Post by Akbar Le Grey on Oct 15, 2006 4:53:53 GMT -5
October 15th – October 22nd
Editor-in-Chief: Akbar Le Grey.
Sub-editor: Linda.
Columnists: PJ, Spoony, Brownie.
Published by 667er Publications, ltd.
A subsidiary of the 667er Group.
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This week, MM seemed to burst with the love brought by two gag accounts, called ‘iloveyou’ and ‘lovemedo’. They brought kindness and affection to a board that was beginning to stagnate with unkind feelings and insults, and made threads that made people feel good, for once. Let’s take a look at the two accounts responsible, and the contributions they made.
The accounts:
iloveyou:
Created shortly before midnight of Friday the 13th, GMT. Created a thread titled “To my Loves. And others” and posted a plethora of poems to various members of the forum. She says that the thread was made mostly for the guys of 667, but that she couldn't stop with them, and so wrote more poems for girls as well.
Dupin, Dante, Robert, Akbar, Luis, Tragedy, Erik, Linda, Libby, J., M., Elizabeth, BSam, PJ, Freshie, Derik & Songbird have been recipients so far, and several members have asked for Samreen to have one, but ‘iloveyou’ has not been online since about a day after being made, so the request was probably not seen.
lovemedo:
Created about a day after ‘iloveyou’. His/her specialty seemed to be using pictures to emphasize points, rather than poems like ‘iloveyou’. Made a total of two threads: one thread titled “Love Me” in which s/he asked for love, and one titled “If you love me, you might love others” as a type of Cupid thread for sending love to others. So far, the only message made public was:
“I think I like PJ”.
Like ‘iloveyou’, ‘lovemedo’ has not been online since shortly after the account was made.
So who are they?
As with all gag accounts, people want to know who’s behind it all, though admittedly it isn’t such a high priority with nice accounts like these. It appears that Linda and Elizabeth know who ‘iloveyou’ is, but they’re not telling. And no one has claimed to know the identity of ‘lovemedo’ yet. Could they be the same person? Taking a look at the log-in dates, that seems plausible, but then again, it could just be coincidence. Whether or not you decide to reveal yourself, anonymous people or person, we love you! But I’m sure you already knew that.
-Linda.
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The End is Here.[/u]
[Editor’s Note: Sixteen couldn’t do his article this week, so I’ve covered it. Sixteen is still very much a columnist, I’m just filling in for him this week.]
It's here. The much-dreaded final book in aSoUE hit bookstores on Friday, October 13. A fittingly ominous date.
BBooks exploded with posts; Lemony Snicket became, for the first time in months, the most talked about thing on 667. From MM (threads like ‘I’m going to The End Party’ and ‘I’m going to sing for Daniel Handler’ to Alarming Announcements strikes for spoiler-posting), aSoUE seems to have become the toast of the forum.
Theories and discussion abound; the books sections have been rejuvenated. The member-count keeps getting higher and higher as more and more people join; some of them, presumably, having found us through our mention in The New York Times. Yes, that’s right; the NYT mentioned 667 Dark Avenue as the most notable Snicket forum. As UE and TQW members sighed and went back to posting (in the case of the UE-ers, probably “OMG no y!!!?/1/1/1”) 667 rejoiced.
Almost every board in BBooks, except for The Situation Worsens, has been posted in in the last 24 hours.
There’s also more cause for celebration. It has been confirmed that there is going to be another Snicket book, in addition to the already anticipated musical murder mystery The Composer Is Dead: Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid, a “book of Snicket wisdom…taken from his books, "personal papers, conversations at dinner parties and anarchist rallies."”, due out in May 2007. Take that, naysayers!
Very cleverly timed; even as the excitement and theorizing about TE begin to falter, they’ll bring out another book, to get us hooked yet again.
Also, we’ve received word about yet another cheap merchandising trick by HarperCollins: reprints of the first 2 books, which seem to be longer than the originals. I’ll just leave you with the words of Dante, the famed aSoUE expert and mod of BBooks: “Great, more money sucked from us.”
-Akbar Le Grey.
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Article.[/u]
In order to nurture your poor, bleeding eyes after having greedily speed-read and re-read The End all day, I've decided that you won't have to read my next article.
Click here for sweet PJ-ey goodness!
Might do something with less of a subject next time. Like showing you my scars and telling you about random stuff I've been up to.
Enjoy!
-PJ.
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~Spoony's Thought(s) of the Week~
This week was ok for me. Slightly better than last week. The teachers still seem to think that homework is the greatest thing in the world, but I’m having trouble agreeing with them. What does everyone else think? Do you agree with me or the teachers more? But that doesn’t matter. This week was good. I got a nice little book I’m reading. You may have heard of it. The title is The End? Yes? Have you read it? GOOD! Then you know what I’m talking about! It’s a good book; everyone read it.
