Post by Akbar Le Grey on Dec 10, 2006 14:01:01 GMT -5
December 10th – December 17th
Editor-in-Chief: Akbar Le Grey.
Sub-editor: Linda.
Contributors: Libitina, Spoony, A., M.
Published by 667er Publications, ltd.
A subsidiary of the 667er Group.
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On the tenth day of Christmas, Snicket gave to me:
Ten sneaky snow scouts
Nine freaks performing
Eight impersonations
Seven deadly sins
Six reasons we’re the “in-est”
Five bumbling teachers
Four unpaid workers
Three scary leeches
Two suspicious deaths
And a vile villain following me
[/center]Ten sneaky snow scouts
Nine freaks performing
Eight impersonations
Seven deadly sins
Six reasons we’re the “in-est”
Five bumbling teachers
Four unpaid workers
Three scary leeches
Two suspicious deaths
And a vile villain following me
It is now Day 10 of the thirteen-day daily themes, and 667 has seen record participation in the theme days. Here is a short summary of the first ten days:
Villain day[/u] – Today, everyone became their favorite villains, from Yzma to Cruella de Vil to the classic cartoon villain.
Zombie day[/u] – Beware, humans! 667 became a home for the dead today, as everyone died and joined Gretchen as zombies for the day.
Animal day[/u] – From cats to cows to echidnas, the animal kingdom ruled supreme today.
Career day[/b] – A large variety of jobs appeared today, from realistic ones like Akbar the editor to unusual ones like Gigi the exotic dancer. A surprising number of people were unemployed, hobos, etc.
Teacher day[/u] – All sorts of teachers came to 667 today, from Mr. Weatherbee to Socrates to Professor Snape to Ms. Rellim the History Teacher.
667 pride day[/u] – Do you think INside the box? The 667ers did today, making it one of the IN-nest days in history.
Rules/sins day[/u] – Dante’s Inferno was combined with the rules of the Village of Fowl Devotees in a day where Poisoners, Pedophiles, Assassins, Cat Slaughterers, and other nasty characters prowled 667.
Disguise day[/u] – What’s Dante doing in MM? A member asked innocently. Nothing. It was Disguise Day, and made for one of the most confusing days yet, with people wondering how they had managed to post while asleep, among other things.
Freak day[/u] – All the freaks, from a girl with no hands to a procrastinating freak to a PJ, managed to show their freakish faces today.
False Spring day[/u] – We’ll just have to wait and see, won’t we?
Also, due to a request, here are the last three theme days:
Eleven ships attacking – Pirate day
Twelve types of code – VFD day
Thirteen island nations – island day
The banners have been great so far. Thank Amanda, Cybermystery, Dupin, Gigi, Jenny, Songbird, Utopia, and Zavi for so graciously making them!
-Linda.
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667, recently, has seemed to be slowing down. It happens with everything -- forums go through a life cycle of sorts. Everything does, I guess. ((See America: The Book for more information)) In its infancy, 667 was tiiiiny, and simply made gurgling noises. I think.
It grew, and soon it was a child -- but a child in the Greek world eras sense. I'm making no sense. Anyway, the Greats were Titans -- Anne, Tyler...other people...
Anyway, this is getting stupid. What I really want to cocentrate on is when 667 was a rebellious, loud-partying, insane adolescent. In 2004, through maybe early 2005, 667 was the Best Thing Ever. Everyone was friends with everyone, except the bits where there were gigantic brawls. There were parties, all-nighters, frigthening haircuts...
I'm going to put this in the form of...poetry.
no I'm not.
Well, just take it from me, we need to somehow try to regain our youth. 667's become a BORING OLD MAN. Not the fun kind with the red suits or the Harleys. The boring kind with the nipple-high golf pants and polos.
Everyone, we have to make threads about random things, start trends, have a ball or two, create injokes, have AIM chats...Just do it.
Now you can have a conversation abou words and numbers involving me and megan.
