date time text 2/18/2009 11:30:43 [Join Room] seadogg31 2/18/2009 20:55:49 [Join Room] jah 2/18/2009 20:57:18 [Join Room] robin.goodfellow 2/18/2009 20:57:27 jah : hi robin 2/18/2009 20:57:37 robin.goodfellow : howdy! how are you? 2/18/2009 20:57:48 jah : doing great and you 2/18/2009 20:58:17 robin.goodfellow : not too bad. 2/18/2009 20:58:32 robin.goodfellow : i think i've taken off all the work i can this week, so i might as well stop complaining :} 2/18/2009 20:58:43 robin.goodfellow : i've had a cold. i love winter. 2/18/2009 20:58:55 jah : i hope your feeling better 2/18/2009 20:59:11 [Join Room] Duncan's Mom 2/18/2009 20:59:17 robin.goodfellow : lol, i at least feel human today. 2/18/2009 20:59:21 jah : hi duncan's mom 2/18/2009 20:59:23 Duncan's Mom : Hello! 2/18/2009 20:59:28 robin.goodfellow : human enough to think why is there nothing good on daytime tv?! 2/18/2009 20:59:33 robin.goodfellow : hi duncan's mom! 2/18/2009 20:59:35 jah : lol 2/18/2009 20:59:48 Duncan's Mom : Lol 2/18/2009 21:00:32 robin.goodfellow : i mean, to me, it's pretty much a wasteland after rachel ray 2/18/2009 21:00:53 robin.goodfellow : and the fact that it's taken me 3 days to notice attests to how lousy i've felt 2/18/2009 21:01:02 robin.goodfellow : or at least how much nyquil i've taken. lol 2/18/2009 21:01:20 Duncan's Mom : Good ole Nyquil. :) 2/18/2009 21:01:43 robin.goodfellow : gotta love it. 2/18/2009 21:02:00 robin.goodfellow : especially since they make it in gelcaps now, and you don't have to do a shot glass full of it 2/18/2009 21:02:44 [Join Room] efg 2/18/2009 21:02:50 robin.goodfellow : howdy! 2/18/2009 21:02:50 jah : hi efg 2/18/2009 21:02:56 efg : hi 2/18/2009 21:03:07 Duncan's Mom : That's no fun. Lol. I remember I was sick in college and got drunk off the Nyquil. Clearly I was not a drinker. :) 2/18/2009 21:03:13 Duncan's Mom : Hi efg! 2/18/2009 21:03:31 robin.goodfellow : lol, i wasn't either. i knew people (not well) who would actually drink bottles of robitussin for fun. 2/18/2009 21:03:51 robin.goodfellow : like i said, i didn't know them well, but still. i don't think i've ever been sick enough to want to have fun like that. 2/18/2009 21:03:55 Duncan's Mom : Wow. That's definitely a bit desperate. 2/18/2009 21:04:15 efg : I could hardly get robitussin down sick. I can't imagine wanting to drink it. 2/18/2009 21:04:45 robin.goodfellow : apparently it was cheap. i wonder how much of you have to ingest to suppress your gag reflex? 2/18/2009 21:04:55 Duncan's Mom : I know. I was glad the Nyquil made me feel better, but I felt pretty stupid for being drunk off the prescribed amount. Lol 2/18/2009 21:05:04 robin.goodfellow : :} 2/18/2009 21:05:14 robin.goodfellow : y'all ready to get started? 2/18/2009 21:05:16 [Join Room] Vegas_Asian 2/18/2009 21:05:21 robin.goodfellow : hi VA! 2/18/2009 21:05:24 jah : hi va 2/18/2009 21:05:25 efg : hi va 2/18/2009 21:05:25 robin.goodfellow : glad you made it tonight! 2/18/2009 21:05:27 Vegas_Asian : I'm late...got distracted 2/18/2009 21:05:29 Vegas_Asian : hello! 2/18/2009 21:05:41 Duncan's Mom : Hello! 2/18/2009 21:05:51 Vegas_Asian : I'll be lurking this time....still working on my paper 2/18/2009 21:06:03 Vegas_Asian : they are endless 2/18/2009 21:06:06 robin.goodfellow : fair enough. we're just getting started 2/18/2009 21:06:16 robin.goodfellow : oh no, va, they have a definite end: graduation. 2/18/2009 21:06:23 robin.goodfellow : question 1: 1. Sookie has a flash into Eric's mind. She describes it as being plunged into a pit of snakes, cold snakes, lethal snakes...it left me facing a whole new reality. What do you make of that statement? 2/18/2009 21:06:32 Duncan's Mom : I'm still finishing the book. Lol. Almost there. 2/18/2009 21:06:50 robin.goodfellow : lol, you aren't done? you know you're in for major spoilers tonight, right? 2/18/2009 21:07:18 Duncan's Mom : I'm really at the very end probably 2 or three pages left. 2/18/2009 21:07:23 robin.goodfellow : lol, okay 2/18/2009 21:07:47 Duncan's Mom : It was definitely a scary description of Eric's mind. 2/18/2009 21:08:14 efg : interesting that sookie could get in a vampire mind 2/18/2009 21:08:15 robin.goodfellow : many many of the descriptions about eric are scary 2/18/2009 21:08:29 jah : it show how danger eric can be 2/18/2009 21:08:31 robin.goodfellow : exactly. so far, her only experience has been bill 2/18/2009 21:08:38 robin.goodfellow : do you think eric meant her to see that? 2/18/2009 21:08:45 jah : maybe 2/18/2009 21:08:47 Duncan's Mom : Whose mind she can't read. 2/18/2009 21:08:52 robin.goodfellow : and if he'd wanted to, sookie would have seen fuzzy bunnies at play? 2/18/2009 21:08:57 robin.goodfellow : she can't read bill's mind 2/18/2009 21:09:03 robin.goodfellow : he's totally silent to her 2/18/2009 21:09:07 Duncan's Mom : Yes, that's what I meant. 2/18/2009 21:09:27 robin.goodfellow : ah, okay. i'm a Lot slow on the uptake tonight 2/18/2009 21:09:35 Duncan's Mom : Eric likes playing with her. Snakes are definitely more fun than bunnies. 