FF: Unexpected Consequences (Thread III)

[Lisa of Nine]

I'm so sorry for the delay. I have two papers due tonight, one 8 pages, and one 5 pages. Once I finish with those, and come home from class at 10:00pm, I will start transcribing my dictated sections of the chapter.



Have no fear, for I too watched the old movie serials on late night TV. I am SURE Tara will find some way to persevere...just like the heroes of the old movie serials. (I hated when they would show the hero, in a car that blows up, goes off a cliff, packed full of hungry tigers... and then the next week it shows him jumping OUT from a different angle. Poor tigers.)



Thanks for all the feedback. Okay, back to an evil paper on the rhetoric of the war on terror. blech. I'd much rather write FF.

Lisa

[capricornmist]

Wow! I love this story! I am completely addicted.



Lisa you are an excellent fanfic writer, I can`t wait for the next installment.



Lisa you are:



1) Amazing

2) Detailed

3) Talented

4) A damn good writer!



Now go finish working!

[Sassette]

Oh, Lisa ... take your time. We will wait patiently and perhaps reread (now that I've thought of it, that's a damn good idea ... I'm gonna go reread this whole fic now) until the update.



And, umm ... have fun on your papers *G* Y'know, everytime Dubya is talking about recent events in that Texas Accent and says things like "We must stop 'Tara' before it starts" I just kind of think, "Leave Tara alone, dammit!"



I know, I know - bad pun - but the man just can't pronounce the word "terror" correctly, and it just pops into my head Every Single Time.



-Sass

[Puff]

LMAO Sass

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You know, it's a real deal relationship and that's why people can relate to it
Amber Benson

[Grimaldi]

even with the cliffhanger, great update.

"Perhaps we should just leave nature alone to its simple, one-assed schematics."

"I wasn't picking it, I was itching it, for crying out loud!"

[Princess Willow]

Lisa,



I just copied Ch. 36 & 37 and I can't wait to get to work tonight so I can read them. I have been reading fanfic for 2 1/2 years now and I have to say that your stories are by far my favorites. You are also the only writer who has ever inspired me to write. I just started on my first fic. If I'm not too embarrassed by it, I might just post it here on the Pens. We'll see.



Anyway, enough babbling...I just wanted to thank you for sharing your great talent and for inspiring others...including me.



PW

I don't get wild. Wild on me equals spaz.

Edited by: Princess Willow  at: 4/4/02 2:00:32 pm

[Puff]

PW *waves* to sort out your sig do the text like text instead. And now back to our regularly scheduled programming.

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You know, it's a real deal relationship and that's why people can relate to it
Amber Benson

[walker]

Hi Puff! I was just admiring your avatar and wondering why you have our lovely wiccans dressed as auditioning hopefuls for "Sister Act 3: This Time It's Personal".



I've missed some really obvious in joke somewhere haven't I?

If I could go back in time, I'd want to meet Snoopy!

[wiltar]

I was hoping sooooo much that there was a new update, but unfortunately no... Damn.



Lisa, I love your fic sooooo much, I need to know what's gonna happen next!!! when do you think you will post a new update?



Keep up the good work!



Patricia

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W-what were they looking at?

-The hotness of you doofus!!!

[delany]

walker,

about Puffs' avatar..

you don't really want to know. its sick, twisted, painful (but oddly pleasureable), and it involves the use of many a cooking utensil.

i have been plagued by nightmares that have me waking up in the middle of the night, sweating like a hairy foot in a leather boot on a hot day after a 10km hike through the desert.

oh no wait.. thats this fic



oh dear..kennyG, my saviour.. the sweet sweet sounds created by putting your instrument in your mouth..

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"Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking screaming gucci little piggy"

Edited by: delany at: 4/5/02 6:24:27 am

[Puff]

Delany hee hee and you knew the real reason.



No it's not a nun thing people it's just the word wimple. Maybe I should add that to my sig

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You know, it's a real deal relationship and that's why people can relate to it
Amber Benson

[The Big I T]

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And yes, of course school-work comes first. We understand. That is why I'm only checking for an update once every 15 minutes now, because I have much patience.

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So it's not just me? I'm so bad I've even got a reminder set up in my Outlook Calendar to flash a "Check Pens" warning at me every hour on the hour...just in case of the unlikely event that I get so involved in any of my work assignments that I inadvertantly forget to do it on my own.




By the way, the "Check Pens" is a cryptic code that I came up with just in case any of my managers comes snooping in my calendar to find out if I'm available for a meeting. By now they rmust really be thinking I have a hard time holding onto writing implements...

[Kiwiccan]

From Bzengo:

Lisa: "What are you studying that you have to write such papers? And yes, of course school-work comes first. We understand. That is why I'm only checking for an update "



I hope Lisa doesn't mind , but I am stepping up to the plate, and am going to put my 2 dinars in. Lisa already knows how I feel about her course load, so this will not come as a surprise to her.