Megan says:
and nooooooo, numbers exist less than words!
Raise the flag, summer home, Parted hair, part unknown says:
ooh, have to go look like i'm working for a minute
no, cause without humans, there would be no words, numbers represent real thigns adn not abstract ideas
Megan says:
art is the only absolutely existing thign, though D: <
...
that makes sense...
M. says:
...it makes the opposite of sense
Megan says:
but you need words for numbers
M. says:
art is the only purely abstract thigns.
no yuo don't
M. says:
numbers are constants, words are subtle and have cahnces
M. says:
changes and intricacies, if you have two of something adn put it together with one of somethign, tehre will always be three smoethigns there
M. says:
barring waacky hyperdimensional quantum physics and whatnot
Megan says:
nuh-uh
M. says:
yuh huh
Megan says:
2+1=9
M. says:
but waht is, I dunno, the word love?
Megan says:
or 41
M. says:
AH,y ou're confusing the symbols for numbers in general
M. says:
thsoe are just SYMBOLS for the numbers themselves
M. says:
see
M. says:
?
Megan says:
the word love is a noun and a verbv *nods*
and my point has been that for years! numbers don't exist, they're jsut symbols! *hug*
M. says:
but what is a nounma dn waht is a verb?
...wrong D:! Numbers do exist, the symbols just allow us to grasp the concept
Megan says:
a noun is a word and a verb is a word! *win*
M. says:
if I draw a square and the put three balls in front of you, and say that thery are equal, the three balls are always going to be three, but 3 and a square mean the same thing, tehy're just symbols for
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M. says:
*for the idea of the three thigns
M. says:
waht is a word?
Megan says:
i don't know...
Megan says:
*lose*
M. says:
exactly!
M. says:
numebrs are constant, words are n ot
Megan says:
i still don't see how numbers exist...
M. says:
i don't see how words exist
M. says:
words need us to exist, numebrs do not
Megan says:
what /are/ they?
they are measurements.
but what is a measurememtn and how do we measure them?
M. says:
nothign exists until it is observed, but taht's somethign else and is quantum adn such
You're a effing ugly biznatch. I want to stab you to death, then play around with your blood. says:
words are letters clumped together so we can say our thoughts.
but what is a thought?! ah!
M. says:
seeeeee? Numbers aer pure
M. says:
tehy are the only thigns that are real
-M.
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Hi, I’m ranting again. I’m not going to apologise for it being horrible today, not to say that it won’t be. I’ve just stopped caring, though, to tell you the truth. I’m not sure exactly when it came about, that is to say when I realised it came about. Perhaps it was a gradual process, or one of those overnight occurrences when you’re passed out or under anaesthetic. Regardless, I just don’t care anymore. Apathy really is great though; I’m trying to really embrace it (even that’s slightly hard when I seem to lack concern for the apathy itself.) To understand it, I think it’s essential to really get inside of the problem or the solution to the problem or what ever it is, I really don’t care anymore. If you suffer from apathy or need to learn more about it call 1800-I-DON’T-CARE or something; I stopped caring about this particular section of the article and feel no need to continue it now.
Wow, this really is more horrible than I expected ,but it’s totally not my fault (though I might feel slightly guilty if I had added ‘…and even if it was I wouldn’t care.’ to the end of that sentence.) 667er reporters you totally need to commit (woah, so tempted to add something about beating apathy with the help and support of your family and a few prescribed drugs from your local GP, but I don’t condone the use of drugs especially prescription drugs which I hear you can sell for a vast amount of money on the black market.) Anywho, commitment, it’s very important in all kinds of inter-personal relationships.