You know what? I like long hair. On girls, and on guys too. Especially guys. In fact, I think someone has a word for that. CHEEXY. I love cheexy hair on guys. And I like other stuff, too. Like flowers. Those are pretty. Oh, spread the love, everyone! I got a nice PM from one of those new love people, and it made me feel warm and fuzzy inside. Keep sending nice notes like that to everyone, because everyone loves to be loved. Even PJ.
Spoony’s Game of the week
Last week, I made a crossword puzzle. I’m going to extend the deadline of that for another week in order to get a bit more participation. Then I’ll post the answers and announce the winner. Yay! So everyone who forgot the first time, be sure to send me your answers. Here’s the link for the people that are too lazy to look at last week’s 667er. It’s ok, I’m lazy too.
*announcer voice* And now for this week’s game:
667 Trivia!
Everyone send in their answers to me, Spoony! Remember, my username is spoony. Whoever gets the most correct answers wins a prize next week.
1. What is BSam’s favorite beverage?
2. Jemima lives in which state?
3. What color is Dante’s hair?
4. What is Ennui’s real name? (bonus: find out why Ennui is named what he is, and what his son will be named)
5. What is the name of Dupin’s older sister?
6. What color is Akbar’s dog?
7. What is Tragedy’s real name? (bonus: find the real name of the person who appears to be our new admin)
8. Who is Freshie’s e-father?
9. How old is Dante?
10. Where does Ennui live?
11. What is the Ennui-Amber ship called?
12. When and where did Akbar, J., M. and Derik meet?
13. Which member is pen-pals with Luis?
14. What is PJ’s middle name?
15. Where did Akbar and Alice escape to after Alice brutally killed Peter?
16. Who are Linda and PJ’s parents?
17. What band do both Akbar and Euro love?
18. What is Pandora’s real name?
19. Who is Pucca, and what is her real name?
20. Which prominent member did Wasabi pretend to be best friends with when she just popped up?
21. Who was The 667er's music reviewer, and how many accounts has s/he had?
22. What is the name of the story PJ wrote about a plot to destroy the Vatican?
23. What is the name of the 667 look-alike forum Charlotte created in summer of 2005?
24. What is Linda’s real last name?
25. What is Twistedbrain’s religion, and who brought it to the attention of the forum?
-Spoony.
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OK, I'm debating whether Akbar will publish this or not but I hope he does. Here are my thoughts on the Like Totally Amy issue. I don't really care anymore. I mean, s/he had some grammar problems, so what? I cared at the beginning, but it doesn't seem like such a big deal now. If you didn't know, "Amy" is Dark Drizzle. I'm still wondering why s/he did the "Amy" deal. Was it for the attention? For the love? Only time will tell. I'm just still wondering who Dark Drizzle is and I would like to get to know him/her better.
We have a kinda cool new member!!! His name is Shocker. He is an electrician. He is an active homophobe. But as Melissa (Freshie) predicted, he likes bisexual girls. This struck me as odd, but ignore me, I don't deserve to be typing this. I think Shocker and I have a lot in common. But I'm not a homophobe. But he seems nice,
I made a Bebo account this week, if anyone has Bebo, please contact me. I think Bebo is a tad bit better than Myspace. It's more kid friendly, because I'm basically a kid. I got friends easily, and it's easier to use than Myspace. It's fun; you should all make accounts. Now that I've brought up websites that I like and don't like, I might as well bash AIM. I have AIM and MSN. MSN is better. AIM is ugly, I don't know why anyone has it!
I think I might be obsessed with No Doubt. Today during a church meeting, I was reading the Tragic Kingdom booklet, and got in trouble. I listen to Rock Steady everyday. If you haven't figured it out, Tragic Kingdom and Rock Steady are No Doubt CDs. Everything In Time is good too. But I don't know if anyone counts it, since it's a B-Side collection.
Since this article will most likely be published on October 15th, The End will already be out. Also, the mystery of 60023110 shall be solved (Most likely.). Many of us will probably be reading or dead by then. I think I'm starting to ramble now. If this gets published, I have a shout out to everyone that I have personally talked to. You keep me goin'. If this doesn't get published, can it be a letter to the editor? I felt like it took a long time to write this but it really didn't.
-Brownie.
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Hi all.
Test week next week; stressing, dying of hungr and thirst and wondering how I’m going to survive.
Hope you’re all well. (:
So, TE’s out. And, surprise surprise, 667 didn’t go boom. And nothing happened with 60023101 either, oddly enough. Hmm. Oh, and karma’s back, yzay.
This editorial sucks, but I
Okay, no, I don’t. Sorry. Too tired, stressed, headache-y, bitter, angry and just downright bad.
And a pox upon all those who didn’t send in articles this week! *dies*
Peace out,
Akbar.
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