Archived comment by Jon:
Oh, and Scorpy's not a vampire, he's just half Scarren. A nice mix: half human-like without the ability to regulate extreme heat, half extremely high body temperature.

Archived comment by Jon:
Sci-Fi channel, in the US. Darn it, I wondered if it was the Canadian network, but I guessed wrong. Oopsy-daisy.

Archived comment by fair_n_hite_451:
Space (at least the Space I'm referring to) is a Canadian cable service. All sci-fi! All the time! (Man they run some hilariously awful movies at nights).

The story arc about Moya's (sp?) son and the crazy vampire-bondage PeaceKeeper guy (Scorpius?) who was determined to kill Crichton ended a couple of weeks ago. Missed this weeks, but one of the last couple was the one where Zhaan was starving and had these weird bud things growing out of her body as a defence mechanism. .... If that helps nail down the timing.

What channel is it on in the States?

Archived comment by Jon:
SPACE is the UK satellite service, is it not? If so, then seasons tend to run 1 behind what is shown here... you'd be nearing the end of season 2 of Farscape.

Season 3 just ended for the US audience, and the new season starts Friday. "...and there was much rejoicing."

Archived comment by fair_n_hite_451:
Jon & umrguy. Count me in an a Farscape convert. I've started catching it on Saturday mornings up here on Space. Great stuff. What season is this? I'm guessing 2nd, but I can't really tell.

Archived comment by hypoxic:
Matt,

Cal is most definitely ranked in the traditional sciences and engineering. Check out US News and World Reports for top grad programs and Cal is always in the top 5.

Archived comment by Jon:
Now I've got the Golden Girls theme stuck in my head, as sung by Bob Dylan(see thread from a couple of days ago): "Thank yoouuu for bein' a frieeend!"

To represent umrguy and myself, don't forget frelling Farscape! :)

Archived comment by Matt:
Locally, at least, the University of California (Cal) is known as an engineering/sciences school. Which is weird, to me. Oh sure, we've got observatory this and supercollider that (or something or other) and we're the only university in the country that has an element on the periodic table named after it (actually three, if you count berkeleyium and Seaborgium), but as far as I know, we're not nationally ranked first in any of the traditional sciences, yet we're first in English (undergrad and graduate: used to be tied with Harvard and Yale) and first in Sociology (undergrad and grad), among others I'm failing to remember. And compared to our neighbors over there, Stanfurd (purposely mis-spelled), we're a great value: about 1/7th the price for a year of school. I think they're getting close to $40,000 a year now.

And while I'm being all school pride-y, apparently all their buildings were built about the same time, or at least are mostly in the exact same architectural style, while we have a bountiful variety of styles. Sure, sometimes you end up with an eyesore (Evans, math), or the unnavigable (Dwinelle, foreign languages mostly), or the impenetrable yet stirring (California, administration bigwigs and Regents), but at least there's less homogeneity.

Archived comment by cybrpunk:
I am SO glad that I could stir the pot at yet another web site. It really makes me feel good to see so much going on, just from not knowing what a "Yali" is. So how's the weather in Cali anyway? Oh and I thought Berkely was an artsy school. How do you get real jobs from that? Especially ones making $250K....

ps. No offense, just trying to stir the pot a bit more. :)

Archived comment by K.W.:
What's that? *scx* I'm getti- *scx* -orrible static. *scx* You're- *scx* -reaking up. Repeat, horri- *scx* -atic. *scx* -ix your transmitter!

(K.W.'s friend Multi-Facets looks over K's shoulder, sighs in disgust and says quite blandly, "Saa, saru no shiri warai....")

Archived comment by Don the Mon:
(radioing K.W.) *scx* K.W. come in, K.W. come in *scx* important information, Jenny called and wants her lines back *scx* over and out.....

Archived comment by K.W.:
(radioing Don Mon) *scx* Pot to kettle *scx* come in kettle. Pot to kettle, come in kettle. *scx* We have important information about your color!

Archived comment by Don the Mon:
Cybrpunk:

Don't let them fool you. They are attempting to "stoop" to the class level of the middle-American and failing miserably. They inject common words and phrases easily recognized by our "kind" and those of us living on the planet earth. They say things like "shack up", "community college" and "just a midwestern girl payin' her way through college". They also claim to be from Texas, upstate New York and even Illonois.

You see Cybrpunk, you are being spun in a web of deceit by this elite group of upper-class, wealthy Berkeley undergraduates who are using this website as a scientific research tool in an experiment for an intro to anthropology research methods course studying the culture of "common folk" in American society. That would be you and I Cybrpunk.

