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From: Calico Gr <CalicoGr at aol.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 02:18:15 EST

Here's my little (that's figurative) brother's unintentional, but still inspired, debut in the world of filking. (He's gonna kill me, but I couldn't resist sharing.)

<< I got bored the other day and wrote a little song parody of ZZ Tops "Sharp  Dressed Man." It's called "Black Dressed Man", and is based on the MiB  movie. See whatcha think. It's not final, but it's a start.  

 Sung to tune of "Sharp Dressed Man"
 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
 "Black Dressed Man"  

 Black shades... black suit.
 Too bad they end up in Bug goop.
 Really... big gun.
 Shooting spaceships must be lots of fun.  Aliens better run as fast as they can,
 'cause they'll get their butt kicked by a black dressed man.  

 Flashy.... thingie.
 Wipe away your memory.
 Shades on.... memory gone.
 Can't help but feel sorry for that per-r-r-son.  Flashing away stuff whenever he can,
 'cause Agent K is a black dressed man.  

 Agent.... Jaaay.
 Newest MiB today.
 Call him slick..... or call him kid,
 and you'll soon regret what you did.
 Makin it look as good as he can.
 It really must be cool to be a black dressed man.  

 (c)12/11/97    

 						Talk to ya later chummer,
 							Wayne
 
 =============================

 "Get into the holiday spirit, damn it!"  -overheard in hallways of my high school
>>

attached mail follows:

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Hoi chummer,

> I know, I know, I keep forgetting to write.  It's not like you're missing
> much, though.  My life is abysmally boring most of the time: do some
homework,
> clean the house, put up with the cats, look for a job, ...  Sometime I
think
> being an adult is seriously overrated.
	Yeah, well, being a freshman ain't no walk in the park neither.
> 


> It turns out that Alan gave the disk back to Donnie, but he borrowed it
again
> and I've got it loaded.  I'm still learning how to play (there's no
skirmish
> mode and the missions are tough). 
	Yeah, they are. Heres a tip that got me though MANY a mission. The AI sees
the sandbags as an indestructible and WILL NOT ATTACK THEM.... intentially
(you know, grenaders and other area effect 
damage). Remember this well. The greatest thing you can do to an enemy is
WALL them up inside their own base! Harvesters don't get in or out. No
funds. You, however, build up yer forces and storm the place when your good
and ready. Also, you can build buildings next to your sandbags (i.e.
barrack inside an enemy base. Start making a Enginere, put it on hold right
before it's done, build a barrack, create the barrack against the wall and
inside the base, make it the primary barrack (click it twice), then finish
the Enginere. Capture the enemy barrack/hand of nod. Fight, win, prevail!)


>Alan says that he might get C&C: Gold when
> it comes out (it'll have most of the perks that Red Alert comes with,
like
> skirmish mode, AIs during internet battles, better interface, and tighter
> graphics).  
	C&C: Gold Edition? I think I already have that. It's the Win95 variant of
C&C. Is this ANOTHER version of C&C for Win95, or is it C&C 2: Tiberan Sun
(C&C 1: Tiberian Dawn, C&C Prequil: Red Alert).


>He's also a intrigued by C&C: Sole Survivor. 
		Me too. Looks pretty cool.

> What's your sign on name?  Mine'll be either Catherine or Furballen
(which is really
> Alan's).
	Either FoxSwift or MrPsycohed (thats mis-ter psi-ko-head)

> I have two of the Game boy FFs (Legend 1 and 2).  Finishing the other
three is
> just a matter of applying myself and finding the time. 
	They any good?

>I still haven't
> decided what to do about FF7 (buy a playstation or wait for it to be
released
> on computer).  
	A Playstation is VERY tempting right now. I'm kinda dissappointed with the
N64. I mean, they've got out SEVEN racing games. Seven! Diddy Kong Racing,
Mario Cart 64, MRC (somthing), Top Gear Rally, Crusin' USA, F1 Pole
Position, and San Fransisco Rush! And all the fighting games suck. Ultimate
Mortal Kombat, Dark Rift, Mace, War Gods (Ack! Evil, horrible, stupid game!
and Killer Instinct Gold (well... it's not TOO bad.) Then theres the
dissapointing Shadow of the Empire. It's coulda been a bit better.
Goldeneye is starting to get a little tedious. And Star Fox lacks just one
thing: NO save feature. Theres levels I LOVE, but I have to go through all
this drek to get to them. ARRRGGGHHH! *sigh* Oh well. Nothings perfect. 
	However, the Playstations got some fine lookin games out there. I'm gunna
hafta see what Erick thinks of his Playstation.