2/18/2009 21:09:43 robin.goodfellow : true 2/18/2009 21:09:55 robin.goodfellow : you'll feel better if you say it, jah 2/18/2009 21:10:35 robin.goodfellow : what do you think of arlene asking sookie to keep her kids this time? 2/18/2009 21:10:45 robin.goodfellow : remember, last time arlene decided against it b/c of bill 2/18/2009 21:11:25 Duncan's Mom : She was trying to make it up to Sookie. I'm glad Sookie realized that Arlene was thinking like a mother the last time it came up. 2/18/2009 21:11:32 robin.goodfellow : fair enough 2/18/2009 21:12:41 robin.goodfellow : how about this: Sookie becomes so into this, so into openly using my strange ability. Is this experience a turning point for her? 2/18/2009 21:12:51 robin.goodfellow : (and i think this is all from the part about long shadow, still) 2/18/2009 21:12:59 jah : I understand why she was worry the first time she ask 2/18/2009 21:13:03 [Join Room] Azshadriel 2/18/2009 21:13:09 robin.goodfellow : howdy! 2/18/2009 21:13:15 Duncan's Mom : Hi Az! 2/18/2009 21:13:17 Azshadriel : hello! 2/18/2009 21:13:20 jah : she was worry about her kids 2/18/2009 21:13:21 robin.goodfellow : welcome! 2/18/2009 21:13:24 Duncan's Mom : This is my sister. 2/18/2009 21:13:28 jah : hi azs 2/18/2009 21:13:29 robin.goodfellow : cool! 2/18/2009 21:13:35 [Join Room] Betsy the Quilter 2/18/2009 21:13:39 robin.goodfellow : hi betsy! 2/18/2009 21:13:40 jah : hi besty 2/18/2009 21:13:47 Duncan's Mom : Hi Betsy! 2/18/2009 21:13:54 efg : hi betsy 2/18/2009 21:13:56 Azshadriel : hi jah 2/18/2009 21:14:06 robin.goodfellow : we're talking about sookie using her powers for good. i'll repeat the question: Sookie becomes so into this, so into openly using my strange ability. Is this experience a turning point for her? 2/18/2009 21:14:14 Betsy the Quilter : hi, everyone! 2/18/2009 21:14:41 Betsy the Quilter : hmmm 2/18/2009 21:14:48 robin.goodfellow : do you think suddenly sookie's world is both way cooler for her and way more terrifying than it used to be? 2/18/2009 21:15:07 efg : sookie's always tried to hold back, now she's having fun letting go 2/18/2009 21:15:12 jah : she becoming more at easy with using her abilty then she was in the being of the book 2/18/2009 21:15:22 robin.goodfellow : both true 2/18/2009 21:15:29 Betsy the Quilter : i think the acceptence of her "handicap" is very reassuring to her 2/18/2009 21:15:30 Duncan's Mom : I think it was. She was much more willing to use it to help Jason, but it is scary because she can hear all those thoughts. Sometimes you just don't want to hear what people are saying. 2/18/2009 21:15:36 Betsy the Quilter : by others 2/18/2009 21:16:00 robin.goodfellow : very true. i think she's starting to see potential in it 2/18/2009 21:16:18 robin.goodfellow : both good and bad, but still, it may not be the barrier to real life that she's considered it before 2/18/2009 21:16:20 Vegas_Asian : hi betsy! (was in another window) 2/18/2009 21:16:24 jah : it can open some can of worms known what other people are thinking 2/18/2009 21:16:27 Duncan's Mom : Definitely but it does wear you out. Lol 2/18/2009 21:16:32 Betsy the Quilter : before she saw it as a disability, not she's seeing it as an ability 2/18/2009 21:16:38 Betsy the Quilter : now 2/18/2009 21:16:41 jah : ture besty 2/18/2009 21:16:45 robin.goodfellow : lol. i think it does make her quite tired 2/18/2009 21:17:13 robin.goodfellow : another eric question. i like eric questions: 2/18/2009 21:17:15 efg : she's exercising a muscle in a different way. 2/18/2009 21:17:34 robin.goodfellow : During the incident when Eric sends Bill the "gift", Bill tells the woman he has "my own wine cellar." How did that strike you? What would have been your reaction had you been Sookie? 2/18/2009 21:17:51 robin.goodfellow : true, efg, and that always come with some weird new sensations at first 2/18/2009 21:18:09 jah : i not sure my self how I would feel 2/18/2009 21:18:14 Duncan's Mom : Flattered and insulted. Lol 2/18/2009 21:18:27 jah : probley both dm 2/18/2009 21:18:28 efg : right dm 2/18/2009 21:18:41 Betsy the Quilter : i agree with dm 2/18/2009 21:18:48 Duncan's Mom : My own wine cellar? Gee thanks! Lol 2/18/2009 21:18:56 jah : lol 2/18/2009 21:19:26 robin.goodfellow : lol, indeed. i'm not sure i'd like to be referred to as a dank lightless room myself 2/18/2009 21:19:51 Betsy the Quilter : lol 2/18/2009 21:20:06 Duncan's Mom : I cracks me up that this is Eric's gift to Bill. 2/18/2009 21:20:10 Azshadriel : I would have skipped the flattered and would have hit him even if I would have broken my hand doing so. 2/18/2009 21:20:20 efg : and I would like to think that he was interested in me not just as a food 2/18/2009 21:20:33 robin.goodfellow : very true 2/18/2009 21:20:42 robin.goodfellow : nobody likes to be considered an entree. 2/18/2009 21:20:44 Duncan's Mom : Exactly. I'm glad that my blood is yummy to you, but I am a person. 