Session Start: Thu Jul 01 20:38:45 2004
Session Ident: #whosim
* Now talking in #whosim
* JenK changes topic to 'NADW: Unreality Check Pt 1 (Cody, call Jen if she's AFK)'
Session Close: Thu Jul 01 20:39:27 2004

Session Start: Thu Jul 01 20:39:51 2004
Session Ident: #whosim
* Logging #whosim to 'C:\Documents and Settings\Jennifer\Desktop\unreality1.DALnet.txt'
* Phineas_1 has joined #whosim
<Phineas_1> Hi,Jen,Where is Cody?
<Phineas_1> brb
<Phineas_1> back
<Phineas_1> 4*Paging Jen and Cody.
<Phineas_1> Jen,please respond.
<Phineas_1> It is I,Duncan.
<JenK> Oh crap, Duncan? Sorry. Was surfing the web.
<JenK> How long have you been here?
<Phineas_1> Since 8:55p.m.
<Phineas_1> Where is Cody? Has he forgotton were on DALnet now?
<JenK> Ah, sorry I left you alone.
<JenK> I don't think so. Let me give him a call.
<Phineas_1> ok
<JenK> Calling.
<JenK> See Saddam today?
<JenK> There was no answer. I got voicemail.
<Phineas_1> No,I didn't see Saddam today,and he has more reason to ne SADDAM then haappy with his upcomong trial due.
<Phineas_1> upcomomng=upcoming
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<DrWhoXI> whheeew
<Phineas_1> Ah,Cody,at last!
<DrWhoXI> Hi Jen
<DrWhoXI> Hi Duncan
<JenK> Ok, I just checked my e-mail. That damn spammer is back again under a new account.
<Phineas_1> Casting Call please,Jen.
<JenK> I'm gonna go report him. Already banned him from the group.
<DrWhoXI> sounds like it might be time for members only :-/
<Phineas_1> Good ,the only decent spam is the meat.
<DrWhoXI> just fear it might discourae new ppl
<Phineas_1> BTW,Jen,Phineas is already taken as a nickname in DALnet so I had to use Phineas 1 instead.
<Phineas_1> Shall we do a CASTING CALL,Jen?
<DrWhoXI> probably it's the rerelease and remake of Around the World :-/
<DrWhoXI> oops just remember to switch on logging
<Phineas_1> But in that movie,the name is Phileas Fogg,not Phineas.
<DrWhoXI> remembered that is
<DrWhoXI> Have you Jen?
<Phineas_1> Uh-oh,Jen is AFK again.
<JenK> Just reported the spammer. Let me change group settings.
<DrWhoXI> oh well Dunan been over 30 yers since I rea it
<Phineas_1> ok,then Casting Call please,Jen.
<DrWhoXI> hmmm little left is obeying tonight :=P
<JenK> Ok, I've changed the membership to Approve-Only. It means folks can join, but before they can post I must approve them.
<DrWhoXI> Have you turn logging back on, Jen?
<Phineas_1> I take it Cody and I are still approved Jen?
<JenK> My logging has been on.
<DrWhoXI> K, just noticed I had to restart mine
<Phineas_1> Hello indigestion for Ravena and Phineas tonight.
* DrWhoXI hands out Alka Seltser
<Phineas_1> LOL
<Phineas_1> Shall we start the Casting Call yet,Jen?
<JenK> Now I can't pull up the script page.
<DrWhoXI> Try looking under nadw group posting
<Phineas_1> There are only are three roles tonight anyway,Jen.
<Phineas_1> Our 3 roles.
<DrWhoXI> true but I know I've already forgot the script ;-)
<Phineas_1> We start at the TARDIS control room with the Doctor being unhappy with the TARDIS after he restored its configurations,Cody.
<DrWhoXI> Jen just sent you script
<DrWhoXI> by e mail attachment
<JenK> Ok, back. Sorry guys.
<JenK> I'm doing these bass ackwards today. Been a rough couple days with my mom.
<DrWhoXI> see above Jen
<DrWhoXI> sorry to hear :-/
<DrWhoXI> Jen just sent you script
<DrWhoXI> by e mail attachment
<JenK> I'm feeling a bit reluctant to play (due to tiredness) and so taking my time getting ready on you. I got that script page locally.
<Phineas_1> Oh,I still remember the script,It is still pt 1 of "Unreality Check" right?
<JenK> Let me get the credits file ready.
<DrWhoXI> Do you want to wait till next week?
<Phineas_1> No,it seems like we've waited forever already due to Austnet's bugginess.
<JenK> No, I'm together now.
<Phineas_1> Then  Casting Call.
