From: MisterNiceGuy@juno.com To: LuKas Update Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 19:24:51 -0400 Subject: LuKas Update: 9-19-99 Message-ID: <19990916.192451.-470383.0.MisterNiceGuy@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 3.0.13 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Status: Sent X-Juno-Att: 0 Fcc: Sent Hm. I haven't gotten mail from Harvard people in about a week now. Probably cause I haven't written. . . Feature Article: When it rains, it pours ------------------------------------------------------------------ As I write this, I see the rain coming down outside, collecting into pools & running down my driveway in a makeshift stream. The roof gutters are clogged, so the water overflows in fat drops, upsetting the dirt and eroding the ground. The power already went off for most of the afternoon, but it came on again later. Mom came home around four today, her boss had closed the practice around three, but the flooding on the roads and the low visibility doubled her commute time. The cul de sac is six inches high, but the forestation in the area keeps the wind from being too bad. I think of how only last week I had worried that one of you in North Carolina might be in trouble because of Dennis. Irony permeates mind. School was closed today, but instead of feeling glad for the delay of my AP Physics test, I worry about Rice in Bergen County, about T Smoove in Hillsborough, about Payal in Voorhees, about Nancy in NY. I know that weather reports are overly dramatic, but the same has been said about me. In the afternoon, I was left without a computer, or music, or even light. Even my phone wasn't working (the fallacy of cordless). I was left in contemplation of my isolation. Just me and a candle. But I didn't feel alone. Because I knew you guys. And that made me feel better. I miss you terribly. News Briefs ----------------- I wrote that right after the power went back on. I dunno, I was feeling less serious, but not sad. I guess the deeper side of felt like speaking out. . . Film appreciation had its first assignment. A real 2-3 page paper! But luckily, I weaseled my way into reviewing "Clerks." . . . I noticed that the eCirlce looks a little abandoned, cuz nobody else has been putting stuff up but me. For shame! I even put up my baby picture for public scrutiny... I don't know if I'll be able to make any good WinAmp skins. I need a good paint program, not this crap MSPaint thing that gives me zero extras. So I may have to hold off on making the skins... Before Dogma comes out, I'm going to make a trip to Jay & Silent Bob's Secret Stash. If you want any Kevin Smith related merchandise, tell me... THIS IS COOL ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Crises on Infinite Earth Hardcover Let's see. Crises was originally a twelve part comic book miniseries. At about 30 pages a comic book, that puts the collection to be... 360 pages! And all of it is good stuff! Ever wondered how Superman and Batman debuted in the 1940s, but still looks in his thirties right now? No, they didn't keep the characters at the same age while the years went by. That's what Marvel Comics did. (Ever notice how Jubilee has been a teenager for ten years?) Contrariwise, Superman actually married Lois and went gray. Wonder Woman had a daughter. Batman's daughter eventually went out with a grownup Robin. No, the passage of time was recognized at DC Comics. But to keep the new readers interested, they debut another Superman, one who didn't appear around WWII but in the seventies. In fact, nearly all the heroes had some younger counterpart. To explain this, they came up with the theory of a multiverse. In the multiverse were an infinite number of earths, each with their own moon, their on sun, heck, even their own universe! Each of these universes were separated by vibrational moments in time. Each universe had a unique inner vibrational frequency shared by everything in that universe. Unfortunately, new readers never knew which superman they were reading about, or how two comics had two different people, both of them named the Flash. Simply put, DC Comics was confusing as hell to read. What to do? The only thing they could think of as to put everybody in the same universe and relate them all. but how to do it? Crisis. Crisis killed hundreds of heroes and villains. It changed the very nature of comics and started the general trend of annual company crossovers. It was and still is the best comic book story ever told, its success never to be repeated. If you ever see a silver slipcase with the words CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS on the cover, buy it, no matter the price. Only ten thousand of these collected editions exist. ------------------------------------------------------------------ SAY WHAT?! "I will miss you. The days will seem shorter now, the nights that much longer. Sometimes I forget how mortal we really are. I don't think I'll ever forget that again. I remember when you landed on Earth, a girl of fifteen, filled with life and hopes. Linda Lee, hidden in that orphanage,secretly practicing your powers each night. Lord, I remember how proud I was the day we revealed your presence to the world. And now, Kara, you are gone. And I grieve. I live on. Hurt, but not disillusioned. Sad, but still hopeful that the dream shared by you and me and all those others -- those with special powers, and especially those with none... those dreams of peace and hope can still come true. We live on remembering and honoring the past, but always looking to the future. Good-bye, Kara... Linda Lee... Supergirl. I will miss you forever." - Superman, at Supergirl's burial. Crisis #7 - LuKas "Be seeing you" ___________________________________________________ Get your own FREE Lukas Update Newsletter! Request this service at: misterniceguy@juno.com