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From: dennis@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Thomas A. Dennis)
Subject: Re: AngsTest/Deteriorata
Summary: oops
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 21:06:22 GMT
Keywords: oops

Of course, I didn't write it.  It's from a National Lampoon comedy album,
Radio Dinner, and is probably copyright 1971 or thereabouts.  I say 
probably because I wasn't even creative enough to have dug it up in the
first place (ObAngst?)

--

Tom Dennis                    |  "The kind of bull that brings his own
dennis@alexia.uiuc.edu        |     china shop with him."
tadg0614@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu     |                   --Winston Churchill 
Newsgroups: alt.angst
From: kovarik@utkux1.utk.edu (Ken)
Subject: Re: god
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 00:01:52 GMT

In article <1992Sep6.222333.860@cis.umassd.edu> pmsc13sg@UMASSD.EDU writes:
>
>    Existential hell is sittin' in the American Legion and listenin' to "The
>Achy Breaky." I almost became catatonic. I spoke country but even the barmaid  spoke country but even the barmaid didn't flich. I must have
>didn't flinch. I must have had the wrong accent.
>

Hey, don't knock the American Legion!  It's almost the only bar in town
here in Oak Ridge!  Where's my Volunteer cap?
					Ken



Newsgroups: alt.angst
From: boesch@cs.washington.edu (Eric Boesch)
Subject: Re: wimmin!
Organization:  Dumpster Fishermen and Street Farmers of America
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 05:37:55 GMT

In article <79506@ut-emx.uucp> llama@pooh.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine) writes:
>Monty (v026ltr5@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu) wrote:
>: I much prefer the line Norm used on Cheers:
>: "Women. Can't live with 'em. Pass the beer nuts."
>
>like men are any easier to live with? roight. you couldn't prove it by
>me.

Bet I could.  Try this experiment: the next time you pass me on the
street, tell me you desperately want to live with me.  See whether I
let you do it.  You can't get much easier to live with than that. 

Oh, if only I could support a bag lady of my very own.  Then I
wouldn't just be white trash, I'd also be helping the homeless.  Sort
of.

But they'd probably just ignore me anyway, like the women waiting for
the bus do.  Please, could someone lend me $50?  Then the hookers
might pay attention to me again for a few days.

-- emb.
From: dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz (dogbowl)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: god
Summary: Hair, we don't need no stinkin' hair
Keywords: Hair?
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 16:02:54 Y
Organization: The Dawghaus BBS
Comments: Urrgh!

llama@huey.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine) writes:

> In article <1992Sep7.022847.22921@cis.umassd.edu> pmsc13sg@UMASSD.EDU writes:
> 
> hmmm... there seems to be a correlation between hair length and
> posting on alt.angst. maybe having longer hair puts more pressure on
> your brain, thereby increasing the sensitivity of your angst
> receptors.
> 

Maybe, maybe not.... I shaved my head and beard a couple of days ago,
and it hasn't made _me_ any less angstful....



dogbowl at The Dawghaus BBS  ( +64 6 357-9245 )
From: hennessy@acsu.buffalo.edu (Mathew A. Hennessy)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: alt.angst goes to alphaville
Date: 11 Sep 92 16:12:27 GMT
Organization: UB


	I know my bike is out there somewhere.  this past weekend I went to a
local party/social thingy to meet, you know, women.  Hoping against hope that
this party would be different, I went without, now this is important,
expecting the worst.  Turns out the party's lame, the people there are
intellectual walnuts, so I split after getting my $3's worth of suds.  Wake up
the next morning and my housemate asks me where I went biking to last night.
I dash out to the garage in my undies and nothing else, bike's not there.
Look in the basement, bike's not there.  throw on old clothes hop in car visit
party house, bike's not there.  turns out I went out for a sub at about 5am on
my bike, and I must have just left it somewhere and walked home.  I don't
remember this.  Now I no longer have a $400 mountain bike.  I am posting
reward signs around where I think I left it, but I have no clue.  My folks
don't know this yet and I have nightmares about telling them this.  Thinking
someone is riding my bike and it's not me keeps me up at nights.  
	At least it's easily recognizable.. a Trek 830 with 2 padlocks on the
rear pannier and Inkstains  near the seat (from an exploding pen which also
wiped out my large poster of the London Underground and my favorite Clockwork
Orange poster, both from my only trip to the country, in a matter of seconds.
Goes to show you KEEP YOUR TEMPER.)

