2007-05-26 12:00:44
kli6: DD!
wildflower: Hi!
vindicated: HEy DD!
Gatemage Stardragon: Hello!
Wyronth: Dai.
gigo35: Dai DD!
Nita_Kit: dai
A Traveller with Magic: Hunt's luck! *bows*
Mitchy: Dai DD :)
Diane Duane: Hey guys!
Nita_Kit: ok, got it
Nita_Kit: just wondering
Mousey: Mousey says a belated hello, then hits her keyboard for being evil
Diane Duane: Sorry if I was a little late there. Much madness here today.
Gatemage Stardragon: it's alright
Nita_Kit: 'sok
Mousey: 1 minute is not LATE!
kli6: One minute by my clock, so no worries. :)
Mitchy: How are you feeling DD? Any better?
Gryphon: heyyy
Gryphon: *hugs*
Diane Duane: Oh, my watch must need resetting.
kli6: Yes, how go the gallstones.....?
A Traveller with Magic: This is a great way to wake up XD
vindicated: XD
kli6: DD: not if it keeps you being on time! :)
Diane Duane: Mitchy -- as much as possible in such a short time. Gall bladder not kicking up at the moment, anyway.
Mitchy: that's good
Wyronth: ...A wood****** woke me up this morning. 'Twas rather unpleasant.
A Traveller with Magic: That's good to hear
Wyronth: v.v The filter is the weirdest thing ever.
Nita_Kit: i suppose wyronth
Diane Duane: But this is a bad time to have to be watching the diet. Movie Guy is going to be here on Wednesday.
Mitchy: oooh :)
Nita_Kit: ooh,
kli6: DD: did you get the box I sent?
Mousey: Movie Guy? Yayayayaya!
A Traveller with Magic: Movie guy! There will be progess, I hope?
gigo35: Movie movie movie!
wildflower: I like the collective "oooh" at Movie Guy. :P
Diane Duane: Kli -- Not as yet. When did this go out?
kli6: Monday.
kli6: So, probably stil ok.
Diane Duane: Trav -- We have second draft issues to discuss.
Mousey: Movie! Movie! Movie!
Diane Duane: Kli -- Probably late next week.
gigo35: Mousey: copycat!
kli6: Yeah.
Nita_Kit: hang on, one of the cats are crying, and i cant figure out which one
Nita_Kit: lol
A Traveller with Magic: That' counts as progress =)
Mitchy: I guess it's good thing that you're reached the second draft :)
gigo35: When's the third due XD
gigo35: and fourth and fifth...
Diane Duane: Mitchy -- (snicker) That's nothing. Only the beginning of hte suffering.
Gatemage Stardragon: :P
Diane Duane: The real trouble starts when we get a director.
Nita_Kit: Sailor wanted the water on, and tualha wanted more food, geez
kli6: Have they got a short list? Have you got a short list?
Mitchy: and the director will want everything changed :P
Diane Duane: Rewrite after rewrite after rewrite...
gigo35: directors *shivers*
Mitchy: Poor DD.
Diane Duane: Kli -- Anybody but Spielberg.
kli6: "Does it have to be in New York?"
Diane Duane: Ron Howard I could work with.
Nita_Kit: me too
Diane Duane: Kli -- (snort)
Gatemage Stardragon: :rolleyes:
Nita_Kit: even though my book isnt published yet
kli6: "Wands? Isn't that a little Harry Potter?"
Wyronth: I'm assuming you're not fond of Spielberg?
Diane Duane: Remember Terry? "This Death character -- can we lose him?"
Nita_Kit: what's rong with HP?
kli6: rofl.
A Traveller with Magic: *chokes on lunch*
vindicated: -snickers-
Diane Duane: Wyr -- I like him fine, but he's too powerful for me to get my way with.
Mitchy: DD - you did say once why you didn't want Spielberg but I can't recall what it was.
gigo35: Wow, talk about absolutely clueless directors! XD
Mitchy: ahh, the power thing, gotcha :)
Diane Duane: With Howard I'd have a better chance.
kli6: "We don't have budget for a Lotus, but we can do product placement for Volkswagen..."
gigo35: lol
Wyronth: Ah. You want a new-ish director you can push around, more or less.
Nita_Kit: anoyining when people are like that, all power hungrey
Mousey: Well, at least there's no SCHOOL of magic! Oh good lord, what a dumb idea... School gets in the way of learning!
Diane Duane: There are a few others. Depends on who the studoi manages to hornswoggle into working on the project.
Gatemage Stardragon: :P mousey...
Mitchy: *giggles* I'm imagining the Orange film ads and DD pitching YW to them :)
kli6: "do they have to read books? Can't they watch ... movies...?"
Diane Duane: Kli -- Actually the Lotus is a good bet. Infact I think VW owns them at the moment. :)
Mousey: GS: It does! School gets in the way of learning!
kli6: DD: kewl!
Diane Duane: Or BMW. I forget.
Nita_Kit: how mousey?
A Traveller with Magic: How much CG do you see the movie(s) as having?
gigo35: That's all we need, a bug as a lotus :)
Diane Duane: ...But this is why we're working hard to get the script as right as it can be at this point.
Wyronth: If this goes through all the way, you expect lots of comparisons to HP, don't you?
Nita_Kit: wisdom, i can see it in the way off
Diane Duane: Wyr -- (laughter) Unavoidable.
wildflower: Wyr, we already get those. :P
Nita_Kit: but knowledge
gigo35: Comparisons to HP? Never ;)
Diane Duane: We're just going to have to keep saying "Twenty years ago..." "Twenty years ago..."
Mitchy: at least HP will have come to the end of its book run...
Diane Duane: TWENTY years ago...
A Traveller with Magic: *snickers*
Mousey: NK: You have to sit all day, write thigns down, no hands on stuff.... *mutter*
wildflower: No one looks at copyright dates anymore.
Diane Duane: I'll be hoarse by the time we're done. Sometime in the next decade.
Nita_Kit: true, july 25 i think, sometime around there
Mitchy: We'll get you a t-shirt, DD...."My books came _first_, got it?" :)
gigo35: July 31 or 13, can't remember which
gigo35: or 21
Diane Duane: (shrug) Not a problem right now.
Nita_Kit: 13 is the movie
Diane Duane: Mitchy -- Yup. Sounds about right.
