[977] in Central_America
New quotes for Thu Oct 13
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Oct 13 01:30:45 1988
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 88 01:29:38 EDT
From: Initializer.SysDaemon <root@CHARON.MIT.EDU>
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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aaron (Aaron A. Goodisman):
This dance could never be true enough oh,
There's more that leads us to our destiny.
Entranced, we travelled the two of us, oh,
And I knew that only you could rest the world for me.
I live deep in the heart of things,
feel such a part of things,
that remind me of you love.
And I know whatever the future brings,
wherever the pointer swings,
there will always be true love,
you love.
True love is the answer to, to everything,
true love is the answer,
true love is the thing.
_True Love_
Wang Chung
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amgreene (Rhu Greene):
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athelas (Susan J. Landsman):
Present location: home (x5-9629)
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eichin (Mark W. Eichin):
Missing: one roommate, named `Mark'. I'd seen him two or three times, but
when I got back to my room last night he was gone... moved out...
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henry (Henry Mensch):
pinched from usenet ...
PHASES OF ADOLESCENCE IN THE GAY MALE (during his twenties):
Scaredy Cat
o Gets an adrenaline shock whenever he goes into a bathroom with a
"reputation", and is totally disgusted by the whole idea; somehow, he
finds himself there quite often.
o Worries a lot about fraternity initiations and what they mean.
o Thinks openly gay people choose between looking like Sister Boom Boom or
being a communist.
o Chooses a best friend either for being supportive or for being the
perfect peer prototype; when he tells his friend that he "might have
bisexual tendencies", the friend tells him he already knew, or refuses
to talk to him again, respectively.
o If he ever had gay sex, would like to think he'd only enjoy the "man's
role".
o Reads "Everything you ever wanted to know about sex", and gets really
depressed when he sees the part about homosexuals being unable to love
each other.
o Meets someone rumored to be gay, but doesn't like them.
Curious George
o Buys his first pink shirt, even though his friends have been wearing them
for years. While he's wearing it, he worries that people might think he's
effeminate.
o Stands outside the entrance to a college gay dance, but can't get up the
nerve to go inside.
o Goes to his first gay bar after getting as far away from a city where he
knows someone as he possible can. He thinks the bar is really sleazy, and
is afraid to go into the bathroom. Also thinks that there are no rich gay
people.
o Tells people he's bisexual.
o Dates someone for three months before having sex, and then has sex with
them several times a day for several weeks. Breaks up because the other
person seems too dependent.
o Admits to himself that he's attracted to men, but still thinks of the
future in terms of straight marriage.
o Agrees with society's disgust with most openly gay men.
o Relationships either lead to a 50-year marriage, or a one night stand.
Anything else is considered an emotionally wrenching "mistake".
The Explorer
o Thinks Castro Street is stranger and more interesting than the zoo.
o Goes to gay bars a lot. Won't talk to people who come up to him, but
finds himself enfatuated with a guy he never gets the courage to go up and
talk to.
o Wets his pants once while avoiding bathrooms in gay bars.
o Doesn't understand the mechanics of cruising. Has difficulty looking
someone in the eye for more than a tenth of a second.
o Tries camping it up, but he has straight friends who can camp better than
he does.
o Finds himself a little less class conscious.
New Boy in Town
o Meets someone who is more closeted that he is for the first time.
o Goes into the Woman's room in a gay bar, and thinks it's a big deal.
o Knows of someone who's "positive", and knows a lot of reasons why that
person is absolutely nothing like himself.
o Meets his first rich gay person.
o Hears about a sexy male celebrity who is gay. Has a lot of fantasies
about meeting the celebrity and falling in love.
o Has a bad experience with someone he met in a gay bar, such as finding out
the guy he just picked up doesn't work where he said he did, and left a
phone number for Domino's Pizza.
o Smokes pot for the first time, and causes a minor disaster during a
coughing fit.
o Wears a dress on Halloween, but puts on more makeup than you can possibly
imagine to make sure everyone knows it's a joke.
A Little Jaded
o No longer gets "shy kidneys" when peeing into trough urinals in a gay bar.
o Hides eyeliner in the bathroom for emphasizing his eyes, concealer for
circles under the eyes and for minor blemishes. Has a good argument
prepared for why it's not really makeup.
o Talks only to people from the "right group".
o Tries ecstasy with some friends, and spends the next week doing library
research on its effects. Hopes his body is not even remotely like that of
a rat.
o Caches hydrogen peroxide in the same hiding place as his three sex toys.
o Brings out the sex toys only when he's accumulated some good retaliatory
dirt on his partner should it ever become necessary.
o Thinks three weeks is too long for a relationship to last unless he knows
he's going out with someone who is "better" than he is.
o Wears only black and white in front of his "public", because he's afraid
of not knowing colors are out on any particular week.
o Tries attitude and likes it.
o Can't get himself to lose respect for "Jason": an incredibly sexy, but
absurdly selfish and manipulative person (who also happens to be *the*
person you need to know in the local social hierarchy).
o Finds himself just saying "yes" to Jason. Resents the advice of friends
and Nancy Reagon to just say "no".
o Finds himself working sometimes 30 hours a week, working out sometimes 7
hours a week, but consistently partying at least 40 hours a week.