	USually though, when things get bad, I have a tendency to be real
quiet and introverted, silently seething and building up some serious bad
feelings.. and of course they come out at entirely the wrong moments thus
leading to my absolute failure when it comes to meeting dates, interacting
with people.. 


-- 
   /I\          Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.
  /(*)\         hennessy@acsu.buffalo.edu                 
 /IIIII\        
/IIIIIII\       Give me SLACK or give me food (or kill me).
From: rperkins@astro.as.arizona.edu (Rachel J. Perkins)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: not really sure, really..
Date: 14 Sep 92 16:34:52 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ


i dunno. i've had a pretty boring weekend. this is the first time i've been
seriously suicidal (i know, i know..'move it to a.s.h.')...i think i'm 
terminally bored. it seems that the things most 'normal' humans do for fun
have absolutely no attraction for me anymore. i don't even know if 'bored'
is the right word for it. 

ObAngst: steve okay (armadillo) isn't here to rub my feet.

bah.
--
		-just give me what for,
	rachel perkins =  rperkins@astro.as.arizona.edu
      "Chastity..the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions...."
					-Aldous Huxley
From: rperkins@astro.as.arizona.edu (Rachel J. Perkins)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: Melting angst
Date: 11 Sep 92 16:24:24 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

In article <1992Sep11.055117.26520@cs.rose-hulman.edu> waldbyjf@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (persimmon) writes:
>
>First it was my extremities - the fingers began to drip off starting with the  
>tips - but then my hands started to be malleable, and I made all kinds of cool  
>shapes with them. I admit, at first, I thought it was pretty cool, but now, as  
>my head sags like Santa's sack down my back, I am starting to see the  
>disadvantages involved in this transformation.
>
>I think it was something I ate

are you sure?
i think you really live in sunny t00son. melting is a common occurrence here.
it was 102f yesterday. oh joy.

either that, or it was some bad chili...
bah
--
		-just give me what for,
	rachel perkins =  rperkins@astro.as.arizona.edu
      "Chastity..the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions...."
					-Aldous Huxley
Newsgroups: alt.angst
From: cjb1904@rigel.tamu.edu (BENDER, CHRISTOPHER J)
Subject: Re: relocation angst
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 22:23:00 GMT

In article <1992Aug30.034113.1423@microunity.com>, ericm@microunity.com (Eric Murray) writes...
>In article <59967@mimsy.umd.edu> kimy@cs.umd.edu (Yong-Mi Kim) writes:
>>
>>
>>I think a suburban campus combines the worst characteristics of
>>urban and rural campuses: located in the middle of nowhere with
>>nothing to do, impossible traffic, high prices and high rents.
>>
>>I really miss Chapel Hill.  sniff.
> 
>I miss Humboldt State.
>Located in world-infamous Humboldt County, HSU sits on the
>edge of Arcata, population 14,000 (7,000 in summer).  The
>ocean's 4 miles away (but _cold_), the redwood forest starts
>right behind campus.  There's only two stoplights in town.
>There's about 6 good organic resturaunts, and the best organic
>food co-op in the universe.
>Everyone's really laid-back; it's not uncommon to see an
>ancient VW bus, with obligatory Greatful Dead and Save the Whales
>stickers (they come that way from the factory, don't they?)
>sit at a stop sign for 5 minutes or longer because the driver's
>too stoned to decide which way to turn.
> 
> 
> 
>--
>            Eric Murray                 ericm@microunity.com
>In this game, the winner is also the loser, and the judge's decisions are final
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: wimmin!
From: dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz (dogbowl)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 12:02:37 Y
Organization: The Dawghaus BBS

mesm@netcom.com (Mary E. S. Morris) writes:
>
> So whats a good rule of thumb for finding those who appreciate
> non-standard...certainly isn't the grocery store...

They won't come to you, you have to go hunting.
Just don't burn them too much.



dogbowl at The Dawghaus BBS  ( +64 6 357-9245 )


Newsgroups: alt.angst
From: mesm@netcom.com (Mary E. S. Morris)
Subject: Re: wimmin!
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 17:17:28 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

kovarik@utkux1.utk.edu (Ken) writes:
: 
: Not guilty!!! I like demented, quirky, off-the-wall, completely insane,
: intelligent, independent women, who like to argue.  Inspite of my
: name....  But I think that most men do prefer simple minded ditzy 
: women because they are easy to impress.  I think alot of men have
: egos that are threatened by intelligent women. I say:  "Thwack them.
: It's time for reprogramming!"