Nita_Kit: and my grandfathers birthday
Mousey: July 21! Maybe Poison Pen Press will have DH at Pennsic....
gigo35: lol
Nita_Kit: and my sisters due date
Nita_Kit: talk about busy
gigo35: wow
Wyronth: Wait, when does the 7th book come out?
kli6: comic-con. :)
gigo35: Sometime in July, Wyr
Nita_Kit: july 21st or 25th
kli6: IT always comes out the same week as comic-con.
Nita_Kit: cant remember
kli6: *facepalms*
gigo35: *palmsface*
Wyronth: Ah. That's after camp, never mind. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to get hold of it at camp.
A Traveller with Magic: *thinks she'lll read it at Chapters*
Diane Duane: What was it they were calling it? "Potterdammerung"?
Nita_Kit: YAY! I wont be in acting camp then
Mitchy: *grins* Yeh, that's what Cleo calls it :)
Nita_Kit: YAY!!!!!!!!!!
kli6: snort.
Mitchy: The fall out could be fun to watch
gigo35: HP and the Deathly Hollows, officially
Nita_Kit: yep
Gatemage Stardragon: My only worry is the campers at my camp... they'll read it and insist on talking about it....
wildflower: Hallows, actually.
gigo35: Very deathly
Nita_Kit: cant wait
Mousey: Harry Potter and the Death Hallows- Grr! Too fast!
Nita_Kit: i'm a HP freak
wildflower: Big difference. :P
Nita_Kit: dunno why
gigo35: WF: sorry
Nita_Kit: but i am
Mitchy: so how goes things on your wizards, DD, movie aside?
gigo35: NK: I am
gigo35: too
kli6: It's what we do to pass the time until WoM. :)
Gryphon: when does hp come out?
Diane Duane: Mitchy -- Waiting for things to sort themselves out at Harcourt. May be getting a new editor shortly.
Nita_Kit: yay! theres another one of me!
Mousey: Mars! Mars! Mars! WoM! WoM! WoM!
Nita_Kit: poor mum
Nita_Kit: lol
Mitchy: sounds, umm, fraught?
A Traveller with Magic: I think I'll be educating myself on Doctor Who to pass the time :p
Gatemage Stardragon: :P
Diane Duane: THere's a bit of, uh, struggle going on regarding release dates.
Mitchy: uh-oh
kli6: oi.
Nita_Kit: oh dear
A Traveller with Magic: Can't be good
Diane Duane: I'm trying to avoid thinking about it. I have three more books to plot out.
Diane Duane: Oh, and I sold another series last week.
Mitchy: oh woo hoo! Do tell :)
kli6: *headdesk*
Gatemage Stardragon: hm... I need to figure out where I was with Doctor Who... something Tom Baker, I know that...
Nita_Kit: really
Mousey: NOOO! Want it THIS decade, dang it!
kli6: There goes THE BIG MEOW chapter 7.. :)
Diane Duane: Oh yeah, and I'm finishing a Dr. Who story.
Nita_Kit: me too, but, oh well
wildflower: And this is just an "oh, as an afterthought" sort of thing?
Gatemage Stardragon: oh?
Diane Duane: Kli -- No, that's next.
kli6: Woot! Who!
A Traveller with Magic: GS: Ha, I still have to finish with Eccleston
wildflower: Argh. :P
kli6: Which doctor?
Mitchy: Kli beat me to it :)
Diane Duane: Before the new series. Can't do anything about that till they get the contracts handled.
A Traveller with Magic: Which Doctor?
kli6: Oh, good, chapter 7!
Gatemage Stardragon: ATWM: I've been watching classic eps... so
Diane Duane: Kli -- Davison.
Mitchy: nifty :)
kli6: Natch. :)
A Traveller with Magic: *counts on fingers*
kli6: I should have known without asking.
Nita_Kit: ive been watching most haunted
Diane Duane: My favorite, I guess. (Though I do like Baker.)
Gatemage Stardragon: 5th, ATWM
Mitchy: what about Tennant, DD?
Diane Duane: Also stars the Emperor Theodoric and his pet bunny.
A Traveller with Magic: GS: Got that =)
Wyronth: Dai.
kli6: grin.
A Traveller with Magic: Hun'ts luck!
Gatemage Stardragon: hullo you
maxxrox: dai!
Nita_Kit: friday, US, first time, 7 HOUR!!!!!!!!!!! TIL 3 IN THE MORNING!!!!!!!!!!! WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gigo35: Dai Max
Diane Duane: Mitchy -- I like Tennant. Was just watching the new one. Nasty nasty!
Mitchy: Great idea though, one of the better storylines they've done this season *nods*
maxxrox: wow! I actually made it onto a chat with DD!
A Traveller with Magic: *muses on when to start watching the new series*
Nita_Kit: anybody else like ghosies here
Diane Duane: hi Max!
maxxrox: though I was here last time
maxxrox: with the badger and all
maxxrox: Dai, DD!
kli6: So, when you say sold a new series, books or tv?
Diane Duane: OMG what's that back there...
Diane Duane: Kli -- Books. A thing called "Omnitopia".
kli6: Can you tell us about it?
Diane Duane: Oh, the thing was just the cat, never mind.
Gatemage Stardragon: lol
kli6: :D
Nita_Kit: lol
gigo35: Omnitopia? Sounds interesting.
Nita_Kit: that happens to me alot too, i have 2
Diane Duane: Kli -- About a MMORPG. And the company that runs it, and the guy that runs the company.
Mitchy: ooh :)
kli6: Wee!!
A Traveller with Magic: *perks up at RPG*
Nita_Kit: sounds good
maxxrox: I don't like MMORPGs
Gatemage Stardragon: hello
A Traveller with Magic: Hunt's luck!
maxxrox: pen and paper games are better
Nita_Kit: dai
Wyronth: Dai.
calliope: dai, everyone
wildflower: Hi!
maxxrox: dai!
Diane Duane: Hi Cal!
Gryphon: heyyy calliope
A Traveller with Magic: I like RPGs- not so much work XD Not so much the MMOs though.
