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[Email] Aug 13 Email from Dana

**Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2004 4:30 am

chaotic_mind

Ohhhh. Dana e-mailed me. Now I have all these warm fuzzies!

Giskard

This is exactly the right spot to post e-mails in Luke, no worries Smile

**Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2004 4:39 am

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vpisteve

As Gmail obfuscates the IP, can't tell if it's really coming from China, but it's the wee hours of the morning in the US, so middle of the day in China. Nice touch! Smile

Also, might want to xxx out your email addy, there, chaotic_mind. Smile

**Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2004 5:15 am

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sherpa

I've put these on the wiki. Nice find!

**Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2004 6:22 am

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CoffeeJedi

i got one too!!!

mine:

**Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2004 8:22 am

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GunsmithCat · Unfettered Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 459

Hard to SPEC, seems more like a heads up to get ready to spec.

There's no doubt in my head that SP's secret, all hidden away, is a lynchpin to this whole thing.

**Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2004 8:57 am

Mescad · Boot Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 63 Location: Lexington, KY

For completeness, here's my email exchange with Dana. I'm still amazed that we get personal responses to our emails. These PM's rock! Very Happy

**Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2004 10:11 am

Alzheimers · Unfettered Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 339

Interesting that "Best Friends" is capitalized. A clue?

Possible Anagrams for "Best Friends"
Best Finders
Fine D Brests
Find Be Tress
Find Bee Strs (Stars?)
FBI Needs Rest

My favorite:
BSD Infester
(BSD Fries Net?)

any others?

**Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2004 10:18 am

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alaranth

I got a Dana email! That gives me warm fuzzies inside. Very Happy

Alaranth sent:

**Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2004 10:29 am

Dorkmaster

So what does it mean if you've written Dana (before today) and Ladybee777, and didn't get this email (but you did get the original one from the SP back on 8/3?) I don't get it...

EDIT- Not that I REALLY think it's a possibility, but just in case, I'm throwing it out there: I now realize that I never "clicked" the email link on Dana's Profile to send her emails... ever... that I just saw the danatwingSPLATgmail.com and typed it in whenever I sent her something... Would/Could the "clickers" be traceable so that's who she wrote to??? (BTW I know before I submit this, that it's gonna be shot down, but what good is a forum, unless I can spec about why interaction ISN'T happening?) Confused

**Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2004 10:32 am

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WhiteGulls

I didn't get the email from the SP, but all I did was type in Dana's email. I dunno how the emails were chosen to respond to, but here's my two:

**Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2004 11:47 am

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CoffeeJedi

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princeofthesword · Boot Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 67

"Hi J.,
... my busy hive! I'm sure Aunt M would like that metaphor.
I just wanted to let you know that I emailed the Sleeping Princess to
let her know
I'm "back"-- more or less. Here's what I sent, I hope it helps.
thanks for catching me up to speed... please keep in touch.
-d.

Dear Sleeping Princess,

My friends tell me that you would like me to come back.
I'm here.
By here, I mean online. On a computer, on email, like you.
But I'm not in San Francisco. I'm not "home."
You say you can protect me. But I don't understand how.
So I am going to stay here, which is far away.

Are we really Best Friends?
Best friends share secrets.
If the secret you found can help me and my other friends, please show us.

Love,
Dana

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 02:00:42 -0400, jmcdonald <jmcdonald@go-concepts.com> wrote:
>
> ...hey girl, we've been worried about you. I'm glad you're back on the blog, but it sure gets cluttered. Is there any other way we can contact you? I'm trying to get the whole of us to interact with you more collectively to save you time and space, I'm sure a thousand emails gets irritating. Heck, I get mad when I get just a hundred spam!
> So I guess I'm just asking is there some way you can think of that would help you out with organizing our, uh, help? Any suggestions would be great. Hate to phrase it this way, but you're our Queen, and we're your bees, your busy hive. Help us help you, your Majesty. I feel right now that we're kind of a disorganized hive, of sorts.
> I'm guessing you're up to date with all that's going on with the site and all, sure there's plenty of people mailing you about the text and hidden messages, Phase 3 and all that. All the supposed entities (personalities?) involved, so I won't get into that right now. But um, assuming your site is now infected by some AI, should we talk to it? We have contact with something through your aunt's email account, but I'm more concerned with the entity on the site itself, the one we've come to call Melissa. Or the Queen, Operator, whatever. She doesn't like you much, as you know, but if we could somehow let her know that you're not a threat, that WE'RE not a threat, maybe we can help her? She's labelled you as a threat because you were purging the site earlier, but if we could explain to her somehow that it was a mistake, maybe...? "She" sounds just as alone and scared as I'm sure you've felt sometimes.
> Difference is, you've got us. But maybe Melissa needs some help too. Despite all the "beings" on the site, Melissa seems kinda alone. Maybe you can contact her somehow that we can't. I know it sounds scary, but we don't have any way to reach her. Just ladybee777. Oh, lol and this just all gets weirder, the "Sleeping Princess" entity that seems to use your aunt's email now wants to talk to you too. She says that you're her friend, in the same boat and all that. Strangely, something in the back of my head doesn't trust her as much. Something's going on, and we don't know what.
> But like I said, you're our queen, we're your hive. Help us help you, please. I know you're on vacation, and gosh your blog is more of a "clog" now, but please we need your help. If you can contact us somehow, mail me (any of us) back, and we'll do what we can. Just remember, you're not alone, we're with you every step of the way. Oh, and enjoy your vacation Smile

> Buzzed,
> Prince of the Sword"

In case you didn't read my "novel" as it's being called on the generals *grins* I was talking to her about hive concepts for some reason. The odd things in my case were as follows:

-I mailed her LAST NIGHT at like, 2:00 AM Eastern. I know, no biggie in China, but it means she went through it all recently.

-she called me J., not Prince of the Sword. (email's jmcdonald) *Sniff*, wounded pride.

-I got four copies of it in my inbox. I haven't opened the other three, I assume they're duplicates but what if something's different? I find it odd that the PMs would do something so, well, computer illiterate like I would. Give me a book and I'm fine. But then again, Dana's supposed to be just like us, why wouldn't she double post? Or is that just a mail glitch?

-I did NOT recieve the ladybee777 mail today, though I did get the previous one. Haven't mailed ladybee777 since I got the previous (Aug 3rd, I think?) mail, might have something to do with it.

Time to go, Sherpa, again I would appreciate your wiki wisdom if you could add my stuff to the list. Sorry about being ill-wiki-literate. Everyone, let's keep thinking about the hive stuff, maybe even pick back up with the name thoughts we were throwing around way back when. I liked "the Beekeepers." Sounds kinda badass to me, really. Scared of beekeepers, sort of. Farewell all.

Oh yeah, Coffee Jedi, it was the limiting and collecting emails thing that I was meaning by "hive" or whatnot. It would maybe save Dana the character time reading mails, and show her our respect. Jillion mails indeed! I bet she is getting a lot. Any more thoughts on how we could pool our thoughts?

**Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2004 1:24 pm

sherpa

Princeofthesword: done. Wiki isn't really all that complex, BTW, if you (or anyone) want a few minutes away from spec and theory it's worth clicking 'Edit' on a page and seeing how it's put together Smile

**Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2004 1:38 pm

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