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| Session Start (Succubus Club IRC Chat:#Thesuccubusclub): Wed Jan 05 17:57:56 2005 |
| *** #Thesuccubusclub was created on Wed Jan 05 17:57:40 2005. |
| MattH | Hiya CM |
| Elais | heyas Matt |
| Elais | LOST!!! |
| Elais | ALIAS!!!! |
| MattH | New eps, I take it? |
| Elais | yup |
| MattH | There was a new Veronica Mars last night, but I haven't watched it yet. |
| Elais | yeah, I saw it |
| Elais | it was alright *g* |
| MattH | 3 more weeks until the next Smallville, 1 week until the next Enterprise....sigh |
| Elais | I can wait for Smallville |
| MattH | I have mixed emotions...I see this season having the potential to be really good or really bad. |
| Elais | yeah, I know |
| Elais | that's why I try to keep up with spoilers |
| MattH | I haven't seen anything that leads me to have an idea on how which way it'll go, though...so much depends on writing and execution. |
| Elais | very true |
| Elais | I've been looking at getting airline tix for an event coming up in April |
| MattH | I dread another Charmed takeoff...but there are so many other interesing possibilities...Clark and Lex coming to blows (figuratively) over the missing kryptonian artifacts, etc. |
| MattH | What event? |
| Elais | with delta airlines slashing prices, I might book tix next week |
| Elais | it is a celebrity poker tournment in Vegas |
| MattH | Celebrity Poker? |
| * MattH restrains himself from smirking... |
| Elais | http://www.egocheque.com/vegas/ |
| Elais | some Buffy actors will be there |
| Elais | I've emailed the gal organizing the con and seeing how many people have signed up to attend |
| Elais | want to make sure it isn't cancelled because of low ticket sales |
| Elais | if the Vegas thing doesn't pan out, I might try going for either the Vulkon convention or the Destination LA event |
| MattH | Hmmm...Buffy Celebrity poker...do they play for kittens? |
| Elais | nah, they play for charity |
| Elais | I've bought into the tournament |
| MattH | Oh...well, good luck. |
| Elais | I'm a poker expert...I've watched most of the seasons of Celebrity Poker Showdown *g* |
| MattH | I was never any good at card games....chess was more my thing growing up. |
| Elais | still play? |
| MattH | Not in years....I doubt I have played more than a dozen games sice HS |
| Elais | a guy I know is trying to master Go |
| MattH | One game I haven't tried....I am just sticking with RPGs nowadays |
| Elais | I've been thinking of buying the latest Myst game |
| MattH | I tried the original...got bored.. Haven't really been into computer games for a long time. |
| Elais | I liked the original |
| Elais | I had to resort to desperate tactics at some points though |
| Elais | like getting a walkthrough or cheat codes |
| Elais | I'm not much for the swords and sorcery stuff |
| MattH | I played Might & Magic VI and Heroes of Might and Magic II...I also used the web for hints. |
| MattH | Back before the internet, though, I actually figured out a few of the games myself....Wizardy, The Bard's Tale, Zork... |
| Elais | I played a Zork game |
| MattH | BTW - I read that Angel Season 6 series...it was pretty good, especially for the script format. |
| Elais | yeah, I really like the script format |
| MattH | I'm the exact opposite...most script format fics I really dislike...I like ordinary, ole prose. There are exceptions, and the one you pointed me to was one. |
| Elais | I hope they manage to do the entire season |
| MattH | It'd be nice...rare, but nice.... |
| Elais | reading the online sacramento bee |
| Elais | Arnie in Action |
| MattH | Yeah...my guess is the legislature is going to stymie most of his plans, and they'll end up on the ballot. |
| Elais | but will the people understand what they are voting for? |
| MattH | They've done pretty well so far....not too many far out propositions pass...as opposed to the stuff that comes out of the legislature. |
| Elais | the battle should be interesting |
| Elais | Arnie against the Girlie Men |
| MattH | Tiring is more like it...CA politics is like Federal politics, but without the politeness and civility. |
| Elais | lest than 10 minutes to alias |
| MattH | Does Lost follow? |
| Elais | Lost is in front of Alias |
| Elais | Lost at 7, Alias at 8 |
| Elais | kind of figures, since JJ Abrams does both shows |
| MattH | Yeah....like Buffy and Angel.... |
| Elais | he's got a bunch of Buffy/Angel writers too |
| Elais | I think Fury, Bell are on Lost |
| MattH | So I've heard...smart move on his part. |
| Elais | I know Drew is on Alias |
| Elais | correction, Bell is on Lost |
| Elais | I hear there is going to be an Angel comic this summer |
| Elais | taking place after the events of Not Fade Away |
| MattH | Be nice...unfortunately, due to comic contracts issues, BTVS characters won't be in it...rumor has it Faith might. |
| MattH | Also, we now know Faiths last name....Lehane, IIRC. |
| Elais | heh, interesting opening scene |
| Elais | Sydney is in a white negligee |
| MattH | Eh...Jennifer Garner doesn't do much for me, strangely enough. |
