Session Start: Tue Dec 10 22:54:19 1996
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<KidLaLa> Monkey Woman!!
<MonkeyWmn> Do you believe that someone has taken Gmonkey!
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<KidLaLa> NO!!!!
<BabyRain> Yup.
<KidLaLa> Alright, who did that?  Do we know?
<MonkeyWmn> Some guy named Austin Parris who's in chat room 
#NoDoubt
<BabyRain> Get 'im!
<MonkeyWmn> And I couldn't get onto Phoenix
<KidLaLa> Query that man and see what's up?
<MonkeyWmn> I'm on Oklahoma.
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#NoDoubt
<MonkeyWmn> Aren't you a sweetie? :)
<BabyRain> Am I the only one on Phoenix?  La, maybe you should 
email Jeff with your server name/command so he'll know what to 
do if he wants to join us
<KidLaLa> Moi?  Too stoopid.  You do it.
<BabyRain> 7 MW
<BabyRain> 8 LaLa
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<MonkeyWmn> La 7
<MonkeyWmn> BR 1
<MonkeyWmn> Do you think you can live with that lag?
<KidLaLa> So I'm a laggart am I?
<MonkeyWmn> No, maybe a braggart. :)
<KidLaLa> Me?  Surely you jest.
<KidLaLa> Got nothing to brag about.
<MonkeyWmn> Looks like we'll have a real chat tonight.
<MonkeyWmn> Not like Sunday.
<KidLaLa> Did you say Bill was going to try and be here?
<MonkeyWmn> Yep, but I haven't heard from him all day.
<MonkeyWmn> I hope he can follow the instructions I gave him 
yesterday.
<KidLaLa> Typical male.  He'll show at the last minute.  :)
<MonkeyWmn> Well, he usually shows up late.
<MonkeyWmn> He has to work, ya know. :)
<KidLaLa> BTW, Bahb said to say howdy to my gang, so howdy from 
Bahb.
<MonkeyWmn> Unlike some of us. :)
<BabyRain> Just so you guys know, I'm here, reading.  Just gotta 
get these prezzies wrapped before Doug gets here.
<MonkeyWmn> Howdy, Bahb!
<KidLaLa> Arrr  Arrrr Arrrr
<MonkeyWmn> Whatcha get the MSG for Xmas?
<KidLaLa> You are so rude, BR.  :P
<MonkeyWmn> Hey!  It's 6 o'clock!  Time for chattin'.
<KidLaLa> CHAT CHAT CHAT
<MonkeyWmn> That means stop reading, BR!
<KidLaLa> Yeah!!
<KidLaLa> Hey before anyone else shows up, want to hear a joke 
from poker night?
<MonkeyWmn> Sure.
<KidLaLa> BR?
<MonkeyWmn> Still wrapping.
<KidLaLa> Okay, what's a yankee?
<MonkeyWmn> I dunno.
<KidLaLa> Yeah!!
<KidLaLa> HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
<BabyRain> For *your* information, Monkey Woman, I was looking up 
*your* address so I could send your little Christmas gift.  
Nyah!
<BabyRain> :)
<MonkeyWmn> I sent your package this afternoon, BR.
<MonkeyWmn> Nyah! :)
<KidLaLa> Glad you're back with us, BR!
<KidLaLa> Well, I thought she was back.  :)
<BabyRain> Your real package is coming in Jan.  This is just a 
little ZChristmas gift.  Something small that customs will 
have no problems with (ie no delay).  Time is getting short. 
:)
<MonkeyWmn> I know.  I hope they don't stop my package.
<KidLaLa> Two weeks from tomorrow, can you believe it?
* BabyRain is putting on a golf shirt
* KidLaLa is happy for BabyRain.
<KidLaLa> MW, have you worn your shirt yet?
<MonkeyWmn> Shhhh!  It's a secwet. :)
<KidLaLa> Porquoi?
<MonkeyWmn> We be logging.
<KidLaLa> We're much too vague at this point.