2/18/2009 21:21:02 robin.goodfellow : i mean, even i like to consider myself slightly more important than my stouffer's frozen lasagne 2/18/2009 21:21:13 Duncan's Mom : ROFL 2/18/2009 21:21:18 robin.goodfellow : :} 2/18/2009 21:21:31 Vegas_Asian : lol 2/18/2009 21:21:34 Duncan's Mom : Aww. I thought we would have a rolling face for that one. Lol 2/18/2009 21:21:37 jah : lol 2/18/2009 21:21:43 robin.goodfellow : now a sam question. i like sam questions too 2/18/2009 21:21:45 robin.goodfellow : Bill tells Sookie, "the more vampire blood you drink, the more desirable you become to our kind, and actually, more desireable to anyone". Do you think this enhancement is affecting Sam? 2/18/2009 21:21:58 robin.goodfellow : (okay, this is in reference to the long shadow incident) 2/18/2009 21:22:11 Betsy the Quilter : undoubtably 2/18/2009 21:22:20 Duncan's Mom : Yes. She's even more attractive to him. 2/18/2009 21:22:26 jah : I think it does 2/18/2009 21:22:27 robin.goodfellow : do you think it's really vampire blood that sam's noticing? 2/18/2009 21:22:37 robin.goodfellow : or is it just that sookie is becoming more confident in herself? 2/18/2009 21:22:55 jah : could be a little of both 2/18/2009 21:22:57 Vegas_Asian : a little bit of both 2/18/2009 21:23:07 robin.goodfellow : (this is so fun, watching all the little keys light up next to your names, btw) 2/18/2009 21:23:09 Betsy the Quilter : one more thing about eric's gift--d'ya think that would be a normal vamp gift or was it something against Bill's mainstreaming and maybe even to make Sookie not like Bill 2/18/2009 21:23:13 Duncan's Mom : I think it's both. It's more obvious with the physical changes like the hair color, but her whole demeanor changing would also play into the attraction. 2/18/2009 21:23:22 robin.goodfellow : excellent point, betsy. 2/18/2009 21:23:23 Azshadriel : Both. Sookie was so busy trying to keep a low profile, Sam just didn't want to interfere maybe. 2/18/2009 21:23:32 Duncan's Mom : I think it was another game thing with Eric. 2/18/2009 21:23:33 efg : I think sam is noticing in a negative way. He's concerned for her 2/18/2009 21:23:35 robin.goodfellow : of course, i think eric makes gifts of women no matter what the occasion 2/18/2009 21:24:06 Azshadriel : (oh you brought me a drink? How sweet. Here's a woman) 2/18/2009 21:24:09 robin.goodfellow : like he's afraid she might turn into a vampire, efg? or be kind of taken over by their culture? 2/18/2009 21:24:12 jah : i think it eric being eric 2/18/2009 21:24:20 robin.goodfellow : rofl, exactly, az 2/18/2009 21:24:26 Duncan's Mom : I think it's a typical gift, but he knows how Bill feels about Sookie. He could've sent a case of real blood. 2/18/2009 21:24:41 robin.goodfellow : more like, you paid your rent on time and did not draw attention to me? here's a redhead) 2/18/2009 21:24:45 efg : just that she's changing so much 2/18/2009 21:24:48 robin.goodfellow : ew! 2/18/2009 21:25:06 robin.goodfellow : i meant to the case of blood, efg, not your suggestion that sookie is changing 2/18/2009 21:25:20 robin.goodfellow : that's probably a good thing, to everyone but people who weren't in line 2/18/2009 21:25:36 Betsy the Quilter : it's pretty devaluing; women as gifts and referriing to Sookie as "his wine celler" 2/18/2009 21:25:50 robin.goodfellow : it is that. 2/18/2009 21:25:57 robin.goodfellow : okay, another sam question: 2/18/2009 21:25:58 robin.goodfellow : When Sam reveals his shapeshifter nature, Sookie has an epiphany about the vampires and the supernatural world. What do you think of her reaction? 2/18/2009 21:26:11 Duncan's Mom : Yeah. It bothers me that the fangbangers just throw women's lib out the window. 2/18/2009 21:26:20 robin.goodfellow : let me tell y'all something: if my boss could change into a collie at will, he would be 100% more useful than he is right now 2/18/2009 21:26:35 robin.goodfellow : well, dm, probably there are a lot of male fangbangers too. 2/18/2009 21:26:36 Duncan's Mom : She was really in denial about the vampire thing not being a disease. 2/18/2009 21:26:39 Betsy the Quilter : lol 2/18/2009 21:26:42 jah : lol 2/18/2009 21:26:46 robin.goodfellow : it's probably equal opportunity. remember pam? 2/18/2009 21:26:53 robin.goodfellow : we learn a LOT more about pam later. 2/18/2009 21:27:14 Betsy the Quilter : i think it would really freak me out if someone i knew all along turned out to be a shapeshifter 2/18/2009 21:27:16 Duncan's Mom : Yes, but the men are still manly so far in this book. The women are just pitiful. 2/18/2009 21:27:24 Azshadriel : Yay! You finally noticed. I don't know, I would have been more suspicious of the vampires. (sookie epiphany question) 2/18/2009 21:27:25 robin.goodfellow : i think she was buying the whole "vampire virus" thing, wasn't she? despite the fact that she KNEW she couldn't hear bill 2/18/2009 21:27:47 robin.goodfellow : well, me too, betsy. but still. we could walk him in the afternoons. 