So whats a good rule of thumb for finding those who appreciate 
non-standard...certainly isn't the grocery store...
--
Mary E. S. Morris    |  The future exists first in imagination, then
mesm@netcom.COM      |  in will, then in reality. -- Galivan Burwell
=====================================================================
Netcom - Online Communication Services San Jose, CA
Newsgroups: alt.angst
From: rudoff@mdd.comm.mot.com (Doug Rudoff)
Subject: EuroAngstCons (was Re: wimmin!)
Organization: Motorola, Mobile Data Division - Seattle, WA
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 18:43:02 GMT

In article <92253.093329HZS@psuvm.psu.edu> HZS@psuvm.psu.edu (Therion) writes:
>In article <1992Sep09.093919.15710@bnr.uk>, datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) Nick
>exists, therefore he angsts.
>
>Maybe we can hold our own mini-angstcon in England. I'll be spending Sept. 23
>to Oct. 1 over there.
>

Hey, any angsters going to be in Paris Sept 16 to 25?

ObAngst: Last weekend I ran into the woman that caused me more angst than
any other woman I've known. Last time I saw her was nearly a year ago.
She saw me and went the other way.
-- 
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                                            USENET:uunet!mdisea!rudoff   
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From: boesch@cs.washington.edu (Eric Boesch)
Subject: Re: wimmin!
Organization: Bull Milking Dept., Special Sauce Bureau, McDonald's
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 02:02:57 GMT

In article <190kpiINN4a3@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> nexus@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Abstractor) writes:
>mesm@netcom.com (Mary E. S. Morris) writes:
>>So whats a good rule of thumb for finding those who appreciate 
>>non-standard...certainly isn't the grocery store...
>
>Try under the bridges... (sorry, that was about London). Maybe the
>big labs or local libraries. If it doesn't work, you're still left
>with Virtual Reality *grin*

Yes, but which virtual reality?  "Entertainment Tonight"?  Nintendo?
Sleeping all day?  Throwing the unopened letter from the IRS off the
bed, taking off my clothes, hopping under the covers and fantasizing
about depressed desperate women?

>the NEXUS>
>          "Getsumei no michi"
("I know more than you do.")

"Miyagi tojo kenichi-wa dojo kendiru."
("I have a Master's degree... in science.")
From: kovarik@utkux1.utk.edu (StMeechTheChased)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: wimmin!
Date: 16 Sep 92 02:40:40 GMT
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center

In article <1992Sep15.123143.3139@acme.gen.nz> kilroy@acme.gen.nz (earthbound misfit, I) writes:
>llama@pooh.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine) writes:
>
>>                                        i've never lived with a male
>> who wasn't a lover, so i dunno how having one for just roommates would
>> be.
>
>It would suck! Trust me, us men are all slobs. Honestly, it's true, even the
>2 month old pile of dishes in my sink would agree with me, but they haven't
>yet evolved appendages suitable for typing (although they're working on it).
>
>						- k

Perhaps your snack food should go off for a Mini-angstcon with my
amulatory snack foods.

					M
From: llama@pooh.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: belief
Date: 12 Sep 92 19:45:12 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Thomas H Dunning (v122jr52@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu) wrote:

: Stop that!  That's the sign of a herd creature, someone who is unable or afraid
: to think for themself. But maybe I'm being too harsh here (I'm starting to 
: sound like one of those Libertarian types that have all of Ayn Rand's books
: in hardcover)

it's not really herdism; i've been accused of many things, but
ordinariness is usually not one of them. what i was talking about is
more that because for several years reality was defined for me by
someone else (who had a great deal of power in my life), i still
sometimes have a tendency to not trust my perceptions unless i can get
someone else to confirm them. it's a problem, but not really one of
conformism. 

: Actually, my favorite way of asserting my individuality is to assault
: herd behavior in public.  When I find myself in a crowd of people bunched
: up at a door or gate at a ball game, concert or fire drill I'll just
: make a few cattle noises... [mooooooooooooo] 

i went through a monet exhibit in atlanta mooing, for pretty much the
same reason. i started after watching the person in front of me
totally ignore the paintings in favor of his guidebook and hearing the
person behind me exclaim "my aunt has a frame like that one!" they
were all there because someone had told them that monet was art and
should be seen. sigh.