<BabyRain> Not anymore.
<MonkeyWmn> We're much too vague, period. :)
<KidLaLa> I knew you'd say that.
<KidLaLa> Besides I want to know about the SOSC shirts I sent.  
;)
<MonkeyWmn> Oh, those shirts. :)
<MonkeyWmn> No I haven't worn it yet.  It's too cold here.
* KidLaLa slaps herself in the head, but it doesn't help.
* MonkeyWmn offers to help.
<KidLaLa> You would.  :)
<MonkeyWmn> I like to help those in need. :)
<KidLaLa> Yeah, I'm pretty needy all right. :P
<MonkeyWmn> And greedy. :)
<KidLaLa> You're really overdoing it with the greedy bit you 
know.
<MonkeyWmn> Sorry. :(  It rhymed.
<KidLaLa> Especially when I'm still in sole possession of...YKW.
<MonkeyWmn> How about seedy? :)
<KidLaLa> Seedy's good.
<KidLaLa> Aren't there supposed to be three of us here!?
<MonkeyWmn> BR!!!  GET BACK HERE!!!
<KidLaLa> She's ignoring us.  I may quite possibly cry.
<BabyRain> I'm not ignoring you.
<MonkeyWmn> Don't do that, O Seedy One.
<MonkeyWmn> Uh huh.
<KidLaLa> Oh, hard of hearing, eh?
<BabyRain> Eh?
<KidLaLa> :P
<KidLaLa> Wake me when something happens.  ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
<MonkeyWmn> So, BR, LaLa thinks that the show would have been 
wrecked if Jake and Sarah got together.
<BabyRain> Really?  Why?
<KidLaLa> Si, correcto.
<KidLaLa> At least if they got together too soon.
<KidLaLa> I for one would not have liked that happening.
<KidLaLa> Yoo hoo, installment six, where are you?
<MonkeyWmn> Well, I would have loved to see them get together, 
but taking things nice and slow.
<BabyRain> I'm working on it.  Working six days a week isn't 
leaving me a lot of time.
<BabyRain> Could things have been much slower?
<MonkeyWmn> Excuses, excuses.
<KidLaLa> Excuses, excuses.
<MonkeyWmn> Jinx!
<KidLaLa> Oh oh, jinx time again.
<MonkeyWmn> Jinx to infinity!
<KidLaLa> And beyond.
* BabyRain just shakes her head.
<KidLaLa> Sure things could have been slower, but not much. :)
<KidLaLa> Anything fall out?
<MonkeyWmn> So, back to the show.
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<KidLaLa> Yes...........
<KidLaLa> Hiya, Garry!!
<Gargon> Hey all!
<BabyRain> No, nothing fell out.  There was nothing there to 
begin with. :)
<MonkeyWmn> Hey, Garry!
<BabyRain> HI!
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<MonkeyWmn> Hey!  LaLa beat me to it!
<KidLaLa> You're doing it again, MW!
<Gargon> Can't stay but a minute but thought I'd at least say 
"HEY!"
<KidLaLa> How was class last week, Garry?
<Gargon> Class is rough..
<KidLaLa> I'm sure you excelled.
<Gargon> but I'm surviving...
<MonkeyWmn> Got another class tonight?
<Gargon> Yep! In 10 minutes...
<MonkeyWmn> Icky!
<KidLaLa> Bummer. :(
<KidLaLa> Send your clone instead.
<Gargon> I only have this week and next then I'm through...
<MonkeyWmn> So, we'll ask Garry the $64,000 question...
<Gargon> Ask away
<MonkeyWmn> Do you think the show would have been wrecked if Jake 
and Sarah got together?
<Gargon> Well...it would have for me... I had this thing for 
Sarah...
<KidLaLa> Good answer, Gargon!!
<MonkeyWmn> Personal feelings aside. :)
<Gargon> Well...
<Gargon> I still think so...
<KidLaLa> Thank you, Gargon.