Just because A. is a commitment-phobe doesn’t mean you should be too. Besides, once you make a commitment you can’t make that kind of excuse anymore, it just doesn’t work. The fear of commitment stems more from the feeling of inadequacy that someone might be let down by my inability to perform. Once I’ve taken the leap to say that I’ll do something, I’ll do it. I think that too comes from the feeling that I don’t want to let someone down. All of you reporters should not fail on your commitment and write Akbar articles so I don’t have to do this type of psychoanalysis on myself because Akbar has no articles and feels let down. All of you other 667ers (possibly only those without commitment-phobia or those who are receiving some kind of treatment and/or prescription drugs.) should also commit to writing Akbar articles. He’s nice and I’m not just saying that because he’s my e-husband and we have an e-dysfunctional-family together (we really are dysfunctional), nor am I saying it merely because he’s pointing a pistol to my head as I write this (or am I?) He’s a good evil media mogul and you should assist him in his dreams for world domination. (Perhaps you can even convince him to let you rule over some little island country, New Zealand, maybe? Perhaps he’ll only give you the North Island though; I hear the South one’s really nice and we might need it for a holiday get-away when the pressure of mogul life sets in. Tasmania’s negotiable too)
Focus is a very hard thing to keep on one thing at a time. I think it’s extremely rude to just focus on one train of thought at a time, not to mention wasteful. I try to conserve every train of thought as it comes, and the result is a nice little collage of the inner workings of my mind (somewhat edited for this publication, though still true to its essential nature). I seem to move very fluidly from a discussion on commitment to one of world domination in my mind, but the expression of this in words seems to lose this and it becomes rather (I really can’t think of the word I want to express what it is I’m trying to say: one probably exists, but I’m just going to blame this on the inadequacy of words and move on leaving behind an incomplete sentence.) Perhaps its lack of fluidity is partly the fault of grammar. My thoughts don’t come structured in sentences, and there certainly aren’t as many full stops or commas as I have to put in to avoid teachers complaining about run-on sentences. This whole discussion on focus, or, rather, the lack of it, comes about as I reread parts of this and realise that, rather than a rant, it’s become some weird little self-psychoanalysis, in which I point out all the little flaws of my personality. I am unsure of why I would choose to do such a thing, yet I continue. It certainly wouldn’t make you like me anymore; not only are you reading a horribly written article which is all my fault, but you now know all about how weird I am. I guess it might be some kind of therapy in expressing these flaws. I am, as yet, unable to make any sort of commitment to do anything about them, though. (There I go with the commitment-phobia again.) I think it’s just something we’re all going to have to live with; at least we can all be fully aware of the existence of flaws and attempt to find some comfort in that.
Oh, I also hog the bathroom. Or so I’m told. Of course it’s not as easily treatable as my other personality flaws, although I’ve put forth several suggestions, it’s a pity my parents aren’t too keen on sharing a single bed and letting me move into their room with an ensuite bathroom. (That’s right, I’d have a bathroom to myself. There would be no fights between myself and my siblings, just pure bliss, there are no visible downfalls.) I’ll keep you posted on my progress.
But, for now, I’m going to go try to find the Meaning of Life or something. I suspect everything would be much easier to understand then.
-A.
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This week, we interviewed M.
The 667er: Welcome, M. Thank you for joining us at last (even though it's my fault).
M.: Aw, things get in the way.
The 667er: How do you do?
M.: I haven't slept in days -- I was at a church sleepover. Long story, but I'm tired.
The 667er: Aha. What religion are you? Apparently not Jewish, like J.
M.: No, but everyone thinks I am. I'm technically Lutheran Christian, cause my mom's the Lutheran organist, but I'm agnostic.
The 667er: Interesting. Do you have any cool hobbies, or do you just collect stamps or something?
M.: Nah, I'm really exceptionally boring, though I'm sure it doesn't show on 667. Though recently I've been oddly obsessed with obtaining every rainbow-coloured item I can.
The 667er: That certainly is interesting. You're not boring in the least. What rainbow-coloured items do you have at the moment?
M.: Well, my pocketbook started me off. It's from a Christian seminar in Texas, my pastor got it for me. I'm wearing my rainbow belt right now…Hey, my cat just jumped on the keyboard. He wants acknowledgement!
