From: TX.DH1@isumvs.iastate.edu (mara jade)
Subject: John's Mysterious Clip
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 03:26:14 GMT






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Tricia:

Hello.  Finally over my technophobia and have my
account.  When would be a good time for us to
chat?  Six hour time diff, right?  Tuesdays and
Thursdays, as you know, are free.  I have no classes.
E-mail computers are on the ground floor of my building,
and right outside of where I work, so I have no excuse
to not write you(unless the terminals are busy).  I have to
make a list of all the questions you asked on the tape
so we can have something to talk about.
God, I love modern technology!!!

                          Yours in Insanity,
                                  Darcie

Dear Tricia,

How are things in Lausanne?  Had early morning work today at
6:45.  I was running a bit late because my mom called.
I guess my grandpa's suffering from a rare occurance of
post-traumatic stress disorder.  He's having flashbacks from
WWII and he cries himself to sleep almost every night.
The doctors say it might have been triggered by current heavy doses
of stress.  It might have to do with my cousin's wife being
pregnant again(that's right--again!)and the deteriorating health
of my grandpa's older brother.  I feel so helpless.  I wish I could
do something to help.

On to happier things.  I was in the midst of writing down notes
 on what to tell you when the fire alarm went off.  I went downstairs
for the drill, and on my way up, I met this guy(the campus is crawlin
with 'em.  Just thought I'd warn you), and he just casually asked
me out.  What a way to meet guys!  It'll be my first date in
awhile.

Our residence hall association will be putting on a Fashion Show
on the 23rd of this month.  I attended an informational meeting
and the people running the thing asked me to model.  I have an
appointment for sizing tonight after work.  More later...

Our little catering group at food service ended up catering
to the president of the university last week.  We ended up serving
about 75 people(twice the usual size group we serve), and the
scary thing being was the guests were better behaved than the
president!  He was very demanding and never used any "please"'s
or "thank you"'s.  Very irritating man.

Got a chance to visit UNI over spring break.  I was actually--
gasp!--invited by Amy and Jae.  Everything up there seemed so alien,
but at the same time, irritatingly familiar.  I popped up to see
Sara and she was estatic to see me(I didn't tell anyone else I was
coming.).  We visited for awhile, and after I spent some time with
the rest of our crew, Sa

I went shopping at the mall(Chris Stookey had spent the night
on Jae's floor and was already at the school when I got there.).
I wished I had more time to meet everyone, but I could only stay
for the good part of the day.  They were forcasting a snow warning,
which turned out to be a bluff later on anyway.

Oh, about that Italian guy I mentioned I had met--don't worry--
I knew him too well(and how he treated other girls)to be tempted
to go out with him.

Good news! I'm getting an apartment this summer in Ames.  Why
, do you ask? I'm gonna do the summer school thing.  I get my two
classes in this summer and I graduate Spring 92, right on schedule.
I'm sure I'll be working quite a bit, also.  Hopefully, somewhere o
than food service.  I'm glad to be staying here, actually, since
the job market back in C.R. isn't so great.  Over X-mas Break, I work
ed a total of 3 hours for the temp agency. That's all the work they
had to give me.  What a pain!

Well, I'd better not use all my computer time in one place.  I'll
ht you if any other news comes my way.

                                  Love Ya,
                                      Darcie


DEAR TRICIA

JUST OCCURED TO ME THAT YOU DON'T HAVE MY ACCESS CODE.
IT IS:  TX.DH1@ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU

HOPE THAT HELPS THINGS.

HAD PLENTY OF INFO TO SEND YOU BUT I BOTCHED THE TRANS-
MISSION.  I SPENT A OF MY SPRING BREAK UP AT UNI TO VISIT
EVERYON(WELL, THAT AND SOMEHOW CHRIS STOOKEY MANAGED TO GET
HIMSELF THERE, BUT NOT A RIDE BACK TO C.R.).  I REALLY SUR-
PRISED CHRISSY AND SARA.  IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO BE GREETED WITH
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?!!".  OH WELL.  EVERYONE AP-
PEARS TO BE WELL(AS WELL AS WELL CAN BE FOR OUR GROUP).  LAST
TIME I HEARD FROM JAE WAS THAT SHE WAS TAKING HER NEW SIGNIFI-
CANT OTHER TO COLORADO FOR SPRING BREAK TO MEET THE PARENTS.
THAT MANAGED TO RAISE BOTH MY EYEBROWS.  AMY AMY ALSO HAS A
BOYFRIEND, BUT THE TWO OF THEM TOOK OFF FOR CHICAGO BEFORE
I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THEM.  AMY SORT OF DOES, BUT SHE
HASN'T MADE UP HER MIND ABOUT HIM, YET.