Gryphon: *hugs*
calliope: Yay, another DD chat stumbled into!
calliope: *hugs back*
gigo35: *is completely lost with all the acronyms*
maxxrox: MMO=massively mutliplayer online
A Traveller with Magic: gigo35: RolePlaying Game
Diane Duane: MMORPG -- "Massively multiplayer online roleplaying game."
Gatemage Stardragon: :D I'm glad this chat is today, and that I was able to make it... with this past week the way it is...
Diane Duane: A la World of Warcraft.
gigo35: thanks!
gigo35: that clarifies a lot
maxxrox: I have too many friends addicted to that game
Wyronth: My friend keeps telling me to get WoW.
maxxrox: D&D is a thousand times cheaper
gigo35: Get it. Now I'm telling you too!
A Traveller with Magic: *agrees with GS- physics is stressful ==,=*
maxxrox: and more fun
kli6: Jim Butcher mentioned playing WoW. As Harry Dresden. :)
Mitchy: I'm too afraid to start playing MMRPGs - I spend enough time on the compy as it is :P
gigo35: lol
Gatemage Stardragon: that, Mom's B-day... the first without her I might add, ATWM....
Nita_Kit: lol
Diane Duane: I'm going to have to start working with WoW a little to make sure I know what's going on with them.
kli6: Someone dinged him for copyright infringement, and he got to say, "No, I OWN the copyright."
Gatemage Stardragon: yeah, and just this month in general...
A Traveller with Magic: *huggles GS*
gigo35: *hugs GS*
Gatemage Stardragon: thanks guys...
maxxrox: As they say, if you're gonna spend a ton of time pretending to be an elf, you might as well have some freinds over to help
gigo35: :):D;):cool:Smiles for GS
Gryphon: gtg
Diane Duane: Max -- Yup.
Diane Duane: Kli -- Thta's hysterical. Love that.
Nita_Kit: tualha and sailor give you kisses GS
Mitchy: drat, browser's about to crash, brb
Gatemage Stardragon: :D thanks Niki
maxxrox: DD, do you play
maxxrox: ?
Mousey: Mousey thwaps YIM for not opening
Diane Duane: Max -- Not yet. But I see it coming.
maxxrox: Oh good!
gigo35: Hey Diane, how do you pronounce "Dai stiho"; my parents and I keep arguing 'bout it.
A Traveller with Magic: Haha...*is keeping an eye on Planeshift due to lack of financial resources*
kli6: gigo35: it's in the FAQ.
Diane Duane: "Dye stih HOE." Pretty much.
gigo35: Thanks :)
maxxrox: that's how they say it on the books on tape
Diane Duane: ..But as for MMOing, fortunately I don't think I'll be able to get hooked.
gigo35: Ooo, books on tape. note to self: investigate
Diane Duane: Our broadband is satellite based and has terrible latency problems.
maxxrox: High and Deep Wizardry were particularly good, Gigo
Diane Duane: I'll probably get creamed all the time.
kli6: Nice to have a bulwark against addiction. :)
A Traveller with Magic: Ah, lag =.=
Mitchy: been able to follow the Mets at all this season, DD? :)
gigo35: Max: call me Sara, saves a bunch of confusion :)
Wyronth: BRB, just got my report card
maxxrox: Do I need more evidence of why D&D is infinitely more awesome?
Nita_Kit: my mum started listing to them on tape after i read her the first one cause she's dexlexic
A Traveller with Magic: Good luck Wyr!
maxxrox: oh, and thanks, sarah
Nita_Kit: she loves em
Diane Duane: Mitchy -- Been too nuts the last couple weeks. Alas.
Mitchy: prolly better for the nerves that way :P
maxxrox: So DD, how's the movie coming?
Gatemage Stardragon: sigh... that earlier note I was on reminds me...
Gatemage Stardragon: there's a question I've meant to ask every time...
Gatemage Stardragon: and forgot to ask each time...
Diane Duane: Mitchy -- how are they doing?
gigo35: Just ask it, GS!
Diane Duane: Max -- We're at second draft.
Nita_Kit: if you remember it gs
Nita_Kit: lol
Wyronth: Back, with a 4.0
gigo35: Wyr: great job! GPA, right?
Wyronth: Yep.
Mitchy: Beat the Yankees twice to take the series last weekend :D
Wyronth: Thanks.
A Traveller with Magic: *huggles Wyr* Oy, I'm jealous...
gigo35: Awesome! congrats
A Traveller with Magic: *stands by GS*
gigo35: *Congrats
Mitchy: 30-17 for the season, 2.5 games ahead of the Braves.
maxxrox: nice!
Mitchy: not quite firing on all cylinders yet but doing good
Diane Duane: (eyeroll) Jeez, half the season's gone.
Mousey: Mousey will brb
Gatemage Stardragon: okay.... DD: the way you wrote TWD, it hit so close to home. So much like what it was like for my family it was hard for me to finish it, I wondered if you were drawing from a personal experience or if you were just guessing what it was like to have a family member diagnosed with teminal cancer
Wyronth: Mitch: What team?
Mitchy: NY Mets - DD and I are fans :)
Diane Duane: Gate: It was personal. Not cancer. But I've worked with many people who had it.
Gatemage Stardragon: ah...
gigo35: *huggles DD*
maxxrox: aw
Nita_Kit: that one made me cry
gigo35: me too
Nita_Kit: not many books can do that
Gatemage Stardragon: yeah, it hit close to home because, well...
Mitchy: I can't re-read TWD, makes me angry. I always want it to work out right for all the times it doesn't in real life
A Traveller with Magic: *huggles GS, although she's not had a personal experience with cancer herself*
Gatemage Stardragon: that's what my mom died from over this past summer
gigo35: *huggles GS*
Mitchy: *hugs GS*
Diane Duane: GM -- I'm so sorry.
Gatemage Stardragon: thanks guys
calliope: Aw, GS. :(
Nita_Kit: tualha and sailor lick your nose gs
kli6: So, DD, any post-WoM titles for YW books, yet?
gigo35: Would she really tell us? *holds breath*
Nita_Kit: i hope
Mitchy: we can but ask :)
maxxrox: sarah, don't suffocate
gigo35: oh, the suspense!
Nita_Kit: but...
Gatemage Stardragon: well, some good came out of my mom's fight... and I'll tell you when that comes full circle, but yeah... I've got a collection of poems ready to publish....
kli6: And ask. and ask....