<JenK> Forgive my moan but my mom's had a urinary tract/kidney infection all week. She was catheritized and today they thought her kidneys had failed.
<JenK> I've been doing a lot of trips up and down the stairs fetching food and drinks for her, trying to keep sane, look after my dad, monitor the house as we had workman come last two days.
<Phineas_1> Sorry to hear that,Jen. I hope Pat is feeling better.
<JenK> So I'm feeling a bit pooped tonight.
<DrWhoXI> k
<JenK> Thanks Duncan. She's sleeping now. In the next room. I'm keeping an ear out if she needs me.
<Phineas_1> Jen,do you want me to start the Casting Call,then?
<DrWhoXI> <==========Dr (guess) Who
<DrWhoXI> yipes
<DrWhoXI> How is she?
<JenK> It's just rough this week. My dad's scared, my sis is scared, I'm more at peace though. My brothers are on vacation.
<Phineas_1> <===Phineas(No Fogg included)
<JenK> It's one of those weeks when you wonder if this is the beginning of the end, but are too tired to care much. You get what I mean?
<JenK> <===== Ravena Shaw
<DrWhoXI> :-(
<DrWhoXI> <==========Dr (guess) Who
<Phineas_1> Credits Jen,Please???
<JenK> Why not? I can play a tired, hungry and cranky Ravena. Poor starving girl. ;)
<JenK> Costumes please!
* JenK is now known as RavenaS
<RavenaS> <<NEW ADVENTURES OF DOCTOR WHO SIMULATION>>
<RavenaS> <<UNREALITY CHECK, PART ONE>>
<RavenaS> <<PLOT BY CODY JARRET AND JEN KOKOSKI>>
* RavenaS sets mode: +o DrWhoXI
* RavenaS sets mode: +o Phineas_1
<DrWhoXI> <ty>
<Phineas_1> <ty>
<RavenaS> @ = console room
<RavenaS> @ ::with a bright flash of white, everything changes around the three travelers::
<Phineas_1> @ Doctor,Something wrong?
<DrWhoXI> @ ::Eamines console monitors starts mutterring:: Of all the possible... :::Sighs:::
<RavenaS> @ ::in the next moment the light dims and the three find themselves within the comfortable surroundings of the Doctor's Edwardian/early 20th century style console room::
<DrWhoXI> @ It's deja voodooed all over again
<Phineas_1> @::Sarcastically::Peachy Doctor,real peachy!
<DrWhoXI> @ ::Straightens and turns to others::: Apparently we are nowehre... nowhen as well
<RavenaS> @ ::smiles in relief::: Oh cheer up. At least we're still here. And I'm beginning to like this room. It feels... homey.
<RavenaS> @ How can a person be nowhere and nowhen, Doctor?
<DrWhoXI> @ I'm not really sure Ravena... and I've been there before
<Phineas_1> @ But we are still FAMISHED Doctor,all we've eaten is Jellybabies!
<DrWhoXI> @ It appears we are outside of reality
<RavenaS> @ Stop speaking in riddles, Doctor. my head is already pounding from hunger.
<DrWhoXI> @ ::Crosses to desk and packs his pockets with various arcane tools::
<RavenaS> @ ::to back up her statement, her stomach growls loudly::
<Phineas_1> @ Doctor,if we are outside of Space and Time,how can you have been here before? That's IMPOSSIBLE!!!
<DrWhoXI> @ Whatever happens stay in the TARDIS ::Starts up stairs::
<RavenaS> @ But Doctor, I really need to eat. I'm feeling dizzy.
<Phineas_1> @ Doctor,please show us the kitchen,we are FAMISHED!!!
<DrWhoXI> @ ::Stops and wrings hands on the railings:: Oh....
<Phineas_1> @ Careful Doctor,you'll brek the railing!
<DrWhoXI> @Very well. Go down the hall till it dead ends then turn right ::Starts thru door and stops::: 
<Phineas_1> <brek=break>
<DrWhoXI> @ NO... turn left then take the right fork you can't miss the kitchen
<Phineas_1> @ Well come on Ravena,food awaits.
<DrWhoXI> @ Just don't open the outside doors, whatever happens
<RavenaS> @ Why not?
<Phineas_1> @ :::Uses Doctor's instructions to lead him to the kitchen with Ravena in tow:::
<DrWhoXI> @ There be Dragons off the map, don't you know that?
<RavenaS> @ But... ::watches the Doctor go, a confused look on her face, then sees Phineas disappearing into the TARDIS without her::
<Phineas_1> @ Dangerous environment in the Void,Doctor?
<RavenaS> @ ::frustrated grumble:: Men!
