from: Etana base : -tab- cabbage to : All refer #: None subj: Adventures in Jello replies: None stat: Sent origin : 05 Nov 95 22:02:55 ' ' | | : /--------\ : -=HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY TABNET!=- |_________| : TABmeet 13.0 ||||||||| : ||||||| : ........................................................................... WHO WAS THERE? Etana (obviously) Tzeentch (Jamu) Eoanya (Joanna) Praxis (Praxis) White Insanity (Aiden) Cthulu (Rowan) Publius Enigma (Greg) Courtisan Platinum (Dean) Happyfish Zinnia Rock Sentience Candide (Travis) Wild Thang (Mike White) Harry Sheep (Selina) Master 'O Pun Beatle (Gordon) Merlyn (Chris) Master 'O Pun's girlfriend Aphrael The Circuit Nicole Gwen Bob (not Eden!) Colin Erin Ben Lunderville Tiffany Erin Jamu's mom Fuff Fred and anyone that I missed... THE MEET: Day: Wake up--I have no idea when... check on Jello... woo, I don't think I mucked it up... feed fish... bathe... think about breakfast... decide to read TABmail first... have minor identity crisis over if I'm Tina or Gordon... have a good laugh... putter around with BBS... try to work on my English essay and fail miserably... wander aimlessly around dorm... run into my friend Tannis who introduces me to these two Mormon missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints... they're dressed in black business suits with name tags identiffying as Elders... Religious people scare me and I retreat back into my room... 2:00pm: Call Jamu to remind him to pick me up... he sounds half asleep but says he'll call before he comes... remember I haven't eaten all day.. (this is a big problem for me, forgetting I haven't eaten)... and make a bowl of Fettucini Alfredo... mMMmmmmMM... try again to work on English essay and fail... read "The Robber Bride" by Margaret Atwood all afternoon instead... 4:00pm: Jamu calls and says he's coming up in 40 minutes or so... get together stuff to take to TABmeet... camera, towel to wrap camera (and in case I need to do any intergalactic hitch-hiking), Nuts & Bolts snack (my food along with the Jello), the photos from the Fireworks meet (my art), my XTC tribute CD (my music) and my little blue book of poems and quotes (my literature)... force myself to do work on my English essay... 5:15pm: Jamu arrives... gather up my stuff... unfold manual wheelchair... head for the car... wonder how likely it is for it to get towed away in the loading zone... throw everything in the car... listen to Casa Del Sol... very, VERY good stuff--I will have to get my own copy... 5:30pm: Get to Jamu's house... say hello to Jamu's mom... go downstairs and try to call my board... it connects, it freezes... it connects, it freezes... what the hell is going on here??! Curse board and give up on it... play new SVGA version of Scorched Earth, woo woo... 6:15pm: Tabbers call the house... get to hear one half of the conversation... "So you're at Abby's"..."Okay, now walk out, and look to the left"... "Now, you go down that hill."..."it goes up so now you go down"... "Never mind, I'm coming to get you. I'll be there in 2 minutes"... Jamu runs out the door to fetch Tabbers... Talk to Jamu's mom for a bit... go upstairs and look around the living room... talk to Jamu's mom a bit more... 6:20pm: "Look the masses have arrived"--Jamu's mom Like a thundering herd of wildebeest the Tabbers enter... I am a little surprised at the number of Tabbers who come streaming through the door... even before seeing them I recognize many voices... meet Praxis (teehee... we'll never call you Brendan again!) Joanna comes down to my level and we exchange greetings... wide eyed girl (who I later learn to be Happyfish) joins us... Zinnia accidentally crushes some of the dried flowers... Jamu's mom herds us downstairs... 6:20pm-1:00am A complete blur of sights, sounds and memories... Go downstairs... demonstrate to Joanna the art of descending stairs while seated... enter rec room... try very hard not to be stepped on... My God, there are lots of people... food breaks out... Praxis begins throwing... err, passing out the marshmallows... Master 'O Pun has found a mutant pretzel...Happyfish's cookies are made entirely from sugar and eggwhites... Happyfish brings out her fish and the holy Dr. Seuss books... I am introduced to Happyfish's friend Fred..."He's not imaginary, he's just invisible"--Happyfish... Praxis is showing off his lovely porn book as his piece of literature... I am told he paid 2 dollars to Dean for it, even though Dean lifted it... They are just getting WAY too interested in that book... Zinnia brings out her Water Babies book, and I curl up with it in the corner since I've heard of the story but never read it... The Porn Boys have graduated from paper to multi-media and are now printing out porn from the computer... Praxis comes in and displays his masterpiece for us... "Look it's Pamela Anderson, with cum dripping from her mouth!"