<MonkeyWmn> Why?
<MonkeyWmn> Stop gloating, LaLa. :)
<Gargon> You need that mistique
<KidLaLa> I think you're in the minority, MW.
<MonkeyWmn> BR agrees with me!
<KidLaLa> Yeah, but you two are children.  We adults rule!!
<MonkeyWmn> BR?
<Gargon> IF they were together then there isn't anymore chase or 
whatever...
<BabyRain> Actually (and this is being logged, so I can't believe 
I'm saying it) I agree with Monkey Woman.
<MonkeyWmn> But was there any real chasing going on?
<Gargon> Reasons?
* KidLaLa feels betrayed.
<BabyRain> There wasn
<MonkeyWmn> Thanks, BR.  I know how much that hurt. :)
<BabyRain> oops
<BabyRain> There wasn't a great deal of romantic tension between 
the two of them.  It wasn't a matter of "will they or won't 
they" because kissing happened often enough it made the 
opening credits.
<Gargon> Not so much a chase as the possibilities of amore...
<KidLaLa> and naughtiness.
<Gargon> Argh! Mushy stuff...
<MonkeyWmn> Yeah.  It wasn't "When will they sleep together".  It 
was more "When will they tell each other they love each other".
<Gargon> I better boogie out of here...class calls...
<KidLaLa> This from the only one of us with children.  :P
<Gargon> have a good one all
<Gargon> See ya next week...
<MonkeyWmn> Good luck in class.
<BabyRain> When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie ... 
that's amore ...
<MonkeyWmn> See ya, Garry.
<KidLaLa> Thanks, Garry!!
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<BabyRain> Bye, Garry!
<BabyRain> oops
<BabyRain> too slow 
<MonkeyWmn> You're back to being the minority, LaLa. :)
* KidLaLa believes it is not possible to make it through a chat 
without BR or MW singing.
<KidLaLa> What's new.
<MonkeyWmn> Her name was Lola.  She was a showgirl
<KidLaLa> I'm leaving now.
<MonkeyWmn> Noooooooooooooooo!
<BabyRain> But that was thirty years ago when they used to have a 
show.  Now it's a disco ...
<MonkeyWmn> Would you prefer Tony Bennett?
<BabyRain> (Start at the end to lessen the agony)
<KidLaLa> Manilow, even jokingly, makes me puke.
<BabyRain> I left my heart ... in San Franciso ...
<KidLaLa> I mean it you guys, I will leave!
<MonkeyWmn> Hmmmm...how about "Feelings.  Nothing more than 
feelings."
<BabyRain> or that other place with the "c" in it. :)
<KidLaLa> This is your last chance...
<BabyRain> But LaLa, what if Jeff comes after you leave?
<KidLaLa> Tough.
<MonkeyWmn> Feelings!  Whoa, whoa, whoa, feelings!
<KidLaLa> That's it.  I'm outta here!  See you guys tomorrow.
* BabyRain won't sing anymore. Or at least she'll try
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<MonkeyWmn> How about, "Let's dance to the rhythm of the night."
<BabyRain> Pat, she's gone.
<MonkeyWmn> She'll be back.
<BabyRain> Was it something we sung?
<MonkeyWmn> She won't be able to stay away.
<MonkeyWmn> I thought we both had lovely voices. :)
<BabyRain> She had a hard time getting a connection in the first 
place.
<MonkeyWmn> So it's just you and me, now.
<MonkeyWmn> I'll e-mail LaLa and apologize.
* BabyRain knew her singing would peel the paint off cars, but 
she didn't think it would make LaLa mad.
<BabyRain> Catch her quick before she leaves.
<BabyRain> No offense, but it's just not a chat without LaLa.
<MonkeyWmn> I know.  I just sent her a note, "Come Back, Little 
LaLa".
<MonkeyWmn> So how was work today?
<BabyRain> So now what?
<MonkeyWmn> Tell me about your day.
<BabyRain> Pretty good.  Kind of boring, though.