<DrWhoXI> @ Dangerous? HHrrrmmmpps, just stay inside ::Closes door::
<RavenaS> <move Ravena's lines down as well as Phineas' exit line>
<Phineas_1> @::Mutters::Tick Tock Timelord Twit.
<RavenaS> <Duncan, we'll just pick up where Phineas is already in the hall kitchen-hunting>
<Phineas_1> <ok>
<RavenaS> # = Phineas & Ravena kitchen-hunting
<RavenaS> # ::hurries after Phineas and finds herself in the sterile gray corridors pockmarked with roundels and neverending echoes::
<RavenaS> # ::catches up to Phineas as he makes the left and reaches the fork on the right::
<Phineas_1> #::After 10 minutes of searching Phineas an Ravena discover the kitchen,overstocked with various dishes::
<DrWhoXI> $=Bend in upper hallway with scattered roundels exposing wires , pipes, glowing tubes <and whatever else props can scavnge>
<RavenaS> # You're sure the Doctor even remembers the way? He's still a bit tetchy, perhaps along with the TARDIS. This kitchen could just be...
<Phineas_1> # My goodness! Enough food t feed an army of DRASHIGS!
<RavenaS> # ::stumbles into a kitchen large enough to fill her family's paddocks:: ... a figment of imagina-- Oh heavens be, how is this even possible?
<DrWhoXI> $ ::Scracthes head with an adjustable spanner::: How in the blases did Romana ever remember witch one of this doodads did what? ::Taaps experimentally on a glowing pipe that sputters:::
<RavenaS> # Is that pork I smell?
<Phineas_1> #:::Notices a Bread Tin in the center of the Kitchen table and opens it::Ah! The AROMA!!
<RavenaS> # ::follows her nose beyond the metal contraptions and direct to a large hearth hosting a turning spit of roast pig::
<RavenaS> # This hearth is bigger than anything even my grandfather new in Ireland. Big enough to cook for an army.
<Phineas_1> # Ravena,All these containers are Statis boxes disguised as their respective food containers!
<RavenaS> # You only find hearths like this in a castle.
<DrWhoXI> $ ::Fingers some wires :: Why could I be more of an electrection like ...like... Oh what was his name? ::ponders, then tentaively:: Theta? ::Grimaces:: No blast it! That's what he called me::resumes probing::
<RavenaS> # What do you mean? ::takes a poker and reaches through the fireplace screen (a stasis field) to poke the pork::
<Phineas_1> # How else is all this food to keep from ROTTING,Ravena?
<RavenaS> # ::fragrant juices drip on the burning coals, causing Ravena's stomach to rumble:: It's impposible. This must have taken hours, but it looks perfectly roasted.
<DrWhoXI> $ :::Muttering to himself more than halway into an aceess panel:: Why, why can't I remember?
<RavenaS> # Who made all this stuff?
<RavenaS> # ::reaches for towels and tools to pull the roast pork out of its oven::
<Phineas_1> #::Lifts up a Collander filled with spaghetti with sauce and starts to eat it::
<RavenaS> # ::just where she reaches, a platter and carving knife magically appear::
<Phineas_1> # My what service!
<RavenaS> # The meat is so tender. It cuts like butter. ::slices off a few pieces and places them on a fabulously clean china plate located in the drying bin by the water sink::
<DrWhoXI> $ :::Pulls bright foil off a bundle of wires. Turns it in the light and watches it sparkle:: Now that seems familar...::Drifts off then comes to with a start::: Of course, of course, that shimmering catsuit that...that.... Jamie? No that's ridiculos, that dear sweet Zoe wore. ::Resumes work:: Could use her techno skills about now.
<RavenaS> # ::downs a piece and savors the taste:: Mmmmmm.... So succulent.
<Phineas_1> #::Finishes Spaghetti and reaches for a napkin and it appears for thin air:
<RavenaS> # ::reaches into the bread box and pulls out a warm loaf which she slices and eats whole::
<Phineas_1> #::Puts empty collander in the sink::
<RavenaS> # Now if we just had some potatoes. ::turns and sees a pot bubbling over the spitfire with a ladel at the ready::
<DrWhoXI> $ ::Searching more wires:: Fine lad that Jamie if a bit wild at times. He'd just sart slashing away till he hit the wire he needed to cut
<RavenaS> # ::pulls out the ladle and up comes a big, plump boiled potato, alread buttered by the time it hits her plate::
<RavenaS> # I could get used to eating like this.
<Phineas_1> #::Finds a bottle of fine Itallian wine,pops the cork,finds to goblets ,ppors the wine in them and offers one to Ravena,:::Wine,Ravena?
