Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 11:30:30 -0400 To: _swat.org.swil @ cc.swarthmore.edu From: Lesley Tsina (Lesley Tsina) X-Sender: ltsina1 @ cc.swarthmore.edu (Unverified) Subject: 18 Glowing Creations and Reusable Adhesive Enclosed with SWILnews #1 (or maybe 16) Well, here we are in Hallowell Basement... Gee, we haven't written one of these in a long time. OK, just one more sentence and we can use some nifty parenetheses. [TG still can't spell. -L] Well, that was hardly worth the effort. Oh boy, it's been a long time! (for those of you reading this for the first time, and I don't recall writing it ever before, this is the point at which L gives some bizarre yet poignant comment on life. Take it away L!) "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but if it were called a cankersore, I would not buy one" -Hamlet II Right, this just in... those present at last year's Spammageddon know that all did not go according to plan. Now, after extensive research we bring you the news that the technical crew was not at fault but one Mr. Whitekeys, pianist for Mr. Whitekeys and the Fabulous Spamtones of Mr. Whitekeys' Fly by Night Club in Spenard Alaska claims that spam will not freeze. Says Mr. Whitekeys, "It gets pretty stiff, but it doesn't freeze." And now for those fans at home, a little treat... Suddenly, masked hombres seized Petunia Pig And Made her into a sort of dense Jell-O. -Jack Collom, New York Times Magazine, July 3, 1994. Thank's Jack. Just goes to show you, you canna' change the laws o' physics! Last Saturday was jolly fun as we had our first weekly meeting and talked about lots of really neat stuff. None of which I can remember at the moment so I guess we will just have to skip it... what? you took notes? [L grins maliciously] But I want to get to my debate meeting! Oh fine... SWILbusiness: First was t-shirts... later. Second was talk of attending the Penn. Rennaisance Faire this Fall. As one of the goers last year I can just say it's a whole lot of fun but the longer blades are a bit pricy. Those interested in purchasing steel ought to wait for our trip later this season to PHILCON. In any event, more should be spoken of that this coming week, the sooner we organize, the less expensive it shall be. [and some of us seem a bit short on funds this semester, I can't imagine why!! -TG] Sam Weiler and Andrea Hall are looking into going to the Maryland Renfaire, in any case, the faires are running for quite a few weeks yet, so we will have ample time to plan. Signups will be passed around soon . Third was t-shirts... still later. Fourth we need to talk about finding a new treasurer, an exciting post filled with glamour, passion and heaps of appreciation. Anybody out there interested in ascending to the higher plane of inner coolness in the mysterious hierarchy that is SWIL? Be treasurer, just ask jere7my, Beth, or Larry, all previous nobodies who are now the talk of every party crowd! Don'tbe late, sign up with Literature now!!! Just for your info, Literature went to the treasurer's meeting and has the info for new treasurers anw will be talking to Rich Choe about the Schlock billing this weekend, so take the job and rejoice in the fact that you won't have to deal with the gnarly problems of last year such as... t-shirts... uh, later. Fifth, for those of you getting this for the first time, you shall now be privy to the oldest traditional mantra from the deapths of SWILdom. All of you who know what I'm talking about out there link hands and say with me, if you will... SUBMIT TO BEM!!! (Bug Eyed Magazine) Yes, we know it's early, yes we know the last BEM is heartily anticipated, yes we don't have a new BEM editor yet, so what, submit! Sixth was t-shirts.. no, really. Seventh, there were numerous(count 3) things that are all to be looked forward to in the coming months. All of these, among other things, require coordinators. First, there is PHILCON whih was lots of fun last year and would be good to get to again. jere7my spoke of investing in a room/hangout/den of Dionysian ecstasy for the weekend, and so we will probably be getting a list of potential revelers this coming Saturday. Next, there is talk of once again venturing forth to do battle with the spawn of darkness, or rather to portray said spawn during the Pterodactyl Hunt. Since Literature and I are now running things we will need a couple of new dupes, preferably with at least a little experience to organize this year's hunt. Again this should be dealt with on Saturday. Finally, another thought was to have weekly movies again this week. This would supplement your weekly dosage of S.F.T.V. brought to you via the information superhighway each week by Mr. Tho?rpe. Suggestions such as Ghostbusters and The Terminator are welcome, although all final decisions about what is shown will probably be up to The Grotesque again as he is the one who ends up renting the things. Stay tuned. Eighth is t-shirts... yuck. Ninth is t-shirts... help... Fine, tenth IS t-shirts. [TG scuttles off to a distant corner and begins to give himself a headache with the Magic Eye book. -L] The '94 SWIL 15th reunion shirts are in Elizabeth Chrisitan's room and are avaliable for ten dollars a piece. The regular '94 SWIL t-shirts are paid for, still in the shop and only needs to be picked up and distributed. Elizabeth swears on her living hamster's grave that this will be done at first opportunity. A party has been dispatched to rub out the pesky rodent. She is still looking for e-mail addresses so that she can collect money before ordering reprints. Any dinosaurs who want to order reprints and haven's sent in an address, please contact echrist1 immediately. Non-SWIL business: All manner of mayhem occured in Tarble on Saturday night as dinosaurs and freshlings alike recieved aid from bats and bled while being introduced to the new Deckmaster game, Jyhad. Sherry Levi is looking for people interested in reading the Tity short list, inquiries will be forwarded if you respond here. Babylon 5 will be shown by Larry some time in the future and TG just coughed. [I don't know what that means. -TG] Other than that life goes on as normal and we shall see everybody this Saturday when TG once again dares to ask the question, "will the lady at the ID check let me by without paying?" And now, as always... ATTENDANCE 9-3-94: Fred Bush, Andrea "I'm taping my mouth shut so I stop volunteering" Hall, Charles "Skeletalized by the GRE's" Danforth, Josh Burdick, Elizabeth, "T-shirts, you want t-shirts! ha! fools!"Christians, jere7my "Yeah, I've graduated. Wanna make something of it?" tho?rpe, Beth "whoops" Bruch, Bhadrika "I'm with him" Love, Jazz "Ayeeiieieahhh", David "Whip me! Beat me! Stir me! Fricassee me!" Randall, Sherry "Living in the Real World's OK" Levi, Daniel "W" Levi, Jay "multicellular but not hard-shelled" Scott, Robert "aint got no cells" Richardson, Julianna "Phantom of ML Basement" Patrick, Kim Gallup, Sam "Orange" Weiler, Dan "NOT in Singapore!!" Wells, Annie "Glad to be back at Swat" Fox, Joe "Zorblak" "Bob" Robins Literature & The Grotesque