<MonkeyWmn> Same here.
<MonkeyWmn> Okay, we've got to have a new topic of discussion.
<BabyRain> I got to Brunswick Square, bought a cinnamon roll and 
a DP, consumed them both, then went to work. :)
<MonkeyWmn> Gripping. :)
<BabyRain> The customers were weird today.  No one wanted to 
talk.  I was a register-bot and nothing more.
<MonkeyWmn> Poor BR. :(
<MonkeyWmn> Anyway, we need to discuss the show.
<BabyRain> Yup.
<MonkeyWmn> Okay, since you think Jake and Sarah should have 
gotten together, when should they have, well, you know... ;)
<MonkeyWmn> Which season, that is.
<BabyRain> Oh, never. :)
<MonkeyWmn> Really?!
<BabyRain> Really.  
<MonkeyWmn> They're love was pure and unsullied by pleasures of 
the flesh, eh?
<BabyRain> Doesn't one have to be a virgin if one is to be 
sacrificed to a volcano?
<MonkeyWmn> Not necessarily, but it helps. :)
<MonkeyWmn> But I meant that they'd never "get together"?
<BabyRain> I can't see prissy Sarah consumating a relationship 
without a ring on her finger.
<MonkeyWmn> If anybody could talk her into it, it was Jake. :)
<BabyRain> And I think a wedding would've been too "mushy" for 
the show.
<MonkeyWmn> Well, they could have gotten married in the final 
episode.
<BabyRain> But they's never know when the final episode would be.
<BabyRain> they's=they'd
<MonkeyWmn> If they had been successful, they would have known 
when to call it quits.
<BabyRain> ABC weenies.
<MonkeyWmn> Ditto!!!!
<MonkeyWmn> I don't think LaLa's coming back.
<MonkeyWmn> Too bad.  Her loss.
<BabyRain> How could they have been so stupid?
<BabyRain> I don't think she is, either.
<BabyRain> We weren't any sillier than usual, were we?
<MonkeyWmn> Gee, network weenies being stupid?!  Never! :)
<MonkeyWmn> Nope.  She may have been in a bad mood because of the 
BH.
* BabyRain still feels bad.
<MonkeyWmn> Well, maybe she'll feel better tomorrow.
<MonkeyWmn> Or maybe she'll feel better and join us again 
tonight.
<MonkeyWmn> So....
<MonkeyWmn> I wonder who else will show up tonight?
<MonkeyWmn> If nobody else does, I may discontinue the chats 
permanently.
<BabyRain> No idea.
<MonkeyWmn> No sense in holding chats if nobody but you and me 
show up.
<BabyRain> Well, that doesn't mean that one can't spontaneously 
start up.
<MonkeyWmn> No offense, BR.
<MonkeyWmn> Yeah, when the mood strikes us.
<MonkeyWmn> We just won't log 'em for the site.
* BabyRain is now bummed, with all of her Christmas spirit 
leaking out through her ears.
<MonkeyWmn> Hey, I'll bring it up on the board tomorrow.  If 
there's enough support to continue the chats, then we will.  If 
not...
<BabyRain> Okay.
<MonkeyWmn> And let's face it, not many people have participated 
in these chats.
<MonkeyWmn> I think they're intimidated by IRC.
<MonkeyWmn> If we won't to hold discussions on a particular 
topic, we can do so through e-mail and the board.
<BabyRain> I'd help anyone who wanted to as much as I could.  IRC 
isn't that hard, once you get on for the first time.
<MonkeyWmn> Yeah, but I've discovered that many of the visitors 
are the strong, silent type.
<MonkeyWmn> I get lots of hits, but few e-mails.
<BabyRain> Maybe people have just been taking the chats for 
granted.
<MonkeyWmn> Well, let this be a wake-up call.
<BabyRain> I'm just afraid that if we lose the chats, then we 
might lose the convention.