Bzengo, Lisa has a course load that is way too large for any mortal. On top of that, she is also in an honours class, with a prof, that knows how to pack on the assignments. Lisa has another problem; Lisa would much rather write W/T fan fic than do her course work. Now that is great for us, but it then forces Lisa to try and survive on sleep that would make even Einstein question (he lived on approx 2 to 4 hrs a night all his life) her lifestyle. And please don't get me started on her eating habits...

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Paula

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~ May the Amber Force be With You


~ Keeper of My Own Insanity

[The Big I T]

Ahh...University. I remember that...vaguely. Averaged a 21-hour course load per semester, plus worked 60 hours minimum per week to try to pay for it all. Played intramural basketball, volleyball and broomball in my "spare" time. And managed to indulge regularly in FACs and Wednesday night Bahama Mama nights...



It's a wonder I was able to retain anything at all, come to think of it.



I can relate to the sad food story, though. Since I worked an awful lot in the dorm cafeterias, I did manage to eat fairly decently most of the time. But I can remember one month in particular when I only had $20 to last me an entire month. It was between semesters so the cafeterias were closed. I ended up spending $15 on a new cd and a used paperback -- figured it was the only entertainment I was going to be able to enjoy for a while -- and spent the rest on ramen noodles. Somehow I managed to survive...

Edited by: The Big I T at: 4/5/02 4:52:48 pm

[maudmac]

She's getting a degree in Equestrian Studies, right? We even got a pic of her on her horse back at the old board.



In other news: My knees are numb from kneeling, but it's soooooo worth it for a new chapter. I'm so anxious to see if my big OMG-WOW-HOLY-HECK! theory is right.

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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
--- Confucius

[Willowfan]

Wow.

I am in school now. I only have a 12 hour workload, though. I work full time at a McDonalds, so eating isn't a problem.

Hmmm..

That is if you can call McDonalds food.

I make it.

Trust me...it isn't.

But yes.

Lisa must study. And sleep. She needs lots of rest and to do well in her studies.

I'm sure we ALL need our Unexpected Consequences fix, but not at the cost of Lisa's grades OR her health.

We LOYAL followers of the great lisarificus care for her well being above everything else....cause she gives us AWSOME updates. And she writes and so well.

So Lisa....

1) Study hard

2) Get your rest

3) Eat right

and take care.

I think we can wait a few days for your next update....I am sure it will be WELL worth it.

Willowfan

That's right puppy....Willow's gonna make you bark."-The Wish

[WebWarlock]

Funny, and sometimes I miss college.

Well, I miss grad school, not undergrad.



Hey I have offered my services to write paper for her, but she has the *strange* idea that she should do it herself....



Don't worry Lisa. We will wait patiently and discuss theories or your other fics amongst ourselves.



So. Willow, gettin with the big magic drain. Theories, speculations.

Maybe Briana was/is actually the Imbolc Mage! Yeah we can fast forward 50 or 60 years and Briana is the one laying down the witchy law with the gaurdians of Brigit. Willow and Tara are telling her to be carefull all the time.



Willow:Now take an extra scarf it will be cold.

Briana: Mom, we live in Southern California.

Willow: I just want to be sure you are safe and warm.

Briana: I am the Imbolc Mage I can take care of myself, and I'm in my 50s.

Willow: That may be true, but I was doing this before you were born. I was doing this before I even *knew* you could be born.

Briana: Mama (to Tara), can you make her stop?

Tara: I haven't been able to yet.



BTW Does anyone else get the feeling that Cassie and Diana might stay at the shrine?



Edited to add: Ooo! I just got my flaming O!



Warlock

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Web Warlock,
web.warlock@attbi.com

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Liber Mysterium: the Netbook of Witches and Warlocks
"You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars

My energy is spent at last, and my armor is destroyed, I have used up all my weapons, and I'm helpless and bereaved

Wounds are all I'm made of, Did I hear you say that this is victory?" - Blue Öyster Cult

Edited by: WebWarlock at: 4/5/02 7:13:10 pm

[Bookcat]

patiently waiting here... very glad Lisa's studying and all... studying is a good thing, as all homeless people tell me on the subway when I come on with a heavy backpack. "Girl, if I had just studied when I was your age I would never have ended up in this shitty situation. Why..." oops, sorry, that was really random and off topic.



Anyway, I love this fic. Desperatly. Between updates I reread the entirety of Tears of the Goddess. Particualarly chapter 10 of Tears of the Goddess. Anyway.

"Living for thirty minutes at a time with a break in the middle for adverts" - Elvis Costello

"Traumatic... breasts" - But I'm a Cheerleader

[sheila wt]

I can see that dialogue so well, Warlock! Willow is just a natural worrier...