Their pathetic attempts at blending in are easily recognized with the trained eye. You can tell by their incessant ramblings about Star Trek, Betamax, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BTVS), the laws of quantum physics and ITALIAN SODA, that they are indeed up to no good. No matter how hard they try they will never master the symbols and language used in the mass communication of our society's middle class.

Archived comment by K.W.:
(blissfully dreams about what she could do with 250k) The anime I could buy.... the manga.... Oooo, an entertainment center of my own.... Maybe a couple of nice tank tops and new jeans.... Heck, I could buy an apartment and shack up there with my sweetheart and best friend! Quick, how can I make that much money?

(hands Montygirl an Italian soda) Try this, it rocks.

Archived comment by Apple:
I'm not from Berkeley! Never been there! I'm currently living in Illinois, but I'm from Indiana! Parents never could dream of $250k/yr. I'd be out of college by now instead of taking one or two courses a year at the community college. One day I will graduate! I swear!

Archived comment by Montygirl:
Yeah, you're like a bad penny. Oh, wait, I didn't mean it like that - you seem to be a very nice Penny.

Wait up K.W., I'm not going anywhere with him either.

If only my parents made $250k/yr, I could have went to Berkley or similar. No, I'm just a Midwestern girl paying her own way through college.

P.S. Rootbeer floats are vile.

Archived comment by Penny:
Let's see...

I'm living in Texas, but I'm from Alaska.
I don't have a college degree and I'm 28.
I'm actually just starting college because my parents never made $250,000 in two years, let alone one.
I'm a webmaster by trade.
I guess I don't fit in here either.
Although, if you look, I've been around for quite some time. I must be stubborn. Heh.

Archived comment by Obsidiana:
Yeah, didn't we ask all the regulars here where they were all from at some point? Can anyone find that thread? I, for one, am on the opposite coast from CA, in upstate NY. Albany, to be more precise. You know, that place they always make fun of on "Law & Order". And I know there's at least one reader from Australia *waves to Rachel*.

Archived comment by K.W.:
(points at Don Mon) _I_ am not going *anywhere* with YOU. No offense.

Archived comment by Annie:
Don, sheesh...with all due respect, you're a little off-base. There are many old-timers/regulars at IP that not only *don't* go to Berkeley, but don't live in CA. Or even the USA. I rarely post, but I read IP a lot...and many of the "regulars" have stated their locations over the years...if you read the older stuff, I think you'll see what I mean.

And...I hate to point this out to you, but your painfully obvious feelings of rejection are just....hard to watch, you know? A little sad...you sound so hurt.

You seem a likeable, funny guy; why don't you pick yourself a new name and start posting being yourself, like everybody else? Sometimes people will answer and sometimes they won't; this board isn't as chatty as some...but whatever happens, try not to take it so personally. It's a big bloggy world out here...

:-)

Archived comment by steff:
cybrpunk, see namelink, scroll down to "cafes". the rest of the site is fairly informative and amusing too, even for non-berkleyites. i mean, i might visit the berk to buy rugs from matt or try to stalk eve, but i wouldn't live there on a bet. so if they'll accept a short midwesterner who drives a truck instead of a bmw (and i really doubt the site goddess herself is toolin' around town in a beemer), they'll accept anybody. =)

whadaya mean, i'm not accepted?? i have my card right here! ... it is NOT expired!! *stomp* what happened to all that nice insincerity?

in other news, i was startled to find that the first site yahoo pulled up in my attempt to help cybrpunk was this very comment. spooooky.

Archived comment by Don the Mon:
Cybrpunk:

Dude, you don't know what Yali's Cafe is man?!?! Wow, you must not be an undergraduate at the University of California at Berkelely. That is totally lame, didn't you know this site is for Berkeley students only bro? Sorry to be the one to tell ya, but we don't like outsiders in this forum my man. We don't appreciate your non-sequitors and if your moms and pops doesn't net an average yearly income of at least $250,000, pay for school, you don't drive a BMW M3 and you don't surf between classes you shouldn't be in here, go back to Santa Cruz man!!...

Wait, Whoa!! Check this out, I totally so had this wild vision man, I like, totally admire you bra for your poetic-like sense of rebellion and revolutionary style attitude against the conformity and mainstream of our society as we know it dude. I can so see that you don't care what everyone else does whether it's good old Yali's or Border's Cafe, or even Peet's Coffee House, you do your own thing man, you are the man!!..far out!

But hey, I gotta get going, I'm meetin KW and Montygirl at "A Cuppa Tea" and we're gonna check out the big game against Valley, probably gonna hit the "Max" after for a root beer float with 3 straws. If you wanna you can join us, I got my dad's credit card so it's cool. Check ya laaater!!