>FF5 (which was never released in the US) is also coming to
> computer (and not Playstation) but there are several other Playstation
RPG
> which look good.  
	That, OR you can get it off the Internet right now. Emulators and ROMs.
Sure, it's illegal to keep the ROM of a game for more than 24 hours if you
don;t own the origional cartrage... but it's nice to go back and play some
hard-to-gets one last time. Like Shadowrun..... oh, God, I want
Shadowrun... I REALLY want Shadowrun. I LOVE that game. Sure, it strays a
little from the SR rules (i.e. Your character is a mage/decker/street
samurai), but it stays true to the SR style of runnig things. However, you
only get one charater, so unless you hire runners to come along with you
(runners hiring runners, What won't they think of next?) you're stuck with
just one kinda person (decker, street sam, or mage)Not an RPG per ce. More
like.... Zelda on an acid trip. 

>Sigh, choices, choices, choices.  When you say you've finished all of
them, does that include Mystic >Quest? 
	Yupper.

> If yes, do you know
> where the third teleport tile is?  I missed it somewhere and I can't
finish the game 'till I find it.
	Well, heres the thing: I finished it a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far
away and I have no idea what you're talking about. I suggest you scour the
Internet and Newsgroups.

> I didn't say SR is just about combat, I said they play it with lots of
combat.
> Any game, even GURPS, can be warped by power gaming and/or laziness. 
Alan and
> his friends have a very one-dimensional, goal oriented style of playing:
they
> want lots of combat and lots of loot and they don't want to be bothered
with
> such trivialities as character development, internal consistency,
equitable
> leadership (ie, not bossing other players around), etc.
	Hm. That sucks. We've tried to make it more than that. Half the tim the
only thing we get for finishing a "mission" (that name is force of habit.
We've refered to playing sessions as "missions" simply because when we
started SR, thats all we ran: missions for the Johnson) is our lives, if
that. AI on a Ultra-Violet system is not fun. Well, it's a challange, but
it sent my decker into the hospital for a month and nukem my deck into
jell-o. But atleast I won. Though it cost me a Fairlight Excalibur that Id
modified the living drek out of.... and my house... and half my nuyen....

> >Say, is there anything you want to suggest for your
> >present before Mom goes out and gets you some lame present like a spice
rack
> >or somthing?

> I've probably blown this part by waiting too long.  
	Well... not really.

> Speaking of presents, yours goes in the mail tomorrrow (along with Dad's
> REALLY late birthday present). 
	Naw, it's not late for this year, it's early for next year. 


>Let me know when it arrives so I don't get tempted to nag the post office.
 Thanks.
	Nill sweat, chumskie.

> >>I can't remember if I've told you about our newest cat, Luck.
> >>Small, furry,
> >Gee, go fig.
>  
> She could be big and bald, you never know.
	Ugh. Aren't those called Chiwawas or somthing?

> 
> >>very frisky,
> >Duh. It's a cat, for cryin out loud. ;)
>  
> >>friendly, likes people; very noisy, doesn't meow so much as yowl.
> >Do what?!
>  
> It's a longer, louder sound.  It's the cat version of yelling.  It's hard
to
> explain to someone who doesn't own a cat.  I'll have to see if I can get
one
> on tape.
	I'll pass, thank you.


> That's about it for now.  Have a Merry Christmas and be sure to enjoy
your
> school break.
	Well, it's gotta get here first. Sem exams start tommarow. Arggggh! 

	I got bored the other day and wrote a little song parody of ZZ Tops "Sharp
Dressed Man." It's called "Black Dressed Man", and is based on the MiB
movie. See whatcha think. It's not final, but it's a start.

Sung to tune of "Sharp Dressed Man"
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
"Black Dressed Man"

Black shades... black suit.
Too bad they end up in Bug goop.
Really... big gun.
Shooting spaceships must be lots of fun.
Aliens better run as fast as they can,
'cause they'll get their butt kicked by a black dressed man.

Flashy.... thingie.
Wipe away your memory.
Shades on.... memory gone.
Can't help but feel sorry for that per-r-r-son.
Flashing away stuff whenever he can,
'cause Agent K is a black dressed man.

Agent.... Jaaay.
Newest MiB today.
Call him slick..... or call him kid,
and you'll soon regret what you did.
Makin it look as good as he can.
It really must be cool to be a black dressed man.

(c)12/11/97


						Talk to ya later chummer,
							Wayne

=============================
"Get into the holiday spirit, damn it!"
-overheard in hallways of my high school

Received on 12/16/97