The Revived 667er - Edition Twenty-Two
Nov 14, 2016 12:21:02 GMT -5
Cafe SalMONAlla, ryantrimble457, and 2 more like this
Post by Isadora Is a Door on Nov 14, 2016 12:21:02 GMT -5
Original idea by Akbar Le Grey
Editor - Mister M
Co-Editor - Linda Rhaldeen
Designer - Lemona Snicket
Spell Checker - Anka Anwhistle M
Gawky Editor - Zortegus
Editor - Mister M
Co-Editor - Linda Rhaldeen
Designer - Lemona Snicket
Spell Checker - Anka Anwhistle M
Gawky Editor - Zortegus
Thanks This Issue to : Kit's tits kick ticks , trip , Akbar Le Grey , Hermes,
Linda Rhaldeen , Cafe SalMONAlla , @peppermince, Violent BUN Fortuna, Esmé's meme is meh
Linda Rhaldeen , Cafe SalMONAlla , @peppermince, Violent BUN Fortuna, Esmé's meme is meh
Hello and welcome to this, the 22nd edition of the Revived (Revived) 667er, now it's new home. 'A whole board, just for the 667er?' I hear you cry. Well, that's what happens when you sacrifice lambs to out benevolent administrator.
This issue has turned out to be somewhat of a Linda themed issue. She has conducted an interview with peppermince, cooked popcorn, and discovered yet another great thread. I guess she just has to much time on her hands.
And, just a quick note. There will be 5 weeks between this and the next issue, instead of the usual 4. But don't worry, something else of interest might turn up in the meantime...
- Mister M
The 667er: Welcome to The 667er interview Pepper! First off, we want to know where the username Peppermince came from. Can you elaborate?
Pepper: So I was reading TWW at the time and in that the orphans talk about how they are allergic to peppermints. And I was eating spaghetti at the time and made the pun in my head.
The 667er: So you live in Australia. Do you like it there? Would you like to live somewhere else once you are grown, or is Australia where you want to spend the rest of your life?
Pepper: I think I'm going to live in Australia until I die, just not in the part of Australia I live in at the moment. I'd like to move to Queensland or somewhere in suburban Victoria.
The 667er: Now, there was a rumor going around that you hadn't actually read A Series of Unfortunate Events when you joined (and possibly still haven't read them?). Is there any truth to that? I take it from your previous answer you have at least read the first three.
Pepper: I think I've read them all. To be honest I can't remember much, just getting the first 4 for Christmas because I liked the movie. I've read at least the first four for sure.
The 667er: What is your favorite color? Why?
Pepper: I love all colours but my favourite is lavender. I like it because lavenders smell nice and it's a nice colour to look at.
The 667er: Are you still in love with Halsey?
Pepper: Our love, what we had... it was something special. It was a flame that will never fully extinguish. I still like her music and listen to it when I'm sad but her song with the Chainsmokers made me lose a lot of respect for her.
The 667er: Let's talk about your family. Do you have any siblings? Do you live with both parents? Any pets?
Pepper: I have 4 siblings: 3 brothers and one sister. I have two cats called Bill and Neill and a couple of fish with gross meme names I called them a couple of months ago, poor guys. I live with both my parents and all my siblings.
The 667er: What sorts of things do you like to do in your spare time? Do you play an instrument, or a sport?
Pepper: Back in the day I used to do judo, but I hate everyone in my local club so I left. I ride my bike and I used to skate a bit but that was ages ago. I mainly just listen to music and watch TV now if I'm not studying.
The 667er: On a related note, what is your favorite subject in school? Are you a good student, or not so much?
Pepper: My favourite subject was English but my teacher is low key a bit racist so I don't know. I used to be a good student with consistently good marks but these days I've been slipping and need to get back on track.
The 667er: What is your favorite television show? Why?
Pepper: Community is my favourite show, and in my opinion is the best television show ever aired. It is hilarious, the characters are really well written and during the time I binged watched it I didn't feel like I was watching someone else's adventure, I felt like I was with them along the journey. I cried when Troy left, I cried when it finished. It is an amazing show and it's extremely dear to my heart.
The 667er: Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10? 20?
Pepper: If I keep going the way I'm going, I see myself as an alcoholic, middle aged loser that regrets not saying the things he should have said back when he was young. I would like to be working a good job with two kids and a wife.
The 667er: I went and looked up your join date: July 11, 2015. What has been your favorite thing that has happened on 667 in the 16 months since you joined?