--Praxis... Tabbers smile and nod and discuss the levels of testosterone in young males... someone yells that we must see what is on the computer screen... Tabbers troop to the computer and are thoroughly disgusted by the Kiddy-Porn, and even more disgusted by the people printing it... Colin arrives... he gives me a lovely book abou conspiracies with lots of neat comic book style pictures... More people arrive... Ben Lunderville and his friends Tiffany, Erin and Erin, Drongo, Hey Gwen!... Woah, this room is geting full... Ben has the conch and is blowing it very loudly... the room is also getting very loud.. Jamu suggests everyone goes for a walk... I stay behind, as did Ben Lunderville and friends, and get my chance to finish reading Water Babies... wander into the computer room and play a round of Scorched Earth with Travis and Master O' Pun... Master O' Pun has had way too much practice with this game... but Travis narrowly beats him... number of winning games: Candide: 4 Master O' Pun: 3 Etana: 1 Tabbers return (abou 9:10) to discover that the infamous SideWays Gang had tipped everything in the room upside down or sideways... Lunderville and friends had also disappeared... coinsedence, I hink not... Praxis is now running around screaming he can't find his porn... I get my bag and bring out the pictures from hte first of the Fireworks meets... I also take out my camera and burn off some film... (If there's a meet over Christmas I'll bring the pictures)... a massive tickle fight ensures on the sofa and there are several pictures of that... Colin and Joanna are on the other sofa suck in a poking contest... Jamu takes some pictures wiht my camera and then Chris takes it to use up the rest of the film... Harry Sheep and Mike White arrive sometime around here... the sheep is hailed... The Karma Sutra is read by Gwen wih her and Ma doing demonsraions... (you had o be here =)... Praxis is sill running around wailing abou his los porn... Joanna decides it's too late to take the bus home and I offer to say with her at Jamu's place for the night... she goes off and calls her Dad... when she returns I give her a a back massage... Colin sings the praises of Jamu's back massages... Jamu enters and gives Joanna a back massage... Lasagna is brought down... Nicole arrives, Hi Nicole... have you done your Psych paper? No, me neither! (and I still haven't--woo!) Fuff arrives... Praxis is still screaming about his lost porn... Lasagna is eaten and it is time for dessert... I menion my Ginger Ale Cherry Jello and Cthulu and others run upstairs to find it... A Jello hunt ensues with no luck... Jamu is finally forced to go up and show them where the Jello is... Jello is brought down... Praxis makes lovely faces utilizing the red jello... although I think the fizz was lost in the 4 packs of jello I used, I will have to perfect the recipe before the next TABmeet... Bob arrives... other people are leaving... Praxis is now yelling about his lost hat... people are gone, and it is quieter... The porn that Praxis sought has been found and it is story time... Gwen reads some of the porn... Publius Enigma reads some more in a wonderfully disgusting lipsy voice... somewhere in this amusing situation I remember I have two papers due on Tuesday and I ask the time... I am shocked to realize it is 1am... No wonder I'm so tired.. Time really does fly when having fun... It is about this itme tha my body decides is need for a bed is greater than my need to stay up and socialize... Joanna and I, after kicking Nicole, Gwen and Bob out, fall asleep in Jamu's bedroom... 10am the following morning: Wake up... have a breakfast of toast and jam with Jamu's mom... Joanna has cornflakes... we sneak downstairs and take a picture of Dean while he's sleeping... "They look so innocent while sleeping"--Joanna... Call Dad... listen to him freak at me sleeping over at a guy's house.. Go home to my dorm... write review... sleep. QUOTABLE QUOTES: "Not PRAXIS, just call me Brendan!"