AND ME--THERE'S JUST PLAIN OLD ME.  SEVERAL OF MY CO-WORKERS
AT FOODSERVICE, WHOM I'VE WORKED WITH FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW,
JUST LEARNED I WAS TWENTY AND A JUNIOR.  I COULD HAVE BLOWN THEM
OVER WITH A FEATHER!  I THINK IT'S TIME TO MOVE OUT OF THIS
AREA AND INTO ONE WITH PEOPLE MORE MY OWN AGE.  OH, BY THE WAY,
WHICH I WILL THIS SUMMER.  I'LL BE STAYING IN AMES FOR THE
SUMMER TERM, AND WILL BE FINDING AN APARTMENT FOR, HOPEFULLY,
BOTH THE SUMMER AND FALL TERMS.  THE RESIDENT HALLS KEEP GETTING
MORE EXPENSIVE EVERY SEMESTER, PLUS THEY SEEM TO BE CRAMMED TO
THE CEILINGS WITH LOWER CLASSMEN--ESPECIALLY FRESHMAN.  MORE
DETAILS LATER...

CLASSES ARE GOING OKAY.  FINALS ARE APPROACHING A LOT FASTER
THAN I'D LIKE.  I'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO BREAK AWAY FROM THIS
MONOTONY THIS WEEKEND.  REMEMBER ALL THOSE WIERD GHOST STORIES
I TOLD YOU ABOUT LAWTHER?  WELL, I GOT MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR
AND GOOD FRIEND, CINDY, GREATLY INTERESTED.  SHE WANTS TO ROAD
TRIP TO UNI THIS WEEKEND TO GO CHECK THINGS OUT.  HOPEFULLY, SE-
CURITY WON'T THROW US OUT OF THE BUILDING WHEN THEY SEE HER AND
I WANDERING LAWTHER WITH A CASSETTE RECORDER AND HER DOG(SHE WANTS
TO TEST THE THEORY THAT DOGS ARE SENSITIVE TO PARANORMAL OCCURAN-
CES.  SHE'S DRIVING ME; I'LL HUMOR THE WOMAN.).  MAYBE I'LL GET A
CHANCE TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE.

SPEAKING OF THE GANG, THEY'RE GOING TO ROADTRIP UP HERE FOR
VEISHA WEEKEND.  CHRIS'S NEW OPERA WILL BE WORLD PREMIERED ON THE
1ST OF MAY(I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.  I HOPE THAT'S RIGHT!), AND WE'RE
PLANNING TO HAVE A BIG BASH AT HIS APARTMENT.  SURELY, IT WON'T RIVAL
THE ONE GOING ON OUTSIDE, BUT WITH US YOU CAN NEVER TELL.  SPEAKING
OF MR. STOOKEY, DID YOU HEAR HE GOT HIS FULL GRADUATE RIDE TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA?  PAYS FOR EVERYTHING.  HE'S REALLY EXCI-
TED ABOUT IT.  MINNESOTA WAS HIS FIRST CHOICE.

WELL, I SHOULD MAKE THIS SOMEWHAT BRIEF, SO I DON'T USE UP ALL OF MY
COMPUTER TIME.  THIS SHOULD BE IN YOUR BIN FIRST THING THURSDAY MORN-
ING FOR YOU TO PICK UP.  TALK TO YA LATER.

                                 DARCIE


Dear Amy,

Tentative roadtrip planned for Saturday, the 10th.
Friend of mine wants to go ghost hunting.  I'll send more af-
firmative news later.

How are things on the homefront?  Chris says from all the info
he's been receiving from Jae that she's one stressed kahuna!
How did midterms go?  Did your paper get rave reviews?  Have you
scheduled for classes, yet?  I did last week.  Got all I needed
but one--and that prof signed an independant studio waiver on the
spot.  Really nice guy.  So instead of taking Drawing IV--Illus-
tration, I'll be taking Independant Studio--Drawing IV--Illustra-a-
tion.  You gotta be smart to outwit the administration.

I'll be spending very little time in C.R. this summer.  I'll be
taking summer session up here and be living in my own place off
campus.  Chances are, I'll be living in a hous with a bunch of
other girls, but I'll still have my own room!  An artist needs
space(or, at least, lots a room to make an appropriate mess)!

Better cut this short.  Most likely will see you on Saturday any-
way(unless, you don't want to be seen, then maybe I won't).

                            Talk to You Soon,
                                   Darcie


DEAR JAE

CHRIS SAID YOU'RE ONE STRESSED KAHUNA, SO I THOUGHT I'D WRITE YOU
AND MAKE IT WORSE.  A FRIEND OF MINE GOT REALLY INTERESTED IN THE
GHOST STORIES I TOLD HER ABOUT LAWTHER, SO SHE'S(TENTATIVELY)DRAG-
GING ME UP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NO INTELLIGENCE TO GO GHOST HUNTING.
NO TIME OR DEFINITE TRAVEL PLANS HAVE BEEN SET, YET.  I'LL LET YOU
KNOW WHEN I KNOW(MOST LIKELY--EARLY TOMORROW, THE 8TH.).  I TOLD
AMY I'D TELL HER, TOO, BUT FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM CHRIS, YOU'RE
MOST LIKELY TO CHECK YOUR BIN BEFORE SHE DOES(OH, AND TELL HER TO
CHECK IT IF SHE HASN'T RECENTLY.  CHRIS SENT HER SOMETHING, BUT HE
DOESN'T KNOW IF SHE'S GOTTEN IT, YET).