2/18/2009 21:28:10 robin.goodfellow : az, you mean like you would have wondered what else might be out there? 2/18/2009 21:28:19 robin.goodfellow : or why someone couldn't come up with a vaccine? 2/18/2009 21:28:35 Duncan's Mom : I would have been more suspicious about everyone around me. Who is not who I think they are. 2/18/2009 21:28:42 robin.goodfellow : the women get better, dm. i swear. 2/18/2009 21:29:02 robin.goodfellow : true. wouldn't you be wondering if lafayette turned into a werewolf? 2/18/2009 21:29:04 Duncan's Mom : I hope so. Thank goodness for Sookie. Lol 2/18/2009 21:29:04 Azshadriel : I would have wondered what else was out there. 2/18/2009 21:29:09 robin.goodfellow : if andy was secretly a merman? 2/18/2009 21:29:15 jah : lol 2/18/2009 21:29:19 robin.goodfellow : if portia was really human? 2/18/2009 21:29:37 robin.goodfellow : maybe we haven't seen enough of portia in this book for that to get a laugh. 2/18/2009 21:29:41 robin.goodfellow : i'll try it in a later book 2/18/2009 21:29:41 Duncan's Mom : Lafayette would be a bright pink werewolf probably. 2/18/2009 21:29:52 robin.goodfellow : rofl, now there's a picture 2/18/2009 21:30:06 Betsy the Quilter : the werewolf equivalent of stephen king's kindle 2/18/2009 21:30:22 robin.goodfellow : lol 2/18/2009 21:30:25 Duncan's Mom : Lol 2/18/2009 21:30:25 Azshadriel : But unless there was some very convincing vampire that announced to the world, it's just a virus, I would have been suspicious of that line as well. 2/18/2009 21:30:25 jah : lol 2/18/2009 21:30:34 robin.goodfellow : good one. where did he get that? 2/18/2009 21:30:47 robin.goodfellow : right. b/c how many people, really, come down with a virus like that? 2/18/2009 21:31:09 Betsy the Quilter : and who's working on the vaccination? 2/18/2009 21:31:10 robin.goodfellow : and eric (and pam!) can curse fluently in a dead language, and sookie knows full well that bill remembers the civil war 2/18/2009 21:31:32 Duncan's Mom : Bless her heart she really was in great denial. 2/18/2009 21:31:41 robin.goodfellow : maybe the virus was the convenient excuse. you know, get the population over one small hurdle at the time 2/18/2009 21:31:51 Azshadriel : Sookie was just so dense there. 2/18/2009 21:32:15 robin.goodfellow : she was that. it almost makes you wonder if charlaine harris had a total revelation about the character in that chapter, doesn't it? 2/18/2009 21:32:16 jah : that beacuse she did not want to think about it 2/18/2009 21:32:28 robin.goodfellow : very well could be, jah. 2/18/2009 21:32:42 Betsy the Quilter : sookie was used to rationalizing special traits like her disability 2/18/2009 21:32:54 Betsy the Quilter : "disability" 2/18/2009 21:32:56 jah : good point betsy 2/18/2009 21:33:02 Duncan's Mom : And who wants to think about having sex with a dead guy. We put people away who have that problem. 2/18/2009 21:33:09 Azshadriel : Or she was having great fun picking on us poor, small town Southerners. 2/18/2009 21:33:11 robin.goodfellow : that's true. we do 2/18/2009 21:33:17 robin.goodfellow : well, she lives there. 2/18/2009 21:33:40 robin.goodfellow : and she continues to live in...somewhere right around shreveport. lol, trust me, you don't pick on the neighbors. 2/18/2009 21:33:49 robin.goodfellow : they throw rocks thru your windows. 2/18/2009 21:33:57 robin.goodfellow : that's the sole reason i don't write a book right now. 2/18/2009 21:33:59 Azshadriel : Not a mean pick, just a fun pick. 2/18/2009 21:34:06 robin.goodfellow : :} fair enough 2/18/2009 21:34:24 Duncan's Mom : Lol, but the stories you could tell... :) 2/18/2009 21:34:45 robin.goodfellow : indeed. i'm trying to find out if it pays better not to tell them. 2/18/2009 21:34:49 robin.goodfellow : okay, a jason question. 2/18/2009 21:35:01 robin.goodfellow : Jason has to face the fact that some people believed he was capable of "killing his own grandmother while lying in wait to kill his sister." How do you think this will affect this character? 2/18/2009 21:35:15 robin.goodfellow : frankly, i don't think this is a very well-written question. jason never faces facts. 2/18/2009 21:35:31 [Join Room] nickih75 2/18/2009 21:35:33 efg : jason's good at denial 2/18/2009 21:35:39 jah : maybe he will grow up some. I still don't like him to much 2/18/2009 21:35:44 Azshadriel : No, he never does. He just goes on with his life as if nothing ever happens. 2/18/2009 21:35:48 robin.goodfellow : hi nicki! 2/18/2009 21:35:51 Duncan's Mom : No, after all the crap that has happened, he still sleeps with another woman and films it. Moron! 2/18/2009 21:35:56 jah : hi nicki 2/18/2009 21:36:01 Duncan's Mom : Hello Nicki! 2/18/2009 21:36:07 nickih75 : Hi.. I meant to be here on time.. family ugh.. darn kids.. LOL 2/18/2009 21:36:23 robin.goodfellow : jah, it's okay if you don't like him. lol, he likes himself plenty well for you and me and the population of missouri 2/18/2009 21:36:32 robin.goodfellow : any time is on time 2/18/2009 21:36:32 jah : lol 2/18/2009 21:36:56 Azshadriel : And for me. I don't like him either. 