-- Praxis "Maybe Pamela was holding a carrot"--someone, can't remember who... "We threw Brendan in a wet bush!...actually, eww..."--Joanna "I'd write great porn"--Magik Elvis "If you don't watch it, I'll bite your neck!"--Gwen "What Praxis? You want ANAL SEX?!"--Cthulu "Heil Sheep!"--everyone "There are so many great Origin Lines from this meet"--Colon ... May the joy that was felt here, extend on another year ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 ---tabpooter 2.0 * Origin: eat more meets. (13:13/0) from: Publius Enigma base : -tab- cabbage to : All refer #: None subj: TabMeet #13 replies: None stat: Sent origin : 06 Nov 95 00:03:46 TabMeet #13 Review - Publius Enigma Saturday, November 4th, 1995. PART 1: Vancouver Starring: Magik Elvis, Cthulu, Sylphid, Courtesan, Sentience, Zinnia Rock, Happy Fish, Eoanya, Master 'O Pun, Candide, Platinum, White Insanity, Publius Enigma, Nitnatsnoc, Praxis and the rest. White Insanity had asked me if I wanted to come with him to a TabMeet and after looking into what exactly it was I decided to come, with little cash out to New West station that day. I had had a job interview that morning and we had thought we were going to be late, once there I was able to recognize two people I had never met instantly. 1) Praxis: Hyper kid running around throwing his snotty kleenex about. 2) Cthulu: Big guy, trench coat, bag of foam weapons, and a big fish bag at his side. So I stood quietly for awhile and we got on the skytrain, where at each stop the group attempted to throw "the host" Praxis out. Slowly I began to figure out who some of the people were there. Magik Elvis: "I am so elite, when I defecate, warez come out." Eventually after the ride we arrived in Vancouver, where at the SkyTrain station we bothered people and Praxis broke an escalaor wih one of his disposed kleenex. Walking past the Rememberance day poppy vendors I looked a dime and already some old man was pinning one on my jacket, I had no money and left. Next came Robson square where we proceeded to beat the shit out of each other wih foam weapons. Still a little uneasy, I remained quie and only smacked those I knew there, White Insanity and Platinum, a few times. Only to be attacked and soon out of breah. After a while I got away, picked up "Ginch" the large mace style weapon and whacked Platinum hard on the head, he chased after me and in seconds and whacked the weapon from my hand and at the time partly breaking my thumb. I screamed and yelled profanity all about the square in total pain. Platinum: "I think I hit you with the wrong part." I sat down and remained quiet for some time after, realizing tha I had also killed my toe somehow too. We sat around and finally left going back up on the street. We walked down to Burger King where I lifted myself a nice new ring from a street vendor, and met many interesting people. A man trying to sell us tool set for ten dollars that "anywhere else cost thirty dollars." We then passed by Burger King and went walking almost into a music store, we split up and were going to meet back at Robson square at 3pm. Slowly I began associating people with there handles and soon we were at Burger King. Our table though I was beginning to recognize others, I was still nobody. All: "Who is that guy?" "...Pubic Enema!!" We ate and me and Platinum climbed really big stairs. We left and went to a music store which had some cool stuff. Platinum lifted a tape entitled "NICOLE: Jam Packed" in honour of the famous chatboarder. Then it was back to Robson. There some of us were posting TAB all about in chalk, whereas I [had] been using a Jiffy Marker, in Burger King and everywhere else, here I drawing a nice big cartoon on the cement wall, just about finished I heard laughing behind me.. "It's not that funny a picture." I thought. I turned after finishing to see a Robson security guy there watching me. Robson Security: "Give me the pen." Publius Enigma: "What pen?" Robson Security: "That pen." I gave it to him, he then asked my name, address etc. I gave him Jonathan Juan's name amongst other false information. I quickly wanted to leave Robson square. We walked about some more, I