Do they have "Chicken Soup for the Soul that's been annoyed, perturbed and just plain brassed off by every Chicken Soup for the Soul book she's ever read or so much as glanced at"? -Clarissa
However, as I am part of the Dragon Anti-Defamation League, I must take a stand and say that dragons are all too often injustly and inaccurately portrayed as mindless, terrorizing, evil monsters in many books and movies. The truth is that dragons are really quite friendly creatures, if shy at times, and only chew in self defence.
There. ::Steps off soapbox:: -Jess
It means "Elizabeth I am called, and Elizabeth I am. Be witness this herring that I hold fearlessly." -Elizabeth
Newbie: I love 2 read!!!
Jess: I really, really want to comment.
Clarissa: I'm the devil on your shoulder. DO IT!
I am a Dancer. We rule the World.
I am a musician. Hear us roar.
I am an Actor. We are humanity's reflection.
I am a singer. We make noise with our mouths.
I am a slacker. We didn't come up with any cool slogans.
I am a procrastinator. I'll think of a cool slogan later. -Various folk of the SA
And take the grace of an upright penguin, the speed of a sloth and the strength of a new born calf and you have. . .well, not me. But you have something really funny to look at. -Clarissa
I love how well we get along here. At any other board, the exchange would have been:
Julie: "dude, u suck!!!! that my fav kind o book!!!!!!!!"
Clarissa: "YeAh So BiTe Me!!!!!!!!!" -Jess
*sigh* I adore fedoras. I've decided that Harrison Ford is sex in a fedora. -Amber
Elizabeth: I only wonder what would happen if someone were to publish a book entitled "Selected Posts of the Sacred Alliance." That would certainly be a curious confection of a collection.
Jess: Imagine some poor soul wandering through a bookstore to randomly come across this demented freak of a publishing accident and immediately drop it and run away in horror...
Robin: I can see it now. And then that poor person would become a board monitor to stop something like that from ever happening again.
Trust our family to boldly go where no normal family would vacation. -Skulx
But life is so much easier without inhibitions. Which is a lot of the reasons why I want to backpack and leave a trail of wild nights and broken hearts in my wake. -Juliette
When I first read that I thought it said "elf lair" so I nearly died laughing. Sorry for the break. Carry on. -Amber
I'm probably the only female to think that Vin Diesel is the opposite of attractive. Jeez. Muscle and no brains. Sure, that's what made Lance Storm ... hot. (He reads a lot though.) But Diesel and Storm are like disposable contact lenses. Use them once and throw them out. That's fine, when you're just starting. I'm attracted to Mr. Glasses or, maybe someday, Mr. Laser Surgery. I could never take James Bond because he had these affairs. He may have saved the day, but he wasn't dependable. I need Clark Kent.
Just not cocky Vin Diesel.
No way. -Juliette
Acronyms are lovely things. Not only are they handy abbreviations; they also open the doors for multiple meanings and mass confusion, both of which bring me great joy. -Elizabeth
Jess: Heh... you're no longer my favorite anyway, Dala. Bridget is. ::sticks out tongue:: Hehehe...
Dala: *whimper* ::kicks Bridget and runs away:: My, I'm a belligerant little child today.
Libby: But, I must add, Jewel gives me flower metaphors, which really doesn't fit. A cavalry colonel would not dance through a field of black eyed susans.
Nithri: In my mind I just ran a movie, A civil War officer with broadbrimmed hat dismounts from his charger and leaps runs and does cartwheels through a feild of, well in my mind I visualized daffidills, but they could have been black-eyed susans.
Insanity is good, it seperates those who think they are weird from those who are. -Robin
I like Aragorn well enough. I'm...just not into humans. ::pets Legolas:: -Faeline
Casey: I MUST EAT.
Mara: God, that Casey with her simple human needs.
Yeah, it's not like the dragon was killing a bunch of people, and Beowulf(the king) was responsible to do something about it. It's not like dragons are, in general, a thoroughly evil lot. Shame on Beowulf. -Craig
Congratulations.
It does get better, you'd agree?
Life that is. Though I am sure
As anyone can plainly see
It gets worse too, till the final cure
Puts finis to all memory.
-Nithri
Juliette: I have a new found appreciation for Shakespeare.
Ally: ::blinks:: Okay that was, that was scary....
I had a hard time with "Travels", and "The Thirteenth Warrior" (personally, I find it a more apt title than "Eaters of the Dead" since the story is more about Ahmad ibn-Fadlan... "Beowulf" is not called Grendel and Company, but I digress...) was not all that interesting either. -Juliette
I guarantee you'll love it. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll worship me as your goddess.
No? Well, okay, can't blame a girl for trying.
-Juliette
Newbie: THAT IS TOO LONG. THAT IS ALMOST THREE YEARS SENCE SHE PUBLISHED HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE.
Skulx: Man, god forbid the woman have a life. I don't understand why authors don't just churn out substance-less book after substance-less book. Who cares about quality...
Jess: I'm sorry Skulxy, but is that your sarcasm dripping all over the floor?
Skulx: Is it? I'm sorry...I'll go get a mop, don't you worry.
Faeline: How's everyone getting on?
Dala: Quite badly. I am now a certified paranoid. I run in zigzag patterns.