Pepper: Maybe all the time I've spent in the penthouse with Bandit, Lemona and Bsam. Or the Darkies.
The 667er: Is there anything you have learned that you might not have learned if you had not joined 667?
Pepper: That there is a huge group of people of different ethnicities, opinions, sexuality, age, etc. that all met on a forum about a children's book series that meet up, watch TV together, become couples. Until last year I would have never expected such a diverse and interesting group of people that are so welcoming and kind could exist.
The 667er: And finally, is there anything we haven't covered yet that you would like to tell the people of 667?
Pepper: Guys please let's all make next year Year of the Pepper. We can start by nominating me for every darkie once the time comes. Thank you. Also the Pepper might never come back.
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I think I was originally was going to do something cool and interesting with the format of this month’s Netflix News but I forgot and don’t care anymore. So maybe it won’t be pretty (unless there is another treat like last month’s edition?) but it ought to get the job done.
When we last saw each other in this setting, we had recently received a few vaguely official-ish cast confirmations, a secret website with some truly sickening artwork, and a form of promotional material generally referred to as a teaser, though “tease” seems too light-hearted a word for such a woebegone video. In a way, then, you might say that this past month was mostly more of the same, though more of the same now is more than more of the same before, but less of the more of the more of the same that will occur at a later date, which will be more of the more and, more or less, all of the more (and more of the all, but all of the all is more of the all even when there was less of the more of the same of the all).
Our social media peaks (such as this image of Dylan Kingwell in the booth recording ADR), casting announcements (lately including Brenda Crichlow, and more weight behind the rumors of Alfre Woodard as Josephine Anwhistle), and miscellaneous other tidbits (like this interview with Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, where Mr. Harris confirms that the series will be three seasons, and Mr, Burtka claims that he has already seen the first two episodes causing me to instantly hate him) seem to be slowing down as we inch closer to January 13— however, it also seems that they may simply be moving aside for bigger news.
Perhaps our biggest and ghastliest preview yet came on November 3, when Netflix burdened us with with an entire teaser trailer dedicated to the villainous Count Olaf. Within its pixels and audio there is to be found (among other atrocities): three innocent orphans forced to be in the presence of an evil count, a suspiciously familiar spyglass, useless adults speaking about but doing nothing to stop injustice (as they are wont to do), the improper use of a broom, an acronym leading to a very frightening domain, and the grim reminder that we have only until January to live in a world without this miserable television series.
Join discussion of anything from when the next teaser may be released to the size of Count Olaf’s house in the Press and Peaks thread, drop by Atrocious Adaptations for other discussions not specific to promotional material (such as how you plan to watch the series), and as always, if you refuse to accept news from any source other than the 667er, tune in next month for more on “a new Netflix series telling the story of a very handsome actor and three selfish and ungrateful orphans who refuse to give him the enormous fortune their dead parents left behind.”
Editors Note : The Recently posted image of Captain Sham, and the news about a new trailer arriving on Thursday appeared after this article was written. But I've told you, so you know about it now, so it's all okay.
This is your intrepid reporter (and empress/president) coming to you from DURING the penthouse day because our delightful reasonable charming editor wants this article publish more or less before the event itself finishes.
I have been promised this will be the last penthouse recap I have to write under these time constraints. Instead of prose I’m just going to use what the penthouse witnessed this month to educate my readers. In fact, now I think about it, there were a couple of valuable life lessons and some fascinating trivia. For instance:
Trust no one:
Mister m: anka's gone to the toilet
Mister m: i can hijack her computer
Anka: like this
Anka: mwhaha
Anka: you can tell its me cos typing bad
trip: hm
Mister m: oh sorrz that~s me with an english kezboard
Anka: why did you tye worse than me
Anka: lets swap back
Mister m: thats better
Mister m: oh its time for lunch
Mister m: byes
Anka: bye
m̩ͣo͏͍̩̯̲ͦͥn̵̸̗̞͉̯̠͛͊ͧͤa: hm
trip: hmmmm
All very suss.
How to help someone planning a party:
Peppermince: sup
Zortegus: Not much, planning my birthday
Zortegus: Trying to come up with an original name for the Facebook event
Zortegus: Help me out
Peppermince: tom's birthday
Peppermince: OR
Peppermince: idk
What ‘bitte’ means:
Zortegus: Is it true that "bitte" means so many different things in German?