2/18/2009 21:37:00 nickih75 : I wasn't crazy about Jason either 2/18/2009 21:37:00 robin.goodfellow : moron is a very good word, dm. and i agree, az. nothing EVER seems to affect him 2/18/2009 21:37:06 Duncan's Mom : Anti Jason here too. 2/18/2009 21:37:16 robin.goodfellow : i really didn't think he got what he deserved in this book, but there are nine more. 2/18/2009 21:37:21 nickih75 : LOL 2/18/2009 21:37:32 robin.goodfellow : does anyone else think jason is the anti-sookie? 2/18/2009 21:37:38 jah : lol can't wait to see 2/18/2009 21:37:40 Duncan's Mom : He'll mess up again. Plenty of time. 2/18/2009 21:37:42 robin.goodfellow : like, he's all the things that she couldn't possibly ever be? 2/18/2009 21:37:58 jah : true robin 2/18/2009 21:38:15 robin.goodfellow : like, he's the darth vader in this situation? so to speak? 2/18/2009 21:38:21 Betsy the Quilter : as we say in my group, "jason has issues" 2/18/2009 21:38:25 jah : he as different from sookie as night and day 2/18/2009 21:38:27 nickih75 : it seemed to me he was jealous of Sookie, like she was the family favorite and he resented her for it 2/18/2009 21:38:32 Betsy the Quilter : He really has a lot of anger toward Sookie 2/18/2009 21:38:34 robin.goodfellow : lol, he has the whole subscription, betsy 2/18/2009 21:38:42 Vegas_Asian : Jason has issues.... 2/18/2009 21:38:43 Betsy the Quilter : lol 2/18/2009 21:38:51 Duncan's Mom : I agree with Nicki 2/18/2009 21:39:00 robin.goodfellow : it does seem that way, doesn't it, nicki? but he's living in their parents' house, and getting sookie to pay part of his bills 2/18/2009 21:39:13 robin.goodfellow : so "favorite" to jason may mean something very very different 2/18/2009 21:39:23 nickih75 : but it was 1/2 hers.. and then their g'ma left everything to her 2/18/2009 21:39:32 Betsy the Quilter : Jason thinks the world should revolve around him and anything that gets in the way disturbs his world view 2/18/2009 21:39:46 robin.goodfellow : and she didn't make him buy out her half of their parents' house. b/c she knew how he'd react to the suggestion 2/18/2009 21:40:00 jah : he is the center of his world allright besty 2/18/2009 21:40:02 robin.goodfellow : and remember the fracas when he found out gran had left her house just to sookie? 2/18/2009 21:40:22 Azshadriel : Issues, yes I agree with. But I'm not sure he was the anti-Sookie. Their lives never seemed to intersect much except for at their grandmother's house and the bar. 2/18/2009 21:40:32 robin.goodfellow : true, very true 2/18/2009 21:40:50 Duncan's Mom : Jason has never been held accountable for any of his actions and once again besides some embarrassment about the filming, he still gets to bebop in happy Jason's world. 2/18/2009 21:40:50 robin.goodfellow : i suspect we'll see far more of jason, metaphorically speaking, in an upcoming book 2/18/2009 21:40:56 Azshadriel : He was a pain and an annoyance, but he seemed to exist outside of Sookie's little world. 2/18/2009 21:41:03 robin.goodfellow : lol, good point, dm 2/18/2009 21:41:23 robin.goodfellow : did any of you feel a certain relief that jason wasn't the killer? 2/18/2009 21:41:43 robin.goodfellow : did any of you expect that jason was really the killer? 2/18/2009 21:41:43 efg : i never thought he was the killer 2/18/2009 21:41:51 robin.goodfellow : or just a bumbling fool of fate? 2/18/2009 21:41:58 jah : i didn't think it was jason 2/18/2009 21:41:59 Betsy the Quilter : i never did either but then I saw True Blood... 2/18/2009 21:41:59 Duncan's Mom : No. Would've been nice just cause he was a butt, but I knew he wasn't the killer. 2/18/2009 21:42:01 Azshadriel : Maybe he should become friends with Eric. (Oh you cleared that tree that was blocking my way to Fangtasia? Here, have a woman) 2/18/2009 21:42:02 robin.goodfellow : who made one really bad decision after the other? 2/18/2009 21:42:04 efg : he's just poor dumb jason 2/18/2009 21:42:14 robin.goodfellow : rofl az 2/18/2009 21:42:29 nickih75 : I didn't think it was Jason.. he's too stupid 2/18/2009 21:42:36 robin.goodfellow : fair enough 2/18/2009 21:42:37 Duncan's Mom : And he would've slept with her and filmed it. 2/18/2009 21:42:48 robin.goodfellow : rofl, he probably would have 2/18/2009 21:42:48 Azshadriel : Couldn't care much about Jason to feel happy or sad that he wasn't the killer. 2/18/2009 21:43:07 robin.goodfellow : i think i'd like for az to write a short story following her suggestion that jason meet eric. 2/18/2009 21:43:08 Azshadriel : Just knew he wasn't. 2/18/2009 21:43:12 robin.goodfellow : i'd pay big ole money for that. 2/18/2009 21:43:17 Betsy the Quilter : i don't think I felt invested with any of the characters in a major way except Sookie 2/18/2009 21:43:33 robin.goodfellow : so, before i put the last question up there, who did y'all think the killer would be? 2/18/2009 21:43:33 Betsy the Quilter : az, write a ss, we could have a fan fiction section! 2/18/2009 21:43:45 robin.goodfellow : oh, i am all. for. that. betsy. 