We, loyal mittens, can wait forever for Lisa's words (just, please, don't take this pledge too literally...). When she gives us a new chapter, we realize that it was worth every second of withdrawal's suffering...

We're here to help and serve, oh great Lisarificus!



I agree with everybody, of course. Take good care of yourself and your life first and foremost, always.

Sheila

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Willow: "If you felt lost and alone? Where would you go?"

Tara:"To you."

[noho]

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Sharri:

"Simply put Lisa - you're a genius. Can't wait for the next bit - oooooohhhhh - the weekend is nearly here! Yay!"

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Hear! Hear!

Seize the moment 'cause tomorrow you might be dead.

[Bicola]

I'm confused, what are these theories everyone is talking about. Any one willing to tell some their theories because i need something to stimulate me while Lisa is doing her studies and having much deserved sleep. How is Brianna involved???( According to the theories of course!) Please tell me!!!!



As for the withdrawl, if anyone wants to know, i'm starting a UC withdrawl help group. Please come and bring freshly squeezed unbruised orange juice, herbal massage oil ( hehe ), frozen peas (*sniff*), kleenex, pancakes (rounds and triangles) and any smutty W/T fanfic to help us recover.



Everyone is welcome!



The ever so patient and understanding *Bicola*

[GemBem]

Poor Lisa, having to spend all her time working. I'm actually supposed to be revising for GCSEs at the moment but it's soooooo much more fun to spend my time checking for updates. Now I'm going to re-read the entire thing in the hope that once I've finished an update will be up!

[maudmac]

Bicola, read back a few pages, there's a little discussion about our theories. Page 3 or 4 or so. These involve the connection between Willow and Tara. But we aren't discussing it too openly because if we're right, it would be like a spoiler and that would be bad.



Okay, Lisa said update this weekend. *looks at calender, begins tapping toes*



Dadgummit! I have to go to work, like, right NOW.



Hey, Lisa? Honestly, we would all trade a Saturday update for you to have a nice, uneventful, no-pressures, not-a-care-in-the-world, Saturday spent lollygagging around doing nothing. Need some mittens to come over and feed you grapes? We can bring dramatic grapes to go with our dramatic, flowy robes.



*looks at calender again, looks at clock, stops tapping toes, and is reminded that it'll be all the sweeter later rather than sooner*

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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
--- Confucius

[tkheaven]

Geez..between "Talented Tongued Tara" and the whole baywatch scene..uhhh.. whew!

I most definitley can't wait what happens next. Water-tight walls...the suspense....

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"Hey Will, this is me. It doesn't all have to be good and fine. This is the room where you don't have to be brave. I still love you. If you're worried, you can be worried."

- Tara to Willow

Episode 603: "Afterlife"

[Robin]

......jumping up and down and waiting impatiently for the next chapter.......

[Sharri]

Well, I'm going to go for a cheap sympathy vote - I'm in Australia - so I'm 14 - 18 hours ahead of the State (depending where you are Lisa), so my weekend is half over already - so I have to keep reminding myself that it's YOUR weekend I'm really waiting for - not mine!!!



On a brighter note - WebWarlock - I hadn't thought of Brianna being the Imbolc Mage. I've been trying to figure out the Willow-Tara sharing the duties bit - but I have to admit I'm stumped. Though to be fair, I'm not always one to hypothesize someone else's story - and with Lisa - well, you just KNOW she's going to do it right, right?!



As a dietary tip for the student's in the forum when monies running low - brown rice and lentils are really cheap - not necessarily tasty - but cheap and good for you. If you do the lentils right you can get them tasting like re-fried beans, if you're into mexican!



Now let's see what kind of reaction the lentil angle opens up - most people I know would sooner live on ice cubes than lentils!!!!!

[Kiwiccan]

I noticed some activity here since I posted yesterday and instead of finding a new chapter, I see that my beloved legume the lentil has been maligned! Pfft!



I love lentils, I have always loved lentils. I love lentil soup/stew, lentils and rice and yes, even lentil burgers. I am a lentil fanatic.

Please give my beloved lentil a fair chance. sniff....



Brought to you by the campaign to unite the world of lentil lovers.

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Paula

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~ May the Amber Force be With You


~ Keeper of My Own Insanity

[The Big I T]

I love lentils, too...and big bowl of them would go great right about now with the next chapter of Lisa's fic...*hint*hint*

[the slayers girl]

First, I would just like to tell you how much I am enjoying your story, Lisa Its asolutely wonderful....and I love it.



Today I found myself remembering the story you wrote....where future tara comes back...and I was wondering if I could read it...again....and where you have it posted....or if it got lost when the board moved?



Thank you so much and I hope things become less stressful for you

[Karzia]

Count me in to both. I love Lentils and am awaiting update............. we love you Lisa

"You can lead a whore to culture, but can't make them think"



D.Parker