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FORKNI-L Digest - 8 Apr 2004 to 9 Apr 2004 (#2004-97)

April 9, 2004

There are 8 messages totalling 263 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

  1. FK Day
  2. Atomic Mouse (3)
  3. Medieval theater (2)
  4. Just Curious (& trying to keep it PG!)
  5. Today's Birthday:  April 9

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Date:    Thu, 8 Apr 2004 17:17:55 EDT
From:    Dory Blankenship <DORY12485@a.......>
Subject: Re: FK Day

In a message dated 04/08/04 11:30:40 AM, DLPH@c....... writes:
<< Did nick set up some kind of dummy corp.
so he could move cow blood back & forth?
He can have it shipped to him where ever he is>>

Good point DLPH!  Um, I'm a little perplexed why that he'd be delivering to
the social/cultural science wing at my college, *in the middle of the day*
though.  Perhaps our curator (Dark Knight I and II) decided Toronto was too
cold?
Let's discuss this one.....
AgapePhileos,
Dory aka CDH.

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Date:    Thu, 8 Apr 2004 23:02:12 +0000
From:    "Dan L. Pheil" <dlph@c.......>
Subject: Atomic Mouse

Someone said  Atomic Mouse
was comming out soon

Is there an actual date?

Who was the Printer/distributer is

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Date:    Thu, 8 Apr 2004 20:34:37 EDT
From:    Libratsie@a.......
Subject: Re: Atomic Mouse

In a message dated 4/8/04 6:03:18 PM Central Daylight Time, dlph@c.......
writes:


> Someone said  Atomic Mouse
> was comming out soon

That's what I've been told. It should be at the printer now. For any newbies,
this has an unofficial FK parody. BWAHAHAHAH <wRPg> (unfortunately, I wasn't
able to fit Screed in)

>
> Is there an actual date?

I was told "in a few weeks" a few weeks ago. My guess would be next week or
the next (if it didn't come out yesterday - I don't have the money for a trip
to the comic book store this week so haven't looked)

I haven't received my contributor copy, which is suppose to be shipped
directly from the printer, so I'm just guessing it isn't out yet.

>
> Who was the Printer/distributer is

http://www.shandafantasyarts.net/

I did look and you can order directly from the publisher. The comic is $6.50
(I know that's high, but it is a very small publisher, and a very thick, high
quality black and white comic book) plus shipping.

If anyone who ordered this through their comic book store hears it is in, let
me know <g> Sometimes the creators are the last to hear.

By the way, as I've said before, this will probably be the last issue of
Atomic Mouse. However, the publisher as many other comics in the "furry fandom"
line, and there's a possibility of them moving me to one of those titles to at
least do backup stories on a regular basis. It would mean a great deal to me
that if you enjoy the storie in Atomic Mouse, you let the publisher know, and
not just on a "Forever Knight" level (I'm not even sure he's seen the show, he
just loved the story idea). The chances of me doing another FK parody are slim
since I've done one, but I know some of you have said you enjoy my non-FK
stories and this is a chance to see more....

Thanks so much in advance. Although I have an electronic publisher
(www.tandra.com), this is the first paper published story I've had in years.

--Libs

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Date:    Thu, 8 Apr 2004 22:31:39 -0500
From:    Nancy Kaminski <nancykam@c.......>
Subject: Re: Medieval theater

> DLPH wrote:

> But being immortal means having to change lives every 10 yrs or so.
> If he was bit by the acting bug, he could change his identity
> and pop up out of nowhere as an actor.... then a few years later disappear
> and become something else

However, we're talking about medieval times here. As Mary Combs noted,
acting and being a vampire wouldn't go together, primarily because
productions were performed outside during the day.

Also, the attitude that actors were beneath the nobility or anyone of
quality was common right through Victorian times (when all actresses
were assumed to be in essence prostitutes). I would think it would
take Nick a long time to get over his inborn sense of his place in the
world (even as a vampire) and "lower" himself to become a performer.