2/18/2009 21:44:00 jah : I was shock I had no clue who it was 2/18/2009 21:44:03 robin.goodfellow : b/c i'm picturing az's story in my head right now, and laughing for the first time all day 2/18/2009 21:44:16 Duncan's Mom : I wasn't sure either. 2/18/2009 21:44:31 robin.goodfellow : i gotta say, the first time i read this story, i thought it was andy 2/18/2009 21:44:44 Betsy the Quilter : i can see that 2/18/2009 21:44:46 robin.goodfellow : b/c he was rude, and unlikable, and came from an old family, and was basically an ass. 2/18/2009 21:44:54 Azshadriel : That would be fun. Could even have a friend help me co-write it since she's read all the books, too. Patrons may not like us laughing our heads off. We do work in a library. :} 2/18/2009 21:45:05 Betsy the Quilter : lol 2/18/2009 21:45:07 jah : lol 2/18/2009 21:45:16 robin.goodfellow : lol 2/18/2009 21:45:25 robin.goodfellow : one more thing: was bubba the greatest? or what? 2/18/2009 21:45:39 Duncan's Mom : Bubba made me laugh. 2/18/2009 21:45:56 jah : I think he can make any one laugh 2/18/2009 21:46:00 Betsy the Quilter : i knew he was still around! 2/18/2009 21:46:05 Azshadriel : Bubba is great. 2/18/2009 21:46:08 Betsy the Quilter : (Elvis I mean) 2/18/2009 21:46:13 robin.goodfellow : i thought that was the funniest thing ever. Elvis, as Bubba the mixed up vampire 2/18/2009 21:46:24 jah : lol 2/18/2009 21:46:42 Duncan's Mom : Now we know what happened. Too bad he didn't turn out so well. This is why we just say no to drugs! Lol 2/18/2009 21:46:57 jah : took me by suprise never expectd bubba 2/18/2009 21:47:08 Vegas_Asian : Bubba! one of my favorite characters 2/18/2009 21:47:10 robin.goodfellow : exactly 2/18/2009 21:47:25 Azshadriel : And I liked how it was a fan of his that turned him. Just don't picture vampires listening to Elvis. It's just...odd. 2/18/2009 21:47:28 jah : my too va right after sookie and bill 2/18/2009 21:47:30 robin.goodfellow : (i had forgotten that this was the one where sookie took the dog home, not knowing it was sam) 2/18/2009 21:47:47 robin.goodfellow : maybe he was a fairly new vampire, az. 2/18/2009 21:47:53 Azshadriel : Good thing Sam the Collie and Bubba didn't meet. 2/18/2009 21:47:54 Vegas_Asian : lol 2/18/2009 21:47:57 robin.goodfellow : lol 2/18/2009 21:47:58 nickih75 : LOL 2/18/2009 21:48:00 jah : lol 2/18/2009 21:48:03 Duncan's Mom : I was suspicious of that dog. My dog isn't that obedient. 2/18/2009 21:48:10 efg : lol 2/18/2009 21:48:10 nickih75 : mine aren't either 2/18/2009 21:48:17 robin.goodfellow : i had forgotten that she woke up the next morning and sam was there. that was REALLY funny the first time i read it. 2/18/2009 21:48:20 jah : whose dog is mine isn't 2/18/2009 21:48:26 robin.goodfellow : mine aren't either. 2/18/2009 21:48:28 nickih75 : when I read "His arm" I knew it was Sam 2/18/2009 21:48:30 Vegas_Asian : depends whether or not there's food involved for my dog 2/18/2009 21:48:35 Duncan's Mom : Peeing on demand. Barking responses. My dog looks at me like I'm crazy when I'm talking to him. 2/18/2009 21:48:37 robin.goodfellow : well, one of them was fairly obedient, when she felt like it. 2/18/2009 21:48:38 Betsy the Quilter : robin, i thought that was really hysterical 2/18/2009 21:48:47 robin.goodfellow : can you imagine? 2/18/2009 21:49:08 nickih75 : my dogs are all insane.. they don't listen at all food or no food.. LOL 2/18/2009 21:49:14 jah : that was one of the funnies part of the book 2/18/2009 21:49:18 Duncan's Mom : That was funny. And the part where he had to eat the cat food-meat combo. ROFL 2/18/2009 21:49:19 Azshadriel : And what was Sam thinking? If I let her wake up to me naked, she'll declare her undying love for me. 2/18/2009 21:49:34 Vegas_Asian : lol 2/18/2009 21:49:35 robin.goodfellow : probably something along those lines, yes 2/18/2009 21:49:49 Azshadriel : Poor Sam. I forgot about the cat food. 2/18/2009 21:49:51 nickih75 : he's a boy.. 2/18/2009 21:50:06 nickih75 : they don't think straight.. LOL 2/18/2009 21:50:18 robin.goodfellow : i thought it was nice that she gave him some of jason's clothes. 2/18/2009 21:50:26 robin.goodfellow : i would have made him pop back into dog form and run home 2/18/2009 21:50:27 nickih75 : she should have made him walk home naked 2/18/2009 21:50:34 jah : lol 2/18/2009 21:50:44 Duncan's Mom : Lol. Bubba would've got him though. 2/18/2009 21:50:50 nickih75 : not in the day time 2/18/2009 21:50:59 jah : would like to see that nicki 2/18/2009 21:51:00 Duncan's Mom : True. 2/18/2009 21:52:36 nickih75 : does anyone else not buy the whole Sookie/Bill thing.. I just don't feel it 2/18/2009 21:53:20 robin.goodfellow : i don't care for bill myself, but that's just me 2/18/2009 21:53:24 robin.goodfellow : okay, last question: 2/18/2009 21:53:32 Duncan's Mom : I'm cautious of their relationship. He comes on so strong. 