Diane Duane: Kli -- I'm still pondering. There is a long new arc working and I have to figure out what suits it best.
gigo35: Max: thanks
Mitchy: oooo :)
kli6: Ooooo. How many in the arc?
A Traveller with Magic: Aw, so close
Nita_Kit: GS: what do you want to call the book
maxxrox: I would hold my breath until WoM comes out, but I really like breathing
Diane Duane: Kli -- I'm only planning for three at the moment. I don't know if it'll take more.
Nita_Kit: breathing is very good
kli6: maxx: try DOOR INTO STARLIGHT. (ducks)
gigo35: Max: lol!
maxxrox: Door Into Starlight?
Diane Duane: This arc actually reaches right back to the first book, in some ways.
Mitchy: *applauds kli6* wondered when you'd fit that in :)
Gatemage Stardragon: ATWM: "
kli6: Have to. It's required. :)
Diane Duane: Kli -- (eyeroll) It's probably impolitic of me to thwap somebody who's just been sending me stuff.
Nita_Kit: you told us your real name once i think
Gatemage Stardragon: I'm sure I did....
Mitchy: It'd ruin your sense of security if she didn't ask DD :D
maxxrox: oh yeah!
kli6: DD: it's ok. It hasn't arrived yet. L(
Diane Duane: Mitchy -- Probably this is true.
wildflower: *snicker* Kathy got the timing lucky on that one :P
Nita_Kit: are your initals MM
A Traveller with Magic: GS: -points to Nita- She asked. But I'd be happy to beta, if you wish.
Nita_Kit: i remember them from somewhere here
Gatemage Stardragon: yeah... I just realized that...
Nita_Kit: i didnt do anything atwm
Gatemage Stardragon: I'm tired... "{
Nita_Kit: i think we all are
Gatemage Stardragon: *sigh* *:P
A Traveller with Magic: Physics *cough*
gigo35: I'm not tired; I'm hyper!
Nita_Kit: lucky you
Diane Duane: O heavens, MORE Pokemon? How many of these series *are* there?
gigo35: bounce bounce bounce bounce
Gatemage Stardragon: :P yes, I blame it on Physics too, ATWM...
Diane Duane: (headclutch)
A Traveller with Magic: Dai again mousey :p
Mitchy: they don't want us to catch 'em all :P
wildflower: It's one of those things that isn't ever going to end, I think
Mousey: I think YIM hates me.
gigo35: GS: entropy
Nita_Kit: tualha was jumping up, then jumping down ALL BLOODY NIGHT!!!!!!!!!! I didnt get any sleep
Diane Duane: "Battle Frontier". And here I thought it was gone for a while.
maxxrox: When's the rest of the the cat ebook of which's name I have forgotten going to come out?
gigo35: Pokemon is never truely gone, though it's been passe for quite some time
gigo35: *truly
A Traveller with Magic: Max: The Big Meow?
Nita_Kit: my friend collects pokie cards
maxxrox: That
gigo35: Dai Sean!
A Traveller with Magic: Dai again, Sean XD
maxxrox: dai Sean
Sean L.: Dai, Sara, Rose, DD, Kathy, et al.
Diane Duane: Max -- I'm still working on it. Ch. 7 goes in after I get draft 2 of the screenplay, and the Dr. Who story, out of the house.
Nita_Kit: dai again sean
Diane Duane: Late next week I think.
Diane Duane: Hey Sean! Where'd you vanish to?
Wyronth: Dai Sean.
wildflower: Hi.
Mitchy: what's the DW story for, DD? An anthalogy or something else?
Sean L.: Shaky internet right now, Diane :P
maxxrox: Oh, get the screenplay finished first
Diane Duane: Mitchy -- Anthology.
Mitchy: cool :)
A Traveller with Magic: *agrees*
kli6: So, what's the best new bit of draft 2?
Sean L.: Any word on when aWoM is headed our way, DD?
gigo35: So, just how different is the movie going to be than the book?
Mitchy: that's going to depend a lot on the director :P
Diane Duane: Gigo -- Considerably. But not in ways that bother me.
maxxrox: and does it just cover SYWTBAW?
Nita_Kit: i hope
kli6: "just"?
gigo35: DD: call me Sara; saves a bunch of confusion :)
Sean L.: 'just'?!
Diane Duane: There are a lot of pacing changes in the first third. Some bully business gets dropped out or consolidated, or moved to other parts of the story.
wildflower: 35: Well, at least Gigo's not actually here. :P
A Traveller with Magic: Will it go by the same title, "So You Want To Be A Wizard"?
Nita_Kit: they wont combinde other books into it, right
Diane Duane: Sean -- Nothing new. Some power struggle stuff going on at the publisher.
gigo35: wf: Oh, I know, but still...
Nita_Kit: like they wanted to do with HP?
Diane Duane: N_K -- No, no fear of that.
Diane Duane: Trav -- Same title, yup.
Nita_Kit: Good! scared me for a moment there
Nita_Kit: wouldnt be as good if they did
gigo35: How many movies, just the first? or more?
Diane Duane: But the front end of the story has been changed somewhat. You just can't pace a movie the way you do a novel.
wildflower: Won't that depend on how well it goes, for one thing?
maxxrox: that's true
Diane Duane: Sara -- They want to do at least several if the first one works.
gigo35: Yeah, I can imagine there would be certain changes...
gigo35: Yay!!!
Sean L.: "At least several" :P
gigo35: bounce bounce bounce
Nita_Kit: it should
Sean L.: It would be interesting if they did it HP style - i.e., a book to a movie
A Traveller with Magic: And I'll be able to watch them without nagging my parents XD
wildflower: Oh, wow. *grin* I wasn't expecting that.
Diane Duane: We shall see. A lot of work to do before "several" happens.
Sean L.: But seeing as how we're looking at 11+ books....
Diane Duane: Sean -- That's the plan.
maxxrox: That is a good thing, Sean
Sean L.: 11+ movies then? :)
Nita_Kit: i hope the plan works
maxxrox: of course
Diane Duane: What we would have to do, though, is resign ourselves early to having different kids playing Kit and Nita every few films.
Sean L.: Yeah, that's what I was thinking of, DD.
Sean L.: :/
Wyronth: Something that the HP movies just can't seem to do.