<MonkeyWmn> I've got plenty of other things I could be doing 
tonight, but out of the goodness of my heart, I'm here waiting 
to answer people's questions and talk with them.
<MonkeyWmn> I don't think the convention's going anywhere either.
<BabyRain> Lack of interest, huh?
<MonkeyWmn> No interest. :(
<MonkeyWmn> Little talk, little action.
<BabyRain> Maybe it's just the holidays
<MonkeyWmn> Maybe we should start fresh after the New Year?
<MonkeyWmn> Besides our Tuesday chats will fall on Christmas Eve 
and New Years Eve.
<MonkeyWmn> Maybe we should just have a Sunday mini-chat until 
after the holidays.
<MonkeyWmn> I know Leanne will join us on Sundays.
<MonkeyWmn> And she has a friend in NY who may join us.
<MonkeyWmn> How about it?
<MonkeyWmn> BR?
<MonkeyWmn> Oh no!  Her too?!
<BabyRain> Sundays really aren't that great for me.  It's the 
only day I have off, so anything I have to do has to get done 
on Sundays.  If someone lets us know they're definitely going 
to be there, I'll make a point of coming.
<MonkeyWmn> Okay, we'll play it by ear on Sundays.  How about 
Sunday evenings?  Is that better for you?
<BabyRain> Otherwise it'll just be you and me again and I'll have 
wasted an afternoon.
<MonkeyWmn> I know that feeling.
<MonkeyWmn> Or how about Saturday nights?
<BabyRain> Sundays at 4 (my time) is fine as long as we know 
there'll be someone else.
<MonkeyWmn> S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y nights!
<BabyRain> Saturday nights are bad.
<MonkeyWmn> So, we'll play it by ear.
<BabyRain> Okay.
<MonkeyWmn> So do you want to stick around for a little while 
longer in case somebody else shows up?
<BabyRain> Put something on the board about a deadline -- ie 
Saturday morning -- if someone is going to join us.
<MonkeyWmn> Okey dokey.
<BabyRain> If Jeff is coming, he usually shows up a little bit 
after eight my time.
<MonkeyWmn> R.S.V.P to our chat invitation.
<BabyRain> Yeah, that works.
<MonkeyWmn> Okay, we'll stay until quarter past the hour.
<MonkeyWmn> Quarter after to you.
<BabyRain> I say quarter past.  Just not that "of" thing.
<MonkeyWmn> Whatever. :)
* BabyRain sadly changes out of her golf shirt
<MonkeyWmn> Poor BR. :(
<BabyRain> I need one of Sarah's Singapore Slings.
<MonkeyWmn> Egad!  That bad?!
<BabyRain> :)
<MonkeyWmn> Maybe you just need some more DP.
<BabyRain> Maybe.
* MonkeyWmn pours BR a big, tall glass of DP
<BabyRain> Thanks. :)
<MonkeyWmn> Don't mention it. :)
<BabyRain> Well, I got my presents wrapped ages ago.  Just have 
to finish my shopping.
<MonkeyWmn> I'm just about finished shopping.  But I've got to 
ship loads of presents to my brother's family in Arizona.
<BabyRain> What I'm sending you for Christmas is just a little 
thing because what I had originally planned takes some time.
<MonkeyWmn> Okay.
* MonkeyWmn wonders what it could be
<BabyRain> It's just something liittle.
<MonkeyWmn> It's not the size that counts. :)
<BabyRain> I wanted it to go through customs lickety-split, so 
...
<MonkeyWmn> Well, 13 minutes to go.
<MonkeyWmn> This is why I originally thought that the chats 
should only last an hour.
<BabyRain> The convention doesn't have to be that difficult to 
plan.
<BabyRain> I don't think any of us want the formal blah reception 
thing, or registration, or head tables, or any of that stuff.
<BabyRain> Do we?
<MonkeyWmn> I mean, there are only 21 episodes.  How much stuff 
can we talk about?
<MonkeyWmn> I don't think we should call it a convention.  Call 
it a gathering.