WELL, IT'S ALMOST STAR TREK TIME.  GOTTA RUN.

                                  DARCIE


DEAR JAE

WRITING YOU TO INFORM YOU OF IMPENDING VISIT SATURDAY, THE 10TH.
FRIEND OF MINE GOT INTERESTED IN LAWTHER GHOST STORIES AND WANTS
TO GO GHOST HUNTING.  I DON'T KNOW OF ANY TIME, YET.  I'LL LET YOU
YOU KNOW LATER(LIKE EARLY TOMORROW MORNING--OH, I MEAN THURS.).

GOTTA GO. TIME FOR TREK.

                                   DARCIE

DEAR KRISTIN

HERE IS MY ADDRESS

TX.DHI@ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU

HOPE YOU HAD A SAFE TRIP. AMES ENDED UP WITH AN INCH OF SNOW.

                             DARCIE


DEAR JAE

HERE IS THE ADDRESS YOU REQUESTED:

THOWE@UL9000.UNIL.CH

IN CASE YOU WISH TO TALK TO TRICIA'S ROOMMATE, KRISTIN,
AT LUTHER, HER ADDRESS IS:

TONDRAKR@LUTHER.UNI.EDU

WE GOT AN INCH OF SNOW TODAY. HOW'S THE WEATHER DOWN THERE?
WELL, GOT LATE NIGHT, PROCRASTINATED HOMEWORK TO DO.

                            YOURS IN INSANITY,
                                  DARCIE


DEAR KRISTIN

CAN YOU VERIFY THAT I HAVE THE RIGHT ADDRESS FOR
TRICIA? IS IT:

THOWE@UL9000.UNIL.CH

JAE INFORMED ME THAT SHE RECEIVED ALL OF TRICIA'S LETTERS
AS WELL AS THE ONES THAT I SENT HER.  I HOPE I DIDN'T SEND
ANYTHING NASTY ABOUT JAE IN THOSE LETTERS(AT LEAST I DON'T
REMEMBER ANYTHING TOO TOUCHY.).  WELL, SHE DIDN'T YELL AT ME
OR ANYTHING.

WELL, I HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM TRICIA, SO I'M JUST ASSUMING
THAT I MUST HAVE SENT HER MAIL TO THE WRONG ADDRESS, OR IT'S
|HER RESPONSE| IS SITTING IN MY BIN AS WE SPEAK.  I'LL CHECK
IN THE MORNING!
                               BYE AGAIN!
                                     DARCIE

FINGER@UL9000.UNIL.CH
I, too, have heard that Harrison Ford has refused to do any-
more Indy movies due to the fact that he feels too old for the
part.  Said something to the effect that he would be a fifty
year-old trying to play a thirty year-old...Wonder if that would
exclude him from a Han Solo come back?

Darcie McGrath
tx.dh1@ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU          "Skywalker,Skywalker...why have
                                    you come to walk my sky.  All
                                    your life you have looked away.
                                    To the horizon.  To the future.
                                    To the sky."
                                        --Yoda in the fifth draft
                                          of ESB by Lawrence Kasdan


QUICK ANSWERS TO THE TRIVIA:
    Nerf Herder was uttered when Han was smarting off to
Leia when they were both visiting Luke in the sickbay at
the beginning of ESB.
    Leia: Why you half-witted, stuck-up, scruffy-looking...
          nerf herder!!
    Han:  Who's scruffy-looking?  Must of hit pretty close
          to the mark to get her all riled up like that,
          huh, kid?
     Oh, and Luke's nickname is Wormie(in the Star Wars
     novelization).

ANSWERS TO TRIVIA:
Harrison Ford's license plate number in AG was THX-1138--
the title of George Lucas' first major film release.

The cell block Chewie was being transferred from was 1138.

Lucas and Duvall created the sci-fi movie THX-1138.

Is there a pattern forming here?

Answers to Trivia:
"Oteenie" was uttered after the Jawas paused to make sure
that R2 was "dead" after they shot him.

The story about Darth Vader's burns is in the RTJ novelization.

Luke was going to the Tosche Station to pick up some power
converters before Uncle Owen told him to clean up the 'droids?
R2-D2 is Reel 2 Demo 2--a sound track used in the studio.
The Star Wars special featured Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels,
Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew

Darcie McGrath
tx.dh1@ISUMVS.IASTATE.edu          "Skywalker,Skywalker...
                                    Why have you come to walk
                                    my sky? All your life have
                                    you looked away--to the
                                    horizon, to the future, to
                                    the sky..."
                                       --Yoda from the fifth
                                       draft of ESB by Lawrence
                                       Kasdan

I remember seeing  special on Star Wars...they spoke about Jabba...
met Jabba at some port.  I remember they showed a crude scene of
this...

This is from "The Making of Star Wars to Jedi".  I have a copy at
home.

Darcie McGrath
ISU

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