FORKNI-L
Digest - 5 Jan 2006 to 6 Jan 2006 (#2006-8)
Fri, 6 Jan 2006
There are 10 messages totalling 581 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Haven't you noticed? Suddenly we're bright and breezy! (3)
2. Getting to know us (2)
3. FK CD
4. getting to know us (2)
5. A sure relationship must be built on trust and chocolate.
6. a vein of FKers
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Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 14:13:35 -0800
From: chris thatcher <mb_the_spy@y......>
Subject: Haven't you noticed? Suddenly we're bright and breezy!
Hiya, everybody! I want you to know that I'm saving
all of these for reference. ;)
>>Who are you, where do you live, what do you do?<<
chris thatcher is my name. I purposely spell it w/o
caps 'cause I like the way it looks. I'm a student in
Utah.
>> ---Who is your favorite FK character and why?<<
I've always loved Janette, the fact that she lives in
between the darkness represented by Lacroix and the
light. she's bad without being downright evil. and
does she know how to dress...!
>>-How long have you been a FK fan? How did you get
started?<<
5 years? I was the last of the three of us triplets to
relent. Megan found it first, who told Rose, who
showed it to me.
>> ---Have you ever met anyone off the FK lists?<<
You mean, do I ever get off the computer for long
enough to meet people not on the list? ha ha. I met a
few list-friends in person at FK in SD a few years
back. musta been '03. I don't remember everybody's
names. Nancy K. was there, and Cloud, I think. You
know who you are. you'll remember me: I was the one on
the crutch.
>> . ---Favorite Episodes?<<
been too long since I sat down and watched them. what
a lazy fan am I! uh... C&C, aMPH, BMV, Close Call...
in general, 2nd season.
>> ---Other hobbies?<<
reading, playing music, reading, writing a little,
books... oh! I make nice desserts every once in a
while!
>> -Family status?
Soooo single. never married, no kids of my own. One
mother, one father; one of ten mostly grown children;
one of three fraternal triplets.
>> -Have you ever met anyone famous?
I met Alex Trebek when I was little. I've met Andy
Serkis, and I met Dave Coolier at random in an airport
in Winnipeg, of all places. a dream of mine is to one
day meet Garrison Keillor.
anything else you ought to know about me...you
probably don't want to know, mwa-ha-ha-ha!
I love having so many friends online, since I have so
few in person! <rueful G>
chris ;?
"I don't bite.... Well, that's wrong; I do bite."
~K'Ehleyr
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Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 00:25:20 +0000
From: Luicia <luicia1705@y.......>
Subject: Re: Haven't you noticed? Suddenly we're bright and breezy!
heheehe another male shown the way by his sisters LOL
You're right (ref: Subject header) we have all perked
up a bit in 2006
Good thing too - 2005 was starting to get depressing
;P
Thanks again to Kristen F for starting off this little
get-to-know-you
Luicia
--- chris thatcher <mb_the_spy@y......> wrote:
>
> >>-How long have you been a FK fan? How did you get
> started?<<
> 5 years? I was the last of the three of us triplets
> to
> relent. Megan found it first, who told Rose, who
> showed it to me.
>
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans" John Lennon
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Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 07:01:27 -0500
From: Forever Knight Tales <fknight420@c.......>
Subject: Re: Getting to know us
I prefer family of friends for us, I'm a Trekkie through and through, since
I was 6, I'm 47 now.
Don't trade a treasure
for an empty box.
www.ForeverKnight.5u.com
www.AngusGrady.50megs.com
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Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 16:08:45 -0500
From: Forever Knight Tales <fknight420@c.......>
Subject: FK CD
If anyone is interested, OFF the list, 'Soul of Redemption,' is
available on CD with poems and intro. The money will raised for
Children's Hospital in Boston. Stay safe.
Don't trade a treasure
for an empty box.
www.ForeverKnight.5u.com
www.AngusGrady.50megs.com
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Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 13:32:32 -0500
From: Roger Armstrong <eriklebeau@g.......>
Subject: Re: getting to know us
> >Who are you, where do you live, what do you do?
Roger Armstrong; [Xxxxx], FL; Computer programmer
> >Who is your favorite FK character and why?
LaCroix. His no-nonsense approach to vampirism (specificially about
the futility of guilt and regret) is easily applied to a non-undead
life as well and (if you can believe it) has helped me grow as a
person. Not to mention, that voice is simply liquid platinum, and
NB's expressiveness brings a realism to the part of 'vampire master'
that usually isn't found in most shows of the genre.