Nita_Kit: i've gotten almost all my friends hooked on them, and now they hate me for the suspence of hp and yw
maxxrox: because of the age thing?
Diane Duane: Doesn't bother me.
A Traveller with Magic: Ah right, the age thing...
Diane Duane: Yeah, teh age thing is the problem. You're only 13/14 for so long.
wildflower: Well, yeah, if they're twelve to fourteen through eight books...
Sean L.: hmmm
maxxrox: also, is the time period of the movie going to be set now?
kli6: Hope they've got budget for DW. :)
wildflower: At least the HP kids get a year older each time.
gigo35: Hey DD, my dad says Dai! *he's right behind me*
Nita_Kit: i'm 14, finally!
Sean L.: Well, what you could do is film them together, much like they did for LoTR/Pirates
A Traveller with Magic: Nita: You've had more luck than me in convincing them :/
Diane Duane: wf -- This is something we're going to be dealing with as we start revising the first four books.
Sean L.: Cept you would need the screenplays for several movies to do that
maxxrox: because the book was like in the 80s
Gatemage Stardragon: .... what the frak is that? .... the ice cream truck has wierd music playing...
Diane Duane: Sara -- Say "Hi!" to your Dad for me.
Nita_Kit: what do you mean atwm
kli6: So, are the WTC towers in draft 2?
A Traveller with Magic: Nita: I can convince them to read Flatterland and The Elegant Universe, but no luck on hte YW front yet.
Diane Duane: Sean -- Re filming together: We won't be able to pull that off until we have at least one hit under our belts.
gigo35: DD: my dad wants to say he likes your Star Trek books, esp. the way you portray Spock.
A Traveller with Magic: GS: Hey, I want an ice cream truck...I think it was snowing again...
gigo35: *grins* I love being the messenger...
Gatemage Stardragon: lol
Diane Duane: Kli -- I think we're going to "cheat" that until we find whether there's a second film to worry about. And a third.
maxxrox: good plan
kli6: Sounds like a good plan.
maxxrox: kli, great minds think alike
Diane Duane: Sara -- Thank him for me. I had it bad for Spock when I was fifteen. I've tried to do right by him since. :)
gigo35: I love Spock too!! Logic rox!
Nita_Kit: hmm, odd. i convinced one of my friends to read HP, YW, A break with charity, and a whole buch of other books, it's funny, because now we constantly quote the yw books
Sean L.: DD - assuming the first movie is a hit, does that mean you'll probably have to upgrade the server for yw.com et al?
Mitchy: Any plans for more ST books?
Diane Duane: Sean -- At that point it'll probably be taken over by a professional web management company, I'd guess.
Nita_Kit: we'll be talking to her dad or something and one of us will go " I don't like that" and burst out laughing. I's so funny
kli6: kli6 sighs in relief.
Diane Duane: Mitchy -- Outlining the last one right now.
A Traveller with Magic: Nita: Yeah, but Flatterland and TEU are- well, TEU is non fiction and Flatterland is a heavily math based Ailce in Wonderland XD
Mitchy: wow, really? Cooool!
Diane Duane: "Grand Theft Starship."
Mitchy: Original crew?
maxxrox: i've got a bunch of friends watching this caht
kli6: Oooooooo.....
Diane Duane: Mitchy -- Yup.
Mitchy: Woot :)
maxxrox: i'm hoping to convince them to read the books
Nita_Kit: ah, ficton i read more of
kli6: yay!!!!
kli6: The Enterprise gets stolen? Or they steal another ship?
Diane Duane: Basic idea: Since James T. Kirk is so good at stealing starships on spec...
Diane Duane: let's send him to steal one for a change.
Sean L.: DD - oi! I just realized, I haven't paid you for AWAl
kli6: Hee hee hee!!
Mitchy: Oh I love it already :)
Gatemage Stardragon: :P
Nita_Kit: and salem witch trials WHICH I AM GOING TO THIS YEAR FOR 2 WEEKS!!!!!! I WILL BE GONE ON MON, JUNE 11TH!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Diane Duane: Sean -- S'okay, do it when you get out of here if you like.
Sean L.: DD - doing it as we speak :)
A Traveller with Magic: *bowled by the exclamation marks*
kli6: ow. all-caps yelling, too.
gigo35: Uh-oh, is that bad?
Diane Duane: N-K -- what, they redo the trials for the tourists?
Wyronth: She's going to the Salem Witch Trials? That's quite special.
Nita_Kit: sorry, im just excited
wildflower: (obligatory Pterry quote on overuse of exclamation points here.)
maxxrox: weren't those like a few hundred years ago?
Wyronth: I was unaware that time travel was a possibility now.
A Traveller with Magic: I hold by the +5 exclamation mark rule: The number of marks you use is proportional to your insanity.
Sean L.: DD - Out of curiousity, are you being compensated for time with the screenplay?
calliope: wildflower: I was going to do that :P
wildflower: ATM: Yes, that one :P
Nita_Kit: DD- yes, they do and the people in the audence are the jory, but our votesdont count now, do they
gigo35: ATM: hee hee hee
A Traveller with Magic: Dammit, wf beat me...
gigo35: Oh, that is funny...
Nita_Kit: i love all that stuff, i cant help it
Nita_Kit: i always have
maxxrox: wf, could you change your text color? you're making me go blind
gigo35: NK: deep breaths, in...and out...
Gatemage Stardragon: Gatemage Stardragon puts on Doctor Who theme....
gigo35: in...and..out
Diane Duane: Sean -- Nope, I get to write it on spec at this stage. But when it goes, I get $$$ lotsa dosh
Nita_Kit: sorry
Diane Duane: (should have been more dollar signs there). :)
gigo35: s'ok, NK
wildflower: Oh well, I try not to blind people. :P Everyone seems to object to all the shades of green I like, so...
A Traveller with Magic: GS: Now you're gonna put it on a loop in my head :p
kli6: catnip for kitties!
Gatemage Stardragon: :D
Nita_Kit: i just cant help it!
maxxrox: thanks
Diane Duane: Kli -- Yup. I have that New Yorker cartoon pinned up. The cat at the bar. Humans look at it in surprise.