passed another street vendor where Platinum lifted a nice little ring, I upped a nice hemp hack for myself too. All: "A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T!" We went on, taking what free newspapers we could find and attempted to sell them to passing strangers on the street, eventually just putting them under windshield wipers of cars. I stole a parking ticket from somewhere next. The next stop was a pool hall somewhere where I was lost. We went inside and sat around doing nothing for awhile. Some actually played pool. Unknown female: "Your bush is nicer than mine." We stayed there a while and then left again, time to go to Tzeentch's place. We walked some more, writing in chalk on people, places, and things. We got on another BC Transit vehicle and rode for a while to Burnaby, there we got [to] show each other all the cool stuff we were carrying around. Cthulu has cool stuff, all together inside a giant fish. We bothered others, bothered each other and soon got to Burnaby where we walked some more. We stopped at a little corner store where Platinum took a porn magazine and got Praxis very excited, paying him 2 dollars for it. PART 2: Tzeentch's House in Burnaby Gone: Sylphid, Nitnatsnoc (others?) New Additions: Tzeentch, Etana, Tuna, Beatle, Harry Sheep, Casa Del Sol, and other pseudoless people. New People: "Who is that?" "Pubic Enema!" We walked down to the house of Tzeentch, where we basically listened to music and talked for quite a while, there was food about. Platinum and I began spelling names in pretzels, I was starting to relax. Unknown: "Let's go for a walk." We waited outside awhile and began to walk down the street, I walked up along a back lawn and... Publius Enigma: "Nature Calls." I returned and we all walked through a little forest, past a little creek, along a little path, enjoying a little nature. The others repeatedly threw "the host" Praxis onto the ground and into a "wet bush". We came out along a busy road where Praxis threw a cardboard box or something out into the road, catching the attention of a cop passing by, who then yelled at us twice and followed us for a while. We went on, passing by various buildings and chalking each other even more. We got to another trail, we talked through, sort of split up a bit and met up a few minutes later. Some of us ended up on one side of the road, and some on the other. One side: "Look at those lamers looking at the stars." Other side: "Look at those stars looking at the lamers." We finally came back to Tzeentch's house, where there was really yummy lasagna and pizza bread. We ate, talked, listened to music some more, and against attempted to relax. Others were sending Jonathan Juan obscene material over the fax machine, which was funny after a little editing was done to each picture. We also left him a long answering machine message of harrassment. People started leaving, originally I was to get a ride home withr White Insanity, but now decided that I wanted to stay and hang out with these wonderful people I had just met. I called and so did Platinum and we were going to stay. People started leaving but then something went missing... Praxis: "Where is me porn, erm, literature???" He looked for it, but never found it. More people left and it ended up being Platinum, Casa Del Sol, Beatle, Tzeentch, Etana, Tuna, Candide, and others. We ate yummy ice cream and played guitar, did all sorts of things I'm sure that nobody wants me to write on about. Those of us downstairs laughed and read all the neat books at Tzeeentch's house, and Praxis' "lost" literature. Eventually the Casa Del Sol People left and it things were quieter, we all sat around till around 5am or so, when everyone went to sleep. Candide was making cool Tab logos in Adobe paint deal thing. Adobe: "TABNET: We don't take shit from anyone." Adobe: "TABNET: Walk into the light." You had to be there I guess. Candide fell asleep, Tzeentch was sleeping, Etana was sleeping, Eoanya was sleeping, Platinum and I were awake. Platinum was sleeping too. So I figured I would sleep too. Woke up at around 11am on Sunday, thus making this a full day with Tab for Platinum and I. We said goodbye and walked to Lougheed Mall and had breakfast, then caught our busses home. FINI Special Thanks to Tzeentch and his family for their hospitality to those they did and didn't know.