<DrWhoXI> $ ::Looks at a large wire and seems to hear a voice say "Not wire Doctor, coaxial cable"::
<Phineas_1> <ppors=poors>
<RavenaS> # Wine? ::asks as she reaches under the cupboard and pulls out a bottle of fine red without even looking for it::
<RavenaS> <duh>
<RavenaS> <scratch my line>
<RavenaS> <I like Phineas' better.>
<DrWhoXI> $ coaxial? what is that used for :::Grins broadly::
<RavenaS> # Thank you, kind sir. ::clinks her goblet with his and takes a savory swig::
<Phineas_1> #::Downs his goblet of wine in one gulp::
<RavenaS> <Now now, no 21st century humor Doc.>
<Phineas_1> # Now for desert!
<RavenaS> # Where on earth  would that be?
<Phineas_1> #:::Spots and devours an entire Chocolate Cheesecake::
<DrWhoXI> $ ::::Looks up and salutes with wire clippers::: Drax, you help me even when I forgot your name. Coaxial cable is used to connect monitors:: Cuts through coxail:: Whew , now hopefully Ravena and Phineas will be safe from tempteation
<RavenaS> # ::sees Phineas disappear behind a cupboard and return with a silver cart laden with desserts, small and large::
<Phineas_1> # On the far end of the table are the desetrs,Ravena.
<RavenaS> # Oh heavens, is that... chocolate?
<RavenaS> # ::takes a large lump of fudge brownie off a tray and downs it with one bite::
<Phineas_1> # Yes,and it includes DARK CHOCOLATE,you're favorite I presume,Ravena?
<DrWhoXI> <Dark chocolate with almonds ::Drrooolll::>
<RavenaS> # No, that couldn't be. :;reaches for a silver bowl on the next shelf and finds it filled with whip cream and sliced berries.
<RavenaS> ::
<RavenaS> # :: uses the included spoon to devour the sweet dessert::
<RavenaS> # I've never eaten like this in my life. Only King George gets this service.
<Phineas_1> # ::Burps::Excuse me,Ravena,now for the Pepto Bismol!
<RavenaS> # The what? ::stifles a belch of her own, then giggles over it::
<DrWhoXI> <better out than in>
<Phineas_1> # Something for INDIGESTION,Ravena!
<RavenaS> # My grand always said a cup of warm buttermilk makes the demons quiet in your stomach.
<Phineas_1> <Shrek? Cool,Cody>
<DrWhoXI> <;-) ty>
<RavenaS> # ::as soon as she says it, a glass of buttermilk appears at her elbow::
<Phineas_1> # Unless you are Lactose intolerant,Ravena.
<RavenaS> # ::she downs it in one long gulp, giving herself a buttermilk mustache::
<RavenaS> # ::leans back in her plush dining chair, hiccups and giggles::
<Phineas_1> # ::Laughs:: Now you are a TOMBOY,Ravena!
<RavenaS> # At least I'm not hungry anymore.
<RavenaS> # I wonder what the Doctor's up to?
<RavenaS> # Shouldn't he be hungry too?
<Phineas_1> # ::Takes a laxative from his MED.Kit and swallows it with water::
<DrWhoXI> $ ::Crawls back into hallway littered with tool and roundels::: 
<DrWhoXI> <ToolS that is, grrr>
<Phineas_1> #Lets bring the Doctor some food then<Ravena!
<RavenaS> <Phineas is taking laxatives after that feast? What is in a hurry to be rid of it?>
<Phineas_1> <<=,>
<RavenaS> <is he>
<DrWhoXI> <Must be an Olsen twins fan ::ducks::>
<RavenaS> <I thought they were doing the finger trick.>
<Phineas_1> <It si not good to move too much on a full stomach!>
<RavenaS> # Sounds good. ::reaches for a linen napkin and finds one:: A slice of pork and fresh bread will do him good.
<RavenaS> # ::wraps the bundle on a warm plate she finds by the fire::
<Phineas_1> #::Bring the wine along::
<DrWhoXI> <and a splash of Tiger Sauce :-)>
<RavenaS> # Where do we clean the dirty dishes?
<Phineas_1> # Maybe the dishes clean themselves,Ravena. The Knives plates and utensils served themselves to us!
<DrWhoXI> <give them to the singing candlestick ;-)>
<RavenaS> # Don't be ridiculous Phineas. I'll put them in the dry sink for now. I can ask the Doctor where his well is kept later.
<Phineas_1> #::Hears a singing Cadle stick,and gives the Dirty dishes to it::
<RavenaS> # ::gathers the dishes and places them in the sink::
<RavenaS> # ::as she turns away, the dishes are swept with a wave of some sort and instantly shine clean::
<RavenaS> # ::collects the warm plate for the Doctor and heads for the door:: Come on Phineas, before the Doctor gets us into more trouble.
