I shall do my best, Kerriem!

Nit. www.whitehouse.com is a pr0n site. The real whitehouse site is www.whitehouse.gov. Of course, MJ's character may have intended to go to the pr0n site.

I think that's what she intended. She knew they were watching her, so she went to the site and then shut her monitor off so that it looked like she was spending a lot of time there.

I thought that she figured if they were following her, that she'd go to nicely approved "official" websites... e.g. whitehouse.gov.

Just in case "pr0n" means what I think it does, I didn't try to access the mentioned site, since I'm at work. Does it mean what I think?

Probably. Good call on not trying to go to the site.

I guess we can't know what her intentions were until the authoress chimes in!

Yep. "pr0n" is 1337speek for "porn".

It is highly recommended that you do NOT visit whitehouse.com at work. Again, do NOT visit whitehouse.com at work.

That was intentional. My MJ self was being a pain in the kiester.

She (nor I, for that matter) has not visited that site ever, but she figured if she's going to tick them off, she might as well have fun with it.

Well folks, another month gone...

Kerrie, what's the call?

What she may have meant was whitehouse.org

Here's a good memnomic: Whitehouse.org is where i get a date (Oh, Ms.Rice), whitehouse.com is where i hope we end up.

Well, OK, maybe that's colored by my recovery from the Date from Heck.

Poor Blue. There, there .

As for our story, I'm thinking I need to send off another reminder email to Mark Morgan early next week. Unless of course he sees this note and, overcome by guilt and remorse, decides to start writing all of his own accord...

Ever drive for 90 minutes, get stood up, trip over a fence (don't ask) drive home, think it is over for two days and have her apologize via e-mail? I'm not good at reading between the lines unless the writing is on the wall. Is it over? Should I really spend my time on Ms. More-messed-up-than-you-and-I-just-forgot?

My head is too messed up. (Who needs alcohol when you can dig chicks?) I need you skip me when I come around again.

It's been a while. I think the judge needs to throw a yellow flag and blow her whistle.

(For any non-Americans those are actions of an American football referee.)

Agreed. I'm completely swamped with other things.

RIP The Drunken English Major Game.

3/18/02 - 3/31/03

Perished after a long illness.

Survived by its authors, uh...who were they again?

I'm not dead yet...

Oh, good.

Seriously...I thought, inasmuch as I was getting cancellations left and right there for awhile, that it might be an idea to let the whole thing alone and see how much the authors themselves wanted to continue.
When some time elapsed and nobody spoke up, I figured (perhaps wrongly) the answer was 'not much', or at least 'too busy.'. That, and I myself had some personal things going on that kinda superseded TDEMG in my memory.

Howsomiver I remain open to ideas for a revival. JD, Butch, Tom, Craig, Scott, Machiko, Morgan and Berry, please let me know. Or if anyone else wants to join the fun, ditto. Also I'm pondering whether at this point it might be simpler to start a whole new story, or should we keep this one up...?

I was going to suggest to you some time ago about putting the story on hiatus for a bit, given everyone's too busy with Real Life, but I got too busy to do so.
Seriously, maybe we need to take a break, like a tv show does for the summer, but without actually cancelling the program. Being the last author on the rotation, I was thinking of some extremely short entry (I'm talking a couple of paragraphs) just to make it official without really adding to the story, but without killing it, either.

By the way, is it just me, or have real world events sort of gotten in the way? I mean, what with the war and all, this whole conspiracy plot element maybe seems a little non-fun anymore. Just wondering if anyone else thought that or something similar...

Finally, this has been fun. If we put this story on hold, I'd like to join up for the next one!

Me too. Perhaps we should set the Crab Monster story on hold and try something new. At the very least, this first story will have helped us shake out the bugs and (hopefully) run a more coherent plot.

The whole point is to not have a coherent plot. Hence "the DRUNKEN english major..."

From Kerrie's description:

Tune in for a new installment each week, as the members try to maintain creativity (and coherence) in the face of increasing chaos.

The point is more likely to strive to turn out a tight story and resist the bizarreness that comes with having several authors who are coordinating their work in only the most tenous of fashions.

Why don't we start up a new story? Kerrie, you still around?

A good idea, but I think we'll have to wait until Kerrie's RL situation settles so she can moderate it properly. Either that, or move it to another topic with a different moderator, if we can find one willing to put up with us.

I've asked her via e-mail (some time ago) about starting a new story, but she hasn't responded...

So, one last try, since kerriem's back (again)... shall we start a new story?

Yes! Aye! Affirmative!

Sure, that's just what *THEY* want you to say!

[grin] I have no problem at all with starting a new story...as long as we can shoehorn d00d and McC in there somewhere.

Seriously...Craig, in that email I seem to recall you volunteering to finish off this story. Still up for that?

Then, of course, we'll need a volunteer to start up a whole new premise...?

Hey, I've asked you a couple of times about starting the next one! Sheesh! (Of course, does that count, if you never received those requests?)

So, just to make it official, could I start the next one? Or at least send you a submission for consideration? (Thanks in advance! )

Oh, shucks, forgot about the old story... I wasn't going to definitively end it, per se, just sort of make a very short "last entry" that acts more as a "season end" note than a bona fide final chapter. In other words, the story could be re-opened at a later time, either where it left off, or some time after that. Of course, it could also be left alone. I'll discuss this with you via e-mail.

