From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V5 #229 Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org Sender: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. alloy-digest Tuesday, September 19 2000 Volume 05 : Number 229 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alloy: seven inches & one unrelated(OT!!)rant [Robin Thurlow Subject: Alloy: seven inches & one unrelated(OT!!)rant Andy, I'm sorry I can't help you with the lyrics in Therapy/Growth! I remember someone else asking about the 'seven inches of a black star liner' line in "Urges" though... I was listening to it on tape through my headphones last night & it occured to me that he might be talking about the record the girl is reacting to in the club (describing the actual vinyl of the record...) Then I thought I recalled someone else suggesting the very same thing before & I'm probably being redundant, but I'm mentioning it just in case. And now here's my Big OT personal rant for the day (don't read if you don't want anything non-Dolby): Okay. Now that I'm all grown up and funny looking, I find most people leave me alone as far as flirtation is concerned. However, the flirtation I do get, when it happens, is of the extremely creepy variety!! A guy in a small sandwich shop who was waiting on me yesterday asked me, out of absolutely nowhere, if I was 'into pain' - and I said no (wondering why he was asking... was he in the mood for inflicting some?! ~ Robin prepares to run ~ !! ) He then started talking about tattoos & took hold of my wrist from across the counter... I don't want to tell you where the conversation went from there, but trust me when I say I was completely baffled! It's the only time I've been hit on that pornographically by a complete stranger who just made me a veggie sub, that's for sure. It was quite surreal. There was one other customer in the shop who was trying his best to ignore the conversation, which was even weirder. I walked in the gorges for an hour afterward just to clear my head from the strange moment. Robin T going out for pizza this time! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 20:26:30 -0400 From: "Melissa R. Jordan" Subject: Re: Alloy: seven inches & one unrelated(OT!!)rant Robin Thurlow wrote: And now here's my Big OT personal rant for the day > Okay. Now that I'm all grown up and funny looking, I > Robin is FAR from funny-looking, folks - a lovely woman and charming, to the Nth degree! > find most people leave me alone as far as flirtation > is concerned. However, the flirtation I do get, when > it happens, is of the extremely creepy variety!! A > Maybe we should form a club, Robin - I only get the freaks, too. (Usually via e-mail from Scandanavia - don't ask me why...) > guy in a small sandwich shop who was waiting on me > yesterday asked me, out of absolutely nowhere, if I > was 'into pain' - and I said no (wondering why he was > Oh, good. Robin walks right into a Hellraiser movie. Yikes! > asking... was he in the mood for inflicting some?! ~ > Robin prepares to run ~ !! ) He then started talking > about tattoos & took hold of my wrist from across the > counter... I don't want to tell you where the > Jesus, Robin! I would have freaked out if a stranger grabbed my wrist. You have much more self-control than I, my friend! > conversation went from there, but trust me when I say > I was completely baffled! It's the only time I've > been hit on that pornographically by a complete > stranger who just made me a veggie sub, that's for > sure. It was quite surreal. There was one other > Perhaps you'd misunderstood the name of the cafe... perhaps "Sub Way" is a lifestyle suggestion rather than a sandwich description. ;-) But, seriously, Robin - that's so odd! I'm just glad that he didn't take it any farther!!! Isn't it interesting that the other patron just tried to be invisible. It's hard to know sometimes when to step in and when to ignore... I had a strange experience the other day, and no one would help me. I was in Metro Center, a subway station in the heart of DC at rush hour. Two well-dressed men standing next to me at the ticket machines were swearing with such force that it made me flinch. When one of them noticed me standing next to them, he started hounding me, calling me names, following me through the station. The station master saw this, but refused to help me, despite me calling out for assistance. Not a single person around me - hundreds of people - would help, either. I took a cab home from central DC rather than take the Metro - I just had to get out of there. Sign me, $22 out of pocket for a cab and no more Metro for me! - - Melissa - -- Melissa R. Jordan Owner/Artist/Rubber Maven, Compass Rose Studios (http://crstudios.com) Chief Navigator, Compass Rose Consulting (http://askcrc.com) ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V5 #229 ***************************