<DrWhoXI> $ ::Reattaches roundels to cutouts in wall:: I need to get to my workshop and make a new sonic screwdriver
<Phineas_1> # It's like the TARDIS is HAUNTED,Ravena!::Laughs::
<RavenaS> # For a man of science, you can be quite like a silly, little boy sometimes. ::giggles herself as she traverses the corridors::
<Phineas_1> #::Follows Ravena out and back to the console room::
<RavenaS> @ = Console Room
<RavenaS> @ ::steps into the console room, warm plate in hand:: Doctor?
<RavenaS> @ Doctor?! We brought you dinner...!
<Phineas_1> @::Offers the Doctor the Wine bottle::
<RavenaS> @ ::places the plate on the table by his plush settee:: Now where did he go?
<Phineas_1> @ Beats me,but he left the SCANNER on!
<RavenaS> @ Internal or external? Do you think you can operate it to locate him?
<Phineas_1> @:::Notices the Familiar Spires and Fields of Minyos 2::
<RavenaS> @ ::quizzical look:: That looks vaguely familiar.
<Phineas_1> @ External,I'll just make a quick pop outside to check.
<RavenaS> @ No!
<RavenaS> @ The Doctor said we're not supposed to go outside. Nowhere and nowhen, remember?
<Phineas_1> @ Why not,Ravena? Look at the Scanner,we're on Minyos 2,MY HOME!!!
<Phineas_1> @ ::Dashes out before Ravena can protest further::
<RavenaS> @ But... ::helpless to stop him:: Dear oh dear... the Doctor said there was danger outside.
<RavenaS> @ ::turns back and looks at the scanner again, this time the spires appear as tall oak trees identical to the ones lining that familiar clearing in the woods behind her home::
<Phineas_1> <%= outside TARDIS>
<RavenaS> @ :;a thick fog wafts through them, casting a mystical pre-dawn light::
<Phineas_1> % Doctor,you out here?
<RavenaS> @ Phineas wait! Foolish man. Can't he tell the difference between a building and a tree?
<RavenaS> @ That isn't Minyos II. It's my home. They'll have a fit I've been away so long.
<Phineas_1> %::Only silence awaits Phineas in THE VOID!::
<Phineas_1> % CURSES! WHAT A ROTTEN TRICK!!!
<Phineas_1> %::Shouts::RAVENA! AREN"T YOU COMING???
<Phineas_1> % :::Truns back in dissapointment,heading back to the TARDIS!!
<Phineas_1> %::Calls for the Doctor in exasperation:
<Phineas_1> <Cue for your next line or scene,Cody.>
<RavenaS> @ I better just explain before Phineas gets arrested.
<DrWhoXI> <Waiting for Ravena to leave>
<RavenaS> <sorry guys. My bro is on the phone. Go on without me.>
<RavenaS> @ ::rushes out the doors after Phineas::
<DrWhoXI> @ :::Enters door above the stairs just as Ravena leaves the TARDIS::: NNOoooo! It's a trick ::Runs down stairs and out the doors:::
<DrWhoXI> % Calling her name the Doctor finally catches up to Ravena::
<DrWhoXI> % Ravena are you okay? Where is Phineas?
<DrWhoXI> % > Ravena > He is lost in this strange fog Doctor. What shall we do?
<DrWhoXI> % We'll move out till it stars to be hard to see the Tadis, then you stay in sight of it and I'll go forward. Give a shout when the fog starts to block me from your sight.
<Phineas_1> % Yo,Doctor I'm here! ::Calls out Phineas::
<DrWhoXI> % ::The pair move out, then just the Doctor::: Phineas?
<DrWhoXI> % ::Turns to see Ravena becoming indistinct::Phineas! Can you hear me?
<Phineas_1> % ::Shouts::I'm doubling back towrds the TARDIS!!::
<DrWhoXI> % Just head for my voice!
<DrWhoXI> % ::Continues to call Phineas's name over and over::
<Phineas_1> %::Follows the Doctor's voice and accidentally bumps into the Doctor::Pardon me!
<DrWhoXI> % No problem, Phineas now we'll head for Ravena and once we get to her we can find the TARDIS
<Phineas_1> % Doctor, this fog is thicker than oatmeal!
<DrWhoXI> % ::Slowly they head back:: It's okay Phineas, Ravena can see the TARDIS and we can see her.
<Phineas_1> % Good,Why did the Scanner say Ravena and I were at our homes,Doctor?