| Elais | never got the appeal myself |
| MattH | My personal preference is for good-looking brunettes, so she should...but doesn't.... |
| Elais | what brunettes do you like? |
| MattH | Hmmmm....Eliza Dushku and Michelle Trachttenberg (sp) come to mind. |
| Elais | gotcha |
| MattH | Kristen Kreuk, also, though I don't like the character much. |
| Elais | pretty exciting beginning |
| MattH | What season is Alias in? 5? |
| Elais | fourth |
| Elais | boy, twists already and Angela Bassett too |
| Elais | hah, this should be an interesting season |
| Elais | anyhoo....has worked picked up for you? |
| Elais | worked=work |
| MattH | Not really. Upper management is kind of in a turmoil at our local office. |
| MattH | The REO (who was also the interim local CEO) left abruptly and our office manager retired last month. |
| Elais | I was actually busy for a couple of days |
| Elais | that doesn't sound good |
| Elais | work is back to being slow again |
| MattH | Depends on how it shakes out... |
| Elais | but there is a prospect of getting new training the end of this month |
| MattH | So slow you are looking forward to training? |
| Elais | yeah |
| Elais | the training is for the new duties we'll be taking over next month |
| Elais | my company bought out another company |
| MattH | Oh...what'll you be doing.... |
| Elais | my job fuctions were essentially shipped to another office |
| Elais | some of the work done by the company we bought out will be done by us |
| MattH | Ouch.... |
| Elais | so since December 15th, I've been doing odd jobs here and there |
| Elais | most of the time I take online courses through the company intranet |
| Elais | very boring and time consuming stuff |
| MattH | Well, so long as you aren't RIFed. |
| Elais | RIFed? |
| MattH | Reduction In Force(d)....a military term, I believe |
| Elais | ah |
| Elais | Survivor of RIF *g* |
| Elais | tried watching a bit of the Orange Bowl last night |
| MattH | And? I don't watch college football myself, although I have been known to watch the occasional Pro game on TV |
| Elais | I did say 'tried' |
| Elais | changed the channel |
| Elais | when I went back to the game it was like 38-17 |
| Elais | figured no point in watching the rest |
| MattH | I *am* happy USC won...but had no interest in watching. |
| Elais | I had heard that the Orange Bow was supposed to be a good matchup |
| Elais | but it was a blowout instead |
| MattH | BTW, did you hear the 6-Apart (the people who make Moveable Type and run Typepad) may be trying to buy Livejournal? |
| Elais | really? |
| Elais | I use livejournal |
| MattH | I have an account, but just so I can post the occasional comment on other peoples sites. |
| Elais | wonder if they'll try to put ads on livejournal |
| Elais | I'm reading another board and there some debate going on about 'The Wizard of Oz' |
| MattH | The movie or the book? The book was fairly different... |
| Elais | the movie |
| Elais | it started out as what happens if you took the red brick road? |
| MattH | I don't recall there being one...the only t hing I remember was the yellow brick road |
| Elais | there was |
| Elais | there is that scene were Dorothy is in Muchkinland |
| Elais | and she steps on that spiral in the middle of town? |
| Elais | the spiral was yellow brick as well as red brick |
| MattH | Yep...that was a yellow spiral...I kept thinking that she was silly starting at the beginning of the spiral. |
| Elais | the discussion has kind of degenerated from there |
| MattH | Heh...I was just checking my webstats, clicked on a link and realized that I have an RSS feed from my weblog.... |
| Elais | what's an RSS feed? |
| Elais | you like acronyms don't you *g* |
| MattH | Real Simple Syndication, IIRC...one uses an RSS aggregator to gather information from various websites/feeds in one plave. |
| MattH | plave = place |
| MattH | I'm a geek....the TLA is part of my genetic makeup |
| MattH | TLA = Three Letter Acronym |
| Elais | so RSS is good? |
| MattH | It means there is another way people can read it...I don't use RSS myself, but apparently Opera (my web browser) can handle feeds automatically. |
| MattH | It treats them like Operamail...kind of nifty |
| Elais | ah, that's good then |
| Elais | the more eyeballs the better? |
| MattH | Something like that....some RSS feeds sync to Palm Pilots etc. |
| MattH | It is a way of not having to check a website yourself...the aggregator checks every hour or so (or whenever you set) |
| Elais | so someone in Timbucktu can get to your site? |
| MattH | Well...they already could...a new feed just lets them know if it has been updated and gives a synopisis (or copy) of the post. |
| Elais | handy |
| Elais | better get going Matt |
| Elais | still one more hour of Alias left! |
| MattH | Ok...see you next week |
| MattH | What? A 2 hour opener? |
| Elais | yup |
| MattH | Lucky you |
| MattH | CYA |
| Elais | and new eps straight through to may |
| Elais | see you later |
| *** Elais has left #Thesuccubusclub. |
| Session Close (#Thesuccubusclub): Wed Jan 05 20:06:00 2005 |