Actually, didn't I kill off d00d? Or do I just want you to think I did?

Did you? MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Sigh...any chance of the next story starring, say, Hello Kitty? No?

At any rate, Craig, yes, you may officially submit your new first chapter. Blue's already volunteered to go next. Rest-of-the-crew - Morgan, MJ, TomM, JD, Butch - plus anybody else who wants to join (Snick?) - are you ready to take on the new challenge?

As for finishing off the last story...actually, Craig, your idea fits in quite nicely with another suggestion of Blue's.

What the heck... I'll see if I can come up with some non-paranoid non-1337-h4xx0R characters this time around...

I'm good for it, Kerrie. And I know Snick'd love to join in, except he's already been one of the TDEMG writers. :-)

Count me in!

Thanks! I should have my first submission for your perusal by next week, which I'm sure is fine since we haven't heard from everyone else yet. (Actually, I've had the idea for several weeks, at least, but I just haven't committed it to keyboard yet.)
As for the last story, I'll send my "last" installment thingy (along with questions/concerns about it) along with the new submission.
Of course, don't hesitate to e-mail me prior to next week if you get the urge.

I was going to write a nit filled instalment where every character of mine dies in a toilet explosion. I'd have the two hackers and the pregnant chick stop at a gas station because Dood has to go when they remember they are not Berry's characters. As they burn rubber the see the explosion in their windsheild. (Hey it was a nit! OK!)

MJ gets rescued from the exploding base by Major Hunk Studdly whom she excalaims her undying love for as he spontaneously self-combusts. Then she would go to a motel with a penguin on the television.

[HackhackhackwheezeGASP]...[little scritchy sounds of Moderator painfully dragging herself over to the keyboard]...[snifflesniffleACHOOOOOOOO!]

...Or in other words, the Moderator is in receipt of Craig's new entry but unfortunately came down with a nasty sinus infection over the weekend.

Once she finishes concocting a fiendish revenge on the parental unit who gave it to her (and incidentally ingesting copious quantities of orange juice and Contac-C) she will finish reading and post the first installment of TN(ew)DEMG. Based on what she's read so far, it should be a lot of fun.

Hopefully, this should happen tonight...at which point Blue will hopefully be in a position to have his turn ready by next Monday, and we'll go from there.

Is anyone going to bring in a Penguin Goa'uld?

Kerrie --

Try adding a zinc lozenge (like Cold-Eeze or its competitors) and an herbal tea with with echinacea to the Contac and the vitamin C. It works wonders.

Without treatment the cold can linger as long as two or three weeks. With treatment, it can be gone in as little as 14 to 21 days. (With apologies to Dave Barry, and to the countless previous owners of the joke)

I prefer another Barry quote about colds:

"Large quantities of beer can be a great remedy for the common cold. Since I've started this regimen, I haven't had one cold that I can remember clearly."

The Drunken English Major Game: The Next Generation.

Kerriem,

I found that eating a whole grapefruit can raise your blood acidity to a level that is detrimental to the virus. Of course it helps you are a firm believer in the placebo effect.

(It will also help you lose 20 pounds!!! [if you diet and exercise])

Awww, you guys are sweet. I actually have been drinking a lot of herbal tea...that, and sleeping for five hours straight...and I managed to get Craig's opening entry up at least.

Won't tell you too much here, except that as a piece of writing it's pretty bloody good in and of itself - and as a roundtable entry it's fantastic. I really am excited about the possibilities he's presented, and I hope you guys are too.

Now, off to see if I can get enough sleep to stay upright at work tomorrow...

CR,

Your entry lacked things that blow up real good. I guess a visit to the old reliable gas stove next to the refrigerator with the body parts is called for.

Wow, my entry's already posted?!

Hope you're feeling better, kerriem. I had a sinus infection that turned into a nasty sore throat that's still hanging on; people around me are glad my voice is mostly gone, so they don't have to listen to me anymore!

Anyway, thanks for the praise of my submission (I almost wanted to keep it for myself and write my own story). I hope the rest of you like it, and am curious to see where it goes!

(BTW, Blue, did you like the Gamera reference?)

At the risk of sounding sexist...

The first DEMG went in a "Guy" sort of direction. This one looks like it might be a "Chick Flick".

No worries, Scott. At least my planned chapter has a "Guy" feel to it. :-)

Kerriem,

Should we start a new board for new nits?

First installment, first nit. Stephen let himself in with the key he got from his Mom's. My ex-wife does not have the key to my apartment. I (the ex that moved) do not have a key to the house wec lived in. If I saved a key from "happier" times I don't think it would work on the new locks.

It is OK if we forget where the key came from. (The first installment can hardly be "nitted".)

BTW, I hope you don't mind the story becoming anything but what you intended. (I'm next.)

I was thinking of of the last line being, "Mommy?" but decide to let TomM take the rap for ruining CR's story.

Sorry Craig.

Berry, I have learned to have officially no expectations whatsoever about your entries. It makes my head hurt less when I actually go to read them.

We probably should have a separate TNDEMG nits thread, but it's Saturday night and I'm feeling kinda lazy. I have a bunch of serious, responsible Net things to do tomorrow...including catching up with a number of probably-by-now-ex-email-correspondents...I'll get back to you.

Kerriem,

Chill, baby. Nothing here is so serious it can't wait.

Everyone,

What is our minimum and maximum word length again?