Anka: well it only really means two things
Anka: you say it when you want something (like please) and also when you give something to someone (as a reply to thank you)
Some enlightening personal trivia:
Zortegus: I have like a million of secrets
Zortegus: So I'm sure I'll never run out of them
trip: no you dont zort youre an open book
trip: a couple of ur pages are just written in invisible ink
Zortegus: I'm not an open book
Zortegus: I was very mysterious when I got in 667
Zortegus: Actually I always used the ninja emoticon
What M thinks would be a good use of my admin powers:
Mister M: change everyone profile pictures to various images of carrots
More vocab:
Peppermince: kids my age where i live refer to their parties as a razz
Biology:
Peppermince: of course i sweat
Peppermince: who doesn't sweat
IT:
trip: it's on the xomputer so i can't at the moment
m retsim: whats a xomputer
trip: its a computer but it makes a noise like zom
Two instances of plotting took place. I’m sure we can learn from them:
willis: its a shame that chatzy leaves everything up for whoever comes in
willis: you cant tell good secrets in here
Zortegus: You actually can
willis: like which 667ers you want to beat up
Zortegus: And then bury them under a wall of meaningless text
Zortegus: I did that before
Zortegus: Is not hard
and
bear: i'm gonna poop in a washing machine on black Friday
We found out this is the case, continuing the trust no one theme:
Zortegus: I cheated on my previous Latin exam
And whatever piece of information this was:
Mister M: haha for amrtha jones cousion
Mister M: that literally came from nowhere
m̩ͣo͏͍̩̯̲ͦͥn̵̸̗̞͉̯̠͛͊ͧͤa: what
trip: tf
At time of writing we still don’t know.
Hopefully this has enlightened my readers.
Study questions:
1.Do you trust anyone? Answer honestly.
2.Calculate the word count necessary to bury someone under a wall of meaningless text, if you scrunch him.
3.What is a razz?
4.Did Lemona’s lazy TB8 references improve this article’s ending? Why or why not?
Author’s note: shoutout to my First Lady Trip for helping with the recap, and anti-shoutout to Mister M for obvious reasons.
# 11 - 667 Wrong Questions
That is a thread I didn't know about until just barely when Dante linked it; apparently Sherry Ann wrote a 667/ATWQ crossover fanfic. I'm making my way through it now; it's quite good.
asoue.proboards.com/thread/31150/667-wrong
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Well hey-ho, we start with a message from Kit's tits kick ticks
MEMBERS OF THE MONTHS
You have probably noticed that there haven't been any Member of the Month announcement for the last few months. The reason for that was that I was busy with university stuff and moving, and no other moderator had enough time to sort it out too. Now we don't remember enough to assign members to the individual months, but we have four members of the last four months: Zortegus, ryantrimble457, Linda Rhaldeen and beatricetriptych. Congratulations
Elsewhere this month :
- 667 has a new admin all hail the wondrous Cafe SalMONAlla , our benevolent administrator. we also have a new banner, which was made by Tryina Denouement. I could post a link to it, but its right above me, so just don't be so lazy
- Esmé's meme is meh 's Perilous Preparation is now well underway, and discussing the first book. Go join in!
- Teleram made a thread about Philip Roth.
- We all took a purity test
- soufflé also started the best thread of the year, 667 starter packs
- thathoboravioli is the newest member to make a welcome thread. Let's go and say hello[/a]!
- Dante reviewed Handler's new book, Weather, Weather.
- ryantrimble457 celebrated the two year (or not) anniversary of the Netflix series announcement.
- Linda Rhaldeen has reinvented the rocky horror picture show....
- ... and posted an exhaustive list of 667fiction. Well done to her.
THIS IS NOT 667 ABC BUT ACTUALLY
AN ADVENT CALENDAR THING
It is already almost the middle of November, which means it is time to prepare the advent calendar. For those who have joined 667 in the last year or lost their memory, I will explain how it works again: From the first until the 24th of December, something will be posted every day. It can be related to Lemony Snicket or Christmas, but it doesn't have to. It can be a story or some art or a game, or whatever you like. The important thing is that it is somehow made (or manipulated) by you, and not just something taken from the internet, so nobody will have seen it before.
If you want to do something for this, you can send me (Kit's tits kick ticks) a PM, or use the sign up thread that I will make some time after this issue of the 667er is posted. You can say which day(s) you would like to do, or wait for me to give you one. On that day, you can post your contribution in a thread which I will make on the first of December, or in an extra thread, or send it to me.