Gatemage Stardragon: lol
gigo35: *snicker*
Sean L.: hey, I just realized, you have an IMDB :P
Diane Duane: And the cat says, "Catnip for everybody!!"
gigo35: Okay, another acronym
Nita_Kit: we are staying at a bed and breakfast for a week with 2 cute domestic shorthair kittie kitties in resedence
maxxrox: that is awesome
A Traveller with Magic: Gigo: Internet Movie Database- www.imdb.com I think
Nita_Kit: and i'm writing a book about 2 sisters in salem, so i can research while i'm there
gigo35: thanks
Diane Duane: Sean -- Oh, yeah, it's not complete. I have to put a bunch more scripts in there.
Mousey: WF's green is awesome.
Nita_Kit: dai
Gatemage Stardragon: hello!
wildflower: Hi Caitlin!
A Traveller with Magic: Hunt's luck!
Diane Duane: But their interface is SO CLUNKY I can't bear to wrestle with it for more than half an hour at a time or so.
Caitlin: Yes! I made it!
wildflower: And Mousey, wrong shade :P
Sean L.: Ah, aha
kli6: DD: mail me. I know the email format for bulk submissions. :)
Diane Duane: Oh look, there's Uma Thurman.
A Traveller with Magic: Mousey, that one hurts.
gigo35: It's the default green, right WF?
Mousey: WF: what is it, then??
maxxrox: DD: ooh where?
wildflower: No, 35, it's not
gigo35: Really?
Nita_Kit: atleast we know your here mousey, we can see your color from a mile away, lol
wildflower: Default is *points* what DD's using.
gigo35: hmm
Diane Duane: Kli -- O god. Bless you bless you.
wildflower: _This_ is mine.
Diane Duane: Maxx -- She's done a series of commercials for Sky TV here...she keeps popping up.
wildflower: But people objected.
kli6: Hey, there was a time I was int he STATS for data entry at the IMDb.
Mousey: What the hex code?
wildflower: Not telling.
Mousey: Grrrr.
Nita_Kit: why not
Mousey: Fine! I'll find out...
A Traveller with Magic: *snickers and pats Mousey* Well, you stole my former colour...
Caitlin: Speaking of commercials, I loved that cake car commercial
Diane Duane: Caitlin -- Isn't that cool beyond cool?
Sean L.: DD - uhm.
Mousey: Mousey makes a raspberry in ATM's direction
Mitchy: that ad makes me hungry every time :)
Diane Duane: They didn't list all the ingredients, though.
Nita_Kit: ooh, i love this song!
Caitlin: DD: It pretty much made my life- it even looks a bit like my car!
Nita_Kit: from top gun
Diane Duane: There were some things in that cake that were plainly put in for structural purposes. All those Rice Krispies, for example.
A Traveller with Magic: I have got to watch that commercial..
Nita_Kit: i miss my version
Caitlin: Now _that_ is engineering
Nita_Kit: but my sis took it when she moved out
gigo35: Is that the one where the truck slams through the big cake, or am I confused?
Nita_Kit: now its probably covered in dog pee
gigo35: ew
maxxrox: I'm confused
maxxrox: what's going on?
Diane Duane: They were plainly shooting for a cake that wouldn't be so heavy it'd collapse under its own weight.
Caitlin: No, they made a replica of a new european car for a commercial
A Traveller with Magic: Dai again XD
Nita_Kit: dai
Wyronth: Dai violated.
Diane Duane: Sara -- look at the latest entry at Out of Ambit.
vindicated: vindicated waves.
gigo35: thanks
Diane Duane: They built a car out of cake.
Mitchy: i do wish the ad showed stuff like the engine in more detail. And the seats and stuff. Fantastic attention to detail
maxxrox: a cakecar?
Diane Duane: Right down to the engine.
Mousey: Cake? I WANT!
gigo35: Did they get to eat it?
maxxrox: how could that run?
gigo35: *snicker*
Diane Duane: Mitchy -- Yeah, they built parts we never got to see. Apparently there was a chocolate speedometer.
maxxrox: what kind of cake?
Caitlin: I loved all the little details
Diane Duane: Maxx -- Sprt of sponge cake.
Mitchy: yeh, I'd have liked to have seen that
Caitlin: Do we know if it was manual or automatic?
Mitchy: they saved the wing mirrors too
Nita_Kit: i'd liked to have eaten it
Diane Duane: The wing mirrors were marzipan.
gigo35: yum
maxxrox: that is awesome
Diane Duane: Cait -- I'm guessing it was stick.
maxxrox: is there a picture anywhere?
Diane Duane: Most cars in the UK still are.
A Traveller with Magic: I'm hungry now :p
Mitchy: sadly, it wasn't edible when it was finished, it had been under studio lights for 4 days :P
gigo35: I love the sound of that word, "marzipan" *grins*
Diane Duane: Maxx -- Go here, see the video.
Caitlin: That's the best wat to have it :D
Diane Duane: http://dduane.livejournal.com
Mitchy: I would have thought the biggest problem was the crew being tempted to snack :D
Diane Duane: Some of the linked articles have still images.
maxxrox: i'll be back in a bit: i'm watching it
A Traveller with Magic: A Traveller with Magic mutters about the non existent door to the room
Diane Duane: Mitchy -- Yeah, composting was probably the kindest thing to do to it at that point.
Nita_Kit: i would have thought that too mitch
Nita_Kit: mitchy*
Diane Duane: The minue you put eggs in something like that, you're running on borrowed time.
Sean L.: DD - sent :)
Mitchy: hehe, there'll be the fattest birds in the country in that part of the world :)
Diane Duane: Thanx, Sean!
Caitlin: I don't even think they could have kept the studio cool enough under the lights
Sean L.: No, thank you :)
Gatemage Stardragon: wow
Diane Duane: Yeah, the veggies they grow from that compost are gonna give people a sugar rush when they eat them.
Caitlin: To, y'know, keep it edible
Diane Duane: Cait -- I think they had to keep the place refrigerated at night.
maxxrox: THAT WAS AWESOME!
Diane Duane: Just to keep it liveable, let alone edible.
Caitlin: That's a good way to get kids to eat their veggies
Diane Duane: Max -- Isn't that cool?
gigo35: I got kicked off! That is so freakin
gigo35: not fair
maxxrox: totally awesome
Diane Duane: I love the guy pouring the Lyons Syrup into the crankcase.