<DrWhoXI> % To trick you into leaving the TARDIS:: Aside:: I 'd like to know why it showed anything
<RavenaS> <Back.>
<DrWhoXI> <WB Headed for TARDIS>
<RavenaS> <Bro was checking in from his vacation.>
<Phineas_1> <Vacation to where,Jen?>
<DrWhoXI> % AHH<<:::Pats TARDIS:: Be it ever so humble...
<RavenaS> <He took the family to Williamsburg, VA. The british invaded.>
<DrWhoXI> <lol>
<DrWhoXI> <AHH<<< should be AHH...>
<Phineas_1> % Thre's no place like home::finishes Phineas::
<RavenaS> % ::shivers and hugs herself:: This place is creepy, Doctor.
<DrWhoXI> % Inside you two
<RavenaS> % It almost feels like we're being watched.
<Phineas_1> % ::Rushes inside to console room::
<RavenaS> @ ::stumbles into the TARDIS and lands against the console:: Gently!
<RavenaS> @ = console room
<DrWhoXI> @ ::The Doctor brusquely pushes past Ravena and Phineas to get to the console:::
<RavenaS> @ Honestly Doctor, there's something wicked about this place. Can't we go?
<DrWhoXI> @ We've got to get out of here before it all happens again ::Twiats controls::
<Phineas_1> @ Such RUDENESS is hardly necessary,Doctor.
<RavenaS> @ Why am I still so cold? ::shivers harder::
<DrWhoXI> @ In this case it is Phineas, I assure you it is
<Phineas_1> @ Before what happens,exactly,Doctor?
<RavenaS> @ It's like that fog is creeping into my soul. ::turns and looks behind her:: Oh no!
<RavenaS> @ Doctor, the doors! Close the doors!
<DrWhoXI> # ::Activates Time Rotor :: Come on ol' girl get us away from this place
<RavenaS> @ ::TARDIS doors split open, and rolling fog pours inside like ghostly fingers peeling back the doors::
<Phineas_1> @ ::Screams as the TARDIS starts breaking up::TOO LATE! AAARRGH!!!
<DrWhoXI> # ::Throws door lever with out leaving rototr controls::
<DrWhoXI> # HOld on to the console :: As a white blinding light fills the spinning room::
<RavenaS> @ ::fog pushes against the closing doors until it flings both open and wafts inside, overtaking everything it touches::
<Phineas_1> <Cody,didn't you mean @ for your lines now?>
<DrWhoXI> <Dooh sorry>
<DrWhoXI> <Hit 3 instead of 2>
<RavenaS> @ ::Ravena screams loud and bloodthirsty, her eyes wide like she's seen the devil himself::
<Phineas_1> <Anyone can make a mistake Cody,it's part of learning.>
<RavenaS> <or being human.>
<DrWhoXI> @ ::Thw walsss of the TARDIS seem to fly away as the light grows ever stronger::
<Phineas_1> <too true!>
<RavenaS> <pause Ravena>
<DrWhoXI> <paus the Doctor>
<DrWhoXI> Theme swells 
<RavenaS> <Phineas paused?
<Phineas_1> <Pause Phineas>
<RavenaS> <<PAUSE SIM>>
<RavenaS> <<CUT AND PRINT>>
<RavenaS> Bravo!
<DrWhoXI> BRAVO Crew
<DrWhoXI> Hope yall fixed a doggy bag ;-)
<RavenaS> Thank God almighty, we finished at last!
<Phineas_1> Lext stop Lilliput,Jen,Next week?
<DrWhoXI> lol
<RavenaS> Sorry, had to blaspheme. Too opportune after all our hiccups.
<RavenaS> Lext stop?
<RavenaS> Already into the lingo, eh? ;)
<DrWhoXI> It's little then giants then horses I think
<RavenaS> Time for my research. I forget which goes where.
<Phineas_1> Don't we arive in Lilliput in pt 2 of "Unrealit Check" Jen?
<DrWhoXI> I think that's the order
<RavenaS> Next week I have my driving evaluation. Think good thoughts for me.
<RavenaS> I'll be real disappointed if I can't drive.
* DrWhoXI rubs cyber genie lamp
<Phineas_1> Just don't drive everyone crazy,Jen!
<RavenaS> Oh, know what I did today...?
<DrWhoXI> too late Duncan :-D
<RavenaS> Tried to teach myself how to use a sewing machine.
<RavenaS> The darn thing is more complicated than it looks.
<DrWhoXI> argh
<DrWhoXI> That's Industrial era thinking Jen
<RavenaS> I threaded the top part ok, and got the bottom threaded, but couldn't for the life of me get the two to meet in the middle.