: >her life is fairly tranquil and placid; even when unexpected things
: >happen, she has a sort-of plan for dealing with them. her religion is
: >convenient, kinda like an icing tube: she puts in this glop of life
: >and out comes a manageable stream that she can use constructively. i,
: >on the other hand, usually end up with a double-handful of glop. it's
: >not incredibly unpleasant, but it does make opening doors difficult.
: 
: I guess if I got myself lobotomized and spent the rest of my days in a
: sheltered workshop making widgets, I wouldn't have as many problems as
: I do now.  But I think I'd rather deal with the world with my eyes open.

i like my life this way, mostly. it's not tidy, but it tends to be
more creative than my sister's, and i have a lot more
weird-interesting epic tales than she does, and i like just kind of
wandering and seeing where life puts me. it's only sometimes, when
it's 3 am and i can't sleep and i'm alone and scared and trying really
hard not to think about the future and wondering if i even have one
that i wish i had a template. usually about this time something
bizarre happens and i end up forgetting how distressed i had been. 

: p.s.	I used to be an evangelical atheist
: 	(does my distaste for religion still show?)

only a tiny bit. <grin>

and meech, if i knew i was going to die an ignominious death on
october 14, i'd prolly shoot myself on the 12th, thus neatly avoiding
turning 29... <grin>

--
sine nomine
debbie martinson
"not so much banging the head against a brick wall as being actively
attacked by a cliff." -- dick francis
From: ABienek@acorn.co.uk (Alex Bienek)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Angstcon UK (was Re: wimmin!)
Date: 10 Sep 92 13:55:59 GMT
Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, England

In article <92253.093329HZS@psuvm.psu.edu> HZS@psuvm.psu.edu (Therion) writes:

>Maybe we can hold our own mini-angstcon in England. I'll be spending Sept. 23
>to Oct. 1 over there.

That very thought had occurred to me, but there are only about three of us,
and knowing our English reserve we probably wouldn't speak to each other
throughout the entire angstcon. Still, I'm willing to consider it.

As it happens I will be in Bracknell Sept. 23rd thru 25th, which is quite
close to where Nick (Datasbuild) hangs out I believe. (Dave Budd has a very
long bike ride!). Otherwise it's Manchester :-( or Cambridge :-)


>obAngst1 - doing the once in a lifetime (well, so far) thing and going to
>           England. Knowing that *everything's* expensive over there

You got that right !

>Do any of you uk types (Nick, Rachel,

Rachel.......SPLITTER

>.... have any suggestions or helpful
>hints on successfully invading England? 

Bring an umbrella, it's going to rain.
Beyond that, it depends on what you are planning to see. All the main tourist
attractions are in central London. The second port of call for most tourists
is either Cambridge or that other place. Englands 'green and pleasant' is a
bit more elusive, having mostly been concreted over with six lane motorways.
Some still exists in the north and west of the country.

ObAngst: Bracknell......for a week.

Alex.
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: god
From: kilroy@acme.gen.nz (earthbound misfit, I)
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 06:31:17 GMT
Organization: ACME BBS - Public Access Usenet, Palmerston North, New Zealand

llama@huey.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine) writes:

> hmmm... there seems to be a correlation between hair length and
> posting on alt.angst. maybe having longer hair puts more pressure on
> your brain, thereby increasing the sensitivity of your angst
> receptors.

Nope, I was angstful last year before I started growing my hair longer. It's
quite possibly the other way round, angsters tend to be seeking a way to
break out of middle-of-the-road conformity, and long hair is one method of
doing that way.

> Ken (kovarik@utkux1.utk.edu) wrote:
> 
> : You must be kidding?  Our American Legion is The Cocaine Capitol of 
> : East Tennesseee.  You can get any kind of illcit substance you want there.
> : The parking lot is full of Harleys, and very large trucks and beaten up cars.
> 
> cool. what's the address again? my life has been too quiet lately.

Isn't this taking the lifequake theory a little too far??

						- k
-- 
Craig Harding            kilroy@acme.gen.nz             ACME BBS +64 6 3551342
"Jub'f Xvob?"
From: llama@pooh.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: owww!
Date: 5 Sep 92 01:38:56 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Jeff McAffer (jeff@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp) wrote:
: 
: damaged while sucking limes out of Corona bottles. 

that'll teach you to drink bad mexican beer.

: atode, |m         -- "The class of Class is MetaClass whose class is Class."
:                          how not to get a date using Smalltalk

but it makes perfect sense. really.

--
sine
debbie
"it wasn't so much like running into a brick wall as being actively
attacked by an entire cliff." -- dick francis
Newsgroups: alt.angst
From: jethro@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mary Ellen Paul)
Subject: Re: Oh no!!!!
Keywords:  Ken & Barbie
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 13:43:39 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.001522.20896@utkux1.utk.edu> kovarik@utkux1.utk.edu (Ken) writes:
>It's finally happened!