A Traveller with Magic: Dai Again- looks like Chime's getting to know you XD
Mitchy: yeh, I loved that bit :)
Diane Duane: Purely a sight gag, but so cute.
Caitlin: It was perfect
kli6: Yeah, the viscosity was perfect.
wildflower: Heh, I just watched it, too. That was amazing.
gigo35: All of a sudden the whole window just up and disappeared! I even had to re-login! Ahhhhh!!!
Diane Duane: It really made me lauigh, as I spent a week about a month ago writing a short story about building a gingerbread house. And suddenly here they were dealing with the same issues.
Caitlin: That's Cedric for ya. Wait. Do we still call Chime Cedric?
wildflower: Yup.
A Traveller with Magic: Sometimes XD
Caitlin: DD: that sounds pretty cool
Diane Duane: They were just upgrading the software again, BTW. Chat was supposed to get better. (wnort)
Diane Duane: (snort)
Mitchy: we believe 'em....not :)
Mitchy: how are the kitty cats DD?
Diane Duane: They've also enhanced the photo galleries, not that I think most people here care about that particularly.
A Traveller with Magic: *chortles at the video* That was so cool...(and staying up for the software release was fun...)
Diane Duane: Mitch -- They're good. All sleeping now. Having demanded a second dinnre.
vindicated: ...That car is too cool.
Diane Duane: Dinner.
Nita_Kit: how many do you have
wildflower: What on earth has ever made groupee (or whatever they're calling themselves lately) think upgrading is a *good idea*?
Diane Duane: N_K -- Three.
Mitchy: *grins* Well obviously you starve them, DD :D
Caitlin: Do we have a photo gallery?
Nita_Kit: ooh, what are their names
Diane Duane: wf -- (wry look) I guess they think it's the thing to do.
A Traveller with Magic: Buried in, somewhere, yeah
Diane Duane: N_K -- Squeak, Goodman and Beemer.
gigo35: I love cats! I have two; Cali and Tony
Nita_Kit: i have two too, Sailor and Tualha
Mitchy: I got one, Rob the Furball :)
Diane Duane: Oh, there are the ladies worshipping the chocolate ice cream again.
Nita_Kit: tualha we call miss prissy
Sean L.: I want cats :P. And dogs, actually; but that'll have a to wait a few years ;)
wildflower: We've got Mel and Stellaluna. :P
A Traveller with Magic: I haven't had anything since my goldfish died after three days XD
gigo35: ah...
calliope: No cats here, but I have hamsters called Hamlet and Ophelia :P
maxxrox: my mother says we have enough animals in the house, with me and my two siblings
Diane Duane: Aw, poor fish!
maxxrox: so we don't have pets
A Traveller with Magic: I had a destructive childhood :/ haha
kli6: worshipping chocolate ice cream?
Nita_Kit: that is cate call
wildflower: And two dogs at the moment, but it'll be three again fairly soon, I think.
Diane Duane: Our cats ate all ours.
Nita_Kit: cute*
Diane Duane: Kli -- It has to be on YouTube. wait a sec.
Caitlin: I'm amazed my fish survived the drive down the washington beltway
A Traveller with Magic: Ha...I think we would have eaten any fish we raised
Diane Duane: It's an ad for the "Magnum" brand of chocolate ice cream bars.
Caitlin: Hee
kli6: I'll go youtube search.
Nita_Kit: tee hee
gigo35: Eat goldfish? Somehow I don't think that would have much sustenance...
Caitlin: Probably more substance than my poor Professor Snorklepuff
Nita_Kit: i think your right sara
A Traveller with Magic: I dunno, tell that to someone that used to roast cocroaches (my dad)
Diane Duane: Kli -- Search also for "Ecuador Dark".
kli6: ok.
gigo35: And all those little bones...*shudders* I can just hear the ccrrunncch
Nita_Kit: professor snorklepuff? that's an interesting name
vindicated: 35: Ew?!
kli6: Ah, there it is.
Nita_Kit: how did you come up with that one
maxxrox: what does he teach?
gigo35: ATM: ewewew
A Traveller with Magic: Sara: Hmm, yeah, but I prefer jellyfish :p
kli6: snort.
kli6: snort snort.
Diane Duane: The music makes me snicker every time.
gigo35: Peanut butter and jellyfish sandwich ;)
Caitlin: He's a Betta. I forget where his name came from
Diane Duane: Yup, you too then.
A Traveller with Magic: Ha, jellyfish goes better with marinade, served cold. Ask the other Gigo ;)
kli6: Apropos of nothing, I went to Disneyland this week. I saw two people prostrate themselves and pray for two minutes in front of the statue of Walt.
Diane Duane: Here it is.
Caitlin: Wow.
Diane Duane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zZuvAN7ORE
kli6: I think I'm too Californian. I just shrugged and let them get on with it.
gigo35: OMG, that's weird...
Diane Duane: Kli -- Not at all. California is the Land of Tolerance.
vindicated: Hm
vindicated: Gotta go, guys
vindicated: Bye. -waves-
kli6: [grin]
Sean L.: dai, Lisa.
Caitlin: hee hee
gigo35: bye vindicated!
A Traveller with Magic: Luck Vin!
maxxrox: dai!
Diane Duane: Bye Vin!
kli6: I wish I had a picture, though.
Caitlin: That is excellent
maxxrox: oh, my band's here, got to practice
maxxrox: dai, all
kli6: But I was setting up for a pano.
Diane Duane: Kli -- But this has been a good time for commercials here. There've been some lively ones.
Nita_Kit: dai
A Traveller with Magic: Luck Max!
Diane Duane: Sean -- Yup. More details elsewhere.
kli6: You've always got some lively ones. :)
Nita_Kit: like the windex crows
kli6: We just get slick.
Nita_Kit: i love them
Caitlin: I love the new volkswagon commercials
Sean L.: Ah, okay.
Nita_Kit: and the "Your dreams miss you" with the groundhog, those are so funny
Diane Duane: I still miss the old Isuzu commercials.
Diane Duane: "Free with every one -- a frozen yogurt maker!"
kli6: I miss that realy old Grey Poupon commercial.
Sean L.: *blinks* froyo
Nita_Kit: dai?
A Traveller with Magic: The old Telus ones with Charles and Ray used to be a favourite of mine...