Archived comment by Annie:
Montygirl, your quote is dead-on. *ripple of laughter* Always find it hysterical when the creaky-but-still-used (and somehow, inevitable) "At least *I* have a life, unlike all of *youuuuuu*!" is trotted out in one way or another on boards/blogs...ahahahaaa....it still makes me smile in that "know thyself/oxymoronic" kinda way..

Re: The "In Passing" original comment. Interesting that this particular thread went this direction, isn't it?...*ponders*

Archived comment by Montygirl:
Suzanne, it�s true that some of the IP regulars do have a tendency to communicate in a sort of short-hand. But, it doesn�t help with a few people piping in with nonsense comments just to try to get attention.

Obs, don�t take some of these comments too seriously, could be certain individuals are jealous that, unlike you, they have to pay for dates. Also shows, wisdom is not automatically guaranteed with age. Or manners.

Overheard in pool hall: "Yeah, that IP place is so lame. Every single person there is lame. And I should know, because I hang out there all the time!"

Archived comment by Michael Burton:
The late, great George Burns said that the key to success in show business is sincerity.

Once you can fake that, you've got it made.

Archived comment by Obsidiana:
Amen to that, FuzzyMpb.

Archived comment by cybrpunk:
I know I'll probably sound stupid for this, but believe me it's not stupidity. It's ignorance. And I have plenty to share with everyone so stop pushing. Now then: What the heck is a Yali's Cafe???

Archived comment by K.W.:
Huh. Didn't think of that possibility, Black Spy. You could be right. I mean, I know how souring friendships go. A little too well.

(walks off muttering "Why'd I use the cue stick? I don't even know how t' play the friggin' game.... Don't watch that Trekky thingy either.... Don't watch a lot of TV, actually.... spend too much time with my friends for that.")

Archived comment by Black Spy:
I think it says some pretty cool things about this site when even silly flame wars in the comments are literate and stuff. I commend the imagery of all participants...

These two guys don't sound like they're having much fun, though. Nothing like good friendships that slip into bitterness. :-/

Archived comment by valley grrl:
Oh, but your hovercraft looks so GOOD when it's full of eels. Really.

Archived comment by slugbuggy:
Heeyyyy....so you're saying... we're all geeks? I thought it was nerds but then I guess there are a lot of discussions about coding and IT stuff. And a lot of talk about RPGs. And comic book superheroes. And the semi-monthly refresher courses on grammer. Eh. The super-secret IP club will be meeting in the AV room this week, where we'll hopefully settle the long-standing Kirk/Picard rift that's been causing so much trouble lately. Nobody gets in without their secret decoder ring, and make sure Susanne gets hers this time, assuming she still wants one now.

Some-of-us-don't-look-at-me just spend way too much time here, so we end up knowing too much about each other (Don seems to know way too much about everybody, considering), and all the stuff that gets posted, so that creeps into the conversations a lot, and we start speaking alike, llamallamadingdong. Anyone can play, if you feel like it.

Time for cool points: "I'm not a nerd...nerds are smart."

Archived comment by FuzzyMpb:
Ok folks, thats enough.
Lets just enjoy the quotes, and wish Eve a speedy recovery, ok?

Archived comment by Don the Mon:
K.W.

AND STAY OUTTA MY POOL HALL!!!!

Archived comment by Don the Mon:
(spots KW in the midst of the large crowd gathered outside of the International Star Trek convention)--

can tell it's KW by Kareem Abdul Jarbar addidas high tops, yello and red striped MC-Hammer style warm up pants, spaghetti sauce stained cut-off T-shirt and of course, a wildy out of control mullet dating back to mid 1980's--

(Walks over to KW and throws down well attempted "fulcan" hand signal, reprezentin' spock to the best of abilities)--

(KW smiles and extends hand for secret "Klingon" handshake of acceptance)--

(I laugh, lean forward and say, "No one talks jive about Don the Mon, got it geek? and pimp slaps with opposite hand). END OF STORY

Archived comment by RosanaDana:
Mmmm...ring dings and chocolate milk...

*gets up and haves some*

Archived comment by DB:
hypoxic,

Im warninn ya right now son, donte never talk bad bout ma Shelly evern' agin, else Ima smack ya up side the head with ma St. Croix 6 foot ultra light fishnin rod. Dont tes me boy, yull be ina world o' hurtin

AND THAT GO FUR THE REST A YA'LL TWO!!

Archived comment by K.W.:
(nonchalantly strolls onto the scene, chalking up a cue stick) Don Mon, corner pocket. (shoots him to Mars) (shrugs) I gotta work on my aim....