<MonkeyWmn> An informal gathering, at that.
<BabyRain> Okay.   That sounds much less frightening.
<MonkeyWmn> Monkey Woman is never frightening.
<BabyRain> Really, all we need to do is make sure we're in the 
same place at the same time.  It's even easier than trying to 
IRC.
<MonkeyWmn> Well, sometimes. :)
<MonkeyWmn> Yep.
<BabyRain> Where's Bill?
<MonkeyWmn> Dunno.  But I just heard from LaLa.
<BabyRain> And?
<MonkeyWmn> She made me promise that we wouldn't sing again. :(
<MonkeyWmn> So, do you want to hum a few bars just to get it out 
of your system?
<MonkeyWmn> BR?
<BabyRain> Nope.  There is no music left in my heart.
* MonkeyWmn pats BR on the head and gives her a cookie to cheer 
her up.
<BabyRain> Is it an Oreo?
<MonkeyWmn> Double stuff!
<MonkeyWmn> And DP to wash it down.
<BabyRain> Rainbow double-stuff?
<MonkeyWmn> Rainbow double-stuff?!  What's that?
<BabyRain> You've never had rainbow double-stuff???
<MonkeyWmn> Nope,
<BabyRain> Come to think of it, I haven't seen it in about 5 
years.
<MonkeyWmn> Maybe it was a test market product.  Didn't make the 
cut.
<BabyRain> I never should have suggested IRC chats.  Then we 
wouldn't have to face this lack of interest realization.  We 
could have just gone on seeing those people write to you about 
your site and we would have been blissfully ignorant.
<MonkeyWmn> Well, I knew we wouldn't get many people showing up.  
Like I said, most of the visitors would rather be passive 
participants, not active.
<BabyRain> But even the ones who did show up aren't coming 
anymore.
<MonkeyWmn> People have plans and such.  That's the beauty of 
e-mail.  No set schedule.
<BabyRain> But real-time has its own appeal as well.
<MonkeyWmn> I know, but it's not convienent sometimes.
<MonkeyWmn> We're all busy people with different schedules and 
time zones.
<MonkeyWmn> You wanna stick around for 15 more minutes to see if 
LaLa returns?
<BabyRain> Cancel them all.  I don't care anymore.  I think I'd 
better go before I get much more depressed, or we'll have 
people committing suicide after reading this log.
<MonkeyWmn> Oh, poor BR.  I'm sorry this didn't work out.  I know 
how much you wanted these chats.
<BabyRain> It's not so much that ... I just feel like the show 
has been cancelled all over again.  Even the traffic on the 
Bulletin Board has slowed down to a near stand-still.  It was 
going so well.  I was so excited about everything and 
everyone, and it really hurts to see it like this.
<BabyRain> I'm too sensitive for my own good.
<MonkeyWmn> We hit slow patches from time to time.  Things will 
probably pick up after the holidays.
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<MonkeyWmn> Welcome back.
<MonkeyWmn> Poor BR is depressed.
<BabyRain> Hope so.
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<MonkeyWmn> Oh dear.  She left again.
<MonkeyWmn> I think we have definite lag.
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<MonkeyWmn> Welcome back.
<MonkeyWmn> Nope.  But I pinged you and I haven't gotten a reply 
yet.
<MonkeyWmn> 98 secs!!!
-> [BabyRain] PING
<MonkeyWmn> Let me e-mail her again.  BRB
<BabyRain> Yup.  Lag city.
<BabyRain> I'm going to go, Patricia.  Beat, dead horse, you know 
how it goes.
<MonkeyWmn> Okay, I'll talk to ya tomorrow.
<BabyRain> Goodnight.
<MonkeyWmn> 'Night, night.
<BabyRain> 103 secs here.  Seems like a sign.  Have a good one.
<BabyRain> Goodnight.
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<MonkeyWmn> It was 160 for me.  Just for the record.  Good-bye, 
everyone.
Session Close: Wed Dec 11 00:26:44 1996