2/18/2009 21:53:41 robin.goodfellow : While fleeing for her life from Rene, Sookie realizes that she was not able to read his mind because of his madness. He had "kept (his murderous thoughts) them in a secret hole, a place in his mind he kept hidden and separate from his conscious self." Does this tell her anything new about her gift? 2/18/2009 21:53:49 robin.goodfellow : i think he's just a dipstick. 2/18/2009 21:54:00 robin.goodfellow : bill. not rene. rene is clearly insane 2/18/2009 21:54:14 Duncan's Mom : There are limits. Only if someone's mind is open is her gift useful. 2/18/2009 21:55:07 nickih75 : or she's learning how to make it go deeper into a person's mind 2/18/2009 21:55:16 jah : that he is mad and doesnot enough sene to understand 2/18/2009 21:55:30 robin.goodfellow : bipolar? maybe? 2/18/2009 21:55:38 robin.goodfellow : or just he doesn't acknowledge that part of himself? 2/18/2009 21:55:53 robin.goodfellow : remember, he chased off the drunk college kid earlier in the book 2/18/2009 21:56:36 nickih75 : like he's got 2 personalities and he's unaware of the violent one 2/18/2009 21:56:36 Betsy the Quilter : or he's been so used to hiding his true nature from everyone he's built a shield in his mind 2/18/2009 21:56:42 Duncan's Mom : This also opens up the possibility that maybe the people who took out the Monroe vampires could've been in the bar, but because of their mental state she couldn't read the minds. 2/18/2009 21:56:44 robin.goodfellow : true 2/18/2009 21:56:48 Azshadriel : I think he acknowledged that part of himself or was at least away of it, but was in control enough to know he had to make sure everyone thought he was just good ole Rene. 2/18/2009 21:57:05 robin.goodfellow : i don't know, dm. the crowd was pretty riled up that night. 2/18/2009 21:57:27 robin.goodfellow : i would think it's very difficult for scared angry drunk people to hide something like that 2/18/2009 21:57:33 Duncan's Mom : Yes, but they still need to find the instigator. He's unknown. 2/18/2009 21:57:36 robin.goodfellow : but certainly it explains why she couldn't help jason 2/18/2009 21:58:22 robin.goodfellow : i think it was a mob mentality sort of decision, dm. i don't think we visit it again in any of the later books. 2/18/2009 21:58:27 robin.goodfellow : but i like the way you're thinking on that. 2/18/2009 21:58:27 Azshadriel : Rene was no Dexter Morgan (for anyone who likes those books/tv series). 2/18/2009 21:58:42 Betsy the Quilter : don't know them 2/18/2009 21:58:44 Vegas_Asian : Love Dexter own all the seasons 2/18/2009 21:58:58 nickih75 : I've never seen/read any of those 2/18/2009 21:59:00 Duncan's Mom : I don't think the town really cares about who killed them anyway. 2/18/2009 21:59:07 Duncan's Mom : Dexter is awesome 2/18/2009 21:59:07 robin.goodfellow : what did you think about sookie seeing eric out the hospital window at the end? 2/18/2009 21:59:13 nickih75 : creepy 2/18/2009 21:59:24 Azshadriel : Eric was having fun. But that whole scene was crazy. 2/18/2009 21:59:30 Duncan's Mom : He sent the creepy flower. Not surprising. 2/18/2009 21:59:35 jah : i agree with nicki it was creepy 2/18/2009 21:59:42 efg : very creepy 2/18/2009 21:59:44 robin.goodfellow : it did have a hospital delirium feel to it, didn't it? 2/18/2009 21:59:46 Azshadriel : And there was a serious time skip, did anyone else notice it? 2/18/2009 21:59:53 nickih75 : I had to read that part twice because I was like what??? 2/18/2009 21:59:55 robin.goodfellow : i didn't. which time skip? 2/18/2009 22:00:14 jah : i miss it as well 2/18/2009 22:00:15 Betsy the Quilter : i sort of liked the playful side of Eric 2/18/2009 22:00:15 nickih75 : yeah from in the hospital to all better and on with things 2/18/2009 22:00:37 Azshadriel : Sookie was running away from Rene and it was the new moon. Sam was roaming the hospital as a collie and Sookie went, "oh that's right. It's the full moon." 2/18/2009 22:00:47 nickih75 : oh yeah 2/18/2009 22:00:49 robin.goodfellow : lol, that one 2/18/2009 22:00:53 Azshadriel : She lost a few weeks there. 2/18/2009 22:01:01 robin.goodfellow : i don't think sookie left the hospital at the end of this book 2/18/2009 22:01:02 jah : i see it now 2/18/2009 22:01:11 nickih75 : well and the author said it was bright at the new moon.. 2/18/2009 22:01:23 robin.goodfellow : (and then we find out it doesn't matter what the moon is, but that's another story for another night) 2/18/2009 22:01:28 nickih75 : that Rene's face glowed or something like that 2/18/2009 22:01:49 robin.goodfellow : it was a long long LONG chase, az. rofl 2/18/2009 22:01:53 nickih75 : LOL 2/18/2009 22:01:58 robin.goodfellow : almost a month, in fact 2/18/2009 22:02:05 robin.goodfellow : drama. 2/18/2009 22:02:06 [Join Room] stu11926 2/18/2009 22:02:11 robin.goodfellow : hi stu! 2/18/2009 22:02:16 stu11926 : GOod evening 2/18/2009 22:02:20 robin.goodfellow : any other thoughts about sookie, bill, and eric? 2/18/2009 22:02:21 Duncan's Mom : Lol 2/18/2009 22:02:22 nickih75 : Hi Stu 2/18/2009 22:02:30 Vegas_Asian : hello stu! 2/18/2009 22:02:32 Azshadriel : Sam mentioned he could change whenever. But that was a really long chase. Or Sookie was actually in a coma and no one bothered to tell her. 2/18/2009 22:02:37 Duncan's Mom : Yea! More Eric to come! 2/18/2009 22:02:38 stu11926 : I don't mean to disrupt the book club chat. What's the topic tonight? 