Okay, with that out of the way: In the case of good friends, it's true what.... someone said (curses short-term memory); They can get away with things that would normally be rude or otherwise offensive. My two best friends and I do it all the time. For instance, they're the only two people who can joke about my height and get away with it, and I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who can tease them about their height and the way they do martial arts.

Archived comment by Don the Mon:
Obsidiana,

Ouch, that hurt...But hey when you grow up, graduate high school, go to Berkelely like the rest of us and oh yeah, your days of "post-prom partying" are over, you can talk to me about being funny ok little girl?

Now make sure you get up on time and don't miss the bus for school today. Don't forget to pack your favorite lunch, P&J with no crust, ring dings and chocolate milk...

Archived comment by RiderGirl:
That's what good friends do..."Hey, that's a really cool haircut...no, really, I like it" while you're sitting there regretting the fact that you even saw that Great Clips. Or, when you're dating somebody, they're great, but as soon as you break up with them, your friends agree with you that they're scum...without even meeting the person. Great friends should know when you need a little white lie to make you feel better.

Archived comment by foggy:
Sue - We have a Sue at AA. I always felt the name related to someone taking you to criminal court.

Ray Charles was singing on this clip when I clicked on it. He's sincere.

A friend 1st.... Doesn't make any difference what after that....

Who would listen to the idel conversation of others (smile)...

You all ROCK ~~~~~~~~~

Archived comment by Obsidiana:
Hey, Matt! You forgot the Hitchhiker's Guide and H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos!

Archived comment by Matt:
Granted, Susanne, some of the things posted here are referencing old threads, or especially comments made within old threads, but sometimes (guilty, on multiple occasions), we (okay, I can only claim responsibility for me) make references to pop culture that are obsure, to say the least. It just so happens that we (the In Passing posters, in general) have discovered that many of us have some intimate level of knowledge about two things, mainly: Monty Python (both the films and the TV series) and the film The Princess Bride. Along with a strong minority of us being devoted (guilty again) fans of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV show. If any of these three... events? happenstances? phenomena? are the "in-jokes" to which you are referring, I can only say that, as a rule, one of those three tends to not come up more often than once a month or so.

If it's not that, then please, please elucidate yourself so I can feel better about myself. No, really.

Archived comment by Mike:
I'd say it's more just plain confusing than exclusive, Susanne. Each person tends to interpret a comment a little differently, so the threads can get a bit odd sometimes. Really, I thought this thread was pretty straightforward so far, except for the blatant trolling and the responses to said trolling. (*ahem* And haven't we already discussed why it's a waste of time to respond to trolls?) I guess it won't hurt to be a little less self-referential, though.

Regarding the comment: isn't blatant insincerity a sign of good friendship? Most friends do take liberties like that, throwing the odd insult at you once in a while that would be offensive coming from a stranger. It's kind of like they're playing the jester role: being a confidant with the unusual right to openly criticize your faults in a mocking manner.
Friends are really just enemies you haven't made yet.

Archived comment by Eve's Black Sheep, 'boobymash':
i dont get it.
why would two guys be at yali's cafe?
who are you people?
did david blaine sell his soul to the devil?
hmm.....

(on a side note...Dont try using Lysol Sanitizing Wipes as a substitute for good ol' fashion T.P..... I'm still debating whether or not to go see a doctor about this burning, two days past...

Archived comment by Susanne:
You know, sometimes I don't understand what people are saying here. I feel like you all know each other really well, and that you have all these inside jokes, and it's not really fair, because it's like in high school when the really popular cliques would speak their own language, and had all their own slang, and thought they were SO FREAKING COOL, but they WEREN'T!

actually, my high school wasn't like that at all, we didn't even have cliques. My point is though, that sometimes the threads on the comments pages are a tad bit exclusive.

Archived comment by slugbuggy:
Ironic that guy#2 employed irony in response to guy#1's ironic statement.

Archived comment by Alice:
"My name is Pam..M is esstra M for AAAAWESOME!"

Archived comment by Apple:
"You wanna know what you are? D'ya?" (Drunk Girl, SNL) Later to be joined by The Rock also dressed as a Drunk Girl! Priceless!

Archived comment by Alice:
"This holiday season..it's hard to stop drinking because..WHAT?!" --Drunk Girl [THE Drunk Girl..not just any drunk girl..]

Archived comment by hypoxic:
don the mon,

Of course you can borrow my set of "Star Trek 1970-1989 DVD box set, complete with directors cut and additional added scenes from the star ship enterprise with commentary by William Shatner." Let me give that to you with my laughter and shocked look. Anything else I could persuade you to take with that? I know how about db and shelly?

my attempt at being a great friend. Oh well.