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in reply to a message by Daividh
"Eat Lox and Prosper , Nan."
@@@@ LOL! I'm gonna add that to my compendium of fathomless-yet-suspicious-sounding expressions to use on people, Daividh . :)
"We went up to Lexington today -- Rural Utah and me. (Mama's in Chicago.) Before we left, I did a Google search on "Alviam" but only came up with something ambiguously Brazilian and mercantile, and some dead guy in Yankton, South Dakota . Is it an anna-gramme for something obscure, perhaps? Or "I am Val"?"
@@@@ You got it. Give "Alviam" a couple years and a little exposure, and soon you'll have dizzy chicks posting on this very board: "I named my son Alviam, but I have no idea what it means! Wheeeee! Can anyone here help me?!" :)
"The Paul "C." P. I found was co-author of a paper called "Understanding International Debt Crises", which I think you've mentioned before. Wernt none other by that last name listed on the Innernet."
@@@@ That's the right one, all right. Strange, but I don't remember seeing an initial C in his name when I looked it up. I guess PCP (hey, isn't that a controlled substance?) must've gone to the mountains again this weekend, else he'd have cleared up the mystery by now. As far as I know, his middle name is "Spiro".
"Is your John speaking or signing autographs at I-Con, or just chillin?"
@@@@ John had two panels today, and also did some signings. Tomorrow we're just chillin'. Did some chillin' in the Green Room earlier today with Harlan Ellison, who told me I'm "cute". :)
-- Nanaea
@@@@ LOL! I'm gonna add that to my compendium of fathomless-yet-suspicious-sounding expressions to use on people, Daividh . :)
"We went up to Lexington today -- Rural Utah and me. (Mama's in Chicago.) Before we left, I did a Google search on "Alviam" but only came up with something ambiguously Brazilian and mercantile, and some dead guy in Yankton, South Dakota . Is it an anna-gramme for something obscure, perhaps? Or "I am Val"?"
@@@@ You got it. Give "Alviam" a couple years and a little exposure, and soon you'll have dizzy chicks posting on this very board: "I named my son Alviam, but I have no idea what it means! Wheeeee! Can anyone here help me?!" :)
"The Paul "C." P. I found was co-author of a paper called "Understanding International Debt Crises", which I think you've mentioned before. Wernt none other by that last name listed on the Innernet."
@@@@ That's the right one, all right. Strange, but I don't remember seeing an initial C in his name when I looked it up. I guess PCP (hey, isn't that a controlled substance?) must've gone to the mountains again this weekend, else he'd have cleared up the mystery by now. As far as I know, his middle name is "Spiro".
"Is your John speaking or signing autographs at I-Con, or just chillin?"
@@@@ John had two panels today, and also did some signings. Tomorrow we're just chillin'. Did some chillin' in the Green Room earlier today with Harlan Ellison, who told me I'm "cute". :)
-- Nanaea
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Is that "Val" as in Kilmer? "Thunderheart" is one of me and the boy's favorite movies! 'Bout worn our copy out!
Mr Ellison's comment reminds me of what Mama said when I first mentioned we had a Satanic person becoming a regular on this board. She seemed concerned, so I showed her your posted picture with John on another site. Her reaction: "Why, she doesn't look Satanic at all. She's CUTE!"
Moral: The Anti-Christ will have a lot easier time of it if he/she shows up in our midst in a ski sweater... ;)
Mr Ellison's comment reminds me of what Mama said when I first mentioned we had a Satanic person becoming a regular on this board. She seemed concerned, so I showed her your posted picture with John on another site. Her reaction: "Why, she doesn't look Satanic at all. She's CUTE!"
Moral: The Anti-Christ will have a lot easier time of it if he/she shows up in our midst in a ski sweater... ;)
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...with little pink hearts on it to boot :)))))
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I am deceptively little and cute and sweet. It gives people who try to mess with me a false sense of security, which ultimately works to my advantage. ;)
You know what really cracks me up? This past weekend at the sci-fi convention there were a number of people dressed up as fantasy "warrior princesses" and fantasy "warriors" and carrying actual swords (which they were required by convention security to keep sheathed at all times). And I *know* that the vast majority of these people with their swords and knives and stuff wouldn't be able to handle one of those weapons in a real life situation to actually defend themselves if their lives depended on it. But I could, and I have -- with no reservations whatsoever about using a knife (or any quickly improvised weapon) to defend myself and cause maximum damage to the other person. Not that I've had to do that on more than a couple occasions in my life thus far, but it still cracks me up when I see some people acting out their badass fantasies at these conventions. ;)
-- Nanaea
You know what really cracks me up? This past weekend at the sci-fi convention there were a number of people dressed up as fantasy "warrior princesses" and fantasy "warriors" and carrying actual swords (which they were required by convention security to keep sheathed at all times). And I *know* that the vast majority of these people with their swords and knives and stuff wouldn't be able to handle one of those weapons in a real life situation to actually defend themselves if their lives depended on it. But I could, and I have -- with no reservations whatsoever about using a knife (or any quickly improvised weapon) to defend myself and cause maximum damage to the other person. Not that I've had to do that on more than a couple occasions in my life thus far, but it still cracks me up when I see some people acting out their badass fantasies at these conventions. ;)
-- Nanaea
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Sounds like you were surrounded by a bunch of travestied bozos at the convention :) Knives, improvised weapons and killer minpins notwithstanding, I think your most lethal weapon is your wit:)
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"...though I've never had the advantage of having seen a picture of you..." You've have seen a photo of Nephele : she looks so much like me that I sometimes call her Mini Me. To asses my potential ferocity, picture a 9-fold male version with a well sharpened Montblanc pen and a couple of years experience with Aikido. Dont forget my bloodcurdling sidekick, Rover :P
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