Take off your jacket, put on a sweater, and change your shoes, because... It's a beautiful day in nonmemberhood A beautiful day for a SWILNews Would you read mine, could you read mine Won't you read my SWILNews? Okay, boys and girls. Today we're going to learn about... *** SWILBusiness *** See Hollis. See Hollis throw a napkin artichoke. Bad napkin, bad! The rabble were noisy. Remember, friends, there is a time and a place for loud, raucous confusion. That time is while meeting is being called to disorder. Once meeting has been called to disorder, you should listen to the people who are in charge. They know what's best for you, and are only looking out for your interests. ( -s) (I don't like Snickers. They have chocolate. -g) We're taking care of you Taking good care of you For once we were very little too (Like Kyla! -s) Now we take care of you Pick your t-shirts by Monday. But don't pick your nose. (That is, email Franzi with your t-shirt order. You have the email. -d) One of the most special things about nonmemberhood is that we get to watch lots of special movies. You are movies You are special You are movies You're special to me You are the only ones like you Like you, movies, I like you In Kirby Hall In the nighttime Monday night, I sure feel's the right time For a movie with me, you see M-O-V-I-E-S, special You are movies You're special to me The only ones in this wonderful world You are special. If you want to watch special movies next year, you should nominate them on Saturday. Then we will employ the principles of "democracy" to choose which ones to watch. Can you say "democracy," boys and girls? I know you can. "Democracy" is when everyone gets a say. Everyone and everything, from the President of the United States to the smallest blade of grass, is special, except Kit Parker. We don't like Kit Parker, do we? They didn't have the special movie "Beastmaster II" that we wanted to see. Nooooooo. Now we'll have to show it on VHS. Remember, when people let you down, you should give them a second chance -- but not a seventeenth. (Schlock schedule: Monday, Future Wars; Tuesday, The Star Wars Holiday Special; Wednesday, Beastmaster II. All in Kirby at 10:00.) Rebecca won a yo-yo. Doesn't that sound fun. Don't you want to get to meeting on time, so you might win a special prize too? I thought so. Well now, boys and girls, I have some exciting news for you. On Monday, we're going on a special trip. First, we're going to go to dinner in Sharples. Then, after that, we're going to go watch a special movie in Kirby. That special movie will be "The Secret of NIMH." Now, what better way can you think of to celebrate these special trips than to bring your most special of friends along with you? That's why we're bringing our telephones. Is your telephone special, friends? Saturday night, we will have a fun activity that I like to call "Walpurgisnacht." Can you say "Walpurgisnacht"? That's okay, I can't either. (Doesn't it sound a little bit obscene, anyway? -g) (You mean like Darkness' parenthetical comments? -s) (There's nothing parenthetical about my comments. -d) "Walpurgisnacht" falls on Arbor Day this year, so in addition to celebrating special stories of horror and fertility, we're also going to celebrate special stories of trees. Tree, tree, tree Tree, tree, tree Tree, tree, tree Tree, tree, tree We love you Yes, we do Yes, we do We love you Tree, tree, tree Tree, tree, tree Tree, tree, tree Tree, tree, tree Alcohol is evil, boys and girls. You should always stay away from it. Root beer, on the other hand, led to a very special evening last Saturday night. Root beer is your friend. Okay, boys and girls, it's time to leave SWILBusiness behind and visit our friends in... *** The Land of Make-Believe *** Daniel Striped Tiger is confused. King Friday the Thirteenth declared that SWAPA should be collated. And so it was, and there was much rejoicing. On 11 October, 1999, X the Owl was thokked in a special tray's presence. Do you know which tray that was? Henrietta Pussycat will be sharing some special episodes of Blackadder with us on the Saturday after classes end. I can't think of a more fun thing to do during Reading Semiweek than share time with you, my friends. In return for everyone's wonderful work in collating SWAPA, King Friday the Thirteenth will run an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday after SWILmeeting. Thank you, King Friday. (In this episode of Mister Rogers' SWILNews, the following parts were played by the following people: Daniel Striped Tiger: Rebecca Paul King Friday the Thirteenth: Jim Moskowitz X the Owl: Stone Henrietta Pussycat: Kyra Jucovy ) Before you leave, boys and girls, remember to feed the fish! We must always take care of our pets, because they're special friends too. *** The Attendance List of root beer and Keggers! -- 4/21/01 *** BDan "First among SWILquals" Fairchild (You have no SWILquals. We're all SWILperior. -d) Rebecca "Yay Math! -- the T-Shirt" Paul =) (Yay T-Shirt! -- the... uh... Yay Math! -g) Jim "Easter Egg Hunt Next Saturday, I hope!" Moskowitz (I certainly hope so too, friends.) Hollis "Johan Sebastian Gordon Bok" Easter (:-P -s) Salt and Pepper Shakers Kyra "Constant, unwavering, perfect happiness just isn't enough for my admittedly bizarre standards." Jucovy (Kyra is a certain type of special that we call "stark-raving mad." Can you say "stark-raving mad"?) JC "Blane" Ravage ~Elliot "I really should write something instead of just holding the attendance list here." Reed (Yay Elliot! Elliot has learned well not to waste his friends' time. Elliot is good at sharing.) Drew "brought up graft--again" Szafran Rachel "Evidently bad at arm-wrestling" Sapiro benjamin 'honor thy phone' r, george (Benjamin needs to work on capitalization, boys and girls. But at least he knows how special a friend his telephone is.) Ben "appreciator of dragon" Newman Rachel "I'm not really here" Rachel Tony "the itty bitty-little-spec." Otero (No matter what they say or do to you, you are still a special person.) John "Teensy weensy seeds on the outside" Finkbiner Amy' "Joh-nnn!" Marinello Robert "Quixotic mummies dancing all night" McFarland Abby "I can outfuzz your daisy any day" Friedman (You personally? -g) *** Gold, Stone, and Darkness *** Visit the coolest website ever at: Click on the door! It's such a good feeling to know you're in SWIL It's such a happy feeling: Pterodactyls to kill And when you wake up ready to say "I think I'll nominate movies today" It's such a good feeling, a very good feeling The feeling you know that we're friends