<Phineas_1> I thought sewing machines went out with old fashioned typewriters,Jen.
<RavenaS> It's one of those skills I think I should have if I was a big girl, you know.
<DrWhoXI> Originally men worked sewing machines and typrewriters because "they were too complicated for women"
<RavenaS> I'm old enough to be an Old Maid, but still feel like a 15 year old.
<RavenaS> I'll get it.
<DrWhoXI> way tpo think
<Phineas_1> I can sew alittle with Neddle and Thread,Jen.
<DrWhoXI> Ditto
<DrWhoXI> Used to sew patches and stripes
<RavenaS> The handyman, who is an electrical engineer, told me his father designed the Saturday Night Live suit Travolta wore.
<RavenaS> I can hand sew. Or at least I learned to in high school.
<Phineas_1> And I used to darn socks.
<DrWhoXI> although I did trim thresds with a lit cigarrette
<RavenaS> It's tedious and hard on my hands though.
<DrWhoXI> Not near as much as hand sewing
<RavenaS> I sat there today winding thread around little bobs and levers. All hard to reach and thought to myself how ridiculous it was. I mean I have arthritis and gnarled joint contractured hands, but I'm learning to sew?
<Phineas_1> button holes are exceptionally tough to sew on,I leave that to my mother.
<RavenaS> Yeah, hand sewing was what I said was tedious and hard.
<DrWhoXI> I thought the machines filled the bobbins
<RavenaS> You have to wind the thread around a threading arm, then loop it through the bobbin and get the machine to wind it.
<DrWhoXI> Oh weell, me Mom was the sewer
<RavenaS> But then you thread from the top down and another from the bobbin up.
<DrWhoXI> Professionally
<DrWhoXI> ahh
<Phineas_1> I know Phineas will consider the Lilliputians,Nasty little Gnats!
<RavenaS> Cool thing was I had to use a foot petal to control the machine/
<RavenaS> Gave me a taste of what it's like to work with my hands and operate speed control with my foot.
<DrWhoXI> Hmm, My Mother's used a knew panel
<RavenaS> I thought it would be good practice for driving.
<DrWhoXI> Driving is easier.... even men can do that ;-)
<RavenaS> Everybody keeps warning me of the difficulty of getting your arms to steer while your feet operate speed and braking.
<RavenaS> My doc even warned me about reaction time. Almost like he doubted I had the skill.
<Phineas_1> Well,night all,see you next week,hopefully Rob,David and Tuna will be back by then!
<RavenaS> In the power chair my steering and speed is controlled with one hand.
<RavenaS> Night Duncan. happy 4th!
<DrWhoXI> Doctors tend to be over causcous
<DrWhoXI> Night Duncan
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<RavenaS> True. But it's one more hang up I get.
<DrWhoXI> Tuna returns the 7th
<DrWhoXI> oops too slow
<RavenaS> I'm going to the eye doctor to get a new presciption.
<RavenaS> Everything I can do to make myself ready for this eval.
<RavenaS> I'm nearsighted.
<DrWhoXI> I'll add a decade for you ;-)
<RavenaS> I can see all around, but can't read signs without classes.
<RavenaS> Now, now, I'm old enough.
<DrWhoXI> :-P
<RavenaS> Yesterday I told my doc about my mom.
<DrWhoXI> you know what I meant
<RavenaS> I told him I was "finishing growing up".
<RavenaS> I've depended on her for so much. It's hard going it alone. well, so to speak.
<DrWhoXI> I'm finally getting to be a kid AND loving it :-D
<RavenaS> Doc asked me about my dad. How his health was and if I was ok living with him. I said in some ways I get along better with my dad.
<RavenaS> Yeah, there's that too.
<DrWhoXI> good I hope
<RavenaS> I respect the hell out of my dad.
<RavenaS> I've worked for him and with him.
<RavenaS> As a kid, he was like superman to me. Then I got to know him as a person. He's a bit anal at times, but he's got a good heart.
<DrWhoXI> You're lucky for that Jen
<RavenaS> He's very loyal too. And the way he's looking after my mom...
<RavenaS> I told him yesterday I was so proud of him and hoped one day I'd find a guy who would be like that, look after me the way he does for his wife.
<RavenaS> It's hard seeing them go through this. But we all know the odds.
<RavenaS> So we try to support each other.
<RavenaS> Wanna hear some crazy?
<RavenaS> somethijg
* RavenaS cannot type anymore
<DrWhoXI> Know they are people all over the world who wish you well
<RavenaS> I know. And I appreciate it.
<RavenaS> You make me laugh Cody. It really helped last night.
