From chaos @ condor.sccs.swarthmore.edu Sat Jul 17 19:32:38 1999 Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 16:30:38 -0500 (EST) From: chaos golubitsky To: _swat.org.swil @ swarthmore.edu Subject: Hey, SWILNews #7, do you want to play questions? H: Why are we having so much trouble coming up with SWILNews ideas? S: Could it be because we just got back from break? G: Probably - what did you do over break? H: I can't remember, but did you hear about Buffy and Thor? S: Yeah, didn't they wind up vacationing in the Caribbean? G: Cool - did they see lots of sponges? S: Yeah, they did, they were really neat, and they went squish-squish, and... H: Statement. Haven't you learned to play yet, Skogul? S: No, why? G: Do you just want to go into SWILBusiness? SWIL-Business? G: Did Megan's easels ever get moved from TIC? H: Do you even want to hear about what a pain it was to lug them all the way over to Wharton? S: Probably not, but shouldn't we at least express our gratitude to all the people who helped? H: So, what did y'all think of the Pterodactyl Hunt? S: Wasn't it cold? H: Yeah, but wasn't it fun anyway? S: Do you want to buy a fish? G: Do they have any effect on the pterodactyls? H: Didn't Seth Murray and Galen O'Toole do a good job of killing the 'dactyls, though? G: Yeah, they rocked. H: statement. What's wrong with you people? Have you been transformed into sponges one time too many lately? S: Speaking of strange things, wasn't Greg having issues with his lucky charms? G: Yeah, didn't he say they were delicious, but not magically delicious? H: Oh, well. G: statement. ha, ha. H: statement. S: Hlokk, there's something i've been meaning to ask you for awhile: do you ever feel...strange, and...mixed up, and...like you want to stop living and become a zombie? H: Skogul, what are you smoking? G: That reminds me, though...isn't schlock coming up? S: Didn't you just get that catalogue that sells schlock videocassettes cheaply? G: Yeah, do we want to show a 3-d movie, too? S: Are there any 3-d movies we want to see? H: Couldn't we afford to bring a 3-d movie and another reel-to-reel, plus buy glasses, if we bought a videotape from Goll's catalog? S: Why don't we bring it up at next week's meeting and let people decide? G: Doesn't *anyone* have challenge ideas for live chess? H: Aren't we supposed to e-mail them to Eoj right away? S: Who's Eoj? H: Does he quack? G: Didn't someone suggest that we switch genders of the king and queen at the challenge chess demo in honor of Sager? G: Submit to BEM, dammit! H: statement. G: Don't you think BEM is important enough to deserve a statement? S: Isn't the deadline April 10 or something? H: Does sending submissions to bem @ swil.org actually work? G: Why wouldn't it work? S: Well, wouldn't it be hard to process drawings in ASCII? H: Can't you also just give submissions to Heather or Kira? S: Is the deadline for t-shirt submissions really this Saturday? H: Don't we need to do it soon to make sure we have time to get the shirts printed? G: Yeah, probably - should people bring submissions to meeting, or give them to Ben or Chaos before then? H: Does it really matter which? S: No, and wouldn't it be great if a lot people did? G: Aren't we all supposed to whisper "Spam" in Megan's ear? H: Why? What happens? Spam: Wouldn't you like to know? S: Are we even going to have Spamageddon this year? H: Why don't we ask at next meeting if anyone wants to organize it, and only do it if someone is willing? S: Who are we supposed to thank for the new budget proposal? H: Didn't Kyla take care of all of it? G: Do y'all think we should be really, really grateful? S: Why not? H: rhetoric. G: Ooh.. should we get Heather to run Walpurgisnacht again? H: Can we get Heather to pronounce Walpurgisnacht? S: Do y'all want to stop picking on Heather and find someone to run Walpurgisnacht this year? H: No, not really. S: statement. G: Do we want to have a SWIL musical day? S: yes. G: statement. S: Damn. Question mark. G: Are there any songs about Ratatosk? S: I'm dreaming of a white Norse squirrel. Just like the ones i used to know. With their tails all bushy and not too pushy. Like Ratatosk, who turned people into sponges to throw... (See SWILNews #5). G: statement, statement, statement. H: statement. S: Anyway, how about all those other ideas, like the SWIL dance party? G: Could we combine those ideas with SWIL dress up day? H: Should we go onto non-SWILBusiness before someone gets hurt? S: Hadn't we better mention the SWIL movie first? G: What's tonight's movie - "The Nightmare Before Christmas"? S: Yup, and won't Jack be annoyed if no one shows up? H: Do you remember what happened the last time Jack was annoyed? G: Didn't we tell you never to talk about that? S: What happened the last time Jack was annoyed? G: Didn't we tell you never to talk about that? H: repetition. Non-SWILBusiness? H: Did i tell y'all how much fun the "Eye of Argon" reading at SWILCon was? S: Should we try to have another one sometime soon? G: Why doesn't Eoj think of a good time and post to the fun list, since it was his idea? H: Speaking of things Eoj was planning, are we going to have a "Twin Peaks" showing this semester? G: Why don't you just get in touch with him directly if you're interested, so that he can set up a time? H: Have you seen this week's Babylon 5 episode? S: Is that the one where Sinclair's duck comes and takes over the statement? H: Should we let him go to Jim's apartment Monday at 7:30 to find out, or just institutionalize him now? G: Speaking of things happening this week, doesn't it suck that Buffy's still in reruns? H: Yeah, but isn't Megan showing old episodes Tuesdays at 9:30 while we wait for new ones to come on? H: Out of curiosity, where was everyone at last week's poker night? S: It was underattended, but he's doing another one this Thursday at 9:30 in ML Breakfast Room. H: What kind of question was that? S: I tried. I really tried. H: statement. G: Are we done then? H: Umm, yeah. S: statement. Dead Monster List - 3/21: Terry "Not actually appearing in this attendance list, but you should all come to the spring ball anyway" Harvey Megan "I don't know where Larry is, am I his keeper?! He's not coming he said. Oh, well, I guess _I'll_ be the Pterodactyl then. That'll be fun. Anyone want to wear my groovy red cloak? Squawk!!" Hallam. Snibor "Oot oodiregid a tnaw I!" Eoj Jim "Tactile Terror Hunt" Moskowitz Ben "Run, Dactyl, Run - I'll cover you!" Newman Greg "Piggy" Ingber Melissa "Wando...or Early Perfection?" Running Jay "Just another disaster faun waiting for the Strangelove ocean" Scott Jennifer "orcs and hobgoblins were chasing me in my dreams last night." Tyson Anna "On a more peaceful note, yesterday was the Equinox and we stood an egg (well, Chris Fanjul) on its head." Hess Sarah "Oh Dactyl! My Dactyl!" Bergstrom Dave "Burble Burble - ROAR" Phillips Kendra "Kill! Kill! Kill!" Tornheim Kyla "well, actually Chris stood himself on his hands, but it was still cool" Tornheim Catherine "well, it rained, and there weren't enough players, & I gave them too much information, but you all rock and I had a great time" Osborne Sherry "Lynn" Levi '85 Andrea "I'm not here" Hall Jimmy "Don't run away..." Kong Hannah "Not really attending - just stopping in" Rakoff