Hmmmm . . .
This guy used to by SaintMeechTheChaste, now he is just Ken.

If he is no longer chaste, my guess is he 'finally' got laid--by 
someone named 'Barbie', no less.

So now, tell us how we can all get laid, too.
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: MiniAngstCon Part 1
From: kilroy@acme.gen.nz (earthbound misfit, I)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 12:28:33 GMT
Organization: ACME BBS - Public Access Usenet, Palmerston North, New Zealand

sokay@cyclone.mitre.org (Stephen J. Okay) writes:

> Mini-AngstCon:The transcript(not to be confused with M-A the film, M-A
> the book, or M-A the toilet paper)

Oh no.

> thursday pm
> armadillo:
> Rachel has met me at the airport and we are at a small mom 'n' pop
> [...]
> She was right. She is tall, smart, and she does have big boobs. 

GIFS! GIFS! GIFS!

Oops, I'm sorry, I thought this was talk.bizarre.

> So, if you were a quark, what kind of quark would you be?

This is truly profound in it's stupidity!

> rachel: no breakfast, denied.. ...starvation angst. not even a circle k for
> blocks and blocks. typical of sunny t00son....bah. 

That's Kibo's fault. He said so on alt.religion.kibology, so It Must Be True!

> Hey at least the flora are pretty cool. The cacti are actually pretty neat.
> Although given their prevelance,walking around here drunk could provide a
> lot of Perforation Angst.  

While in california last year (currently the last fun thing that occurred in
my life - I got back exactly a year ago today - this is my ObAngst) I was
extremely impressed by the large opuntia (I think) cacti, I narrowly avoided
riding into some while tooling round on a mountain bike worth twice as much as
my (late lamented) Ford Cortina.

> lightning man:
> help!!!!!! i am being forced to type senseless dribble.....this is not fun
> ..i have seen fun..and this is NOT it....LM

You've seen fun?

What are you doing on alt.angst??(tm)

> 3. Given the above, I vote that all future AngstCons be held here in sunny
> t00son, angst purveyor to the universe(Well okay, at least to the local
> cluster). 

Sounds like an idea. Give me a year or two and I'll probably have money again.
It should definitely be a semi-regular (or is that irregular?) event.

						- k
-- 
Craig Harding            kilroy@acme.gen.nz             ACME BBS +64 6 3551342
"Jub'f Xvob?"
Newsgroups: alt.angst
From: machala@spdc.ti.com (Chuck Machala )
Subject: Re: Melting angst
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 20:41:26 GMT

rperkins@astro.as.arizona.edu (Rachel J. Perkins) writes:

>In article <1992Sep11.055117.26520@cs.rose-hulman.edu> waldbyjf@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (persimmon) writes:
>>
>>First it was my extremities - the fingers began to drip off starting with the  
>>tips - but then my hands started to be malleable, and I made all kinds of cool  
>>shapes with them. I admit, at first, I thought it was pretty cool, but now, as  
>>my head sags like Santa's sack down my back, I am starting to see the  
>>disadvantages involved in this transformation.
>>
>>I think it was something I ate

>are you sure?
>i think you really live in sunny t00son. melting is a common occurrence here.
>it was 102f yesterday. oh joy.

>either that, or it was some bad chili...
>bah
>--

I don't think so. Sounds exactly like to first stages of spontaneous human 
combustion. Don't worry. Happened to me once before. no big deal.
--
                                 ROMANES
                                 EUNT 
                                 DOMUS
Chuck Machala - Semiconductor Process and Design Center - Texas Instruments
From: hennessy@acsu.buffalo.edu (Mathew A. Hennessy)
Newsgroups: alt.angst
Subject: Re: absolutely pointless, i know.
Date: 14 Sep 92 16:25:25 GMT
Organization: UB


	love to go to your party, can't, since a) I don't live anywhere near
you and b) my housemate's having his 21st birthday party on that very day...
so of course there's nothing for it but to get really rip-roaring drunk and
lose mybike (oh, sorry, already did that.. guess I'll have to lose my marmoset
instead.. )

	oh, just to cheer you all up, there's a very attractive redhead
sitting not five feet from your humble narrator, typing away on the terminal
across from me, and I haven't the guts to say a thing.
	ah, she split.  well I feel a lot better..


hmmph.


-- 
   /I\          Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.
  /(*)\         hennessy@acsu.buffalo.edu                 
 /IIIII\        "Leave EVERYTHING to ME!" - Powdered Toast Man       
/IIIIIII\       Give me SLACK or give me food (or kill me).