<DrWhoXI> ty
<DrWhoXI> try getting the chicken ball games
<RavenaS> The crazy thing is I figured out why I kept going into supernurse mode with Mom.
<DrWhoXI> ?
<RavenaS> Or think I did.
<RavenaS> When my grandmother died I wasn't there. My soon-to-be sis-in-law was.
<RavenaS> And then a guy I worked for and knew the family said something really stupid.
<RavenaS> I was calling to get an extension on my work for the funeral. He said he thought it was my brother who was close to my grandma.
<DrWhoXI> Intential or just careless
<RavenaS> He's an idiot. A Mormon with 7 kids who had an affair and left his wife for a younger woman.
<RavenaS> Cheated my bro and I out of money.
<RavenaS> But besides that, it was like the love I had for my grandma was being questioned.
<RavenaS> So in some nutty irrational way I fear if/when my mom passes, someone will think I don't have the right to be broken up over it.
<DrWhoXI> Try to ignore it, he's shown how %^&&ed up he is with his owh family
<RavenaS> I mean she took care of me, sometimes more than she should have. So maybe I was just a selfish git who used her.
<DrWhoXI> that's bu11$&^@
<RavenaS> I know it's stupid. It's just an irrational emotion.
<DrWhoXI> most are
<RavenaS> See when I was growing up, it was like I had a choice to be disabled or not.
<RavenaS> If I was disabled it was because I didn't fight the arthritis hard enough. it was my fault.
<RavenaS> My brother even accused me of being the "burden on the family".
<RavenaS> That was summer before I went to college.
<DrWhoXI> Forgive him, he needs it 
<RavenaS> We had a big argument and all.
<RavenaS> Point is living here at home, not being married with the big career, house, kids and car, etc. Sometimes it feels like I've failed.
<RavenaS> I've always wanted to be the brilliant success, one my mom could be proud of.
<DrWhoXI> You 're a good person, that is real SUCCESS
<RavenaS> She is, says it and all.
<RavenaS> I know. I just sometimes forget.
<RavenaS> It's like I've traveled a path in life where there were no road signs to guide me.
<RavenaS> I don't always know if I've headed down the right way.
<DrWhoXI> Look up "The Path Less raveled"
<DrWhoXI> Taveled
<RavenaS> LOL
<RavenaS> You sound like Scooby.
<DrWhoXI> I am a Scoobie, I'm, Xander :-D
<RavenaS> And I'm Anya or Cordelia. A smart ass till the end. ;)
<DrWhoXI> "That's my girl"
<RavenaS> I'm ok really. For now. For today.
<RavenaS> I know tomorrow or sometime in the middle of the night I might wake up crying, but today I've felt at peace with myself.
<DrWhoXI> Fotgiving yourself is the hardest
<DrWhoXI> dooh
<DrWhoXI> Fprgiving
<RavenaS> Accepting is for me.
<DrWhoXI> Forgiving
<RavenaS> brb
<DrWhoXI> k
<RavenaS> Dad came in to report to me.
<RavenaS> Mom's temp is up. He's gonna give her tylenol.
<DrWhoXI> everything ok?
<DrWhoXI> :-/
<RavenaS> If it remains up in the morning, we'll have to call her doc again/
<RavenaS> I just don't know.
<DrWhoXI> Is it up much?
<RavenaS> 101.6
<RavenaS> She's usually at 100.
<DrWhoXI> Have an icebag?
<RavenaS> She's complaining of chills.
<RavenaS> Usually the tylenol helps cut the fever back.
<RavenaS> We'll have to monitor it.
<RavenaS> If it stays up tomorrow, we'll just see.
<RavenaS> There's debate over whether the drug they've given her for the infection is working.
<RavenaS> It's a sulfur drug, Bactrim. Not an antibiotic.
<RavenaS> She might need the antibiotic.
<DrWhoXI> temperture usually indicates fighting infection, just how the fight is going is the trick
<RavenaS> Crazy thing is they did a sonogram today to see if her kidneys were failing. They weren't.
<RavenaS> It's like we're looking for that sign that we can't do anymore. And fighting as hard as we can in the meantime.
<DrWhoXI> tG
<RavenaS> But as bad as it gets, we get reports that her tumor markers dropped and her kidneys are fine...
<RavenaS> Then she gets weaker, throws up, gets a fever, etc.
<RavenaS> One step forward, two steps back.
<RavenaS> She's really scared.
<DrWhoXI> :-/
<RavenaS> I think I need to go.
<DrWhoXI> OK, just try and stay strong
<RavenaS> You have a happy 4th.
<RavenaS> Thanks. God bless!
<DrWhoXI> God bless you and your family
Session Close: Thu Jul 01 23:39:11 2004