Getting There
o May have memorized every line in: Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf, Baby
Jane, and Mommy Dearest.
o Throws elegant dinners, apparently to embarrass guests who aren't capable
of pronouncing what they are eating, much less enjoying it for what it is.
o Falls in love with someone he had never even found attractive before, but
who he had known for a long time. Coming, he feels like he felt at 16.
o Buys classical music because he likes it.
o Doesn't feel like a nerd for staying home on a Friday or Saturday night.
o Can recite the precise sequence of events surrounding Stonewall.
o May be into relationships which emphasize "companionship" (spelled N.O.S.
E.X.).
o Knows the names of a lot of esoteric European cities, and visits them
regularly. Pretends he's never been to the McDonald's in Paris.
o Drinks about once a week every day.
o Now votes libertarian, despite his extremely liberal previous views. "It
all breaks down to freedom and economics, dear. Less taxes mean less
government." (Miss Manners says this comment can only be made over a
glass of Chambourg `58).
o Can repeat each of the Wicked Witch of the West's lines backwards and
calls it the gay sobriety test.
<you'll find me here usually . . . .
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jtkohl (John T Kohl):
The pagedaemon hits--more--
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needle (Zanzibar B. McFate):
You see, when she wants one, and calls out, ``Yoo-Hoo!
Come into the house, Dave!'' she doesn't get _one_.
All twenty-three Daves of hers come on the run!
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raeburn (Ken Raeburn):
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rjnunez (Rob J Nunez):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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tjcoppet (Tom Coppeto):
{From system: This user's .plan file claims to be world writable}
Copyright (c) 1988 Ken Raeburn
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tjcoppet (Tom Coppeto):
{From system: This user's .plan file is world writable}
Copyright (c) 1988 David Krikorian
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wchuang (William Chuang):
This is my Moria Character:
Name :The Falcon Mage Age : 18 Strength :18/100
Race :Human Height : 64 Intelligence :18/100
Sex :Male Weight : 213 Wisdom :18/100
Class :Mage Social Class: 56 Dexterity :18/100
Title :Wizard (6th) Constitution :18/100
Charisma :18/100
+ To Hit : 20 Level : 36 Max Hit Points : 362
+ To Damage : 24 Experience :720034 Cur Hit Points : 362
+ To AC : 38 Gold :419528 Max Mana : 141
Total AC : 60 Cur Mana : 140
listing of major items only:
[Character's Equipment List]
a) You are wielding : a Sabre (+10,+10) [+0] (HA) (+2 to STR).
d) Worn on body : Hard Leather Ring Mail [8,+6] (R).
f) Worn on hands : a Set of Leather Gloves [1,+5] of Slaying (+3,+4).
g) Right ring finger : a Lapis lazuli Ring of Speed (+1).
i) Worn on feet : a Pair of Hard Leather Boots [3,+4].
j) Worn about body : a Cloak [1,+5] of Protection.
l) Secondary weapon : a Halberd (+8,+7) [+7] (DF).
[General Inventory List]
f) 3 White Mushrooms of Restoring.
i) 14 Potions of Restore Life Levels.
k) 23 Misty Potions of Healing.
n) a Scroll Titled "aksion pet" of *Destruction*.
o) 12 Scrolls Titled "zun conta" of Teleport Level.
p) 21 Scrolls Titled "murun bjor bie" of Teleport.
q) a Scroll Titled "ulk iv" of Genocide.
r) a Cedar Staff of Speed (+7 charges).
s) a Teak Staff of Teleportation (+9 charges).
u) a Topaz Ring of Lordly Protection (FIRE) [+5].
v) a Cloak [1,+4] of Stealth (+2).
Now, for a joke:
This is best if yerr Scottish burr is pretty good.
The anatomy professor says, "Now, class, I've a few questions for ya
about the homewerrk.
Miss MacGregor! Stand please." [She stands.]
"What organ expands to ten times its normal size when excited?"
Miss MacGregor flushes and fidgets. Finally the professor tells her to be
seated. "Mister Campbell: stand please and answer the same question."
"It's the pupil of the eye, sir."
"Very good, Mister Campbell. Miss MacGregor, I have three things to say to you.
First, ya haven't done yerr homewerrk.
Second, ya have a derrty mind.
Third, yerr in for a *big* disappointment."
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