Mitchy: which was what, an ice cube? :)
gigo35: I just got kicked off again!!! for the 2nd time!!
kli6: Two Brit guys in Rolls Royces.
gigo35: Gahhhhh!!!
Caitlin: Oh yeah!
A Traveller with Magic: Sara: Yep, Cedric likes you.
kli6: And then one of them drops the mustard jar between the cars.
Diane Duane: Sara, you forgot to sacrifice a goat to the Java God.
Nita_Kit: i saw a rolls royces in NY when i was there for acting camp
Diane Duane: Kli -- OMG yes.
wildflower: But chat's Flash now! :P
A Traveller with Magic: But the Flash God's taken over...
gigo35: I think I need to stop clicking the links or something...
Sean L.: Haha, and the Flash God demands much more than a goat ;)
Diane Duane: wf -- You're so right. )facepalm)
Nita_Kit: one of the kids i was with said "look at the mercedes" and mum went "more like a rolls royces!" it was so funny
kli6: Shockwavae God demands a fatted bullock with golden horns.
A Traveller with Magic: Sean: Not going there.
gigo35: DD: I am being punished by the gods of internet chat*
wildflower: The Flash gods demand small children, probably.
gigo35: lol
gigo35: Hey, I'll volunteer my sister! (kidding)
wildflower: You're the one who needs to make a sacrifice... :P
Nita_Kit: not me, what about my friends pain in the butt brother for a sacrifice
kli6: Oh, DD. you know Len Wein's blogging, yes?
gigo35: wf: oops, forgot 'bout that :P
Diane Duane: Kli -- Oh yeah. Got him bookmarked.
Diane Duane: He was blaming me and Bob Greenberger and Marv Wolfman for making a Machead out of him.
kli6: Oh, yeah. I saw that!
Diane Duane: (shrug) Seemed the simplest option at the time.
A Traveller with Magic: Hunt's luck!
Gatemage Stardragon: hello
kli6: The fun part is watching his and Chrstine's entries in parallel. :)
gigo35: Dai Eric!
wildflower: Hi.
EricG1793: Hello!
Sean L.: Mac :)
Sean L.: Dai, Eric.
Diane Duane: Hi Eric!
Wyronth: Dai.
Sean L.: Excellent time to drop by ;)
EricG1793: emotes
wildflower: No no, with a slash.
gigo35: What exactly are emotes?
EricG1793: Sorry about that.
Sean L.: Sean L. greets Erics.
Sean L.: ...or Eric, even.
EricG1793: EricG1793 says "hi everyone"
A Traveller with Magic: Smiley stuff =)
wildflower: 35: Emotes are what Sean and Eric are doing. :P
A Traveller with Magic: Miss the old Java smileys though...
wildflower: That green italic stuff.
Sean L.: Sean L. applauds wildly
Diane Duane: Guys, alas, I have to abscond. Got more work to do on the @#$$%^ script tonight.
Sean L.: *nods*
gigo35: emotes/ like this
kli6: Draft 3? :)
Sean L.: Hey, that script could be the next great hit :)
A Traveller with Magic: Hunt's luck DD =)
Gatemage Stardragon: ok
Diane Duane: Kli -- 3.02, to be exact.
wildflower: No, the slash goes in front.
Sean L.: could will be!
Mitchy: now now, DD, it could be a cash cow :) Talk to it nicely :)
kli6: *headdesk*
gigo35: Dai DD!
wildflower: Bye, DD!
Diane Duane: (sich a geek I am, I have them version-numbered)
Nita_Kit: dai DD!
kli6: v3.02 :)
Mousey: Mousey pokes DD out the door
Mitchy: thanks for chatting with us DD! Keep well!
gigo35: /emotes Sara says bye to DD
Nita_Kit: get better
Sean L.: Good luck with the script, DD :)
Caitlin: Thanks DD!
gigo35: still can't get it
Mousey: Dai DD!
wildflower: *sigh*
kli6: Happy scripting!
Gatemage Stardragon: good luck!
Sean L.: Oh.
Sean L.: Hm
A Traveller with Magic: Oh, those: /me starts with
Caitlin: Have fun with the script! :D
Diane Duane: Thanks guys! Have fun with those slashes... (snicker)
calliope: Bye! It was great being here, as always. :D
Sean L.: Do we (as in, any members of the community) ever get to proof the script?
wildflower: "/emotes" is what you type to get a list of emotes you can use.
Sean L.: :P
Mousey: Don't let the evil rewrites discourage you!
Sean L.: Because I know some authors let their fanbase read the script for potential errors in continuity, et al.
gigo35: I wanna read!
Sean L.: scripts/books/goodies ;)
Diane Duane: Sean -- Alas. Uh, no. Imagine what Universal or Sony would say.
A Traveller with Magic: A Traveller with Magic coughs slightly
Nita_Kit: or the evil directors
Nita_Kit: tee hee
Sean L.: ...*blinks*
Sean L.: Universal or Sony? That's like.... $$$$$$$$!
Diane Duane: ESPECIALLY the evil directors. (kicks virtual sand over them)
gigo35: gigo35 tries to figure this out
Diane Duane: Sean -- We're in the Big Leagues here.
gigo35: I did it!!!
Sean L.: Sean L. grins.
EricG1793: I like the YW books so much I've been reading every night since mid March- I just started book 7 last night!
gigo35: gigo35 dances excitedly
gigo35: oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
gigo35: bounce bounce
Nita_Kit: sara, what did you do?
A Traveller with Magic: A Traveller with Magic grins with Sean and congrats Sara
Diane Duane: Eric -- wow, you've been busy! Have fun with them! :) I did.
Caitlin: Hee
Sean L.: Hehe
gigo35: gigo35 figured out the emotes!!!
A Traveller with Magic: Eric: Wait til you can quote by heart XD
Diane Duane: Must run, troops. Later!
Nita_Kit: as did we all, otherwise well, we wouldnt be here
kli6: Bye!
Caitlin: Good night!
Mitchy: Dai DD!
A Traveller with Magic: Luck *bows*
Nita_Kit: dai DD
wildflower: Bye!
Gatemage Stardragon: alright night DD!
gigo35: Hasta Luego, DD!
Sean L.: Dai stiho, Diane.
2007-05-26 13:13:50