Worst. Movie. Ever. Kevin J. Anderson could make an entire Star Wars trilogy -- starring Freddie Prize Jr. as Han Solo, Tori Spelling as Princess Leia, Kirk from "Gilmore Girls" (not the actor, mind, the character) as Luke Skywalker, and Rodney Dangerfield as Yoda; musical numbers by Britney Spears and O-town; all blasters replaced with walkie-talkies and lightsabers with Glowsticks; Ewoks galore -- and still, still it would be better than "Battlefield Earth." -Dala
There is no cannibalism in the British Navy. And by none I mean there is some. -Nithri
Word to that, brother.(Marvel at my eloquence). -Skulx
Elizabeth: Up to about age three, I referred to myself in third person as "Buppy".
Nithri: I got this immediate vision of a three foot tall blonde with a pointy stick, "Buppy, the Bampire Swayer".
Jess: Hi Julie. You're probably taking the SAT2's right now... but anywho, you're in my prayers. I know you can do it.
Juliette: ::rubs sleep-starved eyes:: I think I did okay. I thought about your prayers as I stared at the enzymes of a frog.
Juliette: Well, yeah. I mean, you're all the way in New Hampshire. (Shire ... hehehehe)
Jess: Dude, I never realized that. I live in the Shire! That's like... the Hobbit-hood.
It is too bad that Dickens didn't write more about Ebenezer Scrooge as a young man and told tales that included his two brothers. What do you mean you didn't know Ebenezer had brothers? Surely you've heard of "The Three Scrooges?" -Nithri
Many are culled and few are chosen
To fill the Sacred Alliance's ranks.
Past monitors ire and screens quite frozen
Fan-fiction slash and literary pranks
For one comes out changed from how one goes in.
Sometimes to curses, sometimes to thanks.
-Nithri
Amber: Well Alliance, another year has come again. What will the new year bring? A whole new crop will be off to colleges and universities across the country. How weird is that? We started as a merry band of junior highers (and younger) with a few high schoolers thrown into the mix. Now, we're off to college. How many other message boards can say that?
Juliette: Very scary. I say, one of us needs to have a baby. Uh, within the next twenty years.
Amber: Entirely possible. We could make our own line of children's stories: "Meet the Sacred Alliance," "Off to College!" "_____ Gets Married," "The Alliance becomes Aunts and Uncles."
I loathe Macbeth. It's a horrid play. -Juliette
I just thought Macbeth was a wussy, wussy man. -Amber
Macbeth was an idiot. -Dala
Macbeth... that play is evil, I tell you. -Jess
C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were best buddies at one time. They must have started the Replace-Name-With-Initials Club. -Jess
Juliette:Everyone dies. It's a Shakespearean tradegy.
Jess: Silly me. I knew that.
Lots of standing around and talking, and then a fight. Some wandering around in the forest... and then a fight. Issues with the ring, some random orcs and big uber orcs come... and then a fight. More standing around talking, a little bit of walking and then....they get lost. There you have LOTR in a nut shell. -Amber
We're a gang, not a cult. -Jess
I tried to read that On the Road junk in the sophomore year to see what this Beat Generation deal was. It went absolutely nowhere-- that is until I threw it across the room half-finished and it hit the wall. -Casey
But, one needs something a bit more exotic then a human sometimes... -Faeline
Because Illinois is the coolest... Oh god, I can't believe I just said that. -Amber
It's my "male harem". I've had it for years. It's lovely and grows larger by the day. -Amber
It gets kind of disturbing. I also horrified my father by insisting that Boromir was hotter than Aragorn. My father then paused the DVD on Aragorn's face and commanded "Look at that face. Look at his eyes." My mother was displeased, even when he told her that she also had beautiful eyes and begged her to examine Aragorn as well. -Amanda
I mean, if I ran off to the girl's bathroom during a fire drill to kill a troll or whatever, I'd get an in school suspension for the rest of my life, but not Potter and his cronies... -Jess
*cackles* Julie's a closet Shakespeare lover. :-D -Amber
My wizards are all at least old enough to buy a beer and have to shave. -Jess
Anonymous: I'm curious though, what do you think the difference between real literature and a really really good book is?
Fae: My take: a century or so and a dead author.
But the point (hah!) is that there are lots of literary men a gal could fall for. Just because one likes the dashing, charming, tall, dark, and handsome hero who saves the day, kills the bad guy, and gets the girl, doesn't mean another can't like the tortured swamp monster who goes around eating people because he's misunderstood. -Jess
(On "Anne of Green Gables") I liked 'em lots when I was eight or so. Very sugary and wholesome. I don't think I could enjoy them much now. -Tim
Everyone here always posts tributes about deceased literary characters. It's practically the norm here. -Luke
Books are found in bookstores. Movies are found in theaters. Movies are not found in bookstores. Can anyone tell me why, boys and girls?
BECAUSE MOVIES AND BOOKS ARE APPLES AND ORANGES.
Have any of you ever done a book report? Then you're all guilty of the same heinous crime that movie-makers are.
Just ... get ... over ... it.
Go solve world hunger -- something productive. -Juliette
When I was little I really liked those Little House on the Prairie books. One day my teacher asked me if I would've like to meet Laura Ingalls, and I said no 'cause I didn't think she'd like me. My teacher called my parents that afternoon and told them I had self-esteem issues. -Tim
Understatement of the year. Having to do a term paper and applications is a really bad time period. There aren't words for the Holocaust. -Juliette