The 667er: Is your cat a talking cat?
M.: He is, but only when no one else is around. He's shy.
The 667er: What's his name? Is he also rainbow-coloured?
M.: He's Mister Pumpkin. No, he's orange, but he does have an affinity for the pocketbook.
The 667er: You should paint him. Do you like to paint?
M.: I don't paint. I like to draw, but I'm incredibly bad at it. XD. Are we going to talk about 667? My life is boring
The 667er: It's not boring. But chure, if you'd like to talk about 667, by all means. What happened with your posts being deleted and such?
M.: Oh, we "don't know", but both ADR and I suspect it was the esteemed madame J. She doesn't like me too much.
The 667er: That's very sad. You're both such cool people, you should be best friends.
M.: I'd say something right now, but that wouldn't be too nice, so I'll leave it at that. *Cough cough*
The 667er: ): All we are saying is give peace a chance. What's your favourite thing about 667 right now?
M.: Right now? I think it's that there's been sort of a resurgence (is that a word?) of the members from 667's glory days. ...Yeah, I love nostalgia <3
The 667er: Mmm. Who are the members you really liked but aren't here anymore?
M.: Derik, first of all. Kobolos, he was alwaaays fun. Char's random threads kept me entertained...soidanae, does anyone remember him?
The 667er: I remember him! He was pretty nifty. Didn't he come back for a little while some time ago?
M.: yeah, he did. So did Kobolos, though DD has been sort of stagnant lately.
The 667er: Indeed. We need a revolution. If you could start a 667 Revolution, what would you do?
M.: HI SONGBIRD. Also, I would probably attempt to contact once-prominent members and find out how people can talk with them. I don't know how much longer the forum will last, now that it is the End, but I think that the network of friends can definitely go on. Hey, it IS the members that make 667 what it is.
The 667er: Good plan. You know, it would be really cool to send out, I dunno, a mass email or something, trying to get everyone back. *cough* If you could have tea with three people from 667, who would you pick?
M.: Hmm, this is hard. Does it count old members who have since moved on? THAT REMINDS ME. Tiller and Scam are the best old-members-turned-AIM-friends ever. I think it would be...Scam, Tiller, and Jemima. I see Derik anyway, and he might burn himself on the tea D:
The 667er: Poor Derik. He's a pretty amazing guy. Who's your favourite new-ish member?
M.: He's awesometastic. New-ish member? I'd have to say Katekor. I don't know her that well, but she's awesome.
The 667er: Mm, indeed. Who on 667 do you really dislike?
M.: Oooh, this answer's going to be unpopular. I sort of dislike snicketface because she seems really pretentious to me. Sorry, hun, I probably just don't know you well enough. q:
The 667er: Aw, Snicket Face is really cool. You'd probably like her if you talked to her more. What's your favourite flavour of M&Ms?
M.: They come in flavours?
The 667er: Totally.
M.: I don't like them at all, the crunchy shell scares me.
The 667er: D: You poor soul. What section do you like best on 667?
M.: I used to like Disturbing Discussion the best, but, as I said, it's been stagnant lately. So has MM, but you can't go wrong with MM.
The 667er: Did you get carried away, and not just by balloon?
M.: I am confused. PASS!
The 667er: What's the best card to get in Monopoly?
M.: If you're me, it's get out of jail free. I always land on GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL. One time, I never made it around the board because I landed on go directly to jail 6 times in a row and then I quit the game.
The 667er: Poor M. I think you're going to do something really great with your life, though, and you won't really go to jail.
M.: Of course, I'm not a convict...
The 667er: Haha. Is there anything else you'd like to say to the general public of 667?
M.: You guys are the besterest. <3
The 667er: *hug* Thank you for joining us, dearie.
M.: And thank you for giving me my time in the limelight <3
-Libitina.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SORA!
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