2/18/2009 22:02:38 nickih75 : just that I think Sookie needs to hook up with someone else.. Bill's all wrong 2/18/2009 22:02:50 Vegas_Asian : Dead Until Dard 2/18/2009 22:02:50 stu11926 : I can almost guarantee I've not read it. 2/18/2009 22:02:54 Vegas_Asian : Dark* 2/18/2009 22:02:56 robin.goodfellow : last two chapters. what do you think of jason and the killer? 2/18/2009 22:02:56 stu11926 : Nope. Haven't read it. 2/18/2009 22:03:08 robin.goodfellow : i think you''re right nicki. bill is entirely wrong. 2/18/2009 22:03:27 stu11926 : I'm going to duck out so I'm in the way in here, but y'all feel free to say hi in the Lobby! 2/18/2009 22:03:31 [Exit Room] stu11926 2/18/2009 22:03:48 robin.goodfellow : i talked to harvey today, and he's going to archive dead until dark next week 2/18/2009 22:03:56 robin.goodfellow : in the meantime, the new living dead in dallas thread is up 2/18/2009 22:04:03 robin.goodfellow : i hope y'all will stay and play! 2/18/2009 22:04:11 robin.goodfellow : this has been really REALLY fun 2/18/2009 22:04:11 nickih75 : is that book 2? 2/18/2009 22:04:15 jah : I can't wait 2/18/2009 22:04:16 robin.goodfellow : that's book 2 2/18/2009 22:04:20 robin.goodfellow : available on kindle, even 2/18/2009 22:04:24 Duncan's Mom : I'm in! :) 2/18/2009 22:04:25 nickih75 : and we are starting when? 2/18/2009 22:04:38 Azshadriel : I'm in. 2/18/2009 22:04:46 efg : looking forward to book 2 2/18/2009 22:04:48 robin.goodfellow : next week 2/18/2009 22:04:52 nickih75 : ok! 2/18/2009 22:04:53 robin.goodfellow : i'll post the questions on tuesday 2/18/2009 22:05:03 Betsy the Quilter : great! 2/18/2009 22:05:12 Duncan's Mom : I can read it on the new Kindle too. 2/18/2009 22:05:34 robin.goodfellow : (book is available for $6.39, and if you look in the dead until dark forum, i have a whole thread of just the books in this series, so you can click thru and the board gets credit) 2/18/2009 22:05:47 robin.goodfellow : is there a night other than wednesday that y'all would like to meet? 2/18/2009 22:05:47 nickih75 : I'll have to remember my K tomorrow when I head into town so I can get it 2/18/2009 22:05:55 nickih75 : doesn't matter to me 2/18/2009 22:05:56 robin.goodfellow : i'm open to anything 2/18/2009 22:05:59 Betsy the Quilter : i'm in! 2/18/2009 22:06:05 Duncan's Mom : Doesn't matter to me either 2/18/2009 22:06:35 robin.goodfellow : cool. then i'll post the questions tuesday, and we'll meet back here next wednesday to talk about the first few chapters of living dead in dallas. 2/18/2009 22:06:41 Azshadriel : This works for me. Thursday nights I have class. :( 2/18/2009 22:06:45 Vegas_Asian : okay! 2/18/2009 22:06:46 robin.goodfellow : thanks for coming out everyone, full moon or not 2/18/2009 22:06:59 Betsy the Quilter : robin, how's your cold? 2/18/2009 22:07:00 nickih75 : Ok! 2/18/2009 22:07:11 Duncan's Mom : Excellent! Once again I had fun. 2/18/2009 22:07:11 robin.goodfellow : marginally better, betsy. now the hangover is starting to set in 2/18/2009 22:07:13 Vegas_Asian : yep I have Las Vegas Writer's groups meeting on thursday 2/18/2009 22:07:18 Betsy the Quilter : lol 2/18/2009 22:07:22 Vegas_Asian : So wednesdays are good 2/18/2009 22:07:24 jah : have a good night everyone i am head off to bed 2/18/2009 22:07:29 Vegas_Asian : later 2/18/2009 22:07:30 robin.goodfellow : ciao! 2/18/2009 22:07:33 Duncan's Mom : Good night jah! 2/18/2009 22:07:34 robin.goodfellow : i am headed off too. 2/18/2009 22:07:34 Betsy the Quilter : cya 2/18/2009 22:07:39 efg : goodnight. i'm out too 2/18/2009 22:07:40 Azshadriel : night, everyone! 2/18/2009 22:07:42 robin.goodfellow : y'all have a great night! 2/18/2009 22:07:43 Betsy the Quilter : dinner time 2/18/2009 22:07:44 Vegas_Asian : Gotta finish my paper 2/18/2009 22:07:45 Duncan's Mom : Good night all! 2/18/2009 22:07:48 nickih75 : bye all! 2/18/2009 22:07:48 Vegas_Asian : later 2/18/2009 22:07:52 [Exit Room] nickih75 2/18/2009 22:07:57 [Exit Room] Vegas_Asian 2/18/2009 22:07:57 robin.goodfellow : good luck on your paper! 2/18/2009 22:08:31 Duncan's Mom : I expect the fanfic next week. 2/18/2009 22:08:47 Azshadriel : yeah, yeah. Heather and I will work on it. lol 2/18/2009 22:08:58 Duncan's Mom : Should be good. 2/18/2009 22:09:12 Azshadriel : Yer nuts. 2/18/2009 22:09:25 Duncan's Mom : You know it! 2/18/2009 22:09:46 Azshadriel : bye. gotta go scan my graphic novels. 2/18/2009 22:10:02 Duncan's Mom : Ok. Good night! 2/18/2009 22:10:05 Azshadriel : night 2/18/2009 22:10:10 Duncan's Mom : I'm about to call the house of course. 2/18/2009 22:10:17 Azshadriel : of course. 2/18/2009 22:10:20 [Exit Room] Azshadriel 2/18/2009 22:10:26 [Exit Room] Duncan's Mom