> >How long have you been a FK fan? How did you get started?
Ack, can I even remember now? I know that I have been watching as far
back as Crimetime After Primetime, but I can't recall for the life of
me how I first discovered the show. I've been on the lists here since
sometime in the middle of high school -- something like 12 years ago.
> >Have you ever met anyone off the FK lists?
Sadly not. Although I have run across a few fellow War participants
(that I hadn't known at the time) recently as part of a completely
separate fandom. This was an unexpected (but welcome) surprise to all
of us!
> >Favorite Episodes for each season?
First: For I Have Sinned, Cherry Blossoms, Feeding the Beast
Second: Close Call, Curiouser and Curiouser, Hunted
Third: Jane Doe, Ashes to Ashes, Fever
> >Other hobbies?
Reading, roleplaying games, agility training
> >Family status?
Married 8 years (as of 1/16/06, anyway). No children, but a gaggle of
pets (2 dogs, 5 cats, 3 rats, 2 guinea pigs, and a snake)
> >Have you ever met anyone famous?
Lee Meriweather when she played Auntie Mame in my hometown, and Anne
Rice at a book signing for Memnoch the Devil
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Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 22:09:03 -0700
From: Rose Thatcher <dreamerextrodanar@h.......>
Subject: A sure relationship must be built on trust and chocolate.
>Who are you, where do you live, what do you do?<
Rose Thatcher, reporting in! I wasn't going to do this, but oh well. I'm a
student in Washington, and missing my family! I... hang out, dance, spend
waaaaay too much time on the computer. :)
>---Who is your favorite FK character and why?<
Always been a fan of Schankie. He's just funny! Always has to put up with
Nick, has a fairly normal life otherwise, easy going and garlic is my
favorite vegitable too!
>-How long have you been a FK fan? How did you get started?<
Oh, years. First episode I ever saw was...Feeding the beast, back when it
was first airing. Mom thought I was too young at that point, so I waited
until Megan re introduced me.
>---Have you ever met anyone off the FK lists?<
Yes.
>. ---Favorite Episodes?<
Feeding the Beast. Curiouser and Curiouser, Stranger than fiction, partners
of the month, Father Figure.
> ---Other hobbies?<
Reading, computer, reading, outdoors activities, dancing, reading, baking,
writing, reading, music, and oh, reading.
>-Family status?
I'm afraid all us Thatchers are Depressingly single. Except for our
parents, who are depressed as us being single. <G>
>-Have you ever met anyone famous?
um. no. don't think so. nope.
I'm actually one of those that really likes reading the fiction almost more
than seeing the real thing. What can I say, I need a few more years before
I find Nick or LaCroix really attractive. :)
Ta-da!
'Rose
"The true nature of the Vampire is undefined, undiscovered, inconceivably
complex, and therefore, Lots of fun!"
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Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 22:10:08 -0700
From: Rose Thatcher <dreamerextrodanar@h.......>
Subject: Re: Haven't you noticed? Suddenly we're bright and breezy!
nononono! chris is a girl! Believe me, girl! (I should know!) <G> We're
fraternal triplets in that we really don't look alike, but we're all girls!
'Rose
"The true nature of the Vampire is undefined, undiscovered, inconceivably
complex, and therefore, Lots of fun!"
>From: Luicia <luicia1705@y.......>
>Reply-To: Forever Knight TV show <FORKNI-L@l.......>
>To: FORKNI-L@l.......
>Subject: Re: Haven't you noticed? Suddenly we're bright and breezy!
>Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 00:25:20 +0000
>
>heheehe another male shown the way by his sisters LOL
>You're right (ref: Subject header) we have all perked
>up a bit in 2006
>Good thing too - 2005 was starting to get depressing
>;P
>
>Thanks again to Kristen F for starting off this little
>get-to-know-you
>
>Luicia
>
>--- chris thatcher <mb_the_spy@y......> wrote:
>
> >
> > >>-How long have you been a FK fan? How did you get
> > started?<<
> > 5 years? I was the last of the three of us triplets
> > to
> > relent. Megan found it first, who told Rose, who
> > showed it to me.
> >
>
>
>"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans" John Lennon
>
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Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 09:35:27 +0100
From: Lorin <vachesang@1.......>
Subject: Re: getting to know us
We do seem to do this every so often, don't we? I think it's great to see
what everybody is doing, and it does remind us to touch base with some old
friends!
This is waaay late because we were over in England visiting family for
Christmas, and I promised myself I wouldn't check my e-mail until I had
unpacked!