I hope we have enough people to fill all days. If not, we can post stuff found on the internet on the other days like we did last year. So if you happen to see anything cool in the rest of November, you can also remember that and be ready to post it.
And now for something with no banner
Cooking with Linda
Contrary to popular belief, there IS a technique for making good popcorn. If you didn't know that you've probably only had the mediocre kind. In order to make your own, you will need:
- A stove (preferably electric. Gas does not get as hot and the hotter the temps the larger and fluffier the corn)
- A strong, sturdy pot with a good handle
- Cooking oil (I used canola)
- A splatter shield and paper towels (if you don't have one use a cookie sheet)
- Bagged popcorn (I prefer white to yellow but it's just a personal preference)
- Melted butter or margarine (optional) (I've also used coconut oil with some success)
- Salt or other seasoning (I've also had success with powdered cheese)
- Brown paper grocery bag
1. Freeze the popcorn bag. This is key! If you don't freeze beforehand you'll end up with a lot of old maids (unpopped kernels).
2. Turn the heat on the stove up to high and watch the coil turn red. Put your pot on the heat and let it sit empty for 2-3 minutes.
3. Pour in a thin level of oil, about 1/2 cm or 1/4 inch. Heat the oil maybe 5 minutes until it is hot but not boiling. To test, take 3-5 popcorn kernels and drop them in the oil and they should pop quickly.
4. Pour in your kernels. It should be enough to cover the oil, I find I use about one third of a 32-ounce bag. Put on your splatter shield.
5. Wait for the corn to begin popping. You can remove the splatter shield when the pot is half full. When the pot is full pick it up by the handle and shake the top popcorn into the paper grocery bag, until pot is half to 2/3 full. Repeat as necessary.
6. Once popping slows to 3 seconds between pops, turn off heat and dump the entire pot into the bag. Pour water into the pot to cool it down.
7. Drizzle 1/4 to 1/2 cup melted butter or other fat slowly over the corn. Pour about a third, shake the bag by holding one side and shaking the other, and repeat until all is gone.
8. Shake the salt or other seasoning using the same technique. After the second shake, eat a handful to taste test. It should taste slightly less salty than you think is ideal. (Movie theaters and most amateur popcorn-makers fail at this and add too much salt).
9. Enjoy!
Snicketfic of the month: Watt Really Happened, by Willis.
This is one of the most successful Snicketfics in 667’s history, still remembered six years after its completion (and no, there isn’t an error in the title); it introduces us to the Baudelaires’ uncle Volt, alcoholic, layabout and superhero, who turns out to be – despite his perpetually good intentions – the cause of many of the misfortunes which befall the orphans during the series, causing death and destruction wherever he goes (but not driving drunk). Among the questions answered in this story are the cause of the Baudelaire fire, why Sir’s face is never seen, what ‘J.S.’ stands for, and who the taxi driver really was. At the end Volt redeems himself by a noble death, but his memory lives on through the Baudelaires’ children. Although it’s possible that the explanations of events given in this story are not entirely serious, it does actually help clear up some of the mysteries in the books. Extra credit is available for working out where the name ‘Volt Baudelaire’ comes from.
667fic of the month: Flowers and Postcards, by Anka.
Weird Ships Weeks are one of our site’s established traditions, sometimes featuring characters from Lemony Snicket’s works, and sometimes members of 667. Particularly memorable was one held round about Valentine’s Day 2013, organised by Lemona, which featured a wealth of interesting stories, including several by Charlie, and two by Willis, one of which prefigured events that would shake 667 to its foundations. The winner, however, was this beautifully crafted piece by Anka, which features a number of 667ers falling in love with the same girl; the personality of each character is brought out very effectively in just a few words, and the story has a gentle but satisfying ending. The heroine of the story is sadly no longer with us (possibly because she left to marry the doorman), but most of the other characters are still here. The story ends with two questions which remain unanswered, so we still have an opportunity to solve the puzzle.
(Thanks to Linda for her splendid index, without which I would never have been able to locate Anka's story.)
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~ If anybody wants to contribute something (whether positive or negative) then feel free to PM me or any other staff members with your ideas ~
~ Don't forget to come to the next penthouse, which is December 11thh. Make it interesting so Lemona can write about it ~
~ If you want to be interviewed by Linda Rhaldeen then PM her and let her know. ~
~ There will still be group interview, with the next taking place in issue 23. If you are interested in taking part in those, then please PM Isadora Is a Door or Kit's tits kick ticks ~
~ The Next Edition of the 667er, issue 23, will be released on December 19th. ~