> But having lived through all those years.  How cool would it
> be to be able to say, "I was there for the FIRST preformance of Hamlet." or McBeth
> or Romeo & Julliet or any of the other classics.  I bet if he ever saw those
> plays again, he'd be comparing them to the orginal, all those years ago.

That would be very cool, but Nick getting to see one of Shakespeare's
plays first run would be problematic---once again, most performances
were during the day! (Although Nick's relationship with Shakespeare is
beautifully rendered in the last official FK novel, "Intimations of
Mortality"---he manages to catch the end of some plays, and see
special performances held at a noble's house.)

Nancy Kaminski

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Date:    Fri, 9 Apr 2004 01:43:24 -0400
From:    Cecilia Long <celong@m.......>
Subject: Re: Medieval theater

Mmmmmm... Having been involved with the SCA for scads of years, and having
best friends involved with commedia del arte and related period acting.. I
will disagree with the idea that actors were beneath.... I wish I could
remember the conversations about period acting, but I hadnt thought to
listen as carefully as I should have....I will strive to get some more
detailed history from them if people want.

I will agree it would have been impossible for Nick to have done acting as
it was all daytime fare.  Nighttime would have beenimpossible to see and the
"theatres" were deathtraps enough without the risk of torchlight, their only
means of illumination.


From: Forever Knight TV show [mailto:FORKNI-L@l.......] On Behalf Of
Nancy Kaminski
>Also, the attitude that actors were beneath the nobility or anyone of
quality was common right through Victorian times >(when all actresses were
assumed to be in essence prostitutes). I would think it would take Nick a
long time to get over >his inborn sense of his place in the world (even as a
vampire) and "lower" himself to become a performer.

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Date:    Thu, 8 Apr 2004 23:52:07 -0700
From:    Megan Hull <mistrydder@y.......>
Subject: Re: Atomic Mouse

Ordered it.  Haven't heard anything yet.  Eager to see it.

      -Megan

Libratsie@a....... wrote:

If anyone who ordered this through their comic book store hears it is in, let
me know Sometimes the creators are the last to hear.



"Eternal nights too short,
How quickly melt away,
With all the love we shared once,
Forever in a Day."

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Date:    Fri, 9 Apr 2004 05:24:26 -0700
From:    Patty Costantino <pas_20197@y.......>
Subject: Re: Just Curious (& trying to keep it PG!)

I believe the story was written by Ophelia and it is called  Till Death.  Here
is the link.

http://home.earthlink.net/~ophelia5/txt/tilld.txt


mary combs <combsm@e.......> wrote:

....if someone on the list with a better memory than mine can remember the
author and title, there is a very compelling piece of fiction wherein Janette
consoles Nicholas for the loss of Alyssa by "becoming" Alyssa for him.

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Patty

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Date:    Fri, 9 Apr 2004 10:57:18 -0500
From:    eowyn3@j.......
Subject: Today's Birthday:  April 9

Hi Y'all!

Today is the birthday of:       Bast                    bast1531@s.......

You can send birthday greetings to Bast at the above e-mail address.
Please NOT to the list!

People who share birthdays on this date include:
Jim Fowler, TV Host, Naturalist
Hugh Hefner, Publisher
Nikolai Lenin, Head of State, Revolutionary
Michael Learned, TV/Stage Actress

Significant events on this date:
1683, French explorer Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, claimed a large
area of the American interior for France, naming it Louisiana.
1869, The Hudson's Bay Company agreed to cede its territorial rights to
Canada.
1878, the first egg rolling contest on the White House was begun by Lucy
Hayes.
1969, The supersonic aircraft Concorde made its maiden flight.

I hope you have a very Happy Birthday, Bast!

If you would like to be added to the birthday announcements, please send
your name, birthdate (no year needed) and e-mail address to me,
privately, eowyn3@j....... and I'll be glad to add you.

Terri
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GWDFC, G-IV & V Attendee, Knighties Listowner, TKD, FK X-Stitcher,
Proud Survivor of Fk-fic  Wars 8-11, Keeper of the FK Birthday List
She can be taught!  But only in little bytes!

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