>Who are you, where do you live, what do you do?
Debi McKee (Lorin to all my online buddies), born & raised in England but
now living in [Xxxxxxxxx-Xxxxx], Germany. A gorgeous country, but just ever
so slightly chilly at the moment...
My #1 job is Mum! Following that, I'm a cook... er, sorry, Food Service
Associate (!) at an American bowling alley.
>Who is your favorite FK character and why?
LaCroix, definitely. He is so deliciously menacing... and oh, that voice...
<whimper>
Mind you, I wouldn't want to meet him. If I were dropped into the FK world
and could meet a character, it would have to be Natalie - girly chats over a
bottle of wine and a large box of chocs.
>How long have you been a FK fan? How did you get started?
I discovered FK in 1997, on the Sci-Fi channel re-runs. I had just moved
house, didn't know anybody, and was 7 months pregnant, so I spent a lot of
time running around like a headless chicken trying to get everything sorted
out. Collapsing on the couch for a couple hours in the afternoon seemed
like the thing to do! I first saw C&C, which got me hooked because I
couldn't make heads nor tails of the plotline but thought the writing and
acting was outstanding, and had to watch the next day to try to figure out
what the heck the show was about.
I joined forkni-L in 1998 just after my daughter was born, but I mainly just
lurk nowadays. Real Life can take up so much valuable computer time, can't
it?
>Have you ever met anyone off the FK lists?
I've *almost* met several - if I'd actually managed to get to any of the
Cons that I had in my diary, I'd have met a whole bunch of you! I've
actually only met Will Steeves and Greer <waves> in person.
>Favorite Episodes for each season?
First season... hummm. Not my favourite season, but I did like Unreality TV
- the Enforcers were just hilarious - those TEETH! <g>
2nd season - Has to be the best season by far. Stranger than Fiction -
Schanke's version of LaCroix! Fathers Day - lovely Nick/LC interaction.
The Fix - Nick eating spaghetti <g>. Be My Valentine - ooh, that scene at
the Azure... C&C - the Ripe Peach speech. Near Death - the Naughty
Nightie!!
3rd Season - Sons of Belial - love the scene where LC is verbally fighting
the demon during the exorcism, it does my UFfish little heart good! I liked
Fever too, I think Screed was woefully underexplored as a character.
>Other hobbies?
Reading, anything and everything but particularly crime and fantasy (an odd
mix, huh?); history, especially the Saxons; cooking (yes, I'm sad, I do it
all day at work then come home and do it for fun); drawing and painting. Oh
yes, and the odd moment on the computer...
>Family status?
Married, with a 7-year-old daughter who was raised on FK and could recognize
Nick on the TV when she was 2, but got freaked by the yellow eyes when she
was 3 and I had to start watching it at naptime!
>Have you ever met anyone famous?
David Essex, a 1970's/1980's singer/actor, who was incredibly nice. And
Alabama, backstage after a show - they are all wonderful guys.
Lorin
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Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 11:40:54 -0500
From: "Phillips, Tim" <Tim.Phillips@s.......>
Subject: Re: a vein of FKers
I think
"a vein of Fkers"
is the best fit I've heard yet for the whole fandom.
As I was driving home last night, I was hit by how "group names" seemed
to fit various of our character factions
a mug of Perks
a scurry of RatPackers
a green of Caddywacks
a romance of NickAndNatePackers
a homicide of Ravenettes
an eternity of Knighties
a stare of Vaquaros
a trouble of Cousins
a meltdown of Nunkies
Tim
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Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 14:46:27 -0500
From: "Phillips, Tim" <Tim.Phillips@s.......>
Subject: Re: Getting to know us
>---Who are you, where do you live, what do you do?
Tim Phillips
I live in central Vermont just outside the state's capital of
Montpelier.
I work for the state as a software developer and database
builder/maintainer.
>---Who is your favorite FK character and why?
Mmm. Toughie. When I first started reading this forum, I was
very quickly a Nick/Natalie romance fan (I'm a sucker for star-cross
lovers... I've got half-finished version of "Natalie and Her Nicholas" -
a FK version of Romeo and Juliet set in a Toronto openly half-controlled
by vampires - sitting waiting for the muse to hit again.
Any male not interested in Janette needs to be checked for a
pulse... because I do think he is already dead... and not in a good way.
The season 3 characters I was.... could do without or without...
until one fateful night when I realized that Vachon looked like a roadie
for a hardrock band. By the time I was in front of the computer and
writing the story FANG... I'd changed my interest in him. An hour later
when Tracy let out the clutch on a 428CJ engine and sent her Mustang
shrieking with a demonic sonic into the streets of Toronoto (while
INXS's Suicide Blonde was all but deafening me in repeat play on my
stereo)... I realized I was a major Dark Perk in disguise.
Truth is...I like all the various characters.
My one real regret is that the show ended... and was done in an
era when story-arcs and character development were just really beginning
to be an accepted part of television.
There was a lot more exploration of these characaters waiting to
be done.
Oh, and I just want to say I like the Caddy. 'Course, it needs
to be painted mirror black, slammed into the weeds and shaved... but
that is just my taste to make it completely perfect.
>---How long have you been a FK fan? How did you get started?
I actually watched the original Nick Night pilot with Rick Springfield
with my mother when it broadcast. I still have the original tape
(played it a year or so ago before I got the pilot on DVD) and watched
it a decent amount back in the day. Both mom and I liked the pilot and
thought it could be a good show.
When FK started on CBS, I tried to watch it....but I was sitting there
going "where is rick Springfield???? Who is this blonde prettyboy
they've get playing Nick? Who is this guy who thinks he's LaCroix???
They made the pathologist a woman...is that transparent or what??"
I taped a few episodes but neither I not my mother liked it (I was
living in Boston at the time and neither of my parents could figure out
how to program a VCR... so I taped things for my mom and dad and brought
them home). Since Bab5, DeepSpace9 and the X-Files were out and
about... I had plenty of shows that interested me to watch at the time.
Fast forward a few years and there was a 10 hour FK marathon on SciFi
one Saturday. I flipped the TV on for basically background noise while
eating lunch and the episode that was on was - I think - Curiouser and
Curiouser or A More Permanent Hell. Ate lunch and spent the rest of
the day watching the marathon going "boy I really missed something
here".
I watched and taped until SciFi stopped carrying FK... and now have
Season 1 and 2 on DVDs. Still haven't watched the Season 2 boxset
yet... but it is there waiting in line with the mountain of other
entertainment I have.
>---Have you ever met anyone off the FK lists?
No. But I do have a black winterjacket with the FK logos on it. I've
been out in public with that in some "off the beaten trail" little towns
here in Vermont and had folks recognize the logo and stop and chat a
bit.
>---Favorite Episodes?
1) Curiouser and Curiouser
2) A More Permanent Hell
3) The Fix
4) I can't remember the title... but the one where Janette came back in
the 3rd season
5) any of the rest. I can't really think of a stinker in the bunch.
>---Other hobbies?
try to write fan fiction for FK and other series I find intriguing
building LEGOs and otherwise enjoying time spent with my two young
nieces
reading too much
watching too many movies
spending time with a handful of good and old friends
pounding away at intriguing software development "problems"
I am a sponge for information. I use to read encyclopedias as a kid.
Now, I am a menace with something like the wikipedia or simply google
and a half-hour to kill (or a bookstore with volumes unread)
I have an extensive and wildly varied music collection (I've been known
to follow ABBA with MotorHead, Best of the 80s Voume 4 and then a 2000
Year Old Man CD).
I've got an old 1969 Mach1 Mustang that has been "being restored" now
for far too long. I keep finding things to do to help my dad and
brother and friends far more intriging than beating on that old thing's
steel hide... still.. one of these days... she may yet regain the road.
dreaming up weird ways to combine hobbies... if I only had the time to
do any one of them justice. For instance: "let's see.. I can build the
FK universe in LEGO - getting my mom who does dollhouse stuff to
customize the figures so you can tell Nat from Janette -, film a series
of scenes with my digital camera, write dialogue and story to go with
them, use a varient of my SpiderNet sofware to build an eletronic web
picture book, learn how to play synthesizer keyboard and record my own
score....so I create an multimedia FK experience."
>---Family status?
Single but my brother married a good woman and they have two wonderful
girls who live nearby and my parents are great people.... so the fact
that I don't have a lady around isn't the end of the world.
>---Have you ever met anyone famous?
No...but I don't think meeting someone famous is in any way
particularly noteworthy for itself. I know I'm partially colored by
what I do for a living... where what you know and can do is far more
important than how loudly someone else trumpets your virtues.
I enjoy the characters that "famous people" like actors
create...but I'm not really that interested in the personal life of the
actors themselves... aside hoping that an actor/actress I like has the
good fortune to have been successful in their pursuit of happiness.
Tim
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